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oh

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right

you're gonna be late you know i know

let me do this i got it cali we're

partners this is why i'm here

your family's waiting we've been doing

family dinner every sunday since

i can remember they can wait a few more

minutes or are you just stalling

why on earth would i be doing that

because you're a family

moderately to severely overwhelming and

sometimes smothering to me

i believe that's a direct quote you used

before that's got nothing to do with it

i love my family

do they raise my blood pressure the

moment i walk in the door

possibly hey sorry

i couldn't help it i'm too good to you

yes

too much good aha

go before traffic hits

thank you

oh patrick's wanted to add a cold

appetizer something in the skewer family

it wasn't in the original order but i

saw the changes too

i got a cupboard i'll see you tomorrow

say hi to your parents for me they owe

me a game night soon they're my parents

not yours

tough they love me too

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uh

focus on the breath follow it in

and out whenever you find your mind

racing

just return to the breath and

we're done this completes your 15 second

meditation have a wonderful and relaxing

day

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hi kelly come in we've been waiting for

you

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hello

hi cj my favorite little niece

my dessert did you bring i brought

snickerdoodles my fine little lady

that i was hoping you'd bring i'm well

perfect

we will take those away to the kitchen

okay hi mom oh hi how are you guys

well you know me i've been fluttering

about like a butterfly

i've been doing a lot of different

things with the house did you notice no

i just got in the front door mom

well you'll see it uh your dad's so

happy that you're here we do this every

week

i know but he loves everyone under the

same roof

that's why you started this tradition in

the first place i think your father must

have been a sheep dog

can you say that hi dad i'm a sheepdog

in this life

oh boy here we go photo time yeah it's

your college years this week

oh look at that first traditional sunday

family dinner

look at all those smiles huh how did my

hair ever get so blonde

i don't know but it's the same color in

these next pictures

too of your birthday which is coming up

again

so you guys know i don't care about

birthdays they're no big deal

yeah well it's a big deal to me a date

not only special to you you know i know

i just i don't need a lot of attention

as all we like to give you attention

we were thinking that what well we just

want someone to give you attention

and you know you never seem to have

anyone special in your life that uh

treats you special here's the next part

of the tradition

well honey we're just concerned that you

don't have anyone

on that note

i'm fine mom i'm happy the way things

are

i see that mom is at it again

okay hi amanda she just doesn't want you

to miss out you know a lot of my

patients have trouble meeting new people

ryan you're a pediatrician well it's

hard to meet people at any age

well speaking of meeting people we've

invited someone over tonight

again oh keep an open mind honey come on

into the living room

you're fine it's gonna be fun

make dinner i care uh kelly you remember

our dentist dr kazan

well this is his son dr kasan

uh please just call me arthur it's nice

to meet you callie

um uh your mother told me all about you

at her last appointment

um arthur uh took over his father's

practice about six months ago

oh yeah it's true the best part was we

didn't have to change the name

on the sign

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oh that's just as funny as when you told

it in the office the other day well i

think it's an unfair assessment that we

dentists are

all work and no play some of us are

quite the characters actually

yeah i'm i'm glad to be reassured of

that yeah

really it's true well well well the

prodigal daughter returns

kyle how's my baby brother doing you

know acting slightly less like a baby

each day

hmm debatable kyle have you met arthur

no i haven't had the pleasure i was

previously disposed upstairs with some

work

it is nice to meet you kyle well that's

quite the handshake you've got there

all of us fitzgeralds have a heck of a

grip you'll have to take it on once

you're part of the family

you and callie are getting married right

kyle

um uh so so what do you do kyle i own

and operate a fun park so

batting cages go-karts that sort of

thing oh well that does sound fun

well i think that is enough fun for

everybody uh and i think that dinner is

almost ready

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okay here we go

looks amazing dad remember the first

time you made kelly

oh gosh yes well it was not

representative of the great chef you are

today that's all i can say

i hope not i mean it looked more like a

football than a ham

yeah but you know what it was time that

you and i spent together

cooking that's always been my favorite

oh such a softie

that was what inspired me to start my

own catering business

and uh what year was that dan

well i uh j well um you know what i'm

going to check the photo out

no no no albums not at the table thank

you very much sit

or we will be here all night okay fine

fine

now for our guest oh um not too much for

me thanks

i'm not a big eater okay there you go

how's that well i

am so uh pile it on dad i certainly will

i admire that callie and if you don't

mind me saying you have incredible

incisors

you know um the chewing does take its

toll on them over time though

kyle have you ever thought about adult

braces

you know arthur i haven't we should come

by the office sometime we'd love to

check you out

and kelly if you came by i would love to

do a cleaning

okay that's nice yes tell me arthur

what are the benefits in your humble

opinion of an electric toothbrush versus

say

a non-electric toothbrush oh i am so

glad you asked that it's a fascinating

subject actually

the electric toothbrush was actually

designed by philippe

in switzerland in 1927. he was um an

influencer if you would

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oh which one of those is for me very

