A Hatful of Rain Page #4

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"Just let him go.

Just don't say anything,

because he loves you.

He loves you and only you."

I love you and only you.

All right, Johnny,

here I am. Look at me.

Johnny, I see

more of your brother

than I see of you.

I spend more time with him.

Polo never mentions you

Neither do I.

We just-- We just pretend

that you don't exist.

Being lonely,

it's nothing new, but--

Last night, I--

I almost threw myself

into Polo's arms.

What was that you said?

We just-- We just can't

go on like this,

not the three of us

in one house.

Johnny, we used to talk

all night long.

We used to--

to wake up bleary-eyed.

I can remember a--

a weekend at the Point.

We didn't sleep from--

from Friday to Sunday.

Yeah.

That was the time

the house detective

didn't believe we were married.

Yeah.

That was your last weekend

before you went away.

All I wanted to do was--

was to hold you

and never let you go.

You cried

at the railroad station.

I know. I-- I didn't know

where you were going

or for how long you'd be gone.

You cried, too.

- I did not.

- You did.

I saw you through the window.

You were smiling,

but you were crying.

Ah, for Pete's sake,

what do you expect?

You looked like some little girl

that just lost a rag doll.

Johnny.

Please love me.

Baby... I love you.

Sometimes at night,

when you're asleep,

I go around walking the streets,

just like I was looking

for something,

when on in all--

all along I know

that everything I'm looking

for is sleeping right here.

Johnny.

Johnny.

Ohh.

I didn't mean to offend you.

Oh, honey, you didn't offend me.

Oh, all right, were you

with her today, Johnny?

Never mind where I was today.

I am going to mind, Johnny,

because it's not your day.

It's not my day.

It belongs to both of us.

All right, Johnny,

you're out of a job,

so you'll get another job,

but what did you do

all day, Johnny?

You weren't home.

I called here five times

if I called here once.

Ever since I heard

the old man was coming,

I can't stop remembering things.

Today I went out to the little

house where I was born in.

For 15 years, I hadn't been

anywhere near that house,

but today I had to go back.

It's like I was

looking for something.

There was something

there I had to find.

But-- But nobody

recognized me there.

So I-- It got late,

and, uh, I came here.

You came here--

not home, here.

No, I-- I mean home.

- You said "here."

- All right, here, not home.

I lived in a lot of places

since I left that house.

What do I know about a home?

Johnny, do you want

to run away from here?

- I want to live here.

- With me?

Baby, there's no other woman.

You don't know how much I need you,

how much I love you.

Sometimes I just want

to bury myself in you.

I love you.

Hello.

Hello!

That happened at least

three times this week.

They just hang up on me.

Every time I pick up

the phone, there--

I won't--

Hey, Johnny!

Hey-- Hey, Johnny.

- Hey--

- Johnny, come--

Kid, what are you doing?

Hey, where'd you

come from, John?

Hello, there.

Hey, Johnny,

the walls are crooked.

- Yeah. I know.

- Shh.

You ought to be

ashamed of yourself.

- Come in.

- Celia, I want to go dancing.

Come on, we'll all

go dancing, Polo.

We're all gonna go dancing?

The floor's crooked over here.

We'll fix it tomorrow.

- Tomorrow we're gonna--

- Yeah.

I'm so drunk, I couldn't

walk a chalk line, you know?

Shh.

Honey, go get some

coffee, would you?

Ah, this floor is crooked, too.

Yeah, I know. Come on.

Let's see if we can make it

to that chair, boy.

- I'm all right, Johnny.

- Yeah, sure.

Leave me alone, will you?

I'm all right. Come on.

There. Let's get these

clothes off, huh?

Hey-- Hey, Johnny--

who are you going to

vote for Miss Rheingold 1957?

I haven't made up my mind yet.

Yeah, well, I-- I voted

for Miss Woods 27 times.

You think she cares?

She don't care, that dirty rat.

Here, Polo.

Drink this. Come on.

Uh... mm... oof.

No, honey. I don't want

any of that coffee.

I'm not that drunk. I--

Take it easy.

Come on, come on.

I'm not that drunk. Like--

Hey, Celia, come on.

Watch out for those shoes.

They're Florsheim shoes, honey.

Give me the shoes.

I'm s--

Hey, Celia, let's--

let's get some good music

on the radio, huh?

Listen, undress

and get to bed, Polo.

Aw, don't be

a party pooper, Celia.

Hey-- Hey, Johnny,

watch out for that shirt.

That's an Arrow shirt.

Okay, come on, come on, come on.

C-Celia, you know there's a lady

who lives up there by

the top of the fire escape?

Every day,

she hangs out her wash,

and she dreamt

she washed her windows

in her Maidenform bra.

Come on, Polo, let's go, huh?

Come on. Hey.

Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in her tub.

I know three men--

Okay, come on.

Let's get you undressed

and to bed, Polo.

No. No, Celia, no.

You're not undressing me.

I'm ashamed. I got

a big appendix scar.

You see, Celia,

you know we all got scars?

J-Johnny's got scars

all the way down his back.

- Okay. Now come on--

- He was 14 days in a cave.

- Come on, buddy.

- All the way down his back.

Celia, meet my brother.

You know, my guests

are his guests.

But his guests aren't my guests.

See, J-Johnny's got

a heart like a snake.

Okay, that's enough

of that, Polo.

If I catch those three lousy--

Shut up.

Shut up, will you?

I-- I-- I shut up?

I'm shut up.

Shh.

I don't tell secrets

after school, Johnny.

I'm like you.

All you ever gave

was your name, your rank,

and your serial number.

I don't tell

the old man nothing.

Okay, come on.

Let's go to bed, huh?

- Let's forget about--

- Tell him what?

Tell him what?

Oh, yeah, let's

forget the old man.

Let's forget everybody.

We don't need anybody.

- Right?

- No.

We don't need anybody, Polo.

I got Florsheim shoes.

- I got a Paris belt.

- Come on, let's go.

Hey, where's my Paris belt?

Wh-- Oh.

Oh, thanks, Celia.

Mwah.

You're an angel in disguise.

Good night, Polo.

And don't worry about me, Celia.

No, no, she's not

going to worry.

I got everything I need,

except a box of sugar.

I'm going to dream I fell

asleep in my brown suit.

- Hey. Hey.

- Okay, honey.

- Hey, the sheets are cold.

- Never mind about the sheets.

Where's the--

Where's the super?

It's freezing.

No steam heat.

Oh, my, you could die

of cold in this place.

He doesn't care.

Ohh...

- Where are you going?

- I'm-- I'm going out.

I'm going to take a walk.

No, leave your coat where it is.

I don't want you coming with me.

Why not?

I-- I just want to think.

Johnny, I won't even talk.

I'll just hold onto your arm.

Y-You can't come with me.

I'll be back.

When?

Just tell me when, Johnny.

Tonight?

Tomorrow at dawn?

Noon? When?

So I can wait.

- When?

- Look, honey,

all those things

you said today about--

Oh, go on, Johnny.

Just go on.

Tell her she's welcome to you.

Johnny,

this is the last time

you'll ever do this to me.

I'm sorry.

Well, go ahead.

Go on.

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