Frame on the Wall: The Making of 'The Door in the Floor' Page #4

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you home now, or-- Uh, no.

l'm gonna-- l'm gonna walk.

l left the revisions on my desk. Hmm?

Um, after l finish, what should

l do next? l'll let you know.

[ Sniffing ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Door Closes ]

Eddie, I should have knocked.

It's my fault.

I- I'm not angry. I--

l'm just-- l'm just embarrassed.

[ Drawer Slides Open ]

Eddie?

Come here, please.

lt's funny.

Let's just call it funny and leave it at that.

Eddie?

Look at me.

Sit.

l know boys your age.

I know it's what boys your age do,

isn't it?

Look, Eddie, I am flattered.

lt felt good to know that someone

was at least thinking about me.

Oh, not to assume that you

were thinking about me, um--

Maybe about my clothes. And l know you

probably have so many girls you think about.

- l didn't-- - l think about what

you were wearing when l first met you.

It was a pink sweater,

buttons up the front.

Oh!

That sweater, it's so old.

Because of how it must feel

against your skin.

Oh.

Would you do me a favor?

Take this down with you.

Please?

All right.

Thank you.

l'll probably be about an hour.

Here. Why don't you go over the revisions?

- Hey, do you want your supplies?

- Oh, yeah.

[ Approaching Footsteps ]

Hi.

You look nice.

The tie or the jacket.

You really don't need both.

Okay.

How's the work going for you?

l just retype A Sound Like Someone

Trying Not to Make a Sound every morning.

Sometimes he changes

a comma from a semicolon,

and then the next morning

he changes it back.

He needs a computer.

Ted needs a driver.

That's why he hired you,

because he needs a driver.

l don't get to drive

much at home, so--

Eddie, you're so serious.

Boys your age

shouldn't be so serious.

l know a joke, [ Laughs

] but it's not very good.

Tell me.

There's this battleship out in the ocean,

and the captain of it, Captain Stern,

this captain learns that the mother of

one of his sailors just died. Mm-hmm.

And the sailor's name

is Midshipman Abernathy.

So the captain thinks and thinks, and he tries to come up

with the best way to tell Abernathy that his mother died.

And finally after staying up all night,

he comes up with a nice way of telling him.

So the next morning he calls

the crew up on deck and says,

''Gentlemen, all of you whose mothers

are still living, step forward.

Not so fast, Abernathy.''

l- l like that joke, Eddie. l--

No, it's a-- it's a dumb joke.

l do. l do.

Why don't you ask Alice

out on a date?

She's not my type.

Well, she's a good nanny anyway.

l think it was wrong of us

to have had Ruth.

When we first moved here,

the idea was,

a new place,

a new child,

a new life, l suppose.

Ted's a good father.

But he doesn't really know how

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