The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Page #4

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She's over 30.

[Both chuckle]

Stop it.

Anyway, meanwhile,

this whole time

the boys have the big room

all to themselves.

You sound particularly resentful

when you say that.

We deserved it.

What did you do to deserve it?

- They were boys, lass.

- That's right.

It's exactly correct.

Thank you, Francis Xavier.

Man who understands.

And for a while it was just

me and Gerry in the room.

Then Gerry moved to the basement

when the baby came along.

The baby became Cyril,

who became my indentured

servant till I went to college.

Yeah, and maybe that's

why C turned out the way he did.

I have to admit.

I was not very kind to the little guy.

- You were terrible to him.

- He was my little brother.

It was my duty to abuse him

at all times.

Yeah, I beat the crap out

of my little brother

- every day of his life.

- QUINN:
Of course you did.

So just all older brothers are a**holes.

- No, little brothers are punks.

- QUINN:
You know I'd take offense at that.

I was never an a**hole to you.

Oh, my God. I'm not even

talking about you, Quinn.

Well, it's clear

who you are talking about.

So would you give me

a little more detail

as to what Gerry did

to piss you off so much?

I don't even wanna talk about it.

- He told her he didn't approve...

- It's not even worth going into.

- Of her dating a...

- It's not.

...dashingly handsome,

- materialistically wealthy...

- No, that's not what he said.

- Slightly older gentleman.

- He said something more to the effect of,

"Why are you dating

that old f***ing creep anyhow?"

Oh, that would piss me off.

Wait a second.

He called me a f***ing creep?

Yeah, I didn't want to go into it.

That doesn't sound like Gerry.

I've always dated much younger women.

He never said anything like that to me.

Yeah, that's called

a double standard.

Too much information.

Don't want to know about

all the women you've dated.

- [Stammers]

- Just don't...

- FX:
You've only dated younger women?

- Yeah.

How old are you, Abbie?

- 22.

- Really?

Wow. Sweet.

[chuckles]

You are a f***ing creep.

Stay over there, my friend.

[laughing]

ERIN:
Okay. Here's Mr. Whale.

[Door closes quietly]

[Erin sighs]

[Corey exhales] Took forever.

- Is he down?

- Finally.

How come you don't want

to go to your mother's tonight?

We could have called a babysitter.

'Cause she drives me crazy.

In fact they all drive me crazy.

Besides we're gonna see them

on Christmas.

Speaking of Christmas,

I was wondering...

[baby crying]

Oh! Oh, God!

Can... I can't deal with it.

Can you...

- I got it, I got it.

- try?

[sighs]

[Baby continues crying]

[door opens and closes]

[Heavy footsteps]

JJ?

[water running]

- JJ?

- Hey-.

Hey.

JJ:
Baby, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Where did you come from?

- Boston.

- Boston?

Boston. So that means you're a...

- Red Sox fan.

- Mm-hmm.

Red Sox, Pats, Celts, yes.

Now, why did you go and do that

and ruin what I thought was

a pretty good thing we got going on here?

What makes you think

this was a good thing?

I'm a little out of practice,

but, yeah, it seems like

it's going pretty well.

You're smiling,

I'm laughing.

Yeah.

Something tells me

you don't laugh very much.

Oh.

Probably not as much

as I used to, I guess.

I take it Mrs. McGowan

told you about me and her daughter.

Yeah.

I'm sorry about that.

Well, that was a pretty shitty day

for a lot of people, right?

I lost my dad on that day, too.

I'm... I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah.

And she said that you guys were supposed

to get married that October.

[sighs] Look, I don't love talking

about this. If you can...

I get it.

Yeah, yeah.

So, anyhow, what, uh,

what brings you here?

Uh, nursing school and then I just

fell in love with the city.

No, not New York.

What brought you here tonight,

more specifically

to this fine establishment?

Um...

I was waiting for my train.

Well, I got bad news.

You, uh, you missed it.

No, I missed my train?

- It's gone.

- Oh, no.

There's got to be another train.

Not tonight.

Hmm.

Where do you live?

Whitestone.

It's a long cab ride.

Thank you so much for the lift

and walking me to the door.

- You're such a gentleman.

- Yeah, of course. Anytime.

Do you really mean that?

'Cause I work five nights a week

and I hate that train ride.

Yes, I do mean it.

Hmm, that's good.

Look, I had a great time tonight.

I did, too.

You know I could, um...

stick around tonight if you want.

Mmm.

I don't think so.

Did I just totally blow this?

No. No, no, no, no.

I just, you know.

You sure? Yeah.

Just not tonight, I think,

you know.

All right, yeah. Um...

Still I'd, you know...

I meant that I would love

to see you again.

I would love that, too.

- All right, good, good.

- Yeah.

- All right, then.

- Thanks for the drink.

Thanks for the ride and...

- [chuckles] Okay.

- All right.

Okay. Bye.

[car engine starts]

[sea birds calling]

- Hey!

- Hey!

What are you doing up so early?

I'm always up this early.

- Really?

- What's your excuse?

Yeah, I mean, me, too.

I'm lucky if I get five hours.

You know, that's funny.

[Chuckles]

I mean,

we're brother and sister

and we don't even

know each other that well.

What?

We know each other fine.

Oh, yeah? Where did I

go to high school?

Sacred Heart.

No, that was Connie and Erin,

the smart ones.

I went to Hewlett.

Where did I go to college?

I know you went upstate.

Oswego?

Oneonta?

You played soccer.

Jesus, that was Cyril.

I went to Purchase.

I was a theater major.

I know all of this.

I'm f***ing around with you.

You are so full of sh*t.

I bet you don't even know

how old I am.

You're 20...

I know you're not 30.

[Chuckles]

See.

Okay. How old am I?

You just turned 38.

You went to Xavier High School.

You went to Fordham for college.

And of the six books

you have read,

The Old Man and the Sea

is your favorite.

Okay. So you know some things

about me. Congratulations.

I don't know you from Adam.

But you're my baby sister

and I love you to death.

And by the way,

don't pay attention to that bullshit

Gerry gave you about FX.

You don't think

he's too old for me?

Who's to say who's too old?

Is he good to you?

Then he's good with me.

[sighs] I don't know.

Gerry just...

He made me feel like such a clich.

You know, like,

girl grows up without a dad

so she dates old guys

just to replace him.

Sharon, give yourself a break.

You're not the only one in this family

with daddy issues.

[PA announcements, indistinct]

Yo! C!

Hey, Gerry,

what are you doing here?

How you doin'?

Good to see you.

Figured you could use a friendly face

when you got off the bus.

Thanks. Did you drive in?

I did. I did, you know.

And since we're in the city,

there's a little something

I wanna show you.

Okay? All right?

GERRY:
You're looking good, man.

CYRIL:
Yeah, threw in

a couple of pounds.

GERRY:
I think it's good for you.

It's good for you.

CYRIL:
Thanks.

GERRY:
So, you recognize

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