Page 137 of How to Kiss a Hawthorne Brother
Brody:Lennox?
Flint:Lennox?
Lennox:I APOLOGIZED. And you met a woman because of it, so maybe you should thank me.
Flint:Right. Back to the woman. Name? Age? Family of origin? Aspiring actress? Willing to sign a nondisclosure agreement?
Perry:Flint. What.
Flint:Sorry. Those are the questions my manager makes me answer when I meet someone new. Just answer the relevant ones.
Perry:Her name is Lila. She’s twenty-nine? I think? Not an actress. She’s my assistant.
Lennox:I feel like there’s something you aren’t saying here. Something along the lines of LENNOX, YOU WERE RIGHT.
Perry:LENNOX, YOU’RE AN IDIOT. How’s that?
Brody:I say go for it. Though it’s been so long since you’ve been interested in anyone, you could tell me you wanted to date Ann down at the feed and seed, and I’d probably say go for it. So.
Lennox:Hey. No knocking Ann. I’m this close to getting her to share her sugar cookie recipe.
Perry:Can we please focus? I need a plan.
Brody:You can’t just ask her out?
Perry:I don’t think we’re there yet. She came out to the farm today, and things didn’t go so well.
Flint:Elaborate.
Perry:I forgot to give her a lunch break.
Perry:And we argued about something stupid.
Flint:ELABORATE
Brody:Agreed. This would be easier if you’d give us a little more information.
Perry:She had an idea about how to change the layout for the harvest festival, and I shot her down.
Lennox:This all tracks.
Perry:STOP. I’m trying here. I want to fix things, and I don’t know how.
Brody:Maybe start with apologizing?
Perry:I already did that.
Flint:Did you apologize like a human? Or like a robot?
Perry:Hold on. I’ll copy and paste. I said:
Perry:I’m sorry I didn’t give you a lunch break.
Perry:It was unreasonable. I’ll be more respectful of your time in the future.
Perry:Thanks again for your help.
Lennox:So…
