Roxy LeBlanc quotes from Army Wives

Gloria

Hey Roxy.

Roxy

Wow. Someone's been busy.

Gloria

Yeah, Hector and I had a little fun at the mall.

Roxy

A little?

Gloria

It's not that much. Couple of tops, some jeans. Yeah, got something to show you. [takes out a stiletto shoe] What do you think of these?

Roxy

I love them.

Gloria

Yeah, you don't think they're too much?

Roxy

Are we talking money or style?

Gloria

Style.

Roxy

Style? No.

Gloria

That's what I thought. I got Hector a little present too.

Roxy

I don't think that will fit him.

Gloria

Come on, I've got something else to show you.

Roxy

There's more?

Roxy

Woah.

Hector

What do you think?

Roxy

It's...awesome.

Gloria

We got a great deal on it.

Roxy

Yeah?

Hector

[excitedly] Ok, baby. It's time for your next lesson.

Gloria

Hector's teaching me to drive.

Roxy

[surprised] You don't know how??

Gloria

Hey, in The Bronx you take the subway. See you later!

Roxy

Careful!

Gloria

I feel sick about those kids

Roxy

Yeah. Me too. That woman has a lot of nerve blaming our guys for what happened.

Gloria

Hector says it was messed up.

Roxy

What does that mean?

Gloria

Nothing. He just says they could've done more, that's all. Your husband told him to forget about it, there was nothing they could do.

Roxy

Yeah, well, he was right. Look, they're soldiers. They have to follow orders. And if Trevor said it was the right call, it was the right call.

Gloria

Yeah I know. I just feel sick about it, that's all.

Roxy

So do I.

Roxy

I was talking to Gloria about those kids, the orphans.

Trevor

Yup.

Roxy

We were just both saying what a horrible situation it was and I said that you would've saved those kids if you could've, right? [Trevor says nothing] Trevor?

Trevor

Technically we could've saved them.

Roxy

What?

Trevor

I mean, if there was room in the Humvee it would've been tight, but...

Roxy

I don't get it.

Trevor

Ok, even we had taken them to the airfield. Then what? We couldn't fly them out of the country.

Roxy

Why not?

Trevor

'Cause that wasn't our mission. Our mission was to evacuate Americans.

Roxy

Yeah, I get that...

Trevor

Those tribes over there, they all hate each other.

Roxy

Yeah, but these weren't dangerous gunmen or anything.

Trevor

People say we're taking sides.

Roxy

Trevor, these were orphans standing right in front of you, some of them the same age as TJ and Finn!

Trevor

[snaps] You don't have to remind me! All right?

Roxy

[quietly] Ok. Sorry.

Trevor

[pauses, looks at Roxy] It's war, and in war civilians pay a price. Always. Mothers, fathers, children. One time we were on patrol at this village outside Kandahar. Jeremy Sherwood is kicking a soccer ball with this Afghan kid. A few minutes later, a car bomb explodes and this kid and his father are dead. Funny thing is, the soccer ball wasn't touched. You got these two bodies lying there and the ball's perfectly fine.

Roxy

You never told me about that.

Trevor

There's a lot I never told you. There's a lot I wish I never knew.

Jackie

[points at house] That's my house.

Roxy

That's right! We just need to get you inside.

Jackie

Um, hold on a second...

Gloria

Ok

Roxy

It's ok. Denise said that's a good sign. It gets it out of her system.

Gloria

So I guess that's a really good sign huh?

Gloria

What do I tell him?

Roxy

Ahh...I wouldn't lie, but don't tell him the truth.

Gloria

[confused] What does that mean?

Roxy

You'll figure it out.

Hector

[concerned] Gloria! Where've you been?

Gloria

Didn't they tell you? I...I had to go on an errand.

Hector

Yeah, what kind of errand?

Gloria

Uhh....babysitting General Clarke's wife.

Gloria

[laughs nervously] I thought you'd like that. Uh, it was nothing. FRG business.

Hector

[nods, offers her the wine bottle] Want some wine?

Gloria

You know what? [puts hand on her wine glass] I think I'll pass.

Claudia Joy

How's Trevor dealing with it?

Roxy

Are you kidding? He loves it.

