Letter Never Sent (2015) - full transcript

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[upbeat rock music]

♪

[clattering noises]

[woman sobbing]

[sobbing]

- Claire?

- Oh.

- You okay?
- Hey, Henry.

- Yeah, I'm okay,everything's fine.

- Yeah, looks like it.
Everything seems really great.

- Just another
stupid fight with Zack.



- Oh, yeah, that guy.
- Yeah, well.

I think we're breaking up.

- Oh, that's too bad.

- Let's talk aboutsomething else.

- Your graduation trip.

Don't you and Lily
leave soon?

- Mm-hmm.Just one more week.

And then we will bewearing berets

and sipping chocolat chaudin Paris.

That sounds perfect.

[chuckles]Okay.

[sighs] You always knowhow to cheer me up.

[sighs]

High school graduation
is this weekend.



I just realized that

with my trip and, you know,

college right after,

we might not be able to talklike this for a while.

- But I still have so manysecrets and stories to tell you.

- Well, you better let it allout and tell me everything now,

because there'sa very good chance

I will stay in Europeforever.

[chuckles]

All right,
tell her everything.

[sighs]

"Claire..."

"To my dearest Claire."

"Hey, Claire."

"What's up, Claire?"

"Yo, Claire."

[sighs]

Simple and from the heart.

"Dear Claire,

"I have known you
for most of my life.

"And in all those years
of friendship,

"I haven't been
completely honest with you.

"Since this is the last week
of high school,

"I think it's finally time
for me to tell you the truth.

"I remember the first time
I saw you,

"down to the smallest detail.

"It was the day
you moved in next door

"and I watched you
sit on the front porch,

"cheering on the movers.

"I remember that
like it was yesterday,

"but,
for some strange reason,

"I can't remember
when I fell in love with you.

"It's almost like I've always
loved you even before we met.

"and I was just waiting for you to walk into my life.

"These feelings
have always been there.

"They've never gone away,

and I don't think
they ever will."

- Hey.

Picked up your yearbook
when I got mine.

- Oh, thanks.
- Look what Stacy wrote in--

You coming to class?

- Uh, not yet.
I'll meet you there.

- All right.
Later.

- Uh...
- "I'm pretty sure you don't

"feel the same way,

"but I think it's time
to let it all out

"and tell you everything.
- Maybe it's bad.

- "Sincerely...

[sighs]

"Love...

- Henry!
Hey.

- Hey.
- What's going on?

- I just--I--

- Hey, you.
- Hi. [laughs]

- Oh, hey, Zack.

Not to be weird,
but didn't you guys break up?

- No. No, that was
just a silly fight.

Uh, was there something
you needed?

- My mom was just
wondering if your family

could come over
some time for dinner next week.

I know you'll be
gone already, but--

- Um, sure.
I can ask them.

- Oh, cool.
Thanks.

I gotta go.

- I'll...see you.

I don't know.

[up-tempo rock music]

♪

- Okay, I'm done here.
You ready?

- I have been
ready for days.

- Tom,
your computer's still on

and you have a game
of Solitaire open.

- Happy?
- Yeah.

All right, uh, Tyler?
See you in two weeks.

- Yeah, I'll hold down
the fort, boss.

All right--oh, and don't
forget about the tile--

- Got it covered.
Enjoy your break.

- We will.

Can't wait to chill
in the old homestead.

- Oh, you mean
my mom's house?

- Yes.
Your mom's house.

- I can't believe
you ate my peanuts, Tom.

- Back off, man.
I'm starving.

- Ah, this place
hasn't changed.

Never does.

Man, I haven't been
here in like five years.

- Been, what,
two years for you, right?

- Yeah, just about.

♪

- There's my boy!

I'm so glad you're home!

- Oh, are you kidding?

I wouldn't miss it
for the world.

You turning the big 5-0.

- Ah, do not remind me.

Tom, how are you?
- Fantastic.

[mellow rock music]

♪

- [exhales]

Still a sweet pad.
- [chuckles]

Every time I'm in this room, I
feel like I'm 16 all over again.

- Ah, the memories.

- All the homework.

- All your dateless
Saturdays.

- Late nights.
- Playing video games.

- I used to shout out
this window to Claire.

We tried sending notes to
each other on paper airplanes.

Definitely did not work,
so we just yelled.

- Right, Claire.

How long has it been since
you've seen her?

- Few years, I guess.

- Will you help me out
and set the table

while I finish up dinner?

- Yeah--hey, Mom,
did someone

move into the Goodsters'
old house?

- Yeah, Claire did
a couple of months ago.

Just for a little while.

Thought I told you.

- No...I thought that
her parents moved out.

- Well, they did but,
you know, her grandmother

originally owned the house
and she got really sick,

and so Claire moved back
to take care of her

before she just passed away.

I could have sworn
I told you.

- I think I would
have remembered.

- Huh.
- You know, my mind

is actually like
a steel trap.

If you want me to teach
you some things, I can.

[doorbell rings]
- Saved by the bell.

- That is probably
Claire and Lily right now.

I invited them over
for dinner.

I just thought
it'd be really fun

for you guys to all
catch up.

- Wait, now?
- Yeah.

Can you get it
for me, please?

- Go. Come--
- [sighs]

[both laugh]

- Hey.
- Henry!

Oh, my gosh!

Look at you!

So grown up and a little bit
of man stubble.

- Oh, not really, but yeah.
Yeah, thank you.

Look at you!
I'm sorry.

- Hi.
- Tom! How are you?

- Thank you.
- Oh, you guys remember Lily.

- Yeah, hello.
- Hi.

- It's me, Tom.
King.

We had half a semester
of Biology, actually.

- Wow, you really do have
a good memory.

- I told you,
it's a steel trap.

- And why only
half a semester?

- [clears throat]
Well, I got sick,

when I got my midterm back.

- Oh, yes.
Yes, yes, yes.

You're the guy who threw up
and fainted, when you failed.

- He's the one.
- [laughs]

- I am so glad you girls
could come!

- Thank you so much
for inviting us!

- This worked out perfectly.
- Yeah, absolutely.

- Come in, come in,
come in.

- So...I'm the guy
that throws up.

- [laughs]

- Ah, Tom.

Don't take it personally.
Lily doesn't remember

a lot of people
from high school.

She was little too busy
with her face in a book.

I'm sorry, I preferred
the classics to our classmates.

Oh, well,
that's my sweet Lil.

Always too busy
reading the romantics.

Hey, Claire, I'm really sorry
about your grandma.

My mom just told me.
- Oh.

- Yeah, sorry, Claire.

- Thanks, guys,
you're sweet.

- Remember that time
she made us play Cinderella,

just to clean the kitchen?

- [laughing]
Yes!

You made a beautiful
fairy godmother.

[all laugh]

- Ah, excuse me.

- Okay.

I wanna hear all about
your photography, Claire.

- Wow, you're
a photographer now?

- Yeah.
- Wow, that's great.

- Lily, what brought you
back to town?

- Um, well,
I moved back after college

and I now own
a boutique flower shop.

It's called the Secret Admirer.
It's just off Main Street.

- And it's beautiful.
I go there all the time.

You really do have
the best lilacs in town.

- Thank you, Mrs. Samson.
That's so sweet of you.

- And she personally writes

every love note
that everybody wants

to send with their flowers.

And she is really good.

- I have to come to dinner
here more often.

