About Cherry Page #4

Yeah.

Who's that?

Oh, it's just a shoot someone

did for Girls Club today.

That girl looks really young.

She's legal.

I think we're just

getting older.

I didn't think

we're that much older.

You don't have anything

to worry about.

You look the same

as the day we met.

You know, the thing I always

liked most about you

was your honesty.

Don't ruin that.

Do you want a salad?

Okay.

You feel like heading

to the Four Leaf?

I don't really want to hang out

with your work friends.

I got a closing first thing

in the morning

in the China Basin.

Yeah, I'm going to bed

with you or a magazine.

Yeah, I stay here all the time.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Bourbon.

Oh, no.

What?

When you're ordering bourbon,

someone's pulling

at your heartstrings.

I'm in a relationship.

I think you know.

This is San Francisco.

That could mean anything.

That's 'cause you're

a hot slut, but I'm loyal.

I am not even going to say

anything, nope.

That would be the first time.

It would be.

Her?

What? No.

- She's new.

- She's hot.

She's hot.

Oh, my gosh.

What? It's nothing.

It's nothing?

Look at you.

You're totally blushing.

Hey.

I thought you'd be asleep.

I thought I would be too.

That wasn't even your shoot.

The girl you were

looking at earlier.

So?

It wasn't even your site.

People look at pictures.

I wouldn't have a job

otherwise.

That girl is a child.

It's a job. It's my job.

Eight years together,

and this is all just starting

to dawn on you?

So are we almost ready?

Yeah, one second.

Waiting on makeup.

Makeup, you almost done?

Makeup's clear.

- Thanks.

- We're good.

Do you want to start in wide?

Maybe a little closer.

Medium, waist up?

I like a little closer

than that.

That's good. That's good.

Okay.

- Hi.

- Hi.

You're so beautiful.

What's your name?

I'm Vicki.

Vicki, I hear you're married.

How long have you been

with your husband?

Since high school.

You're childhood sweethearts.

Does he still f*** you hard

every night?

Oh, he's not that wild.

Oh, that's such a shame.

You're so hot.

Why don't you show us

what you like to do

when your husband's not around?

Okay, I'm sorry.

I just need a second, okay?

Is everything okay?

Anyways...

There's my baby girl.

- Mom.

- Oh, returned to you at last.

I didn't know that you were

coming to visit this weekend.

Well, it's no problem,

because this wonderful

little gentleman Paco

has given me a beer and is

telling me a very funny story...

That I cannot repeat.

Good, good.

Good, great.

Paco, where's Andrew?

He's still at the bookstore.

He closes Thursdays now.

Oh, okay. I didn't know that.

Say hello

to your long-lost sister.

JoJo.

Jo.

Jo.

So why are you all dolled up?

You got a hot date?

"Hot" isn't halfway

to the truth.

That man can melt

an ice cream truck.

No, okay.

No, I was just trying out

some... some new fall trends.

You know, don't you read Cosmo?

- I read Cosmo.

- I know.

Well, if you got a hot date,

I want to meet him.

Phyllis, he's a lawyer, even,

a catch.

I swear, I'm gonna turn him

when she's not looking.

Yeah, well, they're all

a catch until they're caught.

Honey, fix yourself up.

Tell your hot lawyer

your mom wants to be taken out

on the town.

Yeah, we didn't have plans

for today...

Move it, toots,

'cause we're not done talking

about you, anyway.

Come on, move it.

I want to have some fun.

Very funny.

Hey, you okay?

There's a lot of snitches

around here.

Is there anything I can do

to help you right now?

Do you want some coffee or water

or an aspirin or anything?

No, okay?

Is there something wrong?

Are you losing money?

Okay,

I'll give you ten minutes.

When's your boyfriend

getting here?

I don't know what happened.

He was supposed to be here.

Well, nothing unusual

about a man not showing up.

That's why they call them men.

No, he just...

he had some errands to run.

I'm sure he's gonna

be here soon.

Well, we got all the time

in the world.

You know, I'll just call him.

I'll just call him real quick

and see where he is.

Poor thing.

Paco, how's my little lady

doing?

She is the most popular girl

in town.

Okay.

Ambitious,

just like her mother.

Soon, this town won't be

big enough for her either.

I adore her.

She's a sweetheart.

Yeah. You taking care of her?

Oh, yeah, absolutely,

absolutely.

All right.

Okay, so he just...

he got caught up at work,

some last-minute documents.

Lastminute?

He's going to trial this week,

you know,

so they had

to petition the court

for some sort of approval.

I don't... I don't really know

what it means,

but he works a lot.

Nope, no, no, no.

No more for me, thanks.

Really?

Yeah, I...

I know when to say when.

I had a drink at your house,

and...

So you like this guy?

Is it that obvious?

Is he good to you?

Yeah.

Yeah, he is.

Remember Aunt Patty?

Remember how she used to always

work late at the car dealership?

Mom, why are you

bringing that up?

You know, nobody thought

anything of it.

Nobody wondered why

a receptionist

was always working late

at a car dealership.

Okay, but you haven't even

met Francis.

I know. I know.

It just reminds me.

He works late one time,

and you're implying

that he's a drug addict.

The thing about Patty was,

she wouldn't call first.

See, we'd all be sitting there

waiting for her at the bar.

Eventually,

some time would go by.

We'd realize,

"Patty's not here."

Now, this was before

cell phones,

so one of us would go call her.

She'd say she was working late

at the car dealership.

See, the thing about addicts is,

they don't call first.

You have to remind them

to lie to you.

You think everybody

in this world is as f***ed up

as the people in our family.

Are you folks ready to order?

- Yes.

- Yes, I'm starving.

Starving.

I'm gonna have... Paco said

the meat loaf was good.

I'm gonna have the...

$17 for meat loaf?

Well, isn't this fancy?

It's good. It's worth it.

Thanks for dinner, Angel.

It's no big deal.

Sorry about your boyfriend.

- He has a name...

- Yeah, we all do.

And you know it.

We all do.

You know,

you may not believe it,

but I know the mistakes,

'cause I've made them.

See, he says

real nice things to you,

makes you feel special,

apologizes when he's done

something wrong,

but you've got

to keep your head,

because the next thing

he's gonna say is,

"I want to...

I want to take care of you,"

and it's just then

that he's gonna let you down

real hard.

You know, Mom,

I don't think that that's true.

Well, there's true,

and there's true.

You know, I really wish

you'd gone off with Andrew.

You know, I think he would have

treated you real good.

Boys and girls are allowed

to be friends with each other.

Not in my lifetime.

- Oh, well...

- You know what, honey?

I think I'm gonna run in here

for a minute.

I'm just gonna slip in here

real fast, okay?

I thought you were saying when.

Well, I just...

can't hurt, okay?

Okay.

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