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Professor’S Secret Shortmintz
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00:00:00Oh
00:00:09You ready to party? I don't think we pre-gamed enough family girls too late for that. The game has begun
00:00:15I really don't think it's too late for us to just go home. It's holy
00:00:19You told me this yourself and I quote I don't want to spend my entire college career reading about other people's sex lives
00:00:26This is the last party of our college career. Hey, even if you don't get laid, just dance
00:00:32And have a good time
00:00:36Okay, okay, you're right. Let's go
00:00:44So you're falling for me
00:00:46I
00:00:48Thanks
00:00:56Girl, you just tripped yourself into an incant romance. That's exactly what it was
00:01:00It felt like I was in one of Adam's old stories. It felt just
00:01:04Too real and too fast. Wait, wait, wait. Adam, that schmutt writer you got hung up on?
00:01:09It's not schmutt
00:01:11Okay, he writes about love and tragedies and everything in between and I don't just read them
00:01:16We talk about them about ourselves
00:01:19About what it means to be alive
00:01:21Hun,
00:01:23You never even met this guy. I was going to megan. We had set up a date and he
00:01:29Ghosted me. I don't think I can forgive him, but I can't forget him. I mean, he's the whole reason that I'm an english lit major
00:01:35Oh, yeah, okay, so tonight we are undoing all that damage. You take this
00:01:40Mm-hmm and I need to dance. So
00:01:43See ya
00:01:44Wait, he's leaving me
00:01:48Megan, can you join me, girl?
00:01:51Oh, or go see if your lover boy wants to dip queue again
00:02:04I
00:02:20oh wow hey uh i'm good thank you you'd be great
00:02:26did you really think that was gonna work for you you want to raise a hand uh raise one of me
00:02:34it's cool dude really it's cool i've been drinking a little bit i didn't i'm sorry
00:02:39really i'm sorry i didn't i didn't mean to get out it's cool it's cool
00:02:50are you okay no uh i'm i don't go to men party this is all
00:02:57he's gone that's twice and i save you do you like playing dams on the streets
00:03:05no i you're my dancer i'm you're a knight uh
00:03:10everybody in town what goodbye
00:03:15okay okay
00:03:21excuse me sorry so sorry we're moving okay
00:03:26oh my god what what is going on what happened i don't know why i thought i could just go out
00:03:34for one night and expect everything to go perfectly i'm an idiot i had one guy almost hit me
00:03:38hit you wait who where he's gone and the guy who caught me earlier saved me again and i thought
00:03:44he was flirting with me so i tried to throw it back but i screwed that up okay he's a guy it's
00:03:49harder to screw up your chances than you think hopefully he thinks i'm insane i think i called
00:03:54him my night i don't know i'm trying to block it all out already you win some you lose some
00:04:00let's just go home and finish some ice cream and get more girls
00:04:05yeah hey damsel wait up
00:04:09truly be cool
00:04:11she had run far trying to outrun her own heart
00:04:16wait is that from forgotten garden
00:04:19so how'd you pay for reader and as a runner where are you going
00:04:24i just thought it was better if i cut my losses for the night and give up flirting
00:04:28and maybe forever
00:04:32was that what all that falling down and getting in the fights was that was flirting or even trying to save me back there
00:04:41i'll be your damsel if you play my knight that rescues me
00:04:46i'm actually really glad you didn't say it
00:04:48well how about the truth my friend dragged me to this party because she thinks i need to have fun in real life
00:04:55and i think you're super hot but i'm way too much of a list to do anything about that
00:04:59how's that
00:05:05what
00:05:06i wanna hear you say it
00:05:26say what
00:05:28say what
00:05:30say what
00:05:33you want me now
00:05:35i want you now
00:05:41you want me now
00:05:46i want you now
00:05:49Oh, my God.
00:06:19Oh, my God.
00:06:49So you're leaving?
00:06:51Well, you know I've got to take my shirt, too.
00:06:54Oh, I just thought we had a great time last night.
00:06:57We did.
00:06:59You said you wanted to have some fun, and you got it.
00:07:01Let me tell you, I'm having a blast now.
00:07:04Look, I'm just really not looking for anything beyond one night.
00:07:07The shirt, the staying over.
00:07:10I can only break so many of my own rules.
00:07:13Here.
00:07:14I'd hate for you to break some of your made-up rules.
00:07:16Oh, my God.
00:07:34That does not look like the face of a woman who's just had the best night of her life.
00:07:39It's not.
00:07:40Oh, honey.
00:07:42Oh, what happened?
00:07:43It's like there was something about this guy.
00:07:46He and I were getting along so well.
00:07:48He was passionate, but smart, too.
00:07:51He quoted my favorite book, The Forgotten Garden.
00:07:54Yeah, never heard of that.
00:07:56But he sounds like your exact type.
00:07:58That's all that matters.
00:07:59But then it's like I slept with Jekyll and woke up with Hyde.
00:08:04Oh, he's one of those?
00:08:07He basically kicked me out of the house.
00:08:09What?
00:08:10I'm telling you, he's two different people, and one of them wants nothing to do with me.
00:08:15Damn.
00:08:17Well, the beauty of one night stands is that you'll never have to see his face again.
00:08:21But what if he's in my class?
00:08:24No, no way.
00:08:25No.
00:08:25He probably doesn't even go here.
