And Then Came Love Page #7

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I'm working on it.

I'm leaving work early today.

You need a husband.

Jake needs a father.

That ring on your finger,

does it mean anything?.

I'm going to take a shower,

and I'm going home.

Okay?.

[SlGHS]

[KNOCKS]

-What are you doing here?.

-I feel terrible about last night.

I just wanna make sure we're okay.

We're fine, okay?. You need to leave.

JAKE:
Paul, hey.

-Hey, buddy.

Look, I got up to the next level.

Oh, cool. Let me see.

-You gonna pick me up from school today?.

-No, Mom's picking you up.

-Can't Paul?.

-You know, I can help you out. No problem.

Hey, Paul, you wanna be my new nanny?.

-Paul's very busy with the play. He can't.

-You know, my days are free.

No. Absolutely not.

-Why?.

-Because it's a terrible idea.

-I mean, you being Jake's nanny?.

-What, are you sexist?.

Who else you got?.

-This is insane.

-Great.

PAUL:

Cool, man.

MONA:
Darling, did I leave

my glasses out there?.

No, Mom, I don't know where they are.

Okay, fine, whatever.

I'll call the school this afternoon.

Just go, come on. Go. Now.

Okay, we gotta leave in seven minutes

for school. Let's go.

Paul left his backpack, Mommy.

Paul?.

Uh, Jake's foul-mouthed friend.

That's quite a big backpack for a little boy

like that, don't you think?.

I hope you're not sending him to school

with a pack like that.

He'll have a back like mine.

JAKE:

Paul's not a little boy, Grandma.

He's not?.

Not relative to Jake, of course.

I'd like to meet this Paul.

-Sure, Mom. I gotta go.

-Julie, think about what I've said.

Your son needs a father, not a nanny.

Okay, Mom.

[SlGHS]

[BELL RlNGS]

-Hey, Paul.

-Hey, man. What's up?.

-Look, you gotta see my tattoo.

-Oh, that's-- Love your tattoo.

JAKE:
Look at his, Horatio.

-Oh, whoa, no, no, wait.

Hi.

Hey, I'll race you to the front.

Last one there is a rotten egg.

[JAKE LAUGHlNG]

[PAUL LAUGHlNG]

[PAUL MAKlNG KUNG FU NOlSES]

PAUL:

Ah! Ohh!

I thought I might find you two here.

-Mommy.

JULlE:
Hey.

[JULlE LAUGHlNG]

What a great surprise.

Hey, you know, you're just in time.

JULlE:
For what?.

-A tickle fight.

JULlE:

What?. Aah!

[ALL LAUGHlNG]

JULlE:
Nice.

JAKE:
Yeah.

Nice catch, Mommy.

[JAKE LAUGHlNG]

JAKE:

Yay! Whee!

I see. You look good there.

JULlE:

Ahh.

JAKE:

That was the best day ever. Right, Paul?.

-That was really fun today, Mommy.

-Yeah, it was.

-I love you, Mommy.

-I love you too, angel.

-ls he already out?.

-Big day.

-He really had a great time.

-So did l.

Did you?.

Have a good show tonight.

So I'll pick him up tomorrow, 3:00?.

Mm. Sure.

[SlGHS]

A View From the Bridge...

...marking the triumphant Broadway return

of-- Get ready for it.

--Jude Law.

Excuse me. I just said, Jude Law.

I'll take that as a no.

Stuart, I'm in way over my head.

I don't know what I'm doing.

I'm at my best

when I'm struggling for air.

-I'm not talking about work.

-Neither am l.

Oh, my poor dear, sweet, beautiful,

terribly confused Julie.

Monogamy is merely anachronistic

Victorian propaganda.

Maybe so,

but monogamy's what's best for Jake.

Besides, there's no ""-ogomy"" going on.

It's not like that.

Seriously, though.

What's best for Jake has to include

what's best for Jake's mom.

Jake. Ha-ha.

STUART:

Ooh! Little big man.

Guess what. I just got hired

for a production of The Misanthrope.

-You did?.

-ln Boston.

STUART:

That's great. That's a very difficult play.

I know. I leave Friday.

It's only for six weeks.

Wow.

Boston. That's a step up

from Weehawken, right?.

-lt certainly is.

-Hey there. Jake.

-See you later.

-Bye, Paul.

""Step up from Weehawken.""

I'm worried about the Yankees.

You think they'll make it

to the Series again?.

I sure hope so, man.

You can watch it with me.

I bet I can talk Mommy

into letting me stay up late.

Oh, man, you can't talk her into that.

Sounds like fun, though.

I wish you could be my daddy

instead of Ted.

Your mom is marrying Ted?.

Jake, it's Grandma.

Grandma. Jake.

Jake, where are you?.

-Hi, Grandma.

-There you are. Mwah, mwah, mwah!

-Who are you?.

-That's Paul, Grandma.

Paul?. Do I know you?.

Paul. Paul. Where have I heard

that name before?.

-You have a friend--

-He's my new nanny.

Nanny?.

Julie never tells me anything. I don't

know what goes on in that head of hers.

I'm not even sure

if she's engaged or not.

Perhaps I'm not the only one

with whom she's evasive.

Come on, Paul.

I wanna go back to my room.

PAUL:

Yeah, I'll be right there. All right.

-He seems very attached to you.

-Yeah, I kind of have that effect on kids.

-You went to Williams?.

-Yeah.

You know, Jake's biological father

went to Williams.

-His what?.

MONA:
Perhaps you know him.

He would be about your age.

-Late 20s?.

-Excuse me?.

The D-O-N-O-R.

Hey, sorry I'm late.

I had this phone a call and....

What's the matter?.

-Where is Jake?.

-He's inside with your mother.

Were you ever gonna tell me?.

I mean, you-- You weren't, were you?.

Paul.

Hey, slugger, how you doing?.

Know what time it is?.

-What time?.

-It's bath time.

Go get a book

so Mommy can read to you.

I don't wanna take a bath.

Jake, you have to, please.

No, I'm not dirty.

I took a bath yesterday.

Jake, you didn't take a bath yesterday.

-Did so.

MONA:
Jake.

Listen to your mother. Now.

-Mom, what did you do?.

-What did I do?.

Take a look in the mirror

and ask yourself that question.

So you think you can reinvent

the wheel, huh?.

-What wheel?. There's no wheel.

-Don't you get smart with me, young lady.

I don't care how you did it or why.

You were incredibly selfish...

...when you decided to bring

that child into the world.

But you gave me a beautiful grandson,

so I was selfish and forgave you.

But you....

Motherhood is selfless.

It's about putting children first.

You may not approve

of every decision I made...

...but you didn't see me run off

having fun at your expense.

Children come first.

Please, Mom. Being a good mother

has nothing to do with being a martyr.

It's not a punishment nor a badge of honor.

It's a choice.

And nothing is more important to me

than Jake's happiness.

Nothing.

This is about you. What is this?.

A column or a resignation?.

Both.

Jeez, who am I to write about choices

when I make all the wrong ones myself?.

I'm a bad person, okay?.

I'm a bad, bad person.

Aren't we being a tad dramatic?.

A, I knowingly bring a child

into the world without a father.

B, I cross the line, break the law

just to satisfy my own curiosity.

And C, I end up falling for the guy

who I completely deceived...

...while another man is asking me

to marry him.

I mean, who does that?.

Have you read this rag that we write for?.

I'm not saying you made

the smartest decisions...

...but its pages are filled with people

who've done a hell of a lot worse.

Frankly, that's why I read it.

It's comforting.

I just need to simplify my life.

Learn from my mistakes.

When I'm finished with the book tour,

I'm going to quit my job...

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