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I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. Laura Lynn's standing me up. Me.

And on Valentine's Day.

Ben, why do you keep going with Laura Lynn if she makes you so miserable?

I mean, I don't mean to sound judgmental, but it makes you look like a

dork. At least I'm not hanging out with the girls from the office seeing how

much we can eat.

Laura's not here in five minutes. I'm stuck in the middle side of these

Mom, we're in a struggle with the opposite sex stuff.

At the funeral home.

Shouldn't you have already left for your date with Dad?

You mean with a man who's an hour late on Valentine's Day and hasn't called?

Don't feel bad, Mom.

Want to help me suck these chocolates?

Hey, hi, everybody. Sorry I'm a little late, Maggie.

You're not mad, are you? Well, I'm sure you have a really good reason. You

probably got tied up with a patient emergency or got caught in traffic or

something. Actually, I just forgot we were going out for dinner tonight. Isn't

that funny?

You forgot our Valentine's Day dinner, and that's funny.

Well, but when I remembered, I remembered flowers.

Where'd you get these?

The off -ramp at Exit 7?

Absolutely not.

Exit 9.

I'll get my coat.

Hey, Dad, can I borrow $60?

What? No. Hi, Dad. How are you, Dad? Nice to see you, Dad.

Well, every time I say that, you say, how much? I'm just trying to save time

here. Okay.

I've got a date with Kate tonight, and everything's got to be just perfect.

Oh, hey, you better be taking her to the Sizzler.

Dad, I'm dating Kate. I'm not married to her.

At least he got her nice flowers.

Ben, don't help me here.

Mike, Mike, Mike, look, I'll lend you the money if you exchange bouquets with

me. Well, how about this, Dad? How about if we split the bouquet, then? You get

nothing.

Enjoy.

Let's go, Ben. My mom's in the car waiting.

Oh,

hello, Dr. Seaver.

Hi, Mike.

Hi. Hi. Let me finish getting my coat on.

Why aren't you ready? Do you know we're late?

Look, Laura, I... I don't know why you're yelling at me. You're the one

late. Maybe we shouldn't even go on this stupid date.

Ben, you've never been forceful with me before.

I like it.

Stand up straight.

Yes, dear.

Where are you taking Kate for dinner?

It's just some little French place.

La Village.

La Village?

Mike, you're not proposing, are you?

No.

Well, it's just, you know, that's quite a place. You never took Julie there.

He never took me there.

Come on, it's just a dinner.

Is that Jason?

He's your son, and he's not afraid to spend money. No, sure, because it's my

money.

And by the way, these are your real flowers. The others were just a joke,

Maggie.

A man in his right mind would give a woman those.

Mike, will you put these in water for me, please? You got it.

Shall we?

Don't wait up.

Oh, honey.

Where are you taking me? Well, I wanted it to be a surprise.

Well, have we been there before?

No comment. Am I overdressed?

For something.

Valentine's Day party.

We're from Carol's office. Except for her, she's my mom.

Nice to meet you, Carol.

Um, Albert's told me so much about you.

Uh, Carol, the A -list is here.

Hi. Let me put those in water for you.

Well, I hope everybody bought a romantic movie.

I rented a room with a view. I got an officer and a gentleman.

and Delilah with Victor Mature.

We should all have breasts like that man.

Welcome to La Village.

Enjoy your meal, monsieur.

And bon appétit, mademoiselle.

You know, Mike, when I told you I always wanted to try this place, I wasn't

hinting that you'd bring me here.

Yes, you are. You bet I was.

Okay, now look, kid, I want you to order anything you want, because $5 for soup?

Oh, sounded like my dad.

Everything looks so good.

Sure does.

So, uh, you've never been here before?

No.

Well, uh, speaking of dating... Who was speaking of dating?

Uh, I was. When?

Well, when I said speaking of dating.

What were we talking about?

Um, dating?

You know, I'm glad you brought that up. You don't care. I've been thinking. You

are so adorable when you're trying to be serious.

Really?

You know, death haunts me.

Okay, now getting back to dating.

Again? Hey, you brought it up.

So what about dating?

Well, um, you know, we've been doing that for a few weeks now.

Yeah, I guess we have, huh?

Yes. Been six weeks.

Six weeks, three days.

Yeah.

