Don't know what you got till it's gone - 03.07.02
Paul: Hello?
Rose (on the cell phone): Paul! Paul! You have no idea how good it is to hear your voice!
Paul: Who is this?
Rose: You've forgotten me already. It's Rose! Come get me, Paul. I wanna come home!
Rose: Paul? Paul? Are you there? Can you hear me?
Lily: Are you all right? Who is it?
Rose: Look, I know you're probably mad at me, and I don't blame you at all. Having Lily dress up like me at that party was just stupid! But, see, I got this call from Vince and -
Paul: No, no, no. I know it's all right. I'm not mad at you.
Rose: No?
Paul: I've never been happier to hear from someone in my whole life.
Rose: You don't know how glad I am to hear you say that.
Paul: I should have never doubted you. I should have trusted you. Just tell me you're all right. Tell me you're not hurt. Tell me where to find you!
Lily: Paul, is that - ?
Paul: Yes.
Lily: Rose?
Rose: Lily! Is that my sister?
Paul: Yeah, Rose, Lily's gonna grab the phone in two seconds, so I'd better give it to her. But, hey, not for long, okay? Not for long.
Lily: Hey! How are you? This is amazing! Are you all right?
Rose: Well, I'm all right, considering I woke up in a coffin.
Lily: I'm sorry. Did you just say you woke up in a coffin?
Rose: I did. It's a long story, but that's pretty much the gist of it.
Lily: I don't believe this. I had a dream about you, and you were lying in a coffin.
Rose: You did? Oh, that's freaky. I guess they say it's, you know, in the genes.
Lily: It was so frightening. It felt so real.
Rose: You should've felt it from the inside. Enough about that. Just tell me - how is everybody? How is Holden and Luke and Faith?
Lily: Fine. Wonderful.
Rose: And Lucinda?
Lily: She's going crazy, missing you. Now, listen, you have to get back here to us. Or you have to tell Paul how to get to you. All right, I have to give him the phone, or else he's gonna have a nervous breakdown. I love you, Rose.
Rose: I love you, too.
Paul: Okay. Okay, sweetheart? Where are you? And how long will it take for me to get there?
Rose: Well, that might be a problem.
Paul: Why?
Rose: Well, right now I'm in the middle of a cemetery. Other than that, I don't know where in the world I am.
Paul: Rose, I don't understand. How can you call me if you don't know where you are?
Rose: It was like I was telling Lily. I was in this coffin, about to be buried.
Paul: Buried al - buried alive? What happened?
Rose: It was the only way I could get out of the death spa.
Paul: Death spa? Wha - ?
Rose: I know you have a lot of questions, but if I try to explain everything, we're gonna lose the battery on this cell phone.
Paul: All right, you're right. You're right. All right, go ahead.
Rose: So I'm in the coffin, I'm banging on the top, and this gravedigger, my new best friend, comes and opens it up.
Paul: Are Emily and Carly with you?
Rose: No, I - no, I left without them. I didn't want to, but it was my only shot to get out of that place.
Paul: Don't worry about that. We will do everything - everything we possibly can, to save them. Now, Rose, is that gravedigger still there?
Rose: He sure is. And he brought a friend with him, too. That's whose cell phone I'm using.
Paul: Ask them where you are.
Rose: One of them does speak a little English. He did say something about Herbenstock. Something like that.
Paul: I - I don't know where that is. Ask him what country it's in.
Rose: That's a very good idea. Very good idea. Hi. You said we were in - ?
Gravedigger #2: Hertogenbosch.
Rose: Hertogenbosch. Did you hear that? We need to know what country. Well, you have the world, right? You got the world there. And then you got Canada. And you got France. France. And China. Australia. And -
Gravedigger #2: Oh, oui! Belgium.
Rose: Belgium. Belgium. Belgium. Belgium! Did you hear that? Belgium! Like the chocolate. Oh, thank God! Thank you! Thank you so much! Thank you, Belgium! Hello, Belgium! I love your country! I love it so much!
Paul: She's in Belgium.
Lily: Give me the phone. Give me the phone. Rose, honey, this is what I want you to do. I want you to stay where you are, and we will come to find you.
Rose: I'm sorry, Lily I cannot do that.
Lily: Why not?
Rose: Ever spend the night in a graveyard?
Lily: No.
Rose: Me, either, and I'm not startin' now.
