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I'm sorry. I'm terribly sorry.

Excuse me. Yeah, I'll be with you in just a moment. If you could just sign

there.

Can you just tell me... I'll be right with you.

Can you believe this guy?

Did I cut in front of you? Are you waiting? I'm sorry. I just have to...

Can you tell me if Lori Manning is here? Her sister called from Orange County

and said she was brought here. She was in a car accident.

Lori Manning.

Yeah, she's in Trauma Room 1.

Trauma Room?

Trauma Room. That's a horrible name for a room.

Did she need to be there, or did they just run out of space in the Bastine and

Band -Aid area?

I just don't have any information yet. Well, then go get some. Go!

I can't leave the desk.

Then I'll go, and I'll fill you in when I get back. I can't let you back there.

Why don't you just go have a seat in the waiting area? I'll have a much better

chance of getting some information if I don't have to play Red Rover with you.

I'm sorry. You're right.

You're the professional. I'm sorry. I'll just go get some coffee or something.

Okay.

You've got to push the button.

Waiting area.

Worrying area is what it is.

Quick question. Anybody else try to crash through those doors?

Hey, don't worry. It's going to be all right.

Excuse me?

Well, the doctors here are supposed to be terrific. I'm sure everything will be

fine.

Thank you.

Would you mind repeating that every five seconds?

Mom, I just need you to go to Holly's school and pick her up. I've talked to

principal and they're expecting you.

And I don't want to worry about her mother, so just treat her normally.

Not that normally.

No, Magic Mountain is not on the way to the hospital.

I don't know anything more about Lori.

Yes, I've asked.

I'll see you soon.

Anything more on Lori Manning?

Sorry, nothing yet.

You know, eventually you're going to have to go to the bathroom, and then

button, those doors, and everything on the other side will be mine.

How long have you been studying?

I'm sorry. It's just that I'm about to lose my mind.

And you wanted me to join you?

It's just that I've been waiting for information about my friend for 20

and nobody around here wants to tell me anything. So either it's serious or I'm

about to get a surprise party.

Well, morphine, paper gowns, bags of plasma.

Woo! Party.

I'm sorry. You're probably in the same situation I'm in. I'm just going to try

to relax.

Oh, good. I've been meaning to read this.

Ten Most Intriguing People of 1979.

Hey, remember Leo Sayre?

You know, sometimes when I'm nervous or upset, I have a little game I play.

Me too. It's called Digest Your Stomach Lining.

I actually come up with a really huge number, like, I don't know, like 4 ,552,

and then I divide it by 6, and then I divide the answer by 6, and I just keep

going until the result is one or less.

Let me try that.

Yeah, it works.

And then this

person said that they had other plans at the last minute, and then

I got mad, and then this person...

I'm sorry, I can't carry on a conversation like this. It requires me

before I speak.

I'm gay. It's my girlfriend.

Oh, okay.

I should have just said so.

Well, hey, it's all about who you fall in love with, right?

Yep, that's what they say.

So, um, have you been together long?

Almost five months.

Oh, well, hey, don't beat yourself up over some silly little fight.

I mean, sometimes things like that have a way of bringing people back together

when they're having problems.

Oh, no, we're not having problems. Well, I don't mean problems like problems,

you know. It's just that, well, you said you had a big fight, and the beginning

part of the relationship is supposed to be the fun part.

This is the fun part. If she weren't in the hospital, we'd be having a blast

right now.

Well, yeah, except for the fact that she changed plans on you.

Oh, wow, I'm sorry.

God, you know, it's just like me to do this. You know, I meet somebody, and

in the first five minutes, I'm telling them what's wrong with their

relationship. It's so insensitive. I'm sorry.

Well, there's nothing wrong with the relationship.

I mean, maybe she canceled plans because she wanted to surprise me and buy me a

present or something. You know, she's always doing stuff like that.

Mostly dried fruit.

I don't know. It's really not my business. It's just that I've never

a relationship screaming and yelling. I usually save that for the big finish.

No, we don't scream and yell. There was no screaming and yelling. I mean, her

dishwasher's noisy, so we talk loud sometimes, but... So you don't yell.

You're the type that keeps it all bottled up inside, huh?

Yeah, well, no.

No, I... Look, maybe our relationship isn't perfect, but it's a good

relationship. I mean, I love her, and maybe I don't know a lot about

relationships. It's my first big, you know, thing. It's your first.

God, we should have talked.

You know...

First relationships are so special. It's like there's a bond with a first love

that just never goes away.

Yeah, it's pretty great.

You're her first, too, right?

Second.

But, you know, right after firsts.

Well,

her first was probably nothing. I mean, just an experimental little fling,

right? I mean, what did it last? A week? A month? Eleven years.

But,

you know, Karen is completely out of the picture now.

