[ yeah, all the books and movies she's lived vicariously through and fantasized for herself. ]

Well? Don't you agree it's important? I couldn't be with someone I felt like I had to keep the conversation going with. I'd want to feel like I, well, want to keep it going. Because I'm interested in him, and I want to hear his voice more and more.

[ just one more minute, one more minute more...

... she's pressing her hand to her mouth. ]

... Ugh. I shoulda hit him earlier like I wanted to.