Aster’s phone rings. ASTER>> You’re up early. CAREY>> I know it’s almost criminal,
but I figured since I’m up, thought I’d call my East Coast girl. How are you? ASTER>>
I’m ok. Nothing major to report. CAREY>> Good because I wouldn’t want to miss anything
major, but I’m ok with getting the minor details
too. ASTER>> Sorry, I’m just distracted. CAREY>> By? ASTER>> Something potentially
major. CAREY>> No matter what happens, you can talk to me you know.
I’m pretty good at understanding. ASTER>> I know. And that is one of the reasons you’re
so god damn amazing. CAREY>> Here I thought is was my college ID and sunny weather.
ASTER>> I’m not gonna lie, there is that too. CAREY>> We’ll talk later. Aster
hangs up the phone, takes a deep breath and heads out the door. BRECK>> Go ahead,
ask. ASTER>> Have you talked to her? BRECK>> Not really. I saw her once when she came to
the city. We did a lot of trying not to talk about Aster.
ASTER>> Yeah, she was probably still pretty pissed. BRECK>> She seemed ok, actually.
ASTER>> Like ok, moved on ok? Or ok, Aster’s not such a big asshole, ok? BRECK>> You’ve
got a train to catch. ASTER>>I’m slightly terrified. BRECK>>It’s
just Vivian. ASTER>>Yeah, it’s Vivian. SOPHIE>> I went to see Ben.
VIVIAN>> What happened? SOPHIE>> He broke it off.
Sophie>>[crying] I knew this would happen. You knew this would happen.
God I’m such an idiot. VIVIAN>> No, hey. You are amazing. SOPHIE>>
I’m glad you’re here.
VIVIAN>> Aster!
VIVIAN>> Aster. ASTER>> Can we go somewhere?
VIVIAN >>Yeah.
ASTER>>So you’re with Sophie now? VIVIAN>>I’m not with Sophie. I’ve never been with Sophie.
ASTER>>You kissed her. VIVIAN>>You kissed Jamie. ASTER>> It didn’t mean anything.
VIVIAN>> It did to me. ASTER>> There’s nothing we can do about what we did. It’s
over now. VIVIAN>> We broke up because of it.
[pause] Sometimes I’d think about you. I had no
idea what you were doing, where you were and I’d think that’s okay, it’s just a habit
I have to break. [pause]
But the thing I get now is that just because we’re not together
doesn’t mean it’s over. ASTER>>You’re right. It’s not. But things aren’t the
same anymore either. They’re actually more complicated.
(pause] I met someone. VIVIAN>> So you’re here
to tell me you have a new girlfriend? ASTER>> I didn’t go looking for it. VIVIAN>> No,
You never do. It just always happens. ASTER>> OK. I really didn’t want us to have to go
there. VIVIAN>> Wow. really. What did you expect? Did you think you could just come
here, tell me you got over me with some great new
girlfriend and I would be fine with it? ASTER>> It wasn’t like the next day I was
over you. I had to go to the other side of the country
to try to pull myself back together, to feel like I could breathe again knowing we’re
done. So don’t stand there and act like this is easy for me. VIVIAN>> Then why come
here to tell me that. ASTER>> I didn’t come to tell you that. This isn’t about
her. VIVIAN>> Then why tell me? ASTER>> Because I always tell you. All of it, whether
it sucks or not. VIVIAN>> Maybe I wish things were different. Between us. ASTER>> Are you
saying you want us to get back together? VIVIAN>> No. I don’t know. That’s not
what I meant. ASTER>> Man, you always do that. You blurt out some
huge revelation which you try to cover for it or you don’t say anything at all.
It’s crazy. VIVIAN>> Great. Thanks. ASTER>> Look. I didn’t come here to fight. I just
couldn’t leave things the way they were. VIVIAN>> How are you looking
to leave things? ASTER>> I don’t know. VIVIAN>> We can’t be friends, Aster. ASTER>> I don’t
want to be your friend. But things change. VIVIAN>>Some things don’t. I missed you.
ASTER>>I missed you.
ASTER>> You’re here. VIVIAN>> No. You’re here. ASTER>> We’re both here.
VIVIAN>> Now you have to go. Because Aunt Jodie is going to be up here any minute and
she’s probably packing pancakes.
[They laugh]