00:08:27He's probably one of those locals that likes to hang around college kids.
00:08:32Yeah, girls.
00:08:34I'm gonna shower.
00:08:36Yeah, get washed up.
00:08:55Good morning, class.
00:09:22And welcome to the start of a new year.
00:09:24Now, I know you all must be thrilled to see me.
00:09:27I announced my retirement last year, but I'm sorry to say your joy will be short-lived.
00:09:33Or is it short-lived?
00:09:35Well, anyway, for the first two weeks of this semester, I will be showing your new creative writing professor, The Ropes.
00:09:42He's running over behind.
00:09:43Oh, my God.
00:09:43If it's Professor McSteamy I saw in the hall today, I will not be able to concentrate.
00:09:47Ah, here he is now.
00:09:49Mr. Mitchell.
00:09:49Oh, my God.
00:09:53That's him.
00:09:55This is Mr. Mitchell's first year as a professor, but he was one of my best students not too long ago.
00:10:02I assure you, you are in capable hands.
00:10:07Anything you'd like to say?
00:10:10Uh, yeah.
00:10:12It's great to be here.
00:10:14It's a good day.
00:10:16Looking forward to it.
00:10:18Uh, teaching.
00:10:19I promise you, he's much better than a mage.
00:10:26All right, folks, that's it.
00:10:29Thanks.
00:10:30See you tomorrow.
00:10:31At least he will.
00:10:40Hey, um, I'm sorry.
00:10:45Tuli?
00:10:46Mr. Mitchell?
00:10:47It's Jace, right?
00:10:48It's Mr. Mitchell.
00:10:50Look, I 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.
00:10:58Oh, don't worry.
00:10:59You already made it crystal clear that you want me nowhere near your personal life.
00:11:02Look, this is just as a surprise to me as it is to you.
00:11:05It wasn't my intentions to make you feel like...
00:11:08Like I was trash on garbage day.
00:11:10Tuli, that's not it.
00:11:12Do you want me to be honest?
00:11:14Yes, Mr. Mitchell.
00:11:15Honestly, I didn't know I was going to be a professor that night.
00:11:19I'd just finished grad school.
00:11:21No clue where to go from there.
00:11:24And if I had known, I probably wouldn't have even followed you outside and all the rest.
00:11:29You're not the only one who regrets what we did, but don't worry.
00:11:33It'll never happen again.
00:11:34Hey, Tuli!
00:11:52You good?
00:11:55What's got you all worked up?
00:11:57Do you remember that guy, Mr. Jekyll and Hyde?
00:12:00Yeah.
00:12:01Wait, he's in one of your classes, isn't he?
00:12:04Sort of.
00:12:06He's teaching it.
00:12:07Shut up!
00:12:08I know, this is horrible.
00:12:10Oh my god.
00:12:11I mean, why though?
00:12:11It's not like you're going to hook up with him again.
00:12:13Miss, you forgot something.
00:12:16You left it in a hallway.
00:12:17I wanted to make sure you didn't live without it.
00:12:19Well, thank you.
00:12:20That was very nice.
00:12:21Well, it was pretty selfish.
00:12:23I was afraid if I left it in a lesson found, I wouldn't be able to see a beautiful face light
00:12:27up when I return it.
00:12:32This is Tuli.
00:12:33Oh, I know.
00:12:34I'm in her creative writing class.
00:12:36I'm Armand.
00:12:37It's a pleasure to finally meet you.
00:12:38Okay, quite the charmer.
00:12:42In France, we never hold back when we see something we like.
00:12:50I'm telling you, that French guy is so into you.
00:12:53He seems like the type of being anybody.
00:12:56What?
00:12:57No, he was treating me like I wasn't even there.
00:13:00Which is absolutely crazy.
00:13:03Oh my god.
00:13:05What?
00:13:05He put his name in my phone.
00:13:06Oh, girl, he likes you.
00:13:11I know, but the crazy thing is, is meet cutes and gestures like this only make me think
00:13:17of Adam and his stories.
00:13:19Oh, please.
00:13:21It's probably for the best that he stopped catfishing you.
00:13:24Forget him.
00:13:25Now, Armand, he's your real life French lover.
00:13:29Okay?
00:13:31Good guys are hard to come by nowadays.
00:13:32You better hop on that before somebody else does.
00:13:36Trash on garbage, too.
00:13:49Trash on garbage, too.
00:13:49It's probably better.
00:13:49Cheers.
00:14:14Hey, Tui.
00:14:32Chase!
00:14:33Uh, Mr. Mitchell.
00:14:36I didn't know you wrote.
00:14:37Well, why would I teach Alice how to write if I wasn't doing it myself?
00:14:41Our professors should have that attitude.
00:14:43What's the quote?
00:14:44Those who can't do, teach?
00:14:46Teachers do plenty.
00:14:48Knowledge is a thing that gives a person power.
00:14:51Who is that, Lockhart?
00:14:53I'm glad I got one student who reads.
00:14:55Doesn't seem to be too common these days.
00:14:58You sound like Professor Connor.
00:15:00Well, that's fine, as long as you don't think I look like him.
00:15:05What are those?
00:15:06From Professor Connor.
00:15:08He said you know what to do with them.
00:15:09You didn't volunteer to bring them, did you?
00:15:11I'll leave you alone to flatter yourself.
