St. Elmo's Fire Page #6

Please? I'm in the Potomac Suite.

- Alec, you should be sainted.

- No, then I'd have to wear underwear.

I love you.

Then marry me.

- Yes, who is it?

- Open the door!

Alec, what are you doing here?

They hardly impressed me

as the gang-bang type.

- How much coke did you do?

- Don't know. They have barrels full.

Jules, sometimes I think you

make these dramas up to test me.

Why don't you come over?

- I have to be at work in the morning.

- Come on.

No.

Well, I don't wanna be alone.

Who are you calling?

A systems analyst.

A very hot Jewish guy.

Are you the new Mideast ambassador?

Let me drive you home.

And waste all this good coke?

It's Jules. Did I wake you?

Our purpose is to get you off welfare

and train you in a skilled profession.

Are you interested

in the janitorial field?

Just give me my check.

- There are some educational...

- Just give me my check.

Get yourself some hot clothes,

and get yourself a man...

...and you won't be worrying

about this sh*t.

Welfare recipients are

getting better-looking.

You ever feel like you're not

accomplishing anything all?

I think I'm in touch

with that emotion.

Let's get a drink.

Billy, how come you're not at work?

And this is our first store,

built in 1953.

We now have 24 Card-a-terias...

...the largest greeting cards

franchise in the East.

What line are you in?

Munitions.

Don't bring up moving out.

Daddy'll have a heart attack

in front of your boyfriend.

He's not my boyfriend.

Well, then there's a nice

young guy working for us.

- Howie Krantz.

- Libby, please.

Candace, do like grandmother did.

In the center of the plate, neatly.

Mom, you look beautiful.

I'm fat, I'm thin.

I'm blond, I'm brunette.

Well, you always wanted to look

like Elizabeth Taylor, and now you do.

My mother finds certain words

too horrible to utter...

...so she whispers them.

You'll get used to it.

Did you hear about Betty Rothberg?

Cancer.

Say, Bill, the day I married Rachael...

...I got three Card-a-terias.

I just bought a new BMW.

How great!

Betty's daughter moved

into the new neighborhood.

Only six Jewish families.

But very wealthy.

Are you in the card game too?

Six franchises.

Where did you meet Wendy again?

Prison.

What did he say?

Is $200 enough?

$200 is more than enough.

Thank you, Dad.

Thanks.

If you'd get married

and run a franchise...

...you wouldn't have to borrow money.

I have a job with

the Department of Human Services.

That isn't a job. It's killing time

until you get married.

Thank you. I'm very committed.

Daddy, I think I should

get my own apartment.

Grandpa! Grandpa!

- Billy's on the roof!

- What?

Wait a minute. Wait, wait.

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