Some Velvet Morning

SOME VELVET MORNING

Hi.

I'm here.

It's me...

Fred.

Hey, hello there.

So, I'm here...

with all my stuff.

And I came here to...

Anyway, here I am with it.

- I brought it all to your place.

- I see that.

- You can tell me to go if you...

- No, that's not what I...

- Surprise!

- Yes, it's quite the...

So, is your plane not something? Is it delayed?

Or what? 'Cause I don't get the...

No, my plane's not... I mean,

I'm here to see you...

and to see if maybe...

we could figure something...

- Can I come in?

- Yeah.

You can't stand out on the landing

all day, so yeah, come in.

- I do have to go out soon, though.

- Yeah, no, great.

Look, I just didn't know how you were

gonna react, or, you know, what...

and I didn't wanna phone, but then I

though, yeah, I mean, should I phone...

how do you explain away fifty years

of a life over the phone, right?

I mean, I don't think I even have a

calling plan that'll support that.

It's a terrible joke. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Just a little nervous.

- Why?

- I don't know. I just am.

Well, there's no reason to... I mean, we know

each other, Fred, we have for a long time.

There's no reason for either of us

to feel bad about things at all.

No, I know. Yeah, I know that.

I don't, you know?

I mean, but I didn't say bad. I

didn't say that.

I said nervous.

- Is that all right?

- Of course.

However you want to feel is

fine. It's okay.

Thanks.

Are you going somewhere or what? 'Cause

that is a lot of stuff you got there.

Oh, yeah, no, I...

On the plane you can only carry on

two things, you know, two bags.

So those two, and then these two

I checked.

And basically I had grabbed

everything from the house...

that was mine and...

well, not everything, but you

know what I mean.

Anyway, I did it all when Miriam

was at the store.

How 'bout that? What a coward.

Twenty four years of being married to

the woman and that's how I go about it.

Oh, well, I make myself sick.

Maybe you should call her.

Who?

Your wife.

Yeah, no, I will. I mean, at some

point, definitely, I'll call her.

And Chris, what about him?

- I don't know, what about him?

- Well, he's your son, for one thing...

so he's probably gonna want to

know what's up. I know I would.

Yeah, well, probably so.

- Can I get some water?

- Sure.

I don't think he'll like it.

True.

But maybe he doesn't need to

know.

Still.

I suppose, in some strange way, he's

the one who introduced us, though.

- Fred.

- No, I'm just saying that you know, kinda...

I introduced us. It wasn't him.

No, I know that. I know, I know.

But all I'm saying is that...

It was me. I put the note in

your pocket. So it wasn't him.

Yeah, I know, but if he had not

been seeing you, then...

No, no, come on.

What?

No, look, I'm not saying that he should

be, you know, all happy for me...

and he'll understand and

everything, I'm not saying that.

- I'm just telling you...

- He still sees me, Chris, from time to time.

We go for lunch, and so I'm not

sure he'll feel very...

You know what I'm saying. You

know exactly.

Lunch? Really?

- With Wonderboy?

- Sometimes.

Sometimes other things.

Other things, huh?

I didn't...

He's married now, you know? Just

in case he didn't mention it.

He did.

Yes, he is.

And he still... really?

And does Mandy know? Mandy is

his wife.

Yeah, I know.

I guess not, but I'm not that

deep a part of his life.

So I don't really know or care.

Great. I just bet she doesn't.

No, I guess the same. So go on.

Take it.

Thanks.

I have this terrible dryness in

my mouth.

It's so dry, it's like...

This dryness is like hanging in the

back of my throat. Can't get rid of it.

Do you feel sick or anything? Maybe you caught

something recently and it's just starting to...

No, that's not it. No. Thank

you, though.

I think I'm gonna go outside and

get a little fresh air.

Sure. Go ahead. I do have to get

ready in a minute, but...

Yeah. You said that.

So, you're going out?

- I am this morning.

- Where to?

You know, day off and... I don't

know, shopping?

They're all really sort of days

off for you, though, aren't they?

Right? I mean, 'cause you don't really

have a proper, you know, whatever.

Not that I know about any of

that.

No, I don't. No. Not a proper

one like you.

We can't all be lawyers, right?

There would be nobody left to

hate.

So you're going out. You're

going shopping.

Yeah. Something like that. You

know, seeing friends.

Good.

- But nothing specific or...?

- No, I didn't mean that.

Yeah, somewhat specific. Lunch.

Really?

Yes. Believe it or not, Fred, there are people

who are expecting to hear from me soon.

I'm not calling you a liar. I

was simply asking a question.

What about you? What about this?

Yeah, I know, I know. I can't

even wrap my head around it.

- It's wild.

- I know.

It is and I just...

Can you sit down?

- No, Fred, we are...

- Please, just sit.

- But I'm fine.

- Sit! Sit!

I'm sorry, but it's very uncomfortable

you just standing there.

- It's like you're timing me or something.

- I'm not, I promise.

Sit down. I mean, I know, like,

rationally you're not.

It just feels like you're, you

know, like...

...just keeping me on edge.

That's all. Okay?

- I'm sorry.

- It's okay. It's fine.

It just felt like you we're

trying to, you know...

Thank you.

I'm sitting. Now we can talk.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean...

No, its fine, it's fine, it's

fine.

It just felt like you were just trying to

push me out the door, at least in your mind.

I wasn't. I wouldn't do that.

I'm not that kind of person.

I know that. I know that. I know that. I

know that now, and I'm sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

You do keep checking you watch.

Yeah, I just have somewhere to

be.

You've made that very clear. You were not expecting me.

You've made that very clear.

I wasn't. It was a surprise.

A good one, I would have hoped.

Yeah, a shock even, but a good

one, yes.

Yeah, really? A good one?

Yes, a good one. It's nice to

see you.

It's nice to see you, too. It's

been a while.

- Yeah, years.

- I know.

And I did what I said I would

do, didn't I?

I stayed away.

No matter how hard it was, and it was

particularly hard at the beginning...

when we had first broken it off,

but...

I mean, I stayed away.

- I appreciate that.

- Yeah.

I kept my promise. I mean, there were

those e-mails and those phone calls...

and the birthday gift that I sent

you, that little iPod thingy...

with your name engraved on it...

but really, for the most part...

I did what I promised you I

would do, I stayed away.

- Thank you.

- Sure.

For being a gentleman.

Well, I don't know about that...

but I did what I said I would

do.

- Thanks.

- For a long time.

So.

So, yeah.

That's an understatement, right?

Yeah, so, what the hell do I do

now?

I mean, honestly, what?

You're not seriously asking my

advice on this, are you?

Kinda, yeah.

I'm not really in a good

position to answer that, Fred.

You just show up, your bags

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