funny i'm just trying to help you know

i wish you'd give him a chance he's a

nice young man with a solid career

like your internist no remember the one

whose love of ferrets turned out to be a

full-blown obsession i'm just looking

after your happiness

i just don't want you to dismiss someone

outright i don't do that

i just i don't think i need a man to be

happy

i'm really focusing my energy on the

catering business right now

your business is fine honey that's right

it's fine

but i want it to be amazing fine

businesses don't stay open for very long

especially

in this industry where starting off

strong is so

essential we've barely been open a year

the time right now it's crucial

that we're doing well well don't stay

cooped up in the kitchen

you have to have balance mom my time is

very much needed in the kitchen right

now

i don't know that i have time for a

boyfriend oh and don't pressure her

yeah i think maybe you're right callie

i i i don't think arthur's right for you

either

thank you dad no no he's just too dull

oh i don't want to push a guy like that

on you no what i think you really need

is a guy like uh

frankie yeah our new hire at the uh

hardware store yes

i mean he's good with numbers stronger

than ox

oh my goodness oh

oof okay so arthur is currently

explaining to cj

i'm about veneers oh

i can see what amanda no no sweat i got

it

you know ryan's been telling me all

about these new interns at his practice

and apparently they're really nice guys

you two know

hey i'm just putting it out there

maybe we should tell you now tell me

what

well we're not gonna let our baby girl's

35th birthday come and go without a

party

so we're going to throw you one oh guys

no i said i didn't need a bag to do

nope it's already done we've handled

everything

the decorations the music and the food

and you don't have to do anything

and we're going to have it right here

out back there's going to be a party for

the ages

35 to be exact not to put too fine a

point on it

but we're hoping that you bring a date

how does your party after all you have

to bring a date

okay that's my cue to go

it has been a very successful family

dinner but i am slammed with work

and i need to wake up early tomorrow

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i'll walk her out

safe drive home love you

oh did did they go get dessert

i don't really ate anything too sugary

or crunchy

except celery i really like celery sorry

oh good

so it's not that i'm not trying it's

just that it hasn't happened yet

plus i like being single yeah i know i

do too sis i hear you

well it always seems like you have a

different girlfriend no no no no

our philosophies on love are a little

different you know you're like

the hitter in baseball that plants her

feet in the batter's box

and waits and waits for that exact right

pitch before she goes for it

me i like taking all kinds of swings

that love sometimes it works

sometimes it doesn't but you know why it

doesn't bother me there was always going

to be another picture

there's always going to be another

chance so why not keep swinging

you know what i'm saying yeah i'm just

enjoying my time off the field

right now want to just grab seats at the

bar

no i'm meeting some friends actually but

i thought it was just us i

should get home you're in here just come

in and say hi oh i have to get up early

tomorrow

what are you a farmer just come in say

hello then you can go well

cali take a swing okay

okay

hello my friends i have arrived and with

me i bring precious cargo

my eternally youthful older sister

callie make her feel welcome be kind and

don't give her any indication we'll be

talking about her after she's gone

you may say hello now hello

hi hi

uh two more please well

i'm guessing you deal with that a lot oh

yes he is the master

of being too much yes uh one of the few

things he's truly the master of

unfortunately

hey i'm stuck with him you choose to

hang out with him

thank you that's right actually you

don't know why i hang out with him the

most is just because it makes me feel

really good about my life choices simply

about comparison

smart i'm will by the way cali

nice to meet you nice to meet you and

which of these young women that my

brother has wedged himself between is

with you

oh uh neither no they're uh they're both

teachers of the same school that i work

in so

you're a teacher too yes i am well

amateur novelist first

english teacher second amateur in the

sense that

i've never actually finished the novel

what's holding you back that's a good

question

honestly i think i'm afraid when people

see it

you know get out on the field take a

swing that kind of thing baseball with

you too

love baseball yeah that's i played it in

college that's where i'm at kyle

no way yeah you know i was a pretty big

deal ball player myself

back in high school really yeah no

yeah tell him kyle tell him what now

that i was a baseball star back in high

school

in this area i fully acknowledge that

kelly was and still is a true talent

i'm just good with the metaphors now

thank you

very impressive hey i was just telling

my friends here about our family's

sunday tradition

ah the dinners no i'm talking about us

getting together once a week for our

parents to try and set up cali

but that's the thing i don't need to

find the one

right now i like being single same here

i couldn't agree more i mean what's with

everyone's fixation about always trying

to set people up

right i mean not everyone wants to be in

a couple yeah

why can't i be happy on my own i mean

i'll get to it when i get to it

exactly and i don't even know if

marriage is in my future maybe it is

maybe it isn't

not sure same i mean the wedding

ceremony is always more for the other

people than it is

the people actually getting married yeah

precisely

well i'm not sure mom and dad are gonna

be quite as excited as will is to hear

about your plans

well it's my life not theirs her life

hmm

i look forward to you explaining that to

them i don't think they're gonna give up

that easy

well you have an ally of me if you need

one thank you will

you welcome so what's your plan for your

birthday party then

it's your birthday well toast is in

order oh please don't toast to my

birthday yet it's still

two weeks away okay new toast

to the single life to the single life

a single life cheers

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macarons are looking perfect are they

delaney perfect

yes madeira are so worried about that

blogger are you serious

delaney hendricks is only the biggest

lifestyle blogger in the country

and she lives right here in virginia and

she's agreed to have us cater her events

that she might recommend us to her

followers

do you not realize what that could do

for us of course i do how's it

supposedly coming i don't think that you

do

it's fine i think

it's great everything delaney touches

turns to gold her picks

are practically oprah's favorite things

and reese witherspoon's book club

combined getting a shout out from her is

just the boost we've been waiting for

it'll finally give us the credibility we

need to get

to that next level people already love

our catering in this town maybe but what

about across the state or getting into a

national food magazine i mean

that's what i want

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hello oh hi honey did you get home safe

and sound last night

of course mom okay good now listen i

need you to send me your guest list for

the party as soon as you can

i'll handle everything but i just want

to make sure all your friends are there

i will mom as soon as i get the work

done i need to do for this engagement

party

oh an engagement party no i can hardly

wait till i get to throw one of those

myself

okay mom really i oh and you should

really think about inviting arthur to

the birthday party

he was so sad that you had to leave so

quickly last night i'll think about it

thank you mom gotta run love you i love

you too bye hon

you can't argue with your mother you

know she's gonna do what she's gonna do

so you might as well not fight it and

enjoy it i want to make her happy

but she just won't give me any space

she's enthusiastic

oh that's one word for it

hello oh hey gaddy valley hi dad you

know mom

just called yes yeah i can see you're

out in the garden

you know i was just thinking um maybe

it's time you met

uh frankie who frankie my new hire at

the hardware store

he's doing a tough mudder this weekend

but uh after that he's available

that's what he said i'll have to get

back to you

okay well love you honey love you dad

oh no the souffle fell

hey who are you bringing to the party

you want me to ask ryan if any of his

patients

parents are single dads

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you want to take a break that's the

