Those People Page #3

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here with the Philharmonic.

(Charlie) This place

reminds me of Rosh Hashanah.

(Tim)

Oh yeah?

(Charlie) Tashlich.

(Tim) Tash what?

[Charlie chuckles]

Tashlich.

It's the service where you

throw your sins into the river.

It's my favorite part

of Rosh Hashanah,

(Tim) I thought Jews

don't believe in sin.

(Charlie) It's a metaphor.

(Tim) Mmm.

I have an idea.

Yalla -

(Charlie) It's okay.

We can see it another time.

Why isn't the Highline

always open like Central Park?

F***!

I'm sorry.

I just really wanted

to show you this.

I like you.

(Tim)

What are you doing?

It's okay.

It was a valiant effor--

How did you learn

to do that, MacGyver?

Hebrew school.

Seriously?

No.

Who are you?

(Tim) Okay, so I was

twenty-six, your age,

and I was dating this

crazy guy back in Beirut,

and I couldn't bring myself

to break up with him,

even though he

was reading my mail,

and we'd fight,

screaming, wrestling fights.

So, instead of

breaking up with him,

I moved to America.

Wow.

Yeah, pretty bad.

Yeah.

Okay.

Tashlich!

[laughs]

(Tim) What?

You don't have

to yell "Tashlich."

Sin-throwing is fun.

Your turn.

When I was eleven,

I was living with

Sebastian and his family

for a few months.

My mom and I were

going through...

Uh, it was bad.

And I would not come out

from under the bed for days.

So, Sebastian climbed under

and stayed with me for hours,

just holding my hand.

I wouldn't stop crying,

and so he kissed me.

On the lips.

It was so soft.

Only two or three seconds,

but it was enough time for me

to realize that I was...

different from other boys.

Which was scary.

And so the next day,

I told everyone at school

that he had kissed me,

that he was "a gay."

So, what happened?

Sebastian wore his mother's

pink nail polish to school

the next day.

-No.

-Yeah.

(chuckles)

Anyway, fifteen years later,

I still feel bad about it.

Right, let's

see what you got.

[grunts]

Okay, now give me a good one.

What?

That wasn't good?

I outed my best friend.

When you were eleven.

Fine, I'll go.

Last Christmas, I punched

my father right in the face.

Knocked him out.

Blood, everything.

Seriously?

Well, he drinks,

and sometimes with my mom,

he's just, he's not very nice.

For a second,

I thought I'd killed him,

and I didn't care.

That's a terrible thing,

isn't it?

You ever do anything

like that to your old man?

No.

He died when I was eleven.

I'm sorry.

Well, that explains

the crying under the bed.

It's okay.

We weren't very close.

It wasn't much of a loss.

Gay men and their dads.

I think we need both of us

to hoist this one over.

[laughs]

(Tim) One, two, three.

(Both) Tashlich!

Hey!

Sh*t.

You know you're

not supposed to be here.

[Tim laughs]

(Tim)

Slow down.

[Charlie laughs]

?

? You'll say a better

Major-General ?

? has never sat a gee.

? You'll say a better

Major-General ?

? has never sat a gee.

? You'll say a better

Major-General ?

? has never sat a sat a gee.

? For my military knowledge

? though I'm plucky

and adventury ?

? has only been brought down to

the beginning of the century ?

? But still, in matters

vegetable, animal, and mineral ?

? I am the very model

of a modern Major-General. ?

[laughs]

I did it.

?

[soothing voice on tape]

Give yourself permission

to leave your day behind.

(Charlie)

This help's you relax?

[tape continues...]

[Charlie snickers]

(Charlie) Why are there whales?

(Tim) Shut up.

[Charlie snorts]

(Tim) They're very soothing.

[Charlie laughs]

I love seeing you in my shirt.

Tim, I need

to tell you something.

What?

'Cause I wanna

be honest with you...

'cause I like you.

I lied to you.

I tell people my father's dead

all the time, but...

the truth is he left

when I was eleven.

Just left.

Never said goodbye.

Sebastian knows the truth, but

[inhales]

with everyone else, it's just

easier to say he's dead.

He lives in Long Island now,

with his new family,

which is fine.

I never really see him.

Anyway, I wanted to tell you.

'Cause that's what

boyfriends do, right?

They tell each other things.

Boyfriends.

[music/voices/glass shattering]

What the...

? Three little maids

from school are we... ?

(Wyatt)

Oh!

Charlie!

(Charlie)

What the hell is going on?

It's a f***ing

mess in here, guys.

He was sad,

so we're making him....

(Wyatt) Oh!

(Charlie) Jesus Christ.

(Ursula)

...happier.

(Wyatt)

Oh, no.

- We're making him happier.

There you are.

I- I'd completely

forgotten what you look like.

(Charlie) What are you doing?

We are redecorating.

[laughs]

(Ursula)

This goes over here

(Sebastian)

Yes.

Sorry, we would

have invited you,

but I know how busy

that you have been.

Sebastian.

[drops bottle]

(Sebastian) London, too.

[clears throat]

Whose clothes are these?

Whose do you think they are?

Wanna toss some with us?

Let me show you.

Let me show you.

Wanna toss that in the air?

Like this.

This isn't what

he needs right now.

Well, I think you're wrong.

I actually think this

exactly what he needs.

I can- I can take it from here.

You don't think we can take it?

(Ursula) We've been managing

just fine without you

for the past two weeks.

Why don't you guys go?

Hmm?

-Go!

(Wyatt) Alright.

[knocking]

(Charlie) Hey.

Just wanted to come

say good night.

Oh, you're not

staying with Jim tonight?

You know his name is Tim.

And, no, he has rehearsal.

He's too old for you.

I don't know what you

could possibly see in him.

I didn't think

I'd miss him, you know?

He ruined my life,

and I miss him.

He's still your father.

Of course you miss him.

Do you ever miss your dad?

All the time.

Charlie?

Yeah?

Do you...

do you think I'm a good person?

Of course.

You had to think about it.

That can't be good.

Sebastian...

you're not a good person.

You're the best person I know.

Well, you're the only one

that thinks so.

Please.

I'm begging you.

He misses you.

He needs you.

You're the responsible one.

-He does not need me.

-Fine, I need you.

See, this is the problem

with Sebastian.

It's all about Sebastian

all the time.

People grow up.

They grow apart.

It's okay.

I'm not abandoning him.

?

(Tim)

I'll just be a minute.

Just have to grab something.

(Charlie)

I can't see a thing.

(Tim)

Just wait over there.

[sighs]

[lights clicking on]

[gasps]

Not bad, huh?

-Are we allowed to be here?

-No.

[laughs]

Oh my God.

Maybe breaking into places

can be our thing.

Yeah, right.

[piano playing]

? Take all these,

you lucky man ?

? take and keep them

if you can, Charlie. ?

[laughs]

You learned some

Gilbert and Sullivan.

Gondoliers.

I never break a promise.

Your turn.

Come on.

[sighs]

You pushy Lebanese.

[laughs]

You- you uh-- Okay, why not?

Uh, okay.

[playing piano]

? Take a pair

of sparkling eyes ?

? hidden ever and anon.

What?

I love you.

I know we haven't been

seeing each other for that long,

but that's just what I feel.

I love you.

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