Paul: Here. Hey, I have an idea of how we can speed this along. Can you get to the airport in Brussels?
Rose: Hang on. Let me find out. Um - you drive me - drive - me to airport? Brussels?
Gravedigger #2: You want us drive you airport, Brussels?
Rose: Yes! Yes! And money is in it, Euros, lots - mucho Euros for you. Whatever.
Gravedigger #1: Oui.
Rose: Ah! He speaks! Fantastic! Yes, okay! I can get a ride to the airport! What do you want me to do?
Paul: I'll arrange for a ticket in your name on the first flight out. Now find out which airline it's -
Lily: Wait, wait, wait. No, no.
Paul: Hold on, sweetheart. What?
Lily: You should not put Rose's name anywhere. Whoever was holding Rose captive is gonna be looking for her. If they find out how she got out, they're gonna go to the airport at Brussels.
Paul: Okay, good point. You're right.
Lily: Okay, so why don't we have my mother - I'll borrow her Worldwide jet - and we can fly to Brussels and pick her up - ourselves.
Paul: Okay. Alt, great, great. Sweetheart, change of plans. Lily and I are gonna use the Worldwide jet. We'll come meet you at the airport.
Rose: You'd come all that way for me?
Paul: Yeah, we're gonna do this the safest way possible. We're not gonna take any chances on getting you back here.
Rose: Paul, believe me, I am all for that. All right. Brussels airport - I will be there.
Paul: We'll tell airport security not to release you to anyone but us. Now, all you have to do is locate them when you get there. I can't wait to see you. There's - there's so much I have to say.
Rose: Oh, yeah? You wanna give me a little preview?
Paul: Right - right now? Okay. Well, you know that - you know that saying that you don't know what you've got until it's gone? Well, that's been pretty much me for the past few weeks.
Rose: Oh, I know. Thinking about you was the only thing that kept alive. Sometimes I'd think about you pulling me close to you and -
Paul: I'm gonna be pulling you very close very soon. And this time I'm not ever letting you go.
Rose: Oh, baby, you always know what to say to me.
Paul: Okay, you be safe. You be safe getting to that airport, okay?
Rose: Oh, don't you worry. I've come this far. Nothing is gonna stop me from getting home.
Paul: We better get off this phone. Okay? Or I'm never gonna get over there. I'll see you soon.
Rose: Soon. Oh, that is music to my ears. And you be careful, too. Okay. Bye-bye. Okay. No speedin', all right? You see a stop sign, stop!
Paul (to Lily): She's alive.
A phone call - 03.13.02
Paul: Hello?
Rose: It's me. Whatever it is you're doing right now - stop.
Paul: Hey, beautiful. You at Lily's?
Rose: Yes, I am. Waiting for you.
Paul: Give me five minutes.
Rose: You know what? Make it 30. It'll give me a chance to make it worth your wait.
Paul: Sweetheart, I think I've been waiting long enough.
Rose: It's been a long time for me, too.
Paul: If you only knew what your voice is doing to me right now.
Rose: I can't wait to see you either.
Paul: Bye, sweetheart. Gotta go.
Would Never Stop Loving You - 03.19.02/03.20.02
Paul (walks up to find Rose alone sitting in the gazebo): I kissed you right in this gazebo, remember it?
(Rose gasps and walks away from Paul.)
Rose: I don't want to see you.
Paul: I know. I know. I know you don't. But can you at least tell me why?
Rose: Just go. Please, just go. Just leave now, please.
Paul: If that's really what you want -
Rose: Yes, yes.
Paul: Okay. I guess I don't have a choice. But before I go, I just have one request. Turn around, Rose. Let me see you.
Paul: I'll go. I'll leave if that's what you want. But, please, just let me see you first.
Rose: No. I can't. You see, something happened to me, and something happened that changed me somehow and -
Paul: Lily said your face was injured.
Rose: Well, that's one way to put it.
Paul: So what are you afraid of, Rose? That some wound or change is going to make me stop loving you?
Rose: That's you. You cut to the chase. Yeah, something like that.
Paul: Sweetheart, these past few weeks I thought you were dead. Do you understand? I thought I'd never see you again. I mean, I'd lie awake at night making these bargains with God. "Please, take me, bring her back. Just take me. I don't care if she's blind or sick or paralyzed. I don't care. I will take care of her." I'd carry you around in a basket if I had to.