And, uh, well, I personally haven't dated anyone else.

Uh -huh.

Yeah, and I could have.

Personally.

Oh.

Kate, is there anything else you'd like to say here?

No.

You love driving me nuts, don't you?

Well, it's my second favorite thing to do.

Mike, I haven't dated anyone else either, and I haven't wanted to.

And I'm really happy with the way things are right now.

So you're saying you kind of like being my girlfriend?

I love being your girlfriend.

Does this mean... What do you think?

Well, Kate, look, I really need to know what you think, because I know what I

think.

Yeah? Kate.

Bonjour, my name is Julie, and I'll be your waitress this evening.

Mike!

My name is Michael Seaver, and my fiancé and I are meeting the minister here at

1 o 'clock.

Mr. Seaver, yes. Well, this was left for you.

Oh, well, thank you.

Dear Mike, by the time you read this, I'll be on a plane.

And I've never written a letter like this before, so I don't know how to

I've been thinking about you and me and marriage.

Mike, I've got so many questions and I've got so many doubts.

And maybe I'm crazy or just scared out of my mind. I don't know. Maybe it's

cold feet.

But all I know right now is I can't go through with this.

Julie. Julie, hi.

Hi, Mike. Hi. So you are a waitress here at this

very place.

Yeah.

Yeah, oh, you want to sit?

You can't. You're a waitress.

I am.

I didn't know that.

That small world.

I was waiting for someone to say that.

Oh, oh, oh, right. Uh, Julie Costello, this is, uh... Uh...

Kate, Kate, Kate McDuffie. I knew that.

Hi, Julie. Hi, Kate.

Julie, we need a few more minutes with the menu. Oh, of course, of course. Just

a couple minutes with the menu. Take your time.

Oh,

look, I'm sorry. I just drew a blank here. I know your name, okay? I know it

like my own. I can even spell it.

So that was Julie.

The Julie.

I know that I've told you a little bit about her, but just understand that this

is the first time that we've even seen each other since she... Well, since I

called our wedding off.

Look, Mike, maybe we should go.

No, Kate, no.

No, no, no. No, I'm fine.

I'm fine. I can handle this, okay? Look, why don't we just look over these

menus, okay?

Oh, wow, Alfredo Romano. That sounds great.

Mike, that's the chef's name.

Look, I just think we'd be more comfortable eating at another

Look, Julia, I mean, Kate.

Look, no, no, don't worry. Look, I appreciate that, but I'm fine. I can

this. I wasn't thinking about you. I was thinking about me.

What have you got to do with it?

Mike, this isn't exactly a pleasant situation for me.

Oh, you mean you having dinner with your new boyfriend and being served by his

former fiancée is not a pleasant situation?

Maybe in California.

Come on, Mike, admit it. You're a little uneasy yourself.

Okay, I admit it. I was at first.

But now I'm calm and I'm ready for a great dinner. Okay?

I'm just going to tell what's -her -name that we are ready to order. All right?

Ben, you are a whole different you tonight.

So commanding, so manly. See ya.

Laura, your mom's right there.

Ben, I'm a woman with needs.

Good night, Benjamin.

Whoa.

What's the matter?

He came back.

Richard Gere came back. I knew it. I knew it.

Two ladies' tongues hanging out.

We know that, Ben. Will you get out?

Do you want to watch the bedroom scene again in slow -mo?

Well, that was the last movie.

This is the best Valentine's Day I ever had.

I am so sorry.

Boy,

that was some dinner, huh?

Hey, that settles it for me. The French can cook.

I don't think they can turn anything into a sauce.

Oh, hey, well, thanks anyway, Kate, but I'm going to stop up for coffee another

time. I didn't ask you.

Oh.

In fact, I haven't said a word since we left the restaurant.

Really?

In fact, hardly a word since we bumped into Judy.

I... Oh, I know.

Julie. I know it's her name that's on the tip of your tongue.

Come on, Kate. I've apologized for that a hundred times. I mean, how many more

do you need?

I'll let you know.

Mike, let's just forget this whole night ever happened, okay?

What night?

Good night, Kate. I'll call you later.

Why are you acting like this?

Like what, Kate?

has a secret.

Oh, come on. Give me a break. Give me a break.

You're acting like you're sorry you ended that relationship.

