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MAN (over P.A.):This is your final boarding call
for train 20... service toCharlotte, Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia and New York.
Now departing on track 8.
♪ ♪
(sighs)
(flashbulb pops, men laughing)
We said we weren'tgoing to cry.
You said that,I didn't.
Yeah.
I hate this.
Leaving you.
Especially now, knowingI won't be here for you.
At least you won't haveto see me get fat.
I was lookingforward to that.
(chuckles)
I sure never dreamedthis is how we would spend
our first anniversary.
MAN (over P.A.): First boardingcall for Southern Pacific
train number 37,
service to Los Angeleson track 12.
Southern Pacific train number37, service to Los Angeles.
That's us.
(train whistle blows)
Now, I want youto write me every day.
I want to know everything.
How you feel.What you had for breakfast.
Whether I kept it down.
Yes.
(hissing)
Oh, no, no, no.
Caroline, listen,we'll get through this.
Promise you'll come back.
I'll come back,I'll come back, I promise.
(both laughing)
Last call forSouthern Pacific 37.
(sobbing)It's all right.
It's okay.
I'll wait for you.
(train brakes hissing)
(train engine chugging)
Neil!
CAROLINE:Now you have my heart.
Keep it next to yours and bring it safely back to me.
I'll always love you. Caroline.
NEIL:Caroline!
(gasps)
Happy Valentine's Day.
(big band music fades)
There you are, Mrs. Thomas.How you doing today?
Oh, Mr. Williams.
Sit... Sit down.
Don't you look wonderful.
Well, if I do, thatmakes two of us.
I was just saying to myself,it's about time for that
pretty Caroline Thomasto show up.
And there you are,right on schedule.
Wouldn't want to be late.
No, I--I don't suppose you would.
25 years I've been working here,and you haven't been late once.
Nor in the 40 years before that.
I don't know ifI ever told you this,
but back whenI was still teaching,
I always took Valentine's Dayoff to come here.
Can I get you anything?
Uh, water?
Anything?No, no, I... thank you.
I'll just sit here.
I have everything I need.
Well, take care.
MAN (over P.A.):This is your final boarding callfor train 20...
(theme music plays)
(theme music continues)
WOMAN:And we're out.
I've got some new storiesfor us to discuss.
Great. Did you getthat school janitor
who used his savingsto start a scholarship fund?
Uh, Mr. Figueroa does notwant to be interviewed.
But Senator Irving,on the other hand--
being up for reelectionthis year--
was very eager to sharehis thoughts and memories.
His biography and coverage,
his book, more coverage,articles written by him,
articles written about him
and this is heavy on hisvet rehab initiative.
You know, it's notveryAmerican Diary.
Exactly.
And if you getthe right edge,
you get a shotatWorld Profile.
And I'm going with youas your producing partner.
And we will not bestuck in the land
of soft and sappy anymore.
Maybe you need a drinkof water, Julie.
I'll get right on that.
You feeling stuck, Susan?
Not me. I'm good.
So Julie was justpitching Senator Irving.
She said that he'd loveto be interviewed
and he's up for reelection.Human interest.
Senators are human--sometimes interesting.
We're notWorld Profile.
We'reAmerican Diary.
And this is what worksforAmerican Diary.
It's 1944.
A young bride goesto Union Stationon Valentine's Day--
her anniversary, no less--
to send her young Navy pilothusband off to war.
He swears he'll come back,she swears she'll wait.
He goes missing in action.
But 65 years later,she's still living upto her end of the bargain,
by going down to the stationevery Valentine's Day
including this past February,to wait for his train.
And?
That's it.
Well, what elsehas she done?
I mean, has she starteda support group forNavy wives, what?
She goes downto the station.
She waits.
It's a love story.
You know what itreminds me of?
That Japanese dog story.
The one with the Akita who goeslooking for his master
at the train station
ten years after he dies...Susan.
No, it'll be a real tearjerker.
Dogs and old ladies
who wait at train stations
for their deceasedloved ones? Come on.
Lucas Thomas...Susan Allison.
Hi.
I'm the grandson
of the old ladywho waits at
the train stationfor her deceased loved one.
Oh...
Lucas and my nephew Bobby
are old college buddies.
You know, when Bobby toldmy wife that story,
she was desperate to get meto sit you down, Lucas,
and figure out how toget your grandmotheronAmerican Diary.
I can see why the piece
would work for your show,
but I'm just not sure that mygrandmother's the type of person
to pursue something like this.
Thanks for lunch, Craig.
You're very welcome.
Nice meeting you.
Very smooth, Susan.
I'll get the story.
(car door opens, closes)
(knocking on door)
Hello. I'm Susan Allison,fromAmerican Diaryon GNTV.
Hello. I'm sorry, dear, but I'mnot familiar with your program.
Are you Caroline Thomas?
Yes, I am.
Great. Well, we wouldlove to interview you
for our television show.
Me?
I think you havethe wrong person.
Oh, no. I'm pretty surethat it's you.
Oh, well,that's nice, but...
No, thank you.
And, uh, if you'll excuse me,I have a kettle boiling.
Okay, well...
(sighs)
(knocking)
Hi.
Did I say that I wasfromAmerican Diary?
Yes, you mentioned that.(kettle whistling)
But I have no interestin television,
and as you can hear,I'm a bit busy.
I know Lucas.
You're a friend of Lucas?
Well, why didn't yousay that? Come on in.
Make yourself at home.Would you like some tea?
Thank you.
(kettle whistling stops)
What did you say yourname was again, dear?
Um, Susan.Allison.
Ah...
(phone line ringing)
LUCAS (over phone):Hello?
Hello, Lucas?It's Grandma.
You didn't tell me you hada friend coming by today.
Are you coming, too?
What friend?
Uh, Susan Allison?
Something about an interview.
She's there at the house?
Yes, we're having tea.
I'll be right over, Grandma.
Okay, dear.We'll see you soon.
Grandma.
CAROLINE:Hello, dear.
Hey, Grandma.
Ooh, oh, hey!Lucas, hi!
Hello!How are you?
I'm fine. I'm justa little surprised
to see my "friend" here.
You know, I didn't actuallysay that you were my friend.
I just said that I knew you.Hmm.
Wow. This rosebushis beautiful.
Yeah, that bushis dead.
It is not dead.
And it's very special to me.
My husband and I planted ita long time ago.
And when was that?
Uh, Grandma, could you justexcuse us for a moment?
Uh, well, certainly, dear.
Yeah.I'll, uh, I'll get ussome iced tea.
Oh.Sounds great.
