Our Dirty Little Secret Full Short Drama
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00:00:00Let's go home.
00:00:01No, Tuli.
00:00:02You told me this yourself.
00:00:04And I quote,
00:00:05I don't want to spend my entire college career
00:00:07reading about other people's sex lives.
00:00:09This is the last party of our college career.
00:00:12And even if you don't get laid,
00:00:14just dance and have a good time.
00:00:19Okay, okay, you're right.
00:00:21Let's go.
00:00:27So you're falling for me?
00:00:29I...
00:00:31Thanks.
00:00:38Girl, you just tripped yourself into an incant romance.
00:00:41That's exactly what it was.
00:00:43It felt like I was in one of Adam's old stories.
00:00:45It felt just too real and too fast.
00:00:47Wait, wait, wait.
00:00:48Adam?
00:00:49That smut writer you got hung up on?
00:00:51It's not smut, okay?
00:00:54He writes about love and tragedies
00:00:56and everything in between.
00:00:57And I don't just read them.
00:00:59We talk about them, about ourselves,
00:01:01about what it means to be alive.
00:01:04Hon,
00:01:06you never even met this guy.
00:01:08I was going to Megan.
00:01:10We had set up a date and he ghosted me.
00:01:13I don't think I can forgive him,
00:01:14but I can't forget him.
00:01:15I mean, he's the whole reason that I'm an English Lit major.
00:01:18Oh, yeah, okay.
00:01:19So tonight, we are undoing all that damage.
00:01:21You take this.
00:01:23And I need to dance.
00:01:24So, see ya.
00:01:27Wait, you're leaving me?
00:01:31Megan, come on.
00:01:32Then join me, girl.
00:01:34Oh, or go see if your lover boy wants to dip you again.
00:01:39There we go.
00:01:42Everyone's a good girl.
00:01:57Oh, God.
00:01:58Hey.
00:01:59Uh, thank you.
00:02:01Keep it great.
00:02:04Did you really think that was going to work, creep?
00:02:07You want to raise a hand?
00:02:09Raise one of me.
00:02:10It's cool, dude.
00:02:11Really, it's cool.
00:02:12I've been drinking a little bit.
00:02:13I didn't mean to.
00:02:14I'm sorry, really.
00:02:15I'm sorry.
00:02:16I didn't mean to get out.
00:02:18It's cool.
00:02:19It's cool.
00:02:20It's cool.
00:02:21It's cool.
00:02:22It's cool.
00:02:23It's cool.
00:02:24It's cool.
00:02:25It's cool.
00:02:26It's cool.
00:02:27It's cool.
00:02:28It's cool.
00:02:36Are you okay?
00:02:37No, uh, I'm...
00:02:39I don't go to many parties.
00:02:40This is all.
00:02:41Go back.
00:02:42He's gone.
00:02:45That's twice I've had to save you.
00:02:47Do you like my damsel in distress?
00:02:50No, I...
00:02:51You're my damsel.
00:02:52I'm your knight.
00:02:53Uh...
00:02:54Never mind.
00:02:56What?
00:02:58Goodbye.
00:03:03Okay.
00:03:04Okay.
00:03:05Hey.
00:03:06Hey.
00:03:07Hi.
00:03:08Hi.
00:03:09Excuse me.
00:03:10Sorry.
00:03:11So sorry.
00:03:12We're leaving.
00:03:13Okay.
00:03:14Bye.
00:03:15Oh, my God.
00:03:16What?
00:03:17What is going on?
00:03:18What happened?
00:03:19I don't know why I thought I could just go out for one night and expect everything to
00:03:20go perfectly.
00:03:21I'm an idiot.
00:03:22I had one guy almost hit me.
00:03:23Who?
00:03:24Where?
00:03:25He's gone, and the guy who caught me earlier saved me again, and I thought he was flirting
00:03:28with me, so I tried to throw it back.
00:03:30But I threw that up.
00:03:31Okay.
00:03:32He's a guy.
00:03:33It's harder to screw up your chances than you think.
00:03:35He probably thinks I'm insane.
00:03:37I think I called him my knight.
00:03:39I don't know.
00:03:40I'm trying to block it all out already.
00:03:42You win some, you lose some.
00:03:44Let's just go home and spend some ice cream and kill more girls.
00:03:50Yeah.
00:03:51Hey, damsel, wait up.
00:03:54Coolie, be cool.
00:03:57She had run far.
00:03:59Try not to run her own heart.
00:04:02Wait, is that from Forgotten Garden?
00:04:04Yeah, and you picked for reader.
00:04:06And as a runner, where are you going?
00:04:08I just thought it was better if I cut my losses for the night and give up flirting.
00:04:13Maybe forever.
00:04:16Was that what all that falling down and getting into fights was?
00:04:20I was flirting?
00:04:22Or were you even trying to save me back there?
00:04:25I'll be your damsel if you play my knight that rescues me.
00:04:30I'm actually really glad you didn't say that.
00:04:33Well, how about the truth?
00:04:35My friend dragged me to this party because she thinks I need to have fun in real life.
00:04:39And I think you're super hot, but I'm way too much of a wuss to do anything about that.
00:04:44What?
00:04:49How's that for fun?
00:05:08What?
00:05:10I want to hear you say it.
00:05:11Say what?
00:05:15That you want me now.
00:05:20I want you now.
00:05:44I want you now.
00:06:15I want you now.
00:06:33Oh, so you're leaving.
00:06:36Well, you know I've got to take my shirt, too.
00:06:38Oh, I just thought we had a great time last night.
00:06:42We did.
