This has gotta be one of the saddedst scenes, when Alice, who has been in love with Lex, finally finds out that he doesn't love her, and in the worst possible way...

[Lex, topless, is doing sit-ups on his bed. Alice hears him counting from outside and then comes in and watches him for a few seconds, he’s unaware.]
Lex: 47…48…49…
Alice: 50!
[He looks around and realises she’s there. He reaches for a jacket, very conscious how few clothes he’s wearing]
Alice: Oh don’t stop! I was enjoying that.
[He puts the jacket on]
Lex: How long have you been here?
Alice: Long enough to see that you’re in great shape. [she sits]
Lex: Um… Alice. While you’re here…
[He falters and then sits down opposite her]
Alice: Yes?
Lex: What I wanna say is… er… the thing is… er… [to himself] Man, I’m useless at this
stuff.
Alice: Its just me remember! Its not exactly like I’m a whiz with fancy words myself.
Lex: OK… um… Its really funny how you can suddenly have feelings for someone you’ve known for a long time [her eyes have lit up and she’s smiling]…how one day you don’t even rate them and the next day its like… ‘wow!’ [Alice nods her head excitedly in
agreement] There’s this…
Alice: Thunderbolt?
Lex: [happily] Yeah! Straight out of the blue… and everything changes.
Alice: I know exactly what you mean. Lex, I’ve been dancing around this for weeks now.
Lex: You guessed then?
Alice: That you’re in love? I read the signs, sweetheart!
[He gets up]
Lex: [looking relieved and very happy] That’s great! Here’s me beating myself up!
Alice: What a stupid pair we are! Too afraid to say. And now we have.
Lex: [He smiles] yeah. [He takes her hand] And now we have. [She’s looking happy enough to burst] And.. we’ll still be mates, right?
[Her face falls slowly]
Alice: [murmurs] Mates…
Lex: You’re one very special girl Alice, very special, there’s none better.
Alice: [she takes away her hand slowly] I thought you just.. you said you’d fallen in love with someone you’d known for a long time. I thought…
Lex: [he realises, what’s going on, there’s a look of dread on his face] … I meant you?
[Alice looks away from him]
Lex: Look, I’m sorry.
Alice: [she turns back to him again]… who is she?
Lex: [cringing] er… I can’t say.
Alice: Who is she Lex?!
Lex: Alice, please. Don’t make this worse for yourself.
Alice: Worse? How could this possibly be any worse?!
[She gets up and leaves]

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