second dish i've dropped

in two days i'm not usually this clumsy

you just need to de-stress

want to smack a few more on the house of

course hit me

so uh parental units wouldn't give in

huh oh they are

persistent i mean i love mom and dad but

it is so old-fashioned to them to think

a woman in her mid-30s isn't whole

because she's single

i mean i've dated plenty of guys before

it's just you know they weren't

supportive enough of my career

david or they were too clingy steve or

they weren't the right match adam brady

fred phil phil

who could forget phil

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why don't you just go to your birthday

party alone like you wanted oh then i'll

never

hear the end of it i just i need to keep

mom and dad at bay

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but you don't want to take a date so

what are you going to do

i don't know it's almost like i need to

bring a fake

date to the party someone who will

pretend

to be my boyfriend just to keep mom and

dad off my back someone who also

doesn't want to date someone

someone like will

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and your school's right over there yeah

yeah and i was on detention duty today

so thank you thanks

so i just walked right over afterwards

any troublemakers hmm nothing i haven't

done myself

so i was surprised to get your text

what's up well you know i have a

birthday coming up

yeah i recall and my parents are

throwing me this big party

the only hitch is that they are

insistent that i bring a date

now i could go alone like i want but

i'll never hear the end of it

so i've devised a great plan

i will bring my boyfriend to the party a

great guy

who's nice and perfect and charming

in every possible way right your

boyfriend you

me yep i'm your boyfriend you will pose

as my boyfriend it's perfect we both

want to be single so we won't be hurting

anyone's feelings

we'll just be playing a part to help

other people with their feelings

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you're serious about this i am now this

is a job

so i will compensate you accordingly i

will pay you in dinners and food for my

shop

and if you agree to these terms you will

pose in a few small public ways as my

devoted boyfriend all culminating in the

birthday party

my parents might even recognize you from

kyle's baseball games

don't worry kyle will go along with it

okay and what about after the party

i'll make up something about how it

didn't work out and they'll know that i

tried and they'll hopefully leave me

alone for a while

until my 40th

okay

question shoot can i have a fake name

no how about an accent what no just a

wee one

well no how about a fake job like a a

shark

tamer or a bounty hunter well you're you

reading me

okay all right

so i'm me and you're you

why do you feel like you need to go

through such great lengths

well my family may pressure me

and stress me out but i love them

so much even more than i let on even to

them

sometimes and i want to be happy

but i want them to be happy too so if i

can do this

one small admittedly out there gesture

just to make them happy then i'm gonna

do it

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one final question do you make chicken

parmesan

the best chicken parmesan you've ever

had

a man to being single

together together

so he's into it too and we're all set

wow this is really happening huh and

don't breathe a word of this to mom and

dad

kyle promise me hey my lips are sealed

you know i love a good scheme

so what happens next well we're gonna

hang out a few times

learn some facts about each other you

know just to make sure it's all

believable for the party we're hanging

out today

actually right and it's not a date

no that's the best part we both want the

same thing so

there's no question about is it or isn't

it

it's just all out there in the open well

we really found a way to beat the system

huh do i hear a tinge of jealousy in

your voice

i'm going this way call me later okay

then bye baby bro

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hi hey okay new rule no gifts

we're not in a real relationship so i

don't want you to feel obligated to

bring me gifts if we hang out oh these

aren't for you

you're a chef right so really i just

wanted your professional opinion on

you know which one i should eat first

hmm well as an expert

in the field you can't go wrong with

chocolate okay but technically anything

cream-filled is

best oh i just ordered six i have no

idea which ones are cream-filled

okay i can teach you a top-secret trick

that all chefs know and it passed down

from generation to generation

okay try them all

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i like that mm-hmm i'm gonna learn a lot

from you you are how much of an expert

food are you really

uh on a scale of one to ten yeah i would

say nine

with a one point margin of error it's

impressive you want to travel

if i must you must i must

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but it's not cream-filled what about you

no nothing no cream

but it's delicious try another one

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so what's your novel about uh

i should probably have a quicker

response to that huh

well you know what it's uh it's about a

guy you know roughly my age similar

backstory

based on a true story perhaps uh yes and

no

it's actually about my relationship with

my mom oh

is your dad a character too yeah yeah a

little bit

i lost him when i was very young oh i'm

so sorry

no it's all right so it's a little bit

about that and then my mom's

you know she's the best friend you could

ever ask for so it's a it's a happy

story

no that's right yeah i think so just

wish i could find the motivation to

finish it

why can't you i don't know

maybe because it's based on my life and

i don't know how that story ends yet

well can't the writer make up the ending

i mean isn't that like the whole point

yeah you'd think so right

well i've never read any of your writing

but i think you should keep at it

the ending will come to you thank you i

won't give up yet

oh this way i want to show you something

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listen i know this is a pretend date but

i was kind of hoping we'd end up here

it's my favorite place

wow it's beautiful

oh and i do have snacks just in case you

wanna

wow this is a great pretend date

well i'm doing my best right to try and

play the role of perfect boyfriend

you're doing all right thank you

all right here we go

all right have a seat thank you

you know it's hard to imagine that

you're not

settled down already

not that you need to be obviously just

that

you know you'd know your way around a

date and like maybe you like it

guy yeah

the most important thing in the world to

me right now

is that i could just be the best

boyfriend i can be for you

all i care about is you

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and your chicken parm

come on that was good fake right i'd say

very convincing okay good good

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grapes thank you again for doing this

you're exactly the person i need in this

situation

it's so nice to find someone who's on

the same page about the whole single

thing

i know right

does um your mom pressure you the way my

parents do to

find someone oh absolutely she kind of

lives vicariously through me in that

sense

pretty much a hobby for her

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hey did you know that seahorse is made

for life

sea horses yeah that was out of left

field i know

it's a paper that i graded today a

student of mine wrote about it and

apparently sea horse is made for life

which is rare

for fish i guess and they find this one

mate and then they monogamously float

through life

happily ever after wow

that is so sweet i love seahorses

they're really smart but

they just don't see eye to eye with us

they're fools right

right what dopes yeah

so i guess i'll tell my parents that

we're dating soon

we'll steam ahead yeah tomorrow's our

traditional sunday night dinner

it's silly but we've been doing it

forever now i love sealing tradition

it's a great combo

well i was wondering if you wanted to

join

um you know meet the parents and

everything before the big party

yeah that'd be great for keeping up

appearances i'd love to meet your

parents but i have a date

oh yeah oh great okay well yeah i mean

you do you cowboy oh what about after i

could come by for dessert

yes we love dessert i'll see you then

great

great i hope it's okay to ask this

could i get that chicken parm like

soonish of course

it's part of our deal oh one chicken

barb coming right up

yeah i mean no rush right i'm just i'm

actually really excited

ah you got it you will not be

disappointed i promise

all right i'll see you tomorrow tomorrow

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oh my gosh can we move that classroom