There we are.Thank you.
What are youdoing here?
I thought you had no interestin my grandmother.
You know, I think that
I may have given youthe wrong impression.
Really?But...
I'm here now, so...
Five minutes. Please.
(sighs)
We think that it would makethe most beautiful story.
One that would reallyimpact people's lives,
and help themto believe in love.
Kind of like thatJapanese dog story.
Japanese dog story?
Um...
Your story reminds peoplewhat matters most.
What I don't understand is...why me?
There were so many womenwho went through
the same thing I did.My story's no different.
Oh, but it is.
Oh, really?
Please, tell us, whatmakes her story so...
different?
Well, um...
You know, you,you kept the love alive.
I'm sorry, dear. I just don'tthink this is for me.
Lots of womenkept the love alive.
I just kept goingto the station.
JULIE:That is so sad.
To have your whole life revolvearound going to a train station,
waiting for someonewho's never coming back.
Julie, it's nother whole life.
It is one day a year.
Aw. You spend that much timeevery weekend waiting for me
to come back from golf.
Susan spends that much time
every few weeks going to theairport to wait for Andrew.
The difference being,I get off the plane.
SUSAN:Uh, usually.
One time. One timeI didn't make my flight.
(sighs)Well, um...
I'm here now.
Cooking for you, serving you.
Oh, I knew it.
The candles and the flowers.
You're buttering me up forsomething. Okay, let me guess.
You have accepted an eight-monthassignment in Uzbekistan.
(laughs)
A lifetime assignment.
That's an engagement ring.
That's, uh, what I saidthe minute I saw it.
I said, "Now, that'san engagement ring!"
And your answer is...?
You never asked the question.
I never askedthe question?
What do you think I was sayingwhen I gave you the ring,
uh, "Want to go see a movie?"
The appropriate words wouldhave been, "Will you marry me?"
And maybe you could havedone it in private.
I wanted to share the momentwith our friends, our...
our very good friendswho probably haven'tstopped whispering
"Poor Andrew" out there.Okay, so what didyou want me to do?
Just say "yes" for their benefitand then back out later on?
You're saying no?
(sighs) No, I...
I don't know.
I thought we'd talked aboutgetting married one day.Yeah!
We did, as in"If we ever..."Should we just go?
My car keys and jacketare in there.
We're, we're good together,we get along.
How do you even knowif we get along, Andrew?
You're always in Guatemala,or Rwanda,
or the backside of Egypt.It's what I do!
I go to places,and I take pictures.
You want me tochange what I do?
No.
You want to break up?
Andrew, there isa huge difference
between saying no to amarriage proposal immediately
than breaking up.
(clears throat)
I'll, uh, call you.Or you'll call me.
Whatever, I...
Keep the ring,think about it, and
when I getback from Fiji...
Fiji, right.
What?
Nothing.
By the time you get back,you will have forgiven me
for embarrassing youin front of our friends,
and I will notfeel weird anymore
that you put me on the spot,
and everything will just...
go back to normal.
Promise me you'llthink about it?
About us.
I will, I promise.
(sighs)
Hey, good night,you guys.
Oh, okay.Night, buddy.
Good night,Andrew.
(sighs)
That must've been awfulfor you guys, I'm so sorry.
There's just a lotto think about.
Yeah, what is thereto think about?
You guys have knowneach other for years.
He's a great guy.
He's an incredible guy.
Right. So, what moredo you want?
I don't know.
Okay. Okay.
Um... why don't you tell mewhat's really going on?
If you're going to spendyour life with somebody,
don't you wantto feel excited?
(sighs)Thrilled, even?
I mean, isn't theresupposed to be...
(whispers): magic?
Look, I just...I want you to remember
that good guys arereally hard to come by.
Remember that whenI'm out golfing.
Got it.
I'm crossing my fingersfor you two.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Good night.
I just... oh.
I don't want you toregret this decision
somewhere down theroad, that's it.
Okay?Okay.
Okay. I'll call you tomorrow.
(door closes)
(knocking on door)
(sighs)
Hello?
(cell phone rings)
Ooh. Hello?
JULIE:Hi. Why aren't youin the editing room?
'Cause I'm meetingCaroline Thomas again.
Until I get that interview,she's my new best friend.
Right.
But, uh, who is goingto edit your segment?
We are, we're already behind.
Um, you are.
Because you're brilliant, okay?So just cover for me?
Craig wants this done,like, now.
Listen, I gotta go.
Hey, there.
You don't believe incalling ahead, do you?
Phones can be hung up.
What happens when someonesays "no" to you?
Uh, never really happens.
Oh, you should get out more.
Where is she?
Oh, she's probably gettingready to go and didn't hear you.
Go?She's got a standingdate on Saturdays.
Maybe she'll take you along.
On a date?
She's got a real soft spotfor military men.
Uh, I'll just...
I'll wait here.
CAROLINE:Here's my fisherman.
Oh and, Dave, I knowyou like sports, I know that.
That's a new one.Okay. Thank you.
Hi.
Hello.
Would you likea magazine?
"Vilify the New York Yankees
"all you want, but quite simply,
the Yankees are greatfor baseball."
Says who?
(laughter)
Oh, come on.
Well, that's whatit says, anyway.
"It is precisely their statusas the most hatedIsn't it painful?
franchise in sports history..."Seeing all thesemen who've returned?
Now we're talking."This year, yet again,She gets indignant when people
get it wrong aboutwho's really in pain here."they lead the league
in both spending and revenue."
I don't hate them.
I just wish they wouldn't beatthe teams I like better.
SUSAN:So, you think she's going to let me do the story?
Don't know.
Well, you do havesome influence on her.
Well, I won't use it.
Not even if I can convinceyou it's a good thing?
It's not my decision to make.
I'll supportwhatever she decides.
Fair enough.
You know, I think it'ssweet that you support her.
We support each other.
After she lost my grandfather,
her whole life wastaking care of others.
My father,her students, me,
these men.
She was 20 years old.
I want to take careof her now.
You're a very unusual guy.
I don't think so.
What, you don't help
and supportyour family?
Um, basically my family'sall in Boston.
We're not close, really.
My... my dad dieda few years ago,
and my mom and I don't really--we don't see each other, so...
I'm rambling.
And I'm sorryabout that.
Is your lowerback bothering you?
No, it's fine.
Maybe you should trystretching out your hips.
You might findyour flexors are tight.
And...
you weren't rambling.
We were talking.
Yeah, I think your grandmother'sprobably done now, so...
(chuckles)
So why do you do this?
Honestly?
