They Fell Almost,Maine

I believe you Deen I'm just sayin

It was bad shell bad

I hear ya b//ut

But you're not listenin // Shelly it was bad>

No you're not listenin cause>

Real bad, historical bad

I'm tryin to tell you I had a pretty bad time myself

No there's no way

It was pretty bad deena

Really

Yeah

Okay.......go

He���- he said he didn't like the way I smell

What

Todd told me he didn't like the way I smelled. Never has

Todd dunleavy told you that he didn't//like the way��-

Yeah

When

When he picked me up I got in his truck we were backing out tell my driveway and all of a sudden he started breathing hard hyper hyper // breathing

Ventilating

-Ventilating, yeah, and he stops, and he got outta the truck and says hes sorry, but he couldn't go out with me cause he didn't like the way I smelled never had

What, never had? When has he smelled you before?

I dont know around [town]

Well, jeez!

Anyway he said he though he was gonna be able to overlook it - the way i smelled - but that that wasn't gonna be possible after all because he couldn't breath, something about allergic>

Allergic?

and he said it wasnt me! --- It wasnt me! ----it was somethin about "the woman" and the lengths we go to

What? "The Woman"?

Yeah and the lengths we go to to // smell nice

the "lengths" we----?

and he said whatever it is I use to smell nice>

Oh! Your perfume!

just doesnt ---- yeah ----- just doesnt smel very nice to him, no offense, and he slammed the door on me and left me sittin there in my drieway. In his truck.

Cause he didn't like the way you smelled?!?

Yeah.

Wait, you don't even use any kind of scent do you?

No!! // No!

Well what the-----? I dont mind the way you smell>

Thanks

Matter of fact I think you smell great

Thanks. Anyway he said he'd come back and pick his truck up tomorrow and would i mind please rolling down the windows for him to air it out overnight

What? These nothing to air out! >

I know

Todd has Issues!

Yeah. What Are you doin?

Doin something to his truck

Deen!

We're doin somethin to his truck >

Deen ------

You're too nice! Time to get mean! we're doin somethin to his truck!

Deen! >

We are!

We're not doin nothin to his truck! Relax

Jerk. He should be so lucky gettin to go out with you

Nah

Yeah!

Anyway: pretty bad huuh?

Yeah. And a little sad, too.

Yeah. So im guessin I'm the big winner tonight huh? And so I get to pick tomorrow, and I pick bowlin. We'll go bowlin, supper at the Snowmobile club, couple of beers at the moose paddy, hang out.

I didn't say you the big winner

What?

Did I say your the big winner?

No but-------

No. All thats pretty sad, Shell, and bad, but you didn't win.

What do you mean?

You didn't win.

You can beat being told that you smelled bad?

Yeah.

Really?

Yeah

Well then

Mines face broke

What?

His face broke.

His----?

Face broke, yeah. Told you it was bad.

How did his.....Face break?

When we were dancin

Dancin? Dareen LeMans took you dancin ?!?

Yeah...

Down to the rec center?

Yeah....

Oh Thats nice! // Thats nice!>

Yeah...

What a good guy>

Yeah...

I wouldn't have expected that from him! Wish someone'd take me dancin!

Yeah...

Musta been so fun!

Well, yeah, kinda. Till his face broke

What happened?

We, we did that thing they have where you pay, you get a lesson, and you danc eall night. They teach together ----- How to dance together!

Awww. Thats nice! Thats fun!

Yeah, and we did that thing where you take the girl and you throw her up and over and.... well darren was havin a hard time figurin out the move ----- how to do it ------ and its so Easy, and so I thought maybe itd help him get his part if ---- once throu

He is, isnt he?

Yeah. Never really realized it before. He sounds taller on the phone.

He does!

Yeah so..---- anyway-----we switched so i could show him to do his part.... and well im pretty strong....... and hes just small-----

He really is isnt he

Yeah ----- and I threw him up and over....... and well I threw him over ---- over. And... he landed on his face. And it broke. Ocular -----Orbital -----Bone Fracture.

Oh

Had to take him to the emergency room.

Thats a drive

Thirty-eight miles

Yup

And he cried

Oh....

The whole way. Asked me to call his mom to come get him.