00:06:43You said you wanted to have some fun, and you got it.
00:06:46Let me tell you, I'm having a blast now.
00:06:48Look, I'm just really not looking for anything beyond one night.
00:06:52The shirt, staying over.
00:06:55I can only break so many of my own rules.
00:06:57Here.
00:06:59I'd hate for you to break some of your made-up rules.
00:07:13Oh, my God.
00:07:14That does not look like the face of the one who just had the best night of her life.
00:07:19It's not.
00:07:21Oh, honey.
00:07:23What happened?
00:07:24Last night, there was something about this guy.
00:07:26He and I were getting along so well.
00:07:29He was passionate, but smart, too.
00:07:32He quoted my favorite book, The Forgotten Garden.
00:07:35Yeah, never heard of that.
00:07:37But he sounds like your exact opposite.
00:07:39Yeah, never heard of that.
00:07:41But he sounds like your exact type.
00:07:43That's all that matters.
00:07:44But then it's like I slept with Jekyll and woke up with Hyde.
00:07:49Oh, he's one of those?
00:07:52He basically kicked me out of the house.
00:07:54What?
00:07:55I'm telling you, he's two different people, and one of them wants nothing to do with me.
00:07:59Damn.
00:08:02Well, the beauty of one-night stands is that you'll never have to see his face again.
00:08:06But what if he's in my class?
00:08:08No, no way.
00:08:10No.
00:08:11He probably doesn't even go here.
00:08:12He's probably one of those locals that likes to hang around college kids.
00:08:17Yeah, gross.
00:08:19I'm going to shower.
00:08:20Yeah, get washed up.
00:08:39I'm going to shower.
00:08:41Good morning, class, and welcome to the start of a new year.
00:09:09Now, I know you all must be thrilled to see me.
00:09:12I announced my retirement last year, but I'm sorry to say your joy will be short-lived.
00:09:18Or is it short-lived?
00:09:20Anyway, for the first two weeks of this semester, I will be showing your new creative writing professor the ropes he's running behind.
00:09:28Oh, my God, if it's Professor McSteamy I saw in the hall today, I will not be able to concentrate.
00:09:32Ah, here he is now.
00:09:33Mr. Mitchell.
00:09:34Mr. Mitchell.
00:09:38Oh, my God, that's him.
00:09:40This is Mr. Mitchell's first year as a professor, but he was one of my best students not too long ago.
00:09:48I assure you, you are in capable hands.
00:09:53Anything you'd like to say?
00:09:56Uh, I, yeah, it's great to be here.
00:10:00It's a good day.
00:10:03Looking forward to it.
00:10:05Teaching.
00:10:08I promise you, he's much better on the page.
00:10:15All right, folks, that's it.
00:10:16Thanks. See you tomorrow.
00:10:17At least he will.
00:10:19Hey, um, I'm sorry.
00:10:21Who are we?
00:10:22Mr. Mitchell.
00:10:23It's Jace, right?
00:10:25It's Mr. Mitchell.
00:10:26I wanted to apologize for my rude behavior that morning, and I hope that we can keep what happened in our personal lives out of the class.
00:10:33Oh, don't worry.
00:10:34You already made it crystal clear that you want me nowhere near a professor.
00:10:38I'm sorry.
00:10:39I'm sorry.
00:10:40I'm sorry.
00:10:41I'm sorry.
00:10:42I'm sorry.
00:10:43I'm sorry.
00:10:44I'm sorry.
00:10:45I'm sorry.
00:10:46I'm sorry.
00:10:47You said you want me nowhere near your personal life.
00:10:49Look, this is just as a surprise to me as it is to you.
00:10:52It wasn't my intentions to make you feel like...
00:10:55Like I was trash on garbage day?
00:10:57Julie, that's not it.
00:10:59Do you want me to be honest?
00:11:01Yes, Mr. Mitchell.
00:11:03Honestly, I didn't know I was going to be a professor that night.
00:11:07I just finished grad school, no clue where to go from there, and if I had known, I probably
00:11:13wouldn't have even followed you outside and all the rest.
00:11:17You're not the only one who regrets what we did, but don't worry, it'll never happen again.
00:11:38Hey, Philly!
00:11:39You good?
00:11:40What's got you all worked up?
00:11:43Do you remember that guy, Mr. Jekyll and Hyde?
00:11:48Yeah.
00:11:49Wait, he's in one of your classes, isn't he?
00:11:53Sort of.
00:11:54He's teaching it.
00:11:55Shut up!
00:11:56I know, this is horrible.
00:11:57Oh my god.
00:11:58I mean, why though?
00:11:59It's not like you're gonna hook up with him again.
00:12:02Miss, you forgot something.
00:12:04You left it in the hallway.
00:12:06I wanted to make sure you didn't leave without it.
00:12:08Well, thank you.
00:12:09That was very nice.
00:12:10Well, it was pretty selfish.
00:12:12I was afraid if I left it in the lost and found, I wouldn't be able to see your beautiful
00:12:16face light up when I return it.
00:12:21This is Tuli.
00:12:22Oh, I know.
00:12:23I'm in her creative writing class.
00:12:25I'm Armand.
00:12:26It's a pleasure to finally meet you.
00:12:29Okay, quite the charmer.
00:12:31In France, we never hold back when we see something we like.
00:12:37I'm telling you, that French guy is so into you.
00:12:42He seems like the type that'd be into anybody.
00:12:45What?
00:12:46No, he was treating me like I wasn't even there.
00:12:49Which is absolutely crazy.
00:12:52Oh my god.
00:12:53What?
00:12:54He put his name in my phone.
