Beautiful Girls Page #2

See what a man

has to go through for love?

It's beautiful, Paul. It's lovely.

- It's brown.

- Champagne. It's the newest thing.

It's not brown.

- Champagne? It's beautiful.

- Thank you.

- So what are you doing?

- I can't take it.

- Why not?

- I can't.

- Marry me, Jan.

- No.

- "No"? Just like that, "no"?

- No.

- Jesus Christ, Jan!

- You're so selfish.

Selfish? Let me explain something.

What's in this box constitutes

We're taking some time.

This screws everything up.

- Paul. What are you doing?

- Chip, cut me some slack.

- You're making a spectacle.

- It's her fault.

Jan? Outside.

- Look, take this ring.

- I got customers, Paul.

- Jan.

- Paul.

Take the f***ing ring!

- That's romantic!

- You sucked the romance out.

This is the desperate act

of a desperate man.

Only when faced with losing me

do you decide to do this.

So? I didn't like the alternative.

That's how one comes to a decision.

Wrong. One comes to a decision

based on what one wants,

not what one doesn't want, got it?

I got customers.

So how's everything at home?

It's all right. It's a little weird.

Dad's parked in front of the TV

all the time

and my mom's clothes

are still hanging in the closet.

- So what did you do Christmas?

- The tiki lounge gets real busy.

- Come on. What did you do?

- Went to Pennsylvania with Tracy.

- Met her parents.

- Was it good?

- It was all right.

- Right.

How's Sharon?

Sharon? She's OK, you know?

Well, she's actually not that good,

you know...

What about the other thing,

the other situation?

Oh, Darian? It's over.

- It's over?

- I mean it's practically over.

Wait, it's "practically" over?

Well, I mean it's... practically over.

It's over.

Listen, how come you never came down

that weekend? I had the whole thing.

You know, I got busy and...

I had to stick around, but...

What about spring?

I'll come see you this spring.

Now I know

what I'm doing this spring.

Hey, Stinky Womack re-opened

The Johnson Inn.

You wanna go by, maybe,

- grab a beer or something?

- Yeah. Great.

- Hey, what's up, Tommy? Who's that?

- Hey, Stinky!

Hey, Willie!

Hey, watch the Stinky stuff.

I'm a proprietor now.

- Sorry, Stinky. Nice job!

- Yeah, huh?

We got a new bar,

little fireplace, menu, apps.

- Apps?

- Yeah. Appetisers. We got apps.

He's the proprietor.

He's got the lingo down.

Willie! Willie C!

- What's up?

- What's up?

You all right?

Scoot over.

- What's got him creased?

- This.

- What is it?

- It's a diamond.

- F***in' thing's brown.

- It's champagne, the newest thing.

- What?

- It's a trend.

- Frank, two beers.

- You're so uncultured.

Champagne. It's a nice stone, Paul.

I heard about this. They're trying

to create a new market.

Oh, right, yeah. They were calling it

"piss" but weren't moving any units.

- What's with you?

- What?

- How much did you pay?

- What difference does it make?

What difference?

Diamonds are colourless.

You buy a coloured diamond

for a girl you're not even seeing.

- You been eating retard sandwiches.

- I don't need your sh*t.

- I think you do.

- F*** you, Mr High Horse.

You're like a human Geraldo episode.

- What does that mean?

- Guys...

You got one broad destroying her

marriage, one destroying her stomach.

- You just watch hockey.

- Don't push it.

What are you gonna do?

Beat me up after class?

This ain't high school any more.

The legend's dead.

- The legend can still f*** you up.

- Bullshit!

- Paul...

- Butt out, Conway.

Don't waltz in here

with your big city bullshit.

- F***ing loser.

- F*ggot.

- Prick.

- A**hole.

Free apps! I got free apps.

What?

Hey!

Willie boy.

- What are you doin'?

- Hanging out.

I like to mash snow, it gives me

a sense of self-satisfaction.

- You got a girlfriend?

- Why do you ask?

I don't know. You're a dude in flux.

You've come back to the house

of loneliness and tears,

to daddy downer and brother bummer,

to come to some decision about life.

A life decision, if you will.

You fancy yourself a perceptive

little thing, don't you?

I don't know about "little".

I'm the tallest girl in my class.

I may grow to be 5' 10".

I'll be hot.

Well...

Am I right? Life decision? You

got the full-on Hamlet thing going?

Hamlet? Danish prince,

couldn't make decisions.

Yeah, I know Hamlet.

So, about that girlfriend?

Yeah. Yeah, there is one.

- She want to get married?

- I think so.

- You don't?

- I'm not sure.

- Is she fat?

- No! She's quite nice actually.

- So why don't you marry her?

- I knew I came for a reason!

Thank you.

- That's OK. Tease the little kid.

- See you around.

See ya.

Sharon?

Sharon? What?

It would be nice if when we were

making love, you'd be thinking of me.

- Huh?

- She's not gonna leave him, Tommy.

I don't know what you're talking

about. I haven't seen her in months.

I am not stupid.

So you wanna end this?

That'd be convenient.

Save you the guilt? I end it?

Let me ask you something.

What do I do?

The best years

of your life were high school,

when you were the king of the hill

and Darian was your girlfriend.

You want all that back.

I can't give that to you.

How do I compete with a life that

is impossible for you to have again?

You're gonna have to break up

with him now.

Getting over him, that's the hard

part. I know. Believe me, I know.

She's right.

At first, you'll have these visions

of you alone, 57, 58,

walking around, your hair in a bun -

maybe you're a librarian -

heating up soup for one

and worrying

about the cobwebs in your womb.

- Gina.

- The visions fade, that's my point.

You will get over him

in about two years.

You'll be 29. It'd be better

if you were 24 now, then you'd be 26,

but we don't choose these things.

- They choose us.

- Exactly. So, 29.

- That's not exactly ancient.

- Not exactly 30.

- Which is good.

- Which is very good.

Look, I know what you're saying

and I know how bad it looks,

but nobody knows what it's like

when it's just the two of us.

I love him.

OK. No, that's fair.

So how is it?

- Lately, it's not so good.

- The man can't commit.

The man can't commit.

Why is it

when a relationship doesn't work out,

we say it's cos they can't commit?

- Shouldn't I take some of the blame?

- No. That is grief talking.

- No way is that Sharon.

- It's a little grief-stricken girl

who looks a lot like Sharon.

I'm still not sure they're broken up.

You're broken up, right?

I don't know.

It's Tommy's birthday next week.

It's on Saturday. I mean...

Maybe if I threw him a party

with all his friends

and we just had a nice time,

just relaxed...

Would you guys help me organise it?

Would you, please?

One more.

One more.

Michael and my father, they both fall

off the boat, right into the lake.

- It was classic.

- He got the picture, though.

It's good.

- So you been working much?

- A few nights, you know.

But I'm actually toying

with the idea of becoming a citizen.

Oh, what do you mean?

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