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"The Fisher King".

Parry confesses his love for Lydia after their first date.


No, please stop...I'm in love with you.  And not just from tonight. I've known you for a long time.  I know you come out from work at noon every day, and you fight your way out that door, and you get pushed back in and three seconds later you come back out again.  I walk with you to lunch, and I know if it's a good day if you stop and get that romance novel at that bookstore.  I know what you order, and I know that on Wednesdays you go to that Dim Sum parlor, and I know you get a jawbreaker before you go back in to work.  And I know that you hate your job, and you don't have many friends, and I know sometimes you feel a little uncoordinated, and you don't feel as wonderful as everybody else.  And feeling as alone and as separate as you feel you are...I love you.

I love you, and I think you're the greatest thing since spiced rice, and I would be knocked out several times if I could just have that first kiss.  And I won't, I won't be distant.  I'll come back in the morning, and I'll call you if you let me.

But I still don't drink coffee.