The Other Sister Page #5

- Yeah, yeah. All right. That's very good. No, no.

- I know all about it.

You know all about it. I understand that. You know

all about reproduction. That's excellent. Good.

Yeah, and she also told me...

that people like us...

they... boys can try

to take advantage...

and that they'll try to coitus us.

So if that should

ever happen, to say, "No!

- Oh. Okay.

- Stop right there!"

Good. And that's excellent advice.

What else did she say to you?

"Don't put gum under

the cafeteria table!

How many times

do I have to tell you?"

She's teaching you

a lot of variety there.

Anyway, dear, with this apartment, I just

don't think that you should have, um...

any boyfriends over

for a while, all right?

- Is that okay with you?

- But, Mom...

what if I want to go visit...

at someone else's apartment?

Well, in that case,

you remember "No, stop. "

And you don't forget

your pepper spray.

- Whose apartment might you be visiting, Carla?

- Nobody's.

I was just saying what if.

I'm gonna go feed the birds.

Okay. Oh, geez.

No, Carla, wait!

Get away from the water.

Hello, duckies.

- Come here, duckies.

- Carla!

- I want to live

- Like animals

- Careless and free

- Like animals

- I want to live

- Uh, excuse me, sir.

Does this bus go

to La Pine Street?

Nah, this is the eastbound.

You want the westbound over there.

But I took four buses already.

- I don't know what to tell you, but that bus will take you there.

- Okay.

Thank you very much.

It's so confusing

There's so many rules to follow

But I don't feel it

'Cause I just run away in my mind

Ohh-ohh

- I want to live

- Like animals

- Careless and free

- Like animals

I want to live

I want to run through thejungle

The wind in my hair

And the sand at my feet

Daniel!

- Hey!

- Hi.

You found it!

And... And these are my CDs.

Would you have any blues? My friend

and I at my school, we love the blues.

I like, like Muddy Waters

and Billie Holiday.

- She's dead, you know.

- Yeah.

Yeah. I like that one song

where she sings...

I'm gonna love you

Like nobody's loved you

Come rain or come shine

No, but I-I have marching bands.

L- I-I have marching bands

from all over the world.

From Scotland and from Russia.

But do you have

the one song that goes...

- I'm gonna love you

- No blues!

- I'll... Okay, I'll... I'll play you my favourite one now, okay?

- Like nobody's

Loved you

Come...

W- Watch. Watch this.

Watch this.

You're gonna wake...

You're gonna wake Mrs Waters' baby.

I've told you time and time again,

don't play the music so loud.

- Okay, okay. S- Sometimes

I forget, Ernie. - Yeah.

- Who are you?

- This is... This is Ernie. He's a painter.

- And he... he's a, a musician.

- Well...

I'm an art, painting, music

and volume control manager.

- Yeah.

- I'm sorry. I didn't know you were entertaining a lady.

No, Ernie, this is... this is

Carla. She's... She's my friend.

My name is Carla Tate.

Thanks for calling me a lady.

Mrs Tate, I want you to bear in mind that all the

apartments that I'm gonna be showing you in the video are...

Winnie, where's Carla?

She should be here. She should see this.

Oh, she phoned to say she's

going to be a little late.

- She's studying with friends.

- Really?

Now, remember,

this is tape number two.

- Now, Mrs Tate, it's a little small. Kitchen.

- No, this is out of the question.

No, I don't like it.

- I agree.

- No, next, okay?

- Oh, Ernie...

- Yeah?

- Uh, did my dad send a cheque... -

Oh, yeah, yeah. - For, for my allowance?

- Hold on. Here. That's right. I forgot.

- Okay.

- I got two leaky sinks here. Here.

- Okay.

Paid your bills.

Here's your allowance.

Don't spend it all

on the first date, all right?

- Yeah, my... my dad sells Mercedes. Yeah.

- Right. Okay.

- All right? All right.

- Okay. Bye!

- Bye. - Okay!

- Bye now!

Ernie has killed people.

What?

He was in Vietnam.

He doesn't like to talk about it,

but he talks to me about it.

And he lives down

in the basement all alone.

- What I really like is the kitchen.

- Yeah, isn't that beautiful?

- It's sweet.

- You know, and a lot of the owners don't like to rent to people like Carla.

- And knowing that...

- I'm sorry. Would you wait one second?

- Well, I mean, not don't like to...

- I'm sorry, but there are no people like Carla, okay?

- She happens to be a very unique young woman.

- Okay.

Okay. Of course she is,

but they just wanna know...

if the unique young woman

is gonna leave the gas on...

or if she's gonna leave

the door unlocked.

This is them asking, not me.

Is she reliable?

Well, of course she's reliable. I mean,

this is her first apartment, though.

I mean, I can't vouch for the fact that the

window might not be left open during a rainstorm...

but what mother

can vouch for that?

Look, I understand what their concerns are,

but let me tell you something right now, okay?

My daughter happens to be

a very amazing person.

She's tough,

and she is adamant to be on her own.

She's gonna be just fine.

Now, if there's any sort of a problem,

I am only 15 minutes away.

- You think that's gonna be enough for them?

- It's enough for me.

All right. Thank you.

Let's watch it.

No! She can't marry

that guy, Daniel.

I want her to marry

Dustin Hoffman.

Yeah. Okay. Okay,

wait just a second.

Elaine!

- Elaine!

- Whoa-oh!

Yeah!

- Yeah.

- Do they live happily ever after, Daniel?

Well, I don't know. I don't know.

They didn't make a Graduate 2.

- Oh, wow!

- Yeah.

That was a great movie, Daniel.

I'm so happy you let me watch it.

I would have never seen it

had you not asked me to see it.

Carla, do you...

do you wanna be my friend?

- I am your friend.

- No, no, no. L-I... No, I don't...

I like that one part where he's trying

to get away from his parents.

I don't mean "friend" friend.

I mean boy-girlfriend.

Are you getting

the pepper spray?

No. I'm thinking.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

One bedroom, one bathroom,

hardwood floors...

- eat-in kitchen, working fireplace.

- That is good.

- I knew it. I knew it.

- This... I love those Georg...

That's a Georgian window, Mrs Tate. That's

a classic. That's a San Francisco classic.

Hi, Daniel.

Hi!

Mr Vitello, s-she's my friend.

She's my friend.

- Wh-What are you doing here?

- I came to tell you the best news.

Wh-Wh... What's that?

What's that?

I got my own apartment,

my very own apartment.

Nobody lives there but me,

and I move there in two weeks!

Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!

Sorry, Mr Vitello. Sorry.

See, not a marshmallow in the bunch.

Okay, okay, okay,

see that guy right there?

That's my friend,

and he's... he's a bandmaster.

And see that guy right there

with the big baton?

That guy's name

is Wally Williams...

and, and, and he's a drum major, and

they, they, they call him Walkin' Wally.

- Why?

- I don't know.

All right, perfect.

Once again from the top.

- Hi, everybody!

- Hey, Danny.

- Hi.

- Hey, Danny. Uh, how's it goin'?

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