Please just keep
showering me in compliments.

It's working.
- And you're pretty!

[all laugh]

- That's really great.
I had no idea you did that.

- Yeah, well, you know.

You might know all this if...

you bothered to keep in touch.

- Excuse me?
- I think you heard me.

- Oh, last time I checked a
friendship was a two-way street.

So, you're just much
to blame as I am.

- Uh, at least I tried.

I even looked you up
online and everything.

- You looked me up?
- Mm-hmm.

- Henry meets my dad, right?

And we're out in the backyard.

There's bumblebees everywhere.

And the bee is following him
around the garden.

[overlapping chatter]

- It was a swarm of bees!
It wasn't just--

- It was not a swarm!

[overlapping chatter]

[upbeat music]

♪

- Bye.
- Oh, bye, see you soon.

- See you soon, okay?
- Hope so.

- Thank you so much.
- So good to see you again.

I'm sorry we lost touch.

- Don't apologize--
I'm the old soul

that doesn't
use social media.

- We should get coffee
tomorrow morning.

I live next door, actually,
in case you forgot.

- Oh, could you write down
the address?

I have a really bad
sense of direction.

- Oh, Henry!
[sighs]

Good night, Henry.
- Good night.

Oh! Ah...

- My goodness. Thank you.
- See you tomorrow.

- What're you
looking at, man?

- Tom! Uh...

Let's--we should unpack.

- Yeah.

- You unpack already?
- Oh, yeah.

- No way. Come on.
- [chuckles]

[clears throat]

Oh, man.

Oh, there's Lily.

Gosh, she's always
been cute, huh?

- Yeah?
Why didn't you ask her out?

- The class clown
and the valedictorian?

Like that would've
ever worked.

- But you're employed now.

- Yeah, you're right.

Grown up, got a good job.

I'm a stand-up guy.

What is this?

- I don't know.

"Dear Claire...

"Known you
for most of my life.

And in those years
of friendship--"

- Ah, can you--
don't read that.

- "I remember the first
time I saw you,

"down to
the smallest detail.

- Don't!

"I remember like
it was yesterday.

"For some strange reason,
I can't remember

when I fell in love
with you"?

- Hey, give me the--

- Dude, this is
a love letter to Claire.

- Yes, it is.

- Well, I know you liked her

but I didn't know
you felt like this.

Why didn't you
ever tell me?

- I never told anyone.

Not even Claire.

- Why do you think you have
trouble expressing yourself?

- I did express myself.

That's why I wrote it down.
- Yeah, sure you did.

In a letter
that was never sent.

That's not expressing
yourself, my man.

- She was thepopular girl
in high school.

She never would've
gone out with me.

It's a stupid
high school crush.

It's probably for the better
that I didn't tell her.

So, let's just
forget about it.

- You still love her.

- No, I don't.
Just--

Whatever.
I'm going to bed.

- It's like 8:30!
- I'm jetlagged.

- That's ridiculous.
- Good night!

- Whatever.

Sleep tight, pumpkin.

- Hey, Mom.
- Hey.

- What are you doing?

- Oh, I'm just going through
all these photos.

Look at this.

First day of kindergarten.

- What a handsome young man.
- Yes!

A totally handsome young man.

You're so cute.

Look at this
of you and Claire.

How cute are
you two together?

- Seems like ages ago.

- It does.

- Okay, who is that
and what are you wearing?

- Yeah, I know.

This is--
well, this is Edith

and this was sort of
our sorority signature.

We would just wear
these crazy hats to parties.

- And you lost a bet,
you got the zebra?

- And I lost the bet!
I got the--exactly.

- She's in a lot of
pictures with you.

- Yeah, she was my best,
dearest friend.

- What happened?

- Oh, we just kind of,
you know, fell out of touch.

- Why is that?

- Well...

because of
your dad, actually.

Edith had dated
your dad first,

but it wasn't very serious.

They had just dated
for a couple of weeks,

and about six months later,

your dad was
just so charming

and fun and sweet
and we fell in love.

And Edith and I got in
a big fight about it

because she was hurt
and she was mad,

and I felt so terrible.

- That's really surprising.

- Well, why is
that surprising?

I mean, relationships
come and go.

They--people change.

- Oh, no, no, no--that dad
had that effect on women.

- He was charming,
and look at him!

He was handsome
and sexy.

- Okay, all right.
That's enough.

- Yeah.
[laughs]

- Yeah, these photos are really
all I have left of him.

And I miss him.

- I miss him too.
- [sighs]

- I can't believe this place
hasn't changed.

It's the same shops,
the same people.

- I know!

I love it.

I love it, I think
this place is so special.

It's, you know,
a smaller, quieter life,

but it feels so much cozier
than downtown L.A.

- Well, maybe you should just
enjoy it while you're here.

- That's true.

And it might actually
take a while to find a buyer.

I still need to get
that house in shape.

There's a lot of repairs
that need to get done on it.

- I could totally
help you out.

- Oh, that's right!

Your mom mentioned you owned
a construction company.

But I wouldn't want you
to work on your vacation.

- Oh, no, no.
Please, I'd love to help.

- Mm, I don't know.
I really don't want you to...

feel used.

- Okay, hey.
Let's do a trade.

I will help you out
with the house

and you help me out
with my mom's party.

There's still
loads to be done

and I have no idea
what I'm doing.

- Well, I love
doing that stuff,

so you have a deal, sir.

- Oh.
- It's official.

We'll draft a contract
after this.

- Oh, okay.
- [laughs]

[bell dings]

- Hey.

- Hi.

- How's it going?

- Just thought I'd come
check out the shop.

Everybody spoke so highly
of it last night.

- [chuckles]

- Really nice.
- Thank you.

- So what got you into
the flower business?

- Well, when I wasn't reading,

I was usually out
in the garden with my mom.

Most of the time, I'm just
helping people find ways

to show their loved ones
that they care

using these bouquets of flowers
and also expressive notes.

- So this is what
you were talking about

last night at dinner?
- Yeah.

- Oh.

[clears throat]

"My first and only love,

"I wake filled with
thoughts of you

"and I ask myself
every moment

if this happiness
is not a dream."

Wow.
You're a really good writer.

The language reminds me of a
favorite romantic quote of mine.

- Oh, who's that?

- Lord Bryan.

- Lord Bryan?

- Of course, his work is--
it's great.

Read it all the time.

- Then you should
probably know

that his name is
George Gordon Byron.

- You got me.

I don't know a whole lot
about this romance stuff

but I'd like
to learn more about it.

Maybe you could share some of
your favorites with me.

Coffee or something?
Maybe tonight?

- Tonight?
- Yeah.

- Well, I will probably
be working tonight.

I usually like to keep
an assortment of cards on hand

and I need to replenish a bit.

- Maybe I could help you
with that.

- I thought you just said you
don't about this romance stuff.

- I could give it a shot.

- [sighs]
It's a very nice offer.

But after a long day
of managing the shop,

I think I just need to
get these done,

um, before it
gets too late.

- Yeah.

Maybe another time, then.

- Maybe.

- So I thought we could walk
through the house

and make a list of repairs
that need to get done.

- Sounds good.

- Uh, first thing
on the list.

This doorjamb
needs to be replaced.

- Hmm.

According to this data,
you stopped growing

right about here.
- Oh, hilarious.

That's when
I stopped measuring.

