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I know you’re my best friend… but let’s have S*X

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Summary

A boyfriend who wants to break up fakes a cheating scheme with his best friend to force his clingy girlfriend to end it, exposing how denial and manipulation collapse a relationship.

It shows how far people will contort reality to avoid direct confrontation and the emotional cost of not taking ownership of leaving.

Section summaries

0:00-0:42

Mikey's first breakup attempt

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Mikey tells Miriam he enjoyed their 6 months but is breaking up; she immediately rejects it saying 'we're not' done. He leaves to grab something, she waits confidently. The scene establishes Miriam's refusal to accept ending and Mikey's inability to follow through.

Miriam denies the breakup on the spot
Mikey physically exits instead of enforcing the boundary

Sets up the central denial and avoidance conflict

0:42-1:44

Debrief and plan B pitch

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Mikey reports to Claire the breakup failed; Claire calls Miriam 'insane' and questions her. Mikey says he needs Miriam to break up with him and asks Claire for plan B. Claire resists, saying she dislikes it and isn't an actress, even offering to slap him for realism. Mikey insists as best friend help.

Plan B is to make Miriam dump Mikey via a staged cheat
Claire is reluctant and non-actor confident

Explains the manipulative scheme's origin

1:44-2:53

Staged cheating confrontation

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Claire enters as second girlfriend claiming 6 months with Mikey; Miriam realizes he dated both. Mikey confesses he two-timed both with each other, got caught, and is sorry. Claire accuses him of only sorry for being caught. The bit shows the fake reveal performed for Miriam.

Mikey's fake confession uses 'two-timing each other' twist
Claire punctures his apology as caught-not-sorry

Core comedic turn where the trap is laid

2:53-3:39

Miriam refuses to leave

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Despite the cheat, Miriam says she won't break up with him; Claire is shocked. Miriam says if he cheated it means she failed him. Mikey calls it crazy and unhealthy. He tries to take blame saying she was perfect, but Miriam offers to do better.

Miriam reframes cheating as her deficiency
Mikey and Claire label the take unhealthy

Shows denial depth and self-blame dynamic

3:39-5:07

Thruple proposal and real stance

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Miriam says she'll let him keep Claire; Mikey admits he loves Claire and will keep cheating, telling Miriam to break up unless she wants that. Miriam then says fine, keep dating both, proposing a thruple (three-person couple). Mikey says that's not what he meant. Claire drags him aside.

Miriam pivots to accepting open three-way dating
Mikey clarifies he wants out, not a thruple

Highlights the absurd escalation of denial

5:07-6:32

Side chat and final rejection

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Claire tells Mikey to end it, calling Miriam crazy; he re-enters and tells Miriam no thruple, no couple, no situationship, he doesn't want her. She says he doesn't mean it; he insists he does and never loved her.

Mikey enumerates all relationship forms he rejects
He states plainly he never loved Miriam

The actual clean rejection finally lands

6:32-7:45

Kiss test and exit

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Miriam demands he prove no love by kissing Claire in front of her; Claire refuses, calls Miriam insane, says break up and move on, and leaves. Mikey and Claire regroup outside.

Miriam's proof demand is rejected by Claire
Claire exits the scene entirely

Wraps the in-room bit but not new info

7:45-8:35

Post-mortem and awkward close

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Mikey says plan almost worked (made it to kiss); Claire agrees. He thanks her, she says that's what friends are for. Mikey asks if acting like dating felt real; Claire first says no then admits he wasn't kidding about it feeling real. The skit ends on ambiguous friend tension.

Claire admits the acted romance felt genuine
Mikey's joke about real feelings is confirmed

Pays off the friendship layer subtext

Key points

Avoidant breakup tactics backfire — Mikey tries to get Miriam to break up with him by staging a fake affair with Claire instead of ending it directly, a pattern called avoidance coping (evading hard talks via schemes).
Denial blocks acceptance — Miriam repeatedly refuses to accept the breakup, reinterpreting cheating as her own fault and later proposing a thruple (a three-person relationship) to keep Mikey.
Fake intimacy feels real — Claire notes that acting like Mikey’s girlfriend during the con made the role feel genuine, blurring platonic and romantic lines in improvisation.

“I was cheating on the both of you with each other.” — Mikey

“If you cheated on me, then that means that there was something that I wasn't doing for you.” — Miriam

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0:00

[sighs]

0:01

>> Miriam,

0:03

you're a great girlfriend, and I've

0:06

really enjoyed like every bit of the

0:08

last 6 months that we spent together.

