Elevator Girl Page #8

WHAT HAPPENED,

BUT I'M GONNA FIX I FOR YOU, SIR. I'M ON IT.

DON'T WORRY. YOU HAVE

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ROSEMARY, DID LIBBY CALL?

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

RIGHT NOW?

SPENDING TIME WITH YOU.

THANKS.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

YOU'LL SEE.

IT'S A SURPRISE.

OH, THERE'S JAKE'S.

THEY HAVE:

THE BEST BURGER IN TOWN.

WANT TO GO?

YEAH.

[slow rock music]

MMM!

WOW.

GOOD?

YEAH, WE DIDN'T KNOW I WHEN WE LEF ON OUR ADVENTURE TODAY,

BUT APPARENTLY:

WE WERE ON THE HUN TO FIND THE WORLD'S

GREATEST HAMBURGER.

MM, CAN I HAVE SOME FRIES?

HEY, WHOA, WHOA!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

THAT'S MY FRY, ACTUALLY.

JUST ONE.

FINE. THANK YOU.

- I CAN SHARE.

- OKAY.

YOU'RE MISSING OU ON THE FUN OF RIDING

YOU'RE SPENDING

HALF YOUR LIFE DECIDING

WHAT EXACTLY YOU

SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR

LIKE A STREAM,

WE'RE ROLLING RIGHT ALONG

LIKE THE WIND,

WE BLOW RIGHT BY

WE'RE GONE

LIKE A STORM COMES

CRASHING IN THE NIGHT

YOU'RE OPENING A WINDOW

TO THE LIGHT:

I'LL BE FINE AS LONG

AS YOU ARE IN MY SIGHTS

[cell phone rings]

MM.

SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

HELLO?

JONATHAN, WHERE ARE YOU?

YOU MISSED:

THE CONFERENCE CALL.

WHAT?

I HAD TO TELL MR. SHUSTER

THAT YOU GOT FOOD POISONING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT.

I LOST TRACK OF TIME.

I WENT ON A DRIVE

WITH LIBBY,

WE WENT TO THIS TOWN AND...

WHAT DID I SAY?

SHE IS A DISTRACTION.

- NICK, STOP, ALL RIGHT?

- WHATEVER.

AND DON'T LET ANYONE AT WORK

SEE YOU EATING SEAFOOD

FOR A WHILE.

YEAH.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I MISSED:

MY 5:
00 CONFERENCE CALL.

YOU MADE A CONFERENCE CALL

FOR TODAY?

YES, I HAD TO.

IT'S FOR A CLIENT OVERSEAS.

COME ON, WE GOTTA GO.

OKAY.

[engine turning]

LOOK, I'M SORRY I YELLED,

ALL RIGHT?

IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO CONSIDER

MY WORK SCHEDULE.

WELL, I MEAN,

NO, IT'S NOT.

WHEN I'M WITH YOU,

I LOSE TRACK OF TIME,

I CAN'T FOCUS.

IS THAT SUCH A BAD THING?

WELL, IT'S

NOT A GOOD THING, LIBBY.

BEING WITH YOU, IT'S LIKE--

IT'S LIKE YOU

TAKE ME OUT OF MY WORLD, OKAY?

AND IN SOME WAYS,

THAT'S GREAT,

BUT IN OTHERS, IT'S NOT.

I JUST MADE PARTNER

AT MY FIRM,

WHICH MEANS I GOTTA PAY

MORE ATTENTION TO MY WORK.

I MEAN,

I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE

ON ANOTHER DEAL:

AND NOW THIS.

WELL, MAYBE TODAY

IS A SIGN THAT, UH,

WE SHOULD TAKE A BREAK.

NO. LIBBY, THAT'S NO WHAT I'M SAYING.

I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT.

IT'S JUST TOO HARD.

WHAT'S TOO HARD?

LIBBY, IT'S OUR FIRST FIGHT!

YOU KNOW WHAT, THOUGH?

NO, THIS MAKES--

THIS MAKES:

PERFECT SENSE, OKAY?

SOMETHING GETS CHALLENGING

OR DIFFICUL AND YOU WANT TO QUIT--

THAT'S A BIG SURPRISE.

HEY, THAT'S NOT FAIR.

IT'S COMPLETELY FAIR.

YOU QUIT EVERYTHING YOU START.

I DO NOT.

LOOK, I GE THAT NOT EVERYBODY

WANTS TO BE:

A CORPORATE ATTORNEY, ALL RIGHT?

I GET THAT YOU'RE CREATIVE,

BUT THEN FINISH SOMETHING.

ONE THING, ALL RIGHT?

MASSAGE SCHOOL,

CULINARY SCHOOL,

PLAN LITTLE KIDS' BIRTHDAYS

FOR A LIVING.

I DON'T CARE,

JUST PICK ONE THING.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T.

BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN YOUR LIFE

IS OKAY WITH YOU

BEING THIS FREE SPIRIT,

YOU KNOW, FLOATING

FROM ONE THING TO THE NEXT.

AND THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S GREAT, LIBBY.

BUT I THOUGHT YOU COULD BE

MORE THAN THAT.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

I WAS WRONG.

I WAS WRONG.

YOU'RE CHILDISH.

ALL YOU WANT TO DO

IS HAVE FUN,

AND YOU NEVER THINK

ABOUT THE FUTURE.

THE FUTURE?

THE FUTURE, GOD.

YOU KNOW WHAT, JONATHAN?

ALL YOU DO IS THINK

ABOUT THE FUTURE.

YOU ARE SO CONCERNED

WITH WHAT IS COMING NEX THAT YOU DON'T EVEN--

YOU DON'T EVEN LIVE YOUR LIFE.