(sighs)
At first I--
I was hoping I'd find my Neil.
There were so manywounded men.
And I kept telling myselfanything's possible.
And then, it changed for you?
Yeah, I... I guess it did.
It made me feel goodto, you know, to help.
Even now.
I'm from a generation
who honors service.
To our country, to each other.
(sighs)
Maybe that sounds old-fashionedto a lot of people.
I don't know about that.
Doesn't sound old-fashionedto me.
But it does sound
like a Thomas family trait.
I like this one.
(both laughing)
Well, I hate to leavegood company,
but I've got somework to catch up on.
Oh, that's all right, Lucas.
And thank you for today.
No problem, Grandma.
Same time next week.
It was good to seeyou again, Susan.
Yeah, I really enjoyed it.
Me, too.
Oh, here.
Thank you.
So what does...what does Lucas do?
You don't know?
He's a physical therapist.
He's about to be published.
Really?
He wrote an exercise book.
So, this has been lovely.
What's next?
Next?
Uh, do you bring inthe cameras, or...?
You're going to letme do the story!
Oh, thank you!
Sorry.
Okay, um... Wow.
Ultimately, we would justlike to get you on tape
telling your sideof the story
in your own words,but in the meantime...
I don't much believein meantime.
Life happens in real time.
How soon do you want to start?
CAROLINE:I hope it's okay if we dothe interview like this.
I... I'll feel morenatural if I'm busy.
Natural is perfect.
Who could wantmore than natural?
Okay, are you ready to start?
Just in my own words?
However you want to tell it.
All right, uh...
I guess we have to startat the beginning.
Although with Neil and me
it's hard to knowwhere it all began.
Uh... I'd known him forever--since grade school.
About a year before graduation,his family moved away,
and we lost touch.
I didn't seen him againtill '43.
(big band music playing)
By then, of course, the war was on.
We planted victory gardens,
collected scrap metal and rubber for recycling.
Everywhere you looked, there was a reminder.
Everyone seemed to have something to do
behind the scenes for the war effort.
That's because we all had
someone we loved "over there."
Folks put stars in their windows
to show how many family members they had overseas.
Everyone was united, bound together
in a sense of patriotism.
I was doing my part by working for the USO.
Caroline?
Caroline Jensen?
Neil. (stammers)
I-I-I can't believe this.
I...
Jenny, Jenny, look who's here.
You remembermy sister?Yes, yeah.
JENNY:Neil Thomas.
Well, you look better thana man has a right to.
You do, too.
I mean, you both look good...
You both look...
You look real good.
(slow ballad playing)
♪ I don't want to setthe world on fire... ♪
Hey, don't do that.
It's delicious.
Come here.
♪ I just want to start ♪
Good?Mm-hmm.
♪ A flame in your heart... ♪
So you're a pilot?Mm-hmm.
Does that meanyou'll have to...?
Um, I'm stateside for now.
A flight training officer--
I'll be working at the NavalAviation Reserve Base.
So, um...
maybe you won't have to...
you know.Oh...
I... who knows?
♪ No other will do... ♪
♪ I've lost all ambitionfor worldly acclaim ♪
♪ I just want to bethe one you love ♪
♪ And with your admissionthat you feel the same ♪
♪ I'll have reached the goalI'm dreaming of, believe me ♪
♪ I don't want to setthe world on fire... ♪
Oh, she was fit to be tied.
It's true.
(continues on radio):♪ I just want to start ♪
♪ A flame in your heart. ♪
MAN (on radio):And now the Mills Brothers
for all of our sweetheartsout there.Oh.
♪ Stars shiningbright above you ♪
Oh, I love this song.
Don't you?♪ Night breezes seem ♪
♪ To whisper "I love you" ♪Yeah, it... It's good.
♪ Birds singingin the sycamore tree ♪
♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪
♪ Say "nighty-night"and kiss me... ♪
I was feeling awfully guiltyabout having a safe, cushy job.
But then I saw you.
And all of a sudden, I...
Caroline, this may not bethe best time to say this,
but these days youcan't put things off.
When I think back about whenwe were growing up together,
I-I remember so many things.
But for the life of me...
I can't remember a time whenI... I wasn't in love with you.
I wish you'd say something.
(sighs)
I sure wish you'd kiss me.
♪ Sweet dreams that leaveall worries behind you ♪
♪ But in your dreams,whatever they be... ♪
CAROLINE:It took us all of a week to get engaged...
♪ A little dream of me. ♪
...and another three days to get married.
One thing peoplewere learning from that war
was not to waste any time.
You knew betterthan to let love slip away.
JULIE:Have you talked to Andrew?
SUSAN:Phone tag, mostly.
We talk to eachother's machines.
Oh. You decide anything?
About the ring?
Oh, the ring, the man.
You push me morethan he does.
Of course I push youmore than he does.
I talk to youmore than he does.
Yeah, that's the problem.
Yeah, since when?
I thought you likedhaving your independence.
You've got thisgreat guy.
The two of you jet around theworld doing your own things.
I would kill for that kindof freedom.
Yeah, well...
(panting)
I think I might needmore than that.
LUCAS: I'm going to have youback up in there swinging away,
but we're not goingto do that quite yet.
Here's a cool littleexercise you guys can do.
Turn aroundreal quick here.
All right.
Now, I want you to takethis in your left hand.
Right here-- hold it righthere with your left hand.
And then, we're goingto unclip you here.
Uh, this might hurta little bit, now.
All right, I want you totake the movement
just ever soslightly...
Ooh, you feelthat right there?
Don't go past that.
SUSAN:You were great with that kid out there.
Yeah, he wasbeing scouted,
and then he torehis rotator cuff.
He thought his lifewas over,
'cause he couldn'tpitch anymore.
Oh. You'll get himpitching again?Yeah.
Eventually.
It's a slow, hard recovery.
It takes you off the fast trackof having to win.
So, what about you?
Do you miss the fast track?
What do you mean?
Sorry. I Googled you.
Reporter. Bad habit.
Okay. And what did you find?
Well, Mr. Thomas,I read that you
were a star point guardin college,
and then afteryou graduated,
you became a strength trainerfor the NBA,
and a few yearsafter that,
one day, suddenly,you just resigned.
What happened?
Pretty important jobto just walk away from.
Um, well, uh...
not if you lookat the people who do it.
Um, many of them are divorced.
Their kids barelyknow them.
I just figuredI wanted more
than travelingfrom city to city
with a bunch of guys.
And I... I thought
that my grandmotherwas your subject here.
Yeah. She is.
(chuckles)
And you're hereto talk about her?
