Last Night Page #2

- What'd Pia say?

- What do you think she said? "Yes."

Was she surprised at all?

She thought that he was gonna tell her

he was moving out.

- My mom called, and...

- Yeah, I know. I spoke to her.

Second week of December.

I've already said yes.

- Can we go via London?

- Yeah. Sure.

What time's your train?

- You shouldn't be up this late.

- I'll sleep on the train.

- It's an hour's ride.

- I'll sleep in the meeting.

- What are you doing tomorrow, or today?

- I've gotta finish up the accessories piece.

- Yeah? The pearls?

- Yeah.

I've gotta dig up another 100 words.

It's good. And then you'll be able to work

on the book without me here to distract you.

Joanna, I'm sorry.

I would have said something about her if

I thought that there was something to say.

Michael, did something happen in LA?

No.

- You swear?

- I swear.

No.

Eggs are good.

Yep.

That the orange juice?

Come on, what kind of caf is this?

Do you think we got married too soon?

What? Why can't you

let yourself consider that?

Because I don't have to.

I don't think we got married too soon

because we married after four years.

Yeah, but we broke up in the middle.

And anyway,

it's not about the amount of time,

it's about the "when" of time,

and our "when" included college.

You know?

It was before we were even us, you know?

I mean, do you think

it's even the same between us?

I think it's better.

Can you hear yourself right now?

What?

Just because I disagree with you

means I'm not aware of what I'm saying?

- You can't really think that.

- I do think that.

How?

Sunday night. The last two weekends.

Breakfast yesterday. Dinner last night.

There's no bullshit between us.

With the possible exception of this evening.

Come here, Joey. I'm cold.

- Pack your running shoes?

- No.

Thank you.

You gonna try and get some writing done?

- "Try" is a big word.

- No, it's not.

I really gotta go.

- See you later.

- Bye.

Hello. Coffee.

Joanna!

Alex, what are you...

What are you doing here?

I have some work here.

I...

I can't believe this!

Yeah, it's been a while. How are you?

Um... I'm fine. I just...

I just can't believe you're here.

How did you know I'd be here?

I keep tabs on you.

- I'm serious.

- So am I.

Your Christmas cards.

They have a return address on them.

- What if I'd moved?

- You haven't.

How long are you in New York for?

I leave tomorrow.

Actually, I'm late for a meeting.

Do you have time for me later?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Good. Then I'll call

you later with the time.

- Okay.

- Okay?

Wait, wait. Do you need my number?

Has it changed?

No.

Then I'll call you later.

Wait.

Because I've never been able to sleep,

I think that by the time I saw

the wife wake up for about four years,

I'd be like Rip Van Winkle.

- Guys, I have to use the men's room.

- Okay. Michael, we have to wait for Andy.

It's funny because I could actually...

I could sleep anywhere.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- I could probably fall asleep right here.

- Right there?

Operator.

Operator.

Operator...

- Good morning, how can I help you?

- Checking in.

- Name, please.

- Michael Reed.

Hello? Yeah.

About noon, I think I thought

I'd hallucinated the whole thing.

Yeah, yeah. No, that sounds good.

Okay.

No, I'll meet you there.

All right, see you then.

Bye.

- You look beautiful.

- Thank you.

You caught me off-guard this morning.

You looked just as beautiful then.

- Shall we sit?

- Okay.

So do I look different?

No.

I feel older.

You look the same.

You smell the same.

You do, too.

- Okay, let's get you a drink.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Yes.

Can I have two vodka martinis?

On ice, with olives, please.

- Right away, sir.

- Thank you.

It can't be that kind of a night.

I know.

The last time we saw each other...

- Claridge's.

- For drinks.

- That was almost...

- Two years ago.

That's right. So how's work? How's the book?

Here you go, sir.

I don't know. But it's finished.

- It is?

- Mmm.

That's great. Can I read it?

Of course. You speak French?

Oh, good, okay.

We're starting early, excellent.

The translation is almost finished.

You'll read it.

- How's Paris?

- How are you?

I'm good.

- How's your work?

- Yeah, I'm doing freelance.

Fashion stuff, mainly. It's good. It's okay.

- Where are you staying?

- Here.

Oh. Right.

You're still afraid of the subject

being you for too long, right?

Come on, this is strange.

- Us having a drink?

- You in New York.

Why?

Because you don't belong here.

Thank you.

So...

Tell me something that counts.

It's been too long since I've seen you.

I meant something personal.

That is something very personal.

You seeing someone at the moment?

Hmm.

Tell me about her.

We are happily undercommitted.

- How long?

- A few months.

That's long.

- "For you." Finish it.

- No, I wasn't gonna say that.

It is good seeing you.

Bless the martini.

Obviously you guys want to keep

the hotel open as long as possible

while we're doing the work.

It's definitely something

you need to think about,

as far as how you're going to phase this,

because now it's becoming very important

to be eco-friendly, you know.

I was thinking about maybe solar panels,

double-paned glass in all the rooms.

It's actually something that Michael has

invested a lot of his time in making sure,

because now, you know,

it's actually a selling point.

People will stay at your hotel

because you have these options,

and, you know,

we think that it's really something.

It's a lot of money up front,

but then you get a payoff.

- Absolutely.

- So Stuart tells me

you guys can probably bring it in

in about three months.

- Of course.

- Do you agree with that?

That's no problem.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

It's all about the time. Start date next

week. You might be done the inside of the year.

All right.

- You know, your timing is nuts.

- Why?

- Are you getting a divorce?

- No.

Then?

I think it's possible

that I will you into being in my life.

Like if I think about you too long,

you pick up on it.

Were you thinking about me?

I always think about you

when things aren't going well.

What wasn't going well?

- We should get going.

- Where?

My room.

I'm kidding.

I'm having dinner with...

You know the man who bought

the publishing house I'm with in France?

- Oh. Okay.

- You're coming with me.

- No, I'm not.

- Why?

- It's your work dinner.

- No, not at all.

I've known him for a long time. He's a

friend. You'll like him. And his wife.

No, I wouldn't feel comfortable.

I'm leaving tomorrow. I can't cancel.

Come on, it's been two years.

Michael won't let you out one night?

Michael's out of town.

Let me get the check.

It's still a little early.

You up for grabbing a drink?

Oh, not so much.

We have an early day tomorrow.

- All the more reason to relax a little tonight.

- I don't think that'd be relaxing.

- Are you sure?

- I'm sure.

So if there's anything

you'd like us to add to the presentation,

we should probably meet

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