Page 128 of The Holy Grail
JULES: By the way, thanks for not being upset that I stayed here last night.
EVAN: You’re welcome, but it’s not like I would have grounded you two, or anything. I’m not the dad, here.
EVAN: In fact, I do believe I’m the youngest.
JULES: Don’t fucking remind me.
EVAN: I happen to like older women, so you should just embrace it.
MALCOM: And I happen to like younger women, so you win in both categories.
JULES: Awesome …
Evan decided to shift the conversation a little bit.
EVAN: So, what were you two talking about so late last night?
When there was no reply after several minutes, he sent a prompt.
EVAN: Hello? Is it a secret or something?
JULES: Sorry, I thought Mal was going to answer.
MALCOM: I thought Jules was going to answer.
EVAN: Well, someone needs to answer.
JULES: We talked about how to go forward as a ‘throuple’.
MALCOM: We also did some internet searches and kind of ended up in a rabbit hole. That’s how we found the word ‘throuple’.
Evan almost chuckled out loud, picturing the two of them googling this shit, while killing a bottle of wine.
JULES: Are you familiar with that word?
EVAN: Yes.
JULES: Well, even though I gave Paige a bunch of hell for ‘dating’ David beforethey had sex, it did work for them. You know, starting slow, from the beginning.
JULES: I think David called it taking ‘sexual baby steps’.
EVAN: I wish I didn’t know that.
JULES: Sorry.
MALCOM: So, we thought we could do that. Start slow, like going out on dates, so we can all get used to—and get comfortable with—each part of the journey.
MALCOM: Maybe journey isn’t the right word, because it sounds kind of stupid, but you get my point.
Evan had a feeling this suggested plan had more to do with Malcom’s ‘issues’ than any Evan or Jules might have, and since there didn’t seem to be a reason not to give the plan a fair shake, he agreed.
EVAN: That sounds fine.
JULES: Really?
MALCOM: Really?
EVAN: Sure. Let’s do it.
