Isabel and Jesse are shown kissing each other, and seeing each other on the street. At night, they have a redesvous at a movie theatre
Isabel: I can't believe
she married him.
Jesse: She loved him.
Isabel: She did. She really,
really loved him.
Jesse: Even though
he was damaged.
Isabel: And wounded.
He was so wounded.
Jesse: She didn't care.
Jesse: She was brave enough
to see past that,
you know,
to see how good
he really was.
Isabel: I love old movies,
you know?
The hero always
catches the bad guy
or wins the war
or gets married
and lives
happily ever after.
I wish real life
could be like that.
Jesse: It can be like that.
{ Later, at home, Isabel touches a picture of her and Jess, and enters his dream- in the dream he proposes to her }
Jesse: Isabel, will you marry me?
Isabel: Yes. (in the dream)
Isabel: Oh, my god!
Oh, my god.
{ The next day, Isabel is looking at diamonds, and Alex (his ghost) appears }
Alex: I go away
for a couple of days,
and you're looking
at wedding rings.
Isabel: Alex...
Where have you been?
I've missed you.
Alex: If only you loved me
this much when i was alive.
Isabel: Alex.
Alex: I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
{ At the crashdown, Liz and her father are arguing with each other- Michael and the security guards come in for breakfast }
Liz: Chili and a hot dog.
Mr. Parker: No fries?
Liz: Did I say fries?
Maria: scrambled, bacon,
buttered toast.
Mr. Parker: You got it.
Maria: You know,
I work here, too.
Liz: Good. Maybe we
could stage a revolt,
burn down the kitchen,
and free the slaves.
Maria: You're making life
impossible.
Liz: Well, he could fire me.
Maria: Or i could kill you.
Liz: See, you're
too late for that,
because I'm working,
like, 90 hours a week,
which means I can't
go anywhere or do anything.
And you know,
I'm probably gonna be dead
from grease fumes
by the end of the week.
And I'm under constant
threat of being sent
to boarding school.
Maria: Could it possibly be
that you and max robbed
a convenience store?
Liz: We didn't
actually rob it.
{ Scene switches to Alex and Isabel talking }
Alex: you've only known this guy
a few months, isabel.
Isabel: Alex, I can't really
talk to you about guys.
Alex: I'm dead. I'm beyond
getting jealous.
Isabel: All right. Well,
I guess the truth is
i've never felt
this way before.
This is the first time
i've met someone
i can see being with
for the rest of my life.
Alex: Ow, that stings
a little bit.
{ Maria is taking the order for Michael and his friends }
Maria: Good morning.
Michael: Good morning.
Maria: Late night?
Michael: Endless.
Am i on the schedule
here today?
Maria: No, you have
school today.
Are you still ok
for saturday?
Michael: Sure.
What's saturday?
Maria: Date night,
remember,
romantic dinner,
just you and me?
Michael: Right, and what--
what day is this?
Maria: This is thursday.
You need sleep.
Michael: I need pancakes.
Fly: Hey,
pancakes sound good.
Make that 2
with coffee, black.
George: Hey, sweetie,
how you doin'?
Give me eggs over easy,
side of wheat,
and the biggest
glass of milk you got.
Same with no butter,
side of bacon, thank you.
Monk: French toast.
Steve: Me, too,
with sausage and bacon.
Monk: And, uh, orange juice
for the table and water.
Michael: And a coffee, too.
Maria: You know, if you're
planning on sleeping,
you probably
shouldn't have coffee.
Michael: With cream, please.
Steve: Is that her?
That's your girl?
Michael: That's her.
Fly: Did you ever
ask her to wear that
uniform off duty?
Maria: Hey, can i help you?
Isabel: Yeah, I'm just here
to pick that up.
{ Guys laughing }
Isabel: is michael laughing?
Maria: Apparently. Do you
want a drink with that?
Isabel: No.
Isabel: Um, can I ask you
Maria: a question?
Isabel: Mm-hmm.
Isabel: If michael proposed,
would you say yes?
Maria: Oh!
{ Maria drops the plate she has been holding- Michael's friends applaud }
Maria: Is there something
i should know?
Isabel: No. No, no, no.
It's just a survey
for my sociology class
at school.
Maria: Oh,
so community college
wants to know if
i'd marry an alien?
Isabel: Well, forget
about the alien thing.
Pretend
it's not an issue.
