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Dialogue Snippets of conversations from selected episodes:
September
2, 2002
Al:
You're going to call the police, right, tell them that I set fire to your dad's
house?
Jen:
I still can't believe you did that. I could have died.
Al:
I know. I am so, so sorry.
Jen:
You're sorry?
Al:
Yeah, look, I know it was insane, ok, but I only did it because I love you so
much.
Jen:
Yeah, you already said that.
Al:
It's true. Ok, look, I wanted to do something that i could blame on Natalie so
that you would see that he would take her side no matter what. Look, I know it
was sick, ok, and stupid. And you have to understand that I had no idea that you
were going to be there.
Jen:
Except I was.
Al:
I know. I swear to you, Jen, I would never, never, ever do anything to hurt you.
I just -- I just wanted you to love me, you know, instead of Cristian, and now I
know that that's never going to happen. Look, you know, if you want, go ahead
and call the commissioner. Or you can come down to the station with me while i
make a statement. I just appreciate the fact that you gave me a chance, you
know, you heard what i had to say. I -- I know that you can't forgive me, and I
don't expect you to.
Jen:
You don't understand. I do forgive you.
Al:
You do? Why?
Jen:
I've thought about it a lot. And even though what you did was really wrong, I
understand it.
Al:
You do?
Jen:
You did it for love. And love, I mean, that's important. So I don't want you to
go to the police. I just want both of us just to forget about the whole thing.
Al:
Ok, but I just don't understand how you can -- well, how you can just sort of
let go like that.
Jen:
Maybe because -- because you're my only friend, because you're the only who's
told me the truth about things that really matter -- like love.
Al:
What about Cristian?
Jen:
You were right. There is something going on between Cristian and Natalie.
Al:
There is?
Jen:
Oh, it's so awful I don't -- I don't even think I can talk about it.
Al:
Look, I'm sorry. I wish -- I wish there was something I could do for you.
Jen:
Actually, there is.
Al:
What is it? I mean, what can I do for you?
Jen:
I just think I need to be held. I really just think I need to be loved.
Al:
Oh. I love you.
Jen:
Prove it.
Al:
What is it? I mean, what can I do for you?
Jen:
I just think I need to be held. I really just think I need to be loved.
Al:
Oh. I love you.
Jen:
Prove it.
Jen:
Make love to me, Al. *****************************
September 3, 2002
Al:
You want me to --
Jen:
Make love to me.
Al:
But I -- i don't understand.
Jen:
I need you. Cristian and Natalie -- they lied to me. They betrayed me. I never
felt so alone. Please don't turn me away, too.
Al:
But I thought -- Cris -- I mean --
Jen:
No, he doesn't love me anymore. They've been lying to me all along.
Al:
Jen, I -- I'm so sorry, but I just -- I don't know --
Jen:
I know you care about me.
Al:
Yeah -- no, no, no, I do. I -- I’ve always loved you. But this is just --
well, it's just so --
Jen:
Please, I need you now. Please don't turn me away.
Al:
Ok. Are you absolutely certain about this? I mean, completely sure?
Jen:
I've never been more sure about anything in my life.
Al:
I love you. I love you so much.
Al:
You know, when you called me, this was the last thing that I thought I'd be
doing.
Jen:
Yeah, I guess so.
Al:
I mean, I never thought that this could happen for us again, you know, that
you'd -- you'd want me, need me -- not after what i did to you. Not in a million
years.
Jen:
But I did.
Al:
Listen -- I want you to know that I am so sorry for setting your house on fire.
Jen:
Al, it's ok.
Al:
No, it's not ok, all right? But -- I am going to spend the rest of my life
making it up to you, ok? I -- I’m going to love you and treat you the way you
need to be treated. *********************************
Jen:
Stop it.
Al:
What? Why?
Jen:
Because this has been a terrible mistake.
Al:
Ok, um -- I don't understand. Did -- did I -- did I say something? Because I
thought that things were going really well.
Jen:
I didn't know what I was doing.
Al:
What? You -- you're the one who said you wanted to make love!
Jen:
I was upset. You knew I was upset. And you took advantage of me.
Al:
No, no, I -- I did not, ok? I -- i wouldn’t. I couldn't!
Jen:
You did.
Al:
But you were the one who -- you know what? Ok. Fine. If I did take advantage of
you, I didn't mean to. I'm sorry.
Jen:
I just need to be alone right now. I just need to think about Cristian, about
everything.
Al:
But I -- I -- I thought you said that you needed me.
Jen:
Never mind. I'm out of here.
Al:
Wait, wait, wait, wait! Can -- can -- please, please. Don't go, ok? Can we just
talk about this, ok? I mean, you said that -- that Cristian and Natalie had
betrayed you, right? But you didn't say how.
Jen:
So?
Al:
So? I mean, did you -- did you catch them together?
