Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Page #4

- We're done.

Wow. I cannot remember a time

before you started telling that story.

Peter, I was asked to provide

a detailed description of the evening.

And you did.

Actually, Rosie, you did a great job.

I felt like I was there.

Sort of against my will, but I did.

OK, guys, with your permission,

I think we should all now

return to our normal lives.

OK.

Actually...

Rosie, I kind of had something

that I wanted to ask you.

Rosie.

Whatever.

lt's something that

I think you're going to like.

I hope you're going to like.

Something I really hope

you're going to like.

lt's been a long time coming,

so it might be kind of a surprise.

Or not, or maybe not. I don't know.

I'm like...

Look, OK,

what I´m trying to say is that

l...

Hey.

Let me ask you, what would be

the absolute worst thing

that could happen to me right now?

- Hi.

- Hi.

I'm Tad.

This is my Cathy friend.

- And my Pete friend.

- I´m Tad.

lt's quite pleased and pleasant to...

I've heard a lot about you both.

- Have you?

- Yeah.

- So what are you doing here?

- I came to see you.

- No way. You're just... That's just...

- Yeah. No. Yeah.

- You can't... Here?

- lt's true.

You mean your normal business itinerary

does not include Fraziers Bottom?

No.

OK, Cathy.

- Am I too late to take you to lunch?

- No.

- Great. Shall we?

- Yeah.

- If that's OK, Pete.

- Well, actually...

- If that's OK.

- lt's OK.

If you're going back

to the airport I'll ride with you.

By the route cloverleaf,

I'll have given myself to you

in ways you have only

read about in the drugstore.

- It was great to meet you.

- You, too.

Was there something

that you wanted to tell me?

It was nothing.

OK.

- Wow. Nice car.

- Thanks.

I asked the manager for a rental convertible

and he gave me his wife's car.

Really?

And that was the last time

we ever saw her.

Cathy, he's not her type.

No. Rich, famous, handsome,

ass like cement.

You are absolutely right.

- Move these cheeseburgers.

- Here you go, sweetpea.

Oh, my gosh.

- Here you go, Rosie.

- Thanks.

Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

I still can't believe you're here.

It was something I had to do.

Sure. Fly clear across the country to

have lunch at the Fraziers Bottom Diner.

I couldn't let that night

be the last time I saw you.

Can I just stop you

and remind you of one thing?

- What's that?

- I´m nobody.

Rosalee, nobody is nobody.

- Fine.

- I´m following my gut.

Sometimes you have to do that,

even if what you're doing seems crazy.

Because in the gap between

what prudence says we should do

and what our heart tells us we must do,

well, Rosie, therein lies our humanity.

That's from The Road to El Dorado.

You really are a big fan, aren't you?

Is that how you get women?

You steal lines from your own movies?

Not anymore. Wow.

I hope not. That would

shoot a hole in your credibility.

Rosie, the truth is

that when we went on our date

you said something

that resonated with me.

You said you were sure

I had my priorities straight.

But here's the thing.

I don't. I really don't.

My entire life has been about

becoming successful, famous,

becoming this thing that I am.

And you were right,

it really is unsatisfying.

I need a positive influence, somebody

with solid and substantial qualities,

somebody who seems to understand life

and how to live it

in a good and happy way, like you.

I just want to be around you.

I want some of that goodness

to rub off on me.

Do you mean goodness

in a romantic way?

No, a platonic goodness.

And I mean that very seriously.

No funny business here.

- Did I say something wrong?

- No. No, no, no. No.

So, are you going to be

in Fraziers Bottom for a while, then?

I think I have to. If I´m going to reset

my priorities, l got to get out of LA.

I got to get out of that fishbowl.

So, what do you say?

I say, yikes-a-bee.

What does that mean?

lt's just something my dad and I say

when life surprises you

and there's nowhere to go but forward.

- Is that like "yes"?

- Yes.

Yes.

Thanks for lunch.

- I'll see you at seven, then.

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