Manhattan Romance Page #4

But then she moved in.

She just took off.

Where did she go?

- I lost her.

- I know.

Where'd she go?

Did you see her?

Um, so, well,

I was into her for a while.

Hey, Aunt Lily, how are you?

- Good! How are you?

- Good.

Good! Were you at the church?

I didn't see you there.

No, I just came right from work,

so I missed the church part.

That's too bad.

It was wonderful.

- Carol was so beautiful.

- Was she really?

- Would you like something?

- I'm good. I'll see you later.

- Good to see you.

- Yeah, you too.

- Hello, hello!

- Danny!

How you doin', Aunt Jules?

- Nice to see you, Trevor.

- Danny.

- Nice to see everybody.

- How was work?

It was good. I'm sorry

I came right from work.

- I missed the church.

- That's okay,

We're just glad you're here.

Aunt Lily said it was

beautiful though, yeah?

- It was somethin'.

- Not a dry eye in the house.

Nice.

Really?

Go say hi to Carol.

Oh, she looks busy,

I'll get her later.

You know, she brought a whole

lot of cute, single friends.

Okay, Aunt Jules,

thank you very much.

There are a lot of

cute, single girls here.

Trevor's noticed them.

Good observation. I'm taken.

- Right, honey?

- Yes.

And you're too old

for any of them

to be interested in you anyway.

Oh, so I'm monogamous

by default.

By default, yeah.

You never know though.

Sometimes they go

for the older guys, Mom.

You'd better be careful.

Danny, what are you

editing now?

Oh, I mean, just dumb sh*t.

Commercials mostly, but now

I'm starting to get more films.

My cousin was an orderly

on General Hospital.

Oh, really, that's exactly

the same thing as a film editor.

- What do you do?

- Uh, I, um...

Investment counseling.

- She had to tell you that?

- No, no, I do.

I counsel people

on their investments.

Yeah, that's great, man.

You like it?

No, but I make

a shitload of money.

Well, there you go.

That's a good thing, I guess.

You just got a husband here

to dance with.

I gotta get the ol'

ball and chain off my back.

Already? Come on.

That was quick.

Have fun.

We'll dance together.

You haven't always tried

new things.

- I'm trying it, believe me.

- Awesome.

You don't think of me

here anymore though.

I know you don't.

You forget all about me.

That's not true at all.

You were always

my favorite cousin.

- We just never see you anymore.

- No, I know.

It's true, it's true.

I've sort of like cut off

because you're the only one

I can talk to.

The rest of these people here

I don't feel comfortable with.

Well, I mean, you never

give people a chance.

That's true, I don't,

but you know what it is?

It's like I feel like everyone's

just trying to figure me out,

put me in a box or something.

Yeah. You know my friend Suze

was asking about you tonight.

- Oh, Suze.

- She wanted to see you.

- Really?

- Yeah.

You can just enjoy your day,

you know what I mean?

This is ridiculous!

He's just unconventional

when it comes to relationships.

That sounds like code for gay.

What, Danny?

Are you kidding? No way.

That guy gets all the tail

he wants. I've seen.

What have you seen?

Well, like with that

hippie-dippie girl we met.

Oh, Theresa.

Exactly. What kind of

straight man has women friends?

Why when someone shows up solo

that everybody thinks gay?

I mean, if he was gay,

wouldn't he bring a guy?

Not if he was in the closet.

Oh, why are you so concerned?

- Hey, Charlie, how you doin'?

- Good. How you doin'?

All right, I will.

I'll be over in a second.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

No, no, no, no.

I don't think you're gay.

Yeah.

Because they've never

seen you with women.

Right, because if you're alone,

that's not an option. I get it.

I was alone for a long time

before I met your mother,

and I loved it,

but then I met her and...

it was like, I really dug

hanging with her.

Yeah.

Yeah, she's a good lady.

Yeah, yeah, she is.

But you know,

once you get older,

the body and the sex

and all that,

it becomes less.

I used to be really into

like tight bodies

with pow-wow curves.

But she has more of a roly-poly

kind of beautiful, you know?

Right.

Not to say that...

not to say that the sex

is not f***ing fantastic.

- Okay.

- Yeah, no, I'm sorry.

That's probably

not very appropriate.

No, no, that's fine.

It is great to be outside.

Yeah, it's a beautiful night.

No, no, man.

I mean outside of convention.

You know?

I don't know.

What?

What? What?

This f***ing suit, man!

- It's f***ing terrible!

- Really?

No, no, no! But it's beautiful.

It is beautifully terrible.

It says, "I couldn't bother

being conforming to you",

you conforming automatons. "

- No, it's noble, man.

- Really?

Yes. It's noble.

It's like...

f***ing nobility

from a time gone by.

Don't ever stop.

Wow. I don't think I can.

Like Rilke says,

"You build your life

in accordance

with that necessity. "

What's your necessity?

I don't think I have one.

Oh, come on!

Come on, come on, man!

- What's your necessity?

- I don't know.

I never really...

Okay, like my necessity is to...

do nothing.

Like I wake up in the morning

and just let the day unfold.

That's beautiful, man.

I f***ing love that.

See once you find

your necessity,

it's all gravy

from there on out.

Carla, where are you right now?

Why is your phone off,

first of all?

Second of all,

I'm so high right now.

I'm still at the wedding,

and my family is insane.

I just got high

with my mom's boyfriend.

You know what he told me?

He told me that sex with

my mom is still fantastic.

So I've got that image in

my head for the rest of my life.

I so wanna talk to you

right now.

I just feel like I'm at

that perfect high place,

and I just need to talk to you.

I love talking to you high.

It's one of my favorite

things to do.

I need you right now.

Where are you?

God!

Call me back

as soon as you get this.

Before you get this,

call me back.

All right, love you, bye.

- Uncle Bob, you takin' off?

- Yeah.

- Good to see you.

- Good to see you.

When are we gonna see you

getting married?

Me? Oh, I don't know.

I'm too young.

You better hurry up.

You don't wanna end up like me.

Oh, come on!

That wouldn't so bad.

You think?

- Have a good night.

- You too.

Hey.

What happened?

I don't know.

I have no idea, Danny.

I mean, is she seeing

somebody else or what is it?

She wouldn't say.

Oh, God.

It's impossible.

I really... I don't know

how anybody does it.

Well, you're asking

the wrong guy.

You are so lucky you don't

have to deal with this sh*t.

No. I don't know about that.

Do you have any weed?

I think I might have some weed.

Look at who you're

talking to right now.

- Can I have some?

- Do you want some?

- Yeah, I want weed.

- I'm getting you weed.

Gonna make it all better.

I want wine and weed.

I'll do what I can here.

I don't know how much...

I don't know how much

weed and wine we have,

but I'll do my best.

- Pills.

- Pills? Heroin?

- Heroin.

- All right.

So let's start you off

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