Rose: I don't know, preppy. Are you sure you're not Italian? 'Cause -
Paul: Let me hold you. (Paul places his hand on Rose's shoulder.)
Rose: No. (Rose turns away from Paul.)
Paul: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't mean to push. But don't you see? You're here. You're alive.
Rose: Yeah, I know, but there's a catch there. You see, I'm not me anymore.
Paul: No, no, that's not true, because you are the only one that would laugh at my bad jokes like you just did. We love each other, sweetheart. Don't shut me out. Let me help you.
Rose: See, that's just it. Even doctors don't know how to help me.
Paul: Then we'll find better doctors.
Rose: No, it's not that I'm givin' up, because I'm not gonna give up, but I cannot share this with you now. Can you understand that?
Paul: Okay, fine. Fine. You don't have to show me. Okay, but can we talk? I've missed you, sweetheart. I have an idea. Here. My back is turned. I promise I won't look at you. So will you stay with me for awhile? Talk to me?
Rose: I can only stay a little while.
Paul: It's okay.
Rose (sobbing): I missed you so much, and I'm so sorry.
Paul: Shh, it's okay. It's okay. Believe me, I'm just happy to hold your hand. I was scared. I was scared trying -
Rose: I know. Me, too. Gosh, I was so furious, and when I got there, I was so angry, you know, what they did to Carly. And Emily - I don't blame her for not fighting those drugs. They were so - oh - debilitating, and I was thinking about Lily and you and Emma and pop. Poor Emma. She just got over Holden and Luciano coming back. She's gotta worry about me now and Lucinda -
Paul: Lucinda was - Lucinda was heading the charge.
Rose: Yeah, I know 'cause that's the way she is when she gets scared. She gets tough, and she fights back, gets the people that are trying to help her, but -
Paul: Rose, I'm sorry that I didn't believe you that you were sleeping with some old boyfriend.
Rose: Yeah, right. The Vince O'Malley files - they made it very convincing, didn't they?
Paul: Yeah, well, they know me. My father played right into my - my psyche, my past that I'm not proud of. I just find it very hard to trust people, and it's not you, it's me. It was just the way I was brought up, my family. And relationships I've had, I just find it very hard for -to believe that someone would actually love me. And that's no excuse. You've never given me any reason to doubt you. You've always looked me dead in the eye and given me -
Rose: Well, I know. I've held things back, things I was ashamed of - my police record. You know, I know what it's like to be ashamed of something that you're so ashamed that the other person is gonna just run away. Run away.
Paul: Is that what you think I'll do - if I see your face? I mean, what if it was me, Rose, who was kidnapped and tortured and my face was messed up? Would you love me any less? Would you let me walk away?
Rose: I would never stop loving you.
Paul: Well, it's the same way for me. You know, and it's not because I'm noble or heroic. I'm not. You're the strong one on this team we got here, not me. And that's why I will never let you go, because I need you. I mean, you've changed my life. You saw something in me that I never knew was there. I mean, every morning, I would wake up, and I would see your face, and your eyes - that's what kept me going. I knew I had to prove myself to you so I could see that look in your eyes.
Rose: Oh, no, you don't have to prove anything to me.
Paul: No, I do have to prove myself. I have to prove that you can trust me, and that no matter what your face looks like, I will still love you.
Rose: You always did love a challenge.
Paul: Then let's give each other a chance. Let -
Paul: Hey, hey, what did my mother say?
Rose: All I wanted is to see if she knew anything about the spa or Dr. Weston, and maybe they can - fix my face, something.
Paul: Well, I'll talk to her.
Rose: No, I don't think she's holding out on me, and I don't think she knows anything. She doesn't care. Anyway, Hal showed up, and he was a mess, and your mom -
Paul: Wait, wait. Hal was here?
Rose: He was here for a little while, and he then he left, and your mom took off after him. I'll tell you, this guy is not playing with a full deck.
Paul: You know what, Rose? Rose the police really need to know about this. Can I take you down to see Jack?
Rose: No. No!
Paul: Hey, I promise - I promise I won't look at you, okay, but Hal is stashing James somewhere, and we need to get answers, so we have to find him.
Rose: All right. All right, don't turn around, though, until I say so.
Paul: Okay.
Rose: I mean it. (pulls her scarf up around her face) All right.
Paul: Are you sure?
Rose: Yeah.
Paul: It's gonna be okay. Promise.