hello there we all go through stressful

times that can be tough to manage

let's take a deep breath in

and kelly are you done yet uh sorry

siege i'll be on a second

but i really have to go okay coming

sweetie

what language are you even talking about

well that was

frankie on the phone it uh

looks like he won't be coming for dinner

tonight after all oh

apparently he uh pulled a muscle

training for this

this tough mudder thing and so he's

gonna have an ice bath instead oh

well can you come to the party you know

that that's that's a great idea we'll

invite him to the birthday party

so speaking of which cali i know this

great guy he works at the hospital he's

one of those um

oh one of those performers for sick kids

no that's all right amanda are you sure

he is a real whiz with those little

animal balloons it's so cute

that won't be necessary i have a date

when were you going to tell us this i'm

telling you no

we are dating oh kelly

you've been holding on on us i wanted to

wait to make sure it was real

that's great how did you meet through me

actually

really when were you gonna say something

well i like being the soul keeper of a

secret sometimes

yeah kyle he's an old college friend of

kyle's

we met at a bar recently there's not

much else to tell

well then make something up details on

each details

his name is will he's a great guy and

he is a high school english teacher

oh a teacher well that's that's an

honorable professional

teacher yeah and he used to play

baseball oh

like you men like me we played together

actually oh

yeah yeah i mean you you did participate

angel but i mean callie she really

played in her day like no offense

i will take great offense to that mother

thank you

anyways he's really added something

special to my life

and uh i guess i'm all set for the party

oh

how tall is he oh that kind of egg

doesn't matter

dad how tall is he yeah uh i don't know

511.

well i i guess this calls for a toast ah

my little girl and her new boyfriend

cheers i can't wait to meet him

i was thinking he could come over for

dessert if you want

of course fine by me oh yes no we want

oh who what fun

this is good mom and she's asleep

oh good thank you honey hey you want me

to scoop some ice cream for will

i'm not sure what flavor he might want

look you don't know his favorite flavor

oh well i mean i uh he always says he

has so many favorites so he can't choose

um

let's scoop him some rocky road rocky

road huh that's my new favorite

oh

everyone this is him this is will hi wow

i've really been looking forward to

meeting everyone

uh you must be mr fitzgerald not to you

i'm not you can call me john

no pleasure to meet you you know i think

i've watched you play a few games

got a good arm are you boy it's a good

leg too

well two good legs actually and uh

two good arms come to think of it well

done dad

yes all right nice to see you will it is

just so good to finally meet you

we have been waiting for this moment for

so long

no i mean what we have been waiting for

someone like you to come along

no i guess oh it's just so good to meet

you

mom okay off you go okay

hi hi i'm amanda the older

overprotective sister

oh nice to meet you amanda hi so any

criminal record of any sort

a criminal record yeah i'm just joking

well

or am i i don't know hey sorry for my

wife's line of questioning we really

don't bite

i'm ryan ryan yeah

okay

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not bad not bad at all and they're

staring at us in the cogs

oh yeah you're gonna have to get used to

that okay mm-hmm uh what should i do

your arm on my shoulder okay is that

romantic that's an order oh yeah

yes ma'am

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not tell dente good morning there she is

how's the pasta coming i was thinking

about how delaney posted that she likes

some pastas but when the noodles stick

together it bothers her

do you think we should prep some the

night before you know just to be safe

pasta's fine

how is kelly how did last night go it

went

so great will was in perfect form he

charmed the pants off the fitzgeralds

that's amazing yeah he was so warm with

everyone so kind funny sweet

he even had me fooled a few times that

we were a real couple oh

not like that he just he was such a good

actor so convincing

wow well bang the good one a fake good

one but a good one

let's see how this is going

hmm not all dante

do you think what i'm doing is wrong

what do you mean

fooling my family as a dishonest it's

all for their benefit right

it's making them happy yeah plus i need

them off my back so we can focus on

impressing delaney

are you having second thoughts no i mean

i'm not worried about getting hurt

myself i just

don't want anyone else to you're

worrying too much about how everyone

feels all the time

you can't control that i know i know

things have got to be done by now

who's ready to hit those batting cages

so is that a yes we're too busy but

thank you for the entertainment kyle

always happy to be made a fool love for

you

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i can't pull too mia oh come on he is

cute and you know i've always thought

that oh i know

he's truly a fool if he doesn't know

that

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[Applause]

so so what

how'd last night go what happened i

don't know you were there

what do you think i thought you were

funny

charming sweet and completely

unrecognizable

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[Applause]

yeah your family was great by the way oh

and charlie oh man

she just played it so well i mean she

got all the little things right just

just the way she'd hold my hand grab my

arm just kind of perfect girlfriend

stuff

right she even had me convinced a few

times that we were a real couple

very interesting william tell me more

it's not like that okay she was

convincing kind of like you how you

trying to convince me you know how to

play ball right now

hey took a noodle to the face earlier

today i've been through trauma

but it's not going to stop me from doing

this

[Applause]

thank you

okay babe ruth

[Music]

