An Unmarried Woman Page #8

I love them. Sometimes I miss them.

But I see them every summer. We have

a place up in Vermont. You'll like it.

You seem to have my life

worked out for me.

For us. I want you.

- You know that?

- Yes, I'm getting the message.

Do you want me?

My head tells me to slow down.

But I don't think my pulse is normal.

You know, there are three things

that we could do right now.

You could call a taxi and go home.

Or we could go on walking,

and, uh, I could lecture you...

on the real dilemma of modern art.

Or we could go to my place,

and we could thoroughly enjoy each other.

You want hot sauce on your eggs?

Please.

- Grated cheese?

- Everything.

I feel great.

I feel... happy.

I- I don't know what's going on.

This is craziness.

I don't understand anything anymore.

I feel I like

to do things, you know.

- I want to travel.

- We'll travel.

I want to see Greece.

I want to see Persia.

I'd like to go to Tibet.

I'd like to open up

a little restaurant.

Nothing fancy. Just a little something

where I sing under a spotlight.

You ever thought about skateboarding?

I do want to go to India!

India I can do without.

Why?

I like a nice bathroom.

I may go back to school.

I may go back to school.

What's wrong with the gallery?

Oh, I need more money. I don't

want to depend on Martin forever.

Also, I could use

a real challenge in my work.

Live with me.

That'd be a real challenge.

I could use a challenge in my work.

Living with me is work.

Hey, this is really delicious.

I'm serious.

So am I.

Does it still feel empty?

No, but it tastes like hot sauce.

Why do you only have one child?

Do you want to have a child?

No, no, no.

Well, I had two miscarriages

after Patti.

I quit trying. Why?

Because... I want to know

everything there is to know about you.

Mm. Paint! Paint!

Paint! Please, paint!

- You are the most delicious

woman I've ever met!

- I have to go.

- There's something so damn

Victorian about you!

Will you ever, ever

spend the whole day...

followed by the whole night

with me in this room?

I don't know!

Look, I'll come over to your place

if it's any easier.

There's just something

so nice about sleeping...

and waking up

with a person that you like.

You really know how

to rush a girl, don't you?

You really know how

to rush a girl, don't you?

Erica, underneath

this haunted, driven shell of a man...

there lives a warm homebody...

who likes to watch TV

and chew cashews...

while the woman he loves

is finishing a good novel.

Sounds like my marriage.

I want to meet your daughter.

- Now?

- Whenever.

Come to dinner tomorrow night.

Don't know the address.

I like your style.

A girl in my school

got an abortion last week.

- How old is she?

- Sixteen.

- It's not that unusual.

- Do I know her?

Mm-mm. Cost 200 bucks.

She said it was awful too.

The doctor kissed her on the mouth

right after the abortion.

- Oh, God!

- Two hundred bucks!

What about her parents?

Do they know?

- No way!

- Well, who paid for it?

We all chipped in.

- What about the boy?

- She was too embarrassed to ask him.

That stinks.

- Here comes Casanova.

- Oh, I'm warning you.

- I'm warning you.

- Shake it.

- Hello.

- Hi.

- All right?

- Thank you. Uh-huh. Come in.

This is Patti Benton. Saul Kaplan.

- Hello.

- Hi.

I saw one of your paintings

in the Museum of Modern Art.

Oh? Did you like it?

I didn't understand it.

- Hmm. Well, I'm gonna like you.

- She never lies.

How old are you?

- Forty-two.

- You don't look it.

- You look older.

- Patti!

- How old do I look?

- I already know. You're 15.

- Do I look it?

- You look much older.

Good.

- Can I have some?

- With dinner.

Give her half a glass.

Cut it with water.

- Yeah, that's what the French do.

- We're not French.

Booze is worse than grass.

I smoke grass once in a while.

- So do I.

- Got any?

Now, don't be precocious, Patti.

I'm not being precocious.

I'm just a normal 15-year-old girl.

Actually, I'm not normal.

I'm still a virgin.

Patti, come into

the kitchen with me.

Excuse us.

- You're being very rude!

- I guess I'm just nervous.

- This is the first time

you've brought a man home.

- Do you like him?

It's too early to tell. He's cute.

This isThis is really delicious.

Your mother's a very good cook.

How can you tell from one dish?

She made eggs for me the other night.

With hot sauce and grated cheese?

- That's right.

- Hmph.

She really likes you then.

I don't think I'm having

fun at this party.

I am.

Relax.

I know that you and Saul are lovers.

It's not funny.

What's the matter? You always

told me to tell the truth.

It's obvious that you invited

Saul here to prepare me.

Prepare you for what?

Um, look, I'm the one

who asked to come here.

- I wanted to meet you.

- I have a father.

I don't want to be your father.

I'm not marrying Saul. L

- Marry him! I don't care!

- He's my friend.

So marry him.

It doesn't matter to me.

Nobody's asking you

to stop loving your father.

Well, you know, it would be easier

if Daddy could see me here sometimes.

Okay.

Sorry.

I behaved like a 15-year-old.

I do it all the time.

# Maybe I'm a man

Maybe I'm a lonely man #

#Who's in the middle of something #

#That he doesn't really understand #

# Maybe I'm a man #

# Maybe you're the only woman

who can ever help me #

# Baby, won't you

help me understand #

# Maybe I'm amazed at the way

you're with me all the time #

# Maybe I'm afraid

of the way I need you #

# Maybe I'm amazed at the way

you help me sing my song #

#You right me when I'm wrong #

# Maybe I'm amazed at the way

I really need you #

# Maybe I'm a man

Maybe I'm a lonely man #

#Who's in the middle of something #

#That he doesn't really understand #

# Maybe I'm a man #

# Maybe you're the only woman

who can ever help me #

# Baby, won't you help me under##

Good morning.

Hi. How come

you're not jogging?

Oh, I had an early

appointment with this guy.

What's, uhWhat's up?

Well, I've decided that

you can come to the apartment...

to see Patti whenever you want.

- Oh, good. I'm glad.

- Just call first.

Okay. Oh, I meant to tell you.

I'm not going to California now.

- Why?

- Oh, a lot of things. Mostly, no money.

Well, you know, I've, uh

I've stopped seeing my therapist, and...

well, I'm looking around

for a better job, so...

the money thing will be

a lot easier for you.

We could make it real easy

if you want to.

What do you mean?

Well, I broke up with Marcia.

I'm surprised.

Yeah, I am too, kind of.

Well, the truth of it is she left me.

I don't know. I mean, the minute

I moved in there, we stopped having fun.

It's craziness.

I'm sorry.

Are you really?

Yeah, I'm sorry for you.

- I want to come back.

- No.

- Will you think about it?

- No, Martin.

I mean, I was thinkin'

you could think of me...

as this guy who was sick for a long time,

you know, and then recovered.

Think you could do that?

It doesn't work that way, you know?

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