The Bachelor Next Door

See you guys later! Have fun at the game!

You're not going to the game?

No, I don't think so. I'm not feeling that good.

Really? Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

But everybody's going.

You'll be home all alone.

You know what? Honestly, that sounds pretty nice,

especially being in a house full of girls all the time.

Come on, Alex.

You don't have many games left in your college career.

Why don't you just take a ton of pictures,

and I will just live vicariously through you?

Why don't you get dressed in something cute,

and we'll live vicariously together?

It's not gonna happen. But I love you.

I love you. We'll miss you.

Bye.

Stop! What are you doing?!

Stop resisting! - What are you doing?!

Come on, Alex! I know you want to!

Stop!

- -

Hey, babe. Uh, so game totally sucked.

Everybody decided to come over. We're gonna hang.

Wanna come play?

Yeah.

Yeah, sure.

What, you okay?

Well, I had one of my bad dreams again.

Yeah, I am.

Okay. We got some wine downstairs. Come on.

- Great. - Yeah.

Whoa. Chill out, little weirdo. It's okay.

I need help.

Say it. Say that you'll marry me.

- Just say it. - No.

Quit groveling.

I'm not groveling.

I'm begging.

Babe, I just...

I can't.

Why not?

Because.

I'm an independent woman, okay?

I don't want you to be my crutch.

What does that mean?

It means I know myself, all right?

And... I'll get complacent.

I'll lose my edge.

You're not gonna lose your edge.

No. I'm a struggling artist.

And if we get married, I'm just gonna get comfortable.

Plus, I need a little spontaneity in my life.

You can be spontaneous, darling.

I'm serious.

Look, I love you so much, but I...

I don't wanna be a wife.

I don't wanna make dinners and do laundry and...

I don't wanna have children.

What, ever?

Not now.

I don't know what makes you think I want all that for you.

I'm not asking you to be a housewife.

Then why do you want to get married so bad?

What is wrong with the way things are right now?

You're happy, right?

Yes, of course I'm happy.

You don't even know what you want.

I think you're being silly about this.

Look, I gotta go to work. Just...

Just know that I love you

more than anything in the entire world.

And that, for me,

when two people love each other,

they express that by becoming one in marriage.

Honey, I'm yours.

And you're mine, okay?

I'm never gonna be with another man again

for the rest of my life.

How much more expression do you need?

Did you forget something?

Uh, no.

- Are you sure? - See? I need you.

I know. You have me.

Something to think about

when you're with those stuffy investment bankers all day.

Ugh! I know. I need to go.

Look. The Bradfords are finally back.

No, I'm pretty sure they drive a Cadillac.

Hmm. I wonder who that is.

Well, maybe they got divorced,

and that's Ms. Bradford's new husband.

Funny, but that's impossible.

- Have a good day. - Thanks.

Hey, Gavin, slow down.

Hey, Jen. Sorry. I'm just trying to make it to my desk

before the London Stock Exchange closes.

London Exchange doesn't close for 30 minutes.

I got a lot of our clients' money tied up in the UK markets,

so I'm just trying to make my deadline.

Well, I need you to finish your analysis

of the Whitmore project.

Maybe we can meet for lunch and go over the numbers?

Honestly, I don't think that's a great idea.

If you don't mind, I'll just email it to you.

Why?

Because I am bogged down with my day-to-day routine.

I couldn't give you my undivided attention.

You do realize we canwork together,

even though we have a past.

At least I can.

In any case, I would appreciate it

if you would treat me with a little more respect.

I am your superior, you know.

Amazing.

Hey, Alex, where you at?

When I tell you to do something, I want it done now!

Did you hear that?

I don't think I'll ever be the same.

Just stop!

I'll never tell Gavin about this.

Hey, I smelled smoke.

- The kitchen. - Where?

Straight through there.

It's okay!

It's... It's okay.

Oh, my gosh.

There's no fire. It was just this.

- Thank you. - Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a little freaked out.

I'm Donald, but you can call me Donnie.

I'm the new neighbor.

Alex. Nice to meet you.

It's so weird. I didn't see a "For Sale" sign

or "For Rent" or anything next door.

Is everything okay with the Bradfords?

Oh. Yeah, it's still my aunt and uncle's place.

I'm just watching it while they're out of town.

They're thinking about moving to the east coast,

so I could be around for a while.

Great. Well, um, welcome to the neighborhood.

Yeah, thank you. You know...

I'm just gonna open up some windows really fast.

You know, I was gonna come over and introduce myself,

but I mean, this definitely isn't how I imagined it.

So are you just in that big house all alone?

Yeah, yeah, I...

I guess I'm just the bachelor next door.

More like the hero next door.

No, it was not a big fire, honestly.

It was just a lot of smoke, you know?

Well, I'm such an idiot,

I was gonna just run right out the front door

and let the whole place burn to the ground.

You saved our house. Thank you.

And all your paintings?

Oh, no, my paintings.

Thank God.

Looks like you put a lot of work into these.

I keep thinking I should try something

a little more commercial, but...

Picasso didn't care about sales. Neither should you.

You know, we're having a party on Saturday.

You should come and meet some of the neighbors.

No, it's okay. I wouldn't feel comfortable.

Come on. After what you just did for us?

It's very thoughtful of you, really.

But I did what anyone would do, if they smelled smoke.

That's not true.

I think a lot of people would just call 911.

I'm not gonna take no for an answer.

Well, okay, then, sure.

In the meantime, let me help you air out the kitchen.

Sorry I don't have bigger cups.

No, no, these are great. Where did you get these?

They're cute, right? We brought them back from vacation.

Oh, wow.

Hey, honey.

Hi. Oh, my gosh, you're home early.

Yeah, I ran out as soon as the markets closed.

This is our new neighbor, Donnie.

- Hey. - Hi.

Donnie actually saved our house from burning down today.

What happened?

Donnie saw the smoke and ran over

and literally saved the day.

You know, I think it was a short

in this outlet here.

For the future, you might wanna get a surge protector

when you have many appliances plugged in at the same time.

So you're an electrician.

No, but I'm a bit of a handyman.

Huh. And you smelled the smoke from next door.

Yeah, I was outside working, and I smelled it right away.

I actually invited Donnie to come to our party on Saturday.

Yes.