Going The Distance Page #9

machine...

...and drink jugs of Sunshine Harbor

all day.

I just want a real relationship with you...

...because I love you

and you're my best friend.

And frankly, I am so tired of missing you.

And I know this is a lot to put on you.

And I'm open to whatever...

...but I really wanna come out and see you

and figure all of this out together.

I'd like that.

Okay. Good.

- Okay.

- Bye.

Bye.

Maya Papaya.

Where's Erin? Is she here?

She's upstairs in the shower.

- Baby? Hey.

Uh-huh?

- Hi. Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- God, I missed you.

- I missed you too.

- Listen...

- What?

I wanna move to New York.

Are you serious?

Yes.

- Oh, my God.

- Yeah.

So have you told the Chronicle yet?

No. I'm sort of waiting till Monday.

Okay.

PhiI wants to know if you guys

wanna watch The Notebook.

- Where you going?

Going inside.

Hey, Garrett.

- Hey. Do you need help?

- You can grab that for me.

- Okay.

- Start putting them on.

- Great.

So...

Must be excited, huh?

Yeah. Excited.

It's wonderfuI.

You know, Garrett,

how much I love my sister, right?

Of course.

I mean, she means everything to me.

And that, as you can see,

I'm very protective of her.

So it's been very hard for me watching her

struggle with this decision...

...to come with you

or to take this incredible job.

But, you know...

...she loves you.

And, uh, I know how much you love her.

But you need to know how much

she's giving up to be with you.

So don't break her heart.

Okay?

Or I'll cut your balls off.

- I'm not f***ing kidding.

- Okay.

- I'm kidding.

- Jesus Christ.

- I'm kidding.

- Um...

Thanks.

Um...

- So should I-?

- Take those in.

- Yep. Okay.

- Thanks.

F***er.

Yeah, I wish I had lived in New York

at some point in my life.

Oh, yeah?

I feeI like I could have really

shaken up that place.

So, what are your plans for work?

Oh, I'm gonna wait tables

untiI I figure it out.

You still gonna do the writing?

- There are no jobs in New York, PhiI.

Mm.

Well, I mean, you know, not right now...

...but I think the newspaper business

is gonna bounce back.

Oh, yeah. No, that is a sensible gamble.

I can see Corinne's convinced.

She's onboard.

Well, you can always write just to write.

No one can stop you from doing that.

I'm not gonna not do what I do.

I just might take a while, you know.

I'm not gonna give it up.

Well, even if you did, you'd still be there

for Garrett, which is the important thing.

Exactly.

Hey.

- Hey...

I was looking for you.

How you doing?

I'm okay, how are you?

Good. You wanna take a little walk?

Sure.

Come on.

What are you doing out here?

Nothing.

What's going on?

You have to take the job.

No. No, I'm not gonna give up

our relationship for a job.

No, no, no. Lookit, lookit.

You need to take the job.

You need to take the job.

This is not about our relationship.

This is about asking you to give up

everything again, and I'm not gonna do it.

I'm not gonna do it.

And if you moved to New York,

it'd be great for a little while.

But you'd eventually resent me,

and I can't live with that.

I can't. I won't.

What's gonna happen to us?

We can't see each other

every three months.

That's not a relationship.

But I love you.

This is...

- Why don't we just sit down for a minute?

- Yeah.

I really thought that we were something.

We were.

We were something.

He's here. No, I'm picking him up now.

All right, hold on one sec.

- How you doing?

- Hey, buddy.

- What do you think, home or bar?

- Bar.

Bar. All right.

Yeah, I'm really disturbed...

...because you would think that you would

find a baby pigeon somewhere.

But I don't see baby pigeons ever.

So, what do you want to do?

Do you just want to have this beer?

I mean, we can get you some harder liquor,

if you want to get really f***ed up.

- No, this is good, buddy. Thanks, paI.

- CooI. All right.

Drink a little Frangelico?

No Sambuca shots? Nothing fun?

If you wanna dive off the deep end

into the sadness pooI, we go to my place...

...listen to, like, the Garden State

soundtrack, watch Brian's Song.

- That probably wouldn't be the best thing.

- Want a hug?

I'm okay, buddy. Thanks. This is good.

- I want to hug you.

It's okay.

You need a hug, man. Come on, man.

Come on, buddy. There you go.

Okay. Thanks.

Why are your eyes closed?

- Mine?

- Mm-hm.

- Are yours not closed?

- No.

Oh.

Are your eyes-?

I just close my eyes when I hug.

No big deaI.

You playing?

- Yeah.

- You any good?

- I'm okay.

- Damn.

That's one hell of a high score.

Yeah. Gonna be reaI tough to beat.

Hey, Erin, congratulations

on your front-page story.

Thank you.

I can't believe I'm on the cover. Heh.

So keep an open mind. Okay, we are

really lucky to be getting in here early.

I got a tip from Chuck at the Crime desk.

And it's a sublet...

...and it's right in my price range,

and it's available for ten years.

Are you kidd-? Is this blood?

Is this blood on the wall?

Did someone get bludgeoned in here?

I'm not really sure of the details.

Something about a narcotics bust

or a cockfighting ring.

But let's be positive.

Yes. No, you're right. You're right.

Maybe it's just feces.

I think it's an up-and-comer.

They got a Boston Market on the corner.

They don't build those just any place.

It smells like a skin infection in there.

Smells like freedom to me.

The happiest people I know

are single and living alone.

Grab it, Erin.

Before you know it, it'll be done.

You'll be trapped and dead.

You gotta do it.

Are you kidding? It's a sh*t hole.

The reason your conversation

is having a soundtrack...

...is because the walls are paper-thin,

all right?

Erin, you're not gonna

have any privacy in here.

I actually like music that comes through

the walls. I find it comforting.

I'm gonna take this place.

And I so appreciate what you and PhiI

have done for me...

...but it is time for me to move out.

I think you got a view

of the Transamerica building. Oh-

Erin, I know you love this place, but there's

a creepy man watching us hug right now.

Really?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

- Let's go.

- Yeah. Okay.

All right. You were right.

- PhiI. PhiI!

- Oh.

- Can we go to Boston Market?

We cannot go to Boston Market.

Any way you want it

That's the way you need it

Ah. I look like such an idiot.

Trust me. It works.

But I'm not into

older women. That's your thing.

But you asked me for my help, all right?

You have a problem, I have a solution.

These women are good to go.

Yeah, good to go to an early bird speciaI

at Denny's.

You haven't been out with a lady

in what, six months.

So this is about getting back

on the horse.

Yeah. No, I know.

Now, sure, you're not gonna find yourself

a Kentucky Derby winner here tonight...

...but you might find a nice horse

to ride down the Grand Canyon on.

You get to the bottom

of the Grand Canyon...

...drop her off and

you go about your business.

That makes it worse.

Wooh! Sorry I'm running late, boys.

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