00:15:13That wasn't a no.
00:15:15I thought you said you wanted to keep our personal lives separate.
00:15:18Isn't that what you want?
00:15:20What I want doesn't matter.
00:15:21What matters is what we are.
00:15:23Teacher and student.
00:15:25Well, the next time you think about flirting with me, remember what we are.
00:15:29I can manage if you can.
00:15:32Oh, believe me, that won't be an issue.
00:15:34Thank you for dropping off the papers, but next time only visit when you really need me.
00:15:40You won't be seeing much of me then.
00:15:41You won't be seeing much of me then.
00:15:53Julie.
00:15:53Armand.
00:15:54I was waiting for you to call.
00:15:56Sorry, I've just been distracted.
00:15:59What is it?
00:16:00A face that's beautiful does not deserve a frown.
00:16:02I just, it's nothing.
00:16:05One of my teachers is an ass.
00:16:07Sounds like you need a break from school.
00:16:10Let me cheer you up.
00:16:12Whatever you want.
00:16:13How about I cook you some boeuf bourguignon, we watch a French movie, and we have a letter
00:16:18to our friends.
00:16:19That's what does sound.
00:16:21That might get me out of it.
00:16:22Yeah?
00:16:23How about dancing?
00:16:24Would you like that?
00:16:26So what do you think?
00:16:46Does this hold up to your dirty dancing?
00:16:49Nothing ever does.
00:16:51But it was good.
00:16:52Well, good for you then, because I had another one for you.
00:16:55There is a screening of La Vie en Rose this Friday.
00:16:58One of my favorites.
00:17:00Would you come with me?
00:17:02Friday is actually my birthday.
00:17:04That sounds nice.
00:17:05I don't have anything planned.
00:17:07Because I'm cool like that.
00:17:08Your birthday?
00:17:10I mean, Tully, a movie won't do it.
00:17:13Like, you deserve a party.
00:17:15Let me host, what do you say, Big Bash?
00:17:19We barely know each other.
00:17:21You don't have to do that.
00:17:22Please, Tully, I insist.
00:17:24Let me do that for you.
00:17:25Like, let's take it as the beginning of a new year.
00:17:28The year of Tully.
00:17:30Okay.
00:17:32Yeah.
00:17:32Good.
00:17:33Tully, what you doing?
00:17:44I'm reading some of Adam's old stories.
00:17:51What?
00:17:53I thought everything with Armand was going so good.
00:17:56It did.
00:17:57Okay.
00:17:57Adam's just been on my mind lately, and I can't figure out why.
00:18:01Okay, you have to show me something of his.
00:18:02There's no way that he's that good of a writer.
00:18:05Okay.
00:18:08Here.
00:18:08The blue blossom fields matched her eyes and the spirit within them.
00:18:12That lithe, joyful, free thing that danced and arced across her gaze when she looked at me.
00:18:18I swam wondrously in those eyes, desperate and sad as she drifted off to sleep.
00:18:23My heart shattered because I knew I wouldn't be there when she opened them again.
00:18:29Damn.
00:18:30That is good.
00:18:33Too bad he's not real.
00:18:34He was real, Megan.
00:18:36Mm-hmm.
00:18:37But he just vanished.
00:18:41I don't know if I can take that kind of rejection again.
00:18:45Honey.
00:18:46Hey.
00:18:47Armand is a real-life human with real-life humans, you're going to tell you.
00:18:52And he's throwing you a birthday party in an hour.
00:18:55He won't ghost you like Adam.
00:18:58I won't let him.
00:19:00That's enough of that, okay?
00:19:03Get ready for your party.
00:19:08Okay.
00:19:17Okay.
00:19:26Tony.
00:19:27Yeah, welcome.
00:19:28Hey.
00:19:30Oh.
00:19:31Come in.
00:19:32Everyone.
00:19:33Say hi to Chuli.
00:19:34It's her birthday.
00:19:35Happy birthday.
00:19:38Armand, come on.
00:19:40Let's go to the club.
00:19:40It'll be fun.
00:19:42No, who's here?
00:19:51Come dance with me.
00:19:54Sorry.
00:19:54Come up now.
00:19:55Okay.
00:19:56But before the end of the night, we're dancing, right?
00:20:01Here.
00:20:02Take this.
00:20:05Chuli.
00:20:06Look.
00:20:07Look at this party.
00:20:07Look at what I'm going to do for you, okay?
00:20:10Just forget about your days lost in fiction and get with your real life.
00:20:13It's real life.
00:20:15Okay.
00:20:17All right.
00:20:18Now that's what I'm talking about, girl.
00:20:20Come on.
00:20:21Woo!
00:20:21Woo!
00:20:21I'm going to do this.
00:20:22I'm going to do this.
00:20:22You're making a scene right now.
00:20:23I'm going to make a scene.
00:20:24I'm going to make a scene if you grab me like that.
00:20:52Leave it.
00:20:53To it?
00:21:14Oh, it's you.
00:21:16Are you okay?
00:21:18No, I'm walking home.
00:21:20How far away is your place?
00:21:21Almost there.
00:21:24Just three, four more miles.
00:21:29Okay.
00:21:29Come on.
00:21:31I'm going to take you home after a glass of water.
00:21:33What do you care?
00:21:35Chuli, I'm trying to help you.
