The Good Night Page #5

- You just can't.

No, isn't that the whole point?

Listen, do you have a more advanced book?

Because I really feel

that I've graduated to a higher level.

- I'm better than the average dream reader.

- I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.

- Are you encountering dream monsters?

- Yes, I am!

And they're not f***ing Muppets,

let me tell you. They're Italians.

- You have any coherent conversations?

- All the time, Mel,

but it's not sleeping pills. I'm totally clean.

By the way, bring the thermos in tomorrow,

will you, Tony?

This sounds like

deep control aggression, man.

I mean, you having a lot of problems

in your life?

Yeah, all I have are problems,

and now my real-life girlfriend

is showing up in my dreams.

What about getting away for a few days?

You know, sometimes getting away

from your waking-life problems,

it clears your dreams.

I can't, not in any real way.

- Meet me tomorrow at noon at the studio.

- Fine.

- We'll go somewhere.

- Okay, where?

I'll take you on a field trip. Be there at noon.

Field trip.

See how relaxed you're getting?

Girlfriends, man...

Let me tell you something.

I haven't had a real-life relationship

since 1966.

You should enjoy this time.

Embrace your freedom.

And more than anything, relax.

It's a pillow-top. This is good.

Try this bed. It's good.

I used to really believe that everybody

was at the center of their own universe.

You know, like we're all suns

being orbited by the people in our lives.

But at a certain point,

if things don't go your way,

maybe it's better just to pick someone

or something great and just orbit that.

- You know?

- I felt like that's what I was doing with Dora.

Sometimes I wish you could just

hit the sack and never wake up.

If your favorite song never ended

or your best book never closed,

if the emotions mustered from these things

would just go on and on,

who wouldn't want to stay asleep?

Now, the guy who discovers

that perpetual dream,

he's my man.

He's going to make a billion dollars.

I gotta tell you, Gary,

hanging out with you is pretty depressing.

- I know. I'm sorry.

- Think I'm going to go take a nap.

- No, come on. Let me get you some food.

- No, I got no appetite.

- Please.

- No, I'm going to jog it off.

- Okay.

- Watch this.

I know it's crazy, but this is her.

I swear to God.

In, like, seven magazines.

I'm flipping out here!

- I can see that.

- This is surreal. But this is Anna.

What, you've given her a name?

I haven't given her anything.

That's her name.

She is absolutely hot as sh*t,

it's got to be said.

This doesn't just happen in life, Paul.

This means something.

This is like a motivating force of destiny.

This is fate!

- So what's her real-life name?

- Well, that's the trouble.

None of these magazines

have any credits or anything.

I was hoping that

maybe you could help me track her down.

Do you know what's happened?

You've seen this woman in,

like, one of Dora's magazines,

or on a billboard or something like that.

And that's how she's got

inside your head, right?

I was reading one of those dream books,

and it said that all of our dreams

have a basis in reality somewhere.

- Sorry, what book?

- So that's...

When did you start reading a book?

Well, you didn't lend me yours, did you?

I had to go out and find my own.

I bought Alan Weigert, you know?

I just want to understand

what you're going through a bit better.

- So how's that working out?

- Really, really good.

- Actually, you remember the Keppel twins?

- Yeah.

- I f***ed Sandy last night.

- Jenny was the good-looking one.

She watched.

Listen, I've got this covered, all right?

I'm on it.

Stop sleeping!

Get out of bed!

I know you're sleeping, you f***ed up mess.

Hello?

Come on. Hello?

All right, look, just get out of bed, shower,

and meet me at 2:00 p.m., okay?

And brush your teeth. Bye.

There are a lot of things in your life

that you owe me for, okay?

But this one

will be the biggest one of all time.

Her name is Melodia and I've hired her

as "The Greatest Refreshment on Earth."

Hi, Melodia. Hello.

I just wanted you to meet

a very good friend of mine

who's a musician I work with.

This is Gary Sheller.

- Hello. Nice to meet you.

- Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Just as good.

Gary composes a lot of the music

for the commercials we do.

And if this goes to a TV commercial,

he'll be doing that, too.

But it's actually his fault

that you're here today

because he saw you and said,

"That is the face of refreshment."

And I always listen to Gary.

Sweet.

- Thank you, Gary.

- You're welcome. You deserve it.

Why?

Because you're great.

Did you write the music for this?

This what?

This.

Not really...

Write for the photo shoot?

- He wrote it.

- Yeah, I wrote it.

Cool.

Are you coming to the dinner tonight?

- What dinner?

- He's coming.

Cool.

Maybe you can save me a seat.

Will you do that?

Yeah, I'll do that.

- Cool.

- Okay.

- Well, listen...

- Okay.

Thank you very much for your time,

and you're doing some great stuff today.

- See you later, Gary.

- Yeah.

Gary, meet Karl Heinz.

He's Melodia's ex-husband.

She hates me.

It was a marriage of dependence.

She needed a passport and I needed to be...

Punished? As in scolded?

Yeah, like burned with a cigar.

- I need him, don't I?

- Well, she'll be here, I swear.

- Hey.

- Hey, there she is!

The lady of the moment.

- Hello.

- Welcome, welcome, welcome.

- Move, Karl Heinz. Don't touch me!

- Hello, warrior princess.

I thought maybe you'd left.

Left? No.

I thought maybe you weren't turning up.

That's my best friend, Naresta.

- Hello. Hi, hi.

- Hi.

She killed a guy once in Brazil.

Hi, can I have two shots of tequila

and a Kir Royale?

So...

- So, what are you into, Gary?

- What am I into?

I don't know. What are you into?

Just being alive, you know,

and staying young.

Young here, minded, not in a looks way.

I don't care.

I like my hips. I like my wrinkles.

I'm into life, you know?

I feel like I just want to suck

every drop of juice out of it

and then f*** it to death and pass out.

And you?

Well, I haven't really done anything like that,

you know, to death yet, but...

- Yeah, I love a lot of stuff like that.

- Like what?

Like the things that you were just saying.

But what do you like?

- I like dreams.

- Dreams?

Dreams, like, you know, when you're asleep.

Cool. I never thought of that.

What do you dream about?

I dream about lots of things,

but really I'm more concerned

with controlling my dreams, to be honest.

Controlling them how?

- How?

- By making them unravel...

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

By unraveling them

in a way that I want, you know?

Do you have a lot of sex dreams?

I do, yeah.

Cool.

God, she's so pretty.

I've never had anyone that pretty

without having to pay for it.

Did you tell her you wrote

Checkpoint Carlos?

- I said we co-wrote it.

- No, we took co-credit, Paul.

I can't even remember what I said, okay?

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