0:10

>> So much fun.

0:11

>> But I I I'm breaking up with you.

0:17

>> No, you're not.

0:18

>> [snorts]

0:20

>> I I'm saying that our relationship

0:23

is over.

0:26

We're done.

0:30

>> Mhm,

0:32

no, we're not.

0:33

>> Right. Okay.

0:35

Um, yeah, I thought this might be how

0:37

this goes. Okay, I need to grab

0:38

something from my room.

0:39

>> Oh, yeah, take your time. I'll be here

0:42

waiting for you.

0:46

>> Yeah.

0:47

>> [sighs and gasps]

0:48

>> Yeah.

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Yeah.

0:54

Thank you.

1:03

>> Did it work?

1:04

>> Nope. She She said no again, Claire.

1:07

>> What is her problem?

1:09

>> I don't know, but she's got a lot of

1:12

them.

1:14

Claire, we need to move to plan B.

1:15

>> [sighs and gasps]

1:16

>> Mikey, I don't like plan B.

1:18

>> I know you don't, but here's the thing.

1:20

Is that girl's insane in there, and she

1:22

won't let me break up with her. So, I

1:23

need her to break up with me. So, help

1:24

me with plan B.

1:26

>> I don't know, Mikey.

1:27

>> Really? You're going to back out on me

1:28

like that?

1:28

>> Mikey, I don't want to

1:29

>> My best friend, help me.

1:31

>> Okay.

1:31

>> Okay. All right, let's let's do this.

1:33

Remember, 6 months.

1:34

>> Can I slap you?

1:36

>> What?

1:36

>> I I'm not an actress, so I feel like if

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I slap you, it'll just make it feel more

1:39

real.

1:40

>> Claire, it's going to feel real. Just

1:41

use your words.

1:43

>> My god, fine.

1:44

>> You can't hit me. My face is very

1:45

sensitive.

1:46

>> Whatever.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Mikey, you really aren't the best

1:53

boyfriend.

1:53

>> Wait, no.

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>> Who are you?

1:57

>> I'm Miriam.

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Mikey's girlfriend.

2:01

>> Ha, good one.

2:03

I'm Mikey's girlfriend.

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And we've been together for 6 months.

2:07

>> Mhm, what? Uh

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I've been dating Mikey for 6 months.

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>> Oh, no, I'm busted.

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>> Wait. So, that means

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Mikey,

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have you been

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cheating on me?

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>> No.

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>> At the same time, you've been cheating

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on me?

2:26

>> Okay, guys, I can explain.

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>> Oh my goodness.

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>> Explain yourself now, you nasty man.

2:34

>> I was about to.

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>> Get to it.

2:37

>> Okay.

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>> We don't have all day, cheater.

2:40

>> Okay, yes.

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Yes.

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I was cheating on the both of you with

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each other.

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I was two-timing, and I didn't think I'd

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get caught, but I did.

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And now I'm really sorry and embarrassed

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by what I did.

2:53

>> You only feel horrible because you got

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caught. You don't care about either of

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us.

2:57

>> It's Claire.

2:58

Don't hit me again.

3:01

>> Well, I just wanted to show you how

3:02

heartbroken I am.

3:04

How heartbroken we are, I'm sure.

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>> [sighs]

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>> I'm breaking up with you.

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>> Oh.

3:11

Damn it. I mean, yeah, though, that is

3:15

the right response. You know, when you

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find out somebody's cheating on you, you

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break up with them.

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I deserve to be broken up with.

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And I totally understand if you want to

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break up with me right now.

3:28

Like, right now?

3:33

>> No.

3:34

I'm not going to break up with you.

3:37

>> What?

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>> I'm not breaking up with you.

3:39

>> What?

3:41

>> Well, he was cheating on us.

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>> I don't care.

3:45

>> You don't?

3:46

>> She doesn't care.

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>> care?

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>> If you cheated on me, then that means

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that there was something that I wasn't

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doing for you.

3:53

>> No.

3:54

>> Well, now that is a crazy take.

3:57

>> That's yeah, that's bananas.

3:58

>> Um

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very unhealthy.

4:00

>> It It was nothing. You were perfect.

4:03

>> No, whatever it is, I I want to do it.

4:06

I'm willing to do it. I want to do it

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for you. I want to do it better for you

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and for us for for our future.

4:13

>> Wow.

4:15

Thank you. That is

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Wow. Okay, that and that is and I I just

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want to I was cheating on you the entire

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time we were together.