Jackie

Well, he's not the one carrying twins.

Roxy

Exactly. He has no idea what he's in for. These are our first kids together so he's never been through the midnight feedings...

Denise

Or sleep deprivation.

Claudia Joy

Or mood swings.

Marda

He is the best thing that ever happened to you and you want to throw it all away?

Roxy

Leave it alone. It's none of your business.

Marda

[...] You forgot what your life was like before Trevor? Your first husband was a wife-beater, drove you out of the house and into the arms of another loser-man who gave you nothing but a second child. You're living in a trailer with two kids on food stamps when Trevor picked you up like a knight on a white horse and brings you here. Look around. I don't know anyone who lives in a house this nice. But I guess it's not good enough for you anymore is it?

Roxy

I never said it wasn't nice!

Marda

You have a man who loves you, who's raising your kids like his own, who's the father of those babies you're carrying.

Roxy

Yes and what happens to them when their dad doesn't come home one day because he's been blown up somewhere around the world?! Did you ever think about that? What happens then?

Marda

Well, then you'll have proud memories of a man who died doing what he believed in.

Roxy

I don't want that! I'm thinking about my family!

Marda

You're thinking about yourself and you know what? There's more to life than just what's best for Roxy LeBlanc.

Trevor

You were tossing around a lot last night, babe. How are you feeling?

Roxy

[groans] Like a beached whale!

Trevor

Only three more weeks.

Roxy

Yeah, easy for you to say. Hey, do my shoes match? It's been months since I've even seen my feet.

Trevor

You look great. For a whale. [Roxy throws a pillow at him]

Roxy

I was hoping it would work out. But you two were so young and you barely knew each other when you got married.

Gloria

Yeah, but neither did you and Trevor.

Roxy

Well, we were older, more experienced anyway. I already had one marriage and two kids and Trevor had been in the Army for a while.

Gloria

True.

Roxy

Hey, you make a mistake. You learn from it. Then you move on. In the meantime, you've got your work and you've got your friends.

Gloria

Look, about that. I know you've been counting on me to look after The Hump and all but...

Roxy

Trevor!

Trevor

[from upstairs] I got it!

Roxy

Thanks babe.

Gloria

Please don't hate me, Roxy

Roxy

Hate you for what?

Gloria

I want to go back to New York

Roxy

Oh, for how long?

Gloria

I don't know. Forever, maybe? I really miss my family.

Roxy

Don't even think about it.

Gloria

Really?

Roxy

I totally get it.

Gloria

What about you? And the bar and the babies?

Roxy

[smiles] You know what, we'll figure it out.

Roxy

Hey babe, what are you doing home at this hour? [Trevor motions for her to sit down] Honey I've got like a million things to do this morning.

Trevor

Just sit down.

Roxy

[sits down] Ok, this is either very good news or very bad news.

Trevor

It's both. My order just came in. I've been assigned 2nd Ranger Battalion at Fort Lewis.

Roxy

[pauses] Is that the good part?

Trevor

It is.

Roxy

[smiles] Well, congratulations, babe. You deserve it.

Trevor

Thank you.

Roxy

What's the bad part?

Trevor

[takes a deep breath] We report to Tacoma in thirty days. [no reaction from Roxy] Rox?

Roxy

[nonchalantly] We can do that.

Trevor

[surprised by her reaction] What?

Roxy

I thought you were gonna say two weeks or something.

Trevor

[still in shock] Really?

Roxy

Yeah! We knew this day was coming. So, now it's here. No more guessing.

Trevor

[looks at Roxy in astonishment, at a loss for words] Right....right...it's just moving the boys and the dog and everything we own three thousand miles away––

Roxy

[cuts Trevor off] Are you trying to make me crazy?

Trevor

[stops short] No, no. I'm just trying to figure out if it's you or the sleep deprivation talking and you know what? I don't wanna know.

Roxy

[smiles] Can you get your butt outta here before I wake up?

Trevor

Yes ma'am. [kisses Roxy on the forehead and quickly leaves]

[sadly] I hate the Army.

Roxy

Honey, don't say that. You're very proud of your father and everything he does to serve our country. The Army just comes at a cost, that's all. You're old enough to understand that.