Come on.

So this fence
needs to be fixed.

One of those slats
is broken there.

- Oh man, didn't you break this
when you fell into it?

- Yep.

- Yeah, we were playing tag
and you tripped.

- Uh, no.

We were playing zombies
and you pushed me.

- Okay, maybe we should leave
the scene of the crime

before you injure
yourself again.

- Yeah, before you,
you know, get the urge

to just push me again.

Don't, don't, don't.

And here...

Is another area of the house
that little Henry broke:

The front steps.

Third grade, playing tag.

- Winning tag.
- Yeah, well, either way.

- That's all we had to do?
- Yup.

- Well, you're certainly earning
your keep around here.

- I'll bill you later.
- All right, sure.

- [laughs]

Oh, that is ridiculous.

[groans]

- Thanks so much again
for doing this.

- Of course. You want to get
started early tomorrow?

- Yes, that would be great.

I also wanted to talk to you
about your mom's party.

- Uh, I have taken care of the
invitations and the catering.

So we just need
decorations and--

oh, we definitely need
more tables and chairs.

- Okay, great.
What's the theme?

- "Susan's 50th
Birthday Bash."

- You don't have a theme?

Every good party has a theme

Like "'80s Night"
or "Great Gatsby."

- "Halloween" or--
Oh! "4th of July."

Stop, you're just naming
the holidays, it's weird.

Look, you know what?
We need to brainstorm.

Uh...
[blows raspberry]

You know what?
The energy here is no good.

We need someplace
where we can clear our heads.

- Ah, come with me.
- Okay. Where we going?

- You'll see.

- Hey.

What are you doing here?

- I thought if
you were still working

that I could maybe help.

You know, with the writing
and everything.

- Really?
Um...

It did not seem like
your area of expertise.

- Yeah, well,
after I got home,

I came up with some stuff.

- Oh, did you?
- Yeah, I mean,

I figured you've got
all these cards

that are supposed to be
written by men.

I figured you should
have something

that's actually written
from the male perspective.

- What do you have
in mind?

- [clears throat]

"I remember the first time
I saw you.

"Remember it like
it was yesterday,

"but,
for some strange reason,

"I can't remember when
I fell in love with you.

"It's almost like I've always
been in love with you,

"even before we met.

And I was just waiting
for you to walk into my life."

"These feelings have
always been there.

They haven't gone away and
I don't think they ever will."

- You wrote that?

- Yep. All me.

Uh...I guess I'm just...

A little more romantic
than you thought.

- It's actually pretty late,

and I have to be up
early in the morning...

So--
- No, I also--I should--

Get going, also.

Good night, Lily.

- Good night, Tom.

- We really need to sneak
into our high school

to come up with party ideas.

- Yes.

It's very peaceful when
no one else is around.

It can be inspiring.

- It's inspiring anxiety.

- [laughs]
Builds character.

- Starting to sweat
a little bit.

- Gross.
- Yeah, it's, uh--

- Yes?
- It's making my vision go bad.

I need my glasses again.
- Nerd.

- Let me help.
Don't want you tripping

and breaking another
set of stairs.

- Ah, ha ha.
[laughs]

- So what? You want
to wander the halls

and talk of memories past?

- "Memories past?"

Not exactly my plan here,
Jane Austen.

No, we need to relax,

and let the creative
juices flow.

That's what I do
with my photos.

I go to a special place and let the inspiration come to me.

- Isn't that
your old hangout?

- You remembered.

- This place hasn't
changed a bit.

- I know, I love it.

It's nice knowing that
some things never change.

You got any ideas yet?

- Since I've been home,
all she's been doing

is looking at her photos.

- Oh.

Well then, why don't we
decorate her place with them?

Yeah, we can put them up
in the backyard,

hang them with
some Christmas lights.

- That sounds awesome.
- Yeah.

Oh, and, and...

we can even print one out
and put it on her cake.

- That does not sound awesome.
- Yeah. [laughs]

- You should have stopped there.
- I know, I know, I know.

But see?
I told you.

This place is perfect
for brainstorming.

[romantic music]

♪

[laughing]

- Hey, you.

- Rich!

Hi!
- [chuckles]

- What are you doing here?

- I came to surprise you
and take you to dinner.

- [laughs]

That is so sweet.

- Hello.
- Oh, hi.

- Oh, Rich, this is Henry,

an old friend
and next door neighbor.

Henry, this is Rich,
my boyfriend.

- Nice to meet you.

- Oh, great to meet
you as well.

- [both laughing]

- So I should get going.

- Okay.
- We can meet up tomorrow

the repairs and
the party planning.

- Yeah, sounds good.

- All right.
- Okay.

- Have a good one.

- [both laughing]

- How was that
for a surprise?

- Great.

Completely unexpected.

Oh, I am so glad
you came here.

- Well, my meeting
was cancelled,

and I wanted to see you.

So I took a drive
and here I am.

Mm.
I have missed you.

- Oh, I missed you too.
- Mmm, mwah.

How's everything going
with the house?

- Great.

Henry actually owns
a construction company

and has been helping me
with the repairs.

- I know you wanna
take your time, but...

[sighs]
We really gotta sell this place

so we can finally
start our life together.

- Yeah...

I hate long distance.
I barely see you.

- Well, exactly, which is--

I'm gonna start
researching realtors.

- You don't need to do that.

I'm not even ready
for a realtor.

- I'm just trying to help.
- I can handle this, Rich.

You know, it's my family home.
It's my responsibility.

I'm just taking my time,
you know.

There are a lot
of memories here.

- Okay.
Okay, okay. I'm sorry.

I'll stop pushing.

- Okay.

- You wanna grab some dinner?
- Sure.

- Like right now?
- Yes.

- Well, come on!
I'm hungry.

- [laughing] Okay!
- Let's do this.

- [laughing]
- She has a boyfriend.

- Who, Claire?
- Yeah.

Wait, what are you doing?
- Nothing.

Just checking work emails.
Wait.

She's got a boyfriend?
- Yeah!

I mean, you were right.
Just seeing her again

has brought back
all these, like, old feelings.

[sighs] And we're
getting along so well.

I mean, I'm an idiot.

I thought that
I actually had a shot.

- I'm sorry, man.
- She never even mentioned him.

- Well, why would she?

Well, you never said
you had feelings for her, so--

- If you're in love
with somebody,

don't you at least
mention their name?

- You've hung out with her,
what, a couple of times?

I think you need
to let this go.

You said yourself, this is what,
a crush from 10 years ago?

- [sighs]
Yeah, you're probably right.

- Just give it some time and
then you'll get over her.

You know? Or you'll find
something wrong with her.

Like she doesn't own a TV.

- You're still upset
about that girl.

- Who doesn't own a TV?

I'm just saying.

[mellow guitar music]

♪

- Um, excuse me, Miss?

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

- Thank you.
- You are very welcome.

- I'm so glad
you're here right now.

I have something to tell you.
- What's up?

- So, Tom comes by
the shop last night.

- Really?
- Yeah.

And he wants to help me
write my romance cards.

- Tom?
- Uh-huh.

He was great.

Like really good.

[laughs] Romantic and
sentimental and poignant.

- Mind blown.

- And...

[blows raspberry]

It's really nice
to be surprised by someone.

I have to admit,
he's not who I thought he was.

- [laughs] Yeah, I wish
someone would do that for me.