4:25

>> I know.

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And then you said that you feel horrible

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about it.

4:29

>> And that was an exaggeration because

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Clara's actually right. I don't feel

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horrible about it. I just feel bad that

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I got caught. So

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>> Mikey, honestly, if you can just promise

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never to see Clara again,

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I think that we can move forward from

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this.

4:45

>> Well, I can't promise that. Really?

4:47

>> What?

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>> Yeah, I can't. I love Clara and I love

4:50

doing it with her and all the stuff that

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comes with that. So, I'm probably just

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going to keep cheating on you with her

4:54

if we stay together. So, break up with

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me, you know?

4:58

Unless you want to get cheated on.

5:00

Cuz that's what I'm going to do.

5:04

>> Fine.

5:06

Fine.

5:06

>> Fine.

5:07

>> You can

5:09

keep dating the both of us.

5:12

>> How did we

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>> No, what the hell?

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>> What I feel like you're saying here is

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that you want to do a thruple and I'm

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open to it.

5:19

>> No, Miriam. That is not at all what I'm

5:20

saying. Is

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What do you mean thruple?

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You mean like the three of us would um

5:34

Miriam and I have talked. True love is

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hard to walk away from, you know? And

5:38

>> little chat?

5:39

>> What's up?

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>> Just a quick little chat.

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>> I think I think we're I think we're

5:42

getting there.

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>> We'll be right back.

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>> Oh.

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>> Just one second.

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>> Smart. Smart.

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Oh my god. What's up?

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>> What? What do you mean what's up?

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>> I mean like we're doing this, right?

5:54

We're having a threesome.

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>> no. No. We're not doing a threesome.

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>> Why?

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>> We're not dating. We're not together. Do

6:01

you remember that?

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>> Yeah.

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>> So, it's not happening. Just move on.

6:06

Okay, she's crazy. Obviously, she's

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crazy. I don't like to say that about

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women, but she is

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obviously crazy. So, you just need to

6:13

get in there, pull the plug. Just wrap

6:15

it up, please.

6:16

>> Okay. Yeah, sure. Whatever. Whatever

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makes you happy.

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>> Are you upset about the

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threesome?

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>> Obviously, Claire. Obviously, I'm upset

6:22

about the threesome. So.

6:23

>> Move on, please.

6:25

>> Fine. Thank you [clears throat] for

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helping me.

6:28

Okay, Miriam. Um

6:30

I'm not going to do a thruple with you.

6:32

>> Okay, so it's just you and me then?

6:34

>> No. Okay, Miriam. I don't want to do a

6:36

thruple with you. I also don't want to

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do a couple with you. I don't want to do

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a situationship with you. I don't want

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to be with you.

6:43

>> You don't mean that.

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>> No, but I do. I do mean that, which is

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why I'm saying it.

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>> No. No.

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>> Yes, god, yes, we are. Do you How do you

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not get it? How do you not get it? We're

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done.

6:53

>> You can love me again. YOU DON'T

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>> I CAN'T. I CAN'T LOVE AGAIN BECAUSE I

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never loved you, Miriam. Ever.

6:59

>> What?

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>> Never. Not once. Not for a single second

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did I ever love you.

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>> Prove it.

7:07

>> Okay. How?

7:12

>> Kiss her.

7:13

>> What?

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>> What?

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If you don't love me, and you've never

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loved me, then you can kiss another girl

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right in front of me. And then, I'll

7:21

leave.

7:23

>> Well,

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I mean, if that's the only way,

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then I

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Come here.

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>> Ew! No. No. No. No. No. Okay, no. You

7:38

are insane. You're a Just break

7:41

up with her. Let him break up with you,

7:43

and be done with it. And everyone move

7:45

on. And it's done. And I'm And I'm going

7:48

home. I don't even I I

7:50

>> What?

7:59

Well, that didn't work.

8:00

>> Yeah, I told you this plan was stupid.

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>> It's not. We made it to the kiss.

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>> Yeah, guess we did make it to the kiss.

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>> I almost kissed her.

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>> Almost.

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>> Yeah.

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Well, thanks for helping.

8:13

>> Yeah, of course. And that's what friends

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are for.

8:19

What?

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>> Nothing. It's just, you know, the plan.

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Me and you acting like we were dating. I

8:25

don't know. Did that

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feel kind of real, you know? Like No?

8:30

>> No.

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Oh my god, I'm kidding.

8:33

>> Um, you're totally not kidding.

8:35

>> No, I wasn't kidding.

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