Alex of Venice Page #4

Maybe that's what you need?

Come on, go try this on.

No. I can't.

Yeah, I'm just not ready.

Madam will take her coffee now.

Madam will take...

Where's the cream? Where's the...

I can't. I can't. I can't.

I can't. I can't do this.

I can't do this play.

- What do you mean you can't do it?

- I can't do this f***ing play.

Of course you can.

It's not sticking. The...

I can't... I don't see the... the words.

They're not staying in my head.

I...

- You're doing the f***ing play.

- No.

Yes, you are. You going to do the play.

There's no question about it.

And you're going to be brilliant.

Here's some good news. The scientist

from the Tahoe case saw the PH numbers

- and says he'll fly himself in to testify.

- Oh, that's good news.

- Right?

- Yeah.

Wait, however, he also says

the numbers aren't quite high enough

- and they're going to claim quick uptaking...

- Okay, guys, I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay.

He says that they're going

to claim 'uptaking pollution

is due to nearby refineries

and weather patterns.'

That's bullshit.

Well, the dead tadpoles will help.

I mean, if...

if more die, that'll... that'll help.

I hate that I have to hope for the death

of tadpoles in order to prevent...

the death of tadpoles.

What did... what did you want last night

when you... when you texted me?

I...

I was just thinking about the case and...

Yeah. Just something...

something to do with that.

Okay.

Hey, you know? Do you want to just

take this back to my place and...

I don't know, work with a bottle

of wine or something? Or...

Yeah, yeah. We could do that.

- Yeah, like now?

- Yeah. I mean, yeah, sure. Sure.

When you think of

elephants... you don't...

I don't know.

You think of innocence and...

I don't know. Elephants. Alright?

- Like, they remember stuff I guess?

- Yeah.

But this thing, it was like,

they're a lot like... they're a lot like us.

Like they... they crave...

- contact, like physical contact...

- Right.

...with each other.

They like, roll around...

on each other. Elephants.

- These big, thick-skinned...

- Oh, yeah.

...creatures are just...

And their... their trunks...

They'll like, you know,

intertwine their trunks and, like...

You know, it's like...

It was... what I... it was oddly sexual.

- Like on their part. Yeah.

- Really?

But it was like, I was...

I was moved to tears.

That's amazing. I mean,

that sounds like an...

that sounds like

an incredible thing to see.

Yeah.

And I kept saying they're wiggling.

They're like... they would just wiggle

like worms on each other.

Hi.

Hey, Dad.

Hey. My lines...

Sorry, what, Dad?

My lines. I can't find my lines.

Okay.

- Excuse me.

- Well, you'll find them. Dad...

- This is... this is Josh.

- Hi.

- This is my dad.

- Hi.

- It's a play.

- Oh, okay.

Did you look in your room? It might be...

That stupid thing...

Beth?

What?

What was that?

Did he really just think I was Mom?

He's got to stop smoking so much weed.

I'm so sorry. I'm...

That's never happened before.

I... I'm so sorry.

Hi, I'm Lily. I'm... I'm Alex's sister.

Hi, Lily, I'm Josh.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you too.

Okay. I'm going to go out.

You guys have fun saving the planet.

Anyway, I was... I was about

to ask you something before all that.

What was I going to ask you? God.

I've... completely lost it.

Oh, I mean, with a dress like that,

how... how can you... keep focus.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, you're right.

That was... that was some dress.

Hey, Tom.

Get this lady a drink.

What are you having?

- I don't need... I don't need anything.

- No, it's on me.

- A vodka soda.

- You got it.

Okay.

Frank Evans.

Yeah, yeah. I remember.

Enjoy.

- I'm going to come around.

- Okay.

Nice dress.

It's my sister's.

Very attractive.

Thanks.

- So you live around here?

- Yep.

Yep, my whole life. Grew up here.

Yeah, me too.

It's funny, I've never run into you here.

Oh, I don't go out. Ever, at night... I...

- I was married, so.

- Was?

Yeah, the jury's still out, I think.

Okay.

Well, it was... it was good to see you.

This is what I'm talking about. I'm talking

about what the world is going to look like

in ten years, and you apparently

don't give a sh*t.

- I don't have to defend myself to you.

- No, why would you? Why would you?

Alex... this is the way the world works,

- if I don't build there, someone else will.

- God, I hate that argument. I hate it.

Okay, you hate this then.

Do you know how many jobs I'm providing

for kids who have not had the luxury

of going to law school?

You... you know what the community's

like around that marsh.

Half of the families there

are on food stamps.

Families are going to eat

because of my spa,

and you want to know

how that looks in the next 10 years?

I'm talking about a good school,

a great public park...

and a kid like me

can dream of going to law school.

- That's my vision.

- Okay.

No, I get it, I get that.

I'm just saying...

For me, I'm... I'm worried about

what it's going to look like in ten years.

What it's going to look like

a hundred years from now.

That's what I'm thinking about,

and maybe that makes me a total weirdo.

Yeah, you are a weirdo.

I mean, in a good way though. Yeah.

You want to know...

how much of a total weirdo I am?

Sure.

I've only had sex with one person...

my whole life.

That's a... big 180.

Yeah. I... I met George

at 18, got pregnant 19,

and so now I'm totally f***ed. You know?

That's kind of exciting actually.

It's like you're starting out

for the second time.

I mean, most people

they've done that already.

It's in the past.

So you want to have sex with me?

One morning I woke up

at the Chelsea Hotel.

I don't remember how I got there.

But that's another story.

What I do remember is they had

a great egg scramble,

and that's what we're making today,

the Chelsea Hotel special.

Do you like tomatoes?

- Morning.

- Morning.

I worked all night

and fell asleep at the office.

In my dress?

Dad just texted me.

- So what did he say?

- He's still in Santa Fe.

You want to skip school and hit the beach?

I just f***ing love/hate this city.

I'm such a Cali girl at heart, really.

Why'd you leave?

I don't know. I needed a change.

- Is that what happens?

- What?

Grown-ups get...

bored and... need to change.

Well, first of all,

I am not a grown-up, and second of all.

Are you talking about your dad?

Okay, I'm just going tell you this,

he did not get bored of you.

I'm serious. How could anyone

get bored of you?

He's got his own sh*t going on.

It's his problem.

Other than that, we're still waiting to hear

from the environmental impact report.

Vanessa, where are the interns

with the community?

- Nowhere. No one will sign the petition.

- What? Alex, what's going on?

That community's living below

the poverty line.

They're not going to get on board.

They want jobs.

They don't know what they want.

It's our job to educate them.

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