My hips.
The flexors.
Oh, um... okay.Yeah.
Well, I've got a couple minutesbefore my next appointment,
if you want me to showyou some stretches.
That would be great.
Okay.
Um, well, uh, kickoff your shoes.
Oh, I don't... I don'ttake my heels off, so...
Okay.
Uh... okay, let's startwith a lunge, then.
Uh, let's goright leg forward.
Okay.And left knee down.
Ooh...Wait, let me... let mehelp you out there.
Okay.Okay. All right.
Now, what I wantyou to do is,
I want you to leanback into me.
(softly)Okay.
Feel that stretch.
You feel it?Ooh! You know what?
That... that is probablymy fiancé.
Yep, that's him. Hello.
Andrew, hey.
Thank you so much.
Yes, uh-huh...(phone ringing)
Oh, well, that's...that's weird.
(laughs) Hello?
Andrew, hi. Thank you.
JULIE: It's Julie.Why are you calling me Andrew?
Really, it's... feels better.
Okay.
(sighs)
CAROLINE:My uncle sold us this house...
for $100 down and $50 a month. ♪ You've got toaccentuate the positive ♪
♪ Eliminate the negative,and latch on... ♪
We couldn't wait to see what we could do with it.
♪ To the affirmative, don't messwith Mr. In-Between ♪
♪ You got to spread joyup to the maximum... ♪
The wood was rotten and termite-ridden.
♪ Have faith ♪
But it was ours.
The first thing we had together.
♪ Liable to walkupon the scene ♪
I wouldn't have taken back one glorious moment
of bringing this house to life with my Neil.
The planks of wood, the nails,
the paint, the seasonal garden,
all touched by his hands.
He's so much a part of this house.
He made me a paradise before he left.
And then, my mother gave mea lot of her old furniture.
That rocker in there?
I was sitting in that rocker when Neil proposed.
We imagined lots of children running through the yard
Neil said, "Surely we'll need a fence to keep them all in."
(laughing)
♪ Eliminate the negative ♪
♪ And latch onto the affirmative ♪
♪ Don't messwith Mr. In-Between ♪
♪ No, don't mess withMr. In-Between. ♪
("Dream a Little Dream of Me"playing)
♪ Stars shining brightabove you ♪
♪ Night breezes seemto whisper... ♪
Can I have this dance?
♪ "I love you" ♪
♪ Birds singingin the sycamore tree ♪
♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪
♪ Say "nighty-night" ♪
♪ And kiss me ♪
♪ Just hold me tight ♪
♪ And tell me you'll miss me ♪
♪ While I'm aloneand blue as can be ♪
♪ Dream a little dreamof me... ♪
(laughs):Stop. Stop.
Stop. Caroline!
Stop!
♪ Stars fading ♪
♪ But I linger on, dear ♪
♪ Oh, how you linger on ♪
♪ Still craving your kiss ♪
♪ How you crave my kiss ♪
♪ Now I'm longing ♪
♪ To linger till dawn, dear ♪
♪ Just saying this ♪
♪ Give me a little kiss ♪
♪ Sweet dreams ♪
♪ Till sunbeams find you ♪
♪ Sweet dreams ♪
♪ That leaveall worries behind you ♪
♪ But in your dreams ♪
♪ Whatever they be... ♪
CAROLINE:We didn't go anywhere for a honeymoon,
but nobody ever had a better one.
♪ Dream a little dream of me. ♪
It lasted a year, to the day.
ANNOUNCER (over radio):American planes have carried out
the greatest daylight operationof the war
against unannounced targetsin Germany.
The Allies have turned back
repeated German counterattacksat Anzio.
Russian forces have moved closerto Rostov,
and the Pacific offensivecontinues.
For details, Admiral Radio takesyou now to CBS Pearl Harbor.
Webley Edwards reporting.
EDWARDS:The Central Pacific Forcesare pouring it on,
the Japanese are rocking backon their heels.
Their plan to dominatethe island...
Are you worriedthat you might have to go?
I think I shouldbe going.
I mean, if I don'tdo my part...
You are...doing your part.
And this way, you'll havea much better chance
of being here20 years from now.
I can't... I can't thinklike that, Caroline.
I just...
(sighs)
CAROLINE:I knew that if he had the courage to risk dying,
I had to have the courage to risk living.
So I just concentrated on feeling close to him.
(lively 1940s pop music playing)
(airplane engine humming)
(sniffles)
I wrote him every day.
Sometimes twice.
Take it easy.
Okay. Oh.
♪ ♪
(music continues over radio)
Mr. Myers!
Hi.
Looks like this letter'sfrom someone
with the same last nameas yours.
(laughs) Thanks.
NEIL:Dearest Caroline, I miss you.
Here's a present for my Navy wife
and a plane I whittled for our little one.
We shipped out of San Francisco
and made it to Pearl Harbor in seven days.
Because we're replacements,
we're awaiting assignments to a carrier.
The fighting right now is in
the Marianas and Caroline Islands,
east of the Philippines.
The Marines are taking one island at a time,
while the Navy is claiming the air and sea.
As for me, I... I think about you every minute.
I keep your Valentine in my pocket, next to my heart,
to remind myself that one day this will all be behind us
and we'll be together again.
"Sometimes I forget where I amfor a split second
"and look around,half-expecting to see you,
and there's some ugly sailorlooking back at me."
(chuckling)
The rest is mine.
How I lived for these.
Sometimes I'd go weeks on endwithout hearing a word,
then I'd get several at once.
The mood in the neighborhood always got tentative
when Western Union had to make a delivery.
That's what everyone dreaded the most...
getting a telegram.
Hey, there, kids.
Is your mom in back?
I have a telegram
for you, ma'am.
(sobs)
I'm very sorry, ma'am.
But life went marching on...
sometimes at a gallop.
(gasping)
(baby crying)
REPORTER (over radio):It was announced this morning
that the combined forces of theAllied Pacific Fleet and Army,
under the direction of GeneralDouglas MacArthur,
launched attacks againstJapanese forces
throughoutthe Philippine Islands.
In the largest naval armadain American history,
the Pacific Fleet assembledat dawn and began
to engage the enemy on landand sea.(baby fussing)
The U.S. Fifth Army, supportedby naval and air bombardments...
♪ You'll never knowjust how much I miss you ♪
♪ You'll never knowjust how much I care ♪
See the airplane Daddymade for you?
Daddy's flying in his airplaneright now,
(sniffles)and he's thinking about you.
♪ I still couldn't hidemy love for you ♪
♪ You ought to know ♪
Shh...