Seriously!?!?

Yeah. And she did. Asked me to "please leave

Aww. Deen, Im Sorry!

Its all right. He was a lousy dancer.

Most of em are.

Yeah. What?

Thats just ---- pretty bad

Yup

And sad

Yup. so.....im guessin i win!

Oh-------Yeah------ no question, no question! That right there might make you the big winner of all time!

Yup!

Baddest-date-girl" of all time!

Yup!

Congratulations!

Thank You!

So what do you pick tomorrow?

Bowlin, supper at the snowmobile club, coupla beers at the moose paddy, hang out.

Sounds good

What?

Oh Deen I dont know. Just sometimes... I dont know why I bother goin "out". I mean------ I know why ------ its cause you gotta go out but i am scared cause ive been going out and nothins comin of it you know? And i feel like im runnin out of chances >

Dont say that., Dont say that -------

and lately ive been wonderin why I even have to bother..... goin out. I mean ----- I dont like it deena. I hate it. I hate going out on these dates. I mean why do I wanna spend my Friday night hangin out with some guy I might maybe like, when I could be s

Yeah

I mean.... That was rough tonight. in the middle of Todd tellin me how he didnt like the way I smelled---- I mean he doesnt smell all that great!

Not many of em do

Yeah! and well, anyway, i got so sad.

Aw but it wasnt you! // It wasnt you!

I know. I know. But after he said that all I could think about was how not much in this world makes me feel good lately or makes much sence anymore...And I got really scared deen, cause theres gotta be something ------ at this stage of the game -----there

Yeah.....

But then I kinda came out of feeling sad and I actually felt okay, cause I realized that there is somethin at this stage of the game, there is one thing in this world that makes me feel really good and that does make sense-------and its you. Its always be

Huh?

Nothin

Okay well, i should get goin home shell the cats get lonely

Yeah..... well im only goin into the mill early tomorrow ------just got some maintenance issues to resolve ----- and I bet ill be done before noon so I can pick you up lunchtime? >

Yeah ------ No---------I dont think

Oh! They got the craft fair goin on at church! maybe we could hit that before //Bowlin

Oh I dont know cause you know what? I kinda forgot Shell: ive got a big day tomorrow>

Well-----

I gotta be up at the crack o' crack to open the salon. We are doing sandrine st pierres wedding tomorrow doin the brides hair and the the bridesmaids hair and the moms hair and all the makeup and the nails and I might // not be up for anything afterwards-

Well// Ill come get ya whenever youre done like we planned-------

Mmm....prob'ly gonna be busy all day. We might have to do touch-ups for the wedding pictures ----I dont know when we'll be//done you know.>

Well we could skip bowlin and just do supper at the snowmobile club ----

And im gonna be really exhausted so i dont know ---- I dont know -----I dont know------//so------

Well ill be ready whenever//you want me to come pick ya up --------

Hey hey shell: Maybe we oughtta just give it a couple days and see when we both have the time and well make a plan,, okay?

well the craft fairs only// this weekend so-------

Yeah ------ you know what? You know what? You know what Shell? im gonna head. Okay?

Okay.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay!

Okay!

Bye!

Bye! hey Deena -----

Shell hey! what [ happened ]? you okay?

yeah....

What the -------- Here....

Thanks ummm........

What was that? You okay? What just happened there?

Umm...... I just fell........

Well, i know, i saw

No------ I just -------- I think I just.....fell in love with you, there, Deena.

Shelly!

Oh boy........ Yup. Thats what that was. Me falling in love with you......

Shelly: what are you doing? Come on, get up!

No-no-no deena ------

Would you cut that out?!?

Well I cant help it! It just kinda come over me !! Ive fallen in love with you, Deena!

Shelly: im your best friend in the whole world... and I dont quite know what youre doin or what youre goin on about..... but------- what are you talking about?!? What are you saying? Shell: Youre my best friend>

Yeah----

and thats -----.... I love that! but ---- i dont --- i mean ---- yeah its true: youre about the only thing that feels really good and makes sense in this world to me too: You keep me from feelin like im gonna become that crazy cat lady -------- but now wh

Yeah...

Best Friends! and theres a line when youre friend hat you cant cross! and you crossed it!