Arizona Dream Page #9

- No, no, go ahead.

Anyway... uh... he decided...

...for my 21st birthday present, he was gonna

take me out to dinner and pay for it himself.

He'd saved up some money and decided he was

gonna take me to dinner, so we go to this restaurant.

Uh... this place we used to go with Leo.

We drove up there together and... uh...

...we had this great meal.

Big great meal...

...and I knew it would be expensive,

but he said, "The sky's the limit."

So anyway, after dinner

I have to go to the bathroom...

...and I go into the bathroom,

and when I come out of the bathroom...

...I see him standing by the door,

and he looks unusually nervous.

And I'm looking at the waiter and the waiter is

standing by our table kind of flapping the check...

...you know, on the table, he's... he's

kind of pointing at the check, you know.

- And I'm looking at Axel and I call up to myself:..

- Will you come up?

..."Listen! What's going on, lad?

Did you pay the check?"

Will you help me

wrap the presents?

"You said you were

paying for everthing."

- "Whaddya mean?"

- Okay.

"You made me not bring

any money with me."

I say, "Whaddya mean

you have no money?"

Anyway, next thing I know...

...we're running down the streets of

Tucson being chased by this wai...

...our waiter who was... who was this fifty

year old guy, but he was like me...

- Hi!

- Hi!

What's that?

- Huh?

- No! No!

Nope!

Very nice!

Wow!

I want you to have something.

For me?

- It's beautiful.

- I want you to have the world.

Thank you.

- I was thinking about what you said.

- What did I say?

That I was supposed to be

with you.

Could you hand me that tape?

Yeah.

You know...

...when I first met her,

I... I felt something kind of strong.

I didn't know what it was...

...you know?

I... I didn't know what to call it.

Now everything's kind of turned

around, and... she's like... uh...

...she's like this cloud...

...that I can see through.

And on the other side,

I see you.

And I feel something

very strong.

I think I know

what to call it, you know?

That make any sense?

Could you put your finger

here for a second?

Yeah. What do you think?

- About what?

- About us, kind of...

...belonging together.

What about this lamp?

Do you think Paul will like this lamp?

Yeah, he'll... he'll love it.

What do you think?

I think two wrongs

don't make a right.

- Meaning what?

- Meaning us. Two wrongs.

What if we're not? What if we're two

rights, and everybody else is wrong?

Nah!

- Either way, we're gonna be screwed, Axel.

- But this way we can be screwed together.

Oh...

- ...I wish I could take you with me.

- Let's go!

Let's go right now!

No trains...

...no planes, no f***ing doors.

We'll go right out the window!

Hey, I have to take care

of some business though.

- House?

- Yes.

Last night in my dream I'm standing in the middle

of the desert, and my house is tied around my neck...

...and my body's breaking under its weight,

and it's engulfed in flames, and the flames are...

...climbing up the rope, and they...

...they almost reach my neck, and right

before they do, I wake up, and I know...

...I know that I have to

get rid of this house.

- I want you to promise me something.

- What?

That when you're done with

this house stuff...

...we can go away.

Come on!

Come on!

I promise.

- You promise?

- Yeah.

I promise.

Good.

It's funny.

I mean, it's a funny story.

And I have a lot of

funny stories, you know.

Hey!

Here they are!

- Is this is for me?

- Yes.

- You bought this for me?

- Yes.

- That's very nice.

- Yes.

Here.

You open yours first.

See what I get?

I feel like a clam here, right?

I've always wanted to be a sea

turtle. They're always happy.

How do you know

when a turtle's happy?

Because if you look at their faces,

they're always smiling.

- Turtles don't smile, Grace.

- Yes, they do.

- No, they don't.

- Yes, they do.

- I...

- They can't smile.

I don't think turtles smile.

Yes, yes, they do,

and they live forever.

- Who wants to live forever?

- See?

I'd like to die when I'm 35.

- You want to die when you're 35?

- Yes.

- How would you die when you're 35?

- How would I die when I'm 35?

How would I die?

I'll tell you how I'd die.

I'd take off all my clothes and get into

a bathtub filled with ice-cold vodka.

And I'd have a TV in the room with me,

I'd be watching "North by Northwest".

So just when the scene comes with the airplane,

I'd pull the TV into the tub and shock myself.

I hate that film!

I'd like to die as a little girl.

I'd... I'd go up on the roof

and jump off, and I'd be flying.

Well, I mean, I'd look down see all the

people watch me from the ground...

...but instead of falling, I would just fly...

...higher and higher.

What did I get?

- What is this thing?

- Lava lamp.

- Axel?

- All these are nice. Thank you. Lamp.

- Axel? What about you?

- It's very nice.

- Thanks.

- I'd like to be...

...I'd like to be thrown off a cliff, and then

my body could smash into the rocks.

But I... I wouldn't want a lot of people

at the funeral, you know, 'cause I don't...

...I wouldn't want 'em to look at me.

You'd be all smashed up. Why would

you want them to look at you?

I don't want them to look at me.

There... you're laying there in the box,

people staring at...

- You'll wind up living forever.

- It's for all of us.

Grace. What about you?

Me?

I'm not going to die.

I'm gonna live forever until one

day I'll wake up and I'll be a turtle.

Turtle Grace!

Sing it!

- Good night.

- Good night.

I love you.

Where you going?

- Good night.

- What do you mean "good night"?

What do you mean "good night"? We just

got by the fire. We're having a good time.

I've... I have to get up

and do things.

- Stay with us a little while.

- Yes.

Come on. No?

- Come on!

- Okay, I'll see you. Good bye.

Come on, Grace!

Is something wrong?

Did I say something?

Come on! Come on! Come on!

- Come on!

- Alright!

Sing!

Axel, I'm tired too.

I'll be get going!

In the middle of the song!

We didn't finish the song.

- Are you coming, Axel?

- Yeah.

Good night.

That's it! Just leave me!

Leave me in the middle of a song! I had

a great moment! Just leave me like that!

Go up and sleep,

leave me soaking wet here!

- Good night, Paul.

- Good night, Elaine.

- Wasn't that a funny story I said?

- Yeah!

Yeah? What do you

know about funny?

Good dinner, throw the food

on the floor. That's real funny!

Then you have a birthday cake,

and no one wants to cut the cake.

Well, I'll cut the cake,

thank you.

Happy birthday to me!

Happy birthday to Paul!

That's me! Paul!

Looks like she left about

Alright! Good!

Enough, enough, guys. Enough!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Come on.

I gotta work, okay? I work for money.

Time is money. Have a drink.

Have a drink! You need it.

You need a drink. Go ahead.

Go home, and suffer with your

families. Suffer like animals! Yeah!

Why do I have to talk to four

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