How long do you think
the courtship should last
before it's socially ok
to get married?
Maria: Well, is the couple
in true, true love?
Isabel: Well, let's say
they hypothetically were.
Maria: Ok, well, did they know
from the first time they met
that they were supposed
to be together?
Isabel: Say they
hypothetically did.
Maria: Ok, well,
then my opinion
is that, um,
from the first second
of the second minute,
they're free
to tie the knot.
{ Michael and the guys are laughing again }
Maria: But then again, I'm just
a hopeless romantic.
{ Mr Evan's and Jesse are talking }
Mr. Evans: All I'm saying is roswell
isn't exactly a hotbed
of challenging
legal adventures.
Jesse: After new york,
I was looking
for a slower pace.
Mr. Evans: Yeah, well,
you've got that,
which is fine for
a middle-aged guy
with a family.
You must be bored
to tears.
Jesse: No, not really.
Mr. Evans: Well, there
must be something
keeping you here.
A woman?
Jesse: Shouldn't we get back
to the case here?
{ Jesse opens the door to see Isabel sitting on her father's desk }
Jesse: Isabel.
Nice to see
you again.
Isabel: Mr. Ramirez, it's nice
to see you again. Hi, dad.
Mr. Evans: Hi, isabel. Hey.
What are you
doing here?
Isabel: Well, I had
some time to kill,
so i thought
i'd bring you lunch.
Mr. Evans: Oh, iz,
that's wonderful.
Oh, my little angel.
Isabel: Um, cheeseburger and...
Oh, no, they screwed up
the order.
Mr. Evans: What is that?
Isabel: I think it's cucumbers,
sprouts, and hummus
on pita bread.
Mr. Evans: Oh, god, no.
Isabel: Yeah, and lentil soup.
Mr. Evans: Oh...Oh.
I'm gonna go next door
and get chicken wings.
Huh, you guys
want anything?
Jesse: I'll take that
if you don't
want it.
Mr. Evans: Ooh, you're
a brave, brave man.
Ok, back in a minute.
Jesse: That was clever.
Isabel: I needed to speak
to you alone.
Jesse: In your father's
office?
It's risky.
Sexy.
Isabel: Jesse, i need
to speak to you.
Jesse: Yeah, me, too.
Isabel: Jesse, what I wanted to say
is just that, you know,
if we're gonna continue
in this relationship,
it needs to be
about now. I can't
promise you tomorrow,
and I just need you
to understand that.
Jesse: Oh.
Isabel: What were you
gonna say to me?
Jesse: Pretty much
the opposite.
Miss evans,
I want to--
I want to love you
with the lights on.
Alex: Kinky.
Jesse: Metaphorically speaking.
Look, even though
we've only known
each other a few months,
I feel
i really know you.
I feel i know
everything about you.
And the thing is,
I'm proud to know you. I'm proud to love you,
and I want the world
to know about it.
Jesse: I don't--i don't want
to hide this anymore.
Alex: This guy's good.
{ Scene switches to Isabel and Alex talking on a bench }
{ Alex Sighs }
Isabel: I'm cursed.
Alex: Isabel.
Isabel: I am. I am
this cursed person.
Alex: You are not
Isabel: look what happened
to you--
you were killed
by an alien.
And then
there was Grant,
the only other guy i
was semi-involved with,
and he was killed
by that ridiculous
alien jellyfish thing.
Alex: It's like you said.
Jesse had a dream,
and dreams aren't real.
He isn't going
to propose to you.
It was just
a thought passing
through his head,
so let it pass.
{ Scene switches to Max and Liz talking }
Liz: I want to move out.
Max: And then what?
Liz: Move in together?
Don't you want to?
Max: I want to for
the right reasons.
Liz: How 'bout
being together?
You know, we could
just leave tonight
and find some place.
Max: The cost's
just too high.
Liz: We'll get jobs.
Max: Your family, liz.
It would destroy
your mom and dad.
Liz: They're
destroying us.
Max: Liz--
Liz: they are, max.
Well, my father is,
anyway.
How am i supposed to
help you find your child
if i can't
even be with you?
Max: You are with me...
All the time.
All the time.
{ Liz's parents are talking }
Mrs. Parker: Jeff, you can't
keep her under lock
and key 24 hours a day.
Mr. Parker: I don't know
who she is anymore.
It's like she's become
a different person.
