elastigale:

A couple people have asked me, “Who said ‘I love you’ first?”  I always figured it was Gail, and it probably went down something like this.

Helen’s perfectly comfortable being a shameless flirt and making suggestive jokes to fluster Gail because it’s all a game to her.  But when Gail just bluntly talks about real stuff like feelings and (gasp) commitment, it’s Helen’s turn to be bashful.