Terms of Endearment Page #2

I guess because

I've been thinking about you so much.

Can I suggest how to handle me?

Yes, ma'am.

Don't worship me

until I've earned it.

Thank you, ma'am. I appreciate

any advice you can give me.

Don't talk

with your mouth full, Vernon.

I wouldn't do that.

I just did it to make you laugh.

What's wrong with you?

I got some good news.

What's that?

I'm unofficially pregnant.

We haven't gotten the tests back yet,

but you know me, I'm never late.

Well...

I don't understand.

If you're not happy for me,

I'll get so mad if you're not happy.

Why should I be happy

about being a grandmother?

Does this mean you won't be

knitting any booties?

Flap...

Every time you get more than

two drinks in you, you confront me.

And I won't have it.

I won't have it,

not in this house. Excuse me.

Do you need some help?

No. I'll be fine

just as soon as I stretch my legs.

Oh, God.

Mr Breedlove.

You're bleeding.

Yeah.

It's OK.

Come on in.

No, thank you.

What are you afraid of?

Afraid?

Well...

Why not...?

Why not come on in?

Because you're much older

than the boys I date,

cos you're drunk,

and because when I went to see

an astronaut give a lecture,

I didn't expect him

to prowl after us all night.

I didn't expect some silly flirt

who had to keep his jacket open

because his belly's getting too big.

I expected a hero.

Well, OK, Doris, don't come in.

I don't want you in my house.

Lee Anne, would you like to come in?

You better tend to that cut.

Tommy, show me your belly.

Come on. Come on!

- How can you dress him like that?

- He's adorable. Look at him.

Oh, great, Tommy.

That's Vernon. So tell him I'm...

- Out?

- No. Tell him I'm resting.

Hello?

Hi, Flap.

Where? No. Tell me now.

I want to know now.

Oh, Flap, you did not

expect I'd be happy.

Let's be honest with each other

before we start pretending.

Look, Mom's staring at me right now,

so can I talk about it later to you?

Yeah.

All right.

Bye.

How long you going to

keep this a secret?

The only school that would accept

his associate professorship

is in Des Moines.

He can't even do the simple things,

like fail locally.

It's gonna be all right, Momma.

It's Des Moines.

- Say, "Bye-bye, house".

- Bye-bye, house.

Be careful going down these steps.

Don't break your leg.

Come here.

Come here. Come here.

Stay sweet, honey.

Rosie...

That's enough, Rosie.

They have to get started.

Tell Momma to drive you home when

you work late. Have some fun, Rosie.

Don't act so brave. I know you'll go

crazy without me to nag.

Be good to her or else we'll get you.

I mean it.

Bye, Flap. Have a good drive.

OK, fingers and toes in.

Take Momma's purse.

Momma, that's the first time

I stopped hugging first.

I like that.

Get yourself a decent

maternity dress.

You had to get one in, didn't you?

Will you tell her, Patsy?

She keeps thinking it's me.

Tom... Are you gonna be good

to your mother and take care of her?

Bye, Mrs Greenway.

Goodbye.

Write as soon as you get there,

so I'll have your address, OK?

You shape up, Patsy.

Dropped my gum.

We'll get you another piece,

sweetheart.

The phone bill will be enormous,

you know that?

I'll miss you, Momma.

- Can we go now?

- Yeah. Pull away slow.

Honey, I think it will be good for us

to be away from your...

Our families.

- I miss Houston.

- You don't know how lucky you are.

Everybody wants to go to Des Moines.

People come from all over the world

to get one look at Des Moines

before they die.

Some people say

it's the best city in lowa.

I know you're teasing me.

Texas is the best!

Well, I think

you should stop worrying.

We're gonna see

some terrific new things. We are.

Would you please, if you will,

hold it down over there?

Sorry, I can't hear you.

Hold it down! Have some respect

for other people's feelings!

Come over a little closer.

Hey, you in the bush,

I can't hear you!

Sorry, but I just took a sauna.

It's hard not to yell when you hit

that cold water.

You're not gonna ignore me

when I speak directly to you?

I'm not ignoring you.

What am I supposed to say?

OK, It's hard not to yell

when you hit that cold water.

Hey, come here.

Come here?

What is your name?

- Aurora?

- Yes.

You want a shock?

No, not especially. What?

Well... We're going to have

this dinner at...

a NASA dinner at the White House.

You know, some cosmonauts

and all of us, and...

I didn't know who I could take.

Cos all the people I flew with,

well, their wives are giving me

b*tch bites all over my back

if I showed up

with my regular girls.

I didn't know anybody old enough,

so I thought,

"Well, I'll ask

my next-door neighbour."

Well, anyway,

they cancelled the dinner,

but I was really thinking

about asking you out.

Seriously. Ain't that a shocker?

Yes.

Imagine you having a date with

someone where it wasn't a felony.

What would you have said

if I'd asked you?

Seriously.

I would have said I'd like to see

the White House.

So you would have come?

What the hell. You want to have

dinner out some time?

- No, thank you.

- What about lunch?

You ladies, you like

to have lunch a lot, don't you?

You know, there's something

about your manner.

It's like you're trying

to toy with me.

That's right, Aurora.

I'm playing with you.

- This is exactly...

- Do you want to play, Aurora?

You wanna go to lunch,

we'll have lunch.

If you want to have lunch

in some restaurant

to improve the atmosphere in this

neighbourhood, I wouldn't say no.

Come here.

We're too far apart to talk.

Now...Aurora.

Since you've agreed,

why don't we just

forget about the rest?

I mean, I know how you feel.

There were countdowns...

when I had my doubts.

I said to myself,

"You agreed to do it.

"You're strapped in...

"and you're in the hands

"of something bigger

and more powerful than yourself.

"So why not just lay back

and enjoy the ride?"

I'm not going.

There is something wrong with you.

Oh, God, I'm such a sh*t.

- Wait! That must be it.

- Right there? Oh, God!

Oh, Flap, it's great.

Is that it, really?

- I think that's it.

- Oh, it's great. Isn't that sweet?

- Oh, that was a bump.

- Oh, yeah.

- What is that?

- Shall we go see the house?

You stay here.

I'll come round and get you.

Come on. Let's get this off.

Come on.

Come on.

- Sweetheart, did you hurt yourself?

- Nope, not yet.

Do you like it? Do you like it?

Oh, it's great. Flap, it's great!

Oh, my God.

Leave the mattress here.

We can sleep here.

I'm really tired.

You ever made love in lowa?

You know what? Tommy's room

is on the other side of the hall,

so we can get noisy.

Good. You get to make your little

high-pitched squeak.

Stop it! What about you?

What about you?

"Here I come. Here I come again!

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Here I come again.

Yes.

Yes.

- Yes.

- Oh, God.

You just made me wet.

How can you do that with your voice,

just like that?

You just make your voice like that.

Oh, God, if Tommy can't hear us,

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