The Waterdance Page #5

because he got a woman,

and he know his place.

Every man got to find

his place, Bloss.

When are we going out again?

I'll have to check my calendar.

Come on, Joel.

I had a good time, really.

We saw a movie.

We saw a bad, bad, bad movie.

We had dinner.

Dinner was okay.

All right. All right.

The whole day was f***ed.

I'm just gonna go inside, okay?

I'll be all right.

You sure?

Yeah.

Okay.

Good night.

Good night.

I love you.

Howdy, partner.

Missed you at the hoedown.

Next time, huh?

So long.

Bye.

Vernon's wife.

Give up? No, f*** that.

Give up. F*** you, man.

Kick your ass, man.

So when you gonna

pay up that bet, man?

Ain't that some sh*t?

Mr. lawsuit here

worryin' his ass about $100.

Will you stop?

Well, it's the principle, man.

Don't worry about it. She's dead.

You can guarantee it.

One hand, motherf***er.

One hand, my man.

We dumped.

We f***ed up, man.

Oh, lord. I sure hope

somebody comes along.

Hey, Bloss. Did I tell you

about my dream, man?

No, man. You don't tell

me about your dreams.

It'll freak you out.

I'm on this lake

and I'm standing up.

No chair, man. The sky,

a beautiful blue all around me.

And I'm standing on the water.

But I'm dancing, see.

That's the only way I can

stay up is to do this dance.

And I know that as soon...

as soon as I quit...

Forget it, that's it.

I'm going down.

I can't swim.

No land for miles around.

So I keep doing this dance.

And I get tired.

I keep doing this dance,

tired of doing that dance.

I get tired, so tired.

And then I wake up.

Oh, man.

It freaked me out.

Hel...

help!

I stitched it up for you. It's like new.

It was pretty messed up.

Listen, I want you

to tell me something, man.

And don't be stupid about it.

I want you to tell me what happened

on the day that I dumped, man.

What happened? The guy ran the light.

He f***ed you up.

What really happened, man?

I want you to tell me what really happened.

I don't remember.

Look, we were racin', man.

We were just toolin' around.

We were pretty blasted,

but that don't make you blind.

Don't think about it, man.

Here.

No, I'm...

look, go to dinner, please.

I'm not gonna...

no, I'm fine about it.

I'll get Florence to do it,

all right? It's her job.

She gets paid for it.

If it's gonna make you happy,

please, by all means, do it.

I'm... I-I... hey, I gotta go.

If you wanna come,

just come, all right?

Bye-bye.

Hey, uh, got in a fight with your

girlfriend, man, it ain't no big thing.

Leave me alone, Bloss.

Just tryin' to be friendly.

- What? - I said I'm just

tryin' to be friendly.

Oh, well.

Do me a favor, huh?

Just leave me the f*** alone.

Now you're showing

some spirit, Joe.

You know what

your problem is, man?

You know what your problem is?

You're determined to pick a fight, huh?

Your problem is that

you ain't got no problem, man.

Look at you, man.

You call yourself Garcia.

You ain't no Mexican.

You ain't no n*gger.

You certainly ain't no white dude.

You're just better than everybody else.

You and your f***ing glasses, man.

I got news for you, pal.

How long you think it's gonna take before

that pretty little girl of yours...

Leaves you for somebody who can

tune her engine, my man?

Are you done?

No.

No, I ain't.

They're pretty good.

I think they'd be better

if they'd stop, but, uh...

oh, come on, please.

Will you move sometime tonight?

- Hey, Rosa, can you give me a darvadol?

-Oh, how about Percocet?

Oh. No, no, no. How about demoran?

That's even better.

Hey, Rosa, can you swing that?

Morphine, you could shoot

him up with some morphine.

Bloss can get me some heroin.

That'd be wild, wouldn't it?

- Hey, Rosa, ask Bloss if he can score me

some smack, huh? - I'll get you a darvadol.

Well, hurry up, huh?

You're an a**hole, you know that?

You're a hemorrhoid

on an a**hole.

You're an inflamed hemorrhoid

on a donkey's a**hole.

Well, you're a c*nt.

Why do I even come here?

What makes you say that?

You just called me a c*nt.

Well, when you imply that I'm a drug addict.

It was a joke, come on.

- What is your problem?

- I broke my f***ing neck!

- I know.

- You don't know.

If any walking person knows, Joel,

it's me, all right? Don't give me that sh*t.

I know. I think about it

for two hours on the freeway.

I think about it while

I'm washing your clothes.

I think about it while I'm looking

for accessible apartments.

I'm sorry, all right?

My heart really bleeds for you.

F*** this.

Where's your laundry?

I said you didn't have to do my laundry.

I live for your laundry.

I live to come here and argue scrabble

rules with you, really. It makes me whole.

I love how your face brightens

up when I walk in a room.

I lost something too, you know.

You may not understand that, but it's true.

You're out of shampoo.

I love you.

Enjoy the show?

If it isn't Garcia, man.

Senorgarcia to you.

Hey, did you and Raymond

ever settle that bet?

- What do you care, man?

- Maybe I want some of the action.

Too late, Joe.

Hey, Joel, you wanna play?

Yeah, come on out and be a gimp, Joe.

I hate badminton.

Rosa!

Rosa!

Rosa!

Hey, Vernon.

- Rosa?

- No. My name is Joel.

Would you fix the tv, please?

Sure.

How's that?

I saw your wife.

She's very beautiful, beautiful.

It's hard, isn't it, vern?

Do you love her?

My girlfriend,

she touches me now...

And I don't feel a thing.

I feel like nothing,

like piss and sh*t.

Like the smell

of this place, it's...

and I-I can't be nice to her.

Sometimes, I hate her.

I feel this anger coming up

inside me, and I lash out at her,

but I don't mean to.

I don't know.

She's so good to me, you know.

I hate her for walking...

For feeling.

If we live together

when I get out...

oh, God, I can just see

the pity in people's eyes...

Falling over

themselves to help me...

Or pretending not to see me or pretending

that nothing happened to me...

When it did.

It did.

I fell, vern.

I can't walk.

Oh, God. Damn.

I'm sorry, baby.

Oh, God.

I'm sorry, vern.

Vern?

What do you mean

an old folks' home?

A place where

they keep old people.

He didn't have

anywhere else to go.

It's no piece of news to me.

What about his wife?

I just suppose

it didn't work out.

- What, Bloss, you suddenly concerned

about Raymond? - He owes me money.

Where is this place?

What?

I took the keys

to the hospital van, Joe.

What do you say we go on a little

field trip and settle this bet?

You've got room in your life for

a little adventure, don't you?

You drive.

Why don't you drive?

I don't have a license.

I'll watch the door

while you get dressed.

I need you, Joe.

Bloss, what you doing?

I'm gonna go see

some naked ladies, man.

Live naked ladies?

You think I'm gonna go see

some dead naked ladies?

What are you doin', man?

Forget about it, man.

You ain't going, all right?

I'd have to dress you, I gotta

put you in your wheelchair, man.

Forget about it.

Besides, your mother would kill me, man.

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