♪ Why haven't I told you so ♪
♪ A million or more times? ♪
♪ You went away, and my heartwent with you ♪
♪ I speak your namein my every breath ♪
♪ If there is some other wayto prove that I love you ♪
♪ I swear, I don't know how ♪
♪ You'll never know ♪
♪ If you don't know now. ♪
Mrs. Caroline Thomas?(stifled sob)
(weeping)I'm sorry!
Maybe you want to...
call somebody, ma'am.
You do have someone youcan call, don't you?"The Navy Department regrets
"to inform youthat your husband Neil Thomas
is missing following action..."
(baby fussing nearby)
He's not dead.
I mean, they don't know.
(sniffles)
"Missing" isn't dead.
No.
(baby wailing)
Shh...
(baby crying)
My husband's not dead.
(sniffles)
"Missing's" not dead.
That day,the real waiting began.
I believe I'll go inthe house now.
Caroline,are you okay?
Uh, just a littletired, that's all.
Okay, we'll give hera few minutes.
When she comes back,we can...
Okay.
Call 911!
Caroline!Caroline!
Hey, hey.
Hey, she's in ICU.
They said for youto just go back.
Craig said to let himknow how it goes.
I just hope this isn'tour fault.
WOMAN (over P.A.): Dr. Lewis,call extension 4324.
Dr. Lewis, extension 4324.
You're still here.
Yeah, I was worried.I'm worried.
She had a mild heart attack.
They're just gonna runsome tests and see
how muchdamage was done.I'm so sorry.I feel responsible.
No. No, no, no, don't.Yeah, but if...
if talking about this stirredsomething up for her...
Look, in the past few days
she has been the happiestthat I have ever seen her.
She's gotten to bethat girl in love again.
Here. It got cold.
Thanks.
Well, I hope when I'm 80that I have somebody
like you totake care of me.
Like me? (laughs): No.
She's way strongerthan I am.
I just fill in. I...
(sighs)
I just want to make things rightfor her.
Yeah, I...I knowthat that's what you do.
You know,you mend people.
How are you gonna fix a heartthat's not broken?
She was a girlwhen he went missing.
She never had anyone else.
Just one love, her entire life.
Who even gets that?
The real thing?
(sighs):Hey...
This isn't heartbreak.
She just never gave up on love.
WOMAN (over P.A.):Dr. Davis, report to ICU.
I, uh, should getback in there.
Um...Yeah.
Thanks for waiting.
Sure. Yeah.
Of course. Um, hey,you know, here's, um...
here's my information.
So just, you can call meat home, if she needs...
Okay.anything...
Okay.
CRAIG:It's over.
Well, can't we justput it on hold?
Give her a couple of weeks,and then see how she's doing?
And then what?Rush her back
and push her into havinganother heart attack,
and her family sues us?
Who else can wemove up?
(phone rings)
Hey, it's Susan.
ANDREW:Susan, my fiancée?
Susan, who thought we werenot going
to talk about this untilyou got back.
How's Fiji?
Ah, beautiful, romantic,
lonesome.
I can't wait to see you.
Yeah? So whenare you coming home?
I don't know.I've, uh, met these guys
who builtthis unbelievable boat.
They've asked me to stayfor a while
after the assignment's over.
Maybe, you know,do a little sailing.
I thought you couldn't waitto see me.
I can't!
But, Susan, this isa once-in-a-lifetime thing.
Yeah, okay.
Well, enjoy youronce-in-a-lifetime, and, uh...
try not to get lonesome.
I'll call you soon.
Bye.
(phone rings)
Hello?
LUCAS:Hello, yourself.
Oh, h... hi. Um...
How is she?
She's kind of fragile, but thedoctors think she'll mend.
She asked about you.
She asked about me?
She wanted to seehow you were holding up.
Hey, why don't you answeryour door?
Because there's nobody...
Uh...
Well, you can't sayI didn't call
before I showed up.
Yeah, and you can't saythat I wasn't smiling
when I told youthat you can't stay.
I have homework.
Homework?
Yeah, I'm goingto D.C. tomorrow,
and I have some reading.
Okay. Well, then I guess
I will see you whenyou get back.
Okay.
Uh, hey...
I guess I should tell you
my boss Craig,he doesn't think
that the interview stuff isso good for your grandmother,
so he canceled the project.
Wow.
Um, I... I guess
my-my grandmother will bereally disappointed.
Um, so what areyou gonna do now?
Interview softiesand do-gooders.
I mean...
What are yougonna do... now?
I knew I should not haveopened this door.
You want me to leave?
No.
But I think you have to.
So...
(sighs)
SENATOR: Well, you have to knowwhat you stand for, don't you?
And beyond that, a certaincourage of conviction.
I've been blessed.
And every struggle
along the way has broughtits own rewards.
But, hey, don't make itsound as if I'm through.
I-I still intend to bemaking waves as long as
the voters believe in me.
For many years to come,I'm sure.
That's great, guys.Thank you, Senator.
Thank you for giving meso much of your time.My pleasure. My pleasure.
Please let me know when it'sgoing to air, so I can watch it.
And if there's anythingI can do for you
while you're here in Washington,why, let me know.
Thank you.
You know, actually...
(cell phone ringing)
Hello.
SENATOR:Ms. Allison? Max Irving.
We found that informationfor you.
(chuckles):Wow, that was fast.
My assistant'se-mailing it to you now.
Thank you, Senator, really.
No problem.
Sounds good.Great.
(cell phone ringing)
Hey, what's up?
SUSAN: Hey, you know what?I need you to do me a favor.
Uh, I'm gonnaforward you an e-mail.
I need to know how to contactany living relatives
of a man namedBillings, Jeffrey.
Somewhere around Lubbock, Texas.
(phone beeps)
Ooh, that's Lucas.
I got to go.
Lucas?
(dial tone)
Hey.
LUCAS:Hey.
How's our girl?
She's asleep right now.
She's tougher than she looks.
Sweetie.
Thank you.
And my, uh, my folksare in from New York,
so that'll be a nice surprisefor her when she wakes up.
How's D.C.?
Uh, mission accomplished,actually.
I'm changing my flightand heading to Texas.
Texas?
Do you know what was doneto find your grandfather
after he was declared missing?
Um, everything that couldbe done, I'm pretty sure.
I know that my grandmotherstayed after the Navy for years.
And did you know that there weretwo American survivors
on the last missionthat your grandfather flew?
Just one.
A guy named Roberts.
He's not a survivoranymore, though.
He, uh, he died shortly afterhe came back stateside.
