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[Claire and Phil have had a fight earlier when Claire feels that Phil listens to everyone’s opinion but hers]

Phil: Hey.

Claire: Hey

Phil: I wanna show you something.

Claire: Let me guess. It’s a copy of the book that I begged you to read, but you wouldn’t until your dental hygienist said it changed her life.

Phil: [opens photo album in his hands] Remember this? [Claire murmurs assent] It’s the first Thanksgiving I spent with your family.

Claire: God, I hated that ponytail.

Phil: I know, you said it made me look like a wimpy bouncer so I cut it off. Just like I lost the feathered earring. And the van with the beanbag chairs. And I changed my forestry major.

Claire: I get it, Phil. I get it. I am the controlling witch that made you give up everything fun in your life….

Phil: No! No no no no you’re the witch who saved me! [Claire looks stunned] Look. Look at this picture. Now look at this guy. [gestures to his face] You can’t tell me your opinion doesn’t matter. You changed me for the better in a hundred different ways. Yeah, I might miss a book or a, a salad here and there, but…I’ve got Claire all over me.

Claire: [smiles] You’re about to. [kisses him]

 I am brave. Roller coasters? Love ‘em. Scary movies? I’ve seen Ghostbusters like 7 times. I regularly drive through neighborhoods that have only recently been gentrified. So yeah, I’m pretty much not afraid of anything…except for clowns. Never shared that with the family so, shh- I do have an image to maintain. I am not really sure where the fear comes from, my mother says it’s because when I was a kid I found a dead clown in the woods- but who knows?