The Crush Page #4

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What am I always doing?

I'm working.

Aw, Nick.

Can't you come out and play?

No, Adrian.

I'm under deadline.

Guess what.

What?

Got my period.

I'm defiinitely not pregnant.

Not that I had

any reason to be.

Adrian...

Yeah?

Did you take my picture,

the one of me and my grandfather?

No. Why would I do that?

All right.

I'll talk to you later.

Adrian!

Hello?

Anybody home?

[Faucet Turns]

[Water Running]

Cliff.

Hi.

Nick, well, uh...

what are you doing here?

Oh, you mean, here?

Well, I wasjust, uh...

returning a book to Adrian.

She's upstairs.

Oh.

So, anyway,

I--I really got to get going.

Could you help me

get this upstairs?

I don't think my back's

going to make it.

Well, I--

It'll just take a minute.

Sure appreciate it.

You are a pal.

Uh, careful there, my man.

I don't need any lawsuits.

You know what I mean?

My little restoration project.

It's, um...

really something.

Yeah.

I had it shipped out here

from a carnival in Kansas

right after Adrian was born.

Dragged every damn piece up here

one at a time.

Want to see it work?

Sure.

[Music Plays In Slow Speed]

The motor's kind ofold.

It takes a while

to get up to speed.

Anyway...

[Music Stops]

you get the idea.

Plan was to turn

this whole attic

into a kind of playroom,

you know, for Adrian?

The only problem was

she never took to it.

Now I can't get

the damn thing down.

You know, Nick, Adrian's a...

very special girl.

Mm-hmm.

She's, um...

She's very bright.

This past year,

she's really, uh...

blossomed...

physically, I mean.

Mmm. I noticed.

You know, I swear to God,

not a night goes by

I don't lay awake

dreading that knock on the door.

You know what I'm talking about?

Not really.

Oh, some friggin' kid

will be standing there

with his hard-on

sticking out his pants.

Hope I don't go breaking it off.

Heh heh.

Yeah.

Hi, Daddy.

Huh? Oh, hi, sweetheart.

We werejust talking about you.

I didn't know

who was up here.

I was showing Nickyour carousel.

It's your carousel, Dad.

Remember, I ride real horses now?

Well, I really ought to get going.

Oh, Adrian,

what book did you loan Nick?

Book?

Oh.

Well, that must have been

WutheringHeights.

Did you like it?

Yes.

Very much.

Hmm.

WutheringHeights, huh?

Sounds femme to me.

Anyway, I--

Ahem.

I really ought to go.

Bye, Nick.

Thanks for returning the book.

Hi.

Can we talk?

Sorry?

I was wondering

ifwe could talk.

What do you want

to talk about?

Well, um...

I don't know.

To tell you the truth,

it's--it's a little awkward.

Uh...

would you mind stopping that?

Why?

Never mind.

I hardly know where to begin.

I--I guess

what I want to say is...

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