2nd Lieutenant Trevor LeBlanc quotes from Army Wives

Trevor

Roxy, you work two jobs right? And you got two kids from two different men. Now, I know I only met you four days ago, but I think you're my soulmate!

Trevor

Army kids grow up faster than most. That's just the way it is. If TJ wants to rise to the occasion, we need to guide him.

Trevor

Finn, you are on girl watch. No girls allowed, you understand?

No girls! Yes sir!

Here come girls!

Trevor

Hey, I know this is tough for you but I'm coming home.

Roxy

How can you know that? How can anyone know that?

Trevor

I just know. I do.

Roxy

Look, I get it, ok? I hit the jackpot here. I mean, most men put on the skates when they hear I got kids. But you married me. And here we are a blink later and you wanna adopt my boys and you want me to read your will and...it's not "just in case". It's because you could die. Trevor, it's because you could die. [kisses Trevor and walks out of the bathroom]

Trevor

Roxy. [Roxy stops and looks at him] I was adopted. And not till I was seven. Until then it was just foster care. I don't want to adopt your boys because I'm afraid I'm gonna die. I want to adopt them because I want them to know what it feels like to have someone really want them. It's like I said, I'm coming home.

Pamela

Marilyn is having an affair, and you waited until now to tell me?

Roxy

Well, excuse me, but I worked until midnight last night.

Pamela

Well, my phone works twenty-four hours a day! And so does my front door!

Trevor

So do you have any advice for me?

Chase

My first deployment, I didn't know what to expect. There was a Major in my unit. A married guy, been on a lot of tours. He told me not to contact my family. Said the less I talked to them, the less I'd miss them and it would make it easier for me to get through. I called home only called four, five times in six months. My son was two weeks old when I learned he was born. The Major was right. It did make it easier. For me.

Trevor

[looks at Roxy, who is in the kitchen with Pamela] Four five times in six months? [shakes head] I don't think I could do that Roxy.

Pamela

We can't tell anyone.

Roxy

Wait, why not? [lowers her voice] I was gonna tell Trevor. I mean, he knows her husband.

Pamela

Nah, you can't do that. Maybe in civilian life you could, if someone's cheating. But not here. We have to protect each other. Even if it's Marilyn. You still have to protect another soldier's wife. It's our code.

Chase

You asked for my advice, right?

Trevor

Yeah.

Chase

Well, here it is. [pauses] You call her every minute you can. I hurt Pamela a lot. Don't hurt your girl.

Marda

Now I'm hoping this knee is a by-product of an illegal sexual act. [Trevor laughs]

Roxy

[horrified] Mother!!

Marda

It's a firm grip. You did good!

Trevor

So did you ma'am. You raised a hell of a daughter.

Pamela

[to Roxy] See, this is exactly what I mean. Scott sends me flowers. The last time Chase sent me flowers was when Lucas was born. That was five years ago. And you wonder why Scott got to me.

Roxy

[smiles] Mister, you better be sending me flowers after we've been married for nine years.

Trevor

[looks at her in surprise] Hey, do I wanna know what this is about?

Roxy

No.

Trevor

Yeah, didn't think so.

Roxy

I just want to know that you have faults, Trevor. You know, like normal people.

Trevor

I jump to conclusions. I'm a terrible cook. I forget names and I'm clumsy, hence the knee. I can be impulsive and sometimes a little bit too sensitive. [pauses] Feel better?

Roxy

[chuckles] Yeah. Really, I do.

Trevor

Rox, you were so far out of line in like a hundred different ways.

Roxy

Sorry. I was just trying to help.

Trevor

I know but you gave Sergeant Hendrix another thing to ride my ass about! Do you know what the guys are calling me now?! "Babysoft"!

Roxy

Was just trying to get things back to normal for us.

Trevor

[looks at Roxy curiously] What is that supposed to mean?

Roxy

We haven't had sex in three days! Something's gotta be wrong. Are you still attracted to me?

Trevor

That's what this is about??

Trevor

[in disbelief] Rox! [turns to Roxy] Ok, just because we're not having sex every night does not mean I'm not attracted to you. 'Cause I am.

Roxy

[chuckles] I'm being needy. Never been needy before. I'm sorry. I just haven't had the best relationships, you know?

Trevor

Then this is a good one in case you're wondering.

Trevor

Rox, you are one of the smartest people I know...you could do anything.

Roxy

You know the difference between a lawyer and an accountant? An accountant knows he's boring. [kisses Trevor] I'm happy where I am right now.

Roxy

Do you remember the trek from Tuscaloosa?

Trevor

[glancing at the boys] How could I forget? TJ threw up on me twice, Finn peed on me, and you broke the dial fighting over the radio station.

Roxy

[smiles] Good times.

Trevor

[smiling] Hmmm...good times.

Roxy

I'll always remember this day.

Trevor

Why?

Roxy

Because terrorists are trying to blow us up and we're flying a kite. [they both laugh] That would really piss them off!

Trevor

Mrs. Roxy LeBlanc, we got married at City Hall. We never had a chance to say our vows and you never got to wear a wedding dress. So here it goes. [hands her a rose] Roxy, sometimes I think I've spent most of my life asleep, not taking any chances or any risks...

Roxy

I think jumping out of an airplane is a risk.

Trevor

Shh! [smiles] You're not supposed to interrupt me!

Roxy

Sorry!

Trevor

It's one thing to jump out of an airplane. It's another to really love someone. And I met you and you made sense of me. You are who I'm fighting for. You are who I'm coming home to. [looks at Roxy] Roxy, I love you. You are the love of my life.

[standing beside TJ as Trevor says good bye to the boys] Please stay.

Trevor

[to TJ and Finn] Well, you know why I have to go. But I'm gonna come back as soon as I can, and when I get home, I'm gonna tell you guys stories about everything I've seen. So, be brave for me, okay? Take care of your Mom, she's gonna need it. Come here. [kneels to hug both boys, and picks up his rucksack to leave, as Roxy tries not to cry]

Trevor

What's the matter, buddy?

TJ

It's just that we've never had a Daddy before.

Trevor

[bending to look TJ straight in the eyes] I love you.

Claudia Joy

[voice-over] To rejoin life is to accept what's happened, but I can't accept it. I can't move forward. I can't turn back. So I hold my breath living in a suspended state of existence.

Trevor

[voice-over] What do you do when you're told no mail can go out for a week due to security concerns? You get out a pen and paper anyway. Dear Roxy, I'm here, and by the time you get this letter, I might be somewhere else. But right now, Iraq has got to be the driest place on earth. Baby, there's no preparing for this. No books, no pictures, no training. Just the reality. It makes me wonder if sometimes you'd be better off if I had never brought you into this crazy life.

Claudia Joy

Everything that was familiar is now unfamiliar. What's light is now dark. The world seems a vast and unfriendly place.

Trevor

Death is everywhere here, in what you smell, hear, see, feel, and somehow, you're just supposed to put it all away. Forget you saw it. Move on. Is this hell?

Claudia Joy

Where is hell? Never to love again.