Not giving up - 03.20.02/03.21.02
Lily: Holden, Rose needs another minute, so - okay?
Holden: Hey, Rose. Take your time, okay? We'll be right outside.
Paul: I'll take her home.
Lily: Rose, let him in. He loves you.
Rose: I love ya, Lily.
Lily: I love you, too.
Paul: Let me hold you.
Rose: Hold on to what? Who am I? I'm a woman falling through space.
Paul: Then I'll catch you.
Rose: No, I'm movin' too fast, don't you see?
Paul: No, I don't.
Rose: Look at me.
(Rose pulls down her scarf and turns around to let Paul see her face.)
Paul: I want - I want to touch you.
Rose: Okay.
(Paul touches Rose's face and she pulls away.)
Paul: I'm sorry, did I hurt you?
Rose: No, it's just nerves or something - I don't know. Do you know how long I begged for this?
Paul: A lifetime.
Rose: Thank you for looking at me like you're not looking at a horror movie.
Paul: Shh, don't say that.
Rose: You don't see what I see.
Paul: I see the woman that I'd give my life for if it meant saving you from all this.
Rose: And I see Rose under mama's skin. I used to look at my mom sitting there at her vanity table in the mirror and sometimes she'd have a sad look on her face. I'd say, "why are you so sad?" And she'd have tears in her eyes, and she'd say, "I'm looking for the girl that I used to be." And I didn't get that. All this time I never thought about it, but now I get it. I understand. Please say something.
Paul: Why were you hiding from me?
Rose: Oh, Paul.
Paul: Is this it? Is this all there is? 'Cause if it is, I shouldn't have to wait one more minute to hold you.
Rose: You have no idea how much I missed you.
Paul: It's okay.
Rose: No, every night, I'd look - I'd see your face, and I'd see your smile. And the only thing that got me through was remembering what it felt like to have you - have your arms around me. It felt so real, like you were there with me.
Paul: Because I was there. Listen, you were in my thoughts and my dreams, my love. I never gave up on seeing you again.
Rose: You never imagined seeing me like this.
Paul: A few lines -
Rose: Oh, a freeway of lines.
Paul: It doesn't matter.
Rose: Yes, it does matter. Yes, it matters to me. When I was on Lucinda's jet, I didn't look like this. Next thing I know, I'm 20 years older in one day.
Paul: Well, you're with me now. And we're gonna get through whatever happens here, and we're gonna do it together. We've wasted so much time being apart, and that's something we should never do again.
Rose: This is very serious. We have to admit that. It's scary as hell.
Paul: And you're not gonna be scared alone. I won't let you. I mean, if I'd had more faith in you, then you - you wouldn't have been kidnapped by James, none of this would've happened.
Rose: "None of this"? You mean the look. See, it does matter. Doesn't it?
Rose: Look at you. Pity is coming off you like radiation.
Paul: It's not pity, Rose. I could never look at you with pity.
Rose: Oh, no? Listen to yourself. You sound so guilty.
Paul: Well, of course I feel guilty. My mother wanted you out of my life, so my father arranged it.
Rose: What happened to me, Paul, had nothing to do with you. This is not your fault! I knew Barbara hated me and wanted me out of your life. But did I listen? No.
Paul: Well, if I'd listened to you when you told me the truth about Vince.
Rose: Yes, if I had told you everything. If I'd been up front about everything, we could have trumped your mother and father right from the start. But we didn't. We can't cry over that now. I just know one thing - I am not gonna make the same mistakes that your mother did, you know. After that explosion, she used those scars on her face to manipulate people's lives. And I'm not gonna do that. Being at Fairwinds with this wrapped around my head - it's just a little weird for me. And I'm not gonna use this face to make you stick around and feel guilty.
Paul: Would you get over it?
Rose: Excuse me?
Paul: Can't you see how desperate I am? How much I love you? I want to stick around, and not because I feel guilty. You are the best thing that's ever happened to me. And that's why I was such a jerk when it came to Vince O'Malley. Because I couldn't stand the thought of losing you to anyone. Or anything. And I still can't. What?
Rose (looking at her hands): These brown spots - they weren't there before. It's not stopping. It's getting worse. It's getting worse!
Rose: Their worse, aren't they?
Paul: Are we gonna find someone that can help you? A scientist? A doctor? There's gotta be someone out there that can help you.
