Little Manhattan Page #8

Love is about going that

extra mile, even if it hurts.

Letting it all hang out there.

Love is about finding courage

inside of you...

...that you didn't even know

was there.

Whew.

What are you

doing here?

You're going to

camp tomorrow.

I had to say good-bye.

But I thought you hate me.

I don't.

I lied.

I wasn't going

to be like my father.

I wasn't going to let all these

things left unsaid smother me.

Rosemary...

I love you.

You what?

I do.

I'm sorry...

...but I love you more than anyone

has ever loved.

I love you, I love you,

I love you.

How's that for letting it

all hang out there...

...and hang and hang and hang?

Do you, um...

...you think you might

want to love me, too?

I don't know

what I think, Gabe.

I'm only 11.

I don't think

I'm ready to be in love.

I'm not ready,

and I'm doing it.

But it wasn't that easy.

I guess love never is.

Maybe I was wrong.

Maybe... Maybe girls

don't mature faster.

No, they do...

...they do,

you know they do.

You even said so at the park.

We at least mature

at the same rate.

I don't know

what mature is anymore.

But I'm really happy you came.

Do you want

to dance, Gabe?

Dance?

Sure, what the hell?

As I held onto Rosemary

Telesco for dear life...

...we both knew the truth.

She was going off to camp...

...and eventually, private school.

We were on different roads,

she and me.

Two ships that passed

in Sheep Meadow.

See, this is just like

I told you.

Same thing I knew

getting into this whole mess...

Love ends.

Hey, Mr. Gabe.

How goes it?

Hey, Ralph.

Hold the door, please.

The truth is,

you come into this world alone...

...and leave it

the exact same way.

Home.

Who are these strangers...

...laughing in

my mother's bedroom?

I've only seen them

in pictures.

Hi.

Um, everything okay?

Yeah.

We were just talking...

...about how horrible

our honeymoon was.

Yeah?

Key West.

Everything that could

possibly go wrong...

An unmitigated disaster.

It wasn't even a tropical storm.

Remember that?

- Like yesterday.

- It was awful.

We lost our luggage.

God, you were so sick.

God, I'm hungry.

What time is it?

Oh, wow.

We should get

something to eat.

All of us?

Yeah. We should, uh...

Why don't we go down

to the place on the corner?

Yeah.

Place on the corner

sounds good.

It's getting cooler.

Yeah, we're gonna

need jackets.

I just cleared

some old stuff...

...out of the storage room.

You wanted a New York

love story?

There's a New York love story

for ya.

I told you

it wasn't gonna be pretty.

Love is an ugly,

terrible business...

...practiced by fools.

It'll trample your heart...

...and leave you bleeding

on the floor.

And what does it really get you

in the end?

Nothing but a few

incredible memories...

...that you can't ever shake.

- Whoa!

- Whoa!

The truth is...

...there's gonna be other girls

out there.

I mean...

I hope.

But I'm never gonna get

another first love.

That one's always gonna be her.

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