Jen:
No, no! I don't even want to think about it, ok? I just want to be alone!
Al:
Ok. All right. I know.
Jen:
Don't you have somewhere you have to be?
Al:
Yeah, yeah. I promised my dad I'd pick up a package for him.
Jen:
Ok, so go do it.
Al:
But, Jen --
Jen:
Or stay here -- I don't care -- but I'm leaving.
Al:
Sure. Fine.
Jen:
Please don't tell anybody this happened.
Al:
Look -- you know that I won't, ok?
Jen:
I'm sorry. I'm sorry I treated you this way. I -- I just need time.
Al:
I know. I -- I understand.
Jen:
Nothing makes sense to me. Everything's just turned upside down.
Al:
Well, I'm sorry. I am so sorry that Cristian did this to you.
Jen:
Thanks.
Al:
But I want you to know that i wasn't trying to take advantage of you. I would
never do that. I couldn't ever do that. I love you, and I'm hoping that I’m
going to get a chance to show you just how much.
Jen:
I don't know. I can't promise you that. I can't promise you anything.
Al:
Listen -- you can depend on me. No matter what you want me to do -- anything,
anything at all -- I'll do it. Jen:
That's what I'm counting on. **********************
Natalie:
What did Jen say, Al?
Al:
What do you think?
Natalie:Okay.
Do not have time for games right now. If Jen said something about me and
Cristian, then I want to know what it is.
Al:
You're the one playing games. The naïve act, I know what you and Cris did to
Jen, and so does she. ******************
Jen:
"For optimum odds of conceiving, a couple should engage in intercourse
twice, and only twice, during ovulation." Twice? Why didn't they put that
right upfront?
Jen:
Ok, if twice optimizes the chances, twice it will be. Because I am going to get
pregnant. I need this baby. ********************
Natalie:
No. No, you're lying. Jen wouldn't say anything because there's nothing to tell.
Al:
Is that a fact?
Natalie:
Besides, Jen and I are friends now.
Al:
Even you don't believe that.
Natalie:
We are. We worked out all that stuff with Cristian.
Al:
Oh, yeah. Really? And if I’m a really good boy, will Santa Claus bring me
everything i want for Christmas?
Natalie:
If you have something to say, then why don't you just go ahead and say it?
Al:
Are you really sure that's what you want?
Natalie:
What's wrong? Did I call your bluff?
[Phone
rings]
Al:
No bluff. Hello?
Jen:
Al, it's me.
Al:
What's wrong?
Jen:
I need to talk to you right away in person.
Al:
Ok. No problem.
Jen:
Meet me at the Bayberry Inn, the same room. I'm heading over there right now.
Al:
Wait -- can you at least give me a clue as to what this is about?
Jen:
Just please meet me there. Hurry.
Natalie:
Wait -- where are you going?
Al:
None of your business.
Natalie:
We're in the middle of something important here. You can't just leave.
Al:
Watch me. Natalie:
You can't -- I've got to find out what Jen knows.
**********************
Jen:
No backing out. I've got to do this. Get here already so I can get this over
with. It's going to be fine. The web site said twice. It has to be twice.
[Knock
on door]
Jen:
Finally. Al?
Al:
Yeah. Are you ok? I got here as fast as I could.
Jen:
Thank you. You're such a good friend.
Al:
Ok. What's going on? What's up?
Jen:
Things are worse than ever with Cristian.
Al:
Did he hurt you?
Jen:
All he does is hurt me.
Al:
Did he hit you?
Jen:
No, no. He didn't hurt me physically, but it's like he's dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde. One minute he's so warm and he's so loving and I think he wants to be with
me forever, and the next minute he's running off somewhere with Natalie.
Al:
I knew it.
Jen:
I thought I loved him, but now I'm just so confused. I can't feel like this. I
feel like I'm going to die.
Natalie:
Jen? Jen, it's Natalie. Are you home?
Al:
You deserve so much more. You deserve to be treated so much better.
Jen:
Maybe I don’t.
Al:
Of course you do.
Jen:
Maybe I'm like my mom. Maybe I don't even deserve to be happy.
Al:
That's not true.
Jen:
I don't even know if it's the truth or not. It just hurts.
Al:
I know.
Jen:
Maybe it's just karma. Maybe it's punishing me for the things that I've done.
Al:
I don't believe that, and neither do you, ok? That's the pain talking.
Jen:
Then help me. Help me make the pain go away.
Al:
What do you want me to do?
Jen:
I think you know.
Al:
Are you sure about this?
Jen:
Why wouldn't I be?
Al:
Well, it's just that you were pretty upset the last time we made love, and I
just --
Jen:
I was confused and guilty.
Al:
Well, there's nothing to be guilty about.
Jen:
I know that now because Cristian’s not feeling guilty when he is off with
Natalie.
