Catfight Page #7

and I thought,

"oh yeah, Ashley's here.

I'll stop by."

And that's when you woke up.

- Wait.

You wrote a comic book.

- Yeah.

Can you believe it?

It's a big success.

People all over the world

are reading it.

They're even adapting it

into a Hollywood movie.

You know, Ron Howard

wants to direct it

but I really want David lynch.

- Veronica!

Veronica!

Veronica!

Veronica!

- Hey, I'm here.

- Are they here?

- No, aunt Charlie.

Not yet.

- They're coming.

I can feel it.

- I know.

- The tentacles are going

to rise up from the earth

and they're going to

destroy all the wretched

souls in this place.

- I know, aunt Charlie,

but the tentacles

aren't here yet.

- If I go before they come.

You know what you're

supposed to do, Veronica.

- I know.

- Tell me, so I know.

- I'm going to bury you

in the garden.

- Bury me in the garden.

- I will.

- That way,

Gia can consume me,

and then I'll be recycled

into the earth,

and I can be born again

as something else.

- Oh yes.

Our good friend Gia.

- The tentacles are coming.

They're coming.

- Oh.

- That's it.

See, you're doing great.

Just put one foot

in front of the other.

- Oh, is that how you walk?

- Put one foot

in front of the other.

- You remind me of someone

who was here a few years ago.

- Oh, my legs

feel like Linguini.

- I love Linguini.

You're doing great.

This is great.

- Okay.

- Alright, just a little...

Um...

- That's enough.

- Okay, you can't quit.

- I'm not quitting.

I'll do it again tomorrow.

- You won't be here

tomorrow, Ashley.

We've got to get you

walking out of here today.

- What are you... why?

- Because this is

a for-profit hospital,

not a charity.

So come on.

Al dente.

- Oh god.

- Hey mom.

Uh, it's me.

And I started drawing again.

I do think

creativity is important.

There's a lot of artists

in this town

and I love it here.

- Wow, this is a nice place.

- Yeah, it's pretty small.

I'm thinking of buying

a place in bushwick.

- Yeah?

You make that much money

on a comic book, huh?

- Well, yeah.

I mean, I sold the

rights to Hollywood.

I got really lucky.

- I appreciate you

letting me stay here.

- I feel so bad about

what happened to you.

But you can paint in my studio,

and you'll be back on

your feet in no time.

- You have a studio?

- Yeah, it's the same

studio that you used.

- Huh.

- Do you want some water?

- Do you want something to eat?

- No. No. No.

Thanks. No.

- Do you want some milk?

- I'm good.

- Do you want a cheese sandwich?

- I just want a little sleep.

- This is Sam.

- You name your tree?

- Yeah, of course.

This is Veronica, my niece.

Say "hello" to Sam.

- Hello, Sam.

- She's nice.

Oh, you're so beautiful.

Isn't it a beautiful day?

He's a good tree.

That's Bernie, he's an oak.

Sweet and grounded.

That's hilary.

Strong but

a little untrustworthy.

Ah, that's Donald.

He's an a**hole.

- Ashley, it's just nerves.

- Oh yeah, I'm sure.

- You just need to ease

your way back into it.

- Yep.

- Maybe you could help me

draw my comic in the meantime.

- Oh, I don't think so.

I don't think I could do that.

- Sure you could.

- Your line work

is really... precise.

I don't think

i could do that anymore.

- There's no mustard in this.

Aw, they forgot the mustard?

I don't like to eat Turkey

without mustard.

In my comic book, the happy

blue bunnies love mustard.

- That's f***in'...

That's... that's so cute.

- Did you get a chance

to read it yet?

- Oh... I...

I want to so bad.

- Ashley,

will you do me a favor?

- Will you run out

and get me some mustard?

- Aunt Charlie,

I made you an omelette.

Aunt Charlie?

It's time to wake up.

Charlie?

Charlie, get up.

Wake up.

Wake up--

there you are.

You can sleep through anything.

- Why do you do that?

It's so jarring.

- You were lying so still,

I just wanted to make

sure you weren't dead.

- Of course my body is still.

What do you expect me

to do when I'm sleeping?

Calisthenics?

- Well, it's a beautiful day.

We should go outside.

- Rest is good for the body.

What are you

trying to do, kill me?

- Of course not, aunt Charlie.

I just...

- Then why are you

trying to get me up?

I'm trying to sleep.

- It's just that I realized

today is kip's birthday.

- Are you okay?

- I need some air.

- Can you get me

a seltzer when you're out?

- F***.

F***ing seltzer.

F***ing sh*t.

Ah, sh*t.

Wow.

- Sally told me you were here.

I can't believe it.

- I can't believe it's you.

Wow.

Whoa.

Is that yours?

- He is, yeah.

He is.

His name's Ben.

- Hey, Ben.

Wow. He's a really,

really beautiful... baby.

Whoo.

- I'm sorry, Ashley.

I didn't know if you

were ever going to wake up.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

- And I didn't have any money

and I still don't have

any money but...

- I met someone.

- Oh, good,

- good, that's good.

So, what's she like?

- He's nice.

- Oh.

- I brought this for you.

Yeah, I know.

You want to go home, I know.

- What is it?

- It's just some things I saved.

- Anyway,

it was nice to see you.

I've got to go.

I'm glad you're okay.

I know, baby.

I know.

- Why the hell did he join?

- I don't know.

He believed he was

making a difference.

- So naive.

They think they're

fighting for a cause

and they're really fighting

for the defense industry.

Young people...

They're so stupid.

- Oh my god,

i love this one.

- Oh.

- His glasses.

- We live in a society

that doesn't value life,

the earth.

Just money.

Adults are so stupid.

- Okay, well, if the young

people are stupid

and the adults are stupid,

who are we supposed

to turn to?

The babies?

- Yes, the babies.

Exactly.

- You're not serious.

Of course, you're serious.

- You know why?

Because babies,

as soon as they're conceived,

all they are

concerned with is life.

Like the earth, like kudzu.

Developing... growing.

- Kudzu is a parasite.

- Ashley.

Ashley.

Wake up.

It's time to wake up.

- Can I just... can I just

sleep a little bit longer?

- But you've been

sleeping so much.

I'm getting worried about you.

- No, no, no, no.

I'm just tired, that's all.

- Do you want to go

to my bed and sleep?

- No.

- I don't know.

Why?

Am I in the way?

- No, no, you're not.

Just make yourself at home.

Um... but, I have to go

to the studio, so...

Well, I have a lot

of work to do.

Um, but I'll see you

when I get back.

- Sally.

- Yeah.

- I'm sorry for

how I treated you.

- Oh, you don't need

to apologize.

- No, I was a real b*tch.

- Well, sometimes.

But it actually motivated me.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- I mean, humiliation

can cripple some people

- but it made me work harder.

- Mmm.

- So, you didn't hate me.

- Of course.

But, sometimes,

the best revenge is success.

- So, why are you

helping me then.

- I'm not.

I'm taking great joy

in seeing you like this.

I mean, your life is over.

You can't paint.

You lost your girlfriend.

You lost your baby.

- Ugh.

- What are you doing here?

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