Between Us Page #6

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It's probably out

of my price range.

I doubt that.

Hey, whatever happened

with that Romario exhibit?

It, uh, got canceled. Why?

Well, Romario

is a psychopath.

His wife left him,

so he pulled out,

and without Romario

there's no show.

And without the show,

you know...

[GRUNTS]

That sucks.

Yeah, it did suck.

Do you ever get anxious when

girls pair off like that?

You know, when they do something

that we should want to do.

Something that we should like to do, like...

stare at a sleeping baby.

Why would I wanna stare at a sleeping baby?

[CHUCKLES]

You know

what we should do?

We should both go in there a little

later on, play a joke on 'em.

Shock 'em.

You should say,

"Can I take a peek?"

And then I'll say,

"Sure."

And then I'll follow you

in there.

Want to do that?

[CHUCKLING]

Are you all right, Carlo?

Are you doing all right?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

I'm fine.

I am.

But now that, uh...

[EXHALES]

That story you told me,

I got so upset...

Look, it happened.

I was moved.

I know, but years from now you

are going to confess to me...

that that whole story

was bullshit.

No. No. Yes. Yes, you are.

You're gonna confess to me that

whole story was a load of crap.

It wasn't a story.

If I'm religious at all,

if I'm spiritual,

if I can even say that with a

straight face... you know me and my...

If I can do any of this,

it's because of poignancy.

Because of poignancy?

There are moments when life distills

itself very tightly, just for a second.

Something moves me, something...

tells me that I can go on.

That I should go on.

That I want to go on.

What is that thing?

[LAUGHING]

I can't do it.

- Jesus.

- That... That is a luxury.

- A-A luxury?

- A wealthy man's luxury.

What? What is that

supposed to mean?

Look, Joel, a lot of people

here on Earth...

are worried about their next

grand to pay for bills.

We don't have time to stare at our navels

and listen to men in confessionals.

- You feel me?

- Okay, fair enough.

All right.

What's wrong, Carlo?

I'm fine.

Come on. You can tell me.

Hey, I'm... I'm fine.

Okay.

I don't know.

You just seem...

It's money.

[SHARYL] Hello, beautiful.

He looks like Carlo.

I think he looks like you.

[CHUCKLES]

Hello, beautiful.

Yes, you're beau...

Handsome. You're handsome.

You did good, Grace.

Thanks.

You did good.

Did Daddy

wake you up?

Did Daddy wake you up

from your nap?

It's all right.

Yeah.

[WHIMPERS]

This is Auntie Sharyl.

[CRYING]

Ohh!

He's my little man.

[CARLO]

Our debt is crushing us.

Yeah, Gracie had to leave school

and go back to her restaurant job.

It's... I don't know.

Student loans

and credit cards...

and going out

a lot at night,

trying to keep up

appearances.

I said that it would all

work itself out, but...

You paid off

all your student loans?

Yeah.

I haven't sold

a photograph in...

Jesus.

I'm sorry.

Well, not as sorry

as my wife.

[LAUGHS]

I can get you an interview

with my agency.

I told myself

I would never do that.

How much money...

I- I wanted to call you a

couple of months ago, but...

Gracie, she...

she wouldn't let me.

Oh, so sweet.

Breathing in and out

so fast.

Did the delivery boy come yet?

No.

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

Oh, God. That I don't

miss about New York.

I'm beginning to hate it here myself.

Beginning?

You hate New York?

Everyone is always

moving, moving, moving,

and-and we... we just seem

to... we seem to be stuck.

But the rest of the world, forget about it.

They love New York.

T- shirts and Taipei.

"I Love New York."

It's disgusting.

I still

love the city.

Well, you're from here.

So?

So you have to say it.

I have to?

That's a stupid thing

to say.

Oh, can I take a peek?

What?

Can I take a peek?

Can you take...

[WHISPERING] Can I take a peek?

Yes, of-of course.

Please. Of course.

What in God's name

are they doing?

I don't know.

Taking a peek, I guess.

Yeah.

They don't do that.

Well, I guess they do.

Now what?

Mmm.

I don't know. I think we just wait in

here until they're very uncomfortable.

Then we go

back out there.

Ah, you know what?

I remember this age.

It goes by really fast.

[MOUTHS WORDS]

[SLURPING]

[SIGHS]

You guys seem happy.

We are.

It's nice to see.

I'm really sorry

for what happened that night.

Oh, I know.

[COFFEE POURING]

I wanna make things better.

So what are you

up to now?

Oh, um, I'm running

the local arts council.

That's nice. Mmm. It's

really nice actually.

I've been meaning to ask Carlo if maybe he wants

to come in and run a seminar for the week.

I'm sure

he'd be flattered.

We had fun,

the four of us.

Joel says he misses that.

Misses you guys.

W- We miss you guys.

Oh!

Almost forgot.

I got a present

for the little one.

Aren't you

gonna open it?

Shouldn't I wait to open it

in front of the baby?

Oh. Okay.

I'll open it now.

Thank you.

Are you guys...

having any more kids?

[SIGHS]

I, uh...

I can't have any more.

[LAUGHING]

Is that funny?

Oh, God, no.

No. Oh, God...

I'm sorry.

Is that funny?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

[LAUGHING CONTINUES]

No. No.

No, it's...

It's just that

you can't have any more,

and I don't want any more.

Then don't

have any more.

I'm pregnant.

But I'm not having it.

[SIGHS]

Carlo really wants to, but...

we can't afford it.

Oh, my God.

It's hard for me

to admit this, but...

I don't love being a mom.

It gets easier after

the first three months.

Don't tell me that!

I don't want advice.

What do you want me

to say?

Don't you ever

get angry about it?

Angry?

Taking care of your baby?

Well... a little.

But it passes.

I- I-I feel grateful.

I... I had a rea...

really bad day

last week.

Do you wanna get

a soda?

You wanna get a soda?

You wanna get

a little Japanese soda?

[BABY LAUGHING] Look

at those little fingers.

Look at those little fingers.

I could just eat them up.

I'm just gonna eat your fingers.

They're so tasty.

They're so tasty!

Mmm-mmm-mmm!

What if I bite them off?

[CRYING]

Oh, no. Oh, God.

Don't cry.

No, no. It's okay.

Shh-shh-shh.

I just can't listen to you cry anymore.

Yes. No. Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, you're laughing at me now?

Don't you f***ing laugh at me.

Because I'll shake you. I'll shake

you, and then you'll stop crying.

I'm not joking. I'll shake you,

and then you'll stop crying.

And then I won't have to listen

to you crying ever again. No. No.

[KISSES]

What?

[BABY WHIMPERS]

I mean,

don't get me wrong.

I... love my little boy.

But sometimes,

when I'm alone in the shower,

I commit myself to getting on

the next flight to anywhere...

and never coming back.

[DOOR OPENS]

Oh, my God.

So cute.

So sweet.

He's breathing in and out.

[SHARYL] Go on. Mock me.

I would never.

Never.

- Did you miss me?

- Wow, you guys seem so, uh...

Repaired.

Yeah,

I guess we are.

[CARLO]

Ugh. Revolting.

- [CHUCKLES] - Blech.

- [JOEL] Sorry.

- You don't even have a 20 for the delivery boy?

- I spent all I had on the shake.

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