LIFE ISN'T ABOU YOUR PERFECTLY TAILORED SUITS

AND YOUR PERFECTLY

ORGANIZED DESK:

AND YOUR PROMOTIONS--

THAT'S NOT LIFE!

LIFE IS A MESS,

AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE.

YOU KNOW WHAT THINKING

ABOUT THE FUTURE HAS GOTTEN YOU?

IT'S GOTTEN YOU

THIS SAD, STERILE CONDO,

UPTIGHT AND ALL ALONE.

[wind chimes ringing]

[somber orchestral music]

ARE THERE:

ANY MESSAGES, ROSEMARY?

OH, YES. UM, I NOTICED

LIBBY DIDN'T CALL.

IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

NO, ACTUALLY.

WE BROKE UP.

OH, JONATHAN.

JUST SEND HER FLOWERS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW

SHE LIKES GERBER DAISIES.

ROSEMARY, LET HER GO,

ALL RIGHT?

I DID.

I SAID:

JUST TAKE IT EASY.

WE'LL WORK IT OUT,

ALL RIGHT?

NO.

[laughs]

I TOLD THEM TWICE.

I SAID TWICE,

JUST FORGET ABOUT IT.

WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.

LET ME CALL YOU BACK.

I'M AT THE OFFICE.

HEY, JONATHAN.

ALAN, I WANTED

TO LET YOU KNOW,

I'M LOOKING TO TAKE ON

SOME MORE RESPONSIBILITY

HERE AT WORK.

SO WHATEVER YOU GOT,

THROW IT AT ME.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE

HEARD ANY OF THE RUMBLINGS,

BUT WE ARE EXPANDING

OUR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.

IS IT GOING:

OUT THE LONDON OFFICE?

TOKYO, AND I'M THINKING

ABOUT SENDING YOU.

SO GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT...

BUT SAY YES.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

[Jonathan typing

on computer keyboard]

OKAY, GREAT.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

THANKS.

UM, I JUST MADE A 3:00

MASSAGE APPOINTMENT FOR YOU.

- IS THAT OKAY?

- YEAH.

MARTY CAN PICK UP PAIGE

FROM SCHOOL.

IT'S FINE.

- ALL RIGHT.

ROSEMARY.

- HI.

HI. UH, THIS IS ROSEMARY,

JONATHAN'S ASSISTANT.

THIS IS MY BEST FRIEND

AND BOSS, TESSA.

HI.

SHE'S THE ONE

I TOLD YOU ABOUT.

OH, YES.

WELL, SHE TELLS ME

THAT YOU ARE THE BES AT WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU.

UH, ARE YOU HERE

FOR A MASSAGE?

OH, NO, DEAR.

I, UH...

I'M ACTUALLY HERE

TO SEE YOU.

OH.

WELL, JONATHAN

IS JUST MISERABLE,

AND HE IS BEING STUBBORN,

AND HE WON'T CALL YOU AND...

WELL, I WAS HOPING

YOU WOULD CALL HIM.

I MEAN, I KNOW YOU GIRLS DO

THAT SORT OF THING NOW, RIGHT?

YEAH, WE DO.

LOOK, UNDER OTHER

CIRCUMSTANCES,

NORMALLY, I WOULD-- I'D HAVE

NO PROBLEM CALLING HIM,

BUT JONATHAN AND I--

WE'RE REALLY JUS NOT RIGHT FOR EACH OTHER.

OH, NO, LIBBY.

YOU DON'T REALLY THINK THAT,

DO YOU?

YEAH, I DO.

BUT I WILL DEFINITELY

SEE YOU AGAIN.

THAT'S A PROMISE.

I HOPE SO.

OKAY. WELL...

BYE, SWEETIE.

THANKS.

YOU OKAY?

I GUESS.

YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.

IT'S TIME TO JUST FORGE ALL THAT, REALLY.

DO YOU MEAN QUIT?

YEAH. WELL, OKAY,

SO YOUR CONSTANT NEED

TO FLEE:

ACTUALLY COMES:

IN HANDY FOR ONCE.

THAT ROSEMARY SEEMS

LIKE A REALLY NICE LADY.

SHE DOES. IT'S JUST THA SHE CAN'T SEE JONATHAN

FOR WHAT HE TRULY IS,

YOU KNOW?

A TOTAL CORPORATE STOOGE.

YOU COULD DO:

SO MUCH BETTER.

HE IS NOT A CORPORATE STOOGE,

OKAY, TESSA?

HE'S NOT A RICH JERK.

HE'S NOT SOME SNOB.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA

WHO JONATHAN IS,

BECAUSE YOU NEVER ACTUALLY SPEN THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW HIM.

- LIBBY.

- YOU THINK IT'S SO GREA THAT I'M A QUITTER,

WELL, YOU WILL JUST LOVE THIS.

I QUIT.

HEY, JOHN. WE'RE ALL GOING OU FOR A DRINK.

COME ON.

NICK, I CAN'T.

I STILL GO A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

UH, HOW ABOUT NO, OKAY?

STOP MOPING AROUND.

YOU, ME, DRINK, NOW.

I'M BUYING.

BLACK AND WHITE:

SHADES OF GRAY:

INTO THE NIGHT:

I PUT PEN TO PAPER,

AND I WRITE:

I SLEEP IT OFF,

I'LL BE ALL RIGHT

CRAWLING OU OF MY SKIN

INTO THE DOUBT:

SILENTLY,

I SCREAM AND SHOUT

YOU HAVE MY BACK

AGAINST THE WALL

OH, TELL ME

HOW TO END IT ALL

AND I'LL BE THE FIRS TO FALL

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