Very Good Girls Page #2

I'm starving.

Do you want to split a burger?

Who said you could come in?

Mom's crying.

She's actually crying?

Where's dad?

I don't know.

- Where is she?

- In her room.

What happened?

Did they have a fight?

No, they were just standing there.

And mom went to her bedroom.

What are you going to do?

Nothing.

It's none of our business.

I'm scared.

What are you scared of?

I don't know.

I'm just scared.

Come on.

I'll paint your nails.

- Red?

- Yeah.

- Really?

- Sure.

I feel like walking

Do you feel like coming?

I feel like talking

'Cause it's been a long time

Now your hair is long

And you look so thin

You're always so pale

But something has changed

You're almost a man

Hungry?

- You made that?

- Maybe.

No one buys ice creams on Tuesdays.

What are you doing?

- No one takes boat tours on Tuesdays.

- What?

Are you the one who says

how many rivets there are

- in the George Washington bridge?

- Yeah.

- What's your name?

- Lilly.

I'm David.

I'm going to grab a shirt.

You ever been to the cyclone?

Yeah.

You wanna go?

Got my bike.

Come back for it.

I don't think I should.

Sure. Suit yourself.

682 rugby.

It still hurts

It hurts

It still hurts

It hurts

It still hurts

La la la la

La la la la

That's all I got.

It's not very good.

It's kind of shitty...

Will you stop it?

I think it's great.

Why do you do that?

You're good.

I called him at the restaurant.

He wasn't there. He's never anywhere

when you want to reach him.

I know you think I'm an idiot.

You barely know the guy.

I know.

So how come Norma

hasn't called you yet?

She's M.I.A.

Hasn't left her room in a week,

but I better go check the battlefield

in case there are casualties.

Keep the faith.

Call me tomorrow.

Okay.

People have affairs.

This is the 21st century.

It's not the f***ing

end of the world.

Lillian, I would appreciate it if

you wouldn't speak to me that way.

Mom, there is a whole family here.

He said he was sorry.

I heard him.

She's probably just

some random person.

He only did it to get

your attention.

This doesn't concern you.

It doesn't concern me? He's

my father. I want him to stay.

Well, we all know how

you feel about him.

I can't believe you just said that.

- You're a God damn shrink.

- You know what, Lillian?

If you can't find a way

to control yourself,

I'm going to have to ask

you to leave the room.

Thank God, I can't control myself.

You live in a porno movie.

It's a photographer's studio.

Frank Mayo.

You heard of him?

Lets me sleep here in exchange for

kinda acting like a security guard.

- Weird place to sleep.

- Oh, I'm up there.

Want a beer?

Think they did, like, a lipstick

commercial here today, so...

He's got a dark room, too.

He doesn't use it anymore,

so kind of teaching myself to print.

All the good stuff was shot on film.

Where's your family?

Now? Eastern parkway.

I grew up on Staten island, though.

I moved there from

Tennessee when I was five.

Staten island?

Yeah.

People actually live there.

Moved out, though,

when I was in high school.

How come?

It was just safer for

everyone that way.

You think your mom's trouble.

These all yours?

Yeah.

You really want to do this.

I don't want to do anything

except get out of here.

Where you want to go?

Rome, Paris,

I don't know.

Why?

Smell it.

Breathe it.

Tired of seeing it in photographs.

Sylvia Plath.

Do you know this?

Would you read it to me?

"Daddy,

"you do not do, you do not do

"any more, black shoe

"in which I have lived like a foot

"for thirty years

"poor and white

barely daring to breathe or achoo"

I think you better get home.

You told Gerry you were

going to see her on Friday.

So.

Are you?

It was weird.

We met at the restaurant,

and then we just walked around.

And it was pretty obvious

that I was down to hook up,

and he didn't even touch me.

Maybe I should've come on to him?

I mean, aren't guys supposed to like

it when you make the first move?

I even wore my purple

sweater that's so low cut

my tits practically hang out of it.

Sh*t.

Maybe that was too much.

- Oh, my God.

- What?

There he is.

I told him I was meeting

you here for open mic.

- What do I do?

- Nothing.

What do you mean nothing?

The song is about him.

It's fine.

Hey, you remember my

friend Lilly Berger?

David Avery.

I'm so happy you're here. All right, okay.

I'm going to...

I'm going to go set up.

I'm really nervous.

So don't laugh at me.

I'm going to trip.

If you wanna find yourself

by traveling out west

Or if you wanna find somebody

else that's better, go ahead

Go ahead

If you wanna buy a band

new fancy automobile

Or if you wanna build a place

Down in east Hampton, go ahead

Go ahead

Go ahead

Be my guest

Go ahead

If you wanna have your

cake and eat it, too

Or if you wanna have other people

Watch you while you eat it

Go ahead

Go ahead

If you wanna hold on

To the first girl that you meet

Or if you wanna settle down

And plant roses at my feet

Go ahead

Go ahead

Go ahead

I wish you would

Just go ahead

- You're really good.

- Thanks.

This is a great jacket.

It's my dad's.

I gotta go.

What was that?

I mean, count on me to

find someone certifiable.

I can't imagine your

dad in that jacket.

I actually just can't

imagine him without a tie.

Have you seen him?

He uses the office, but she

won't let him come upstairs.

Well, maybe she's right, you know?

You should be able to trust the

people that mean something to you.

What?

Nothing.

Well, do you wanna

get something to eat?

Think I'm gonna go home.

Well, I can't sleep.

The guys who went on before me

said that there's a

producer in the audience

and that they're meeting

up with him at Wally's,

so I think I might just

go meet up with them.

Okay, wish me luck.

Luck.

Ow.

Sorry.

That was hard.

Good job, Lil.

Sit down?

No, thanks.

Hot as sh*t in that uniform.

I'm fine.

Yeah?

All right.

That trip was worth two tours.

You want more like that?

Specials?

Hmm?

Night cruises are triple time.

I take classes.

You're a real pistol.

Mm.

Won't bite ya.

I'm late.

- All right. Some other time then.

- Yeah.

You know what you should do.

You should call the ACLU.

She wasn't exactly molested.

Well, verbally she was molested.

What?

That's disgusting.

It's gluten-free.

You know, I'd rather not have a

lecture about my intestines.

I would just like some normal bread.

Such a pain in the ass.

I mean, what is wrong with white?

Come to my house.

Everything's white.

Anyway, this is kind of a big deal,

because you do have an obligation

to the women who are gonna

work for this guy in the future

to make it clear that what

he said was inappropriate.

It's not okay.

It was more how he said

it than what he said.

No, I know exactly

what you're saying.

Can we please just have,

like, a little bit of privacy?

Little bit.

Just think about it, Lilly.

Were you scared?

Yeah.

But it must feel kinda good

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