Some Velvet Morning Page #7

it, don't you?

Now, how else would you get me

outta here?

I'd ask nicely, Fred. And I

will.

Fred...

it's been really good to see

you.

Even if you don't believe it,

it's true. I'm glad.

And maybe we can get a meal

sometime.

Yeah, that'd be good, yeah. Lunch.

Yeah, that'd be great. Let's eat.

F*** you!

I guess that is the point, really. It's why

I came back here, 'cause I wanna f*** you.

F*** you, Fred! I'm trying to be

some sort of civil person here.

Yeah, okay. Yeah, all right. But

I mean, lunch? Really?

Whatever.

Don't do that. Don't say that.

I can't stand the way you...

young people say...

And you use it for everything. You make

it fit for every little thing that you...

But do you want to have lunch

with me? Is that what you want?

Do you want to sit down and eat

a salad or something and talk?

Because I would love nothing

more than that.

That's what I would love. That's

why I came.

Or is that gonna cost me like

$500?

Actually, I make up to $800 these days,

so yeah I do sometimes call that "lunch".

What about with Chris?

What do you call it with him, lunch or

do you call it something different?

- That is different 'cause he's special.

- Yeah, I bet.

He is. I don't know why it matters to you because

it doesn't even matter what you think...

but Chris is very dear to my heart.

He's one of my great friends.

I can tell him anything. I can

tell him my feelings.

I can tell him my actual dreams

and all that sh*t.

You know he helped me get into art school?

I don't know if you know that.

No, I didn't. No. That's

wonderful.

- Yeah. It's real wonderful.

- So, he and Mandy?

Or just him?

You can be such a f***ing bastard, Fred,

that sometimes it's actually breathtaking.

No. What I am is a f***ing fool.

What a f***ing idiot I was...

to think I could come back here and try

to resurrect this f***ing hopeless...

Let me ask you a question.

When you first saw me when I came back

here today, did you feel that way?

- No. But now, yes.

- Now yes?

But you're telling me, when I first

arrived and you saw me at the door...

didn't your heart just drop a little bit?

You thought like, "Aw f***. "

"What the f*** is Fred doing

here?" Tell me the truth.

- It was a surprise.

- A nice surprise?

Yeah, it was surprising. That

was my first...

You caught me off guard, Fred.

That's what happened.

So that was my first reaction,

surprise.

Yeah, not anger, not feeling

sick.

It was nice to see your face. But it's surprising

for you to be here with me like this, it is.

No, I know. I totally agree.

- Okay.

- I mean, I agree with that.

Thanks. Thank you.

But that's what I love about it.

That's why I'm here.

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