Love Affair Page #6

Want to grab a bite?

No, thanks. I don't think so.

I guess this wasn't

such a great idea after all.

I don't know.

Merry Christmas, Lynn.

Merry Christmas, Mike.

No kidding!

- Look at that!

- How are you?

You know who this guy is?

Mike Gambril.

No kidding.

- Thanks, guys!

- Merry Christmas, Miss MclKay.

- Merry Christmas to you, Monica.

- You recognized me.

- Just a wild guess.

- Open this one.

This is the best Christmas ever.

Oh, thanks, Lori!

It's sort of a quiet Christmas.

Exactly.

You know something,

I like it better quiet.

Absolutely. Thanks, Dorothy.

- Call me if you need anything.

- All right, I will. Thanks.

I'll be right upstairs.

Hello.

- Mike?

- Hello, Terry.

Good to see you.

It's good to see you too.

You feeling all right?

Yeah. I'm just...

...catching up.

Good, good.

It's been a long time.

Yes, it has, hasn't it?

It is good to see you.

You said that. Could I...?

Yes, please do.

Thanks.

I'll just be a minute.

- You don't mind?

- Of course not.

Good, good.

I bet you're wondering how I got here.

I was looking through a phone

book for a man named McBride...

...and I ran across the name

"T. MclKay. "

I said to myself:

"Could that possibly be Terry MclKay,

my old friend?"

- It was.

- And then I said to myself:

"I wasn't very nice to her. I had

an appointment with her, and I...

...didn't keep it. "

- You didn't?

- No.

No.

So then I said to myself... I talk

to myself quite a lot these days.

"That's not a nice way

to treat a friend.

I have to apologize to her. "

If one doesn't keep an appointment,

shouldn't they apologize?

Yes.

Yes, you're absolutely right.

The least people can do

is say they're sorry.

So here I am.

- That's very sweet.

- I thought so.

I've often wondered about you.

- Have you really?

- Yes, really.

I've wondered about you, too.

You weren't angry?

You must have been at first.

I was. I was.

At first, I was furious.

I said, "He can't do this to me.

Who does he think he is?"

- Did you wait long?

- Yes, I waited. I waited until...

Midnight?

- Then what?

- I got really mad.

You can just imagine,

being up there...

In a thunderstorm.

- In a thunderstorm?

- Yeah.

What did you say?

Then I said, "Why don't you

just go home and get drunk?"

- But you didn't.

- I didn't?

You just took one little drink...

...every hour for about two months.

Can you blame me?

Not at all. No.

The least I could've done

was send you a note.

Maybe by the time you thought of it,

you couldn't find me.

But certainly you swore that if you

ever saw me again you'd ask.

No. We said if we could make it,

we'd be there.

If one of us didn't show up,

there must be a good reason.

- Did we say that?

- Yes, that's exactly what we said.

Like what, for instance?

So there'll be no more

questions asked, I hope.

Thirsty?

Thank you.

Thank you, Mike.

Isn't this wonderful?

I walk over here just to...

Now I'm not even supposed to ask

why you weren't there.

- It doesn't seem fair, does it?

- I know.

I don't know what it is.

When I'm with you, I just...

- No wedding ring.

- No.

I thought when I saw you

last night...

No.

He was just...

No.

Sorry.

So how are you?

You can ask questions?

I thought everything was fine

till I saw you last night.

Then I knew there must be something

between us, even if only an ocean.

So I got a ticket.

Where are you going?

Away.

- When?

- Tonight.

Unless I can get an earlier flight.

Well...

You're happy, aren't you?

And you?

I don't know. Sometimes I...

I worry about the future,

what people will think of me.

That they'll say,

"What happened to him? He's a mess. "

- "He doesn't really like women. "

- Why would they say that?

Because every woman

he meets, he says:

"Where will you be in three months?

Meet me in three months. "

- And they're there?

- Everywhere.

Pyramids, Eiffel Tower,

Statue of Liberty, everywhere.

Just waiting. Waiting.

Where is he?

Waiting.

Want to change the subject?

Merry Christmas.

I almost forgot.

Who would've thought we'd spend

Christmas together?

- I brought you a present.

- I wish I had something for you.

I didn't expect anything.

It's not really a Christmas present.

So that's why my letters came back.

Well, I'd have sent it to you,

but I...

...didn't know

your address till today.

She wanted you to have it.

Anyway...

That's why I...

Goodbye, Terry.

Goodbye, Mike.

You know, I painted you wearing that.

I wish you'd seen it. It was good.

I left it at the hotel.

They hung it in the restaurant...

...and there was a young woman

who came in and really liked it.

They told me she kept trying

to buy it so I said:

"Just give it to her because she

wants the damn thing so much. "

They said she didn't seem like

she had a lot of money...

...and not only that,

they told me she was...

She was...

When is your flight?

I said, "By all means...

...give it to her because I never took

any money for paintings and it was...

...Christmas season, ho-ho-ho.

So I...

Oh, Mike, don't look at me like that.

Why didn't you tell me?

If anything had to happen

to one of us...

...why did it have to be you?

It was my own fault.

I was looking up.

I knew you were there.

Don't worry, Mike.

It doesn't have to be a miracle.

If you can paint, I can walk.

Anything can happen, don't you think?

Come here.

Rate this script:3.0 / 1 vote