One Fine Day Page #5

- I wouldn't be asking you if there were.

- Yeah.

I could watch them both from three o'clock

until your press conference ends

if you'll watch them both

from now until three.

- You're asking me for help.

- It would appear that way.

I'll agree if you say

"Please be my knight in shining armor."

Jack, don't be a shithead.

Go rescue our kids.

This is hard for you, isn't it?

Are you agreeing or not?

You know, I got a day too.

Sorry. I'll meet you and the kids in my

office lobby at Rockefeller Center at 3:15.

- Fine.

- Fine.

Marla, tell Celia to get Elaine Lieberman's

home number and call me on my cell phone.

No...

What?

I forgot to tell you.

Sammy is allergic to shellfish and dander.

He's not allowed to watch commercial TV.

He has to hold your hand crossing the street.

Also, if you go to the playground,

check the sandbox first.

You never know what people

throw in there. Also...

OK. Bye.

Fine.

Fine.

Hello.

- Hi. It's me.

- Me who?

- Do you have the kids?

- What kids?

You didn't pick up the kids?

Oh, you mean those kids.

- I was just calling...

- To check up on me cos you don't trust me.

Sammy, no! Put the gun down.

You only asked me to watch Sammy

out of sheer desperation.

Part of you would feel safer with him at the

Ninth Street drop-in center with LSD. True?

No, that is not true. I only wanted to warn you

that Sammy can get into trouble faster

than you can make most women smile.

Are you flirting with me?

- Would you please just pay attention to him?

- I won't let him out of my sight.

Sammy! Hey! Guns aren't toys.

- It's not loaded.

- Goodbye!

Sammy, how long have

your mom and dad been divorced?

I don't know. It doesn't matter really

cos she said she'll always love him.

- Yeah? Hey, what's that?

- A marble.

- You get to see your dad a lot?

- Yeah, pretty much, usually.

He has a different schedule than

other daddies. He's a drummer.

But his favorite thing to do is watch me

play soccer. He's probably coming today.

He's taking me fishing this whole summer.

Just us. And maybe Mom will come too.

- Your dad's a drummer, huh?

- Yep.

- Sounds like a great guy.

- He is.

- Kurt, Jake, you remember Melanie Parker.

- Nice to see you. Nice to see you.

Well... voila.

I love this. This is... What is that?

- A vaulted...

- Vaulted pediment. Vaulted pediment.

- I love that.

- Yeah?

- But I need to see this with cars.

- You don't, Dad. Just use your imagination.

My imagination?

I have to see it with the cars.

Cars.

See?

- She's quite a little discovery.

- Yes, she is.

Why don't you join us

for drinks this evening?

Let's say 5:
30, at the 21.

I... I don't know if I can.

We'll talk about this project. From what I've

seen, you could bring a great deal to this.

- I'll be there.

- Terrific. That's great.

Hi. This is Jack Taylor.

I'm looking for Elaine Lieberman.

- You're trying to be like my dad.

- Am not.

- Daddy, who's that man on the bus?

- One second, darling. What?

- Who's that man?

- It says "Frankly Speaking."

Very important. Elaine Lieberman.

Here we go. Hold hands.

Rosa... Rosa... Could you

just try to speak English?

- OK.

- OK.

- Hello?

- Hello.

Right, OK. I need...

I need... pronto... her.

- OK.

- OK? OK. Bye-bye.

No, no.

Rosa, listen.

- I need to find Mrs Lieberman.

- OK.

OK. If I don't find her, I could lose my job.

If you don't understand, say "OK."

- OK.

- OK.

OK. Bye-bye. Gracias. Bye-bye.

Gimme that marble! It's my dad's!

Give it! It's my dad's marble.

No. Rosa?

No, Rosa...

No, no, don't hang up.

- Do you speak Spanish?

- What do you need?

OK, great. Her name is Rosa Lopez.

Her boss is Elaine Lieberman.

I need to know where she is.

I'm Jack Taylor. I'm a reporter.

Elaine's her boss.

Say Elaine wants to speak to me very badly.

Jack Taylor.

- So?

- So give it!

- Give it!

- No.

Hey, guys. Guys! What are you doin'?

- Guys, what are you doin'?

- Mr Kelly? Mr Kelly.

Senora Lopez said Mrs Lieberman is at the

Elizabeth Arden salon for her Spring Spa Day.

- Excellent.

- Dad!

What? You guys are being...

Oh, man.

- You're so stupid.

- Am not.

Are so. You ruined my dad's marble. He's not

gonna want it with your snot all over it.

Yes, I will. I'll just wash it off.

You'll be fine. The doctor's

just gonna pop it right out.

- How come you couldn't do it?

- It's a little nose, big marble.

But the doctor has this clamp thing that's

gonna come up and just yank it right out.

And you are gonna be fine. You just gotta

not worry about it and not think about it.

You gotta think about something else.

You gotta think about...

Hello, Sammy.

- Hello?

- Hi, sexy. I miss you.

Look, whoever you are,

this isn't Jack's phone anymore.

- Who are you?

- Who are you?

- No. Who are you?

- This is Celia.

I'm a friend of Jack's. And who's this?

- Absolutely nobody.

- Whatever.

Could you tell him Kristen called from the

Bahamas to let him know her number there?

And this is very important. Elaine Lieberman

will only be at Elizabeth Arden's until 3:30.

So if you could pass on those messages,

we'd both appreciate it.

Your mom will kill me if I don't have

you guys in the lobby by 3:15 on the dot.

- She won't kill you. She's not like that really.

- She isn't?

No. She just acts tough and mean

cos she'd rather be safe than sorry.

- What does that mean?

- She says it when men try to open her door.

Yeah?

Go, go, go, go, go!

- Hi,you guys!

- Hey!

Yourfriend... Celia called to tell you...

- Sammy?

- It's OK. It's only an escalator.

Kristen called you from the Bahamas.

And also, Elaine... Lieberman

will be at Elizabeth Arden's until 3:30.

- Great.

- Thank you so much for watching Sammy.

Really, you saved my life.

- Was he any trouble?

- No. Not at all.

Good.

So, everything worked out great.

I was sure you'd either show up

three hours late or not at all.

- I'm not like every other man you know.

- I realize that. I was kidding.

No, you weren't but...

I'm not like every other woman you know.

- Really?

- Yeah.

You probably think I'm a real control freak.

And I'm not, at all.

Well, I mean, I do like things

the way I like them, but who doesn't?

And, anyway, in my life I'm the only one who

ever does anything so... what does it matter?

Maybe you should let somebody

help you out every once in a while.

Definitely not. I've got

all these balls up in the air.

If somebody else caught one

for me, I'd drop them all.

- But you're not a control freak?

- No. I'm a single, working mother.

OK. I have more work to do than time to do it.

So before we get into yet another lengthy

and exhausting thing, I have a career to save.

- Do you have any instructions for me?

- No, no. I trust you completely.

I don't suppose you could

switch your thing from 5 to 4:30?

I just found out that

I have a new thing at 5:30.

- I can't switch.

- I'll switch mine. No problem.

- OK. I'll see you guys at the soccer game.

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