00:12:56Oh girl, he likes you.
00:13:00I know, but the crazy thing is, is meet-cutes and gestures like this only make me think
00:13:06of Adam and his stories.
00:13:08Oh, please.
00:13:09It's probably for the best that he stopped catfishing you.
00:13:13Forget him.
00:13:14Now Armand, he's your real-life French lover.
00:13:18Okay?
00:13:20Good guys are hard to come by nowadays.
00:13:21You better hop on that before somebody else does.
00:13:30Trash.
00:13:31Garbage day.
00:14:00♪♪♪
00:14:20Hey, Tui.
00:14:21Chase.
00:14:22Uh, Mr. Mitchell.
00:14:25I didn't know you wrote.
00:14:27Well, why would I teach others how to write if I wasn't doing it myself?
00:14:31More professors should have that attitude.
00:14:33What's the quote?
00:14:34Those who can't do, teach?
00:14:36Teachers do plenty.
00:14:38Knowledge is a thing that gives a person power.
00:14:41Who is that, Lockhart?
00:14:43I'm glad I got one student who reads.
00:14:45Doesn't seem to be too common these days.
00:14:48You sound like Professor Connor.
00:14:50Well, that's fine as long as you don't think I look like him.
00:14:54What are those?
00:14:55From Professor Connor.
00:14:56He said you know what to do with them.
00:14:58You didn't volunteer to bring them, did you?
00:15:00I'll leave you alone to flatter yourself.
00:15:02That wasn't a no.
00:15:04I thought you said you wanted to keep our personal lives separate.
00:15:07Isn't that what you want?
00:15:09What I want doesn't matter.
00:15:11What matters is what we are, teacher and student.
00:15:14Well, the next time you think about flirting with me, remember what we are.
00:15:19I can manage if you can.
00:15:21Oh, believe me, that won't be an issue.
00:15:23Thank you for dropping off the papers, but next time only visit when you really need me.
00:15:29You won't be seeing much of me then.
00:15:42Julie.
00:15:43Armand.
00:15:44I was waiting for you to call.
00:15:46Sorry, I've just been distracted.
00:15:49What is it?
00:15:50What is it?
00:15:51A face as beautiful does not deserve a frown.
00:15:53I just...
00:15:55It's nothing.
00:15:56One of my teachers is an ass.
00:15:58Sounds like you need a break from school.
00:16:00Let me cheer you up.
00:16:02Whatever you want.
00:16:04How about I cook you some boeuf bourguignon, we watch a French movie, and we have a little tour of France.
00:16:10How does that sound?
00:16:11That might get me out of it.
00:16:13Yeah?
00:16:14How about dancing?
00:16:15Would you like that?
00:16:20Yeah.
00:16:35So what do you think?
00:16:37Does this hold up to your dirty dancing?
00:16:40Nothing ever does.
00:16:42But it was good.
00:16:43Well, good for you then, because I have another one for you.
00:16:46There is a screening of La Vie en Rose this Friday.
00:16:49One of my favorites.
00:16:51Would you come with me?
00:16:53Friday is actually my birthday.
00:16:55That sounds nice, I don't have anything planned.
00:16:58Because I'm cool like that.
00:16:59Your birthday?
00:17:01I mean, truly, a movie won't do it.
00:17:03Like, you deserve a party.
00:17:05Let me host a, what do you say, a big bash?
00:17:10We barely know each other, you don't have to do that.
00:17:13Please, truly, I insist, let me do that for you.
00:17:16Like, let's take it as the beginning of a new year.
00:17:18The year of Thule.
00:17:21Okay.
00:17:37Thule?
00:17:38What are you doing?
00:17:40I'm reading some of Adam's old stories.
00:17:43What?
00:17:44I thought everything with Armand was going so good.
00:17:47It did.
00:17:48Okay.
00:17:49Adam's just been on my mind lately and I can't figure out why.
00:17:52Okay, you have to show me something of his.
00:17:54There's no way that he's that good of a writer.
00:17:57Okay.
00:17:59Here.
00:18:00The blue blossom fields matched her eyes and the spirit within them.
00:18:04That life, joyful, free thing that danced and arced across her gaze when she looked at me.
00:18:09I swam wondrously in those eyes, desperate and sad as she drifted off to sleep.
00:18:15My heart shattered because I knew I wouldn't be there when she opened them again.
00:18:20Damn.
00:18:22That is good.
00:18:24Too bad he's not real.
00:18:25He was real, Megan.
00:18:28But he just vanished.
00:18:33I don't know if I can take that kind of rejection again.
00:18:36Honey.
00:18:38Armand is a real life human with real life humans, I'm going to tell you.
00:18:44And he's throwing you a birthday party in an hour.
00:18:46He won't ghost you like Adam.
00:18:49I won't let him.
00:18:52That's enough of that, okay?
00:18:55Get ready for your party.
00:18:59Okay.
00:19:08Okay.
00:19:17Julie, bienvenue.
00:19:19Hey.
00:19:21Oh.
00:19:22Come in.
00:19:23Everyone, say hi to Julie, it's her birthday.
00:19:26Happy birthday!
00:19:29Armand, come on, let's go to the club, it'll be fun.
00:19:32No, Lucia.
00:19:38Hey.
00:19:41Come dance with me.
00:19:43Sorry, not now.
00:19:45Okay, but before the end of the night we're dancing, right?
00:19:50Here.
00:19:51Take this.
00:19:54Julie, look.
00:19:56Look at this party.
00:19:57Look at what Armand is doing for you, okay?
00:19:59Just forget about your days lost in fiction and get with your life.