Mrs. Parker: She's not
a little girl.
Mr. Parker: I know that.
Mrs. Parker: Well, you've got
to stop treating--
Mr. Parker: I'm not treating her
like a child
Mrs. Parker: you're treating her
like a criminal.
Mr. Parker: She was just in jail.
Mrs. Parker: Is this about liz,
or is this about you?
Mr. Parker: This is about keeping
our daughter safe.
Mrs. Parker: Don't you get it?
You're driving her away.
{ Scene switches back to Isabel and Alex talking }
{ Door closes }
Alex: if he pulls a ring
from his pocket,
you can't get
all weak in the knees.
Isabel: Don't go.
Alex: No, you're
on your own.
Eye of the tiger.
You can do this.
Just say no.
{ Jesse comes up to talk to Isabel }
Jesse: I thought we were
supposed to meet
in the balcony.
Aren't we being
a little risky?
Isabel: Hey.
I can't do this.
Jesse: Look, did something happen?
Did someone find out?
Isabel: No, and they never will.
Jesse: Wait, wait. Hold on.
Hang on a second.
Isabel: We're done.
Jesse: Isabel we're just starting
Isabel: Don't call me.
Don't try to see me.
Jesse: I need to know
what happened.
What changed?
Isabel: Let me go.
Jesse: Just wait.
Whatever happened,
listen to me.
Whatever happened,
we'll get through it
we'll get through it
if we're apart.
Jesse: What does that mean,
isabel?
Look, you have to give me
an explanation, ok?
You owe me an explanation.
Isabel: All right. Fine.
This is going nowhere.
We are going nowhere,
ok?
I'm 18.
I want to go to college.
I want a life.
And you, what are you
doing here, jesse?
You came
to visit your mother,
and you've never left.
You graduated
with honors
from harvard law school.
You could be working
for the most prestigious
law firm
in the country.
Isabel: If you stay here,
you're throwing
your future away,
because
we don't have a future.
Jesse: I love you, isabel.
Isabel: You can't, so don'T.
Just don't.
{ Isabel goes to Alex and hugs him }
{ Later, Kyle opens the door to find Isabel standing there crying }
Kyle: whoa, jeez-Did you knock?
Isabel: No.
Kyle: So you're lurking now?
Isabel: No.
Kyle: What--what's wrong?
Wait, you ok?
Here, come on.
Come on in.
What happened?
Do you want some water
or something?
Isabel: No.
Kyle: Sit...Down.
Do you want
to talk about it?
Isabel: No.
Kyle: Ok, ok.
Isabel: Aren't you late for work?
Kyle: Oh, screw that.
That's...
Kyle: What happened?
Isabel: I broke up with jesse.
Kyle: Why?
Isabel: Because there's no way.
I can'T.
I can't drag him into this.
I can'T.
Kyle: What are you afraid of?
What do you think's
gonna happen?
He's gonna run away?
Isabel,
Has anyone you've shared this with ever run away from you?
Name one person.
Kyle: let him in.
Let him deal with it.
Isabel: I can'T.
max and michael and I,
after alex died,
we made a pact to never
let anyone else in, ever.
Kyle: Well, just talk to 'em.
I'm sure
they'll understand.
Isabel: Yeah, right.
{ Scene switches to Max and Michael talking }
Max: Well, you can't move in
with her.
You'd have
to move out of state
to avoid her father.
Do you still
have to cross a state
line to be a kidnapper?
Max: I don't know.
Michael: Thought maybe
armed robbery
would be ahead
on the syllabus.
Max: Slow down.
Michael: Am i speaking
too fast?
Max: Me and liz.
Calm things down
a little.
Turn down the heat.
Michael: Back on the throttle.
Sounds good.
{ Maria comes in to the apartment }
Michael: You want a snapple?
Maria: Where were you?
Michael: Where was i
supposed to be?
Maria: We were supposed to have
lunch at school today.
Michael: Today's saturday.
Maria: No, today's friday.
Hello. Where are you?
Michael: I'm right here.
Where's saturday?
Maria: What, are you guys
saving the world
from alien invasion?
Michael: Would that keep you
from kicking my ass?
Max: I got to get going.
Michael: Good luck.
{ Maria looks at Michael with a pout }
Michael: Don't do that.
Maria: What am I doing?
What am I doing
besides wondering
where my boyfriend went?
