Home Again Page #4

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I hear you, Jesus.

You don't need to yell.

So, she taught you

about the solar system?

ROSIE:
Mm-hmm.

Oh, can you name

any of the planets?

I can name Mercury,

Venus, Earth, Mars,

Jupiter, Saturn,

Uranus, Neptune.

(LAUGHTER)

Pluto isn't considered

a proper planet.

All right. Here you go.

Sorry.

(ALL LAUGHING)

What?

Just hear me out.

They need a place to crash,

you've got a guest house.

So, I thought, you know,

maybe they could stay here.

Stay here?

I don't even know

two of their names, Mom.

Oh, come on. Since when

is having three adorable guys

hanging around

such a bad thing?

Maybe they could

help you out a little.

Help me out?

Help me out with what?

Did they ask you to ask me this? No.

Tell the truth.

Absolutely not.

It was entirely my idea.

I think these boys have

a real shot at making it.

I adored their movie.

It was raw and great.

You saw their movie.

Yeah.

Look, they're dead broke.

If you don't let them stay

here, then they have to move home

back to upstate

New York, or wherever

and blow their chance

at having a career here.

They need you, Alice.

How's that?

They don't know anyone

here. I like them.

Your father would

have liked them.

Be a patron

of the arts, Alice.

It's good for the soul.

Why are you suddenly

romanticizing Dad?

The man impregnated another woman

while he was still married to you.

Why do you always

obsess over that?

Why don't you

obsess over that?

Because I'm a big girl

and he's gone now, so I won.

Well, if they hadn't met me,

was there a Plan B?

Maybe it was fate

that they met you.

Maybe you could be

the person who says,

"They were living at my house

"when they wrote"

whatever it's called.

Look, just

for a month or so.

A month?

Okay, a week, whatever.

If it doesn't work

out, sayonara.

But, just try

looking at this

as something that could

be sort of exciting.

What if the kids

don't feel comfortable?

I mean, you know everything

that Isabel is going through.

This could really

set her off.

(GIRLS LAUGHING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

There we go. There we go.

It doesn't get

better than that.

Okay. All right,

we're back.

We're back

where we started.

This is so incredibly cool

of you. Thank you so much.

Seriously,

you're a lifesaver.

Can I help you with

anything? Uh, no, I've got it.

Uh, okay. The couch

turns into a bed.

The hot water over here

takes a minute to turn on.

And there's extra

towels in the closet.

Perfect. Thank you.

(TEDDY GASPS)

ALICE:
Ooh...

(GEORGE SIGHS)

TEDDY:
Uh...

I'm just gonna grab that

and flush it down the toilet.

Okay, guys.

I hope last night

didn't confuse you.

This is definitely

not an after party

and crash on the couch

type of place.

This is more of a

market list on the fridge,

Latin homework

after school,

dinner at 6:
00

kind of house.

And I know that's not the

coolest stomping grounds

for a bunch of starving

artists like yourselves,

but let's just do our best not

to cramp each other's style.

Okay?

Well said.

Can I talk to you

outside for a sec?

Alice, I think you and I

should just start over.

Yeah, obviously we,

well, we had no idea

we'd be living together.

We're not.

(CHUCKLES) I mean

that I'd be staying here.

And, well, uh, clearly

I did not rock your

world last night.

So, maybe we should just pretend

that whole thing never happened

and start over

as friends?

I agree. And I'm actually

glad you brought it up.

Good. And I'm only

saying something

because we're staying here

and the kids and everything.

Harry, we're good.

We're friends.

Who are attracted to each

other. On just my end.

Not on yours.

My bad.

He's telling her they

should just be friends.

How do you know that?

Mmm, I speak Harry.

TEDDY:
Do you

think he'll stick to it?

GEORGE:
Depends

how long we're here.

She seems uneasy. You think

she's okay with this?

No, I think she's

super cool with it.

And this place is gorgeous

and like, weirdly clean

and 600 times nicer

than the hotel!

Okay, let's just stay a couple days

until the Justin Miller meeting.

Oh, my God! I'm not kidding,

you've gotta feel these sheets.

Oh, wow,

these sheets are insane!

What are they made of?

Dude!

This is pretty great.

(BOTH SIGHING)

You know, that was his least

favorite of all his films?

He tried to buy it

back from the studio.

Hi. I'm sorry.

I came over

here unannounced.

I am just an early riser and then

I noticed that the door was open.

It's okay.

I've been dying

to get back in here.

Are you joking about

what you just said

because this movie is some

of his best work, I think.

Actually, I agree.

Oh, let me show you

something really cool.

Sit down.

Okay.

Um...

Okay.

This is the original

script with his notes.

No way.

Yes.

Wow.

I just love to see

his handwriting.

I literally have

goosebumps.

Why is this all in boxes?

Shouldn't this be at

the Academy of Motion

Picture Arts and Sciences?

Yeah. I just...

I just moved back

and I'm having a hard time

letting go of some of these things.

Why did you move back?

If you don't mind me asking.

No, that's a very

normal question.

And one I should probably

come up with an answer for.

Um...

You know my husband

and I are separated.

He's in the music business.

And there's just

a lot of partying.

Which was really fun

and we had a great time

and then we got older.

And we weren't

kids anymore.

And then we had kids.

And he was still coming

in at 2:
00 in the morning

smelling like Don Julio.

And I tried to

hold it together.

I really, really did,

so hard.

(SCOFFS)

But, you know, God, you make

a decision about your life

when you're 25 years old

and then you fast

forward 15 years later

and you think,

God, was that really

the life decision that's,

like, a good life decision

for the rest of your life?

Then you're just, like,

(INHALES SHARPLY)

I don't know.

Yeah.

I don't know. You know?

I'm sorry about

your marriage.

But you seem to be handling

everything really well.

(CHUCKLES)

(BELL JINGLING)

(CELL PHONE CHIMES)

Oh.

Oh, my God. What?

My new client wants me to come

over, but I told her I can't come.

Isabel has guitar

lessons on Thursdays.

And she wants me to pick her

up a pressed juice on the way?

That's weird, right?

Yeah, I think that would

be considered weird.

Um...

I could take Isabel

to class, if you want.

I mean, I don't have a car,

but I'd be happy to help.

Really?

Yeah.

Thank you. My dad's

old car is in the garage.

You know how to

drive a stick, right?

Mmm-hmm.

(GEAR CREAKING)

So, you like your new school?

Um, I do not. No.

Oh.

Today actually wasn't so

bad. I wanna be a writer.

And my homeroom

teacher, Miss Avery,

told me about this

play writing contest.

Teachers pick about five plays

to be performed at the fall show.

Miss Avery thinks

I should submit something,

but I'm really not sure.

That's so cool.

You should definitely do it.

Well, truthfully,

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