- What?
Isn't Rich romantic?

- Yeah, but he's never really

written me a love letter
or a poem.

Yeah, I just think for someone
to sit down and take the time

to write out their feelings

and express themselves in such
an honest, vulnerable way.

I would love that.
- Yeah.

It was pretty special.

- Okay.

What did it say?
- [laughs]

- Hey.
How's it going?

- Oh, it's good.
I need your help.

Here, just stand
right here for a second.

Okay.

There we go.

Now it's up...
- [laughs]

To date.

And I'm going to put
a layer of protection on it,

so that the marks
and the dates,

they won't fade.

So now, you can
take the memories

to your new home or
wherever it is you go next.

- Henry!

Portable memories?
I love that.

Thank you.
[chuckles softly]

I don't suppose there's
anything else around here

that I could
just take with me.

- What do you mean?

[scoffs] Nothing, forget it.
- Claire, come on.

We're old friends.

I know when you're not fine.
I always have.

- I'm just not sure if...

selling the house
is the right choice for me.

- Really?
- Yeah, you know,

I thought I was ready
to move on, but...

after living here
for a little while, and--

All these memories
are flooding back.

I don't know,
it just feels like...

Home.

- Well, you don't
have to sell.

- Yeah, but...Rich wants me
to move to the city

so that we can finally,
you know, take the next step.

- I think you should
just talk to him.

I think he'll understand.

You need to tell him
how you feel now,

because if you don't, you'll
end up regretting it later.

Trust me, I know.

- You're such a great friend.

Thank you, Henry.
- Mm-hmm.

- Oh!
By the way.

Did you know that your BFF
is totally crushing on my BFF?

- That's just Tom being Tom.

- I don't think so.

He wooed her
with romantic prose.

- Seriously?
- Yeah.

Yeah, he said
all these things about

how he's known her
almost his whole life

and remembers
the first time he saw her,

but doesn't remember when
he fell in love with her.

And that the feelings
were always there.

He was just waiting for her
to walk into his life.

Like crazy--

Wow.
All right.

- Tom!
- Hey, honey.

I think Tom's upstairs.

What's wrong?
- I gotta talk to him.

- Hey buddy, what's up?
- I'll tell you what's up.

You read the letter that
I wrote for Claire to Lily

and then you pretended
that it was for her?

- Okay, look, I--
- Ohh!

- This better be good.
- Okay.

I wanted to
impress Lily, okay?

I didn't want her to think
I was some class clown

that couldn't be
taken seriously.

So I thought it would
be better if I read her

some romantic words of my own.

- You're lying to her.

- No, I'm not, that's--

- By omitting the truth,
you are lying.

- Well, then...

you're lying to Claire.

- No, I'm not.

- By not telling her
how you feel,

you're omitting the truth
or whatever you just said.

- No, this isn't
about me, Tom.

- You're right,
but I think it worked.

I mean, Lily seem to really
like what I told her,

and, you know,
after I took the letter--

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You took the letter?

- [chuckles]

- Where's the letter, Tom?

- Um...

It's, uh...

- Now, this isn't funny.

- I'm not joking.

- Uh, hey, Mom.

When you were
cleaning upstairs,

you didn't happen to
come across a letter

or paper with some
writing on it, did you?

- What kind of writing?
- Uh, it was a letter that--

- You'd know if you'd seen it.

- Do you need
help looking for it?

- No!
Thank you.

- Okay.

- We have to find
that letter.

- It's gotta be around here
somewhere, okay?

We'll find it.
I mean, we have to,

before somebody else stumbles
across it especially--

- Claire!
- Yes, Claire, exactly.

Why do you have to
interrupt me all the time?

- Yeah, if the letter's
swimming around

in here somewhere,
she cannot be here.

I'm gonna distract her.
You find it!

- All right, all right.

- Hey, Claire.
- Hey, hey.

Is everything okay?

You seemed really flustered
and then you just ran off

without any explanation.

- Flustered?
I seemed flustered?

- Yeah, and you still do.

- That's weird--I mean,
why would I be flustered?

- Oh.

I think I know
what's going on.

- You do?
- Yeah.

And you really shouldn't
worry so much.

The party's gonna be great.

- [exhales]
- And we still have a full week.

You're right, you're right.
It's the party.

I think that I would feel
better, calmer, if we, uh--

if went and took care of
some things right now.

Right now.
Yeah, let's just go--

- But we should probably--
- No, let's go,

get away from
the house and--

- Um...okay.

If we wanted to throw her,
you know, a kindergarten party.

- If no one's dancing--
- [laughing]

- We can start with that.
Throw them at their feet.

[cell phone chimes]
- Like those little pistols.

[typing on cell phone]

[message sends]

You know, I think
we have everything.

Yeah.
- Great.

- Oh, uh,

did you need wrapping paper
for your present?

- Present?
- Please do not tell me

you forgot to get your one
and only mom a birthday gift?

- I thought planning
the party was a gift.

- Oh, wow.
You really don't know moms.

Or women.
- Uh, maybe we could--

Oh, do something with the photos
she's been looking at.

- We could digitize them.

That way they won't
get lost or damaged

and she can look at them
whenever and wherever she wants.

- Yeah, yeah.
And we can play

like a slideshow
during the party.

- And I could take some
portrait shots of you,

to add to the collection.

- That's perfect.
- Great.

[phone chimes]

[phone chimes]

[typing on cell phone]

[message sends]
- [sighs]

- Where is it?

Where could it go?

- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah.

[clears throat]

- Careful with my flowers.

[indistinct conversations]

- Hey.

- Hey.

- What are you doing?
- Uh, just looking for you.

- Really? 'Cause
I'm not under there.

- [chuckles]
- What's going on?

- Just wanted to talk.

- About?

- Your, um, cards.

- I really liked
the last one you shared.

- Really?

Okay, I came up with some more.

- Let's hear it.

- What?
- Let's hear it.

- Um...

Your eyes...

Are...endless--

- My eyes are endless.

- Endless...black holes.

- Black holes?
- Of beauty.

- Uh-huh.

- You didn't like it?
- Uh, it was just--

Uh, different
than the last one.

- You know, I--actually,
I need to--I need to go,

so I'll talk to you soon,
okay?

- Okay.

[both laughing]

- Hey!
- Hey!

- Hey, I was looking for you.

I just got a room at the, um--
[phone chimes]

What's the hotel
down the street?

- [laughs]
- I figured I'd stay close

until we sell the house.

- That's great.

Uh, yeah, sorry.
Henry and I

were just out shopping
for his mom.

- Oh.
- Yeah, here.

Thanks, okay.
- Please.

Great, and I will
see you tomorrow?

- Yeah, yeah.
Oh, if you guys want to

cut through right here,
it saves you like 15 seconds.

- [laughs]
It saves us a ton of time.

All right.
Good night.

We used to do it as kids.
Let's go.

- Okay.

- Oh, look!
- Hmm?

What is it?

- It shows how my height
has changed over the years.

- Oh, that's cool.

- Yeah, Henry took it off in one
piece so that I can keep it.

- Why would you
want to keep it?

It's just
an old piece of wood.

- It's sentimental.

Don't you have any memories

or keepsakes from
your childhood home?

- No, not really.
[both chuckle]

Houses are--
they're just things.

You know?

What's important is
who you're with.

Don't you think?

- I think...

We need to talk
about the house.

