So... good birthday?

所以...這次生日還可以吧？

Mm, considering it was over a month late

嗯...遲了一個月了

Okay well, well when we met

好啦，這個嘛，當我們認識時

it had just passed

你的生日才剛過

If you think about it, I'm 11 months early

如果你仔細想，其實我提早了 11 個月幫你過生日

I know I'm kidding

我知道啦我開玩笑的

It was a really nice surprise

這是很棒的驚喜

So was meeting you

遇見你也是

You're welcome

不客氣

(laughter)

（笑聲）

(laughter)

（笑聲）

(typing)

（打字聲）

Hey, I think I need some air

嘿，我覺得我需要一些新鮮空氣

Wanna take a break with me?

要不要休息一下？

We can go get some ice cream

我們可以一起去買冰淇淋

You know I can't right now, Janice

你知道我現在正在忙，Janice

So, for my birthday next week

那個，下週我生日

Do you think I should do a big party or,

你覺得我應該辦個大趴踢

just something small with close friends?

還是和好朋友一起小小聚會就可以了

Whatever you want

你想怎樣都行

Doesn't matter to me

對我來說沒差

I want it to matter to you

我希望這對你來說很重要

(sigh) Okay, sorry

（嘆氣）對，抱歉

What's going on

怎麼了嗎？

Nothing.

沒事

Don't... do that.

不...不要這樣

Something's obviously on your mind.

很明顯的有事情在困擾著你

It's hard for me to explain.

我不知道該怎麼解釋

Well, can you try?

你可以試試看嗎？

Otherwise it's just gonna build up inside you and I'm gonna be in more trouble for it later

不然它會一直困擾你到最後爆發了然後我也會遭殃

Um...

嗯...

You like working with charts and graphs, right?

你很喜歡工作時用各種圖表，對吧？

Sure.

對啊

Imagine....

那想像

A graph

一個散佈圖

One axis

垂直軸

is our emotional investment in each other

是我們對對方投注的感情

The other axis

水平軸

is time.

則是時間

I want to tell you a story

我想告訴你一個故事

A story

一個

about two hearts

關於兩顆心

that started in very different places

從原本在不一樣的位置

and the day they switched spots.

到最後互換位置的故事

Do you remember when we first met?

你還記得我們第一次見面的時候嗎？

Of course I do.

當然記得

(Skype call sounds)

（視訊電話鈴聲）

Hi!

嗨！

Can you hear me?

你聽得到我說話嗎？

Yup, this is Sean.

可以，我是 Sean

Uhh, I think we're still waiting on Jeff and Linda from marketing.

痾，我想我們還在等行銷部的 Jeff 和 Linda

Hi Sean

嗨 Sean

Analytics, right?

分析部，對嗎？

Yeah.

沒錯

I'm Janice from the product team.

我是產品部的 Janice

Nice to meet you.

很高興認識你

You too.

我也是

Not how we met, but

不是我們怎麼遇見彼此的，

how you felt when we did.

是我們相遇時你的感受

Hey, sorry we're late

嘿，不好意思我們遲了

Yeah, thanks for waiting.

對啊，謝謝你們等我們

Hey guys! It's okay,

嗨！沒關係

Janice was uh just correcting all my data.

Janice 剛好在修正我的數據

Alright, so

好吧那麼

It's been looking good...

看起來都不錯...

Even though it was through a webcam,

儘管只是透過視訊鏡頭

I could still see the shine in your eyes

我依然能見到你眼神閃爍著光芒

that's how enamored you were.

那時你對我是如此地傾心

I'll never forget how hard you tried

我永遠都不會忘記你是多麽努力

to keep that boring conference call going.

讓那通無聊的會議視訊進行的下去

Is that my line way up there?

上面那條線是我嗎

Yeah.

對啊

You were sprung.

那時你已摩拳擦掌

Guess I was pretty excited to have met you.

我猜那是因為認識你讓我很高興

But, you weren't having any of it

但是你對我一點感覺都沒有

(chuckles)

（笑）

Yeah

對啊

And I'm sorry for being so standoffish

我也很抱歉那時的我如此冷淡

I did think you were cute

我的確覺得你很可愛

But I kept my distance

但我保持距離

Safe to say

如果要說

my line started very low

我的線一開始處於很低的位置一點都不為過

You were doubtful of yourself.

你對自己感到遲疑

and of falling in love.

