Little Manhattan Page #5

exception of, uh...

...finding that apartment

we were looking for.

Deja vu.

Uh, maybe we should

ask for directions.

No. I think it's just right

up this alley right here.

You are so like all

the guys in my family.

- That your girlfriend?

- Excuse me?

She your girl?

Yeah. My girlfriend.

Huh.

I had a girlfriend

once upon a time, too.

She trampled

my heart.

Left me bleeding on the floor.

Run.

What?

Run while you

still can, brother.

Take my advice.

Make like the wind.

We were close.

One block, a left,

and then another left.

Let's go.

Are you Isaac?

I'm Rosemary.

We're here to

see the apartment.

Am I getting Punk'd?

No. It's for my dad.

And will Daddy

be meeting us here?

Well, he will if I give him

the high sign.

Trying to make a

commission or not?

We do a nice...

...business in two bedrooms

with divorced fathers.

This place

will be gone...

...in a New York minute,

I promise you.

Wood-burning fireplace.

Oh, yeah, I noticed.

I didn't know what

we were looking for exactly.

What do you think?

I like it.

It's nice. Amazing.

But I knew one thing

for certain...

Yeah.

It was the most romantic

treetop view I ever saw.

We came home up the bike path

along the Hudson.

We came home up the bike path

along the Hudson.

67 blocks.

The most physically

grueling experience...

...of my short life

on this planet.

But I barely felt it.

I never felt

so ridiculously wonderful.

This was New York the way

I always want to remember it.

Aplace where

anything is possible.

The city of dreams.

What's this?

Oh, this?

You don't

know about this?

It's the smallest park

in New York City.

Some commissioner died and

left his whole townhouse...

...to be knocked

down for a park.

How come

I didn't know about this?

Nobody on your

side of Broadway...

...ever comes

over this way.

That's what's so cool

about West End.

Do you come

here a lot?

Actually, I, um...

I haven't been here

in quite a while.

Hey! Mini-Me!

What are you doing in my park?

Oh, no way.

Not Darryl Kitzens.

Not now.

It's a public park.

What's she doing,

inciting him?

Doesn't she know that wild

animals need to be placated?

I... I think this

park's big enough...

...for all of us, right?

Who were we kidding?

A white belt and a yellow belt

facing off...

...against the Darth Maul

of PS 87?

We were gonna get creamed.

You picked the wrong park,

little man.

You picked the wrong park,

little man.

Get the hell

out of my park!

Ki-yah!

You're dead!

Ki-yah!

Ki-yah!

Come on!

Run, run! Hurry!

Hop on.

Go, go, go, go,

go, go, go!

He's coming! He's coming!

Go faster! Go! Go!

Make the light! Go on!

We were both still flushed

from our day of adventure.

Well, good night.

Good night.

I could do battle

with Darryl Kitzens.

So why can't

I just lean in to her?

Do it.

Do it, you wimp, do it.

That was fun.

Yeah, it was.

Scared he's going

to hunt us down?

I just have to

keep a low profile...

...for the rest of the summer.

And, of course, transfer to

a military school in the fall.

I just have to keep a low

profile for one more week.

A week?

Well, next Sunday,

after the wedding...

I'm going to camp.

Camp?

For how long?

For six weeks.

Six weeks?

She might as well

have said she's dying.

That's fantastic.

Yeah.

Well... I better

get inside.

Yeah.

Good night.

Good night.

Miss.

What if she goes to camp

and I never get to kiss her?

That's the way

it's going to be.

It's so obvious.

Every opportunity I have

will go the same way.

"Good night."

"Good night." No.

I will not let that happen.

I will kiss her before

she gets on that bus to Maine.

I will, I will, I will.!

Gabe? Ga...!

That's him!

There he is.

oh, thank God.

If they don't kill you,

I'm going to.

So it, um, it turns out

Max Kavinsky didn't go...

...to Six Flags after all.

He got sick.

My mother actually ended up...

...running into his mother

at the Fairway...

...and, well, they got to talking.

What?

Gabe, come here!

Come here.

Don't you ever

go anywhere again...

...without us knowing

where you are...

...do you hear me?

You had us scared half to death.

My punishment...

...no phone, no TV...

...no leaving the apartment

for 48 hours.

It was the first thing

my parents agreed on...

...in a very long time.

Do I have to call Rosemary's mother?

- Is that what I have to do?

- No! No!

- Don't call anyone.

- I thought, I thought we had an understanding...

- ...on the nine square blocks...

- We do!

...that the only way that this

can work, your dad and I...

I had to throw myself

on the mercy of the court...

...just to get special permission

to go to karate class.

I'll do anything!

I'll wash dishes for

the rest of the summer!

I promise I will!

It just wasn't an option

to miss that class.

You scared the hell

out of us today.

I know, I'm sorry.

Yeah, what

does sorry mean?

Sorry means I'm not

gonna do it again.

- That's right. Never again.

- Right.

- Right?

- Right.

Hey, Dad?

Yeah.

Are... Are you gonna move out?

Eventually, yeah, I am, Gabe.

Well, I, um...

I found an apartment for you.

You what?

That's where I went today.

To look for an

apartment for you.

Do you want me to move out?

No, no, of course not,

but, you know...

...maybe we can't get our lives

started again until you do.

Where do you get such big ideas?

I don't know. I just get them.

So w-where is

this apartment?

It's a two-bedroom

on Grove Street.

In the Village?

Yeah, wood-burning fireplace.

No way.

Why not?

It's too far

from you, champ.

I- I wouldn't move

more than...

...a three-or four-block

radius from you.

You'd have to go to college

to get farther away from me.

Okay?

Okay.

Go to sleep.

All right.

So, uh, what's the deal

with this Rosemary?

Rosemary?

How do you mean?

Nothing.

I- I, I'm just not used to...

We do karate

together, Dad.

Sh-she's my sparring partner.

Oh.

Okay, great.

I didn't even pick her.

Whatever you say, king.

That night, I had this dream.

All right! Yeah!

Gabe...

Gabe!

I'm open! Gabe!

Over here...

...over to Eric!

Go, man! Run!

Hey!

Gabe... Gabe...

Where are you going?

You're ditching us for her?

Oh, come on.

Aw, dude.

Disgusting.

The next day, I couldn't

get to class fast enough.

I was gonna

be near her again...

...grapple with her...

...smell her hair.

Ki-yah!

That day

the Gates of Hell opened...

...and Tim Staples

walked right through.

So, we're gonna shift sparring partners...

...to make sure everyone's

with their level.

That means Tim-

you'll be with Rosemary.

Could this be?

My woman getting ripped

from my hands like this?

I could see where

all this leads.

Do you, Rosemary Telesco...

...take Tim Staples to be

your lawfully wedded husband?

No...!

Rosemary!

And Gabe, your new

sparring partner...

...will be David Betanahu.

This is my level?

David Betanahu?

How could this happen?

She's with Ashton Kutcher

over there...

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