00:21:38I thought you wanted to keep it for professional days, Mr. Mitchell.
00:21:47I am not your professor right now.
00:21:49I'm just someone who cares about seeing you wake up tomorrow safe.
00:21:53I will be right back.
00:22:07I will be right back.
00:22:11Please don't throw up.
00:22:14No cramping.
00:22:16Not good taste.
00:22:29What are you doing?
00:22:34What are you doing?
00:22:38I see Silly, you're a damsel, huh?
00:22:44Silly, you are drunk.
00:22:47We already talked about what a bad idea this is.
00:22:50Well, our mom didn't seem to care.
00:22:52Our mom from class?
00:22:54Are you seeing him?
00:22:55No, I tried too hard.
00:23:01I had to make a scene just to get him off of me.
00:23:04No.
00:23:05He's an idiot who knows nothing about you if he thinks he can force you to do anything.
00:23:08You really care, don't you?
00:23:13Like, more than just someone wanting me to get home safe.
00:23:16You care about me.
00:23:19I'm trying so hard not to.
00:23:22You can do anything to me and it wouldn't be forced.
00:23:26Well, it wouldn't be right either.
00:23:29That's the thing.
00:23:31It may seem wrong, but it's just right to go.
00:23:38What was that?
00:23:46My heart shattered because I knew I wouldn't be there when she opened them again.
00:24:07I had to go run an errand.
00:24:32There's some coffee in the kitchen.
00:24:34Advil on the counter.
00:24:36Hope your head doesn't hurt too much.
00:24:47Jesus!
00:24:48My mom, you all have to call the cops.
00:24:51I'm sorry.
00:24:52Honey.
00:24:53What happened?
00:24:56I left the party after our mom basically forced himself on me.
00:25:00What?
00:25:00My phone died and I ended up staying with Chase.
00:25:04Oh my God.
00:25:06Please tell me you didn't sleep with your professor again.
00:25:09I didn't.
00:25:10He just took care of me.
00:25:12That doesn't sound any better.
00:25:14No, it's...
00:25:15We didn't do anything.
00:25:17I made an idiot of myself and passed out.
00:25:20That's it.
00:25:21The important thing is you're safe.
00:25:23I'm just glad you're home.
00:25:23Tooie.
00:25:37Chase.
00:25:38Are you feeling better?
00:25:41I am, thanks.
00:25:43I wanted to apologize.
00:25:44I wasn't...
00:25:46I wasn't in a good place.
00:25:50Thank you for taking care of me.
00:25:51Of course, no. I'm sorry I couldn't be there when you woke up, but it was probably for the best.
00:25:59Not exactly the Friday night you wanted to deal with, I'm sure.
00:26:02I didn't mind the company.
00:26:05Well, I could have been better.
00:26:07You want to keep things professional, and that certainly didn't help.
00:26:13I don't think keeping things professional is an option for us, do you?
00:26:21This is a bad idea. I could lose my job.
00:26:29I could get kicked out of school.
00:26:31The risk is too high. We've got to keep this completely academic.
00:26:34I'm glad we agree.
00:26:35The only way I'm going to allow myself to do this is if it's no feelings, just fun.
00:26:56Anything else is just too messy.
00:26:58And you can do that.
00:27:01You can be my professor with benefits.
00:27:04Oh, God. I hate the sound of that.
00:27:08Then we don't have to close anything.
00:27:10Just our dirty little secret.
00:27:21Not here.
00:27:22But it was too much to say, too much to face down.
00:27:49Love is divine only and difficult always.
00:28:01Does anyone know who said that?
00:28:03Tony Morrison.
00:28:06Great job, Tooley.
00:28:07Great job, Tooley.
00:28:09But she hears that every night.
00:28:11She's been teacher's pet all semester, hasn't she?
00:28:13I'm going to visit his office later today, and maybe I'll get some extra credit, too.
00:28:17You wouldn't need the extra credit if you'd actually pay attention instead of talking about me.
00:28:21I'm not the only one talking about you.
00:28:22Ladies, please.
00:28:24So, we were talking about cognitive dissonance and how it can be more than a useful tool.
00:28:31How sometimes it's everything that it means to be human.
00:28:36Now, last night I read some of your papers.
00:28:39I would say about 50% of you understand what I'm talking about.
00:28:44Or I should say, Tony's talking about.
00:28:55You know, Cassandra and her cronies won't shut up about you, and they're starting to bring me into it now, too.
00:29:01You have no reason to be jealous.
00:29:02Trust me.
00:29:04I only sleep with one student at a time.
00:29:07Ha, ha.
00:29:14Dinner is ready.
00:29:16Tooley, that's my novel.
00:29:18It's not...
00:29:19I love it.
00:29:20I'm only a few pages in, but I absolutely love it.
00:29:24I do have a few notes, though.
00:29:27Oh, you have some notes, do you?
00:29:29Yeah.
00:29:30It's a diamond in the rough.
00:29:32I'll show you the rough.
00:29:33Which character grew up in Haiti's?
00:29:42Uh, John...
00:29:44T...
00:29:46Oh, I'll get it.
00:29:53Hi.
00:29:54Uh, could I talk to Tooley?
00:29:57Mm, I'll check.
00:29:59It's Armand.
00:30:00I'll be in the other room if you need me, okay?
00:30:10I'm sorry for how I acted.
