Going All the Way Page #2

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Sonny Burns.

Sonny, this is my mother, Nina.

Very pleased to meet you,

Mrs. Casselman.

Hmm. Well, you fellas

want a drink?

Uh, no. I was just gonna get me

and Sonny a beer.

It's a very nice apartment

you have here, Mrs. Casselman.

Nina.

Oh, it's suits me fine,

bachelor girl like myself.

Sit down.

I haven't seen

you before.

What'd you say your name

was again?

Willard Burns.

That's Sonny Burns.

He went to Shortly.

I know all the gang from Shortly.

I haven't heard

of him before.

Well, nobody did,

really.

Why not?

Well, I didn't do much.

Oh, hell yes, he did.

Sonny was an ace photographer

for the Echo.

He was the same for the paper

up at I.U.

Oh. I.U.?

What house were you in?

Uh, the rooming house.

Ha ha ha! The rooming house.

That's good.

That's funny.

Well, I guess I just don't

get the joke.

Well, I'm gonna give Sonny

a lift home.

I hope you're not forgetting

about tonight, Gunner.

No, Nina.

I broke 2 dates to be with you

tonight, sweetie.

Not that I wouldn't

rather be with you.

I want you to show

Nina a good time.

All right.

We'll paint the town, Nina.

Come here.

Give me a kiss.

Come on.

Mmm! I love you.

OK.

Well, I'm

a mighty, mighty man

I'm young and

I'm in my prime

Yes, I'm

a mighty, mighty man

I'm young and

I'm in my prime

Well, I don't

pick my jobs

I'm ready for

any old kind

Yes, I'm

a real young man

A brand-new 25

Yes, I'm

a real young man

Well... you're up awfully early

this morning.

Do we have sausage or bacon and eggs

or anything?

That's not what you

like in the morning.

Your stomach is too delicate

for greasy things.

Did you have a nice time

with your new friend?

Mm-hmm.

Does your new friend

make it a habit...

of going to bars in the middle

of the afternoon?

So what if he does? So what if he

goes to bars in the morning?

Don't yell at me.

No need to yell at me.

I'm not yelling!

I'm not yelling.

I just asked what business

is it of yours...

what Gunner Casselman does?

It's my business

what happens to my son.

It's really none

of your damn business, Mother.

And for your information,

he's a great guy.

Sonny.

When you lie down with dogs,

you come up with fleas.

Where's my mind?

I'm losing my mind...

I'm losing my f***ing mind...

f***ing mind...

It's my business... business...

It's my business...

it's my business...

...the photographer.

I remember you.

You took pictures

for The Daily...

I've been doing a little

photography myself...

Boy

Yeah

Uh-huh

This is so good.

I mean, this is...

I never... you know...

I never observed anything.

I never looked

at anything...

and questioned it,

you know?

At least not till

I got to Japan.

And only then, I think, 'cause I was...

I was an outsider.

You know? I was a real outsider

for the first time.

And I realized that I didn't know sh*t

about my own society.

I just accepted it.

That's when I wanted to learn

how to start taking pictures...

Learn how to see.

You already got that.

You're...

You know, it's like

you were born with it.

This is... so good.

I don't know.

I guess... thanks.

You're very kind.

I guess I'm just lucky that way.

No. That's... that's not lucky.

That's good.

Okay, I got it!

We are choppin' in tall cotton tonight,

my man, oh, yeah.

Nina's got a date

for the races...

Saturday night

at Churchill Downs.

She'll be in Louisville.

We're gonna have the place

to ourselves.

Oh, ho-ho!

Think you can line up a hot one

for tonight?

I... yeah.

- Yeah?

- Sure.

Good. I figure one of us gets

the couch.

The other one gets the bedroom...

or the red room...

Have us a regular

f***-a-thon.

What do you say?

You say "yes"

is what you say.

Yes.

Oh... I actually got

this little drink theory here, OK?

It's called the secret

of the sea breeze.

Now, these are the girls' drinks,

all right?

Now, the secret is...

they can't taste

the vodka

because it's mostly grapefruit,

understand?

It tastes like nothing,

you know?

Sonny...

Hi.

I love this one

of the monument.

Thank you very much.

The way you get the line

of the shadow...

That's a masterpiece.

It's really good.

Very kind of you.

Sonny, that looks just like

the monument.

You know, Buddy...

Great art, it sneaks up on you.

You have to let it soak in

a little bit, study it.

Right, yeah. Yeah.

Do you know, uh,

Gunner learned zen in japan.

Oh. That's not all he learned.

I love you, Sonny.

Me, too.

What are you talking about?

I don't wanna

be like some teenager...

parking and making out

at a golf course.

This look like a goddamn

golf course?

We're still hiding out.

Well, where do

you wanna do it?

In my own house.

In your own house.

Well, that's great.

With your parents upstairs?

I mean, my own house.

Goddamn it.

I wanna get married.

Gunner, my mother was 22

when she had me.

I'm almost 23 years old,

for God's sake.

It's time for me

to have kids.

I want a family.

Deedee, you know...

I just got home, you know?

I don't even know

what I wanna do yet.

Here, you want a puff of that?

I want children...

more than anything in the world.

You know that.

You're an adult, Gunner.

What are you waiting for?

Deed's,

I don't know much right now.

I just...

The only thing

I know is...

I love to do it

with you,

and you like it,

and I like it.

So come on...

let's do it.

Oh, I love you, Sonny.

Me, too.

I feel sorry for Deedee.

How come?

He's never going

to marry her.

She was just

his girlfriend...

in high school,

that's all.

You know, it's not...

Is that what I am?

What?

What do you

want me to say?

What would you

like me to say?

Nothing. I would just like to know

what your plans are.

I don't know!

I don't... I don't...

I don't... I...

I don't want anything.

OK, I won't ask.

'Cause every time I ask,

it turns into this.

No, no.

I mean, I don't...

I don't...

All right.

I don't even know.

Don't be angry, OK?

I'm not.

Will you call me?

Yeah, I'll call you.

Will you?

Yes, yes, I will.

I will call you,

I will.

I'll call you

on the phone...

OK, fine, all right.

I will.

I'm sorry.

I'll call you.

Sonny?

It's like

this deep new book I'm reading...

Called A Lonely Crowd,

right?

And I'm realizing that I've always

been kind of...

more of an outer

directed guy, right?

Right.

And now as

time goes on,

I'm kind of becoming

more inner directed...

and not giving

a sh*t so much...

what the crowd think.

You mean what

the lonely crowd thinks?

Hell, any crowd.

They're all lonely,

you know that.

You've always

been kind of more...

of an inner directed

guy, right?

Um, well, um,

I don't know, actually.

Maybe.

I...

Whoa.

For Saturday night

I fell in love

Oh, goodness.

I want a Sunday

kind of love

I want love

Ohh, man.

What I wouldn't give

for a nice,

new piece of ass

right now.

You bet.

What about Deedee?

Well, what about

Buddy Porter?

Mmm.

Yeah, well, Buddy's, um...

You know, she's...

She's...

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