The Good Night Page #7

It was nice to feel like myself again.

I liked not having to call.

I liked that the phone didn't ring.

I'm going to go, all right? If you want

to have dinner or whatever this week...

It's your boyfriend, Paul.

Give me the report. Gary?

Stop talking. Stop talking.

Dora. Dora, wait! Come on.

- What are you doing here, Gary?

- Is your new boyfriend here?

I'm going to smash his goddamn face in.

What is this? What's going on here?

Would you like to meet Vincent?

You look great.

Where are you going?

Tell your boyfriend, wherever he is,

he's dead! I'm coming back!

Hello?

Dora?

She is at Terry's. I know she's at Terry's.

I need to speak to her.

- She doesn't know what's been going on.

- Please don't drag me into this mess.

- All right?

- I'm not dragging you into anything.

- Have you called Terry?

- I called her once, okay?

Just to check that she hadn't killed

herself, and she never called me back.

So maybe she's dead, you know. But I don't

think so, 'cause she's filed for divorce.

I know Dora's there, Paul.

Can we just go find her and see?

- They'll let you in. It's still your apartment.

- I really hate you, you know?

You're only nice to me

when I do things for you.

- I'm always nice to you.

- Well, be extra nice to me today, okay?

I'm in a sensitive mood today.

In fact, let's swap places.

I'll be you, sensitive, depressed,

and you can be me, okay?

So what am I like?

- Do you really want to know?

- F*** you.

Paul, I can't see any of Dora's stuff.

- There's no toothbrushes or nothing.

- We should get out of here, you know,

because this could really screw up

the settlement.

- Did you check messages?

- No. I want to get out of here.

- There's just too many memories, all right?

- Just do it.

- What do I press here?

- All right, that.

Hey, Terry. This is Randy.

I just wanted to tell you

what a good time I had last night.

Wind that back! Who the f*** is Randy?

Please be quiet.

I can't hear the next message.

Do you know any Randys?

I don't know any Randys!

And you know what? If there is such

a thing as a Randy, he's the kind of man

that digs and chops wood.

I'm going to be sick, Gary, I swear.

I know you're here, Paul.

The doorman told me you just came in.

Come out and I won't be mad.

Did you or did you not

f*** a lumberjack by the name of Randy?

That is none of your business.

Is that a yes?

- I'm not answering that.

- Oh, for f***'s...

Well... All right, well...

What, does he go to the gym all the time,

does he?

What?

From Randy?

I'm going to rape you.

- Hi, Terry.

- Hi, Gary.

He is not going to rape you.

That's a relief.

How are you, Gary?

I'm okay, thanks.

I'm going to take him home.

Is Dora staying here?

I'm not saying anything to you clowns.

Well, if you could just tell her

that we stopped by.

- Come on.

- I'm not going! She's breaking my heart.

Hey!

Paul!

Hey, I can't believe you're so upset.

I thought you'd be glad to be rid of her.

I am.

I am.

You know, in some ways...

It's just... I don't know.

I want her to sit in that apartment

for the rest of her life,

you know, just thinking about me.

I want her to think about how, you know,

I'm the best.

And to be hoping that I might come back.

And I might! I might come back.

If there's nothing better out there.

I know, it sounds crazy,

but this is too much for me.

I don't want her to be happy.

Does that make me selfish?

Yes.

Yeah, I think it does, Paul.

I thought this was everything you wanted.

It is. It is.

Can I please call her?

Don't say goodbye.

Are you happy?

This actually makes me so sad.

You are talented.

I always knew it,

but I love seeing it.

- Hey, Lily.

- Hey. Have you been away?

No, no, no. I've been in.

What's up, Gary?

Hi.

Dora! Dora!

Dora!

Gary?

What the hell are you doing here?

I came to see you.

I wanted to see what your show was like.

- Who just shows up? You're nuts!

- No, I'm great!

Dora, I'm really good now.

Where are you going?

We've got this big dinner for the opening.

- Can I go?

- I mean, yeah, I guess.

This is so weird!

I can't believe you just showed up.

No, it's cool!

It's cool that we do these things together.

- Who are you?

- I'll be there in two seconds.

Gary, you can't just show up

and save everything.

Isn't that the point?

You know, why not? Who is that?

What do you want me to say?

Did you hear the music

that was playing inside just now?

Yeah, I guess.

What, you didn't like it?

I don't know, I mean,

I wasn't really listening.

I wanted you to hear it.

I kind of wrote it for you.

You did?

Yeah.

Could you just... Wait one minute, please.

- Just wait.

- Gary!

This is the future. This is now.

This will change your life.

It's a great read.

It's got a good feeling to it.

I owe it all to Gary.

No, I think the book is really interesting.

It's a great entertainment.

It's not what Gary was about.

I mean, he was...

He was always so alive and inspired

and wanted to succeed.

I mean, it was amazing.

Have you spoken to Dora about the book?

I've come to think that you should...

You have to...

Not wanting to sound like South Pacific,

"You've got to have a dream."

You do have to have a dream.

But heaven help the person

who actually achieves that.

It's like the end of the rainbow,

you know, the little pot of gold.

You know it's not there,

but it's nice to believe in it

because it actually gives you

a direction to travel in.

It's nice to get a little sun.

Warmth makes the itches go away.

Gary, the antibiotics...

I've got to live a little.

Okay.

Hey, I brought this great big long

extension cable so that we can...

This afternoon, we can pull the TV out,

we can put it right there,

and we can watch

the Dylan documentary again.

Good man.

You're going to be on your feet

really soon, buddy.

I hope not. I like being waited on.

- Do you want me to get your sunglasses?

- No, I'm great, hon.

I should break my leg.

Now, listen.

I heard yesterday we're going to

definitely start mixing the album on Friday.

- Oh, great.

- So try and come along if you can.

- I will. I'll hobble over.

- Hobble over.

Speaking of which...

- Where are you going?

- I should stretch it out and walk on it.

It's part of the regimen.

- You want me to go with you?

- No, no. It's good for me to do it alone.

If he's a boy, he'll be Gary.

What do you think?

Take it easy.

I will.

I love you.

I love you,

too.

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