One Fine Day Page #9

Let's go, Maggie! Come on! Maggie, let's go!

Down the alley! Right down the alley!

Watch that kid! Bodycheck him, Maggie!

- But that would be rude, Daddy.

- That's not rude! That's sports!

That's it!

Hey! Hey! Come on!

- What's with that guy?

- Get that kid!

- Good game there, Sammy.

- Thanks, Jack.

- I'll see ya.

- Thanks for everything.

You too. I'll see you.

OK. Are you ready?

OK. Hang on.

You were great.

So I'll see you real soon, OK, big guy?

OK.

- Bye, Mel.

- Bye.

- Hey. Let's get your rain stuff on. OK?

- OK.

Let me see your trophy.

- Wow! Do you think that's real gold?

- Yeah.

- You do? What is that on his head?

- A soccer ball.

OK. Are you ready?

- Should we try to get a cab, Mom?

- No. I kind of feel like walking.

- In the rain?

- So? You're dressed for Niagara Falls.

Have I told you lately that I love you?

Have I told you there's no one above you?

Fill my heart with gladness

Take away my sadness

Ease my troubles, that's what you do

For the mornin ' sun in all its glory

Greets the day with hope and comfort too

And you fill my life with laughter...

Mom, I'm hungry.

I'll be right there, honey.

All right. That's a deal.

Give me this one. Come here. Good night.

- Good night.

- He'll be right here in the box, OK?

- OK.

- All right.

You know, when me and Melanie

were in the bathroom,

she asked me if Celia was your girlfriend.

- She did?

- Yeah. She really likes you.

- Good night.

- Good night.

She told you she likes me?

It's so obvious, Daddy.

Night.

Did she say anything else about me?

I don't know, Daddy. I'm pretty tired.

I'm gonna go to sleep now.

Yeah.

- What'll you do about those fish?

- What?

We gotta go buy new fish.

- Now?

- Yeah, now.

Sammy can't go back to class tomorrow

without those fish. Mrs Fineman'll kill him.

- I'm in my pajamas!

- I know, but we gotta help him out.

Like the sun

At the end of the day

We will give thanks and pray

To the one

Have I told you lately that I love you?

Have I told you there's no one above you?

Fill my heart with gladness

Take away my sadness

Ease my troubles, that's what you do

Take away my sadness

Fill my life with gladness

Ease my troubles, that's what you do

- Hi.

- Hi.

Maggie insisted that

we bring Sammy some new fish.

Thank you.

- Do you guys wanna come in for a minute?

- No, no. We don't wanna intrude.

OK. Well...

Yes. Here they are.

- OK.

- OK. Thank you.

Come on, Dad.

- Come in. Please.

- OK. For a few minutes.

Hi, Jack!

Sammy!

What do you weigh?

- Wanna come see my room?

- OK.

- You're investigating my apartment.

- Not as neat as I would've thought.

It's only neat on Sundays

when my mother comes for brunch.

If she sees it like this, she shakes her head,

which means she's unhappy

with my life choices.

And then she lets out a sigh that means she'd

have rather gone to my sister's for brunch.

- You guys wanna watch a video?

- Yeah!

- How about The Wizard of Oz?

- Yeah!

You can get all snuggled up on my bed

and watch for a little while.

- I wanna watch it all, Mommy.

- It's too late.

You can watch for as long as it takes us

to drink one cup of coffee.

- Two cups of coffee.

- We'll see.

It's always such a dilemma

when you have kids.

After Sammy's dad and I got divorced, I put

up pictures of him all over Sammy's room.

I wanted to reassure him that, no matter what,

his dad would still be in his life.

- You want cream, or...?

- No, that's fine.

- Sammy talked about him all day today.

- I'm sure he did.

- Is he really a rock'n'roll drummer?

- He's touring with Springsteen this summer.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Springsteen? Wow.

You know... I'm beatin' around the bush

here and there's something I gotta ask you.

Yes?

Why did you spend all day flirting with me if

you meant to get back with your ex-husband?

What?

I spent the whole day disliking you intensely.

You were flirting with me. You even

told the kids you wanted to ask me out.

- I never told them that.

- Yes, you did. That was your big secret.

They told me. It was all about you and me

and going somewhere and feelings.

You were going to ask me out.

The big secret was that Sammy

got my marble stuck up his nose.

And I never once even thought

about asking you out.

- I'm so sure.

- I don't know why I would even want to.

You said I was the most beautiful woman

you'd ever seen.

- That was a line.

- That was not a line, Jack, and you know it.

You wanted me ever since

I knew you were a writer...

You wanted me ever since the drop-in center

when you saw me put my watch on Maggie.

For someone so disinterested

in the other person,

- you sure do remember every detail.

- You remember better than I do.

- I do not.

- Yes, you do.

- What would you do if I kissed you?

- You wouldn't.

What would you do if I did?

- Do you wanna kiss me?

- I wouldn't have mentioned it if I didn't.

Fine.

You're just... reelin' me in, aren't you?

You're like Roy Scheider at the end of Jaws.

The minute I open my mouth,

you're gonna drop a big bomb in there.

Then you'll wear my teeth around your neck.

So you're admitting you're a big shark?

I am admitting that I am...

scared of getting close to anyone again.

I'm just as scared as you are.

- Don't bite.

- I won't.

- Mommy.

- What?

Can you fast-forward for us?

That mean lady is on and we hate that part.

Sweetheart, you know how to fast-forward.

- The remote's broken.

- And she's stealing Toto.

There. She's gone. OK?

This is the colored part. You love this part.

- Wait.

- Yeah. OK.

No, let's do this right.

Let me go in and freshen up so I feel

more like a woman and not a dead mommy.

- OK.

- OK?

Why don't you go in and

go sit over there and...

close your eyes, lay your head back

and anticipate my return.

OK.

Or you can go in and watch The Wizard of Oz

and wait for me to come back.

Yeah, OK.

It's stopped raining.

Jack?

I wonder what they're doing.

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