ready with more seedlings let me know if

you need me to slow down

oh i think that uh you're gonna be

tiring out before i do my love

this this tradition is my favorite in

the world

promise me we'll still always do this

every year even when we're both old

ladies

try and stop me you should

get will to come and help us garden ah

i'm gonna bring that up at your party

i don't know if it's really his thing

okay well i know that you have not been

thrilled with us about

being on you about finding somebody but

it's coming from a place of love

and no it's exciting because you have

someone

yeah i know thank you it's just it

hasn't been as easy for me to find

someone

that i like and connected with i mean

we're all not like you and dad you know

i didn't always have the idea of

marrying your father

really i had no idea oh

yeah no it's not like we we jumped into

something immediately or

or everything was was easy no it took

time

yeah i mean i liked your father

immediately but

i didn't know if i wanted to marry him

right away or at all

so there was a time where you thought

you might not ever get married

i didn't know no i i i was really

focused on grad school when i met your

father

and i told him that right away i said

that was my priority i wanted to finish

school

and if he wanted to wait and we still

wanted to get married after that

we could give it a try huh it's all

about trusting yourself

listening to that little voice inside

speak to you

you have that right yeah it sounds a lot

like you

well yes that can happen

but as you get older hopefully it starts

to sound less like me and more like you

okay wait what happened when you told

dad you wanted to wait

he said i'll wait just like that

just like that and the fact that i knew

he meant it and that he didn't hesitate

for one moment

i knew we'd have a chance to make it wow

and we waited and i was right

okay so if i meet someone it could just

take a little patience

if you meet someone you already have met

someone

yes of course what i meant to say was

since i've met someone

it could just take a little time to

click yeah of course it will

you just have to listen to the voice i

am just so glad that you're happy

and i always say don't be afraid of love

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oh my goodness wait well

charlie hi hey do you always scream

bloody murdered all your customers while

you walk in

no one comes in this late the shop's

been closed for hours i thought you were

a burglar

yeah yeah i'm i'm here to steal all your

flour and eggs

well you never know what are you doing

here

oh it's uh eight i thought i was

supposed to stop by pick up the dinner

right i think i meant that i would

deliver it to you

at eight my bad i totally misread the

text i thought you meant i was supposed

to come pick it up

well there it is there it is

ah this is the third dish i've dropped

in like a week

i'm not usually such a class

well looks delicious yeah it was

oh man it's gonna take me an hour to

make another

i'm really sorry oh don't even sweat it

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honestly i just ate before i came so i

was just gonna heat this up for tomorrow

oh good i can feel slightly less guilty

about starving you then tonight

so this is where all the magic happens

huh

yeah i know it doesn't look like much

but it's my little slice of paradise

no it's it's great i love it i can see

why i'd be so happy here

yeah i'm definitely my happiest when i'm

cooking

for sure

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would you teach me teach you yeah like

teach me how you cook i mean i'm already

here i already destroyed one of your

creations you might as well

let me help you make something else sure

i can do that okay um

let me see what's like your favorite

thing to make

my favorite thing to me i mean it

changes all the time i can't pick just

one

oh i can teach you the first thing my

dad ever taught me to make

a souffle i'm in okay i got to warn you

i'm a complete novice when it comes to

the kitchen i got you

the perfect souffle is very difficult

to make i think my dad wanted to start

me off with something hard so

everything else was easy by comparison

it took me a lot of attempts to get it

just right

you have to make a strong base that's

not too thick

to encourage it to rise

the base uses egg yolks we'll save the

whites for the sauce

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and then you want to let it rise for

just the right amount of time so it

won't fall

in the oven that's the biggest problem

with souffles

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they always seem to fall in the oven

the perfect souffle is only ready at one

exact

time and you want to jump on that

opportunity

or else it will

it will pass you by

here why don't you try one

you think i'm ready to take the training

wheels off already there's only one way

to find out

grab an apron okay

you ready for this start cracking

okay

i might have cracked that a little too

much stuff aside

please

masterfully done i'm used to working

with children

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okay

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pay for effort it's a good backhanded

compliment

i think you should take the compliment

no matter what side of the hand it comes

from the back is just as nice as the

front don't you think

oh when you present it like that's very

nice

okay be honest of all the kids you've

worked with how much better me are they

honestly honestly they were less messy

i knew it but uh you cried a little less

oh that's good that's good

oh no the oven

i think it fell

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well i don't know that i was made to be

a chef maybe it's not

your calling it's not but hey thank you

for the

lesson regardless of course i figured i

owed you

you know after the chicken parmesan

ended up on the floor and not in your

stomach

while i appreciate your commitment to

fairness oh i'm all about fairness

really on a scale of one to ten eleven

okay well

i had fun thanks again for the night

good night will yeah good night

are you wielding pasta or is it safe to

enter you're safe for now

my fettuccine is still on its holster

good

is will meeting cali here by chance not

that i know of

in fact she's not even here yet she's

left me quite the mess though

huh must have got my times mixed up

supposed to drop off my keys to willy's

closing up the rec center for me tonight

and where will you be going well i

happen to find myself in the position of

going on a little date

another day what do you mean another

date well nothing

just seems you're always going on a new

date well what can i say i like going on

dates

it's just that the women i go out with

tend to only like going on one date with

me

difference of taste i guess maybe they

have a more refined palette these ladies

so what does that make me what do you

think you are

apple pie maybe you know something

classic i mean who doesn't like apple

pie

i like apple pie but sometimes i want

something more

refined and focused like creme brulee

and i'm not creme brulee you could be

just a little more time in the oven

you've lost me with your metaphors i'm

just gonna assume you're insulting me

and leave it at that

can i leave these with you sure thing

thanks mia a date with kyle fitzgerald

i'd love to know what that's like

believe me

it's not for the faint of heart see ya

completely oblivious

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your party's going to be perfect okay

