The Notebook Page #6

This shouldn't take

too long.

- All right.

- Don't you go away.

I'll be right back.

While you waiting, maybe you'd like

to play the piano for a few minutes.

You do like that.

- I do?

- Mm-hmm.

- I don't know any tunes.

- You can read music.

- No kidding?

- Mm-hmm.

Who are you?

I'm Dr. Barnwell,

one of the new attending physicians.

We haven't met,

so I thought I'd examine you myself.

Okay, so I see here

that you've had two heart attacks

over the last 18 months.

Yeah, minor ones,

I think one was angina.

- Okay, any complications?

- Nope, feel fine.

Okay, deep breath

for me.

Okay, one more time.

And deep breath.

And one more.

Terrific, terrific.

You still taking your medication?

- Every day, twice a day.

- Good, good, good, good, good.

Okay, you can

put your shirt on.

So I understand that you

read to Miss Hamilton.

Yeah, to help

her remember.

- Hmm.

- You don't think it'll help?

No, I don't.

She remembers, Doc.

I read to her

and she remembers.

Not always,

but she remembers.

But senile dementia

is irreversible.

It's degenerative.

After a certain point,

its victims don't come back.

Yeah, that's what

they keep telling me.

Well, I just don't want

you to get your hopes up.

Well, thanks, Doc,

but you know what they say?

Science goes only so far

and then comes God.

Then comes God.

Damn, I forgot to turn the page for her.

You through with me?

I guess they flipped

that page.

No, that she's playing

by memory.

His name

is Lon Hammond, Jr.

Hammond?

As in Hammond Cotton?

As in Hammond Cotton.

Well, your parents

must love him.

He's a really good man, Noah.

You'd really like him.

You love him?

Yeah, I do.

I love him very much.

Well, that's that.

You marry Lon

and we can be friends...

right?

Right.

Are you hungry?

Do you want to stay

for dinner?

Umm...

I have to warn you,

I'm a cheap drunk.

A couple more of these and you're gonna

be carrying me right out of here.

Well, you go slow then, I don't want

to have to take advantage of you.

You wouldn't dare.

I'm a married woman.

Not yet.

What?

Why are you

looking at me like that?

Just memories.

This room.

This...

is this where we...

This is the room?

Huh...

- I'm full.

- Me too.

"Oh how your fingers

drowse me.

Your breath falls

around me like dew.

Your pulse lulls

the tympans of my ears.

I feel a merge

from head to foot.

Delicious enough."

It was real, wasn't it?

You and me.

Such a long time ago,

we were just a couple of kids.

But we really loved

each other, didn't we?

I should go.

Goodbye.

Do you think

you could back tomorrow morning?

There's some place

I'd like to show you.

Please.

- Okay.

- Okay.

She had come back into his life

like a sudden flame,

blazing and streaming

into his heart.

Noah stayed up

all night

contemplating the certain agony

he knew would be his,

if he were

to lose her twice.

Oh, I do wish I could

figure out the end of this story.

The children are here.

Children?

- Not yours, his.

- Oh...

Do you mind?

Why, I'd love

to meet them.

Come over here.

- Hi, Daddy.

- Sweetheart, how are you?

- Hi, Daddy.

- Hi, Maggie.

Hi, I'm Allie.

- Hi, I'm Mary Allen.

- Mary Allen.

- Nice to see you.

- Nice to see you.

- Hi.

- Hi, Maggie.

Maggie, how are you?

Hello there, honey.

Hi, Davanee.

- What a pretty name.

- Thank you.

- Oh...

- Oh, how cute, thank you.

- And who's this?

- Edmond.

Hi, Edmond.

You know, I think

I'll run on up

and take my afternoon

nap, all right?

- Come on, honey, let's go.

- There you go.

- All right. Good.

- Thank you.

I'll read some more later.

All right, thank you.

I'm so happy

to meet you all.

- Goodbye.

- Bye, bye.

- Nice to meet you.

- Goodbye.

Bye.

- She seems good today.

- She is good.

I don't know, there's

something about today.

Maybe it's a day

for a miracle.

Daddy, come home.

Mama doesn't know us.

She doesn't recognize you.

She'll never understand.

We miss you.

This is crazy,

you living here.

Yeah, you know we'll all help with Mom.

We can take shifts visiting.

Look, guys,

that's my sweetheart

in there.

I'm not leaving her.

This is my home now.

Your mother is my home.

- Hello?

- Hey, there.

Hi, who is this?

It's Lon,

who were you expecting?

Uh, nobody, I...

I just... I'm just surprised.

How... how did you find me?

Well, there's only one

hotel in Seabrook.

And when you didn't call,

I got worried.

Where you been?

Are you all right?

You know, I feel like an idiot, 'cause I

called your hotel about a hundred times.

I'm fine.

Anything you want

to tell me?

- No.

- No?

No.

Okay.

Lon, I love you.

Call you tomorrow?

Okay.

Noah?

Noah!

Hey, there.

Well, we better get going,

the rain's coming in.

- You like it?

- It's spectacular.

It's like a dream.

- Do you want to feed them?

- Yeah.

What are they all

doing here?

I don't know.

They're supposed to migrate

to the Guatemala sound.

They won't stay here?

No...

they'll go back

where they came from.

You're different.

What do you mean?

Just the way you look.

Everything.

You look different too,

but in a good way.

You know, you're kinda

the same though.

Yeah?

Yeah.

And you really did it.

- What?

- Everything.

The house...

it's beautiful

what you did.

Well, I promised you

I would.

Great.

We got to go.

Noah!

Why didn't you

write me?

Why?

It wasn't over for me.

I waited for you

for seven years.

And now it's too late.

I wrote you 365 letters.

I wrote you every day

for a year.

- You wrote me?

- Yes.

You...

It wasn't over.

It still isn't over.

Oh...

You got

to be kidding me.

All this time,

that's what I'd been missing?

Let's do it again.

Noah.

Noah.

Wake up.

- Wake up.

- Um-mmm.

- Um-mmm.

- Mm-hmm.

- Mm-hmm.

- Mmm...

- Hi.

- You're trying to kill me, woman.

- Huh-uh.

- Mm-hmm.

- Mmm...

- Mmm...

I need rest.

I need food

so I can regain my strength.

Okay, what do you want?

Umm... umm...

some pancakes.

Okay.

And bacon.

- Okay.

- And some chicken.

She's the one,

isn't she?

Can I meet her?

I'd really like to meet her.

I don't know if that's

a good idea, Martha.

So this is Martha?

Hi, I'm Allie.

I've heard

a lot about you.

I've heard

a lot about you, too.

You want to come in?

Are you sure?

Yeah, yeah,

Noah's just saying how hungry he was.

And, you know,

you could put on a pot of tea.

Come on in.

Come on in.

It was nice meeting you,

Martha.

- Nice meeting you too.

- Goodbye.

Take care.

She's sensational.

She really is.

I'm really glad

that I came, Noah.

I'd forgotten

what it's like.

For the first time

since I lost Richard,

I feel like I've got something

to look forward to.

Mmm...

Lon is on his way here.

I'm afraid your father spilled

the beans about Noah,

and when Lon didn't hear

from you again last night,

he decided to come.

Well, that's great.

That's just terrific.

You, me, Noah and Lon,

one big happy family.

Tell me about

the letters, Mother.

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