Michael: I said i'm right here.
Maria: Sleeping?
Or are you just waking up
or are you going to bed?
Or you're at work
or you're at school.
Where you're not,
michael, is with me.
And even when you are with me,
it's like you're not with me.
Michael: I am.
Maria: No, you're not.
Michael: Everything i'm doing--
the jobs,
getting my grades up,
is to be with you--
to be better for you.
So, what do you
want me to do?
Tell me. I'll do it.
Maria: I want a moment
of your time.
I want several moments.
I want tomorrow night
to be fun, for instance.
Michael: Date night?
Maria: Yes. And please,
would you please
wash your sheets?
Michael: Ok. Ok, sure.
Me and you,
tomorrow night,
nothing but fun.
I promise.
Maria: Do you really promise?
Michael: I promise, promise.
Maria: Can I have
a snapple?
Michael: Oh.
{ Michael sees a note he left himself about bowling league on Saturday night }
Maria: What?
Michael: I don't know
if i have a cold one,
but I'll check.
Oh, I do.
{ Max and Liz are talking in the eraser room }
Max: I want to talk
to your father.
I want him
to understand.
Liz: I don't think
he's interested
in understanding
anything right now.
Max: Why, what happened?
Liz: I don't know.
Well, last night
when i came home,
they were arguing
about me.
My father was just--
I didn't know
there was that side
to him.
Max: What side?
Liz: Forget it. It's stupid.
I don't want to weigh
you down with it.
Max: Go ahead. Weigh me down.
I'm pretty sure
i can handle it.
{ A teacher opens the door and sees Max and Liz sitting on the floor }
Liz: Uh, we were
just talking.
Teacher: Yeah. Steaming up
the windows.
Teacher: Liz, out!
Bad move, max.
Max: We were just talking.
Teacher: Planning a bank heist?
{ Isabel is in the kitchen with her parents }
Mrs. Evans: So, max is living
with michael?
Isabel: More like crashing.
Mr. Evans: Crashing? Does he
have his things there?
A bed? Is he paying rent?
Isabel: Can we just try not
to talk about max?
For just this once,
just tonight.
Is that possible?
Mr. Evans: So, you're not
gonna believe this,
but I have to look
for another lawyer.
Again.
Mrs. Evans: Someone's leaving?
Mr. Evans: Jesse.
Mrs. Evans: What?
Honey, you said
he was the best lawyer
your firm has ever had.
Mr. Evans: Apparently,
too good for my firm.
He's moving back
to new york.
Mrs. Evans: New york?
Well, I hope he
gave you decent notice.
That's the thing.
He just walked out
on me this afternoon.
Totally uncharacteristic.
Isabel: You know, I actually
forgot some books
at school.
I'm totally--
I'm not--i'm sorry.
I'll be right back.
Mrs. Evans: Isabel?
Honey, what
about dinner?
Isabel: I'll be back.
{ Maria and Liz are talking at the crashdown }
Maria: are you ok?
Liz: Yeah. Why?
Maria: You're making a cottage
cheese milk shake.
Sweetie, what?
What, what, what?
Liz: Nothing.
I just don't know
if i'm, like, mad
or insane or what.
Maria: Mad as in angry mad?
Liz: Yes.
Maria: Well, I don't know.
You said "insane."
I thought maybe
you were expanding on mad
as in crazy.
Ok, fine. You're mad.
What are you mad about?
Liz: Impotence.
Maria: Is max...
Liz: No.
I just--
I feel powerless.
I don't know if I should
pull the plug or what.
Maria: Suicide?
Liz: please stop. Stop it, ok?
i need all of you
to stop it
so i can take a breath.
{ Max walks into the diner }
Mr. Parker: No, you don't!
No, you don't!
Max,
get out of here.
Max: Mr. Parker, I need to speak
with you for a second.
Mr. Parker: Get out before
i throw you out.
Liz: Dad.
Max: Mr. Parker, I think
that if we just talked--
Mr. Parker: I said go.
Liz: No, dad. Stop.
Max: It's ok. I'm leaving.
Liz: I hate you. (to her father)
{ Isabel knocks on the door of the Ramirez house }
Isabel: Mrs. Ramirez? Hi.
I--i need
to talk to your son.
Isabel: I'm isabel.
Mrs. Ramirez: Come on in.
Isabel: Ok.