00:30:18Um, not just for trying to kiss you, but I shouldn't have let you go without making sure you had a safe way home.
00:30:25I made it home safe.
00:30:27Bumped into an old friend.
00:30:29Please tell me I didn't ruin anything between us.
00:30:32I'm trying to keep up with you, and I'd like to make it up to you.
00:30:35And, uh, I'm trying to show you that I'm the gentleman you deserve.
00:30:41Hey, uh, why don't we go on a date together?
00:30:43I mean, a real one.
00:30:44Just you and I.
00:30:45No French film.
00:30:46No party.
00:30:48Just us.
00:30:50What do you think about that?
00:30:52Not right now.
00:31:00So?
00:31:02Are you gonna go out with him?
00:31:04I don't know.
00:31:05I told him not right now.
00:31:06Mm, that's because of the party.
00:31:08I totally get that.
00:31:09Well, um, I've kind of been hooking up with someone.
00:31:15Ooh, spicy.
00:31:18Well, it better not be your teacher, because that would be crazy.
00:31:22Tuli?
00:31:25No, Tuli.
00:31:27Well, it better be hot.
00:31:29Oh, it's hot.
00:31:30You're gonna get in trouble, girl.
00:31:32I am in the trouble.
00:31:33Oh, my God.
00:31:34Come here.
00:31:35Oh, my God.
00:31:37Just be careful, okay?
00:31:39Yeah.
00:31:40I mean.
00:31:45What does your piece have to say?
00:31:47Behind everything written on the page, what is the reader supposed to walk away from your story with?
00:31:52For example, justice is one of the major themes in Tuli's Mockingbird, or to kill a mockingbird.
00:32:01Excuse me.
00:32:03What was I saying?
00:32:09You're gonna get me in trouble with those Freudian slips in class.
00:32:13I'm the one who's gonna get into trouble.
00:32:15And you loved it.
00:32:17I could tell.
00:32:18I've got a hot professor inserting my name into classic literature titles.
00:32:23Yeah.
00:32:23It's not to love.
00:32:25Wait till we talk about a Tuli of two cities.
00:32:27No, shut up.
00:32:28All right, Cash 22.
00:32:29I am shutting you up, then.
00:32:30Yeah, if I don't get an A this semester, my mom's totally gonna cut off my meal card.
00:32:53Yeah, I know.
00:32:54Who does that?
00:32:55Like, totally psychotic.
00:32:57Like, I'm already suffering enough.
00:33:06Hello, Mr. Mitchell.
00:33:07Hey, Sandra.
00:33:09I just wanted to turn in this paper a little early this week.
00:33:11Yeah, absolutely.
00:33:13Is everything okay?
00:33:15Yeah, it's, uh, it's all part of the grading process.
00:33:20Interesting.
00:33:21Thanks.
00:33:31That was too close.
00:33:33No more of that here.
00:33:35I'll see you later tonight, then.
00:33:37Yeah.
00:33:38Now, we wait a few seconds.
00:33:40You might still be out there.
00:33:41Oh, yeah?
00:33:42What are we supposed to do while we wait?
00:33:44Anything that we were doing before.
00:34:01Down.
00:34:02My notebook.
00:34:14That bastard.
00:34:20That's why he wanted to keep it physical.
00:34:22I can't believe I let him lead me on like that.
00:34:25You think he could be married?
00:34:26I don't know.
00:34:27Should I call him, confront him?
00:34:28Mm-mm.
00:34:29Drop him.
00:34:30If he's gonna treat you like you're nothing, you should do the same.
00:34:33I say call him on.
00:34:35He wants to take you out on a real date, right?
00:34:38Yeah, but Jace is-
00:34:39The Jace is your teacher, and you're his student.
00:34:44But what else is he hiding from you if he's like seeing this other woman?
00:34:48You're right.
00:34:48I know.
00:34:49Let's party.
00:34:50Armand, I think, I think I changed my mind about that date.
00:35:02Your date with Armand is gonna be so cute.
00:35:06I bet that he knows all the best French restaurants around here.
00:35:09He says they're all awful.
00:35:11We're getting sushi.
00:35:12What?
00:35:18Oh, it's my dad.
00:35:21Hey, dad.
00:35:27What?
00:35:29It's my grandma.
00:35:34And that's all, everyone.
00:35:36Come back Monday with those revisions, and have a great weekend.
00:35:42Hey, it's Tuli.
00:35:52Just leave me a message.
00:36:03Hi.
00:36:03Uh, is Tuli here?
00:36:05Sorry, I'm on.
00:36:06She's not here.
00:36:07You give her a dad?
00:36:08Thanks.
00:36:10Goodbye.
00:36:11Hello.
00:36:17There's a rain check on our mom, but he said he saw her bring her loss and gave you those
00:36:21tulips.
00:36:23Yeah.
00:36:25They're so pretty.
00:36:37Come on.
00:36:38Tell me what's going on.
00:36:39I'm telling you, I'm only focusing on writing and teaching.
00:36:52That's enough to deal with.
00:36:55Mm-hmm.
00:36:56I can always tell.
00:36:58Face it, bro.
00:36:59It's when intuition is a real thing.
00:37:01That really only seems to go one way.
00:37:05Well, that's because your head's always in the clouds.
00:37:07Or on the next great American novel.
00:37:10So you wish, anyway.
