The Boy Downstairs Page #7

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Yep, OK, puddle.

Puddle.

- Puddle.

- OK.

- OK.

- Thank you.

Here.

All right.

Thanks.

Do you need anything else?

Uh, no, I think I'm good.

Water and meds is perfect.

OK, good.

I'm glad you made it.

Me, too.

Thanks for helping

me tonight, really.

Yeah, you're welcome.

Just being a friend, I guess.

Sure you're OK?

Yeah.

[clearing throat]

Yeah, I'm good.

I guess I won't be seeing

you around anymore.

Well, I wish you luck in all

of your future endeavors.

Thank you.

You, too.

Why, thank you.

BEN:
You're welcome.

Hey, um, does my head look OK?

It just... it just

kind of stings.

Um, I mean, yeah, I don't

want to take the bandage off.

Yeah, I really think it's OK.

I'm gonna go.

Yeah, OK.

BEN:
Feel better.

Thank you.

BEN:
OK, bye.

Bye.

[door opening and closing]

Yeah.

- Bye.

- Thanks.

- Yeah, you're welcome.

- Bye.

- Stay warm.

- OK, bye.

Bye.

Do you want some tea, too?

Yes, please.

Thank you.

AMY:
So how are you feeling?

Good, I'm better, yeah.

Good.

Foot's still bothering

me a little bit, but...

That will take some time.

I can't believe you

took such a tumble.

I know.

I know.

It was, um, stupid.

I saw our new neighbor.

Oh, yeah, he's in med school.

I thought it would be handy

to have an in-house doctor.

Yes, probably wise.

So how is your book coming?

Um, not great.

Why not?

I just haven't really

been working on it.

What's wrong?

I don't know.

Um, I don't know what I'm doing.

Well, what do you

want to be doing?

I don't know.

Yes, you do.

Doll, you're thinking too much.

Do you want to be writing?

Yeah, yeah.

Then don't get comfortable

doing something else.

Don't settle before

you've even really

tried to do what you want.

Yeah, but, uh, what

if it doesn't work out?

What if I'm not any good?

I know.

But you can't not go for what

you really want because you're

scared of not getting it.

And listen.

Things might not work out.

You might not succeed.

You might get rejected.

Those things might

happen, or they might not.

But they are things

worth knowing.

I know.

You're trying to

protect yourself.

That you're doing it

to a fault, and I don't

want you to regret not trying.

Be brave.

[kettle whistling]

Tea.

DIANA:
Thank you.

How's Ben?

I don't know 'cause he

doesn't live here anymore.

Oh, sweetie.

I think I f***ed up.

Do you have anything stronger?

Yes, I do.

OK, can we drink that?

Yes, we can.

OK.

(WHISPERING) Make a plan.

Hey.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

I... I brought you your sweater

because I'm leaving tomorrow.

Thanks.

Bye.

[music playing]

Oh, hi.

Oh, thanks.

[knocking]

...more than I want

to do it, you know?

- Seriously?

- Oh.

[sigh]

Ben.

Hey, Diana, Diana.

Hey.

Hey.

What's up?

Are you OK?

Yeah.

Yeah, Amy gave me your address.

I hope that's OK.

Yeah.

Um, yeah, I didn't know

Meg was gonna be there,

so I'm sorry.

Are you guys back together?

I don't know.

We're figuring it out.

Is everything OK?

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Yep.

Except I'm pretty sure

that I'm in love with you.

So, um, OK.

OK, so I know that I hurt you.

I know... I know that I

hurt you, and I'm so sorry.

I was scared, and

I was so confused.

And, um, I thought that

if I ended it, that it

would be less painful later on.

But it wasn't.

And then I moved

back, and I saw you.

And I just didn't

know what to do.

So, um, I told myself that I

just wanted to be your friend,

or that I was just lonely.

But that's not it because, um,

I think about you all the time.

I think about you all the time.

And I... I don't know if,

um, we got back together,

if we would grow old

together or if we

would just break up again.

And it would be

horrible and sad.

But, um, but I'm in

love with you, Ben.

This is so unfair.

I mean, you can't do this now.

I'm OK, you know?

And it... it took me a while.

I just... I just

can't go there again.

OK.

Um, don't... don't say no

for the same reason that I

said no because I was an idiot.

Just, um, just

please only say no

if you actually want to say no.

I'm really sorry.

I gotta go.

OK.

[music playing]

[sobbing]

Uh, yeah, I was just making

sure that you got my samples.

Oh, OK, great, um,

yes, that's it.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Oh, yeah.

Mm, hey.

I got you hot chocolate.

Aw, thanks, baby.

You're welcome.

Hey, I've been thinking about

starting to go by Gabrielle.

What do you think?

Um, no.

Why?

I don't know.

I feel like it sounds

more professional.

Mm, no, I like Gabby.

I also think I'm going

to stop wearing bras.

Right, because it's

not professional?

No, but apparently

it's good for your b*obs.

Like, I read this article about

how wearing bras all the time

can make your b*obs sag

earlier because the tissue

and the ligaments...

or maybe it's the muscles...

anyway, they become

lazy or something.

Seriously?

Yeah, I'm getting the details

mixed up, but it's true.

I thought it was that,

like, the underwire

actually helps to sort of remind

them to, like, sit up straight.

You know, that they're like...

Uh, D, Ben's here.

I'm gonna go.

Um, just go say hi.

And... and don't be weird, OK?

OK, just call me later.

Hey.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I was just, uh, picking up

some mail that Amy had for me.

It's actually, uh,

warrants for my arrest.

Oh.

Parking tickets, I guess

I just forgot about them.

I mean, you had so

many parking tickets.

I don't even own a car.

Well, there's always Mexico.

Yeah, yeah, no, Mexico is

not something I considered.

But now I'll probably do that.

Um, what are you

actually doing right now?

Um, I have to pick

up my dry cleaning, uh,

before they close.

Oh, OK.

BEN:
Yeah.

Sure.

Yeah, um, maybe

do you want to come?

Yeah.

Yeah.

[MUSIC:
WARDELL - "FUNNY

THING"]

(SINGING) I wasn't blind,

gonna hurt yourself.

Too many times,

it's a funny thing.

I wouldn't like any way.

And if I tried, we

would all be dead.

Oh, oh, yeah.

Oh, oh, yeah.

Our love won't let up on

the heels of giving up.

We could try to survive, but

it'd feel like giving up.

Any case, what a shame,

and the car was heating up.

Don't give it up.

Don't give it up.

Don't you go messing it up.

I wouldn't know that the

truth of it lies on the floor.

It's a funny thing.

I wouldn't try to hurt

yourself to please yourself.

And go on not to ease yourself

so you could only lie.

Oh, oh, yeah.

Oh, oh, yeah.

Our love won't let up on

the heels of giving up.

We could try to survive, but

it'd feel like giving up.

Any case, what a shame,

and the car was heating up.

Don't give it up.

Don't give it up.

Don't you go messing it up.

Oh, oh.

And so I'll say that I'm OK.

Our love won't let up on

the heels of giving up.

We could try to survive, but

it'd feel like like giving up.

Any case, what a shame,

and the car was heating up.

Don't give it up.

Don't give it up.

Don't you go messing it up.

Oh, oh.

And so I'll say that I'm OK.

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