The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her Page #4

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Try the backseat.

Where... where are you going?

Out here.

You coming?

Yeah.

Where are we?

Someplace good.

- Amazing.

- I know.

You don't have to tell me.

Sh*t.

Come on, wake up.

Wake up.

What?

You scared the crap out of me.

How did I do that?

I went into your room

to check about you,

and you were gone

and the car was gone.

Yeah, I went for a drive.

Well, don't ever do it again.

Why were you checking on me?

I've always checked on you.

L'm sorry?

You want a sip?

No. Wrong side of the day for me.

You feeling a bit dramatic today?

No, why?

OK.

I played second violin on this.

Boston Symphony. Itzhak Perlman.

I haven't forgotten.

No, I was just reminding myself.

Are you that unhappy?

Mm, I don't believe in unhappy.

I'm just having a quiet crisis,

like you're having yours.

Katy is having hers.

Your father having his.

- Dad's having a crisis?

- Yes.

One in a series.

Why?

No, I don't want to talk

about this now.

Let's keep that

between him and me.

What?

I never wanted to be a mother.

Not much you can do

about that now.

Yeah. It's too late.

I was too young when I had you.

I was the baby.

Why are you telling me this?

I'm telling you this because

I don't want to lie to you.

I don't want you to take

our relationship too personally.

Idoni

- No.

- Give... No.

Give me my wine.

Give me my wine.

Why didn't you tell me Conor

came by the house the other day?

Run for your life, El.

What is that supposed to mean?

Well, this is all too realistic.

Run away for a while.

You sure you're not projecting?

Yes, yes,

I'm sure I'm not projecting.

You liked your semester in Paris,

so why don't you go back there

and finish your dissertation?

You could write in cafes,

read Le Monde.

Eat bread,

make eyes at strangers.

Yeah, I could.

So why are you still here?

I don't know.

No, but then he takes it out,

and he run, he goes out...

We're not open quite yet.

Hey, Alexis.

Holy sh*t.

Is he around?

Uh, he's in the kitchen

having a talk with Stuart.

OK.

- How you been?

- Good.

- How have you been?

- Good, good.

- How's the painting coming?

- Gmm.

I'm just finishing up

some stuff that I do at home.

Sorry... everybody.

Holy Shatner.

Good to see you, too, Stuart.

Well, this has been nice,

reconnecting and, uh...

Seems like old times.

I'm gonna go back to the, uh, kitchen.

Cool, I'll join you.

- Sorry.

- Sorry.

Shirley Temple?

Please.

What do I owe you?

Your money's no good here.

You know that.

So business is good?

Yeah.

It's great.

We're closing.

- I'm sorry.

- Yeah.

Yeah, me, too.

So, what's next?

Well, I was thinking

of developing some interests

that people might actually

take an interest in.

You gonna work for your dad?

I don't know.

You know, before I met you,

I had no clue who I was.

And then when I was with you...

...I thought I had it

all figured out, but now...

Now I'm just back to wondering again.

Well, when you figure it out,

tell me how.

OK.

- Let's get out of here.

- Huh?

Let's go.

What? Right now?

Come on. Don't believe

in wasting time.

OK.

Uh...

Hey, so, where are we going exactly?

To rent a car.

Fuckefl

We got the car with retarded wipers.

Well, there's no rush.

What are we doing here, El?

You tell me.

You stalked me.

You've said we needed to talk,

and you showed up at my parents' house.

An hour ago, you waltzed into my bar

and suggested we drive aimlessly

into the perfect f***ing storm here.

So...

It's kind of funny.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's f***ing hilarious.

You know, there was a brief moment

I thought we actually pieced together

a pretty decent life.

I have to move everything out

of the apartment next week.

Do you want me to keep

anything for you?

Where are you moving to?

I can move in with

my dad for a while,

until I get things

figured out.

Oh.

You're sopping wet.

You noticed that?

El...

...wait, wait, wait.

Please, please, wait.

You slept with someone else.

You told me to.

You told me to.

You left.

El, you left.

Hey, now don't...

El?

El?

It doesn't matter.

You suck at lying, El.

You're supposed to say,

"How the f*** could you

do this to me, Conor?"

Come on, you're supposed

to say, "That's bullshit. "

You're supposed to say,

"You're a selfish,

- hopeless, disgusting person, Conor. "

- No, no, no, no.

- We're past that.

- No, we're not!

And you just said it for me.

Let's go back to the city.

This is fine.

I'll get out here.

' Wdlvl Ma'am?

" Yes?

Flaughsl

You're a dick.

And you look like ass.

Thank you.

Where were you last night?

Do you want to take a load off?

I come here on breaks.

One of the librarians advocates

a whole nap philosophy.

Nap philosophy?

Yeah, naps throughout the day, like,

help with productivity and stuff.

Mm.

Ifyouu.

Want to read this.

What?

I was hoping

you could read my mind.

Wouldn't that be nice?

You want to do something stupid

this weekend?

Yeah. I'm the queen of

doing something stupid.

What are you thinking?

Get bent, take a train into the city,

save the world.

When did you become an idealist?

A couple seconds ago.

I have a date with the

dentist this weekend.

It's OK.

He can be our third wheel.

All right.

I should get back to work.

I'll come wake you up

in a little bit.

' Hi!

- Would you like drinks?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'll have a drink.

- Should we get, like...

- A shot?

Three shots?

Tequila.

A round of tequila.

I feel old!

- What?

- I feel...

I feel old!

Me, too!

Cheers.

Thanks!

What's your name?

I'm good, thanks.

Oh, wait.

Wait...

No, wait, wait, wait.

- What? What?

- Wait.

What is it?

Did I hurt you?

No, no.

What is it?

You're a stranger.

So are you.

You ever have that moment

where you...

know you're doing something stupid,

but you do it anyway?

Yeah, every day.

What?

Come on.

- No.

- Come on.

Stay there.

I'm gonna go.

No, don't go.

- Don't.

- Oh, Jesus.

Just stay for a minute.

Really?

Sorry.

Where to?

Uh...

Just make a loop around the city.

Got a destination?

Eventually.

"All the lonely people,

where do they all come from?"

Hmm?

That's the Beatles song

you were named after.

Ah. Three Splendas.

Wow, full service.

Want me to come down there or

you want to join me in here?

I think I'm gonna leave your class.

You're breaking up with me.

So this is what heartbreak feels like.

You never had your heart broken?

Only read about it in books.

Liar.

Sure.

You know, you don't have to tell me

this. You could've just not shown up.

I just got to get out of here.

"Here"?

The tri-state area.

Oh.

You know, they say that if you

walk away from things,

then you'll just keep walking away

and start a whole

history of walk-aways.

Did that sound as lame

as I thought it did?

No.

Good, 'cause I don't have a f***ing clue

as to how life should be lived.

Well, could you refer me

to someone who does, please?

Yeah.

I had a dog, Miles.

I got him from a pound.

He did it pretty well.

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