Terms of Endearment Page #7

Are you waiting till she's in school

before working again?

Oh, I never really work.

Well. That's OK.

Thanks.

Great.

When did she find out?

- About a month ago.

- There.

- What's wrong?

- Nothing.

It was a great honour meeting you,

have a wonderful time.

Thank you.

Those beautiful children are lucky

to have you for a mommy.

Y'all go ahead, take the first cab.

- Sure?

- Yeah. That's fine.

- Bye-bye, Patsy.

- See you.

Bye, darling.

- You told them, didn't you?

- Yeah, you don't mind, do you?

Of course not.

Emma, come on. They're jerks.

They don't know anything.

- Why do they act like that?

- Emma, talk to me!

It's not you. I don't care.

I don't mind them knowing.

In less than two hours, two of them

told me that they'd had abortions.

Three of them told me

they were divorced.

One hasn't talked to her mother

in four years.

And the one that has little Natalie

in a boarding school

because she has to travel

for her job?

Hell, Patsy!

Oh, the one with the yeast disease

that thought she had vaginal herpes?

If that's fit conversation for lunch,

what's so god-awful terrible

about my little tumours?

Yeah, of course, but...

what do you want me to do?

I want you to tell them

it ain't so tragic!

People do get better.

Tell them it's OK

to talk about the cancer!

Patsy tells us you have cancer.

We should talk later.

I'm a nutritionist,

and my husband's with Ticketron.

Thanks, Patsy.

- Hello.

- Flap? Have you heard anything?

No. Emma hasn't

called you either, then, huh?

No. How are the children?

I wish I were so carefree.

Yes, well, they don't have

anything to feel ashamed about.

You know something? You always

lose your manners around me.

Stop it, Flap.

Let me know if you hear.

If you talk to Emma,

don't sound so frightened.

I don't sound...frightened!

Daddy.

Hi, Mother. They're having this party

for me so I can't talk very long.

But I think I'm coming home

a few days early.

Not really.

It's about time

they gave us this room.

Mother, I can't believe you did this.

It's great.

Careful! These are worth more

than you'll make in your lifetime.

I grew up with it, you can take it

for a couple of minutes.

This is fine. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Oh, they're wonderful!

They look good next to each other.

Help me with this, Melanie.

Gorgeous isn't everything.

This one, this one...two more.

The response to the drugs we tried...

isn't what we hoped.

There are investigatory drugs

which we are willing to utilise.

However, if you become incapacitated,

or it becomes unreasonable for you

to handle your affairs for a time,

it might be wise

to make some decisions now.

Any questions?

No.

I know what you're saying.

I have to figure out

what to do with my kids.

Excuse me. It's after ten.

Give my daughter the pain shot.

Mrs Greenway, I was going to.

- Good. Go ahead.

- Just a few minutes.

Please. It's after ten.

I don't see why

she has to have this pain?

- Ma'am, It's not my patient.

- It's time! Do something!

All she has to do is

hold on until ten!

And it's past ten!

My daughter's in pain!

- Give her the shot!

- Are you going to behave?

GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Can I have 222, please?

- Let's get her!

- I'm pushing Grandma in!

Don't you dare! I mean it.

Come on.

- Say, "Hi, Granny."

- Hi, Granny.

Aurora?

Well...

Who would have expected you

to be a nice guy?

Who?

It's good to see you.

Take care of yourself. I'll call you.

I'm real glad I came.

Your coming meant a lot to Emma.

It meant a lot to me, Garrett.

I'll be at the hospital all the time,

I'll call you.

No, if there's someone there, I'll

hear that funny sound in your voice.

I don't care.

Who cares? I don't care.

I'm glad you came, I love you.

Garrett!

Garrett!

Come here.

I was curious.

Do you have any reaction

to my telling you I love you?

I was just inches

from a clean getaway.

Well, you're stuck, so face it.

Well, I don't know what else to say

except my stock answer.

Which is?

I love you, too, kid.

Goodbye.

At the airport,

we were standing there

in front of the door hugging

and kissing, and saying goodbye.

- And you know what?

- What?

I got up the nerve

to tell him I loved him.

You know what his reaction was?

I don't give a sh*t, Mom, I'm sick.

Not everything is about you,

I've got a lot to figure out.

- I just don't wanna fight any more.

- What do you mean? When do we fight?

When do we fight? You amaze me.

I always think of us as fighting.

That's from your end.

That's cos you're

never satisfied with me.

- Have you seen her yet today?

- Yes.

I've been with her most of

last night and today, as usual.

I haven't, uh...

really talked to the kids yet.

I'm not sure how much they realise,

but they know

something bad's happening.

Flap...

Patsy wants to raise Melanie

and maybe the boys.

I think they should be with me,

don't you?

What can you be thinking about?

Raising three children,

working full time and chasing women

requires a lot more energy

than you have.

You know, one of the

nicest qualities about you

is that you recognise

your weaknesses.

Don't lose that quality

when you need it the most.

You have no right,

nor any invitation,

to discuss where

or how my children live.

From what the doctor says,

it's time that we have the talk now.

Do you know how much I hate

the idea of losing you?

Yes.

Well, nobody...

Nobody seems to know that except you.

I... Well...

What?

I'm thinking about my identity,

and not having one any more.

Who am l, if I'm not the man

who's failing Emma?

- You didn't fail me, Flap.

- I don't wanna discuss it.

I feel like I'm sucking after

forgiveness, which I probably am.

You were no more terrible than I was.

Except for the cheating.

You're right. Let's not do this.

Look, we had problems.

It was never over

whether we loved each other.

Oh, God! That tie!

I can't believe you wore that!

The mess it must've been finding it.

The house still isn't in one piece.

It was in the last box I looked in.

I'll bet.

God, you're easy to please.

I don't know why

I couldn't do more of it.

I'm so glad we're talking, I just am.

It just means so much to me that

we can still feel like this, so much.

I swear...

Listen, I am getting tired.

Just tell me, hon,

you really want to raise 'em?

I never thought I was the sort of man

who'd give up his kids.

It's a lot of work.

As hard as you think it is,

you end up wishing it were that easy.

Where do you want them?

I don't want them

to end up with Janice.

Well, she's not so bad.

I really don't think

they should be with you, honey.

Well...

To tell you the honest truth...

I'd probably screw it up.

I'll really miss them.

Well, maybe we should let

Patsy take them.

It'd be easy for me to work

research summers in New York.

No. Patsy really only wants Melanie.

Mother should have them.

You can see them any time you want.

You'll decide things

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