Rose: I mean, I just - it's not stopping. I mean, if I could just know that it was gonna stop, then I'd know how I was gonna end up -
Paul: I'm not gonna let you say it.
Rose: I don't know what's worse, thinking that I'm gonna die or living like this the rest of my life. I don't know the answer to that.
Paul: Rose, you're gonna be fine you're gonna be better.
Rose: I know in my life I didn't have any class. If I knew like that up until this point - at least I had my face and my body. I mean, a person can get through life pretty well with a decent face and some curves in the right place.
Paul: Rose you are still beautiful. And more importantly, you're strong. And I'm not gonna let you forget that.
Rose: Then why - why'd you have that look on your face when you saw the spots?
Paul: All I was thinking about was how much I love you. And how angry and sad I am that this is happening -
Rose: Please, no, look at - can you just admit it, that it's hard to accept the fact that this is happening and it's a horrible thing?
Paul: Have you heard a word I've said, Rose?
Rose: Yes. I've heard every syllable. But you're still not admitting something to me.
Paul: What?
Rose: You have pity. Okay? And I don't want pity. Going through this alone is hard enough. Having you there watching me - I can't take it.
Paul: Rose, Rose, don't. Don't -
Rose: Can you imagine what it'll be like waking up next to me every single morning? It'll be like sleeping with your grandmother. Oh, God. It makes me sick, even the thought of it. I can't help it.
Paul: We're gonna take this day by day, hour by hour. The only thing that matters is what's in our hearts. I see you with my soul, not with my eyes.
Rose: Honey, if you can make love to this, then there is a part of you that - this quirky part I don't know anything about. Either that, or you're a saint.
Paul: If you don't feel like being held or making love, then it's okay.
Rose: There is not one part of you that doesn't make me feel completely alive. I cannot see myself with you like this. I just -
Paul: Rose -
Rose: I can't.
Paul: Just give yourself some time.
Rose: Yeah, I need time. I need time. Alone.
Paul: Rose, you know -
Rose: I'm sorry. But this is something that I have to do alone. And that's the way that it has to be.
Paul: You're crazy if you think I'm letting you go.
Rose: A little time. That's all I need just to get my head on straight.
Paul: What, so I have no choice in the matter?
Rose: Not if you wanna make me happy.
Paul: Some illusion of what you think will make you happy.
Rose: Maybe. This is what I need, right now.
Paul: All right. I'll take you back to Lily's.
Rose: No. No, I don't wanna go back there.
Paul: Why not? You'll be safe. You'll be surrounded by family.
Rose: No, because then I see Lily, and I think about the way I used to look. I can't do that. No, I can't. I can't do it. Please go. Please, now. Go.
Paul: Why am I doing this, huh? Why am I agreeing to this? To protect your sense of vanity?
Rose: No! No, it's not that. It's just that I've been terrified - I was just terrified in that nightmare for months! All I wanted to do was get out of there. You know how I got of there? In a coffin! Buried alive! Next thing I know, the posse from Oakdale shows up, and I'm okay. I'm back here in Oakdale. And then this happens to me. Can't you understand how much I have to let this sink in. I just need a second.
Paul: I'm sorry. I -
Rose: And I love you for being sorry. I just need some - I need some air.
Paul: Okay. If you need me - anytime, day or night -
Rose: I will call.
Paul: I'm not giving up on you.
Rose (sadly admits to herself): You will.
Rose's voice - 03.27.02
Rose: Ah, it's probably the AARP with my free subscription. Ahem. You can do this. Hey, unless you're selling the fountain of youth I'm really not interested - (opens the door)
Paul: All I have is this, but it's all yours. So am I, if you still want me.
Rose: Know what I missed most bein' at that spa? The real smells - fresh flowers, Emma's cookin', the smell of a fresh brewed cup of coffee. There's only so much juniper and jasmine a girl can take.
Paul: All right, then how about we go down to Al's, and you can inhale a fresh cup of -
Rose: I can't do that. 'Cause the kids, I'm babysittin' the kids.
Paul: We'll take them with us.
Rose: No! Well, they're in the middle of something. I don't wanna - you know - disrupt them.
Paul: All right. Well, then, I'll make us a cup right here. We'll do whatever you want to do.
Rose: What do I want? What I want to do? Well, I would like to climb into a time machine. That's a crazy dream. Yet, sometimes I feel like we were in a dream, too.
Paul: No. No. We were very real. I love you, Rose -
Rose: Don't, please.