00:20:04It's real life.
00:20:05Okay.
00:20:06All right.
00:20:07Now that's what I'm talking about, girl.
00:20:09Come on.
00:20:15Julie, look at you.
00:20:17You should go to ballroom dancing sometimes.
00:20:19You love dancing, don't you?
00:20:22No.
00:20:23There's something else I love more, though.
00:20:26Armand, I've had too much to drink.
00:20:28Julie, look what I've done for you.
00:20:30Let's have a good time.
00:20:31I was having a good time.
00:20:33Come to my room.
00:20:34I'll show you a birthday gift.
00:20:35Armand, don't do this.
00:20:37Julie, you're making a scene right now.
00:20:39I'm gonna make a scene if you grab me like that.
00:20:42Leave me.
00:21:04Julie?
00:21:06Oh, it's you.
00:21:08Are you okay?
00:21:10No, I'm walking home.
00:21:12How far away is your place?
00:21:14Almost there.
00:21:16Just three, four more miles.
00:21:21Okay, come on.
00:21:23I'm gonna take you home after a glass of water.
00:21:26What do you care?
00:21:28Julie, I'm trying to help you.
00:21:30I thought you wanted to keep it for professional use, Mr. Mitchell.
00:21:37I am not your professor right now.
00:21:39I'm just someone who cares about seeing you wake up tomorrow safe.
00:21:45Come on.
00:21:51You really care, don't you?
00:21:53Like more than just someone wanting me to get home safe.
00:21:57You care about me.
00:21:58I'm trying so hard not to.
00:22:01You can do anything to me and it wouldn't be forced.
00:22:06It wouldn't be right either.
00:22:08That's the thing.
00:22:11It may seem wrong, but it's just the right time.
00:22:17What was that?
00:22:28My heart shattered because I knew I wouldn't be there when she opened them again.
00:22:59Ugh.
00:23:12Had to go run an errand. There's some coffee in the kitchen.
00:23:16Advil on the counter. Hope your head doesn't hurt too much.
00:23:29Chase!
00:23:30Julie!
00:23:31Where were you? I forgot to call the cops.
00:23:33I'm sorry.
00:23:34Honey.
00:23:36What happened?
00:23:38I left the party after Armand basically forced himself on me.
00:23:42What?
00:23:43My phone died and I ended up staying with Chase.
00:23:47Oh my god.
00:23:48Please tell me you didn't sleep with your professor again.
00:23:51I didn't. He just took care of me.
00:23:54That doesn't sound any better.
00:23:56No, it's...
00:23:57We didn't do anything. I made an idiot of myself and passed out.
00:24:02That's it.
00:24:03The important thing is you're safe.
00:24:05I'm just glad you're home.
00:24:18Julie.
00:24:20Chase.
00:24:21Are you feeling better?
00:24:23Feeling better?
00:24:24I am. Thanks.
00:24:26I wanted to apologize. I wasn't...
00:24:31I wasn't in a good place.
00:24:33Thank you for taking care of me.
00:24:35Of course. No.
00:24:37I'm sorry I couldn't be there when you woke up, but it was probably for the best.
00:24:42Not exactly the Friday night you wanted to deal with, I'm sure.
00:24:45I didn't mind the company.
00:24:48Well, I could have been better.
00:24:51You want to keep things professional, and that certainly didn't help.
00:24:56I don't think keeping things professional is an option for us. Do you?
00:25:08This is a bad idea. I could lose my job.
00:25:12I could get kicked out of school.
00:25:14The risk is too high. We've got to keep this completely academic.
00:25:18I'm glad we agree.
00:25:33The only way I'm going to allow myself to do this is if it's no feelings, just fun.
00:25:39Anything else is just too messy.
00:25:42And you can do that.
00:25:45You can be my professor with benefits.
00:25:48Oh, God. I hate the sound of that.
00:25:51Then we don't have to close anything.
00:25:53Just a dirty little secret.
00:26:05Not here.
00:26:15Thanks.
00:26:17Love is divine only and difficult always.
00:26:46Does anyone know who said that?
00:26:49Toni Morrison.
00:26:50Great job, Tui.
00:26:52Great job, Tui.
00:26:54I bet she hears that every night. She's been teacher's pet all semester, hasn't she?
00:26:58I'm going to visit his office later today, and maybe I'll get some extra credit, too.
00:27:02You wouldn't need the extra credit if you'd actually pay attention instead of talking about me.
00:27:05I'm not the only one talking about you.
00:27:07Ladies, please.
00:27:09So, we're talking about cognitive dissonance and how it can be more than a useful tool.
00:27:15How sometimes it's everything that it means to be human.
00:27:20Now, last night I read some of your papers.
00:27:24I would say about 50% of you understand what I'm talking about.
00:27:29Or I should say Toni's talking about.
00:27:32You know, Cassandra and her cronies won't shut up about you, and they're starting to bring me into it now, too.
00:27:45You have no reason to be jealous. Trust me.
00:27:48I only sleep with one student at a time.
00:27:51Ha ha.
00:27:58Dinner is ready.
00:28:01Julie, that's my novel. It's not...
00:28:04I love it. I'm only a few pages in, but I absolutely love it.
00:28:09I do have a few notes, though.
00:28:12Oh, you have some notes, do you?
00:28:14Yeah. It's a diamond in the rough.
00:28:17I'll show you the rough.
00:28:25Which character grew up in Hades?
00:28:28John T...
00:28:32Oh, I'll get it.
00:28:38Hi. Could I talk to Julie?
00:28:41I'll check.
00:28:44It's Armand.
