The Age of Adaline Page #5

Come with me.

Okay.

Can I drive?

Oh, my God, you know you rarely

see a Saab in the Daytona 500.

There's a reason for that.

Then... ya know, you might wanna consider an

occasional tap on that square pedal by your foot.

I don't know what

you're talking about.

Oh, my God! Oh, sorry!

What's wrong with you?

Do me a favor, stop and pick her up.

- Ooh, I'd rather not get stabbed.

- That's my sister.

Sorry.

- What's up pussycat?

- Need a ride?

What's it look like?

- How are you?

- Good, hi!

Get out! Still driving the Saab, huh?

- Yeah, it's good to see you, too.

- Hey!

Kikki, this is Jenny.

Jenny, this is my sister.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

You should have told me

you were taking the bus.

We'd of picked you up at the station.

I stopped using

telephones 2 months ago.

Any particular reason?

To protest the involvement of telecomm firms

in the development of hi-tech weapon systems.

Kikki graduated from Berkeley.

So this is the new one, huh?

Have you done him yet?

Yes, 10 minutes ago,

right where you're sitting.

So what's the story with this girl,

she... she works there?

I told everything Ellis told me.

Thank you.

Beautiful girl,

works in a public library.

Maybe she likes books... and silence.

Or maybe she Google'd him,

and found out about his generous

contributions and then...

worked her way in there so

she could get her hooks into him.

Yeah, I'll bet that's it.

- Shouldn't they be here by now?

- You clear the table.

They're here!

Yeah, yeah.

How do I look?

Very pretty.

Oh! There you are!

Hey, Mom.

- Aaw, Honey! You look great.

- Look who we picked up on the way.

Hi, Baby.

- So, this is Jenny.

- Hello.

- So nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

You must be exhausted after your trip.

Oh, no, it was nothing.

We made it in like 18 minutes.

No I'm not amused.

He knows I hate it when he speeds.

It wasn't me, it was Jenny, I swear,

she thinks she has nine lives.

Let me take your coat.

- Oh, okay.

- Where ya been?

- What, you forget where we live?

- No.

Uh, this is my dad, William.

- Dad, this is...

- Adaline.

Jenny, actually.

Dad, you okay?

I'm sorry, it's just...

you look exactly like this

old friend of mine that I...

Adaline Bowman.

That's my mother.

You joking? Really?

- Yeah.

- Oh, my gosh!

- Did you know her?

- Yeah! Yeah!

We were very close, I...

I knew her in London.

Yeah, yes she lived there in the 60s.

Right before she, ah...

moved to Paris and met my father.

Incredible, what are the odds?

Wow, wow.

The resemblance is absolutely amazing.

You must hear it all the time.

For as long as I can remember.

Wow! We were very close.

You've just said that already.

I don't believe you never mentioned her.

Oh, yeah, I must've...

No, no... no, I remember

your close, close friends.

How she doin'?

She passed away... 6 years ago.

No, really?

Oh, wow, I'm so sorry.

An extraordinary woman.

Yeah, well, it runs in the family.

- Come on, want something to eat?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I made cheesecake.

We're kinda tired actually.

I think we'll head up,

if that's okay with you?

- Me too.

- Really?

All right, I have you

in the back bedrooms.

Ha! You're in the back.

- Hey.

- Hey.

It's so nice to meet you.

- Dad...

- Oh, hey.. hey, Baby.

Miss.

Miss.

You know, you keep doing that,

you gonna flood your engine.

Thank you, thank you for the useful tip.

Well, you gonna get

one hell of a tan at least.

I'm sorry, I've done everything

I could to get this thing started.

It won't work.

All right, all it needs is a push-start.

Just loose the brake,

I'll give you a push,

Pop your clutch and you'll take off.

Okay.

Thank you.

- Ready?

- Ready, you ready?

- Okay.

- Okay.

Okay! Now pop your clutch.

Thank you!

You're welcome.

They would spend the next

five weeks together.

And Adaline did something that she

promised herself she would never do.

You know, you...

you still haven't told me your name.

Adaline Bowman.

- But my friends tell me Della.

- That's beautiful.

Thank you.

Three weeks later, his semester completed,

William flew home to the United States.

Adaline, came with him.

Hey.

How'd you sleep?

- Fine.

- Good.

Sorry about last night, I didn't

mean to embarrass you, it's just...

I must be losin' it.

It's okay.

- Hey!

- When did you come up?

- Not too late, I read for a while.

- Hmm...

- Hi, Baby.

- Mwah!

- Where's Jenny?

- She'll be down in a sec.

She was up all night,

tossing and turning.

You know, you've never

told us how you guys met.

We met in an elevator on New Year's Eve.

- You want some coffee?

- No, thank you.

But, I'd seen her once before that.

Hey.

It was at the library, she was reading

a book on Braille and I just

I knew she was an original.

Here you go, Baby.

So was her mom.

How did you meet her mother?

It was outside London.

Her car broke down, I helped her fix it.

So, she was English? Oh, no, no she

was just there studying French.

- Spoke like what, four languages?

- I think so.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

- Jenny's brilliant with languages, too.

- Really?

So, how old were you when you met her?

Oh, I was about, uh...

Let's see, that was the second year

of med school, so I was like...

Twenty-six.

I was thinkin' about

quitting medicine... bored.

But I was...

I was afraid I was too old to start over.

I told...

I told Adaline about it

and she laughed in my face.

"She said, " Go for it, don't

be silly, life's too short.

Wasn't for her I'd probably

wouldn't've found astronomy, physics.

She was only couple of years

older than I was but she was so wise.

She was so...

I don't know... sophisticated.

She, uh...

- What? Honey?

- That's enough, William.

What? What's... what's cooking?

What, you think this is funny?

What do you mean? I'm do...

What did I do?

You were very close, you were very close,

you said that to me twice now.

And you should see your face

when you talk about her.

Are you going to wax nostalgic

this whole god damn weekend?

Look, it's just that...

she looks so much like her mother that...

that I'm remembering things that

I didn't even know I remembered.

Well, I'd hate feeling like second choice.

- What do you mean?

- Especially this weekend.

- Second choice?

- Yes.

Forty years, Baby, come on...

Second choice? Uh-uh.

Honey, you're blowing this

all out of proportion.

Am I?

Are you jealous?

Yeah, as a matter of fact.

Look, look, it was fleeting,

inconsequential.

Sounded like you were more than that.

I love you.

- I love you, too.

- Come on.

I'm coming!

It's not the most romantic weekend.

Thanks for being such a good sport.

- Of course!

- I promise I'll make it up to ya.

Sorry about my dad,

it's really embarrassing.

He's lovely.

Yeah, your mom must've

really been something.

Yeah, she was.

Kikki!

So, guys, Dad is running

a 47 game winning streak.

All the money I spent on your education,

I was hoping for stronger competition.

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