Al:
Forget about him, ok? Forget about both of them.
Jen:
I'm trying to. I am. Besides, why should I feel guilty when he treats me so
badly?
Al:
Don't think about that anymore.
Jen:
I never feel safe with him. I didn't even realize that until before, when we
were holding each other. That is the first time i felt safe since -- since back
when we lived together.
Al:
I want you to feel safe. I want you to feel safe and protected.
Jen:
That's all I’ve ever wanted. But I can only have that with someone who wants
me and only me, and that's not Cristian.
Al:
No, no. I know that.
Jen:
It's you. I just -- I didn't realize that until just now.
Al:
Wait -- no. I -- I can't do this. I'm sorry.
Al:
No. No, of course I want you.
Jen:
Then what? Please don't be like Cristian. Don't play games with me.
Al:
I'm not playing games, Jen.
Jen:
Was I so awful last time that you're completely turned off?
Al:
No. No, you were wonderful, and you're beautiful, and you've got to know that I
love you, but --
Jen:
But what?
Al:
Well, you're all upset and you're all turned around, and I don't want you
thinking that I’m trying to take advantage of you again because you were
really mad at me last time.
Jen:
That was just the guilt talking. I know you wouldn't take advantage of me. You
love me.
Al:
I do love you. I've loved you from the first moment I laid eyes on you. And
that's why I can't -- I can't do this, not while you're upset.
Jen:
Don't you see? Turning me away -- that is upsetting me.
Al:
I'm not turning you away. I just -- I just want to wait.
Jen:
It's just what Cristian does. It's just like saying that I’m not good enough,
I’m not pretty enough, I'm not worthy enough.
Al:
Oh, no, no, no. You're the most worthy. You're the most beautiful. You're
everything to me.
Jen:
Then prove it. Prove that I’m not always going to be second best. Unless you'd
rather be with Natalie, too. *************************
Al:
How you doing?
Jen:
Great.
Al:
You sure?
Jen:
Positive. "For optimum odds of conceiving, a couple should engage in
intercourse twice." This was exactly what I needed.
Al:
Me, too. You know, you deserve to be treated so much better than Cris is
treating you.
Jen:
I know that.
Al:
And I'm going to make sure that you are.
Jen:
So am I.
Al:
The way that Natalie and Cris have been treating you and what they've been doing
to you -- it makes me sick. You know, I told her so -- Natalie.
Jen:
You did what?
Al:
I told her what I thought about how her and Cris have been treating you.
Jen:
You talked to her?
Al:
Yeah.
Jen:
When? Where?
Al:
Before, at the airport lounge. That's where I was when you called me. I told her
that you know exactly what's going on between her and Cris.
Jen:
You did what? *******************
Jen:
What did you tell Natalie?
Al:
I told her how much it bothers you to see them together all the time.
Jen:
That's my business!
Al:
But I --
Jen:
Why would you stick your nose in where it doesn't belong?
Al:
Because I know how much it bothers you. I was just trying to make her back off.
Jen:
I can't believe you did this.
Al:
Well, I did it for you.
Jen:
That's what you always say, but you didn't do it for me. The only think you did
for me was ruin everything! ****************
Cristian:
Natalie, why are you crying?
Natalie:
I don't want to talk about it. ************************
Al:
I don't understand. I didn't even do anything wrong. I was sticking up for you.
Jen:
I thought you of all people could keep a secret.
Al:
I didn't know they were supposed to be secret, Jen.
Jen:
Why couldn't you have just kept quiet?
Al:
Because I thought that Natalie should know what her and Cris were doing to you!
Jen:
They can't know that I’m on to them! Not ever!
Al:
Why not? You know what? You're not making any sense.
Jen:
I'm not telling you anything else.
Al:
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Ok, we were together twice in this room, ok,
and it was everything that I thought it could be. It was everything I had
dreamed of, and now all of a sudden you're freaking out and you're saying that I
ruined your life? I -- i don't understand. I don't get it.
Jen:
Why did you have to go straight to Natalie?
Al:
Why is this about Natalie and Cris? This is supposed to be about you and me, ok,
and what we have together.
Jen:
I'm sorry. I'm sorry I went off like that, ok? I just don't want those two to
know how much they hurt me.
Al:
It's ok.
Jen:
I guess -- I guess I just took it out on you because we're so close.
Al:
It's fine. It's ok.
Jen:
I'm just -- I'm so confused, you know? I'm sad and I'm angry, and thinking about
Cristian and Natalie together -- it's humiliating.
Al:
Well, they're a couple of lowlifes, Jen. They cheated on you.
Jen:
If it weren't for you, I would have just crawled into a hole and never come out.
Al:
Listen, it's really not that big a deal. You know, I didn't say much to Natalie.
I mean, I started to, but then you called.
Jen:
What exactly did you say?
