The Girl in the Park Page #4

That's all right.

You didn't miss much.

Hey.

- Dean.

- Hey.

- What's the matter?

- This faucet.

- It won't turn off all the way.

- Here you go.

No. No. No.

You do not have permission.

He's gonna think we save all our repairs

for when he visits.

- I thought you were gonna call the plumber.

- What? For that?

I got my tools in the van.

Itll take two minutes.

- l'll be right back.

- Oh, Chris, no. Come on. Chris?

All right. Just don't take too--

Let him do it.

He loves it. He enjoys it.

- Davis on the floor with a couple of fouls.

- Oh! See? Well, that's a foul.

If you slap him in the head,

then that's a foul.

A little push-off.

- This is pathetic.

- Is that three?

Great execution.

Good pick.

I'm worried about Mom.

- Yeah?

- Sets up.

Misses the jumper.

Loose ball in the corner.

Iowa State basketball.

I had to get her the other day

at a police station.

Mmm.

She had some kind of freak-out

in a playground.

And then, the day before that,

we were out having dinner together,

and there was--

there was an incident

at the restaurant.

I don't know what's going on.

I mean, I try to...

not get in her way too much.

Isn't that what she wants?

I mean, maybe it's

the whole wedding thing,

the baby and all the family stuff

that's triggering everything.

I don't know.

- Maybe I'm too hands-off.

- There's nothing you can do.

You know that, right?

No, no. I-- I-- I don't know that.

Where is she Iiving?

Where's that apartment

that she rented?

Do you know?

It's six blocks

from where we used to...

I just-- I-- Christ!

Why couldn't she have just

stayed where she was?

- It's not her fault. She was transferred.

- Yeah, right.

She had to come. That job

that she's so passionate about.

Come on.

That's not fair.

Nothing.

Nothing...

... is gonna shake her loose

from what happened.

Chris...

I tried for seven years to--

Just don't let her

drag you down with her.

Don't let her do it.

If I hadn't found Amanda--

So what do you want me to do? Just--

Just ignore her and...

get on with my business?

Out of bounds. Iowa State,

with nine seconds left.

Oh, God. I'm sorry.

This keeps happening.

I just... keep meaning to call the guy.

What is it? Cable or satellite?

It's satellite.

Yeah, you gotta call the satellite guy.

Like I need these.

Can I return them and get credit?

- Where are you going?

- Out.

You wanna tell me what time

you're planning to be home?

What? Who do you think you are?

Well, I'm the person who's--

who's giving you

a place to stay, and...

If you don't want me here,

just say it.

Oh, come on. Come on. Shh.

- Nice. Yeah.

- And?

- God! This is yours?

- Shh!

- It's my mom's. Shh. Be quiet.

- Shh. Be quiet. I'm sorry.

- Mom, we're home!

- No! Shh!

Shell kick you out. She's scary.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Shh.

Take your shirt off.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Y--

I, uh, just--

Well, come on in. Come on in.

Come on. What?

No. It's...

Well, hello.

How are you?

How was your night?

How was yours?

Excellent.

So what's the deal? Hmm?

Where'd you go last night?

You have a boyfriend or something?

No.

- Girlfriend?

- No.

It's a man. A man from work.

It's not a relationship.

Well, what's the deal?

There's no deal, which is just fine.

I thought women your age

would kill to get married.

I've been married.

What happened?

- We got divorced.

- Excuse me.

You can't smoke in here.

What? Since when?

Since, Iike, five years ago.

God. Truly sorry. l'll take care of it.

Give it to me. Give it to me.

Don't you ever go out?

Any kids?

Yeah.

How many?

Two.

You're weird.

Don't you wanna know

anything about me?

Don't you wanna know who I am?

I know who you are.

Who?

You're a girl who, uh--

who needs a touch-up.

Let's take care of that, shall we?

Uh, can I have the...

There. It's pretty close

to the original color, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

- Uh, two chocolate bars, please.

- You got it.

There you go. Enjoy.

Thank you.

All right.

There is something I wanna ask you.

Have you ever considered

doing anything?

I mean, other than this

sort of drifting around?

Ah, ambition.

Well, college?

I'm not real big on being force-fed

and regurgitating information.

What about a job?

I've had jobs.

What?

Florist. Surgical nurse.

Performed in the circus for a while.

Ran guns to Ethiopia during the war.

Right. Which war?

You know, the war.

So, guess I'm kind of a fuckup, huh?

Maybe.

Maybe I am, too.

- You?

- Uh-huh.

Right. Nice job,

nice apartment,

doing exactly what you want

whenever you want.

Right.

Well, the thing to remember is

we are both simply

bursting with potential.

You gonna finish that?

- What? This?

- Yeah.

- No, this is mine.

- Hey.

This is mine! This is mine!

Come on. Don't be greedy.

Oh-ohh-ohh, oh-ohh-ohh

Turn up your stereo

Oh-ohh-ohh, oh-ohh-ohh

I feel...

Hello.

Hey.

I promised I'd fix the cabinet for you.

Sure.

Keeping an eye on me, eh?

Yep.

After my Iittle ol' brush with the law?

That's right.

Well, don't worry.

I fought the law, and the law won.

I'm going straight from now on.

Oh, wow.

Cooking for an army.

I Iike leftovers.

Did you get a haircut or something?

No.

Wearing it longer these days--

your sideburns?

No.

Well, whatever it is, I like it.

How's Celeste?

She's good.

She says the baby's been moving a lot--

doing gymnastics.

I can't feel it, but...

She's pretty busy.

Doing a rotation at the hospital.

She's working late tonight, so...

I'm just gonna...

grab a slice of pizza or something.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I have stuff from the office.

They really loaded me down tonight.

I don't need to be entertained.

I wasn't gonna sit down, even.

I was just gonna sort of...

graze while I tackle it.

What are you doing?

Sorry. Uh, are those yours?

They're mine.

Oh.

Louise, this is my son...

Chris.

- Hi. Really nice to meet you.

- How do you do?

- Nice to meet you.

- Julias told me a lot about you.

Louise works with me, Chris.

At the bank.

You work at the bank?

Yes. Yeah. I just started.

Well, not just.

It's been, what, a month now?

A Iittle less.

Julias been amazing.

She's completely taken me

under her wing.

I've become--

Well, I guess protg

- makes it sound too formal.

- Mmm.

Uh, she's helping me out

tonight with a report.

Oh, God! The Sullivan report.

Total nightmare.

Well, don't let me get in your way.

Um, are you gonna stay

for dinner, Chris?

I don't wanna deprive you

of your leftovers.

Are you kidding? Stay.

She always makes too much.

Mmm.

- How is it?

- Vino.

It's delicious.

- I love it.

- Yeah?

- Thank you.

- Mm-hmm.

It's so good.

- Pleasure.

- Mmmm!

Yum-yum.

Hi.

Hi.

Oh. Thank you.

Put it right...

Well, um...

Well, I suppose this is

a Iittle backwards now, but, uh,

I got two tickets for, uh--

Sure.

I mean, yes.

Good. All right.

For what?

Oh, sh*t.

- How much for this?

- Two bucks.

Thanks.

One dream

In my heart

One love

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