Actually, there was another one.
Guy by the name ofJeff Billings.
The Navy had a reportthat he'd been rescued.
Unfortunately, there wasa little paperwork snafu,
and he was officially classifiedas killed in the line of duty,
until seven years ago, when heactually died of natural causes.
Then the paperwork gotstraightened out.
And I'm guessingthat your grandmother
had stopped looking by then.
Not to mention, it was probablya little late for him
to tell us anythingreally useful.
Well, dead men talkall the time, Lucas.
Hi.
Mr. and Mrs.Billings?
I'm Susan Allison.
I spoke with you last nightfrom D.C.
I'm Anne.
Hi.
And this is Glenn.
How do you do, ma'am?
You're thetelevision lady?
Yeah, that's me.
The television lady.
(chuckles) Can I get yousomething to drink?
SUSAN:I'm fine, really.
Thank you for agreeingto speak to me.
Don't know how muchwe can help you, ma'am.
Um, I grew up listeningto all my daddy's war stories,
and I do remember him talkingabout the lieutenant--
that's who saved his life--
but he never did knowwhat became of him.
Wait a minute.
Lieutenant Thomas savedyour father's life?
Yes, ma'am.
They got shot downover Manila Bay,
and they was bothhit pretty bad.
They parachuted to the ground,hid out in the jungle
on the Bataan Peninsulauntil a local was able to get
my daddy backto the Americans.
Well, if they were ableto help your father,
then how comeLieutenant Thomas...?
They had this little cart.
It was only big enoughto hide one man,
and the lieutenantrefused to go.
He said my daddy was
way worse than he was,and they could just
send somebody back after him.
It's all in the letter.
What letter?
It was the first letter
my daddy wrote back homeafter he got rescued.
Anyway, that...
that was the last timemy daddy saw the lieutenant.
Tried to look him up after thewar, but all he could find out
was that he'd been listedas missing in action.
So Lieutenant Thomasjust stayed there in the jungle?
Well, they'dmet some men.
Tribesmen and a coupleof rebel fighters.
At least he wasn't alone.
Here you go, honey.
My daddy wrote it all down.
And I think my mama kept it inthe Bible,
just to remind herself thateverything's in God's hands.
I think mydaddy would want
the lieutenant's wifeto have that, ma'am.
MAN:Here we go.
(chuckles)Home at last, huh?
Hey, you!
Hey. I heard the hospitallet you go
'cause you were too muchfor them to handle.
(chuckles)
How are you?
Oh, glad to see you,that's how I am.
Welcome back.Soon as you put himdown, we can talk.
Oh.(laughter)
Let me introduce youto my parents.
This ismy mother Maggie.
Hi.That's my father Neil, Jr.This is Susan.
Hi, nice tomeet you.Hi.
I feel as ifwe already know you
just from watching your show.
Oh, I'm gladyou enjoy it.
I have a surprise for you.
Neil, your father savedthis man's life.
He had a chanceto be rescued,
and he put the man's life first.
SUSAN:Jeff Billings never knewwhat became of your husband,
but in that letter,he mentions a tribesman, Morang.
I'm gonnacheck it out.
Do you think it's possibleyou could find him?
Somebody somewhere knowswhat happened in that jungle.
And I'm gonna find out.
I promise.
You promised?It was a bitoptimistic, I admit,
but I still thinkI can do it.
And with your own workbeing so totally irrelevant.
Um, this is my work.
You're the one whoput me on the story.
And I took you off.Remember that part?
Yeah, but I thinkif you and I...No.
Please, justlet me explain.No. No.
(sighs)
Fine.
Then you know what,I'll see you in a week.
It's been three yearssince I've had a vacation,
and I'm feelinga bit run down.
Are you serious?Yep.
Job might not be herewhen you get back.
Okay.
If that's how you feel.
Can you reason with her?
I never side with Craig, butall you have is a man's name.
No. Actually,I have a place.
Bataan Peninsula.
Yeah, but you don'tknow he's from there.
Morang was a native.
The-The letter saysthat he was a native.
So? I'm a nativeof New Jersey.
This is notNew Jersey.
Look, I am not gonnalet Caroline Thomas die
without the answersthat she has been looking for.
Because you're fallingfor her grandson.
Wow. You know what,I teetered on the brink,
but Caroline--I care about her.
Susan, whathappened?
What happened?!
Nothing.
Almost nothing.
What about Andrew?
I am working on it, okay?
And I'm gonnaback away from Lucas.
Okay, because you seem toreally like this guy...
Look, can we just talk aboutsomething else, okay?
I'm backing away from Lucas.
Look at me.
Backing.
No Lucas.
Got it.
Hey.
Brought yousomething.
This will keep youflexible, healthy
and hopefully...happy.
Wow.
It does all that?
Well, it will, soon as Iteach you how to use it.
Well, I-I can't accept it.
Look, I know how busyyou are with work,
and now you're runningaround for my grandmother.
I just, I thought,when does she have time
to take careof herself?
I run.
It also comeswith flowers.
Just a friendlyreminder
to take a moment, stop,
lean forward, with your spineproperly aligned and...
smell the roses.
I love roses.
I can't.
Why not?
It's just a gift.
For all you've done.
I think maybe we shouldjust keep this friendly.
Friendly.
Okay.
Friendly, it is.
I like you.
But I am involvedwith someone else.
And I...
(sighs)
...need to decide how Ifeel about him-him first.
Mm-hmm.
You had to go and say that,didn't you?
Now I just like you more.
(engine starts)
(water running)
(water stops)
(spits)
SUSAN:Is that as exact as you can get?
Just "north of Orion Bataan"?
Okay, well, what aboutthe map coordinates?
Did the pilot notethe coordinates?
Uh-huh.
Didn't I tell you?
He's becoming a superstararound here.
You're right, Mom.
Look at allthis stuff. Wow!
Oh, I couldn't be more proud.
I don't know. It's a littleembarrassing, if you ask me.
Why?
I just hope that we geta big enough crowd.
I mean, who's gonna want
a signed copy ofan exercise book?
You have helpedso many people.
They want to meet you.
MAGGIE:And we'll be here.
Why not ask Susan?
Oh, she's cute.
Okay, you guys, stop,all right?
She's got a boyfriend.
It's not gonna happen.
Oh, I'm sorry.
It looked like therewas something there.
No, there'snothing there.
Oh, I agree with Grandma.
She looked interestedto me.
Well, she mentionedsome other guy acouple times now.
I got the picture.
Well, don't be soquick to dismiss it.
You like her, I can tell.