00:37:11Your phone's been going off all night and you keep declining it.
00:37:20I don't want to get involved.
00:37:23I think she's seeing someone else, so I...
00:37:26So you're ghosting her?
00:37:30Oh my God, I'm shocked.
00:37:33Jace Mitchell vanishing at the slightest bump in the road.
00:37:38You know, I tried to settle down and marriage didn't work for me.
00:37:44Brooke didn't work for you.
00:37:45Don't blame the entire institution on one psychotic ex.
00:37:50You can bounce back.
00:37:52I can't get over everything so easy.
00:37:54And I tried.
00:37:56My heart wasn't in it.
00:37:58I'm better off just not starting down that path again.
00:38:02Jace.
00:38:04Come on, do you really believe that?
00:38:06I'm sorry I missed the class.
00:38:26It's been a rough few days.
00:38:28Oh yeah, I bet.
00:38:29I saw Armand showing up at your house with flowers.
00:38:32Are you guys dating?
00:38:35No.
00:38:36So that's why you haven't been answering my calls?
00:38:39What do you care if I'm dating someone?
00:38:40You're not exactly single yourself, are you?
00:38:44I can see you're busy.
00:38:46I'll leave you two alone.
00:38:47No, Thule, come back.
00:38:48I want you to meet someone.
00:38:51Janelle, this is Thule.
00:38:53Thule is my sister, Janelle.
00:38:56So, you're the one that's got my brother all twisted up in knots.
00:38:59Janelle?
00:39:01I'm sorry.
00:39:01I don't know why I just showed up like this.
00:39:03Thule, no need to apologize.
00:39:04You both started this off badly.
00:39:07Come inside.
00:39:16Jace, be a good host and get the bottle of wine and another glass.
00:39:26Sorry for your loss.
00:39:28Was she a good woman?
00:39:29The best.
00:39:32She took care of us when my mom and dad broke up.
00:39:35She was the only thing that got me through it.
00:39:37Our parents broke up too.
00:39:39Did Jace tell you that?
00:39:40He doesn't really talk about himself.
00:39:42Not really.
00:39:42I don't even know his middle name.
00:39:46Jace and I are just...
00:39:48We're just having a fling, no feelings.
00:39:53So he says.
00:39:55Why does he keep pushing me away then?
00:39:58Hiding himself when I know he won't stop it.
00:40:01He's a closed book.
00:40:02I know.
00:40:04We went through a really rough time growing up.
00:40:06And it's not my story to tell, but he has his reasons.
00:40:26I'll let you two talk.
00:40:28I'm sorry for lashing out.
00:40:42You're grieving.
00:40:43Believe me, I understand.
00:40:45Do you want to tell me about her?
00:40:53Grandma was always there for us.
00:40:55More than your normal, sweet old grandma.
00:41:00She was special.
00:41:02Patient.
00:41:03Kind.
00:41:06Everything that my mom wasn't.
00:41:09And when my mom and dad broke up, she moved in to take care of us.
00:41:17My first romance novels were the ones that I would sneak out of her room.
00:41:21She said it was okay.
00:41:23I just wasn't allowed to explain anything to my dad.
00:41:29I just...
00:41:30If I had known that we were going to lose her so suddenly, I would have spent every second that I could have with her.
00:41:39All those great things, let that be what she leaves behind in this world.
00:41:47Inside you, and everyone who knew her.
00:41:52Carry her with.
00:41:55You know what she would have told me about you?
00:41:57Stay awake.
00:41:58She would have told me to stop messing around and give you my heart.
00:42:07And I want to.
00:42:12Jason, I know you have feelings, don't you?
00:42:15Not just the sex, not just the fun, real feelings.
00:42:21You're in an emotional place right now.
00:42:23We can talk about this later.
00:42:25I know you feel it too.
00:42:27You're horrible at hiding it.
00:42:29We can't be together, do we?
00:42:32We've crossed too many lines.
00:42:33That's bullshit and you know it.
00:42:35Tell me the truth.
00:42:36Why are you pushing me away?
00:42:38What are you afraid of?
00:42:40You don't know me.
00:42:43You don't know what I've been through.
00:42:45That's exactly what I want to know.
00:42:48You never would have let me read your book if you didn't want more.
00:42:52I told myself I wouldn't get sucked into this.
00:42:55There's too much at stake.
00:42:57No more than when we kissed in your office.
00:42:59This isn't about you being my teacher anymore.
00:43:02It's about us being serious.
00:43:03I don't know if I can.
00:43:08I don't know if you'll stay.
00:43:10My mother had her secrets.
00:43:12She left us high and dry, having planned her exit for years.
00:43:16I need to know that the man that I'm spending my time with isn't going to leave.
00:43:20That is me sharing myself with you, Jace.
00:43:23Why can't you do the same?
00:43:26Keep your secrets or keep me.
00:43:33Jace, don't let her slip away.
00:43:44I don't know.
00:44:01I don't know.
00:44:02I don't know.
00:44:03Thanks for coming to the funeral with me, Megan.
00:44:28Yeah, of course, girl.
00:44:30Your grandma was such a badass.
00:44:33Oh, I'll get it.
00:44:36It's Tuli here.
00:44:38She has a lot going on right now.
00:44:39I don't think she has time for you.
00:44:43Megan knows.
00:44:45Tuli, what do you even know about him?
