Episode Report Card Niki: A+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Chance Of A Lifetime
By Niki | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.14.2002
Cut to Eli and Jessie, standing to the side and observing everything. Jessie mutters, "This is so weird." Eli takes a sip of his drink and teases, "You love it." She emphatically insists that she does not. She glances off-screen, and her face lights up. "Hey!" she exclaims, rushing forward to give Katie a hello hug. Eli nearly does a spit-take, and asks what Katie is doing there. She informs him that she's crashing. "Well, that's bizarre," Eli observes. Katie and Jessie giggle, twining their arms. "Geez, you guys are, like, attached at the hip," Eli says. Katie deflects the attention by stepping toward him and playfully saying that his tie is crooked. She starts straightening it, as Jessie walks up and says that his hair is a mess. Katie agrees and the two start rubbing at his head. He frantically shoos them away.
Meanwhile, in the bookstore's back office, Tiffany finds Lily with her head between her knees. "Hey!" she says. Lily quickly straightens up, looking gray and clammy. Tiffany settles against the desk and says, "You know, when I called my mother to tell her I was getting married, the only advice she gave me was to pee before the ceremony." She chuckles. Lily laughs that Tiffany's mother is very wise. Tiffany asks if Lily is okay, and Lily mumbles something about her stomach. Tiffany says she's really glad that Lily is there. Touched, Lily says that she is, too, and adds that Tiffany looks beautiful. Tiffany clutches her stomach and says that she's nervous. Lily assures her that it's natural, but Tiffany's not so sure. She takes a few seconds to force in some deep breaths, and then finally whispers, "I don't think I can go through with this." She says she woke up that morning with such "feelings of dread." Lily looks sympathetic. She was married to Jake, too, after all. Tiffany says she doesn't trust Jake. She asks Lily to tell her if she's supposed to get married, even though she's "consumed" with more fear and doubt than she's ever felt in her life. Lily sadly says, "Oh, sweetie, I can't." Tiffany asks why. "Because who am I to give advice? My life is a mess!" And you're no expert, right? Tiffany laughs ruefully and says she'd "give anything" to have Lily's life. "Oh, Tiffany," Lily murmurs. She moves next to Tiffany and sighs. After a second, she looks at Tiffany and says, "The day you had Maddie, your life went off the map, didn't it?" Tiffany beams and nods. "Well, that's what marriage is like, finally. No map, no direction. Just two people doing the best they can. And the only real danger in marrying the wrong person is if you have a kid and then get divorced, and you have the kid anyway, so what's the difference?" Lily reasons. Huh? The difference is she could avoid getting cheated on, and getting her heart broken, and putting her kid through a divorce. Tiffany's an easy sell, though, and laughs through her tears, telling Lily that she's good. "You should give advice on the radio, or something," she jokes. Snuffling, she asks Lily if she has mascara all over her face. Lily grabs a Kleenex and dabs under Tiffany's eyes.
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