Maybe this person she talksabout isn't the one.
(doorbell rings)
Hey!Hey.
What are you doing here?!
I got back a day early.
Well, I wish that youwould have called me,
'cause I could'vecome and picked you up.
Well, if you want,I'll let you driveme back tomorrow.
So, you're leaving againtomorrow?
No. No! No, no, no, no!
Let me, let me start over.I am sorry.
I've been on a planefor 12 hours,
and I need a hug.
Okay.
Wow.
Why all the research?
Is that Bataan?
What's going on?
Remember the storythat I told you
I was doing about the lady
whose husband she lost inWorld War II?
Yeah.Well, I'm tryingto help her find him.
After 60 years?
Yeah, except now I knowwhere he was
and the name of the manwho saw him last.
Morang...Mm-hmm.
Do you still haveany contacts in
the Philippines thatmight be able to help?
Uh, yeah, I still have
a few contacts there.
I haven't spoken to themin a while, though.
You know, it'sthe love of her life,
and she still has no idea
what happened to him.
Well, hey, that's allyou had to say.
I'll do anything for love.
I don't want to hurt you.
Right. No, of course not.
I'm sorry, Andrew.
We're just not ready.
Yeah.
I was hoping that maybe, uh...
But I had a feeling.
We're just not therefor each other.
And that's not... that'snot your fault, andit's not my fault.
It just...it is what it is.
Are you seeing somebody?
No.
Why-Why would you...?
No, I'm... I'm... not.
(whistles) Um...
Can you e-mail me
everything you've found onyour missing soldier?
Yeah.
But... what about us?
Shouldn't we talk about that?
Not right now.
I, uh...
I'm the one who's gotsome thinking to do now.
ANDREW:I'll call a fewof my contacts over there.
Maybe one of them knowssomebody who knows somebody.
It's kind ofa long shot.Thank you...
for being so incredibly decent.
IRVING: Well, you have to knowwhat you stand for, don't you?
And beyond that,it's courage of conviction.
And in this case...
(Irving continues indistinctly)
♪ ♪
Hello. Would you mindsigning this?
I can't.
Why not?
I didn't write it.
(chuckles)
I am so sorry.
Your grandmother called meand told me to stop by.
This is really nice for you.
Congratulations.
Oh, thanks. Thanks a lot.
Um, hey, did she tell youthat she's already reading
to the veterans again?
I'm so glad thatshe's doing well.
Yeah.
Listen, about the lasttime that we talked...
You, you do not need to explain.
No, actually, I...I feel like I should.
And I was gonna call you, but...
I'm-I'm really sorry,but I've got to finish
this signing here. Um...
Maybe we can talk another time.
Sure.
He's with that nice woman...
(chuckling)
You're back.
Yeah, I'm back.
What happenedto Mission Impossible?
Andrew's working on it.
I'm gonna keep mypromise to Caroline.
But right now, I havea career to salvage.
There's something I wassupposed to tell you.
Hey. Hey!
I just found outa few minutes ago.(scoffs, stammers)
What is going onin my office?
You don't have an office.You quit.
Uh...
uh, I did not quit!
Well, maybe I misunderstood.
Well, we were hopingyou'd come back,
so we fixed upa cubicle for you.
A cubicle?
Oh, careful.
(whistle blows)Hut!
Why made you decide to startthis scholarship fund?
I couldn't affordto go to college.
Just wantedto help some good kids
reach their full potential.Looks good.
Hey, Andrew, it's Susan.
I haven't heard from you, socall me, okay, whenever you can.
Let me know where you are.(phone beeps)
RECORDING:This mailbox is full.
Excuse me. Oh, hi.
How does it feel to know thatyou're inspiring people
all across the nation to unitebehind a common cause?
(phone rings)
(panting)
(panting):Andrew? Hey! I can't believe...
I've-I've been trying youfor weeks!
I thought you blocked my number.
No, I was working, and, uh...
trying to get beyond us.
I'm sorry.
No, it's fine.You were right. It's...
It's for the best.I'm, I'm never there.
In fact, I'm actuallyin, uh, Abucay in Bataan
and... I've got someinformation for you.
(tires screech)
Caroline!
Whoo! Caroline, that man Morang!
We found him.
(gasps)
So, so I can see Mr.Morang on... on the TV?
SUSAN:Yes, and he'll be ableto see you.
It's almost like you're inthe same room.
Just amazing.
You all right, Grandma?
Okay, we are just aboutat show time.
Ah, there we go.
WOMAN:Okay, Mr. Morang,you're on.
Hello. Mrs. Thomas?
Hello, Mr. Morang.
Please call me Caroline.
Caroline.Yeah.
It's an honor to finally meetyou, after so much time.
Oh, yes.
I'm thankfulfor the opportunity.
I-I could never have imaginedit'd be possible.
Mr. Morang, do you know whathappened to my husband?
Yes, I know.
The first time I saw him, he was already badly hurt.
(gasps)
Americano.
No. Help... help him.
Help him first.
MORANG:His friend was also in bad shape.
He's a dead man.
Please, just help him first.
Help him. Help him. Help...
He was a good man.
(groaning)
Where you... whereyou taking me?
She will take youto the Americans.
No. Uh, take him first.
It will takemore than a week.
He won't makethe trip.
Just give him a chance.
There is only roomfor one.
She won't risk again.
Take him.
(men speaking native language)
It's okay.It's okay, Billings.
(groaning)
(men speaking native language)
Home safe, Billings.
Home safe.
Hungry?
MORANG:Thomas kept a picture of you and his baby boy,
always in his pocket.
CAROLINE:Now you have my heart.
Keep it next to yours and bring it safely back to me.
I'll always love you.
Caroline.
MORANG:Many times I remember
him asking God to keep you safe.
Thomas got stronger by the dayand joined us.
Sometimes, enemy Japanesepatrols would come by.
If we saw them,we would kill them.
Sometimes,they would forget to come,
so we would go looking.
It's all right, Morang.
It's all right.
♪ ♪
Down! Down!
(gunfire)
Down! Down!
(Neil groaning)
Thomas!
(Neil gasping)
Get in the boat.
(gunfire continues)
Get him to safety.You're hurt.
Come. Come.Get him to safety!
(gunfire continues)
I'll be back.
(gunfire continues)
The Lord is my shepherd.
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie downin green pastures.
He leadeth mebeside still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me in the paths
of righteousnessfor his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through thevalley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil...
for Thou art with me.
Caroline.
(tapping)
MORANG: We buried Thomas by the cliffs.
CAROLINE:Mr. Morang...
