One Night Page #4

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I didn't need you

to fight him for me.

- I didn't fight him for you.

I just told him the truth.

- And look how that went.

It's great, broken camera,

punch to the face.

- The truth always wins.

- Mhm.

- If not now,

then in the future.

- Check this out.

- Right, physics,

you dig that kind of stuff.

- Just because you don't,

doesn't mean that you can't

appreciate the amazingness

of this.

- I'm impressed.

- You should be.

What is cool about it is

these forks are actually

defying their natural

inclination

to move toward the earth,

they are defying gravity.

The laws of physics

are being challenged

at this table tonight.

- Excuse me.

- Oh.

- French fries for you,

and pancakes with jam.

Enjoy.

- Mm.

- This next year is gonna

be such a waste of my life.

- You could...

Think about it

in a little bit more

of a positive way.

Just in general.

- Okay.

Please, enlighten me.

- Well, for starters, the

French fries are above average.

The ambiance here is nice,

our waiter was fantastic.

He wasted no time

filling our glasses.

There's a lot going

for this moment.

- Okay.

Okay, Mr. positive.

This is it.

- This is what?

- This is my favourite song.

You should try this.

- You hear that?

I hear it.

- Dance with me.

- No.

- You can't deny this song,

you know this song.

- Way past my prime.

- This is the song.

- No, no, no, no, no.

- Think of it as

fun, you still know

how to have fun, don't you?

- No, I can't dance,

and I'm not gonna dance.

I'm not.

I don't know what you

think you're doing.

- You're a little old and rusty,

but I don't think

you're beyond saving.

- Oh, please.

- I can teach you.

- Please don't make

me dance, please.

Oh god.

Is this all right?

- Yeah, you're holding

me a little stiff,

kind of like a porcupine.

- Well, you are a porcupine.

- King of the porcupines.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- You've really been

working on this.

- I've been sneaking out

evenings and weekends.

- So that's where you've been.

- Just one more stop, I promise.

Here we are, this is the place.

We can see the pool from here.

Something to imprint

in your memory.

That's it, that's all

you're gonna give me?

I can't help you if you

don't tell me what's going on.

- It was a good prom, it

just doesn't solve anything.

- That's the end of the story?

You're just gonna

throw in the towel?

- This isn't one of

your stories, drew.

Did you think that

coming back here

was just gonna solve everything

and make it all better?

- Liz, I don't know what to do.

I don't know where to go.

I feel like I've tried

everything and you're not happy.

- Drew, I don't

trust you anymore.

- You don't trust me,

like you never trusted me,

or you don't trust me?

- I don't trust you

and I thought that I would.

- You don't trust me?

- You know what,

you're never gonna change.

People don't change, they don't.

You know, maybe they,

um, mature a little,

maybe their beliefs shift,

but they don't change.

Deep down they're always

going to be exactly the same.

And you are never gonna change.

- I don't, I don't

know what to do.

- I tried.

I came here and I wanted to

remember why we fell in love.

But I didn't see it, I didn't.

This whole thing was just a

stupid idea, coming back here?

God, I'm so stupid, because

this is just too hard.

- Marriage is

supposed to be hard.

- Do you want to

know what's hard?

Waking up every morning

and being alone

while you're out doing

whatever it is that you do.

I wake up to an empty bed.

I make breakfast, I sit

across the table from no one,

because I'm completely

alone, where are you?

- You know what makes me lonely?

Is when I come home,

and I come home to see

you and you're not there.

Being with somebody...

- I just want you to understand

I'm there waiting for you.

- You're not here.

- I have a question for you.

How alone were you in Argentina?

- Why does this, why does

this always come back...

To Argentina, why?

- Because that's when

I stopped trusting you.

That's when I stopped

trusting you, drew.

You made me feel

like the most alone

I have ever felt

in my entire life.

And I don't think

that you're sorry.

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm

sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

- That's just a word.

- Drew, that's all it is.

- I'm feeling it!

- That's not enough for me.

- Words are not enough for me.

- But you're enough for me.

- That's it, I'm done.

- You're enough for me.

- I can't do this anymore.

- Liz, Liz, you're right,

people don't change.

You don't trust me and

you never trusted me,

you never let me in your walls!

You don't change

and you never trusted me,

and you never gave me a chance!

- I don't want to

be married anymore!

- Great, we both agree on that.

I don't want to be married,

you don't want to be married,

we're not married anymore.

Everyone is happy,

I'm happy, f***!

F***.

- So why is this next year

the worst year of your life?

- I already told you.

- Some of your friends

are staying in town.

- That's not the point.

It's about going

someplace different.

I could be someone new,

you know, be someone better.

When I was 11,

I had my whole life

mapped out until I was 40.

I had this big plan.

And now that I'm staying here,

I just don't know anymore.

- You ever think you

could just let it go?

- What exactly does

that mean, let it go?

- The future,

not worry about it.

- Is that what you do?

- I try.

- It's not that simple.

- What if it was?

- Just because you make it

look easy doesn't mean it is.

- Just because I make it

look easy doesn't mean

that it isn't, doesn't

mean you can't do it.

- Maybe I'll try it sometime.

- Come on, we're

gonna try something.

- No, you're weird.

- Come on, get up.

- What are you doing?

- I used to do this all

the time before sat prep.

Now you.

No.

I'm gonna look like a moron.

- We'll be morons together.

- I don't know.

- If you succumb to peer

pressure just this once,

I swear I won't tell anyone.

- No, but like,

seriously, actually.

- Don't look at me, stop.

Seriously, just stop.

- I'm sorry, did you...

Did you do it?

- Andy, come on.

- I wasn't even

paying attention.

I'm a little hard of hearing.

How was it?

- Good.

- Yeah?

- Weird, but good.

- Did you see that?

- What?

- No, you didn't see that?

- No.

- No, like, right...

Over there.

- Agh!

What the hell, Andy?

- What are you thinking about?

- What am I thinking about?

I can't swim!

- Then it's working.

- Will you hurry, please.

Please, seriously!

Andy!

Okay, now you're worried

about your clothes?

I'm just drowning, just dying.

- Finally.

- Woo!

- Just put your arms around me.

Nope?

You can just drown then.

- Okay, okay, okay!

Is this some kind of a ploy?

- Yes, actually,

I planned everything.

I went back in time and

got your parents together,

I'm actually responsible

for your existence.

- You know, I'm not

one to be rescued.

- No?

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