The Choice Page #6

Oh, just... now, hold it

one second there, Gabby.

There is a minor tradition.

Catherine always insisted

that the birthday girl or boy

had to endure a little

ceremonial cake on the face.

She was a little bit

of a jokester.

- A little bit.

- Really?

Okay.

So who gets it?

Well, you are the guest.

Yeah, I mean,

that's only fair, right?

- Guest of honor.

- Yeah, I am the guest.

- It's not as bad as it sounds.

- It'll be over quick.

All right, let's do it.

I'm sorry.

[Stephanie]

Okay.

One, two, three.

I got that, yeah?

Oh, my God!

It's up my nostril!

- It's really good.

- [Shep] It is?

Yeah.

It's in my nose.

It is... you know what?

It is really tasty.

[laughing]

Give me that!

Come on!

Out of there!

Out of there!

Okay-

Thank you.

- Hang in there, Daddy.

- Thank you.

- Love you.

- Good night.

Are you really going to let him

drive home like that?

He's not driving anywhere.

Yeah, he's just going

to say good night to Mama.

She's just up the road a ways.

I'll check in on him

in a few shakes.

- Good night, lovely.

- Good night.

- So glad you're here.

- That was so much fun.

Thank you... for the cake.

Thanks for that, yeah.

- I love you, dipshit.

- Yeah, I love you.

- [Gabby] Good night.

- [Stephanie] Night, y'all.

[Gabby]

I should get started on the dishes.

You should not.

It's my house, my dishes.

It'll take me

two and a half shakes.

[sighs]

Yeah. Hi, bud.

Yeah. Yeah!

There's something

I want to show you.

Okay-

All right, so what

I'm about to show you,

I've never shown anybody.

So you can't tell a soul, all right?

Okay-

Yeah.

All right.

[muted dialogue]

- Okay.

- Watch it.

Welcome to my island.

Your island?

Yeah.

My grandfather and I

used to come out here and fish.

He left it to me

when he passed on.

This is where I come

when I want to be alone.

And, uh... I don't know-

I wanted to show it to you.

It's unbelievable.

This is my favorite part.

Look.

From me to you, Gabby.

The stars and the moon.

Let's just stay here forever.

- I'm glad you like it.

- Yeah.

I do.

Very much.

I think John Cougar might be

a little bit of a hypochondriac.

I wouldn't worry about him,

Mrs. Vandy.

It's Alice, please.

Oh, oh. Alice, yes.

Well, thanks again, Dr. Shep.

Well, you're welcome.

Here, let me, uh, get the door.

So I'll see you next time?

- Yes, yes.

- Okay.

Um, Mrs. Vandy?

Nice?

I was thinking, um, maybe we could

have dinner sometime?

Yes. I would like that.

Yes, well, so would I.

- Well, okay. Bye.

- Bye.

[phone ringing]

Earth to Gabby-

Don't you hear the intercom?

I've been paging you.

[ringing continues]

- Oh.

- Phone call. Line one.

- For me?

- Yeah.

- Hello'?

- [Ryan] Hey, babe. How are you?

Hi.

I know I should

have called earlier,

- but I just got back.

- Yeah.

Meet me at Dockside. At 7:007

My parents will be there.

Oh.

[music playing]

- [Ryan] Gabby. Hi!

- Hi.

How are you?

- I missed you.

- Yeah, me, too.

Come on, my parents are over here.

Let's go.

[Gabby]

okay-

[Dr. McCarthy]

Oh, hey, look. Here they are.

Come over here

and give me a hug.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

Sit down!

- She looks gorgeous.

- This place is so much fun.

Caught you off guard.

I don't know why we've never

been here before.

I'm sorry.

I should have called sooner.

Things just wrapped up

quicker than I thought.

No, it was a nice surprise.

Evening, folks.

[Dr. McCarthy]

Travis!

- How the hell are you?

- Nice to see you.

Mary, you remember

Shep's son Travis, don't you?

So you're the one I should thank

for fixing Cotton's eye last month.

Ryan, did Daddy tell you

Cotton Blossom

got stung by a bee?

His poor little eye

swelled up the size of a walnut.

[Dr-McCarthy] Travis, why don't you

pull up a chair and join us?

Ryan just got back in town,

and we decided

we were going to slum out here

in Wrightsville in his honor.

Thank you, Doc. I'd like to,

but I got an early morning,

and I just wanted to say hello.

Ryan. Gabby.

Good night, y'all.

Good night.

Nice young fella there.

[Maryanne]

He certainly is my hero.

[Dr. McCarthy] So, tell me,

how was the opening in Atlanta?

A huge success.

Really good that I went.

- Meet Dr. Stevenson?

- Mm-hmm.

- Yep.

- Would you excuse me a minute?

I'll be just a minute.

Where you going?

Gabby?

Travis?

Are you going to tell him?

- Please listen to me.

- Are you going to tell him?

- I didn't know he was coming...

- Are you going to tell him?

I don't know!

I don't know.

I get it.

So it's all right to fool around

in the back seat

with a country boy,

but as soon

as summer camp's over,

rich girls go home

to their rich boyfriends, is that it?

How dare you?

You don't know anything

about my life.

I know enough.

Oh, really?

Well, guess what,

I know about you, too, country boy.

You see something you like

and you go after it.

You're damn right I do.

Not because you want to,

not because you need it,

because you just want to win.

I want you.

We never talked about

what this was.

It just happened so fast.

We got caught up.

Caught up? ls that what happened?

We got caught...

We both knew this was coming

around the corner.

Neither of us

wanted to acknowledge it.

All right.

All right, well, here it is.

It's right here,

right in front of us.

So let's acknowledge it.

We had an amazing time.

One of those ground-shaking,

life-altering,

knock you on your ass months,

and I wish it could be more.

But this is...

this is all I get.

So what about you?

No.

No, see, that is not fair.

How am I supposed

to know how you feel?

I love you.

You hear me'?

I love you.

I'll say it again. I love you.

I'll say it a million times.

I love you,

I love you, I love you.

I knew it the second

you walked into my yard

ready to rip me a new one.

Hell, my damn dog knew it.

Now, do you remember

what you said to me on my island,

holding my hand under the stars?

You said,

"Let's stay here forever."

Well, we can. Me and you.

Come home with me.

Come home.

We'll go in there together

and we'll tell them... together.

That is what you want, isn't it?

Isn't it'?

I don't know.

- All right.

- No.

All right.

[Gabby]

"Dear Travis,

I fee! like such a coward

writing this letter.

After you left,

I told Ryan everything.

He yelled and cussed.

He naked me inst about

every name in the book.

He stormed out

and told me to go to hell.

But in the morning, he came back

and he asked me to marry him.

Got to thinking that life is held

together by choices,

one after the other."

Oh, so cute!

"All shapes and sizes.

Right or wrong doesn't matter,

because life just keeps unfolding.

It won't wait around for you.

If you sit still,

It could pass you by altogether."

[cheering]

- Happy anniversary!

- Ten years!

Hi.

[Gabby]

I guess I'd like to believe

all those choices

are made for us

the instant we enter

into this world.

Because if that's true'

then we're exactly where

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