Mrs. Fletcher

I'm having the hardest time trying to find that moment.

I'm gonna go to a party tomorrow.

I was thinking...

I was gonna go with you to that party.

We are in such a dry period.

I don't want to say my number. Say yours first.

- Three. - Years?

I'm really bad at starting conversation.

I think you are so much better than you think.

I... I sorta met this girl.

- Her name's Chloe. - Oh, I hope I get to...

meet her someday. Are you guys... like, dating?

Nah, just like hanging out.

She has an autistic brother, so she runs a support group.

- Really? - Mm-hm.

Wait, I'm sorry. Could you say that again? I'm so sorry.

I said she has a support group for kids with siblings

like, um, Jonathan. So...

Have you been... Have you been to this group?

Yeah, like, sometimes. People are pretty nice, so...

Brendan. Wow.

Yeah.

I should probably go.

- Well, I love you. - Ah.

I'd say clean up your room, but it's yours, so...

It just builds up. It's like when you're...

when you're... you know, reading and studying

and... and all that stuff. It's like...

Who has time to fold

- and wipe? - Okay. Any...

I love you so much.

I love you, too.

- Okay. Bye. - All right. Talk to you soon.

Bye.

Jane.

- It's over. - What?

The trip, my marriage. Everything.

Everything.

So, you remember last year,

he had that pinched nerve in his neck.

- Yeah. - And...

he goes to that tacky massage place, Solar Glow.

Right.

But then, his neck got better and he kept going. And...

And so, I just asked him about it.

Oh, no. Okay.

And I really didn't want to.

But I did.

- Okay. - And he just told me.

He told me everything.

W... What... What did he tell you?

He told me... I mean...

what was going on over there. I mean...

Do I need to...

- Oh, God. Really? - Yeah.

And it wasn't just once.

It was a lot.

Dave...

Can I stay here tonight? I'm...

- I just, like, need to think. - Yeah. Of course, you can.

You don't even have to ask me that.

- Of course, you can. - Mm.

I don't know.

- Oh, come here. - I had a life and everything.

Oh, hush.

Should we do something tonight?

I can't tonight. I have a meeting.

Oh. Which group?

Queer Allies.

You can come. Everyone's welcome.

Nah. I gotta write that essay.

Tomorrow?

Tomorrow's insane. I have to cram for two giant tests,

but you can join me if you like.

What do you mean?

I mean, like, you can come study with me.

I have a microwave, so you won't go hungry.

Oh, so this would be in your room?

Yeah. I get too distracted in libraries.

I'll think about it.

The suspense is killing me.

- Hey. - Hey.

I guess she told you.

Yeah. I'm just here to grab a few of her things.

Okay.

Did she also tell you

we haven't had sex in over a year?

Um...

We didn't get into the, uh...

the details.

A year's a long time, you know.

Mm.

A person needs to be touched.

I need to be touched.

Is that so wrong?

It doesn't matter what I think.

This is... This is between you and your wife.

It's just that I was kind of going out of my mind,

and it felt better to...

pay for it than to actually cheat.

You... You don't think that you were cheating?

No.

No. It was... so mechanical.

I didn't... talk to the person.

I didn't even look at her.

It was nothing.

Why did you keep going back?

It felt good.

Hey, Dave.

How does it work?

What?

The massage parlor thing.

I mean, do you just walk in there or do you...

- and just ask for it, or... - Uh... the guy I work with...

he told me about it.

Guy, Rick, he just said you go in, you ask for Jenny

and you tell her that you want what Rick gets.

It's that easy, huh?

Mm-hm. It's that easy.

"The electoral college...

is not actually...

a college."

Fuck.

It's just...

I can't...

"It's not..."

Fuck you!

Fuck.

- Hey, how'd you sleep? - I did not.

- Aw. - Dave called.

You look nice.

Oh, it's just a... you know.

Made you coffee.

Jane, thank you.

Oh, my God.

He asked if I wanted to go to dinner tonight.

Like a... Like a date?

- Yeah, 'cause he's so romantic. - Ugh.

What did you say?

I mean, I said I gotta think about it.

I don't know. I mean, what should I do?

I mean, that's up to you. What are you... What are you...

What are you thinking?

Well I mean, it's like I can't go back there and just pretend.

No, you don't have to pretend anything.

I mean, this just happened, Jane.

No, maybe...

Maybe it'd feel good just to...

hear what he has to say?

I mean, I don't know. I don't... I don't...

I don't know if I can forgive him.

That's the hard part.

You never forgave Ted.

Well, that was different.

Ted didn't give a shit if I forgave him.