- Excellent.
That's why I'm here.

- It is?
- I found a realtor,

and she's coming by
to see the place.

- I thought you weren't
going to push anymore.

- I'm helping.

- I appreciate you
trying to help,

but this house
means a lot to me.

It's not just
some random building

that I'm trying to sell.

- Claire...

We talk,

about the distance constantly

and how it's taking a toll
on our relationship.

But if this continues,
we could...

go weeks without seeing each
other--is that what you want?

- No, no.

- I'll make more
of an effort to come to you.

- It's not about that.

Think about your career.

You want to just throw away
all this hard work?

If you really want to become
a famous photographer,

you gotta get out
of the suburbs,

move downtown,
in the Arts District.

- Yeah, you're right.

- Mm.

[siren wails in distance,
dog barks]

[car alarm chirps]

[mellow guitar music]

♪

- Hey.
What are you doing?

- Uh, just one more
invitation to get out.

- Well, if you run out of stamps
and you need more,

they're right there
in my address book.

♪

[knocking on door]

- Claire Goodster?

- Hi.

Can I help you?
- Bree Moore.

West Side Real Estate Agency.

Rich Bradford said
you'd be expecting me.

- Oh, he did, did he?

- Can I come in?
- Sure.

- Uh, what did you say
your name was again?

- Bree Moore.

- Bree Moore the realtor.
That is--it's very catchy.

- Let's see what
we're working with.

This house is
in a great neighborhood,

near an excellent high school
and well-known hospital.

Only minutes
to the center of town

so there's no issue there.

Are these
the original hardwood floors?

- Yes, I think so.

- Rich mentioned that some work
is being done to the place?

- I have a friend
in construction

who's been helping me
with some minor repairs.

I figured it'd be the right
thing to do if I decide to sell.

- If?
- I'm still not sure.

- I understand.
I've had many clients

who have trouble
selling a place

that means something to them.

This isn't just a house.
It's a home.

- Exactly.

- And it's my job to make sure

that this home,
one that means so much to you,

goes to a family
who will love and treasure it

as much as you do.

- Thank you.

- Can I see the rest?
- Sure.

- [chuckles]
Keep it out of the street.

kids: Okay.

- Hello?

Edith?

- Yes?

- Hi, I'm Henry Samson.

Susan Samson is my mother.

- Well. I'll be.

Uh...

You're a very
handsome young man.

- Thanks.
These your grandkids?

- Oh, yes.
This is Ariana and Sergio.

- Pleased to meet you guys.

- Go play, kids.

Is everything all right?

- Yeah. Her 50th birthday
is coming up

and I'm throwing a party
for her.

I just wanted to hand-deliver
your invitation.

Make sure you got it.

- Well, that's very kind,

but you didn't have to
come all that way.

- Oh, it was really
no trouble at all.

It would mean a lot
to her if you came.

[sighs]

- Oh.

I'll tell you what.

Tell your mom, if she truly
wants me to be there that...

you know, she should
give me a call.

- I'll let her know.

Take care.
Take care, guys!

- You too, Henry.

[mellow music]

♪

- Henry, the, uh...

front steps, the back steps,
this fence...

Great job, man.

Your hard work is
really gonna help us

sell this place in no time.

- Thanks.

- [sighs]

Yeah, I actually wanted
to talk to you.

- Okay.

- I, uh, came across
something...

the other night.

Outside in the, uh, bushes.

A letter?

I think it belongs to you.

Do you know what
I'm talking about?

- Yes.

- It was written a long,
long time ago, right?

- Oh, yeah.
Way, way, way, way--

like way, way back.

- Why was it in the bushes?

- Uh, Tom and I, we were going
through some of my old stuff.

We might have dropped it
when we threw out the trash.

It was just a stupid
high school crush.

I don't know about you but I had
a crush on a different girl

in high school
like every day.

- Really?
- Yeah.

But, uh, yeah,
we're just friends.

Nothing more.

- Well, that's good to hear.

Because as her friend, I need
you to do something for me.

- Yeah, what's that, Rich?

- Well, before you
came back into town,

Claire was really gung ho
about selling this house

and moving downtown with me,
but now...

she's second-guessing our plans.

- Sounds like a discussion
you should have with Claire.

- [laughs]

Don't you want
what's best for Claire?

- Of course I do.

- Great.
Then we're on the same page.

- Hey, hey, wait.
Uh...

Can I have
the letter back?

- Oh, I don't--
I don't have it on me,

but I'll get it
back to you next time.

Um...
whoa, whoa.

You're not gonna
tell Claire, right?

- Oh, don't worry.

It's between you and me.

- Hey, buddy.
Got some great news.

- Your words are
telling me one thing,

but your tone is saying
something else.

- Someone found the letter.

And that someone--
you listening?

- It's Rich!

- Oh, no! Rich!

- I really thought
I had a shot.

She seems happy with Rich,

and she's moving on and I don't
wanna get in the way of that.

- Once you get back
to New York,

I'm sure you'll forget
all about her, you know.

Out of sight, out of mind.

- I shouldn't be spending
so much time with her.

Every day, it's the house
and the party.

It's just Claire, Claire--

- Claire!
- Hey, guys.

- What's going on?

- Just, uh, having a beer.

- Cool.

Well, I'm waiting for Lily
and was gonna grab a table.

Do you wanna join?

- We'll meet you there.

- Okay, great.

- Dude, I was just saying I'm
spending too much time with her.

- I know...

but Lily's here.

- So?

- My last talk with her
went...poorly.

- You can do this
on your own.

- Listen,
just have one drink okay?

If you're not there,
I might bail.

- Fine.
Just one drink.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- We--we're just coming
to join you guys.

- Perfect.

- Listen, I just wanted
to apologize for blah.

- Don't worry about it.
It's no big deal.

- So, we're okay?

- I'm just a little confused.

- It's been a
really, really hard week.

- Sure.

- Yes, it's not--
- So even if you do--

[laughter]
- Hey.

- Hi.
You made it.

Look who I ran into
while I was here.

- Yup, a complete coincidence.

[laughter]

- Uh...sorry I'm late.

I was just talking to Bree.

She wants to bring people in
as soon as Henry's done

with the back steps.

- Who's Bree?
- Oh, Bree Moore.

She's the realtor
that Rich sprung on me.

- Bree Moore, the realtor?
- I know, right?

[laughter]

- Like, can you imagine
the jingle she could have?

- I can't not imagine it.
- Right?

[laughing]

- Well, I didn't--I didn't mean
to spring her onto you, honey,

I just wanted you
to meet her.

- Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.

- So, Henry,
did you tell Claire

about what we were talking
about earlier?

- What do you mean?
- We were back at the house.

How Henry's hard work
is really gonna help us

sell the house,
and how thankful I am

that he's helping you
move on.

- Henry's been doing
a great job.

- You know, I--uh...
actually, I think I need

to get going.

- No, why?
Come on, stay.

- Nah, I'm tired, and there's
a lot of work to do tomorrow.

Especially if people are
gonna start coming to the house.

So I'll see you all later.

- Bye.
- Bye.

[upbeat piano music]

- So if you wanna
just put them--

just kinda spread them
out and make them look pretty.

- Okay.
- How it works--

- So what's going on
with you and Tom?

You don't talk much
about it.

- I don't know.

He was so sweet
and romantic that one time,

and then the next day he was--

Uh...he was like
a completely different person.

