Girl on a Bicycle Page #4

So now put clown your stupid

guitar, and find someone...

who can take care of

Ccile and the kids.

Any specific qualifications?

Yes. She should not be beautiful

and not ride a bicycle.

[ Beeps ]

Oui. Yeah. Um--

We are looking for

Rue Saint-Jacques.

Oui.

Yeah?

It's on the left,

at the next--

Why don't you speak to me

in French, eh?

Do you know how much money I've

spent having French lessons?

Right? No one in this city will

speak a word to me in French.

I've had three

French wives, man.

Not one of them

would speak to me in French.

Do you know

how maddening that is?

[ Sighs]

[ Birds Chirping]

[ Beeping ]

What time is it?

6:
00.

I'm going jogging.

Wait. Didn't you just go out?

Yeah, but I really didn't

get enough of a workout.

L-- I want--

want to do more.

Paolo.

What?

What?

What are you thinking?

I don't know, Paolo.

What am I thinking?

It's true.

I really wanna go jogging.

[ Sighs]

[ Door Opens]

Bonjour, bambini.

Time to get up.

Come on.

E uno, due...

e... tre!

Hey!

Now you're up.

You don't have

any clean clothes?

[Toilet Flushes]

[ Exhales]

[ Knocks]

Bonjour.

Feeling better?

You hit me with your bus.

Yes, I know.

I'm really sorry.

I am Paolo.

Really sorry.

Why are you in my apartment

if you hit me with your bus?

Well, because I'm taking

care of you and the kids.

Not for long, because

I have to find a job.

Here.

What's that?

- The telephone.

- Yes, thank you. I know.

- But why are giving it to me'? - So you can

oall someone to help you until you get better.

I mean,

take care of the kids.

Like who?

I don't know.

Your parents?

Morocco.

Uh--

- You hit me with your bus.

- Yeah, I know that.

But there's gotta be someone gonna be

able to take care of you and the kids.

I mean, I don't know. Like, uh,

you have an uncle, an aunt?

Uh, uh--

Do you have someone

from Facebook?

No. Uh, what about

your ex-husband?

No. He's not my ex-husband.

We were never married, and now he's living in

Australia with his wife and two children, so-

I can't believe

you hit me with your bus.

Well, and I can't believe that you

haven't told your children...

that their father

is not coming back.

- Okay. Let's try something new.

- Yeah. Excellent idea.

Maybe you can

get me some breakfast.

Please?

Breakfast?

Okay.

Uh--

Excuse me. Why do the- the

kids think I'm their father?

I know the answer to that. Because

that's what you told the nurse.

Now can I get

my breakfast, please?

No.

I didn't tell the nurse

that I'm their father.

[ Chuckles ]

I told the nurse

that I'm your husband.

You told her that?

But why?

Ah, so you could get my phone number.

No, no, no, no.

Yeah,yeah,yes,yes. You kept

asking me for my phone number.

- Why were you doing that?

- Why was I doing that?

Derek.

A friend of mine.

I told him, uh, that I saw this

beautiful girl on a bicycle" you-

and he wants

to meet you.

He has a thing for, uh, beautiful women.

I go get the breakfast.

Oh, I thought

the number was for you.

No, it wasn't for me. Why would

I need your phone number?

By the way, I'm engaged to get

married, just so you know.

[Chuckles] Okay, then why did you

tell the nurse you were my husband?

Because I had to find out how you were.

That's it.

- Why?

- Because I hit you with my bus.

Voil!

You're still eating? Finish up.

We have to leave in five minutes.

There's always so much

pressure around here.

"Get out of bed."

"Dress." "Finish your

breakfast." "Go to school."

It's not good for my nerves.

Huh. If you really wanna see something

that is not gonna be good for your nerves,

try not to be ready

in five minutes.

[HuffS]

[Chattering ]

Okay.

Ciao, Julien.

Bye-bye, Papa.

Au revoir, Papa.

Ciao, Claire. Bye.

[School Bell Rings]

[ Ccile ]

Ah, Paolo.

Hello. I called for you,

but you weren't here.

I was out doing laundry. The

children have no clean clothes.

- What are you doing there?

- I'm trying to get to the bathroom.

- I've been holding it forever.

- Hmm.

Hello?

Are-Are you going to help me?

Bathroom?

[Toilet Flushes]

Paolo.

Huh?

Paolo, I've been

in this gown forever.

I really need you to help me

get on some clean "clotheses."

"Clotheses"?

In the armoire here,

on the left side

is a bra and panties.

Now. Done.

Yeah,no,not done. My

breasts go inside the bra.

They're not inside the bra?

Okay.

Done.

Okay.

Now can you--

No. I'm not

gonna do your panties.

There are some scissors over

there in the sewing basket.

You have to tell the children

I'm not their father, okay?

Yes.

I'll tell them as soon as you

bring them back from school.

Well, we should

break it to them gently.

Julien is under

a lot of pressure.

I'm afraid that

if we do it too quickly,

I mean, it's gonna be bad

for his nerves.

[ Chattering Excitedly ]

Uno, due.

E... stop!

Turn around!

[Chuckles]

I like marching.

Ah, you do, huh?

You do.

Can we do it all the time?

- Your bus broke clown? - The motor started

smoking. The brakes started smoking.

There was black smoke everywhere.

Sounds terrible.

Okay. Look at me.

Brava.

Twist.

I[Pop] [ Man ] I I need

a piece of apple pie J

Good night, huh?

I Take my hand,

and walk with me I

I There's so much beauty

here to see

Julien, come on.

I Shining, shining I

I So inviting I

Oh.

Little bit.

I All the world I

[ Groans ]

I I'm happy as can be .P

Uh, no, no, Paolo.

It's gonna take a while because

there is, like, a traffic jam now.

It's rush hour. I'm completely surrounded

by cars. Everything is blocked.

I Everything is going my Way I

I So listen to me say I

I I'm happy as can be .P

J" Happy

HaPPY I

[Whistling]

Happy, happy I

Paolo found somebody else.

He's never around anymore.

Leaves early in the morning,

comes back late at night.

Well, I'm kind of in the

middle of something right now.

Can we talk about this

another time, please?

What am I supposed to do?

Well, you're

supposed to make sure...

that everyone's got

their seat belts fastened...

so I can get this machine

up in the air.

I don't care

about their seat belts.

Let them just

bump around a little.

If we crash,

we're all gonna die anyway.

We're just gonna die

in our seats.

Greta,

tell him

what you're feeling.

Ah. But don't

accuse him of anything.

If you accuse us,

we just deny it anyway.

You do?

Listen. I'm just gonna make sure that

everyone's in their seat belts now.Ja?

Merci.

[Giggles]

[ Groans ]

[caiggling 1

Bonne nu, Papa.

Buonanotte.

Bonne nuit, Papa.

I love you.

I love you too, Claire.

Me too?

Of course.

I don't know why,

but I love you too.

Now sleep.

See you in the morning, huh?

Ccile.

I have to

go to Greta now.

It's the anniversary

of the first time we met.

And I'll be back in the morning

to take the kids to school.

Thank you, Paolo.

I told the children that I left my phone

number on the table for them too.

But I told them not to call me

unless it's a real emergency.

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