{ Jesse and Isabel go into the backyard- they look at the garden }
Isabel: This is beautiful
Jesse: it's my mom's pride
and joy.
Isabel: I thought
that'd be you.
Jesse: No, I don't
bend easily enough
to her wishes.
So we should talk.
Isabel: You want to put down
those shears first?
I don't want
to lose you, jesse.
Jesse: Isabel, you broke up
with me.
Isabel: I know.
Jesse: Maybe we should
go out to dinner
tomorrow night.
Isabel: Dinner?
Jesse: I think we both need
to lay our cards
on the table.
{ Max and Michael are playing table soccer, as Isabel knocks }
Michael: Come in. It's open.
You're going down. (to Max)
Isabel: I need to talk
to you guys.
Michael: All right.
Make it quick.
I got a big night
ahead of me.
Max: What's up, iz?
Isabel: Ok, I'm just gonna
make it simple.
And I don't really think
it's that big of a deal anyway
so, you know,
I'm just gonna say it,
and you can react.
There's--there's someone
i want to tell about us.
Michael: Well, I'm glad you don't
think that's a big deal.
Who?
Isabel: His name is jesse ramirez.
You both know him. He's--
Max: the lawyer
who works for dad?
Isabel: Yeah.
Max: And why do you
want to tell him?
Isabel: Because we've gotten close.
Max: Close?
Isabel: Yes, close.
Max: Meaning you and he
are, uh--
Isabel: involved.
Michael: Are you pregnant?
Isabel: No. We haven't
even slept together.
Michael: Has he seen you
use your powers?
Isabel: No.
Michael: Why are we having
this conversation?
Max: Well, then why
do you need to tell him?
Isabel: I don't need to.
I want to.
I want him to know
because I want
to be honest with him.
I love him, and
i want him to know me.
I don't want to hide.
Do you guys know how
humiliating this is for me?
To have to come here
and ask your permission
to have an open conversation
with my boyfriend?
Can you just imagine it
for a second
and put yourself
in my position?
Michael: I'm gonna put this
as simple as possible.
Isabel, I'm happy
you have a boyfriend.
Congrats.
That said,
lie about the alien thing.
{ Michael leaves }
Isabel: he's gonna leave, max.
If i'm not honest with him,
he's gonna leave.
Max: How long have you two
been, uh...
Isabel: 3 months.
But I know him.
I know him.
This is the first time
i've ever felt this way.
I'm in love with him,
and if i lose this,
I don't know what the hell
i'm doing here on earth.
I mean, you have liz,
michael has maria.
This is the first time
i've had someone.
Max: Isabel, what if
in 3 months from now
or even
6 months from now,
you two break up?
Isabel: We won't.
Max: How do you know?
Isabel: How did you know
to tell liz?
I just do.
Max: Right now,
I'm not so sure
it was the best idea
to tell liz.
It's screwing up
her entire life.
Isabel: No matter how much
it screws up her life,
you still have each other.
Isn't that
the most important thing?
Max: Think about jesse,
isabel.
We agreed
not to tell anyone else
after alex died
because we didn't
want to put anyone else
at risk.
The second
you tell jesse,
his life changes...
Forever.
He becomes
a part of a secret
he didn't ask
to be part of.
You can't tell him,
isabel.
For his sake.
{ Bowling pins crashing }
Maria: it's not quite
what i had in mind.
Michael: I thought you liked
their tuna melts.
Maria: Yeah, when i'm in
a tuna melt kinda mood.
Michael: What kind of mood
are you in?
That's a loaded question.
Do you want
both barrels now,
or should I save one
for later
in case you forgot
to clean the sheets?
Michael: Are you joking me?!
Maria: Do you even
think of me at all?
I mean, at all?
We've been doing this
for 2 years,
and just when I think
you're getting it, you don't!
Michael: Listen--
Voice on PA: Would the owner
of the ford festiva
please go to the parking
lot. Your lights are on.
Michael: I'll be right back.
{ Scene switches to Jesse and Isabel heading to the restaurant }
Jesse: Are you cold?
Isabel: Yeah.
Jesse: Here.
(he gives her his coat- she finds a ring in the pocket)
Isabel: Oh. Thank you.
Jesse: You're welcome.
Ok, I'll check
on the wait.
Be right back.
Isabel: Thanks.
Jesse: it's a 40-minute wait.
It's $1.50
kung pao burrito night.