- Ugh, he's
probably just nervous.

You should give him a chance,
find out what he's really like.

- Ugh, I don't want
to be disappointed.

You're the relationship guru--
- Oh, am I?

- Yeah, what do you think?

- Well, he makes you laugh,
right?

- That's the most
important thing, I think.

To find humor
in any situation.

But you also want someone who's
going to be serious and helpful

when you need them to be.

You know, someone who
will listen to you actively.

- Actively.
- Actively.

According to all
the women's magazines,

active listening
is what you really need

from your man.

- Good to know.
- You're welcome.

But, honestly, to have a
serious, lasting relationship,

you just need to be
good friends first.

You know, you need to connect
on that base level.

Like, it's more
than a romantic relationship,

you enjoy spending time together
now matter what you're doing,

and you have a rhythm.

Like you've
known each other forever.

- And you have that
with Rich?

- Uh, I'm not talking about
anyone specific.

I gotta go.
Uh, these are for you.

- Thanks.
- You're welcome.

- Hey, looking good.

- Oh, thanks.

- People are coming by tomorrow
and I don't want

the paint to be wet.

Will it be done by then?
- Yup, it'll be good as new.

- Great, and be sure to put
everything when you're done.

The place needs to be spotless.

I'm gonna go
check on the other rooms.

- Okay.

Getting rid of the evidence?
- What?

- The step that broke.

I mean,
I was gonna take you to court

and file a lawsuit over
foul play of zombies

resulting in injury, but...
I guess I can't do that now.

- I guess not.

- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah.

I'm just trying to focus
so I can get this done.

- Oh, yeah, okay.

- Hey, you've been
working hard over there.

- Huh.

- Doing what I can.

- Yeah, well you are a very
sweet guy.

- Hey Mom, would you say
you're in a good mood?

You seem like
you're in a good mood.

- [clears throat]

- I, um...

I saw Edith.

I invited her to your party.

When I go back to New York,
you're gonna be

in our house
all alone again.

And I just think
maybe it would be good

for you to talk to Edith.

Please.

For your one and only
adoring son.

I might just happen to have
her number...

right here.

- The west facing front
gets beautiful sunsets.

[upbeat rock music]

♪

- So how many bedrooms is it?

- Three bedrooms,
three full baths,

and an addition office
with a half bath.

- Hmm...
Now I like the location,

but it's kinda a tear-down,
don't you think?

- Yeah, we could gut the place.

- And finally,
the garden has been restored--

- Yup.
- And it has a brand new fence.

- All right.
Please let me know

if you have any questions,
and thanks for coming by.

- Thank you.
- Will do.

- Bye-bye.
I love it.

- And the school district--

- Everyone gone?
- That was the last family.

It's been quite a day.

- Well, thank you
for all your work.

- You can thank me
when I've sold the place.

But there were
quite a few interested parties.

I wouldn't be surprised
if we had an offer

in the next couple of days.

- You think it'll be that quick?
- We'll see.

You never know.
Hopefully it'll be

that sweet couple
that's starting a family.

They'd be perfect
for this place.

[soft music playing]

♪

[phone rings]

- Hello?

- Hey, it's, uh, Susan.

- Oh. Hi.

- I-I heard that you spoke
to my son.

- I-I was surprised
to see him.

He stopped by to give me
an invitation to your party.

- Oh, good.
Good, good.

I thought that
it would be really great

if you could join us.

- Is that all?

- W--yeah.
What do you mean?

- Susan...

I just can't forget
what happened.

And I can't pretend
that everything's fine.

- Well, I can't really apologize
for having fallen in love, Edie.

- I wasn't still
in love with Mel.

It was never about him.

- You know what?
I d--I don't want to do

this again with you.

I don't.
I-I'm sorry I called.

- Yeah, well,
so am I.

♪

- Wow.

- Oh, wow.
You look great.

Um, I mean,
you are dressed really nicely.

- Just thought it'd be better
than jeans and a t-shirt.

- Yeah.
- Is it too much...

- Should I change?
- No, no, no, it's perfect.

- You look really--
okay, um, are you ready?

- I-I guess so.
- Okay.

- I feel a little bit awkward.

- Oh, don't.
It's fine.

Let just me do a test shot
real quickly.

- All right.
I was, uh--

What should I do?

- You should--
First of all, breath.

- Ha--
- Get your chakras aligned.

- I don't like
being photographed, so...

- I know, but...
- It's not okay.

- Don't even think
about the camera.

- All right.
- Okay?

So, just, we're
having a conversation.

We're hanging out.
[camera shutter]

- There's one, fantastic.
- That's--come on.

You gotta warn me first.
- [laughs]

No, I don't.
- You could just--

- You have a remote like that?
- You're doing great.

[camera shutter]
Not a big deal.

- Stop.

- What I need you to do
is sort of, cross one eye.

- I can't--come on.
- Perfect.

Put your arms
up in the air.

There you go.
- What?

- Perfect.
Beautiful.

What if I do one with you?

Um...
- Okay, come on.

- And just to loosen you up,
we could recreate

that picture of us
from high school.

- Yes.
- Okay, all right.

- The...with this one.
- Yes, with the--yes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally.

both: So--

- We're pretty straight up,
like this?

- Yeah, but your, um...
hand is--yeah.

- All right, let me see.
Yup, that looks pretty good.

- Okay.

- On three, you're
gonna do the photo?

- Yeah, ready?
One, two--

- Okay, ready?
- You gotta look straight ahead.

You can't look at me.

- You're happy, remember?
- Two...

- This is my happy face.
- Three.

- I'm gonna break it.
- Don't break it.

- I need that
for a lot of things.

- You smiling?
- Oh, yes.

I am smiling.
- Okay.

- Let's do, like--
- Oh, is this prom now?

We could do it
the other way.

- Oh, what?

This is illegal
in most countries.

Ready?
- Yes.

- Can I take it?
- Oh, no!

That's mine.

- Don't--okay, okay, okay.
I'm stopping.

Okay.
I'm stopping.

- Okay.
- Okay.

[door opens]

- Um--
[clears throat]

- Hey, guys.
- Hey, hey.

- Wow, taking some photos.

- Yeah, they're
for Henry's mom.

- Um--yeah, we should be done.

We're good, right?
- Yeah.

- I should probably get going.
- Okay.

- Um, and I'll send those
to you on a disc.

Got some good ones.
- That's nice.

[doorbell rings]

Oh, that must be Lily
with the floral arrangements.

So I'm gonna go
help her out

'cause I think
she has a ton, so--

- Why didn't you
come by the shop today?

- Oh, uh... Henry and I had
to take some photos,

so I was just setting up.

- Everything all right?
You seemed out of it yesterday.

- Yeah, it just...uh,
all moving a little fast.

Rich is talking to Henry
about something in there.

I think that, uh...
Rich is...

trying to make sure
that things happen even faster.

You know, it seems like
he doesn't even really care

that I'm having a hard time.
You know?

Henry is kinda the only one
who's listening to me.

- Is something going on
between you two?

- No, Why--
why would you ask that?

- You're my best friend.
You can be honest with me.

- He's a...great guy.

You know,
and we get along really well,

and I enjoy
spending my time with him,

and I think
I might like him.

- I already knew that.

- Henry just gets me.

- I think that...

Henry feels the same way.

And I don't think
that you should ignore that.