也對愛情感到懷疑

There were so many times in my past that,

我的過去有太多次

I had thought I had found something real.

讓我以為我找到了真愛

From

從

high school puppy love

高中時純純的愛

to

到

college boyfriends

大學男朋友

and

而當

each time they ended

每一次這些感情結束時

I felt so stupid

我感到自己好愚蠢

Why did I allow myself to fall?

為什麼我會讓自己陷進去？

Why did I let my walls down?

為什麼我要卸下心防？

So I built them higher

所以我把我的牆築得更高

To protect myself from

為的是要保護我

people trying to make me believe again

不讓人們讓我重新相信愛情

But then you came along

但是你走進我的生命

You came along with your smile

帶著你的微笑

your strong hands

你強而有力的雙手

your

你那些

funny hashtags and perfect use of emojis

智障的 hashtags 和超合時宜的表情符號

You came along with confidence

你帶著信心走來

not just in yourself

不只是自信

but in our potential

還有對我們的可能性也帶著信心

I felt emotions stirring but

我能感受到我的情感在蠢蠢欲動

I kept them down

但是我壓抑了自己

I told myself not to get attached

我告訴自己不要依賴

Convincing myself I wasn't that interested

說服自己我其實對你不是特別有興趣

But instead of getting discouraged

但與其說是讓我打消念頭

you could tell that I was just afraid

你也知道其實我只是害怕再次進入感情

So you sent messages to make me smile

所以你傳訊息逗我笑

you listened

你傾聽

to difficult answers

儘管我給你的答案都不是你要的

You let your arm graze mine and

你的手臂輕輕觸碰我的手臂

brushed my hair to the side

將我的頭髮掠到一旁

You really believed that after all the failed relationships

你相信在那些失敗的感情

in each of our pasts

失敗的過去裡

that this is what it was all for

都是為了帶我們走到現在

Then one day

然後有一天

you made me believe too

你也讓我如此相信

(music)

（音樂）

With every night spent in your arms

每一晚在你懷中入睡

with every time I called you boyfriend

每一次當我稱你為男朋友

my emotions grew and my dependence on you deepened

我的感情便越來越強烈、對你的依賴也越來越深

And for some time

有段時間

I enjoyed this rise in my line

我十分享受我的線在圖表中逐漸上升

We both did

我們兩人都是

(music)

（音樂）

But something happened after a while

但過一陣子有些事發生了

something...

一些...

I saw in all my past relationships

在我過去的感情裡所發生的事

and so many around me.

還有我身旁所看到的事

As my line continued to rise

當我的線繼續上升時

your line began to fall

你的線開始下降

And despite sensing this

儘管我意識到這一點

I kept holding on to the hope that it was temporary

我依然帶著希望相信這只是暫時的

and it would eventually level out

最後會走回水平

And the sad thing is

但可悲的是

the more I saw it fall

當我看到你的線越來越下降

the deeper I fell

我對你的感情越深

I became afraid of losing you

我開始害怕失去你

But Sean, I have been here before

但是 Sean，我也經歷這段

and I know where this goes

我知道這接下來會如何發展

If our lines continue to go this way

如果我們兩條線繼續如此

then they will eventually cross

終有一天它們會擦身而過

And pretty soon

很快的

the guy who

那個

looked forward to conference calls with me

期待和我會議視訊的男孩

will find excuses to hang up

會開始找理由掛上電話

And the girl who avoided you for weeks

而那個逃避你好幾週的女孩

will end up crying over losing you

最後會因為失去你而崩潰

I'll toil over how someone

我會絞盡腦汁想著為什麼當初

who was so anxious to be with me

那個如此想要和我在一起的人

can become so indifferent

會變得如此冷漠

Where do those emotions go?

那些情感都到哪裡去了？

What happens to that wonder?

我們對愛的期待呢？

Why does interest inevitably diminish after the start

為什麼熱度總在一段感情開始之後

of a relationship?

就無可避免地消失殆盡？

You got me.

你得到我了

Is that all you wanted?

這就只是你想要的嗎？

Did you not want to keep me?

你不想要留下我嗎？

This is where are now Sean

Sean，這就是我們現在的景況

Right here.

我們就在這個交叉點

I still believe in you

我依然相信你

and that we don't have to end up that way

也相信我們最後不用這樣擦身而過

But this is where we are right now

但這正是我們現在的景況

I need to know

我必須知道

which way are you going?

下一步你要往哪走？

(music)

（音樂）