Well, that is not true.

Mike, be honest with me.

Honest?

Honest? You want honest? Okay.

All right, I didn't dump her.

I'm the one who got dumped.

What?

I didn't call the wedding off. It was her.

Okay, I lied.

I'm sorry. I did it to spare your feelings.

No.

I lied to spare my feelings.

What else have you lied about?

Nothing.

Kate, look, I'm glad that relationship was over, okay? And I don't care who was

the dumper or the dumpy. It doesn't matter. It's done. It's finished. We

goodbye.

We didn't actually say goodbye. She wrote me that stupid letter.

Look, the point is, Kate...

I love you.

I love you too, Mike.

So why didn't you say goodbye to her?

To Judy?

What's her name?

Don't know.

Next year, I pick the restaurant.

Maggie, that salad bar was 80 feet long.

Honey, Valentine's Day is not a time to be standing in line carrying a tray.

It's not very romantic.

Yeah, well, we got great leftovers.

Honey, are you really this cheap?

Maggie, no.

For putting up with me?

To all the times that I know what I'm doing and that one time a year when I

don't.

Jason.

Jason. Happy Valentine's. Oh.

Thank you. It's beautiful.

Yeah, they look like real diamonds, don't they?

I know they're real.

Mike. That was La Valence.

Mike.

Probably still reeling from the check.

Oh, I am terribly sorry, monsieur, but we are closed.

Oh, it's you.

Come to break some more dishes, pal -y?

No, no. Julie Costello here.

Is she still here?

Take a number. A number?

Oh, Julie.

Hi. Hi. I just came back to get my something.

Your something?

Yeah, yeah. I got it. Thanks.

That's not true.

Look, Julie, can we talk?

Mike, I really don't have time to... To talk?

Not even to talk?

Mike... Sure.

In a minute, Ray?

Yeah, yeah, sure.

Okay, what?

Well, uh...

Julie, I've been thinking a lot about what happened.

And when I saw you over there, let's just say that it's safe to say that

there just aren't a lot of things that need to be said, mostly.

Mike, maybe this just isn't a good time for us to talk. There you go again. You

can't even talk to me, Julie.

What is the problem here?

Look... We were three weeks away from getting married.

It's funny how things turn out, isn't it?

Maybe I should have just written you a stupid letter like the one you wrote me.

Mike, I'm very sorry. Look, if you think you are the only ones who had doubts

about what we were doing, Julie, you're wrong.

I had better doubts.

Really? You bet.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Why are you hugging me?

Don't you see?

I thought I broke your heart. And I've been going around for months and feeling

so lousy.

You had doubts, too. This is great.

Yeah, it's a real hoot.

Mike, why are you so upset? You just said you had the same questions.

But, Julie, at least I had the guts to come tell you face to face.

Eight months after it happened. I told you I didn't want to write the letter.

Then why did you?

If I told you in person that I didn't think getting married was a good idea,

what would you have said?

I would have said the same things that I said to you tonight.

Are you really being honest?

Honest?

You aren't honest? Okay.

What is it with you women and this honesty thing?

Mike. Okay, okay.

Okay, I would have said that you were crazy and that you're just having cold

feet.

And how could this be wrong if we were so right for each other?

And I would have looked into your eyes and I would have just crumbled.

See why I wrote the letter now?

Yeah.

Guess I was a dope, huh?

No, you weren't.

You were a charming, wonderful, romantic... Dope.

No more than I was.

I'm glad you came in here tonight, Mike.

Um... Glad I came back.

You changed.

Yeah.

I'm older.

Wiser.

Honester.

Honester? Yeah, I've changed. My grammar hasn't.

Well, uh, I gotta go.

See you, Mike.

Take care.

Goodbye.

Goodbye. Hey, we finally said it in person.

Yeah.

Oh, uh, hey, sorry about the tip.

What tip?

We'll be back in a moment.

Mike, here's a good idea to keep you busy.

Due to the flu epidemic, substitute high school teachers needed this week

throughout Long Island.

Not now, Fever. I'm busy with the substitute.

I'm back.

Just pass these things out. If you need help sharpening your pencils, then...

You're not going to make it through the day. You'll crack, Fever. You'll crack.

And I'm going to be here to stomp on the pieces.