- Hey, um,
before you go--

- What now?

- I just want to say thank you
for all your hard work.

It made a big difference.
- Yeah, no problem.

- Yeah, one more thing...

there wasn't anything going on
out there, right?

- No.

If you're really set
on taking the next step

with Claire,
you should probably trust her.

- I trust her.
I don't trust you.

- We've been
through this already.

I do not have any
romantic feelings for Claire.

She's just an old friend
from my childhood,

nothing more.

As soon as I go
back to New York,

you'll probably never hear
about me again.

Okay?
- Okay.

- Now, hey,
can I have my letter back

so I can get rid of it?

Do I look like a mailman?

Yeah, I don't
just carry your love letter

around with me
everywhere I go, Henry.

- Fine, just bring it
next time.

[dramatic music]

- Enjoy them.

[bell dings]

- Hey, Lily.
- Hey.

- Do you have a minute?

- What's going on?

- It's about us...

and all of those romantic things
I said a few days ago.

- Okay.

- See, all those things
that I said to you,

you should know
that wasn't really me.

- What do you mean?

- I mean,
the feelings were me,

and the meanings
behind the words were true,

and I was directing it
towards you,

but I have to admit,

that I had help.

- I did notice
quite a difference

in the way that you
presented yourself that night,

but why did you think
that you needed help?

- When we first met,
you only remembered me

because of that time
I fainted in biology class.

- Well, you threw up,
and then you fainted.

You were--you were
such a beautiful

and amazing person,
and you were so smart,

and good with words,
that I just thought

I needed to be
smart and wordful too

to get you
to notice me.

- "Wordful's" not a word.

- I just felt that I had to go
above and beyond

to get your attention.

But that's only
because you're worth

going above and beyond for.

I'll let you
get back to work.

- Tom, wait.

[violin music]

♪

- There you go.
- Thank you.

- Hey, honey.
Uh, Bree's here.

- I have
some exciting news.

- What's going on?

- There's an offer
on the house.

- That's fantastic.
- Already?

- That's the way I work.

Darling,
look more excited.

They're slightly above asking
and really eager

to own this place.

- Yeah.
I-I just thought

I would have
a little bit more time

to sort things out.

- Hey, we should--
we should go out and celebrate.

- We should take advantage
of this offer,

but I won't proceed
unless is 100% what you want.

- Oh, okay.

Yeah, just, um...
give me the night

to think about it.

- Excellent.
Now we just need to talk escrow.

[somber music]

♪

- Great news, dude.

Lily like me.

- "Like" likes you,
or likes you like a friend?

- She "like" likes me, dude.
- By her own free will?

- Yes, I just told her
how I felt

and in my own words,
and it worked.

Honesty, it really is
the best policy.

I think you'd feel better
if you told Claire the truth.

- It's too late.

She's already with Rich,
and I missed my opportunity.

[doorbell rings]

♪

- Hey.
both: Hey.

- Come on in.
- Thanks.

- Tom.

So, uh...

a celebration's in order
because we just--

we just got an offer
on the house.

I'm taking everyone
out tonight, so--

- There's an offer already?

- Yeah, now Claire can
finally leave this place,

and live with me
in a big, bad city.

- Oh, well,
let's not go crazy.

I-I haven't made
my decision yet.

- Well, it's still great,
isn't it?

- Yeah.

- That's, that's,
that's perfect.

- So you guys
have to come out with us.

Lily's gonna be there.

- Well, then I'm there.

- Henry?

- I don't know if I can make it.
I should spend time with my mom.

- Maybe later then?

Please, try to come out.

I would love
for you to be there.

- I'll try.
Mm-hmm.

- All right, well,
first round's on me,

so if you come late,
you're paying for yourself.

- That's true.
- I'll see you later.

- Bye.
[door opens, closes]

[indistinct ruckus]

- Thank you.
- Sure.

- All right.
Most expensive bottle they had.

- Bree must really know
what she's doing.

- Yeah, well,
Henry also really fixed it up.

- How come
you didn't help out?

- Well, I've been busy.
- Doing what?

- Trying to impress you.
- And that took you all week?

- Yes, there's lots going on
behind the scenes.

Planning, preparation.

- To selling the house
and moving forward.

Cheers.
all: Cheers.

[rock music]

♪

[cell phone ringing]

- You don't have to be here,
you know?

- Why would you say
something like that?

That's ridiculous, Mom.

- Because you've been
quiet and distracted all night.

- I'm just tired.

- Go be with your friends.

- I would much rather
be here.

- No, your friendships
mean so much to you.

I know that,
or you wouldn't have tried

to patch up Edith and I.
- I was wrong.

You shouldn't feel bad
about all the things

you never told Edith.

It was so long ago.

Friend change.
Feelings, they change.

People grow apart.

You were right.
It's best to leave the past

in the past.

[mellow guitar music]

♪

- Hey, there.

I got something for you.

The, uh, photo slideshow
for your mom.

- Aw, this is great.
Thank you.

I think she's
really gonna love it.

- So where were you last night?

- I thought I told you
I wouldn't be able to make it.

- Yeah, but you
didn't even return my texts.

- I'm sorry.
I've just been busy,

and I didn't think
that it would matter

if I was there or not.

- But...

I thought we were friends.

- We are.

But what difference
does one night make?

I mean, let's be honest,
we went years

without even talking
to each other.

- I thought
we were getting closer.

Was I wrong about that?
- No.

- Well, last night was
a big deal for me, you know?

I might be selling the house,
and it's scary.

- It shouldn't be.

I mean, I know
that it's easy to, you know,

hold on to the past,
but things change.

It's a part of life.
You just need to let go

and move on,
even if it's scary,

even if it hurts.

- You sound like Rich.

- Well, I think he's right
on this one.

Uh, I really need to
get this done.

I'm sorry.

- Okay.
I'll see you at the party.

[somber music]

[upbeat reggae music]

♪

- Oh, hi.
- Hi.

- Oh, hey, how are you?
[indistinct chatter]

- So, if you agree,

we could go
to the dance floor.

- Oh, this looks amazing.
[laughing]

Oh, my gosh.
It's beautiful.

- Well, you don't
look a day over 22.

- Oh, you're a big liar.

Try to tell that
to my colorist

who's life mission
is to keep these grays hidden.

- Aw, happy birthday.
- Thank you, honey.

Thank you so much.
Good to see you, sweetie.

This is beautiful.
It's beautiful.

You've always been
the sweetest kid

on the planet Earth.
You always were.

- The perfect party
for the perfect mom.

- Oh.
[sighs]

- Happy birthday.
- Thank you, sweetheart.

Thank you.

Um, what is she doing here?
- Thank you, thank you.

- And you didn't call her again?
- No.

- You didn't call her again?
- No.

I didn't think
she was gonna show.

Go talk to her.

♪

- Great to see you, Edith.

- Surprised to see you here.

- Didn't like
the way we left things.

- Me, neither.

Ah, do you wanna go and talk?
- Sure.

I thought you wouldn't agree
to see me,

so I figured
I'd come to tell you in person.

- Tell me what?
- How I feel about all of this.

- Susie, I am so sad
about what's happened

with our friendship.

- You know, Edie, I didn't
invite you to the wedding

because I thought
it would hurt you.

I know how much it upset you
that I was with Mel,

and that--that killed me.

But do you know how much
I wanted you there that day?

