Love and Other Disasters2006

Peter Simon:
Jack's?

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
Hmm?

Peter Simon:
What are you doing?

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
Reading this delicious recipe for beet root salad with margarine and balsamic vinegar dressing.

Peter Simon:
What are you doing with James?

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
Nothing.

Peter Simon:
You broke up with him a month ago.

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
I know. It's just sex. He fills a void. Literally.

Peter Simon:
I don't see how you expect to meet someone new if you spend all of your time with your ex.

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
Good point. Maybe I should get back together with James so I spend less time with him.

Peter Simon:
I don't think it's funny.

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
Neither do I.

Peter Simon:
What's the point of shagging someone, ad nauseam, if you know you're never gonna love them?

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
It's not so simple.

Peter Simon:
He's in love with you, Jacks, and you're not in love with him. It doesn't get more simpler than that.

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
That's not fair. I happen to care about James. A lot. And I hate the fact that he feels more than me, and I hate the fact that I'm not IN love with him because I know I should be, because he's smart and sweet and decent and I don't wanna hurt him. So I keep hoping that I'll grow into it. That maybe one day I'll wake up and I'll feel...

Peter Simon:
What?

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
In love! You know, dizzy and feverish and nausea.

Peter Simon:
That's not love, Jacks. That's the flu.

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
Well at least I'm trying, you big cynic.

Peter Simon:
I'm not a cynic.

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
Well, when's the last time you even considered falling in love?

Peter Simon:
Today!

Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:
I'm not talking about some character in a novel or a movie.

Peter Simon:
Neither am I.