00:44:47If he wants to tell me more, I'll listen.
00:44:49You want to know why I won't commit?
00:45:03Well, I can't let you in the way you want.
00:45:09I was married for two years, and it started off great.
00:45:17I was in love.
00:45:20I thought it was, at least.
00:45:24But we fell apart.
00:45:27She cheated.
00:45:29She threatened to ruin me when I tried to leave her.
00:45:36Still, I had to get out of it.
00:45:41I had lost so much.
00:45:45I had told myself that my book would come first, and I didn't have time to fall for someone until I met you.
00:46:00Cheers.
00:46:02Cheers.
00:46:03Cheers.
00:46:05Cheers.
00:46:06Who the fuck would love you like I did?
00:46:26Know your heart and want it
00:46:28Need you like you're not dead
00:46:30Stay when you get mad
00:46:31And who the fuck would love you like I could
00:46:38Those years are smarter and now you're working harder
00:46:41It was easy to love me
00:46:44But who the fuck would
00:46:47I'm sorry, we can't be together
00:46:51I wanted to feel the same sort of passion that you felt for me, but...
00:46:56Is this because of Professor Mitchell?
00:46:58What?
00:46:59What are you talking about?
00:47:01I saw him at your house, Trilene
00:47:02I wanted to tell you about it, but it's complicated with him
00:47:06I was never really sure about anything
00:47:09Was our date really going to happen?
00:47:12Armand, yes
00:47:13But I told you that my grandmother should...
00:47:15Yes, yes, I know, but...
00:47:17Your heart was never really in it, was it?
00:47:19I felt pressured to be with you, Armand
00:47:22If you read the romance novels, you're the perfect guy
00:47:25But I don't think perfect is for me anymore
00:47:28It's gotta be more than just gestures, it's gotta be real
00:47:34So you think what you got with him is real?
00:47:38It's becoming more real every day
00:47:40I just hope he feels the same for you, Trilene
00:47:44Or he's gonna hurt you
00:47:46No, Trilene
00:47:59I knew he was hiding something
00:48:01Well, it's over with Armand
00:48:13Jolie, I have to tell you something about Jace
00:48:17What?
00:48:19Okay, um...
00:48:21Remember when I was like, what do we even really know about him?
00:48:26Well, that thought stuck with me
00:48:28And I know you guys have been, you know, making up
00:48:31I know I'm nosy and awful friend
00:48:34But please just hear me out
00:48:37Megan, it's fine, what did you find out?
00:48:38Okay, well, I found his faculty page and his email
00:48:42And I decided to search it up
00:48:43I...
00:48:45Okay, and?
00:48:48You're gonna want to sit down for this one
00:48:50Jace's website was created using the same email
00:49:02As Adam's Inkit account
00:49:04I didn't hear you come in
00:49:23Everything okay?
00:49:24No, Jace, it's not
00:49:25What, are you ever gonna tell me?
00:49:28Tell you what?
00:49:29That you're Adam
00:49:30No wonder I loved your writing
00:49:34I've been reading it for years
00:49:35Who's Adam, huh?
00:49:37Just some alter ego that you've made up?
00:49:40Adam is my middle name
00:49:41The person you're talking to is a real me
00:49:44How long have you known?
00:49:47Was it before that first night?
00:49:49Did you...
00:49:49Did you plan all this?
00:49:51No
00:49:51I found out when I saw you in class
00:49:54Months after that first night between us
00:49:56You said the name to one of your chapter titles
00:49:58And I realized who you were
00:50:00I wanted to stay away
00:50:01But I couldn't
00:50:03Then why didn't you tell me
00:50:05Even when we first started seeing each other?
00:50:09I was afraid you think I was manipulating you
00:50:11What else am I supposed to call it?
00:50:13When that's exactly what you're doing
00:50:15Three years ago when we were supposed to meet
00:50:17You were married, weren't you?
00:50:21The whole time we talked online
00:50:23You were married
00:50:24Yes
00:50:27Unbelievable
00:50:28Jace, Adam
00:50:29I don't know which version of you I'm more angry with
00:50:31It's bad enough that he's my teacher
00:50:44But this?
00:50:45I just think back on everything between us
00:50:48And wonder
00:50:48What he's been operating on behind the scenes
00:50:51I knew something was wrong with him
00:50:55That's why I had to look into it
00:50:56Thank you for being nosy
00:50:58You're right
00:50:59And you're also a good friend
00:51:01Hey
00:51:02At least it all came out now
00:51:05And no real damage was done
00:51:07You dodged a bullet
00:51:08Should I drop out of the class?
00:51:11Girl, absolutely not
00:51:12We are not letting him win this one
00:51:14Okay?
00:51:15I am not sentimental
00:51:44Girl, I am as romantic as you are
00:51:47The idea that you know
00:51:48Is that a sentimental person
00:51:50Thinks things will last
00:51:52A romantic person
00:51:54Has a desperate confidence
00:51:57That they won't
00:51:58What does Fitzgerald mean by this?
00:52:01Sounds nice
00:52:02But I don't think it's honest
00:52:05How so?
