Cry of the Owl Page #2

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than a storage unit?

I keep meaning to ask you,

why did you leave all your crap...

sorry, your stuff... your stuff.

Why did you leave all

your stuff behind anyway?

Don't you need it out

there in Hicksville?

Oh, I know! You're planning

on coming back!

You're planning on coming back

to me aren't you?

I knew it. I knew it, and who

could blame you anyway, right?

So, have you met anyone else

since we broke up?

I bet you have. Cos you do fall

in love at the drop of a hat.

Sorry.

You know, I really don't think

your passport's in here.

I was very thorough when I packed.

Twenty seven pens. Fourteen pencils.

Two erasers.

I forgot you were this anal.

This is a bit...

special needs, don't you think?

So, are you feeling

any better these days?

You heard about that guy from

downtown who killed his family, right?

They're blaming

the medication he was taking.

It was the same stuff you were on.

Oh my God, that could have been me.

What? It could have been.

I found it!

Told you.

What?

- You hear any more noises recently?

- What?

No. No.

I hate you living out here,

you're too cut off.

I love living out here.

This is my dream home.

Dream home?

If you pull on it,

it's just going to get worse.

Please, will you let

me fix this for you?

No. I like it like that.

It reminds me of Jimmy Stewart's

loose banister.

What?

- 'Lt's A Wonderful Life'?

- It sure is.

That's a nice shirt, I've not seen

that one on you before.

This? Sure you have.

Greg, I have to get to the oven.

Well, I am not going

to let you go, Jenny.

What? Ever?

That's right.

We are never gonna

move from this spot.

And what will we do for food?

Well, we can eat each other.

Greg, the chicken pie's gonna get...

it's gonna get burnt.

- What?

- She's hot.

- Well, you seem to think so.

- You don't think so?

What are you, blind?

She was all over you last week.

I'll set you up with her if you want.

I don't know, Jack.

What with the divorce and everything...

I'm just not interested

at the moment, I guess.

Robert!

Oh, hi.

Jack, this is...

this is...

- Jenny.

- Jenny.

Jenny Thireolf.

Nice to meet you.

Well, it's getting late.

I'm gonna be late for... something.

I can't think of what, but

I shouldn't be late for it?

I hope you don't mind me

coming by like this.

No. No. Not at all.

You look a little surprised.

Well, I'm a little surprised, yeah...

You came to see if I really work

here or not, right?

No. No, I believed you.

I knew you were telling the truth.

I was just hoping we could

talk some more, that's all.

Why did you pick me?

My house?

I'm curious.

I'd really like to know.

Well, I was just driving

around in my car and...

I saw you on your porch,

you were beating a rug I think.

And then you, you went inside.

And I just felt I had to come back

to see you again.

You know, I have been thinking

a lot about the other night.

I think you wanted me to catch you.

What?

I think you did.

Why would I want you to do that?

I don't know.

Cry for help, maybe?

So does your boyfriend know

you're out with me tonight?

We've... we've broken up, actually.

Well, it's sort of a trial

separation for a month or so.

Oh, right.

He asked me to marry him.

And it's weird, but I instantly

knew that I didn't want to.

And then I thought...

if I don't want to marry him,

why am I still with him?

Well, you'll probably feel better

after some time apart.

You'll get back together again,

I'm sure.

No. I decided it's over.

Hello?

Could we make our appointment

Tuesday instead of Monday?

Do I have a choice?

What do you think?

Tuesday it is.

Good night.

I've just had the worst day ever.

Look Nickie... I don't mean

to be funny or anything, but...

it's actually three in the morning.

Hello?

I really wish I'd never met you.

Oh, f***.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- We are going for a walk in the woods.

- Who is we?

Me and some friends of mine.

And you.

I don't know about that.

Why? You have

some place better to be?

No. It looks like it's gonna rain.

No, I heard, it's gonna clear up.

Are you gonna tread

on my happiness, Robert?

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah I'm fine.

If you don't mind, we're gonna keep

going, we don't want to keep stopping.

Oh, sure.

You guys go ahead.

I don't think your friend likes me.

Who Susie? No.

Well, you just broke up with Greg...

and then you bring along

this total stranger to meet them?

Can't you see how that looks?

I don't care how it looks.

We're friends now, right?

Hey, Jenny, Bill,

I'm just gonna take a breather!

Jenny's pretty fit.

Yeah, well, she's

a lot younger than you, isn't she?

- I love Jenny, she's a great girl.

- Yeah, she is.

I just wish she wasn't

such a dumb romantic.

What's so bad about that?

Well...

Romantics believe in love at first

sight and all that bullshit?

I think people who lose their hearts

too easily are never very happy in life.

- Do you know Greg? Her Ex?

- I don't, no.

He's such a nice guy.

I saw him the other day

and he's a mess.

Has no idea why Jenny dumped him.

And she hasn't told us very much

about you.

I don't even know how you two met.

You guys! The sun's going down!

It's beautiful!

Well, we should get going,

I guess.

God it's like heaven up here.

Isn't it great?

Since I've broken up with Greg,

things seem different somehow...

more colourful, more real.

Do you know what I mean?

Do you?

No? Ah, what am I saying...

No, I know what you mean.

It sounds nice.

I'm the opposite.

I'm just sorry, I...

I walk around in a daze sometimes,

you know, like I'm still asleep.

It's like I'm in a bubble

or something.

Be nice to get back

to the real world.

Well, bubbles can burst.

Look, I haven't been totally

honest with you.

I'm kind of married.

Kind of?

Yeah, I'm...

I'm getting a divorce.

Oh. So it's okay then.

I really don't think

it's a good idea.

I think it is.

Hey, how are you guys

doing tonight, huh?

What is wrong with you?

- Hey, Robert Forrester?

- Oh, Jesus Christ...

Is that right?

Is that right?

Yeah, we've not met.

I'm Greg. Greg Wyncoop.

- Stop it, Greg.

- Shake my hand, a**hole.

- Shake my f***ing hand.

- Are you out of your mind?

Who the f*** is this guy? Huh?

Jenny, I think I'm,

I'm gonna... leave, okay?

- No, Robert, you don't have to go.

- No, Robert, you don't have to go.

Hey! Stop it! I mean it!

I will never speak to you again.

I'm gonna go, okay?

I want to go, Jenny.

It was nice meeting you, Robert.

What is going on, huh?

Oh, yeah!

Sorry man.

So you're getting that promotion?

That's good news.

Are you gonna take it?

I mean, you gotta take it.

I don't know, man.

Philadelphia?

- Philly's a fun town.

- You been there?

No.

I know it feels like you just got here

and then you're taking off again...

but it's good news.

I'm jealous.

Yeah. I don't like

moving around too much, you know.

It makes me feel like a hobo.

- Makes you feel like a homo?

- Yeah, like a homo.

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