Al:
I told her that you knew what was going on between her and Cris and that it was
disgusting.
Jen:
Al, she's going to know that I figured it out!
Al:
So, what's the big deal? Listen, I -- she didn't even believe me, ok? She
accused me of making it up.
Jen:
Oh. Well, why didn't you say that?
Al:
Because you didn't give me a chance to. Listen, if you want, I’ll go down
there, I'll find her, and I'll do some damage control, ok?
Jen:
Yes, yes, do that right now. Right now.
Al:
All right. Ok. Will you be here when I get back?
Jen:
No. I have to go find Cristian.
Al:
Well, what do you need to talk to him for? I thought that -- I thought that we
were together.
Jen:
There's something I haven't told you yet. *******************
Jen:
I didn't want to tell you before because I didn't want it to mess up our time
together.
Al:
Come on, Jen. Tell me. What is it?
Jen:
It's my mom. She's out of prison.
Al:
What?
Jen:
Yeah, the governor pardoned her. She saved Mollie’s life, and then Mollie
happened to be the governor's granddaughter.
Al:
Whoa. I don't what to say, you know? I don't whether to say congratulations or
tough luck.
Jen:
Yeah. I kind of feel the same way. I mean, I'm glad she's out of that horrible
place. I love her.
Al:
Yeah. Well, listen, I understand what you're going through. I mean, you remember
my mom, right?
Jen:
Yeah. That's why I know you understand.
Al:
You're lucky your mom's free. And who knows, you know? Maybe she learned some
things while she was inside.
Jen:
Hopefully, she decided not to try to run my life again.
Al:
Yeah. That'd be great, right? I still don't see how this has anything to do with
Cristian.
Jen:
Well, I want to tell Cristian about my mom in person.
Al:
No, you don’t.
Jen:
He was there for me during all that bad stuff that was going on with my mom, and
I really feel like that I should tell him and he shouldn't hear it on TV.
Al:
I guess. But, you know, if you ask me, you're just looking for more pain.
Jen:
So help me out. The last thing i need is Natalie getting up in my face because
you told her that I was mad about her and Cristian.
Al:
I don't think Natalie’s going to come anywhere near you.
Jen:
Well, I just want to be sure because I don't think I could take it right now. So
please just go talk to her and just tell her you made a mistake and that i don't
know anything. Just smooth it over.
Al:
Ok. It's done.
Jen:
Ok. Call you later.
Al:
When you're done?
Jen:
Uh -- when I can, ok? *********************
Al:
Where have you been?
Natalie:
What, are you stalking me now?
Al:
Did you say anything to Cris?
Natalie:
About what?
Al:
About what I said to you earlier about Jen being on to you guys?
Natalie:
So what if I did?
Al:
Well, it's not true. You were right, I made it all up. She didn't say anything.
Natalie:
You are a freak. What exactly is your problem?
Al:
No problem. I just don't like you. I wanted to make your miserable life a little
more miserable.
Natalie:
You know what? Give it up, al. I have much bigger things to deal with than your
weird, little crush on Jen.
Al:
It's not a crush. Jen and I are going to be together. You wait and see. *********************
Cristian:
Your mom is not going to tear us up, Jen. I promise.
Jen:
She wasn't even back five minutes before she started in on you and Natalie.
Cristian:
What about us?
Jen:
Well, I was telling her how Natalie and I are friends now, and she started
trying to make me jealous, saying i should watch out for her.
Cristian:
No, no, Natalie wouldn't hurt you.
Jen:
Yeah, that's what I told her. And I told her how solid you and I are, and I just
flat-out told her that she was the only one that's threatening us.
Cristian:
Well, you stood up to her. That's a good thing.
Jen:
I never could have done that if it weren't for you. Between you and Natalie,
I've finally learned what it's like to trust. You look tired.
Cristian:
I am. I'm tired.
Jen:
Me, too. I can't wait to just crawl up in your arms and go to sleep.
Cristian:
Why don't I jump in the shower first?
Jen:
Where was Natalie going in such a hurry?
Cristian:
She had to go out. Somebody was waiting for her.
Jen:
Oh, like a date?
Cristian:
Yeah, I think so. *******************
Jen:
You're lying to me again, Cristian. The only guy Natalie’s interested in is
you. I'm going to make you both so sorry.
[Phone
rings]
Al:
Hello?
Jen:
Al, it's me.
Al:
Oh. It is so good to hear your voice.
Jen:
Have you talked to Natalie?
Al:
Yep. I told her I made the whole thing up just to torture her. She bought it. No
problem.
Jen:
Thank you so much. It means so much to me.
Al:
I can't stop thinking about you. Today was -- today was incredible. I got to
tell you, I am so happy, Jen.
Jen:
I'm glad. I'm glad, Al. I really am. I better go.
Al:
Ok. I really miss you. Jen: I miss you, too, Al. ****************
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