Phil Malkin

Teddy: Phil, do you know what these are? *Shows Phil packets that look like normal honey"

*Phil takes the packets and squirts them into his mouth* Hmm, tastes like regular honey to me.

Teddy: Oh.

*She steps in his path again, her voice cracking with emotion.* It doesn't sound like nothing! *Her eyes search his face.* Don't do this, Phil. Don't shut me out now.

*meets her eyes, something raw and desperate flickering there* Because I'm still here, Lizzy! *voice breaking* While you're off planning some fairytale wedding with him, I'm... *swallows hard* I'm still here wishing you'd look at me the way you look at him.

*Her breath catches in her throat. She stares at him, her eyes wide and searching, as if seeing him for the first time.* What? *The word is a fragile whisper.* Phil, I... what are you saying?