- I never wanted to stand
in the way of your happiness.

I mean, it was just--
it was just hard.

For that, I'm sorry.

- No, I should have been
more respectful

of your feelings.

- You were just in love.
- Mm.

- And look
at what it brought you.

- And it's so much better
that you're here.

Now, I know
you brought me a present.

You did.
I saw it.

- No.

Yes, I did.
- You did.

- Great.
- Oh, hey, guys.

Thanks for coming.
- Oh, yeah.

Well, it wasn't
too far of a commute.

- Actually, I'm gonna
grab a drink.

You want anything?
- Ah, no.

I'm--I'm good right now, thanks.
- Okay.

- You want one?
- Yeah.

[mellow rock music]

♪

- Look, I'm sorry
I didn't come out last night.

- Oh, no need to apologize.

You were right.

I've decided
to take the offer.

- W--Really,
you're gonna sell?

- Yup, so, you know.
You can just forget about it.

Water under the bridge.

Uh, where's your mom?
I should say happy birthday.

- Eh, she's over there.
- Okay.

- Fraternity, remember?
[laughter]

- Susan, hey.
- Hey.

- Happy birthday.
- Thank you so much.

Thanks, honey.
- Yeah.

Well, nice hats.
- Yeah, right?

What do you think?

Aren't those the ones
from the picture?

- They are the hats
from the picture.

I think we could get away with,
you know, wearing these

- To a royal wedding.
- To a royal wedding.

- I'm glad you made it.
- Me too.

- We've been catching up
on everything.

She's been telling me
all about her husband,

and her kids,
and her grandkids.

- I love that you can still
lose track of time

just hanging out.

- Well, we haven't talked
in a long while,

but we did have a way
of losing track of time.

- Oh, yeah.
- Didn't we?

Yeah, yeah we did.

And y--had we just been honest
with each other,

all those years ago,
we wouldn't have

all this catching up to do
right now.

- Yeah.
- Glad you're here.

- Me too.

- Well, uh, I'm gonna
gather up all the troops,

time to give
Mom her present.

- Yes.
- There's more?

- Oh, there's more.
- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, my gosh, you guys.
- Okay.

- Uh, first
I wanna thank everyone

for coming out tonight.

It means a lot
to both of us.

I wouldn't be
the man that I am today

without the love
and support of my mom.

So this party tonight is
not just a birthday celebration,

It's a "thank you."
So thank you, Mom.

I love you.

- I love you.
Thank you.

- Uh, I also want to thank
someone else

who made this party possible,

Claire Goodster.

Claire's the one
who suggested we have a theme.

And the theme
tonight is "Memories."

[applause]

[mellow rock music]

♪

[laughter]

- Oh, it just gets worse.

♪

[laughing]

Right.
- Money well spent.

♪

[laughing]

♪

- Aw, yeah.
- Happy birthday.

[applause]

- That's the most
incredible gift.

Thanks, my sweetheart.
- I love you.

- I love you too

[lounge music]

♪

- Party's a success.

Hmm?
- Yeah.

- We did it.

My mom loved her present.

She loves all of it.
- Good.

That makes me happy.

Uh, Rich and I are
going to get going though.

- Oh, already?
- Yeah, we, uh...

have to get some stuff
organized at the house.

- Oh.

- We already said
our good-byes to your mom.

- Okay.

Well, um, good luck
with everything.

- Well, I'm sure
we'll see each other again.

- Yeah, I'm only
in town for a couple more days.

I'm probably gonna spend
most of it with my mom.

- Of course.

- You know, try to stop by
before you leave.

But if you can't--

- Take care.
- Yeah, you too.

- Oh, oh hey,
before I forget--um...

This for you.

Take care, Henry.

[slow piano music]

♪

- Oh, hey, uh...

Henry should have taken
care of this.

You know what, I'll--
I'll toss it out.

- No.
- Hmm?

- No.

Rich, I need to be
honest with you.

- Yeah, okay.
Shoot.

- I don't want
to sell the house.

And I've been telling you
that for a while,

but I feel like you
haven't ever really heard me.

You convinced me that
it was the right thing to do,

so I listened.

- I'm just trying to help.

- I believe you...

but being back here
has made me realize

that living downtown
isn't what I want.

- What are--
what are you saying?

You wanna keep the house?

- I don't just want
to keep it,

I want to live in it.

I want to start a family
and raise my kids here.

I grew up here.
My friends are here.

Rich, I am happy here.

- Did Henry put you
up to this?

- No.
- Are you sure?

Because, I swear,
ever since he's gotten here,

you got all these new ideas
about life.

- Henry didn't put me
up to anything.

Rich...

look,

we just want
different things.

And I think deep down,
you know that.

I'm sorry.
- Yeah.

I'm sorry too.

- There you are.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Looking all over for you.
I brought you some cake.

[piano music]

You should talk to her.

- What?

You should talk to her.
You should go talk to Claire.

You can't just keep this
bottled up anymore.

- Wait, how do you know
how I feel about Claire?

- Honey, I'm your mother.

♪

[sighs]
- Mom.

Happy birthday.
- Thanks, sweetheart.

Ah, I love you.

- I love you.

- Go get her.

[motivational music]

- Hey.
- Rich?

- What'd I tell you?

I told you to stay
out of the way.

- What are you talking about?

- She just broke up
with me.

Is that what you want?
Are you happy?

- You pushed her away.

There's nothing
that I could have said or did

that would have done that.

But I did lie about one thing.
She's not just a friend to me.

I love her.

- Re--yeah, yeah.
I-I-I knew that.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Back up, back up.

Back up, back up.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

- Where's Claire?

- She said she wanted
to be alone,

needed time
to clear her head.

[upbeat music]

- Oh.

♪

- Claire.
- Henry?

What are you doing here?

- I need to talk to you.

- What's this?

- You said
that everyone love presents,

so this present's for you.

- Ugh--
- Just read it.

- Well, why does it smell
like trash?

- Just read it.

Dear Claire,

I've known you
for most of my life,

but in all our
years of friendship,

I haven't been
completely honest with you.

Since this is the last week
of high school,

I think it's finally time
for me to tell you the truth.

I remember the first time
that I saw you,

down to the smallest detail.

It was the day
that you moved in next door

and I watched you
sit down on the front porch,

cheering the movers on.

I remember that
like it was yesterday,

but,
for some strange reason,

I don't remember
when I fell in love with you.

It's almost
like I've always been

in love with you,
even before we met.

And I was just waiting
for you to walk into my life.

These feelings have
always been there,

they've never gone away

and I don't think
they ever will.

I wrote that
senior year of high school,

but I could have
written it today

because I feel
exactly the same way.

Every single word of it.

[romantic music]

♪

- What took you so long?
[laughing]

♪

- So you're telling me
he's been in love with you

all this time?

- Yeah.
Ever since high school.

Do you want to see the letter?
- Yes.

- Oh, oh, um...
- It's so sticky.

- B--um--

- Tom!

- What's going on, darling?

[upbeat guitar music]

I can explain.
I told you--I told you...

I wanted you
to see me differently.

That those words
were not mine.

- You never said that this was
from Henry's love letter

to Claire from high school.

- Um, it's not--listen.
- How could you do this to me?

Get over here right now.
You are in so much trouble.

So much trouble.

Come here.

♪

[mellow rock music]

♪

[rock music]

♪