00:28:52I'll be in the other room if you need me.
00:28:59Hi. I'm sorry for how I acted.
00:29:04Not just for trying to kiss you, but I shouldn't have let you go without making sure you had a safe way home.
00:29:11I made it home safe. Bumped into an old friend.
00:29:14Please tell me I didn't ruin anything between us.
00:29:17I'm trying to keep up with you, and I'd like to make it up to you.
00:29:21And I'm trying to show you that I'm the gentleman you deserve.
00:29:26Hey, why don't we go on a date together? I mean, a real one.
00:29:30Just you and I. No French film. No party. Just us.
00:29:35What do you think about that?
00:29:37Not right now.
00:29:46So, are you gonna go out with him?
00:29:49I don't know. I told him not right now.
00:29:52Is it because of the party? I totally get that.
00:29:55Well, um, I've kind of been hooking up with someone.
00:30:01Ooh, spicy.
00:30:03Well, it better not be your teacher, because that would be crazy.
00:30:08Tuli?
00:30:10No, Tuli!
00:30:12What?
00:30:13Well, it better be hot.
00:30:14Oh, it's hot.
00:30:16You're gonna get in trouble, girl.
00:30:18I am the trouble.
00:30:19Oh, my God. Come here. Oh, my God.
00:30:23Just be careful, okay?
00:30:25Yeah.
00:30:26All right.
00:30:31What does your piece have to say?
00:30:33Behind everything written on the page,
00:30:35what is the reader supposed to walk away from your story with?
00:30:38For example, justice is one of the major themes in Tuli's Mockingbird,
00:30:44or To Kill a Mockingbird.
00:30:46Excuse me.
00:30:48Um, what was I saying?
00:30:57You're gonna get me in trouble with those Freudian slips in class.
00:31:00I'm the one who's gonna get into trouble,
00:31:02and you love that I could tell.
00:31:04I've got a hot professor
00:31:06inserting my name into classic literature titles.
00:31:09Yeah.
00:31:10It's not to love.
00:31:11Wait till we talk about a Tuli of two cities.
00:31:13No, shut up.
00:31:14Or Catch-22-ly.
00:31:15I am shutting you up, then.
00:31:34Yeah, if I don't get an A this semester,
00:31:36my mom's totally gonna cut off my meal card.
00:31:39Yeah, I know. Who does that?
00:31:41Like, totally psychotic.
00:31:42Like, I'm already suffering enough.
00:31:46Yeah.
00:31:52Hello, Mr. Mitchell.
00:31:54Hey, Sandra.
00:31:55I just wanted to turn in this paper a little early this week.
00:31:57Yeah, absolutely.
00:31:59Is everything okay?
00:32:01Yeah, it's, uh, it's all part of the grading process.
00:32:06Interesting.
00:32:07Thanks. We'll see you next week.
00:32:16That was too close.
00:32:19No more of that here.
00:32:21I'll see you later tonight, then?
00:32:23Yeah.
00:32:24Now, we wait a few seconds.
00:32:26He might still be out there.
00:32:27Oh, yeah?
00:32:28What are we supposed to do while we wait?
00:32:30Anything but what we were doing before.
00:32:46Damn. My notebook.
00:33:06That bastard. That's why he wanted to keep it physical.
00:33:08I can't believe I let him lead me on like that.
00:33:11You think he could be married?
00:33:12I don't know. Should I call him, confront him?
00:33:14Mm-mm. Drop him.
00:33:16If he's going to treat you like you're nothing, you should do the same.
00:33:19I say call Armand.
00:33:21He wants to take you out on a real date, right?
00:33:24Yeah, but Jace is...
00:33:26The Jace is your teacher.
00:33:28And you're his student.
00:33:30But what else is he hiding from you if he's, like, seeing this other woman?
00:33:33You're right.
00:33:34I know.
00:33:40Armand?
00:33:41I think...
00:33:42I think...
00:33:44I think I changed my mind about that date.
00:33:48Your date with Armand is going to be so cute.
00:33:52I bet that he knows all the best French restaurants around here.
00:33:56He says they're all awful.
00:33:58We're getting sushi.
00:33:59What?
00:34:04Oh, it's my dad.
00:34:07Hey, Dad.
00:34:13What?
00:34:15It's a big room, though.
00:34:20And that's all, everyone.
00:34:22Come back Monday with those revisions, and have a great weekend.
00:34:37Hey, it's Jolie.
00:34:39Just leave me a message.
00:34:42Okay.
00:34:50Hi, is Jolie here?
00:34:52Sorry, I'm alone. She's not here.
00:34:54Can you give her that?
00:34:56Thanks.
00:34:58Bye.
00:35:04Hello?
00:35:05There's a rain check on Armand, but he said he's sorry for your loss and gave you these tulips.
00:35:10Yeah.
00:35:12They're so pretty.
00:35:24Come on, tell me what's going on.
00:35:26Really, it's nothing.
00:35:30BS.
00:35:31I know when you've got girl problems.
00:35:34I'm telling you, I'm only focusing on writing and teaching.
00:35:39That's enough to deal with.
00:35:41Mm-hmm.
00:35:42I can always tell.
00:35:44Face it, bro, twin intuition is a real thing.
00:35:47That really only seems to go one way.
00:35:50Well, that's because your head's always in the clouds.
00:35:53Or on the next great American novel.
00:35:56So you wish, anyway.
00:36:03Your phone's been going off all night, and you keep declining it.
00:36:06I don't want to get involved.
00:36:10I think she's seeing someone else, so I...
00:36:13So... you're ghosting her?
