Bottled with Love (2019 TV Movie)

Andrew W. Walker: Nick Everson

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• Nick Everson : [he writes in an online chat]  Why don't you tell me more about yourself. I just want to hear more about you.

  Abbey Lawrence : [she writes]  Me, too. You first.

  Nick Everson : [he writes]  I don't know where to start. I guess you could say I'm someone who hasn't quite figured out where home is yet.

  Abbey Lawrence : [she writes]  Home is Boston. My parents had me when they were older, though, and now they're retired and living on the other side of the country, which I hate. It makes me feel really lonely sometimes. But I'm lucky. I have an aunt here in town and I absolutely cherish her. I have always wondered what it would be like to have a sister. I know I would have loved it.

  Nick Everson : [he writes]  I got lucky. I have one, and she's a gem.

  Abbey Lawrence : [she writes]  What's been your favorite trip?

  Nick Everson : [he writes]  Fly fishing in Patagonia. You?

  Abbey Lawrence : [she writes]  The aunt I told you about, she took me to Paris for a week after I graduated from high school. I'll never forget it.

  Nick Everson : [he writes]  I can knit. My mom taught me. I'm crazy about dogs. It kills me not to have one. But it doesn't make sense for me to have one right now.

  Abbey Lawrence : [she writes]  I get it. I can't wait to have one. And I want it to be an older dog. When I see those faces at a shelter, the ones with the sprays of white on their muzzles, they're so beautiful. I just know they have a story to tell, and you can see how much they would love to be loved again. I can't believe it's Sunday night already. Talking to you has made the weekend fly right by.

• Nick Everson : [reading the complete letter he found]  Dear love, somewhere out there... Do you ever feel unknown? Like everyone has already labelled you and filed you away as complete without giving you the chance to learn and grow? I have a big heart. I feel so much, but I've never known how to show it. So it always seems like I don't have a voice, like I'm not here. But I am here. I'm loyal and trustworthy. I have a deep conscience. I stole a pack of gum once in the second grade and I couldn't sleep for a week. I'm a good listener, I'm great at my job. I do a mean impersonation of a trumpet, and I love pancakes. Like, pancakes will make me happy any time. Yes, I want all the romance of travel and stargazing, night swimming. I have the depth to walk through real life struggle and come out the other side, and I'm looking for someone like that, too. Flawed, but open. Impossible to label and file away. I'm willing to take the risk. Come find me. ML Beantown

• Nick Everson : Hey, listen. So... . Abbey Lawrence. I don't think she's exactly thrilled about me being here. How well do you know her?

  Sophie Everson : Very well. She's great.

  Nick Everson : Okay, well, you know I'm pretty good at reading people, and I think that I know exactly who she is. Controlling... and a nitpicker.

  Sophie Everson : What does that make me then, hmm? Okay, she is a professional and she is smart and we are very lucky to have her.

  Nick Everson : Okay, you're entitled to your own opinion.

• Abbey Lawrence : [writing in an online chat]  Dear Reeltraveler, thank you for letting me know that my letter is safe. I'm a bit embarrassed. I have to tell you the letter was written after a weak moment at a wedding.

  Nick Everson : [writing back in an online chat]  Nothing to be embarrassed about. I've had one or two of those myself. Wait, I'm a guy. I'm supposed to be tough. Was I supposed to admit that?

  Abbey Lawrence : [talking to herself]  Oh, okay, you're a guy. Noted.

  Nick Everson : [he writes]  I found your openness refreshing.

  Abbey Lawrence : [she writes]  Oh, that's nice of you to say. It would have been easy to be judgmental or critical. There's a lot of people out there like that.

  Nick Everson : [talking to himself]  You can say that again.

  [he writes] 

  Nick Everson : ML Beantown, can I go ahead and ask, have you found someone yet?

  [Abbey closes her laptop and doesn't answer] 

• Abbey Lawrence : Let's start over. We really don't know anything about each other except I can see you have some tension with your father.

  Nick Everson : Yeah, he wants me to follow in his footsteps. It's great for Soph, she loves it.

  Abbey Lawrence : But it's not you.

  Nick Everson : The Everson Valley Farms I fell in love with, it wasn't a corporation. It was my grandfather's farm, you know? A place I'd spend my summers working outside with my hands. I just... I don't speak his language like you and Soph.

  Abbey Lawrence : I wish... I wish I had what you have. You can just walk into a room and be spontaneous. You're so open. I don't like to be spontaneous. I don't know how.

  Nick Everson : I never would have guessed that.

  Abbey Lawrence : Yeah, yeah. I'm working on it.

• Nick Everson : I think everybody deserves a second chance. Don't you?

• Nick Everson : We had this instant connection. She's open. She's engaging. She's passionate about things.

• Nick Everson : [Nick rereads the letter he found]  I believe that there are more layers to people than we ever imagined.

  Nick Everson : [talking to himself]  Is this really Abbey? Oh, I can't believe I just left you standing there.

• Abbey Lawrence : [she begins to read a letter from a bottle]  Dear Mary Abigail Lawrence,

  Nick Everson : [Abbey hears Nick's voice reading the letter]  I can't apologize enough. You see, the more I've thought about it, the more I realized just how vulnerable you were. The whole time you were the one with your heart open, exposed in a letter. You were the one left standing, waiting. And throughout everything my heart was always safe. So now, it's my turn to make myself vulnerable. To put my heart out into the world. I love the Abbey who shines at her job and expects the same from everyone else. Who's never late. I love the Abbey who takes such good care of her aunt, and the fact that pancakes can make you so happy. I even love that you are terrible at making pottery. I think you're beautiful inside and out. I hate that I couldn't see right away that you and ML Beantown could be the same person, and I can't begin to tell you how much I miss that person.

  Nick Everson : [he stands behind Abbey and begins to speak]  All I can do is stand here and tell you how much I love you and ask that you forgive me and hopefully that you love me as well. I've never been inspired to strive for something more or be willing to learn and grow. I don't want to run anymore. I want something real. And I even, I adopted a dog.

  Abbey Lawrence : [he shows her a photo on his phone]  Archie, you got Archie. I can't, I can't believe it.

  Nick Everson : Hey. You opened your heart when you sent that message in a bottle. And now you've opened mine, too.

  [they embrace and kiss then laugh as the wedding party cheers for them]