thanks mom

um but you don't have to update me every

step along the way okay

also did you forget about tomorrow we're

going down to the lovelocks bridge

you'll be there yes oh right i did

forget i don't know that i can make it

it's a tradition i know i've just been

so busy getting ready for delaney

and i don't know that i could fit it all

in well will is coming with us

you spoke too well i asked kyle for his

number and called him

he said he'd be delighted he said those

exact words

i'd be delighted oh i don't know sweetie

he's very polite okay well

yeah i guess um i can make it good

it's settled then so excited to see you

and will again

hey mom will and i we're actually um

we're just yeah

we're just gonna have to meet you there

separately we'll be coming straight from

school

and uh yeah we'll meet you there

that'll be just fine sweetie love you

love you too

it's perfect how many times we walk down

this path

a few

39 that i can think of i'm counting

let's keep counting i know

i know oh

hey hey hey sorry i'm all over the place

i uh i thought i was an english teacher

but today was nothing but drama

it's lots of issues at school same i'm

in a bit of a hectic road myself

let's just make this quick thank you for

doing this by the way above and beyond

your job description

no big deal i mean when your mom called

she was so sweet about it i i just i

couldn't resist

but i do need to get back to work so

can't stay long

same we'll just make an appearance okay

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oh hi hey hey we are hi

hi dad hi honey yeah thank you good to

see ya

look at you hi hello

nice to see you i'm good oh this never

gets old you say that every year

well 39 years and counting wow that's a

long time

yes it is but it seems like you know

yesterday

you know what i've never actually been

to this place before never no

you're not from here well i grew up on

the west coast oregon

and i spent a lot of time with my mom

there she would be all over this

tradition stuff

he's good with his mom see that bell

right there

so part of the tradition is after you

put a lock on the gate you ring the bell

and when me and amanda were kids we

would just try and get up there and ring

it ourselves

i used to lift them up my shoulders so

they could actually reach it

i know i'm not a kid anymore but i'd

still like to get up there what do you

say jeff

well i i would say no not right now your

dad's back can't take that

plus um this is a boyfriend's job now

really oh yeah

yeah of course yeah come on up okay

let's go

just be careful here we go here we go

yeah here we go

all right ready three two one okay

here we go all right well i can reach it

now

well done all right

whoa and now you have to finish the

tradition

oh mom oh no don't oh mommy you're the

one that rang the bell

this is the same kind as your father and

i used

oh uh let me get a picture for the photo

album dad

hang on hang on oh all right guess we're

doing this

there we go just connect it to theirs

let's see some face

we need a smile here there we go good

shot

thank you well let's get one of all of

us

who's gonna oh excuse me hi would you

mind taking a picture of us

thank you okay john coming here by cali

you too

yeah in the middle you get nice and

close and you can take a bunch

15 or 20 are you two getting nice and

tight

okay good and now the two of you look

into each other's eyes

and let the woman get back to her life

okay

okay thank you so much i'm sure there's

a keeper in here

okay oh wait uh now i want one where

will and callie kiss

oh i don't think we need yeah she's not

gonna take no for an answer come on you

two

hook her up let's get the show on the

road

uh this pushy pants

that was perfect

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oh do you want to see sure

take a look look at you too that's a

great shot

i know i do too

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hey do my morning back out and gangnam

spice order i really think we should

pick it up early for dylan's event

oh hello callie and how are you today

i'm sorry i'm just in work mode

it's all right how'd it go yesterday

how's will are you guys fake holding

hands yet

we kissed kissed

like kiss kissed real kiss i think so

what do you think so i mean it wasn't

supposed to be a real kiss we were set

up for a picture

i mean i didn't want to do it for his

sake either but he had no choice

so we did and it happened and then i

felt something change

during it did he feel it too i don't

know

this is becoming so much do you think

you're actually

developing feelings for him uh it's not

that easy

of course i like him but it's

complicated well of course it's

complicated

i could have told you that then why

didn't you have you talked a little

about your feelings

no of course not are you crazy this is

very delicate i am building a

very fragile house of guards here and if

one thing upsets the balance

the whole thing will collapse but the

party is so soon i know don't remind me

ugh i'm dreading it oh i was supposed to

drop by the house

go ahead i got everything in control

here i'm gonna pick up the dishes i'll

be right back

well i think we

should talk okay

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feeling

ugh maybe not

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god is that you oh dad i didn't know

anyone was home

oh no it's just me i'm uh holding down

the fort

i'm just dropping off some plates for

mom she needs them for the party

who's not great oh sweet helping out

with your own party

well she asked and i managed to fit it

in

to this crazy day you got to take it

easy sometime kid

yeah i guess so everything all right

that obvious huh only to me you're good

at hiding things

well it's just the event for delaney is

tomorrow and then there's the big

birthday party and i love you guys i

just wish it

wasn't all such a big deal hey the big

deal is you

the party is just our way of showing i

know i just i want everything to go the

way it's supposed to go

for me and mia with delaney and you guys

and the party

ah there's no supposed to win life you

can't plan these things

i mean if you only did what you were

supposed to you wouldn't be the creative

amazing chef that you are

i mean what was the the thing you were

best at making when you were young

that's easy souffle i always tell that

story

that was the first thing i taught you to

make the best

was an egg really

yup simple egg in a frying pan and you

know why

because you made it your own you were so

adventurous

and every time it turned out great that

was so

fun i had completely forgotten all about

that

you even tried all my weird combinations

not

weird they were uh adventurous

thanks dad look never think you have to

do things one way your whole life

whether it's your career life or or your

love life

don't be afraid of it don't be afraid of

love

nothing just something i heard you know

that little voice

inside your head that tells you what to

do i do

mind your mothers i hear you on that

yeah well anyway dad sit back down relax

okay

why i am going to make you an egg well

great thank you

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well excuse me miss oh my goodness well

i'm sorry everyone i visit today that i

think will be gone is not gone

after all why do you keep visiting

people if you know they're not there

i uh i i brought you your chicken parm

take two oh wow that looks really good

you didn't have to bring that yes i did

the first one did not count and it was

part of our deal

okay you reading my novel

no i mean i saw that it probably was

your novel but no i didn't

see anything really it's okay it's it's

fine really there's

not much there to begin with but hey i

will say that you've inspired me to get

back in it

i have mm-hmm

hey me and i are catering this event

tomorrow it's for this lifestyle blogger

her name is delaney delaney

you know delaney yeah no look i might

not be a master head chef or anything

but i know delaney and her restaurant

recommendations they'd never disappoint

all right well we have this event booked

and it's sort of like an audition

for her to promote us and it'll be small

so if you'd want to come

is your family going to be there no it

would just be me

um it's of course not a part of your

boyfriend duties

but i just thought it would be fun if

you wanted to

okay yeah no i'm let me check my

schedule i'll

i'll get back to you sure yeah no right

of course

hey also about the last time you know

when we

right yeah with the mm-hmm

yeah exactly um i am sorry i had no idea

that that would happen

yeah no right i mean don't even mention

it i mean i mean you did good

so thanks no problem no big deal

but you know it was awkward

uncomfortable

well i

won't happen again right of course not

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so what stage of the relationship should