00:36:17Oh my God, I'm shocked.
00:36:20Jace Mitchell vanishing at the slightest bump in the road.
00:36:25Janelle, I tried to settle down, and marriage didn't work for me.
00:36:31Brooke didn't work for you.
00:36:33Don't blame the entire institution on one psychotic ex.
00:36:37You can bounce back.
00:36:39I can't get over everything so easy.
00:36:41And I tried.
00:36:43My heart wasn't in it.
00:36:45I'm better off just not starting down that path again.
00:36:49Jace.
00:36:51Come on, do you really believe that?
00:37:07Jace.
00:37:08Tuli.
00:37:10Jace, I'm sorry I missed class.
00:37:13It's been a rough few days.
00:37:15Yeah, I bet.
00:37:17I saw Armand chilling up at your house with flowers.
00:37:20Are you guys dating?
00:37:22No.
00:37:24So that's why you haven't been answering my calls?
00:37:26What do you care if I'm dating someone?
00:37:28You're not exactly single yourself, are you?
00:37:32I can see you're busy. I'll leave you two alone.
00:37:34No, Tuli, come back.
00:37:36I want you to meet someone.
00:37:38Janelle, this is Tuli.
00:37:40Tuli's my sister, Janelle.
00:37:44So, you're the one that's got my brother all twisted up in knots.
00:37:47Janelle?
00:37:48I'm sorry, I don't know why I just showed up like this.
00:37:50Tuli, no need to apologize.
00:37:53You both started this off badly.
00:37:55Come inside.
00:38:04Jace, be a good host and get the bottle of wine.
00:38:06And another glass.
00:38:14Sorry for your loss.
00:38:16Was she a good woman?
00:38:18The best.
00:38:20She took care of us when my mom and dad broke up.
00:38:23She was the only thing that got me through it.
00:38:25Our parents broke up too.
00:38:27Did Jace tell you that?
00:38:29He doesn't really talk about himself, not really.
00:38:31I don't even know his middle name.
00:38:34Jace and I are just...
00:38:37We're just having a flame, no feelings.
00:38:41So he says.
00:38:43Why does he keep pushing me away then?
00:38:45Hiding himself when I know he won't stop.
00:38:48He's a closed book.
00:38:50I know.
00:38:52We went through a really rough time growing up,
00:38:54and it's not my story to tell, but
00:38:56he has his reasons.
00:39:03I'm sorry.
00:39:15I'll let you two talk.
00:39:27I'm sorry for lashing out.
00:39:30You're grieving.
00:39:32I understand.
00:39:35Do you want to
00:39:37tell me about her?
00:39:41Grandma was always there for us.
00:39:44More than
00:39:46your normal, sweet old grandma.
00:39:48She was special.
00:39:50Patient, kind.
00:39:54Everything that my mom wasn't.
00:39:57And when my mom and dad broke up,
00:39:59she moved in to take care of us.
00:40:03My first romance novels
00:40:05were the ones that I would sneak
00:40:07out of her room.
00:40:09She said it was okay.
00:40:11I just wasn't allowed to explain
00:40:13anything to my dad.
00:40:16I just, um...
00:40:21If I had known that we were going to lose her
00:40:23so suddenly, I would have spent
00:40:25every second that I could have with her.
00:40:27All those great things.
00:40:29Let that be what she leaves behind
00:40:31in this world.
00:40:33Inside you
00:40:35and everyone who knew her.
00:40:38Carry her with you.
00:40:41You know what she would have told me about you?
00:40:43Stay awake.
00:40:47She would have told me
00:40:49to stop messing around
00:40:51and give you my heart.
00:40:54And I want to.
00:40:56Jason,
00:40:58I know you have feelings, don't you?
00:41:01Not just the sex, not just the fun.
00:41:03Real feelings.
00:41:06You're in an emotional place right now.
00:41:08We can talk about this later.
00:41:10I know you feel it, too.
00:41:12You're horrible at hiding it.
00:41:14We can't be together, too.
00:41:16We've crossed too many lines.
00:41:18That's bullshit and you know it.
00:41:20Tell me the truth.
00:41:22Why are you pushing me away?
00:41:25Why are you pushing me away?
00:41:27What are you afraid of?
00:41:29You don't know me.
00:41:31You don't know what I've been through.
00:41:33That's exactly what I want to know.
00:41:36You never would have let me read your book
00:41:38if you didn't want more.
00:41:40I told myself
00:41:42I wouldn't get sucked into this.
00:41:44There's too much at stake.
00:41:46No more than when we kissed in your office.
00:41:48This isn't about you being my teacher anymore.
00:41:50It's about us being serious.
00:41:53I don't know if I can.
00:41:56I don't know if you'll stay.
00:41:58My mother had her secrets.
00:42:00She left us high and dry
00:42:02having planned her exit for years.
00:42:04I need to know that the man that I'm spending my time with
00:42:06isn't going to leave.
00:42:08That is me sharing myself with you, Jason.
00:42:10Why can't you do the same?
00:42:14Keep your secrets or keep me.
00:42:22I love you.
00:42:30Jace.
00:42:32Don't let her slip away.
00:42:52I love you.
00:43:15Thanks for coming to the funeral with me, Megan.
00:43:17Of course, girl.
00:43:19Your grandma was such a badass.
00:43:22Oh, I'll get it.
00:43:25Is Tuli here?
00:43:27She has a lot going on right now.
00:43:29I don't think she has time for you.
00:43:32Megan knows.
00:43:34Tuli, what do you even know about him?
00:43:36If he wants to tell me more, I'll listen.
00:43:39You want to know why I won't commit?
