The Unattainable Story Page #5

Peter. I mean,

He always told me

that I would be

way more successful

if I would only

stay on his boat

and down more time

on my work on his boat,

sailing.

I just...

I couldn't do that.

You know, some day

you're gonna have to

learn to trust people.

Yeah.

You're gonna have to

learn to accept.

What are you trying to say?

Well, I'm trying to say

that you're too much

in your head.

Oh, that's what I suspected

you were saying.

Can I have another

martini, please?

I still love it

out here though.

[Peter] Yeah?

It's very beautiful.

When you live out by the ocean,

like you still do,

you just sit here and

you watch the ocean

like it's...

your lover's face.

Just like I used to

watch you.

I remember.

It's too bad.

Too bad what?

Just too bad.

Write a different ending.

Hey, Sancho!

-Hey. Hi.

-Hey, how are you?

Where are you going?

I'm meeting Skene.

-Really?

-Nothing like that.

Well, then he must

be gay.

No, he's not gay.

Just he's not into me

that way.

Oh, no, no.

Wait no.

There's gotta be

somebody else.

Come on.

Maybe, maybe. But...

he has a life

of his own.

He does not need me

to complete him.

He just is who he is,

and I love it.

Uh-huh?

Well, let me just

remind you.

He is not acting

like a lover,

so you better

get over it.

You know what?

I'm not talking to you.

-Uh-huh. I'll see you later.

-No.

-Maybe so.

-Come on, Sancho.

-Yeah, right.

-Bye, Sancho.

-[music playing]

-[people chatting]

Hey, it's my mail.

-Is that from you?

-Mm.

Aren't they funny?

Cute.

I got you a gift.

- Moi?

-Yeah.

Where?

You see...

How!

I love this.

I brought it from Paris.

Merci.

I got it on my shirt.

[inhales] Ooh!

How clever is this

of you.

How did you know?

Because you wear it

all the time.

Ah-hah.

You were fascinated

by it.

It's, um...

It's Alchemy.

I think it's witchcraft.

Whoo! Well...

You know what?

Time to go.

-Right?

-Okay.

Yeah.

Actually, let's watch

a movie.

I never turn

my TV on.

I wanna see

what's on nowadays.

Okay.

Sorry.

[TV playing]

Oh, my goodness!

This is bad.

I don't know. It makes me

feel better about the stuff

that I do.

Besides, there's a lot

of good stuff on TV now.

So they say.

I know. There's just not

a lot on right now.

Cheers.

I'm sorry.

I really... like...

how...

there is no drama

between us.

There is a drama

between us.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

There is.

You do know that we are

spookily compatible,

don't you?

Yeah.

I do.

-Really?

-I do.

I like what we've got.

[Skene] There's still something

that in a way intrigues me.

The characters were all

holding tight to their

inner selves,

no matter what the cost.

This, I see, is what she

believes to be love.

I can't blame her.

Things always do change.

Love is mixed up.

[Jacqueline] I just heard

Peter met a woman

at his birthday party.

He was renovating her

shop at the ocean for her.

The kind of thing

he used to do

with me.

Yeah, man.

You know how long it took

me to get over Dan?

-So many years.

-Great. Thanks.

-Listen, is Peter still

calling you all the time?

-Mm-hmm.

But his lady friend

told him not to do so.

Then he called me to

analyze a dream for him,

which is sick,

by the way.

She said, "No, you're gonna

have to do that with me now."

Which, I guess,

makes sense.

Look, just...

try to remember all the things

that went wrong between

you guys.

You know, for one thing,

you guys were completely

incompatible with each other.

Yeah, I know.

We kept getting the scissors

out constantly.

You know we were

together for so long,

so many years,

and I just...

I miss him, Annette.

I really...

I miss his home being

my home.

I miss looking at him.

I miss...

everything.

I love looking at him.

I just hate

having to get over that.

You know what?

Get a dog.

It solves everything.

Come on.

Look at Sancho and I.

Perfect, isn't it?

Read me something, baby.

I'm not ready yet.

-Aw, come on.

-I'm not ready yet.

God, I'm not

one of those writers

who immediately proffers

themselves to

everyone they know.

Their ex-lovers, their cleaners,

their maitre d's and

their therapists.

I... That's performance art.

I am not a f***ing maitre d'.

Maybe you ought to write

a book about writing.

Maybe then you can

make some money.

What is this anyway?

Actually I never

learned a thing that way.

I learned from my obsessions.

Your obsessions?

Oh, you mean

these obsessions?

Huh? These obsessions here?

These obsessions are

gonna make you

end up alone.

You get that?

You are going to

end up alone!

Don't you think I know that?

I did not get a choice.

You know, I don't know

what to do with you.

I don't know either.

I mean, all I know

is to keep on going.

Oh, I want to, baby.

But I want to do it together.

You know,

you don't know

how to bond.

No.

You can't do this.

No, no, no, no.

You can't do this.

Well, I'll tell you something.

Neither can I.

I'm done.

[Skene] No one was

more surprised than me

that David, too, ended up

better off as a figure of

her imagination.

It's too bad.

I liked David.

As I told Jacqueline

many times,

he's been

my favorite character.

He'll be back, I bet.

In a next play

or somewhere.

[Annette] You know,

I can't believe you

did it again.

Can I have a cigarette?

Yeah, here.

You know you deserve one.

He's way better off

back home.

It's a jungle out here.

He's had it hard enough.

I don't know. Do you think

it's because of

that director guy?

Or was it because he read

every single one of

your notebooks?

I just...

I want him to be happy.

I mean, look at Peter.

He was not

wanting to change.

Now he has Nikki, and...

he's much happier than

he ever was with me.

It's all the same.

Honey, don't kid yourself.

They're gonna go through

the exact same kind of

problems that you did.

You think?

Totally.

[Skene]

What is this about?

Seduction.

Your life

is about seducing Mahler

away from his work.

Now he loves you.

So it's not an impossibility,

but he's an exceptionally

driven man.

He desires you.

He needs your femininity

in order to create.

He can't live without you.

But he knows

that you're younger,

and beautiful,

and you're faithless.

So he's stuck.

What does he do?

He wants you.

He wants your skin,

your eyes, your hair,

your breasts.

He knows he can't trust you.

So he has to accept this need,

he has to accept this love.

He has to accept

his fear.

The power that you

have over him.

Can you play that?

Let me show you.

Did he visit me yesterday

as a man does his mother?

Many say that's the most

erotic of bonds.

We no longer sleep together.

The way you know

it's finally over.

[Skene] Three more weeks

of rehearsal.

We gotta get this right.

How do you not fall in love

with this woman?

This young woman?

A lot of directors

fall for their actresses.

It's de rigueur.

You know I'm not looking

for anything, so...

That's so logical.

Well, logic has been proven

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