So, listen,
there's this new place
i've been wanting to try...
Isabel: Fine.
Jesse: And, uh, it's french.
Isabel: What?
Jesse: It's the eiffel,
as in tower.
It's a few blocks up.
We can walk.
Are you ok?
Isabel: Yeah. Let's go.
{ Back to the bowling alley }
Michael: You want
anything else?
Maria: Yeah.
Michael: What?
A
Maria: nything but this.
Voice on PA: Attention, please.
Would the owner
of the ford festiva
please go to the parking
lot. Your trunk is wide open
and your jack is showing.
Michael: I'll be right back.
Maria: Where are you going now?
Michael: I've gotta hit the head.
I think I have a bladder
infection or something.
Michael: Your jack
is showing, man?
Fly: Hey, do you want
to win this or not?
Michael: Yeah.
Monk: Hey, how's
date night going?
Michael: I'll be lucky if she
ever talks to me again.
Kyle: Oh.
These yours?
Michael: Hey.
How we doing?
Kyle: You're losing.
Michael: All right.
Fly: Final frame, baby.
You get a strike
we win this mother.
Kyle: Right.
Like that's
gonna happen.
Fly: Hey, don't look
over there.
You don't need
none of that
psych-out crap,
Steve: but if you screw up,
I still love you,
man.
Michael: Thanks.
Kyle: Hey, hey.
Remember,
uh, no alien
funny business.
Michael: Hey! Back off.
{ Michael gets a strike and his friends cheer and congratulate him. He turns around and Maria is standing there. }
Michael: I double-booked.
I made a mistake
because I promised
the guys, and then
i promised you--
Maria: shut up.
Michael: Maria--
Maria: shut up.
I've got something
to say, all right?
Michael: ok, let me have it.
Maria: All right.
The other day
at the crashdown,
you were there
and they were there,
and isabel
asked me a question
which I chose to ignore
at the moment.
She asked, "is michael
laughing," and you were.
And I was jealous
because I just--
you never
laugh like that
when you're with me.
Michael: I do.
Maria: No. Not like that.
I've never heard
you laugh like that
until that moment.
Something happened.
You got friends,
and that's important.
Michael: I'm confused.
Maria: I'm an idiot
'cause i wanted
you all to myself,
and that's not right
'cause i've never seen
you that happy before,
and I love you happy.
I love you.
Michael: This is ok?
Maria: Yes, this is ok.
Now you realize you have
to take me somewhere
to make up for
that tuna melt, right?
{ Liz enters her room, and her mom is waiting there }
Liz: Hey, mom.
Mrs. Parker: You do know
that there's nothing
that you can do
or think that
i haven't done or
thought of myself?
Liz: Hmm?
Mrs. Parker: So if you're thinking
of sneaking out tonight,
you might want to stay close
to home, please.
Liz: Ok.
Mrs. Parker: Yeah?
Liz: Mm-hmm.
Does dad know?
Mrs. Parker: This is not something
he needs to hear
about right now.
Liz: Is he ok?
Mrs. Parker: No. He's going
through hell.
Liz: Because of me?
Mrs. Parker: No. Because of him.
Liz: Mom, please tell me
what's going on.
Please.
Mrs. Parker: Come here.
When your father was 17,
he was trouble--
a hellion, as my parents
used to say.
Oh, he smoked, he drank,
he broke
into people's homes...
And he had
a girlfriend...
Before me.
He loved her very much,
and she was
very good for him,
and everybody thought
that they would
end up together.
Liz: But they didn'T.
Mrs. Parker: And he wrote her
the most beautiful
poetry.
Liz: So what happened?
Mrs. Parker: Your dad
was driving.
He was drunk.
There was
an accident,
and she got killed.
And, honey,
he's never forgiven
himself for that,
and I don't think
he ever will.
Now he is so terrified
that he's about to lose
the person he loves most
in this whole world
all over again.
{ Scene switches to Isabel talking to Alex }
Isabel: He's gonna propose.
He's gonna tell me either I'm
with him forever
or he's
leaving forever.
Alex: And what will you say?
Isabel: I don't want
to ruin his life.
Alex: You didn't ruin my life,
isabel. You made me alive.
Isabel: I also killed you.
Alex: No, you didn't.
You didn't kill me,
isabel,
and you didn't
kill grant either.
We were victims
of circumstance.