00:43:42Why I can't let you in the way you want?
00:43:47I was married.
00:43:49For two years.
00:43:51And it started off great.
00:43:55I was in love.
00:43:59I was in love.
00:44:03I was in love.
00:44:06I was in love.
00:44:09I thought I was, at least.
00:44:12But we fell apart.
00:44:15She cheated.
00:44:18She threatened to ruin me
00:44:20when I tried to leave her.
00:44:25Still,
00:44:27I had to get out of it.
00:44:30I had lost so much.
00:44:33I had told myself
00:44:35that my book would come first.
00:44:39And I didn't have time
00:44:41to fall for someone.
00:44:46Until I met you.
00:44:49Jeez.
00:45:03I'm sorry.
00:45:33Armand, I'm sorry.
00:45:35We can't be together.
00:45:37I wanted to feel the same sort of passion
00:45:39that you felt for me, but...
00:45:41This is because of Professor Mitchell.
00:45:43What?
00:45:45What are you talking about?
00:45:47I saw him at your house to leave him.
00:45:49I wanted to tell you about it,
00:45:51but it's complicated with him.
00:45:53I was never really sure about anything.
00:45:55Was our date really going to happen?
00:45:57Armand, yes.
00:45:59But I think it was a mistake.
00:46:01Armand, yes.
00:46:03But I told you that my grandmother...
00:46:05Yes, yes, I know, but...
00:46:07Your heart was never really in it, was it?
00:46:09I felt pressured to be with you, Armand.
00:46:11If you read the romance novels,
00:46:13you're the perfect guy.
00:46:15But I don't think perfect is for me anymore.
00:46:19It's gotta be
00:46:21more than just gestures.
00:46:23It's gotta be real.
00:46:25So you think what you got with him is real?
00:46:27It's becoming more real every day.
00:46:31I just hope he feels the same for you, Tui.
00:46:33Or he's gonna hurt you.
00:46:45Hello.
00:46:47Tui.
00:46:49No use hiding something.
00:46:51What?
00:46:59Well,
00:47:01it's over with Armand.
00:47:03Tui,
00:47:05I have to tell you something about Jace.
00:47:07What?
00:47:09He, um...
00:47:11Remember when I was like,
00:47:13what do we even really know about him?
00:47:15Well, that thought stuck with me,
00:47:17and I know you guys
00:47:19have been, you know, making up.
00:47:21I know I'm nosy and
00:47:23an awful friend.
00:47:25Please, just hear me out.
00:47:27Megan, it's fine. What did you find out?
00:47:29Okay, well, I found his faculty page
00:47:31and his email, and I decided to search it up.
00:47:33I...
00:47:35Okay, and?
00:47:37You're gonna want to sit down
00:47:39for this one.
00:47:41Okay.
00:47:47Jace's website
00:47:49was created using the same email
00:47:51as Adam's
00:47:53inkit account.
00:48:11I didn't hear you come in.
00:48:13Everything okay? No, Jace, it's not.
00:48:15Were you ever gonna tell me?
00:48:17Tell you what?
00:48:19That you're Adam.
00:48:21No wonder I loved
00:48:23your writing. I'd been reading it for years.
00:48:25Who's Adam, huh?
00:48:27Just some alter ego that you made up?
00:48:29Adam is my middle name.
00:48:31The person you were
00:48:33talking to was a real me.
00:48:35How long have you known?
00:48:37Was it before that first night?
00:48:39Did you plan all this?
00:48:41No. I found out when I saw you
00:48:43in class months after that first night
00:48:45between us. You said the name
00:48:47to one of your chapter titles, and I realized
00:48:49who you were. I wanted to stay away,
00:48:51but I couldn't.
00:48:53Then why didn't you tell me
00:48:55even when we first started seeing each other?
00:48:59I was afraid you'd think I was manipulating you.
00:49:01What else am I supposed to call it
00:49:03when that's exactly what you're doing?
00:49:05Three years ago, when we were supposed to meet,
00:49:07you were married, weren't you?
00:49:11The whole time we talked online,
00:49:13you were married.
00:49:15Yes.
00:49:17Unbelievable.
00:49:19I don't know which version of you I'm more angry with.
00:49:33It's bad enough that he's my teacher, but this?
00:49:35I just think back on everything
00:49:37between us and wonder
00:49:39what he's been operating on behind the scenes.
00:49:43I knew something was wrong with him.
00:49:45That's why I had to look into it.
00:49:47Thank you for being nosy.
00:49:49You were right, and you're also
00:49:51a great friend.
00:49:53Hey, at least it all came out now
00:49:55and no real damage was done.
00:49:57You dodged double A.
00:49:59Should I drop out of the class?
00:50:01Girl, absolutely not.
00:50:03We are not letting him win this one, okay?
00:50:33I am not sentimental.
00:50:35I am as romantic as you are.
00:50:37The idea that you know
00:50:39is that a sentimental person
00:50:41thinks things will last.
00:50:43A romantic person
00:50:45has a desperate confidence
00:50:47that they won't.
00:50:49What does Fitzgerald mean by this?
00:50:51It sounds nice,
00:50:53but I don't think it's honest.
00:50:55How so?
00:50:57Because some people
00:50:59are neither.
00:51:01Some people just use others
00:51:03thinking that they won't last,
00:51:07and then they're glad
00:51:09to throw them away.
00:51:31So, yes.
00:51:57They called me back in to finish off your class.
00:51:59I'm sorry to say that
00:52:01Mr. Mitchell has resigned.
00:52:03Some administrative matter,
00:52:05that's all I'm going to say.