Paul: I'm sorry. I just missed you.
Rose: It's not about that.
Paul: What's it about then? Tell me. What can I do? How can I convince you that I still love you.
Rose: You know what kept me from goin' schizo in that spa? I would close my eyes, and I would remember how it felt to have your arms on my shoulders. And - the way it felt when you kissed me, and you'd put your hand on my cheek and bring me close to you. But that was before I knew I would turn into this.
Paul: You haven't turned into anything. You - you wanna know what got me through those months? What I missed most?
Rose: My pasta-fagioli?
Paul: Yeah. That and your voice.
Rose: My voice?
Paul: Your voice. The way you'd go off about some silly movie that you loved, and tell one of your stories about growing up with Joe. I - I missed it so much that I - took the tape out of your answering machine so I could listen to it -
Rose: Just stop it, please, I'm a freak!
Paul: What? No, don't say that, Rose.
Rose: You have to accept the fact that things have changed.
Paul: Well, nothing has changed for me.
Rose: Things have changed for us. Look. Come here. Look at this. Ok that - look at us. Not me. Look at us. You're the president of B.R.O. You're Ivy League. Me, I'm the oddball, you know, I'm used to being talked about, and gossiped about. But I don't want that for you.
Paul: You never used to care about what other people thought -
Rose: I'm not talking about me. I'm talking about you. I care about you, what happens to you.
Paul: And I care about you. And I want you in my life, Rose.
Rose: And what I want, I can't have. So I have to deal with what is, not what could've been. And so do you. Please - please just - just say good-bye. Please go out that door and never look back.
Paul: I'll do anything you want me to do, Rose. But I can't do that.
Important stuff last forever - 03.29.02
Rose: Round two - where Ms. Walsh eats her face cream. Listen -
Paul: Hey, Rose.
Rose: Did you forget something from before?
Paul: Oh, you mean when we were talking about how much we missed each other? I think - I don't think I quite got my point across, but if you'll let me in, I think I can do a better job this time.
Rose: I don't think that's really a good idea.
Paul: Well, if I get out of line - if I get out of line you can always throw me out again.
Rose: I don't quite remember things that way, but -
Paul: Oh, I see. You must be forgetting about the part where you said, "Walk out of that door and promise to never come back again."
Rose: It must have slipped my mind. That's one of the things about getting old that's good - you know, people tell you horrible things, but then you forget 'em.
Paul: Still got the same old knack for puttin' a guy back in his place, so at least you've got that going for you. Five minutes? Ten for good behavior?
Rose: You don't know good behavior.
Paul: I'll do my best.
Rose: All right.
Paul: I see you still got the rose I gave you? I thought you would have plucked off all the petals by now.
Rose: Oh, come on. Me? No, I would never hurt anything from the plant kingdom. It's defenseless. It's starting to open up.
Paul: Yeah, she looks beautiful. Let's hope she keeps it up.
Rose: Here, take a closer look.
Paul: The closer the better.
Paul: I always liked Roses. By far the most beautiful flower. In fact, they're so desirable that they had to grow thorns, just so people would leave them in peace. Of course, if you really, truly love a Rose, a few little thorns aren't gonna keep you away.
Rose: It's sad about flowers, though. You know, they bloom so fast. The beauty fades and the petals fall off and you're left with nothing but a mess - because nothing lasts forever.
Paul: The important stuff does.
Rose: Maybe you're right. I still feel like me on the inside, you know? I can see myself shopping for bikinis, and working out, and kicking up my heels on a Saturday night with Mitzi - and my future and the years of my life -
Paul: When they reverse this thing, you're gonna be just fine.
Rose: What are you talking about? What if they can't? What if they can't fix it? I gotta have a plan.
Paul: What kind of plan are you talking about?
Rose: I've gotta - maybe cover up all my mirrors -never look at my reflection again - never, ever look at Lily anymore - go to a place where nobody knew me before, and - oh, that'll keep my mind off my hardening arteries, wouldn't it?
Paul: You said you still feel like the same ol' Rose on inside, right? Nothing's changed? Even the way you feel about me?
Rose: Especially that. Do you know the kicker? I might love you a million times more than I did before. But I can't - it doesn't matter, you see? Because on the outside, I am, like, 100 years older than you!
Paul: No. Is that what you think? Is that really what you see, Rose?
Rose: What do you see?