00:52:08Because some people are neither
00:52:09Some people just use others
00:52:13Thinking that they won't last
00:52:15And then they're glad to throw them away
00:52:19Little falou
00:52:342000
00:52:34fan
00:52:35words
00:52:36These songs
00:52:37Those songs
00:52:37They just pin mentoring
00:52:38And they're still
00:52:38They're still
00:52:39They're still
00:52:40They're still
00:52:40That they're still
00:52:41They're still
00:52:41이�יות
00:52:42They're still
00:52:43They're still
00:52:43They're still
00:52:43They're still
00:52:44They're still
00:52:44They're again
00:52:45so yes they called me back in to finish off your class i'm sorry to say that mr mitchell has
00:53:11resigned some administrative matter that's all i'm going to say so help me get caught up with
00:53:20where we are on the assignment from what i understand you're supposed to take one
00:53:26chapter out of the way of the novels and write it in your own style
00:53:31chase shouldn't be i'm just packing up what happened you tell me look i know you're hurt
00:53:47but i don't think you'd do anything like this
00:53:50truly did you do it do what tell me the truth did you report cheese to the school
00:54:12i did report him because it was the right thing to do right thing you only did that because i
00:54:18chose him over you can it be both willy there is rules that exist and you can't deny that you
00:54:23broke them even if it doesn't hurt you what is he going to do with the other student the next
00:54:27student arman you cost him his job maybe his whole career i did that huh what about him what about you
00:54:33you think you're innocent in all of that
00:54:35i know how the investigation is going to end i figured better leave under suspicion than be the
00:54:55confirmed disgrace that i am doesn't this mean you can see tuli now with no secrets that's the best part
00:55:02tuli's gone we're we're through jace why
00:55:10we didn't realize it but we used to talk on a site where i would write my stories
00:55:18i was married to brooke things were already falling apart at that point
00:55:23when we set an actual date i knew i had gone too far i knew i had to break it off
00:55:33and by the time brooke and i had divorced it was too late
00:55:41she blocked me so even when we started seeing each other as well us
00:55:48i still couldn't tell her i knew she wouldn't forgive me for ghosting her for lying to her
00:55:59and she didn't she turned me in and i deserved it
00:56:08well what you don't deserve is to beat yourself up about this
00:56:13you have to find a way to move on
00:56:28oh my god
00:56:42tuli we did it no school no books no grades no teachers sorry it's more subject
00:56:50no you know finally it's not okay i'm proud of you you've grown so much
00:56:56what do you say we go out tonight now that's what i'm talking about
00:57:01jace's novel wow he actually got it published
00:57:26is that the one you read yeah oh looks like you got back on the street
00:57:32oh my god you wrote something for my damsel adam
00:57:38too little too late right right still want to go dancing today
00:57:46sure let's do it i've been dying to get you into your little red dress
00:57:51let's go
00:57:52oh my god
00:58:22did you see the guy i was dancing with
00:58:24yes now that's how you cap off a college career
00:58:27yeah it is
00:58:28i need a hydrate
00:58:29night megan
00:58:31good night
00:58:31you
00:58:41you
00:58:41you
00:58:43they stood in the winter withered garden
00:59:04dead flower beds at their feet
00:59:06John didn't notice
00:59:08he gazed deeply into her eyes
00:59:10I'm ready Victoria
00:59:12John whispered
00:59:14every universe we've met
00:59:17every timeline
00:59:19every version of me
00:59:21you are the constant
00:59:22you're the one thing I can't change
00:59:25and I'll never want to
00:59:27he placed a flower in her hand
00:59:30it was a tulip
00:59:32not dead, no
00:59:35it was in full bloom
00:59:42you are the one thing I can't do
00:59:48I don't want to
01:00:03Oh, no.
01:00:24Your timing is astounding.
01:00:26Jace is moving?
01:00:28He got a publishing deal.
01:00:30And besides, I mean, nothing's keeping him here anyways, right?
01:00:33I... I'm sorry, I shouldn't be here.
01:00:43So you fall for me.
01:00:45Again and again.
01:00:47You're leaving?
01:00:49What about the line in the book?
01:00:50You left it on my doorstep for a reason.
01:00:54I want to be honest with you one last time.
01:00:57And the only way I thought you'd be willing to listen.
01:01:00After everything I'd done.
01:01:03Yeah.
01:01:04I gotta go.
01:01:05You're not getting off that easy.
01:01:08I need you to be open with me, Jace.
01:01:10Not through a book.
01:01:11I had always run from commitment.
01:01:17I thought I was done with that life.
01:01:19But when we started seeing each other, keeping our secret,
01:01:25I thought I'd keep my old life in the past.
01:01:26But I realized we only connected because of our past.
01:01:34Whether you knew it or not,
01:01:35I am so sorry
01:01:38I didn't let you know the moment I realized.
01:01:41No matter which version of you it is,
01:01:45I keep falling for you.
01:01:47And I'm done running.
01:01:50Don't listen to that.
01:01:51For you before you were, what was that?
01:01:56Don't recognize now I'm looking back.
01:02:00How I adore you again.
01:02:03Where are we running off to then?
01:02:06At the New York City sound.
01:02:07All my love, all my love, I have only love for you.
01:02:17More than enough, more than enough.
01:02:22The simple way we move
01:02:26To this day, this life, this madness
01:02:30You're the constant and the cause
01:02:35For all my love, all my love, I have only love for you.
01:02:44Red Dragon, record by, short drama free.
01:02:47Follow for more.
01:02:52Red Dragon, record by, short drama free.
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