Girl on a Bicycle Page #5

Okay.

And happy anniversary.

Thank you.

A domani, huh?

Bye.

:[Pop]

[Woman]

I One night in Paris .P

I With a man I barely knew I

I I'm lost in a moment

(Test la vie J

I (Test la chance

(Test I'amour I

I [Vocalizing ]

We are in luck. The owner of

the restaurant is from Sicily.

So we have to return this,

uh-huh?

I (Test la chance

(Test I'amour I

It seems that,

since you proposed to me,

you're different.

More distant.

Like maybe you've

changed your mind?

I need to be reassured.

My friends keep telling me how

Italian men are unfaithful...

and see nothing wrong in having more

than one woman at the same time.

Some Italian men

are like that. Uh--

Some French men

are like that too.

And some American presidents

and professional golfers.

Okay, so this is

how you reassure me?

No.

This is how I reassure you.

That does help.

I really don't have the energy for more

than one woman at the same time, you know.

I barely have the energy

to lift up this glass.

Well, you were

up half the night...

and Went jogging

in the morning.

Hmm? Come here.

[ Sighs]

I should spend

more time on the floor.

Why?

Because you are even

more beautiful upside down.

Why did you bring me here

the first night we met?

I had invited you

to my apartment.

I know.

I didn't want to go right up

to your apartment like that.

When we passed here,

I wanted to stop,

to talk to you,

to look at you.

I wanted to make a memory.

I was already

in love with you.

[Woman]

I One night in Paris .P

I With a man I barely knew I

I I'm lost in a moment

(Test la vie J

I (Test la chance

(Test I'amour I

I [Vocalizing ]

Well, I guess that does it.

Our night is over.

Not quite.

I (Test I'amour

[ Moaning ]

[Ringing]

Oh, don't, don't,

don't, don't.

[ Moaning ]

What if it's an emergency?

[ Moaning ] What? No. No!

[ Groans ]

What?

- Pronto? -[ Julien ] Papa?

Maman cried all night.

I could not stop her.

Can you help us?

- I'll be right over.

- You'll be what?

Oh.

I'm sorry.

Really sorry.

It's Derek.

He's very sick.

He's vomiting.

He has high fever.

He may go to the hospital.

Why doesn't he call a doctor?

Why?

He did. But...

he's all alone

until the doctor comes.

It might take hours.

I have to be there.

Paolo-- See? It's an

emergency, understand?

No, no, Paolo. You have to understand.

I have to finish sex.

I've been trying to finish it

for over a week now.

When I walked down the aisle

in the plane yesterday,

Elke asked me why my knees have been shaking

so badly lately. You have to finish!

I'll be right back.

[ Gasps ]

[Line Ringing]

I [Cell Phone Ringtone: Rock]

Do you know what time it is?

I don't know.

- Why are you waking me up?

- Because you're very sick.

Oh, I'm sick, am I?

What's wrong with me?

I don't know.

Uh, you got the grippe.

You've been throwing up

all over the place.

You're waiting for the doctor,

and he's not coming, so that's

why I'm there with you.

Oh, you're here, are ya?

Look.l had to tell Greta something.

We were in the middle of sex,

and the children called.

Actually, almost, uh--

We were at the very end

of sex, you know.

You stopped sex just before her orgasm

to answer the phone? Are you crazy?

Derek, listen to me.

Tomorrow you can't

go to work, okay?

Tell them you're sick.

Just cover me on this, okay?

And if Greta calls,

just cough--

a lot.

[Sobbing ]

Ccile.

[Sobbing Continues]

Go to bed now.

Go to bed. Come on.

Where do you go at night?

Well, sometimes I have to work at night.

That's my job.

What do you do?

I'm a night worker.

Go to bed. You have to go to

school in a few hours. Come on.

[Sobbing Continues]

- Ccile.

- Did you have a nice anniversary?

Come on.

Come on. Sit up.

Ccile, can you tell me

what's wrong?

My life is what's wrong.

Can you be

a little more specific?

I have practically no money.

I have no job.

I have a broken leg. I have a broken arm.

So I can't get a job.

And also, without a broken arm

and leg, I couldn't get a job...

because things always go badly,

and they always fire me.

My children have no father. I

have no husband and no lover.

And now I don't even

have a bicycle anymore.

I'm sorry about that.

And you don't even love me, even

though you hit me with your bus.

Oh, God--

Look, if Italians loved everyone

they hit in a traffic accident,

they would have twice the

population of China, Ccile.

You see?

You don't love me.

Wait a minute.

You don't love me either.

Well, I don't love you.

But how do I know that?

Yes, people tell each other they don't love

each other all the time when really they do.

And say they do love each other

when really they don't.

Look, Ccile.

I'm engaged to Greta.

And I'm in love with her.

Really in love.

I can't keep running

back and forth like this.

And it would break her heart if she knew that

I'm living virtually with another woman.

But she doesn't know

you're here?

Where does she think you are?

Well, depends.

But definitely not with you.

I don't know

what to do, Paolo.

What do I do?

I know you're going through a hard time.

I'm really sorry about that.

But everything will be fine.

Life is just a series of

accidents, and that's all it is.

You are on a plane,

you hit some turbulences,

the stewardess

falls in your lap,

you take her home,

and three years later

you're getting married.

You drive your bus,

you hit a girl on a bicycle,

you don't fall in love with her, you

fall in love with her children.

It's just

a series of accidents.

You never know where it's going.

But it's going to be okay.

You love my children?

I really didn't mean to.

I'm sorry.

You should go home

to Greta now, Paolo.

So, could you help me

get out of my clothes?

Please?

Paolo?

Paolo, it's 7:
40!

[ Murmurs]

The children were

supposed to be up at 7:00.

Paolo!

[School Bell Rings]

BYE. Papa.

BYE. Papa.

Presto, presto! Dai. Dai. [ Woman

] Les enfants, vite, vite, vite!

[ Chimes, Beeps ]

I [Cell Phone Ringtone: Rock]

[Coughing ]

No, no, Derek, it's me.

Stop coughing.

- I need a favor.

- And what's the favor?

Well, I need to spend

more time with Greta.

I can't keep

leaving her like this.

I need you to watch Ccile

for me tonight.

I'll be back in the morning, I

swear, so you can go to work, okay?

- I thought I was sick. - Well, you'll

be better at 4:
30 this afternoon.

That's when you meet me at the caf

across the street from Cecile.

It's 20 Rue Saint-Blaise.

Okay? Gotta go.

[ Beeps ]

I [Cell Phone Ringtone: Rock]

All right. I'll do it. But this

is the last thing I do for you.

Derek?

You'll do what?

[Coughing ]

Are you all right,

Derek?

[ Imitating Vomiting ]

Yeah. Are you throwing up?

- Yeah. I'm throwing up. Yeah.

- Hmm.

Let me talk to Paolo, please. I tried

his cell phone, and I got voice mail.

- What? - I want to talk to

Paolo. Put him on the phone.

Uh, he's out, uh, getting me

medication to stop me from being sick.

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