Rumor Has It... Page #8

I haven't done the math.

I suppose everyone

needs someone in their life...

...to let them know when youth

has come to an end.

And here she is.

It's your turn.

- Are you okay?

- She's fine.

Is she happy to see me too?

Beau, you should not

have come down here.

Why not?

He's been everywhere else.

So, what's going on out here?

Lawn party?

- Earl.

- Daddy...

This is... This is Beau Burroughs.

He was a schoolmate of Jocelyn's.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I know you.

Beau Burroughs.

- I've never forgiven you.

- Okay, Dad...

No, no. This man haunts my dreams.

City soccer final, playing

Pasadena Prep, tie score.

I make it around the last defender,

I'm flying down the field...

...to kick the winning goal.

All of a sudden, this maniac...

- That was you?

- You broke my heart.

But I gotta give it to you,

hell of a save.

- You were injured, weren't you?

- Yeah.

What are we standing here for?

You wanna come in the house?

No, thanks. I was...

I just stopped by.

Sarah, could I have a word

with you out at the car?

- It was nice seeing you, Katharine.

- Oh, yeah.

It's wonderful catching up

on old times.

Earl.

Hell of a save.

Why did you come down here, Beau?

Well, for one thing, you left last night

without saying goodbye.

I know. I'm sorry.

I know, I did that.

No, no. I didn't come for an apology.

Obviously your life's more complicated

than you've let on.

I don't know... I don't know what's

going on in your relationship, Sarah...

...and I'm not even gonna ask.

I just... I came down here because

I wanted to tell you something.

When I saw you walk away last night,

when I watched, it...

It might as well have been Cabo

I didn't tell you the truth before.

I was awake when your mother left.

I watched her drive away in this old

wood-paneled station wagon.

It looked like she was crying.

I'm not my mother, Beau.

I know.

You know what I realized

as I was coming back down here?

I am... I'm a year older than she was

when she died.

I mean, you have no idea

how strange that feels.

And I have spent so much of my life

trying to figure out who I am...

...I don't think I realized

I was just trying to find her.

You know, but that's just

chasing a ghost, you know?

Maybe we're both just chasing ghosts.

You know?

You're not gonna say, "This could be

the beginning of a beautiful friendship"?

Wrong movie.

Well...

Well...

It was nice meeting you,

Mr. Burroughs.

It was nice meeting you,

Ms. Huttinger.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

- Let's go. You're gonna miss the plane.

- Coming.

Oh, did you remember to pack

the binoculars, honey?

We might see monkeys.

They're still in the bag

with all your shoes.

- Hey.

- You're gonna have a great time.

- Yeah.

- Just remember to keep breathing.

- Yeah. You too.

- You are such a lucky girl.

Most people wait 10 years

for a second honeymoon.

- I know.

- You sure you don't wanna come?

- I think I'm just gonna stay here.

- Well, cheer up.

You'll find another man

to screw things up with in no time.

Thank you, Grandma.

Do you think Scott and Annie are

gonna make it to Belize this time?

I certainly hope so.

So...

...what are we gonna do with you?

Dad, can I ask you a question?

Before you and Mom got married...

...do you remember if Mom...

...sort of took off for a few days?

- You mean when she went to Mexico?

- Yeah.

- With Beau Burroughs?

Yeah.

You knew about that?

Daddy, why didn't you

just say something?

What for? I got your mom, he didn't.

Did she ever tell you

why she came back?

Because she loved me.

She said that, while being

with Beau was an adventure...

...she knew that she could

build a life with me.

She apologized, she offered to tell me

everything that happened...

...and I didn't need to know.

As long as she was back.

Come here.

Now, this may not be

the sort of thing...

...that you wanna know

about your parents...

...but the night that she came back

is the night we conceived you.

Lucky for us we were married

the next week, so nobody noticed.

Oh, Daddy, I don't understand.

Why are we so different?

I mean, I don't like tennis.

I drive like a crazy person...

...and you always drive so slow.

I only drive slow, sweetheart,

because you're in the car with me.

Oh, Dad.

- Take me to the airport.

- You gonna get on the plane this time?

- I promise.

- Come on.

- Thank you.

- Nice seeing you again, Sarah.

If you shut the door, I understand,

but I really hope that you don't.

I know there's nothing that I can say

that will take away...

Then don't try.

I never told you, when I was a kid...

...I was in a car accident

when I was 10.

And I smashed my head on

the dashboard and cracked my skull...

...split it open from here to here,

And I never thought that I would

long for that day until now.

It didn't mean anything.

It meant something to me.

Words mean something to me.

"Engaged" means something to me.

It doesn't mean

"maybe I'll get married."

It doesn't mean "I'll see how I feel,

I don't know, I'm not sure."

It doesn't mean

"I'm gonna test the waters...

...and see if there's somebody else

out there that I like better."

It means you've fallen in love

with the person...

...that you wanna

spend your life with...

...and that you actually want

to marry them.

I wanna marry you.

I'll marry you next month,

I'll marry you this week.

I'll walk out of this apartment right now

and I will marry you.

It doesn't work that way, okay?

You can't just walk in here now...

...and tell me that you can't

live without me and expect...

What am I supposed to do with that?

I'm supposed to make it all right for you?

I can't anymore.

I don't want you to.

I love you.

I didn't come here to tell you

that I can't live without you.

I can live without you.

I just don't want to.

One condition.

If we have a daughter...

...Burroughs doesn't come

within 1000 miles of her.

It stops with me.

On a cold January night

in the city of New York...

...this man and this woman

slept together.

They also slept together

the next night and the next night...

...and the next night

and the next night.

In the name of God,

I pronounce you husband and wife.

Thanks.

You're gonna have to stop doing that.

Okay, everybody, all the girls.

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