That's all.
And you need
to forgive yourself.
Isabel: I can'T.
Alex: Well, I forgive you,
and since I'm part of you,
you just did.
{ Liz goes to talk to her father, who is doing the accounting }
Liz: do you need help
with those?
Mr. Parker: Thanks.
Liz: Do you have any poems
that i could read?
Mr. Parker: What?
Liz: Poems.
Yours. I would
like to read one.
Mr. Parker: I, uh, i threw 'em away.
It was a long time ago.
Liz: Well, maybe you could
write a new one.
I don't hate you, dad.
Mr. Parker: You're the poem, liz.
You're the poem.
{ Scene switches to Jesse and Isabel at dinner }
Jesse: isabel--
Isabel: yes.
Jesse: This is, uh,
so hard for me
to say.
Isabel: I'm listening.
Jesse: Ok.
I can't do this
anymore.
Isabel: Can't do what?
Jesse: Be with you like this.
I can'T. I can't.
Ok? And--and--
there are things
that you don't want,
and there are things
that i do want,
and we'd be
lying to each other--
I mean, we're lying
to each other now,
pretending that somehow
we're going to fake
our way through this,
whatever this is...
Now.
Am i making any sense?
Isabel: You want out.
But what--what about this?
{ Isabel pulls out the engagement ring from Jesse's pocket }
Jesse: Where did you
get that from?
Isabel: In your coat.
It was in your coat.
Are you gonna
chicken out now? Here?
Jesse: Chicken out? What--
oh, no.
Isabel, this is
my mother's ring.
She asked me to hock it
to pay off some debt,
and I took it
to the jewelers here,
but I--i just
couldn't do it, and--
Isabel: oh, my god.
What is wrong with me?
Jesse: You found this
in my coat pocket
when you were
waiting for me outside?
Isabel: I'm such an idiot.
Oh, I'm such an idiot.
Jesse: Ohh.
You thought
that i was going to--
{ jesse laughs }
Jesse: no wonder
you looked so pale.
Isabel: I've never, never
felt quite this stupid.
Wow. Well...
Its a relief I guess? Ha.
Jesse: You guess?
Isabel: It is. I think.
Jesse: Ok. We both came here
to lay our cards
on the table, right?
Jesse: You were right...
About 99% of what
you said before when
you broke up with me.
If i stay here
in roswell instead of
having a big law career,
I will be kicking myself
for the rest of my life,
and it's true.
I stayed here
the last few months
to be with you.
Jesse: but
there's one thing that
you didn't get right.
And that's the fact
that i would gladly
live anywhere
and do anything if
it meant being with you.
Isabel, I've never met
anyone like you before,
and I've never felt
this way about anyone.
And so, god, help me,
but here goes
Jesse: isabel evans...
Will you marry me?
Isabel: Jesse, i--
I can'T.
I really,
really want to.
I really want to,
but I can'T.
Jesse: Oh.
Isabel: I'm so sorry.
Jesse: No. It's ok.
I just feel...
Really...
Stupid.
Isabel: I didn't mean
for you to--
I--
I think
i should just go.
Good-bye, isabel.
Alex: Go--go to him.
Isabel: I can'T.
Isabel, will you
look at what you're
doing to your life?
You're stopping it.
You're killing it.
You're--you're
sitting at a table
with no one.
I'm not really here.
You need to move on.
You need
to move past me,
and you need
to start now.
Isabel: If I ever have a son, I'm going to name him Alex
Alex: Wha, thank you thats trully... thanks... now go!
{ Isabel runs after Jesse and knocks over a table }
Isabel: Oh, I am so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Oh, jeez. Oh. Ok.
Isabel: Ok.
Jesse: What?
Isabel: Ok.
Ok.
Jesse: Ok. What?
Isabel: Ok. I want
to marry you.
Isabel.
Isabel: So, if you don't
take it too personally
that I ust
forced you to propose
and then said no,
I want to marry you
because I have
never loved anyone
the way I love you,
because I'm young,
and because
you don't know
everything about me,
but you will...eventually-
Isabel: Jesse will you just say something here?
Jesse: I have only
one thing to say
which is, just this once,
am i allowed
to kiss you in public?
Isabel: Please do.
Jesse: I love you, isabel.
{ Alex is watching. He waves, and fades away }
Isabel: I love you, too, jesse.
Writer: David Simkins