Do you thinkyou could find that place again?
I remember.
(sobs)
Okay, so take oneand three.
Thanks.
LUCAS:All these years.
Now she knows.
I really don't knowhow to thank you enough.
I'm really gladI could do that for her.
Uh, Julie's almostdone inside,
and then we'll beout of your way
so you can havesome family time.
You don't want to stay?
No, I don't... I don'twant to intrude.
I'd like it if you would.
Uh, after your book signing,
I kind of thought you neverwanted to see me again.
I... I'm sorry.
I guess I was justa little disappointed
after I saw youwith your boyfriend.
What? When was that?
Couple daysbefore the book signing.
You were with some guy.
You were hugging himwith some enthusiasm.
Yeah, that... that wasn't...
It was good-bye.
Good-bye, huh?
So what happens now?
Now...
uh, the Navy isgoing to bring
your grandfather's bodyback to the States.
Start theidentification process,
which is long...
from what I understand.
And, uh... then...
they are going to bringyour grandfather's body
home to be buried, so...
Mm-hmm.You were watching me?
Yes, I was.You were.
Why?(sighs)
Was it because you like me?
Yeah, just a little.
(chuckling)
Oh, I have to... I haveto get back to work,
'cause there's this reallyimportant segment.
Oh, really?Yeah.
You really want meto let you go right now?
Later.
LUCAS:How's Aunt Jenny doing?
She just had anothergreat-grandbaby.
She said she sent pictures,but I don't see them.
(laughs) Well,that's 'cause you
got to download itfirst, Grandma.
Here, just click thatbutton right there.
Oh.
Oh, will you look at that?
(laughing)
Hello. We're here to seeMrs. Caroline Thomas.
Um, I'm Lucas Thomas,her grandson.
Please come in.
Mrs. Thomas, I'mChaplain Richard Brady.
This is Chief PettyOfficer Harris.
Ma'am.On behalf of theUnited States Navy,
I'm here to informyou that the body
of your husband,Lieutenant Neil Thomas,
listed as missing in actionfor 66 years, has been found.
(gasps)
I am deeply honoredto deliver to you
the personal effectsof your husband,
which were recovered.
I've been further authorizedto inform you
that the following awards
have been recommended bythe Secretary of the Navy
on behalf of agrateful nation.
For meritorious conductin the face of the enemy
and for gallantry
above and beyond the call ofduty, Lieutenant Neil Thomas,
United States Navy,will be posthumously awarded
a Purple Heart, the Silver Starand the Navy Cross.
(gasps softly)
Thank you.
Thank you both
very much.
NEIL:Now you have my heart.
Keep it next to yours and bring it safely back to me.
I will always love you.
(grunts)
What are you doing?!
Put that shovel down!
Grandma, seriously, it'stime this thing came out.
Well, that's the first roseyour grandfather planted
when we bought this place.
Well, I know,Grandma,
but... look.
It's notcoming back.
(scoffs)
It's dead.
Maybe not.
Maybe...
maybe there's still lifein its roots.
Cut it back to the ground.
All it wants is a chance.
All right.
(shears clicking)
I don't believe ingiving up on things.
You can have your office back.
I thought you gave itto someone else.
No.
This is gonna bethe best story we've ever done.
Now, when does thisall happen, and where?
At Union Station,Valentine's Day.
Senator Irvingpulled a few strings.
Oh, very good. Oh!
That's-That's so good.(laughs)
(people chattering quietly)
Let's go medium,then tight, okay?
And then just swing.
I was one of the four...
Oh, hey, you guysmade it just in time.
I'm so gladyou're both here.
I'll be right back,five minutes.Mom, you look beautiful.
We wouldn't have missedthis for the world.
Happy Valentine'sDay, by the way.
It's nice to see you.
And you.
Caroline,are you okay?
Oh, I am indeed.
And thank you again.
Of course.
Okay, so the train's gonnabe here in just a few minutes.
And they're gonnabring your husband
right through that tunnel.
Caroline, you don'thave to do a thing...
but just wait...
like you always do.
And don't worry aboutthe cameras, okay?
'Cause-- just pretend likethey're not even there.
There you are, Mrs. Thomas.
How you doing today?
Oh, Mr. Williams.
Don't youlook wonderful!
Oh, if I do, thatmakes two of us.
(both laugh)
I was just saying to myself,it's about time for that
pretty Caroline Thomas toshow up, and there you are,
right on schedule.
Wouldn't want to be late.
No.
I guess you wouldn't.
My husband's coming home today.
Yes.
That's what they tell me.
(quiet murmuring)
OFFICER:Reform.
Okay, grab that.
OFFICER:Detail,
forward, march.
♪ ♪
Detail, halt.
Center face.
(playing "Taps")
(sobbing softly)
Up, slow. Up.
♪ ♪
(sobbing softly)
(whispering)
Left, right, face.
Detail, forward, march.
♪ ♪
You go on in the house.
I-I have to water my roses.Okay.
I'll water them foryou, Mom, really.
I-- No, dear.
Susan, what you didfor my grandmother,
it was incredibly generous.
Well, I likeyour family.
It's been greatgetting to know them.
Even if you have to...
put up with me?
Yeah, well,you're not so bad.
(both laughing)
Well, you know,I would love
to get to know yourfamily someday, too.
Maybe you will, soon.
Really?
Yeah.I-I talked to my mom
last night.
That's great.
Yeah. We haven'talways been the closest,
but it was nice.
When was the lasttime you were home?
Um...
Wow, I think whenmy father was still alive.
That wasa really happy time.
I just don't want it to feeldifferent without him there.
Hey...
Sometimes, differentcan be nice.
Unexpected.
(Susan squeals, Lucas chuckles)
(both laughing)
Oh...
What if I come home withyou when you go visit?
Well, that wouldbe different.
And nice.
(birds chirping softly)
♪ Stars shiningbright above you ♪
♪ Night breezes seemto whisper "I love you" ♪
♪ Birds singingin the sycamore trees ♪
♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪
♪ Say "nighty-night"and kiss me ♪
♪ Just hold me tightand tell me you'll miss me ♪
♪ While I'm aloneand blue as can be ♪
♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪
♪ Stars fading,but I linger on, dear ♪
♪ Still craving your kiss ♪
♪ I'm longing to lingertill dawn, dear ♪
♪ Just saying this ♪
♪ Sweet dreamstill sunbeams find you ♪
♪ Sweet dreams that leaveall worries behind you ♪
♪ But in your dreams,whatever they be ♪
♪ Dream a little dream of me. ♪