Chasing Life

Previously on Chasing Life...

This is exciting. I was really grabbed by your book

Jaclyn, I can't work for you.

- (Laughs) - I'm ready to move on

and try succeeding in this business on my own name.

You make me so happy.

More than anyone I've ever met.

Go at your own pace

and if you get tired, just take a break.

I mean, it's dangerous if the wrong person breathes on you.

Sorry I got so territorial.

But I'm also not ready to give up on this place.

It was the future I wanted to build.

But you're totally talking about April, aren't you?

Beth: Yeah, she looks pretty in that one.

She uses so many filters, though.

You can't even tell what she really looks like.

I mean, she's always been really pretty though.

Ugh. I want her eyebrows.

Mmm, yours are better.

No.

Girl, hey.

Josh. Josh. Josh.

Josh.

My new roommate's eyebrows are better than this girls, right?

Um...

Yes.

- Yes. - (Chuckles)

See?

I'm sorry. You must be so bored.

My old friend from college is coming into town

and we're getting lunch tomorrow, so...

We have to judge everything she posts online.

Why? 'Cause you hate her?

No, I don't... I don't hate Ellie.

She just kind of gave me a bit of a complex when we were at school.

It was between me and her for editor of the paper.

She got it...

And then she edged me out for valedictorian.

So you hate her.

Mm-mmm.

We always got along.

We even lived together briefly in New York.

Just thankful that Instagram wasn't popular back then

or I would have had to watch her take about

a million gym selfies in the mirror.

It's crazy. She has so many followers.

Uh, I'm one of those followers.

I'm sorry. I've been reading her blog for a while.

You know, she used to write one for Cosmo.

Oh, no. I know. She got that job right out of Vassar.

She's just such an oversharer, you know?

It's hard not to look.

Mm.

Well, I'm gonna have to learn how to overshare myself.

- My agent said that... - Oh, I'm sorry. I just need to interrupt

to make fun of you for saying "my agent."

Go ahead.

I've waited a very long time to be able to say that.

Anyway, he said that I have to pump up my social media presence.

You know, apparently, authors don't just promote

their books anymore. They promote themselves.

Well, in your case, it wouldn't hurt to put a face to a name.

Hmm?

'Cause you're hot.

Oh. Oh! No, I'm, um... I'm...

Oh! My bad.

You okay?

Yeah. I just... I wasn't expecting that.

I've been so in the grieving part of being a widow

that I hadn't even considered the moving on part.

I'm definitely not ready for that.

Well, nobody's rushing you.

You can move on when you're ready, whenever that is.

Right. Well, until then...

May as well just join your relationship.

You wanna be a throuple?

Aren't we already?

Yes. Babe, babe.

My two babes.

Nice to see you so happy.

I much prefer it to violent.

Have you and Finn made it official?

Mom, no one "makes it official" anymore.

We're just together.

Well, he came along at a good time for you.

I know we haven't been official for very long,

but it feels like we've known each other forever.

It's weird.

Hey, Junior Ball is this week, right?

Oh, yeah. We're not going.

Aw, because of his leg?

No, because it sounds like torture.

Aw, Brenn, you should go.

I mean, I know it sounds lame,

but sometimes these cliche milestones can be fun.

Pretty sure it's a better milestone to never go to a high school dance.

- (Chuckles) - Later.

- Bye. - Bye.

So your 10k is coming up. Are you ready?

Uh, yeah. I'm ready for it to be over.

This is much harder than I thought it would be.

So are you ready to move out again?

Obviously not. I'm coming over for dinner tonight.

I am ready to have a place again though.

I only lived with Ellie in New York for two months

before I had to come home and... you know,

I didn't live with Leo for very long, so...

I got hit on last night.

How did that go?

Awkwardly.

The idea of moving on with someone else just feels so wrong.

Like I'm replacing Leo or something.

I thought I was doing better these days,

but... last night kind of threw me off.

Hey, you know what? Considering what you've been through,

I can't believe how together you are.

Really! I wasn't writing book proposals after your dad...

You're smart to keep yourself busy.

It helps you stay positive.

Not go to the dark place.

All right. Sorry, I'm just captioning this.

Did you like the filter?

Yep.

I keep trying to post this, but I'm blowing up.

I have this meet-and-greet with my Boston followers

in and hour and people keep tagging me.

I don't know how you do it. You must post things, like, 20 times a day.

I can barely think of one interesting thing to post a day.

Oh, it doesn't all have to be interesting.

When people follow you, they just want to feel

like they're going through your day with you.

Nothing is off limits.

Like this morning, my cat wouldn't leave the bathroom

when I was trying to do a number two,

so I just took a picture. Got over 2,000 likes.

I don't even have that many followers.

Oh, whatever.

You're killing it out here, working for The Post.

I was. I had to quit 'cause my health.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Jeez. Well, if you updated your social media more,

I would know that.

Well, I'm trying to up my game.

I'm actually writing a memoir,

so I need to get better at putting myself out there.

Memoir.

Mm-hmm.

You have to lay yourself pretty bare for one of those things.

You must have changed a lot since college.

What do you mean?

Nothing. I just...

You were always kind of private.

You were really easy to embarrass.

Like when you, me, and Brie were gonna streak the green

and then at the last minute, you bailed

and you ran back to your dorm room?

And I think that... I think you blamed feminism or something,

but, uh, we all knew that you were...

- Freaking out. Yes. - Mm-hmm.

I remember.

I used to be a lot more concerned with what people thought of me back then,

but cancer kind of eliminates that for you.

I'm living way more boldly now.

In a way, I never would have

if there weren't a ticking clock on my life.

That's a really cool way of looking at it.

But I hope that you haven't changed too much

because I would miss my little hall monitor.

- (Chuckles) - (Chuckles)

It is so good to see you.

And I am really proud to say that I knew you when.

In fact, I'm gonna say it right now.

Let's take a selfie.

Okay.

Just look casual.

Oh, sorry. (Clears throat)

You went to college with Ellie Pratt?

She posted a picture from the gynecologist the other day that went viral.

Yeah, we were kind of frenemies back in school.

Now that we're older, I think we can finally...

You know, be happy for each other's successes.

Can I grab a drink?

Yeah, yeah.

Oh, my God.

You remember when Graham banned me from drinking these?

Crack 'em open!

Mmm, no.

My cancer's already trying to kill me.

I don't need Graham after me, too.

It's fine. I promise.

He's barely home since he got the new job.

A job. How perfect is that for him?

I mean, he works for Yelp.

He gets to be a professional complainer.

Yeah, but now that he makes more money, he has less to complain about.

He could actually afford this place on his own.

He was gonna take it over when I moved into the house.

What's the plan now?

I'm still deciding.