00:52:07So,
00:52:09help me get caught up with
00:52:11where we are in the assignment.
00:52:13From what I understand,
00:52:15you're supposed to take one chapter
00:52:17out of the Weyland novels
00:52:19and write it in your own style.
00:52:21Chase.
00:52:23Should be.
00:52:25I was just packing up.
00:52:27What happened?
00:52:29You tell me.
00:52:31Look, I know you're hurt,
00:52:33but I don't think you'd do anything like this.
00:52:51Julie.
00:52:53Did you do it?
00:52:55Do what?
00:52:57Tell me the truth.
00:52:59Did you report Chase to the school?
00:53:01I did report him
00:53:03because it was the right thing to do.
00:53:05Right thing?
00:53:07You only did that because I chose him over you.
00:53:09Can it be both, Julie?
00:53:11There are rules that exist
00:53:13and you can't deny that you broke them.
00:53:15Even if he doesn't hurt you,
00:53:17what is he going to do with the other student?
00:53:19Arman, you cost him his job,
00:53:21maybe his whole career.
00:53:23I did that, huh?
00:53:25What about him? What about you?
00:53:27You think you're innocent in all of that?
00:53:39I know how the investigation is going to end.
00:53:41I figured
00:53:43I better leave under suspicion
00:53:45and be the confirmed disgrace
00:53:47that I am.
00:53:49Doesn't this mean you can see Tuli now
00:53:51with no secrets?
00:53:53That's the best part.
00:53:55Tuli's gone.
00:53:57We're...
00:53:59We're through.
00:54:01Chase, why?
00:54:03We didn't realize it, but
00:54:05we used to talk
00:54:07on a site where I would write my stories.
00:54:09I was married to Brooke.
00:54:13Things were already falling apart at that point.
00:54:17But when we set an actual date,
00:54:19I knew I had gone too far.
00:54:23I knew I had to break it off.
00:54:27And by the time
00:54:29Brooke and I had divorced,
00:54:31it was too late.
00:54:33She blocked me.
00:54:35So even when we started seeing each other as,
00:54:37well,
00:54:39us,
00:54:41I still couldn't tell her.
00:54:43I knew she wouldn't forgive me
00:54:45for ghosting her,
00:54:47for lying to her.
00:54:51And she didn't.
00:54:53She turned me in.
00:54:55And I deserve it.
00:54:59Well, what you don't deserve
00:55:01is to beat yourself up about this.
00:55:03You have to find a way to move on.
00:55:13You have to move on.
00:55:33Schools.
00:55:35We did it.
00:55:37No school, no books, no grades.
00:55:39No teachers.
00:55:41Nope. You know, finally it's not.
00:55:43Okay, so I'm proud of you. You've grown so much.
00:55:47What do you say we go out tonight?
00:55:50Now that's what I'm talking about.
00:55:52It is.
00:56:13Jason's novel.
00:56:15Wow.
00:56:16He actually got it published.
00:56:18Is that the one you read?
00:56:20Yeah.
00:56:22Oh, looks like you got back on those feet.
00:56:25Oh my God, you wrote something.
00:56:28For my damn soul, Adam.
00:56:32Too little too late, right?
00:56:34Right.
00:56:36Still want to go dancing today?
00:56:38Sure, let's do it.
00:56:40I've been dying to get you into your little red dress.
00:56:44Let's go.
00:57:13Oh my gosh, girl, did you see the guy who was dancing with you?
00:57:16Yes.
00:57:17Now that's how you cap off a college career.
00:57:19Yeah, it is.
00:57:20I need to hydrate.
00:57:21Night, Megan.
00:57:22Good night.
00:57:43They stood in the winter withered garden, dead flower beds at their feet.
00:57:59John didn't notice.
00:58:01He gazed deeply into her eyes.
00:58:03I'm ready, Victoria, John whispered.
00:58:08Every universe we've met, every timeline, every version of me, you are the constant.
00:58:16You're the one thing I can't change, and I'll never want to.
00:58:21He placed a flower in her hand.
00:58:24It was a tulip.
00:58:26Not dead, no.
00:58:28It was in full bloom.
00:58:57Oh no.
00:59:17Your timing is astounding.
00:59:19Jace is moving?
00:59:20He got a publishing deal.
00:59:23And besides, I mean, nothing's keeping him here anyways, right?
00:59:27I'm sorry.
00:59:28I shouldn't be here.
00:59:37So you fall for me again and again.
00:59:41You're leaving.
00:59:42What about the line in the book?
00:59:43You left it on my doorstep for a reason.
00:59:48I want to be honest with you one last time.
00:59:51The last thing I thought you'd be willing to listen, after everything I'd done.
00:59:56Yeah, I gotta go.
00:59:59You're not getting off that easy.
01:00:01I need you to be open with me, Jace.
01:00:03Not through a book.
01:00:07I had always run from commitment.
01:00:10I thought I was done with that life.
01:00:13But when we started seeing each other, keeping our secret,
01:00:18I thought I'd keep my old life in the past.
01:00:21But I realized we only connected because of our past.
01:00:27Whether you knew it or not.
01:00:30I am so sorry I didn't let you know the moment I realized.
01:00:36No matter which version of you it is, I keep falling for you.
01:00:40And I'm done running.
01:00:43Don't listen to them.
01:00:56Where are we running off to then?
01:00:59How the New York City sounds.
01:01:13More than enough
01:01:15The simple way we move
01:01:19Through this day, this life, this madness
01:01:24You're the constant and the cause
01:01:28For all my love
01:01:31All my love
01:01:33I have only love for you