Then She Found Me Page #6

- I'm just sitting here.

- He lives with his mother?

- Don't get me started.

Now, remember.

What?

I don't know.

Would your other mother

have said something helpful right now?

You're doing really well.

- Hi, Alice.

- Oh, hello, dear.

Hello.

Uh, so, how are you?

Well, you know, my back hurts.

That's too bad.

So, Alice,

can Benjamin come out and play?

Mom, let her in!

Well, I don't know

what you two are up to.

- Hi. Sorry.

- Could you come out here?

Yeah.

- Who's that?

- A friend.

I'm pregnant.

Oh.

- Oh, my God!

- Mm.

Oh, my God! Is it?

Wow!

Sweetie, wow!

Wow.

Are you kidding me?

What'd I do?

Say something.

What do you want me to say?

I don't know. What does it mean to you?

How do you want to handle it?

What do we do now?

- Well, I...

- That sort of thing!

I wanna try to be with you, I guess.

I'm sorry if I didn't instantly

come up with a perfect solution

to this very complicated situation!

It's not complicated!

I'm having this baby.

You may participate in the raising

of this baby. I can't make you do it,

but I would hope

that you would wanna be there

for the growing up

of this person who carries your DNA!

The first doctor's appointment is

in two weeks. I'll see you there, or I won't.

I'm so sorry.

I've never met anyone like you, ever.

I've never been so much myself

with anyone.

Even these few times we've spent together

have felt like...

What?

Family. I'm sorry, but it has.

And I know it's fast,

but I can only tell you how I feel,

and how I feel

is that I wanna be near you all the time.

But I have some big decisions to make

about how my life's gonna work,

- and if you'll have me, so do you.

- Why you talking fast?

Jimmy Ray shouldn't know I'm here.

If we're gonna be family,

he should know he didn't dream you up

half-naked in his house.

And besides, he knows you're here.

No, I was very careful to wait

till he was a safe distance away.

Hi, Miss Epner.

Hi, Jimmy Ray.

D'you wanna be with him -

the better or worse guy?

Is that someone you wanna be with?

- No, it's not.

- But if it is...

But it's not.

Truthfully? I wanna be with you.

But being with me

is gonna mean being with this.

How pregnant are you?

- They said six weeks.

- Six weeks?

That's what they said, six weeks today.

We met six weeks ago today, actually.

- Mm.

- Which was the day he left.

You made love on the day we met?

Ah... Yeah.

Sorry.

What happened?

Um, I've gotta take a walk.

- Really?

- Yes, really.

I'm on the brink of asking you

to be with me - really, really be with me.

You, who have some other guy's...

your husband's baby in your stomach,

your very beautiful stomach.

I've gotta take a walk.

- What about your kids?

- What about them?

- Who's gonna watch them?

- You are.

The walk didn't work.

Your mother's here.

No, she's not.

I told her to wait in the car.

I'm just here if either of you need me.

I can't stand the thought of it.

Of me sleeping with my husband?

You slept with your wife,

at least twice, you know.

It's not like the most appetising thing

I've ever imagined.

No, of course it's not.

Hey.

You're pregnant.

Yes, I am.

Way to go.

So now what?

Both of them, or neither of them,

will show up at the doctor's office.

All I know is, I'll be there.

You don't know how to work a blender!

Take your hat off.

Jeez!

Hello.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- How are you?

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hello.

Hm. Um...

Sorry.

So... Anyone else coming?

- No. This is it.

- No, this is it.

Uh, could you lower this, please?

Oh, my God.

This looks really good.

I've seen a couple of these.

- Where did she go?

- She'll be back.

Look at that.

Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God.

- So, what exactly is...

- Sorry.

- No, go ahead.

- No, no, go ahead.

He, or she just looks great.

Can I have a look at that

before I have to run?

She's beautiful.

We made a baby.

- You look pretty.

- It's the hormones.

Whatever.

Oh!

Your back?

Yeah.

Oh!

Ohh!

Oh.

Ah...

Oh.

- Really?

- Uh-huh.

Mm.

Um...

Um...

- Anything?

- What?

Do you have anything to say?

Don't.

I don't know what to say.

- Oh!

- See ya.

I thought we were having dinner

after the show.

I'm in trouble.

Come with me.

Phew!

- They're ready for you.

- We're gonna run late today.

- OK.

- I'm panicking.

- Tell me.

- I sort of... slept with my husband.

Well, almost.

Ohh!

Break-up sex, but it's kind of great, right?

Don't. Don't be glib about this.

I'm with a man who sees me,

really sees me,

and somehow still wants to be with me,

and I want him and I just blew it!

- Oh, God, it's him!

- I don't suppose you've cheated before.

- Mm-mm.

- Of course not.

With someone who's bad for me.

What am I gonna do?

Here's what we're going to do.

I'm going to go in and rehearse,

so everyone knows what they're doing,

and then I'm going to send everyone home,

and we're going to shoot the show tonight,

or in a couple of hours,

or maybe never. OK?

- Thank you.

- Mm. OK.

Edie, I have to tell you,

Sunday nights are about the...

A good question. Shall we make gay

marriage a priority during this election,

or should we just not take the bait?

If Pam dies, what happens

to our daughter? I have no rights.

- Oh, thank you.

- It's very scary. Very scary.

At least I'm not one of those

insular gay men,

who throws himself into his work,

and devotes himself to people

who can never love him back romantically.

What we want to ask you is,

do you think it's right...

It's so hard for anyone to meet someone.

Have you ever seen the show

she did on you?

I can't be around people

who have adopted children.

Especially girls.

Have you ever tried to find her?

Endlessly.

On the Internet.

Um, I put ads in the paper.

Do you feel... haunted?

Yes.

Whenever there are kids around,

I'm always looking for her face.

In shopping malls, in the parks.

I have something I want to say.

I hadn't planned on doing this,

but hearing you speak,

it's just something I have to do.

I had a child that I gave up for adoption.

It was many, many years ago.

I was very young.

I tried, God knows,

but the year I spent with that child

was the scariest,

most darkly miserable time of my life.

One minute

you're cuddling in a sleeping bag

and the next minute,

you've ruined the rest of your life.

Can you rewind this?

- To the beginning?

- Um, no, just a little.

I tried, God knows,

but the year I spent with that child

was the scariest...

Go back again, just... five seconds.

Are you sure?

- Yeah, in fact, I don't...

- Could you go one sentence back?

...but the year I spent with that child

was the scariest,

most darkly miserable time of my life.

Finally, I said uncle.

Do you think you just hand it over?

You probably put it down somewhere,

and the next people come along

and pick it up?

Hey, can I find you some dry clothes?

You want me to get it?

It's me!

- Maybe you'll feel better if you talk to her.

- I can hear you in there.

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