Paul: I see you! Not an age or a condition. Just you - a beautiful, sensitive, terrified woman - the woman who makes me laugh until my sides hurt - the woman who is my guardian angel, my lucky charm - the woman I'm dying to put my arms around and take to bed and hold!
Rose: Wait! If you say anything else, you're gonna have to go!
Paul: Okay, all right. I'll just stand here. I'll just stand here and you can look at me. Look me in the eye. You look me in the eye and you tell me what you see.
Rose: I don't see anything.
Paul: Oh. Must be too far away. The whole world is gonna see you the way I do. Just give it some time.
(doorbell rings)
Rose: Who's that?
Paul: That would be the pizza.
Rose: Pizza?
Paul: I ordered it on the way over here.
Pizza? Pizza, you got me pizza! Oh, you must have read my mind! I haven't had it in months, and -
Paul: Perfect timing.
Rose: Oh, did you get me anchovies!? I love anchovies.
Delivery guy: Yes, ma'am.
Rose: Maybe we do belong together.
Delivery guy: Now, who's buying tonight? You or your mom?
Rose: Just what I always wanted, somebody thinking that I'm your mother.
Paul: Don't listen to some punk delivery boy.
Rose: Who else is he going to think that I am? I mean, I'm too old to be - anybody else.
Paul: Rose, you gotta stop looking at that locket.
Rose: I can't help it. I mean, Libby, oh, just a few years ago she was a young, beautiful girl. Now, she's - she's on her last legs. Oh, how long before that happens to me?
Paul: We're going to get you help, okay? The kind of help your friend Libby didn't have.
Rose: How?! Some miracle doc with some wonderful cure? I'm a medical freak show here. You think some dermatologist is gonna win the lottery before my time is up?! I just wanted to do so much before I died.
Paul: Hey, hey, none - no, stop! You're gonna - you're gonna have plenty of time to do those things. And whatever you want to do. And I refuse to accept any other possibility.
Rose: Now, don't you be sad.
Paul: I'm not.
Rose: I don't need you to be sad.
Paul: I'm not sad.
Rose: It makes it worse for me.
Paul: I'm not sad. I'm trying to keep you from being sad, sweetheart.
Rose: I'm fine. I'm thinkin' - I'm bein' very positive here. I'm thinkin' on the good end.
Paul: What good end?
Rose: I'm getting close to retirement. That means - right - I'm going to get a gold watch out of it maybe. And then, you know, maybe I don't have time to enjoy it. I won't have kids or a husband, but if I'm going to be in the pits, I'm going to be alone. That's better off.
Paul: No, you're not alone. Rose, that's what I'm trying to tell you.
Rose: Would you go? Please?
Paul: No. Not on your life.
Rose: I don't want you here. I can't do this.
Paul: So what? What are you going to do? You going to get somebody over here to kick me out? Go ahead. You be sure you tell them that you want me gone because I'm crazy about you. Have them drag me out of here, but you better tell them they're going to have to do it again, and again, and again, because I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to keep coming back. You know what I did when you were gone? I told whoever would listen to me that no matter what happened to you I'd handle it, I'd take care of you. That if you were sick, I would nurse you back to health. If you were - if you were afraid, I would make sure that you felt safe.
Rose: You can't - you can't do that. Nobody can do that.
Paul: What are you afraid of? That I'm going to pity you? That I'm going to stick around because I feel guilty?
Rose: There is an ounce of truth in that, yes, pity and guilt. I have enough to deal with alone here, thank you.
Paul: Nobody knows what's going to happen to them. But the only thing I know that will last forever is the way I feel about you.
Rose: Yeah, now. What about when my teeth start falling out?
Paul: I'll puree your food.
Rose: Oh, come on. What about the next pizza guy who calls me your grandmother?
Paul: He won't get a tip from me.
Rose: Oh, come on. This is the reality. This is gonna happen. Some day I'm gonna have to pick up my support hose and look at the things that are going to happen to me, all the surprises for this fantastic body. I can't have a witness for that. I'm so sorry!
Paul: Too bad.
Rose: I know how this ends. You get - you tell me I'm breaking your heart - I'm hurting your feelings -
Paul: No, no, no! I'm telling you that I love you, Rose! I love you. (kiss)
Paul: What? What, what, what's wrong?
Rose: I just never thought we'd do that again.
Paul: Well, I'd like to see you try to stop me.