You’ve Got Mail – What If

You’ve Got Mail – What If

– Sometimes I wonder…

– What?

– If I hadn’t been Foxbooks and you hadn’t been The Shop Around the Corner and we’d just met –

– Don’t.

– I would have asked for your phone number and I wouldn’t have been able to wait 24 hours before calling and asking, “How about coffee, drinks, dinner, a movie, for as long as we both shall live?”

– Joe…

– And then we would never have been at war.

– No.

– The only fight we’d ever have is what video to rent on Saturday night.

– Who fights about that?

– Some people.  Not us.

– We would never.

– If only…

– Please.  I have to go.

– Let me ask you something?  How come you’ll forgive him for standing you up and you won’t forgive me for a little tiny thing like putting you out of business?  Oh how I wish you would.

– I really do have to go.

– You don’t want to be late.

Watch the scene once again and fill in the gaps, please.

– Sometimes I wonder…

– What?

– If I 1. ___________ Foxbooks and you hadn’t been The Shop Around the Corner and we’d just met –

– Don’t.

– I would have asked for 2. __________ and I wouldn’t have been able to wait 24 hours before calling and asking, “3. ___________ coffee, drinks, dinner, a movie, for as long as we both shall live?”

– Joe…

– And then we would never have been 4. __________.

– No.

– The only fight we’d ever have is what video 5. __________  on Saturday night.

– Who fights about that?

– Some people.  Not us.

– We 6. ___________.

– 7. __________  …

– Please.  I have to go.

– Let me ask you something?  8. __________ you’ll forgive him for standing you up and you won’t forgive me for a 9. ___________  like putting you out of business?  Oh how 10. __________.

– I really do have to go.

– You don’t want to be late.

Key:

1.    hadn’t been

2.    your phone number

3.    How about

4.    at war

5.    to rent

6.    would never

7.    If only

8.    How come

9.    little tiny thing

10.  I wish you would