i act like you and cali are in at the

birthday party is it like

fake first weekend getaway together or

you just had a key mate for your place

for her i mean where are we at

hey it's not funny all right i mean i

was just kidding

you guys are just pretending right it

just can't all be fun at games all the

time like you okay

okay i'm sorry i didn't realize you felt

so strongly about it

hey callie's a great person all right

i'm just

just realizing that this hasn't been

that easy

you like her for real don't you

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you do i don't know look i don't know

okay i know this it'll be a bummer to

walk away from her when this is all over

it's been a lot of fun hanging out with

her wow

i mean why don't you just ask her out

when it's all over

for real i mean i can that's not what

she wants she made it pretty clear

i mean anything that i'm feeling i got

to be really strong and just

not let it out because that would defeat

the purpose of everything she wants to

do

and i don't want to ruin this for her

yeah

you're right that's a tough situation

yeah i gotta pump the brakes a bit

maybe just get back out on the dating

scene and i'll take my mind off it well

just know

i've got your back if you ever want to

talk it through

i'm here thanks man i appreciate that

yeah everything's been delivered to the

venue i'm just heading home to change oh

wait i'm getting a text

i'll see you there hey callie

i'm not going to make it so sorry

thank you guys for being here

delaney is you i'm cali fitzgerald

it is truly an honor to meet you

i'm sorry i'm a bit nervous it is a

delight callie this is so wonderful

i'm so excited to have you catering for

me oh i'm the excited one you already

have quite the reputation

my friends have already told me about

you you've been on their radar oh wow

that is so nice to hear

and where's your partner mia she's um

just running a last-minute errand she

should be here

any minute you know what i'm gonna give

her a call

hey mia with cali just uh wondering

where you are

uh delaney's here and she even asked

where you are

we are all set up at palliatives and i

just

need you okay also i can't stop thinking

about that kids with will and how super

weird it was and he said something like

he was

sorry about it and then he texted me

that he's not coming tonight and

i know i'm about to turn 35 so i feel

like an actual teenage girl right now

and

i hope you get here soon and i love you

okay thank you bye hey

oh gosh sorry i'm late a couple of other

side projects

you all right i'm just glad you're here

now i left you the world's longest

voicemail i

must be losing it i should have called

no it's okay i promise

let's do this thing i got a good feeling

oh

um you can go ahead and delete that

voicemail

oh well

i must say i'm a little surprised you

asked me out tonight well

i'm surprised you said yes

so what are you gonna get i don't know i

thought maybe we could split something

you want to get some chicken parm no

chicken parm

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so uh anything good lately i mean i i've

actually started to reread some

great fictional classics yes i read a

great collection of essays recently and

how we're living in the six

mass extinction real eye-opening stuff

yeah the um sounds really uplifting

good work today partner right back at

you partner

even the thing comes of it it's nice to

know i'm doing it with you

i wouldn't want it any other way

to martha party yeah he'll be there

don't suppose there's

any way out of it nope that train has

left the station you know you could too

something's really radical what try and

enjoy yourself

well this was quite an evening ladies

very unique indeed

we'll chat

is that good i have no idea

well i'm not the only one who comes here

late oh

what are you doing here well i guess now

i'm the one who shows up at a place not

expecting anyone to be there

really sorry i didn't come to your event

tonight oh good

i've never seen you here after hours

before yeah you know kind of a new thing

for me i guess ever since kyle gave me

the key he said i could close up come in

whenever i want he's a good guy that way

you mind if i hit a couple i mean

i guess not i just i wasn't really

expecting to see you tonight you know i

thought you had other plans i mean i can

go if you want some space

no go ahead

so got the big party tomorrow guess we

pulled it off huh

yeah you know i've been thinking about

the party and this whole charade it's

really becoming a lot more

stress than it's worth

what do you mean you know i thought

playing pretend would make my life

easier but

it hasn't now i have to deal with all

the emotions that have come with that

what kind of emotions you know

just the usual stress

anxiety disappointment

yeah no i i get that hasn't been easy in

my life either you know

putting up this facade in front of your

family all the time just all this lying

and pretending

i'm sorry i thought you agreed to all of

this

i mean it's not your family and it's not

your party yeah but it's still me

and it's still all these emotions that i

quite frankly i just didn't expect what

emotions

it's like you said right fear worry

anxiety

right i'm not used to bending the truth

tell you that oh really

yeah what were you doing tonight then

what i saw you on your date will

i was at that restaurant too that's

where my event was that you skipped out

on

it's just dinner and to be honest i did

it to protect your feelings

protect my feelings okay now that's

that's spending the truth

okay well i guess you really don't know

me then kelly no

i don't i don't know you at all because

we're not actually dating

and you know what we never actually

would

okay i get it all right i'm just gonna

go so you can have your space and

no i'm sorry

i

what is it kelly i

i'll see you at the party tomorrow

we'll see this thing through and then

that'll be that

we'll go our separate ways

right okay

see you then

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no

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okay

talk to me

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[Music]

let's start by taking a deep breath in

and out it's a big day maybe you're

feeling

a lot of pressure perhaps all eyes are

on you

people rely on you for things

expectations are high

okay got it

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hi come on

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you were always my favorite mom really

do you say that to all of us

of course i do but isn't it nice to hear

it today hey hey

cali pally look at you

oh my goodness you just polish up so

nice

hey you remember what we got you for

your sweet 16 birthday

i don't think so well you know you were

into mixed cd so we all got to

make cds of your favorite music wow i

had completely forgotten

well i haven't happy birthday callie

and don't worry that is not your only

present i love it thank you dad

oh you know what we still have a lot of

stuff to set up so we're gonna skedaddle

but come on inside your guests are here

and people already out back

okay great i'm gonna put this in my car

i'll be right there okay

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um

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it's true

hey have you seen will i don't think

he's here yet oh no of course he is i

was with him inside i thought you saw

him

no i we haven't had a chance to connect

oh well

you will know what do you mean i have

scheduled a song

for the two of you to dance together

just the two of you

all right everyone this next song is

exclusively for the birthday girl

and her boyfriend so nobody else dances

father's orders

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hey there hi

happy birthday

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yeah me neither

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well i'm really sorry about the other

