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TESS & ANTONIO QUOTES
PART 3
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[Antonio knows about the video tape of Tess being molested by Norman Leeds]
Antonio: Viki and Clint filled me in.
Tess: What, did they give you a private screening?
Antonio: I don't need to see it. I'm sorry that that happened to you.
Tess: Save your pity party for somebody who cares. You feeling sorry for me is not going to bring Jessica back.

Tess: You know what, Antonio? If you win and Jessica comes back and I disappear forever and this baby turns out not to be yours, you have fun sleeping in hell.

Tess: You can stop with the puppy dog eyes, Antonio. I'm not Jessica.

Antonio: (handing Tess a paper) Sign this.
Tess: Oh, right, Antonio. I trust you. Yeah, let me just sign my soul away on the dotted line. Bite me.

Tess: You know, Antonio, this is so like you. So smug, so sure of yourself. You know, Dr. Crosby brings us down here for a play-by-play of the integration that -- wasn't. Jessica's still hiding and I'm still standing. Yet, you show up with a stupid piece of paper demanding to know when you can have proof that my baby is yours?

Antonio: I have a right to know if I am that baby's father.
Tess: Antonio, you have no rights! Jessica isn't here. She has disappeared, like always.

Antonio: I'll go with you.
Tess: You will step away from me, thank you.

Tess: Dr. Jacobs says that it could be today, a week from now, but she said the baby's dropping.
Antonio: Well, that means that your body's changing, getting ready to give birth.
Tess: Gee, Antonio, what gave you that idea?

Antonio: Jess, hey.
Tess: Jessica is not here and I'm sorry -- I don't take messages.

[Tess is in labor at the hospital]
Antonio: Jessica? Jessica, honey. I'm here.
Tess: I don't need an audience right now!

Antonio: Hey. The -- the drugs kicking in yet?
Tess: A 10-pound baby is trying to push its way out of my body.
Antonio: Sorry.

Tess: What do you want?
Antonio: I didn't think you should be alone.
Tess: Whatever.
Antonio: And I also wanted you to know that -- that I love you.
Tess: That stuff you said before about loving me, what's that about?
Antonio: Well, you guys, you know, practically look alike.
Tess: Are you kidding me?

Antonio: I was too quick to judge. I've learned to respect you.
Tess: Why?
Antonio: Because you're brave. The way you protect that baby, the way you've always taken care of Jessica.
Tess: Ok --
Antonio: How could I not love that?
Tess: Ok, ok, stop it.
Antonio: All right --
Tess: You're freaking me out now.

[Antonio comes by the hospital room to visit Tess and the baby]
Tess: The only reason that I'm not screaming for you to get out of my room right now is because it will disturb my daughter.
Antonio: Thank you.

Tess: I'm pretty sure that Jessie is gone for good.
Antonio: Well, then it's obvious that you don’t know Jessica as well as you think you do.
Tess: The baby needs a mother. The baby needs to be nursed. And whether you like it or not, honey, I have the equipment.

Antonio: The baby's not only yours, Tess.
Tess: Well, she's never going to be yours, Antonio.

Tess: How did you even get that this -- this quickly?
Antonio: I have friends from my years on the force.
Tess: Oh, did you grease a few palms, Antonio? Good job.
Antonio: The A.D.A. was sympathetic to the situation
Tess: That's because he heard your side of the story.
Antonio: Yeah, well, somebody's got to stick up for Jessica.
Tess: Oh, please, you're nobody's hero, loser.

Tess: Okay, this is low, even for you. I let you in the delivery room with me while I was giving birth. And the second the baby pops out, you're all whining and crying to the A.D.A., slamming me with court orders? You're a pig! I have no idea what Jessica ever saw in you.
Antonio: She knows that'll do anything to protect her, and since she's not here to protect herself, to -- fight you, then I'm going to do it for her.
Tess: You want a fight, honey? Bring it on.

[Antonio knows that Tess saved his life after the tornado]
Antonio: You made me think Jessica was back.
Tess: You needed a reason to live, Antonio. If you had told me that you saw Elvis, I would've told you it was true.

Tess: Great, great. Well, we've already established that everything that I do is wrong, but, you know, Antonio, look on the bright side. Not only do you survive, you now have a fresh new reason to hate my guts.
Antonio: I don't hate you.
Tess: Oh, please. You could have fooled me.

[The baby is fussy]
Tess: I can always get her to calm down.
Antonio: Nobody has the touch 100% of the time.
Tess: Oh, I thought that was just me.

Antonio: Viki’s had a hell of a year -- with her heart problems.
Tess: Oh, and me, yeah. That was tough.
Antonio: Tess, I didn’t say that.
Tess: Oh, I'm psychic.

[Tess is furious after Antonio kisses her in an attempt to bring Jessica out]
Antonio: I will do whatever I have to to get Jessica back.
Tess: What did you think that was going to do, anyway, huh, Antonio? Do you think that, what, Jessica's like some sleeping beauty, and a kiss from you is going to snap her out of it?
Antonio: No, Tess, I didn't think anything. I didn't plan it. But whatever happened there, it worked, because Jessica kissed me back.
Tess: Oh. Well, then, you both are lousy kissers.

Antonio: Look, it may have only been for a few seconds, but Jessica was here. She kissed me back. I know how she feels and how she tastes.
Tess: Oh, please -- shut up. You're grossing me out.
Antonio: And besides, you wouldn't let me kiss you. You'd haul off and slap me.
Tess: Yeah, you're right, I would. But if you try it again, I'll punch you -- in the lower region.

Antonio: Tess, you're back.
Tess: Don’t worry, Antonio, I'll be out of here in no time, and you can get back to your congas.