[Music] a [Music] hey uh you're early I there wasn't a lot of traffic good I got some stuff on the stove but made you tell the home you're cooking crazy right [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you doing all right over here yeah um could be better I think I better a little more than I can chew I can't believe you still have this Mr Pickle yes he's my favorite who knew I'd be so good at ring toss huh yeah that was a fun night he keeps me company when I'm lonely reminds me of you kind of
looks like you too don't you think I mean well yeah I guess you can see a little bit of a resemblance uh what are you cooking spaghetti wow yeah probably won't be as good as yours but you know sorry didn't properly get to say hello I know hi hi it's good to see you how have you been good your sauce it's on fire oh [ __ ] something's never change huh I'll take this over your cooking any day yeah you always used to love this place so what did you think just as good as I
remember no I meant the book that was good that's it it was really good I'm sorry it's just it's kind of weird being back here but it was really good I I I think it was really well written I love the characters I'm really proud of you thank you you know you're the first person to read it besides my publisher well I'm honored and I'm sure it'll be another bestseller for you could you tell I really put a lot of myself in there did you yeah I mean it's subtle but I really dug deep over
the last couple of years and it's kind of a retrospect of everything I've learned you know H what you don't think so no I'm glad you learned from that experience okay what something's wrong I can tell so just I'm just I don't know what I'm actually doing here what do you mean I mean we've been here before haven't we so I guess I'm just asking myself what's different I mean the cooking that was new the Mr Pickle that was a really good Touch look I'm sure it was weird getting a text for me out of
the blue but you were a huge influence in this I don't know I just want to show you my appreciation all right and then what you go [ __ ] oh God why do you have to make this a thing you're asking me that oh come on I didn't make you come here you wanted this just as much as I did so I guess I'm the dumbass who actually thought that things would be different [ __ ] I thought 2 years would be long enough you know I have a lot going on yeah I know
that and you'll always have a lot going on so what's next huh what's your next distraction media circuit a book tour movie adaptation yeah look no I'm not I'm not doing this okay you have plenty of people praising you in your book why the [ __ ] do you need me because you're the only one who will be honest with me so why has it always been so hard for you to be honest with me okay this is clear Lally about her so and yes I'm still smoking I didn't say anything you didn't have to
I can feel [Music] it okay so what do you want to know you were so so adamant about I'm not ready for commitment and yet there you were committed do you know how many times I've wondered and racked my brain why not me I was in the right head space then okay but the pandemic really changed a lot for me made me realize what was important so what happened she wasn't you the love the connection we share I didn't feel for her what I feel for you you Grace you ruined me I'm more than just
sex Joe I know you're more than sex when we dated when we dated why does that sound so weird coming from you what we were doing that wasn't dating that was a [ __ ] situationship another afterthought when your ego was down hey that's not fair oh it's not fair you know what's not fair letting my walls down being completely vulnerable with you as a writer you inspired me to right you encouraged me to really go for my dreams you made me feel special Joe one day he'll love me the way I love him you
know what I finally just realized it's all been just a fantasy in my mind I've romanticized the idea of us for so long that I don't even know what you're still the only woman I've ever said I love you too does that not mean anything it does but yet here we are again in another situation so tell me Joe what is it that you need from me now I want you back in my life okay look I know we have a complicated history but we were friends first friends I can't be friends with you Joe
I'm madly in love with you I'm just never going to be enough for you Grace I know I've played my part in this too so I take full responsibility but if you really truly love me he will let me go I do love you I hope you know that and I love you too but my love doesn't have walls meet me with a [Music] [Music] [Music] oh all the memor [Music] oh [Music] [Music]