night

no don't don't even mention it really we

both said things that we didn't mean

i mean i know i did yeah me me too i

mean we got ourselves into a

stressful situation here i should have

anticipated that

i never should have put you in this

position

hey i agree to it i take full

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responsibility

what okay i okay if we met

under you know like somewhere else and i

wasn't like

the birthday boyfriend you know yeah

i would ask y'all really

under different circumstances i would

have

but you said you didn't want this right

and and i said the same thing

initially and

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yeah i mean that is what we both

said all right let's have a big hair for

cali and will huh

[Applause]

i'm gonna take a walk

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everybody i just

i just like to uh make an announcement

for those of you who don't know me

i am uh i'm the embarrassing father of

the

birthday girl now i'm not going to take

up too much of your time i just like to

uh i'd just like to say how proud i am

of my little baby girl who's uh

not a little baby girl anymore

i just can't be more pleased with the

beautiful woman that she's become

you know they they they say that uh the

way to a man's heart is through his

stomach and if that's true

then uh will is the luckiest man in the

world

but in all seriousness i just like to

say i am so thrilled

that kelly and will have found each

other in the real world

and made a real connection no setups no

charades just uh

just two true honest people who fell in

love

anyway uh i'm gonna quit while i'm ahead

so

let's all raise a glass

to cali pally happy birthday honey

happy birthday birthday callie

now why don't you come on up and say a

few words no no no no

come on speak this is your night

here you go oh thanks dad

thank you everybody for being here this

really means a lot

i am not one for big parties so needless

to say this

really stressed me out

but seriously i'm i'm so grateful

i have the best family in the world they

are always

there for me they are here for me

they're for me literally

everywhere for me

yeah i love them for that and will too

he's always there for me

yeah he's such a great guy that i

that i uh i'm sorry i can't do this

i just will is not actually

my boyfriend

i made an arrangement for him to pretend

to be my boyfriend

so i would have a date for this party so

my family would get off my back

and so i could focus on work

i was so tired of everyone pressuring me

to have a boyfriend even though i know

they just wanted me to be happy

so i tried to give them what they want

to make them happy and

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it was an act

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i'm sorry i never should have lied to

you guys

but mom dad

you guys were right

it is so nice to have someone

special in your life to care for you

who's there for you to laugh

with you all of it

even if it was just protect

will's not out here right now but

i just wanted to tell him i'm sorry

he is the perfect guy for someone

if he ever wants that and i hope that

someday

he may want that because getting to play

will's girlfriend

made me realize the one thing i really

want

is to be will's girlfriend

great speech really went over well

not funny how do you feel

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i'm sorry sis

hey you and mia when were you gonna tell

me about that

yeah you know that sort of just happened

recently seriously i'm thrilled

i'm glad you're finally seeing what was

right in front of you

no i've always been into her i just wish

she'd given me a sign or something

you would have needed a clobber over the

head to see it

yeah maybe you know she's the first

woman i've dated that i could actually

see myself

hanging up the back phone wow

big step baby bro

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although you did almost make her miss

the event with delaney

didn't appreciate that very much what

what are you talking about you her side

project

oh no yeah mia had a side project but

she wasn't referring to me

what was it then you haven't seen it

come on

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oh my goodness

sushi in the souffles

not bad huh happy birthday callie

mia this is so

sweet i needed a pick-me-up after giving

that speech

i can't believe you did all of this of

course i did

you're my best friend so this

was the side project yeah i don't want

to tell you obviously

what did you think i meant i don't know

i thought maybe you meant you and kyle

you guys kept that a secret from me glad

that finally happened

i would never refer to kyle as a side

project more of a fixer-upper

uh i'm right here until now

you are the best friend anyone could

ever ask for

oh you too thank you

of course

honey

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we're here to apologize we're sorry for

pressuring you

we had no idea we're so overbearing we

we just want your happiness

thank you i am so sorry about the whole

will thing

i wish i came clean earlier

we love you so much callie and we'll

never be overbearing again

well at least not tonight

hello helly dare it's delaney listen i

don't want to disturb you but i had to

call to tell you

and i hope you won't be disappointed

everything happened so last minute i had

to rewrite my entire post

and it's going up tomorrow i know that's

not very much warning so i apologize

i hope you're not terribly thrown um

all right silly me long table catering

is my number one pick for delaney's

delights this month congratulations what

is it

we're going on the home page of

delaney's site for her number one

pig thank you

thank you thank you so much you're

welcome

let's talk early next week also i have a

connection with a national food magazine

i think could be

very interesting for you amazing thank

you delaney

we did it what's going on

we're delaney's number one pick

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hey wow well you sure made us look like

fools didn't you

believing the whole will thing we needed

the wake-up call

i just haven't dated in such a long time

i forgot what it felt like to have

people asking all the time

that was unfair of us thank you amanda

now i just need to talk to will have you

seen him

i have actually he um

he just left really he left i'm sorry

cal

it's fine it's probably for the best

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really

hey you doing okay

just dandy we're about to do the cake in

a bit i'll be there in a minute

yeah you're gonna be busy for a little

bit

hi hey

that was a nice speech you heard it

yeah i was in the back i thought you

left

i did had to go to the car and get your

present

hey uh do you remember our first date

of course yeah well i was kind of

kicking myself later

because you know there was all that talk

about like seahorses right and how they

made for life and i thought they were

fools because of that

yeah why

because that was the first day that i

realized that

i want to be with you forever

i was a fool i'm in love with you kelly

i'm the seahorse

one for you one for me

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not really saying i think it's kind of a

dumb gift i know i

i'm looking for the right words to say

and

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i think they're just i love you too will

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yeah on a scale from one to ten

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okay eleven

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hey everyone it's cake time

cake flowers

thank you they're beautiful you're

beautiful

i think birthday cake is coming soon

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yeah your novel no

my story

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wow

so did you make a wish no

no it already came true

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you