Oh.

So you've discussed her ex?

Yeah, she talks about her. I mean, not a lot. I mean, she doesn't dwell on it.

Well, that's good.

Because most people just can't get over the great love of their life.

Will you excuse me? I'm going to go get some air.

There was an old woman by the elevator who had a whole bottle full of it.

I want information on Laurie Manning, and I am not leaving until I get it. And

know you people get some kind of bonus for who can withhold the most

information, but if I don't get some answers soon, I'm going to get very

and I don't like to make threats, but on my way in here, I saw a box labeled

suggestions and comments.

I have some information for you.

Okay, then.

Your friend's going to be fine. She was knocked out for a few minutes, but she's

coming around, and it looks real good. We're moving her to a recovery room now.

That's good.

That's really good. Thanks.

Thank you. That's good news.

See? What can happen when you put your faith in the power of crossing your

fingers?

Oh, uh, could you do me a favor and give that other woman the same news?

What other woman?

The one you were talking to.

She rode over in the ambulance with your friend, and I know she's concerned.

She rode in the ambulance with Laurie?

Yeah, I figured, um, Karen something.

She's the ex -girlfriend, I guess.

They even have a kid together.

You know Hollywood.

They're everywhere.

Yeah, they are.

Hey.

Any news about your girlfriend?

Yeah. Yeah, good news. She's going to be okay.

Oh, God, what a relief.

Oh, that's great for you.

Yeah. Yeah.

So, you know, we never talked about who you were waiting for.

Oh, my girlfriend.

Oh. I mean, my ex -girlfriend. Oh, so you're gay.

Oh, I didn't mention that?

Let me think. I said I was gay, and then... Nope, you didn't mention it.

Is she okay? Yeah.

What happened to her?

Um, traffic accident.

We were having lunch at Austin's and, um, she drove off and bang.

But, um, like I said, she's gonna be fine.

Good.

Austin's, that's a nice restaurant, isn't it? That's, uh, that's romantic.

Yeah, it was always our little getaway spot.

Whenever I'm in town, we go.

Oh, whenever you're in town.

Neat.

Little getaway at Austin's.

Do, do you and your girlfriend have a place like that?

A getaway? Yeah. No, no, we don't need one. We're not trying to get away from

anybody.

So, uh, how long are you in town?

Oh, uh, depends.

I'm kind of drifting right now.

Homeless? No.

Uh, I'm a freelance photographer.

Well, my, that's an impressive job.

Have I seen your work anywhere?

Oh, I don't know. I have a show opening next week in New York City at the

Guggenheim Museum.

Have you ever been there?

New York? Yeah, I love it. I even have a T -shirt.

Oh, God.

I'll never forget the first time I took my ex there. We were staying at the

Plaza Hotel.

And I came in one night and she had the whole room lit with candles.

And she said, all of these flames will burn out eventually except the one in my

heart.

And then we did it.

You want to talk candles? Boy, one time my girlfriend and I went to the county

fair, and then we had candles made in the shape of our hands, and then we went

home, and she put them in our earthquake kit box.

She's always looking out for me like that.

Oh, I'm forgetting the best part. Later that night, she blindfolded me, and she

drove me for two hours in our little convertible, and then when we got there,

she took off my blindfold just in time to see the spectacular sunrise over the

ocean. My girlfriend and I did that, too, twice.

And one time we had Chinese food first.

Oh, my God. I'm forgetting. It started to rain.

And we grabbed this bottle of wine and started running and laughing and

over each other and laughing and running.

And then we went under the boardwalk. And we were just laughing and drinking

laughing and drinking, watching the rain. And it was just, oh, God.

God, I love the rain.

Yeah, the rain. One time we were actually, we were at the farmer's

it started to rain, and we both had to get underneath her emergency rain

And there we are, both trying to get under, you know, and her head's there,

we're just under the bonnet, and then we bought an onion.

Wow.

She sounds terrific.

Yeah, yeah.

Yours, too.

Yeah. Terrific that you have such a good relationship with your ex. Well, you

know, like I said, first relationships.

Usually, though, somebody, when you break up, somebody falls in love and

everything, and then, you know, I guess that didn't happen here. Oh, well, I'm

not going out with anybody else.

No, I meant her. Maybe she met somebody that she really likes a lot.

Oh, huh.

No?

No, I mean...

She hasn't mentioned anybody special, no. Well, maybe she doesn't want to hurt

your feelings.

No, she's too honest. She wouldn't hide it then. Maybe she did this time. I

doubt it.

It's possible. I don't think so.

Who's here to see Lori Manning?

I am.

She's fine.

Mild concussion. She's awake and alert, and her CT is normal.

Oh, good. Can I see her? What is your relationship with her? Are you family?

Yes, she's my girlfriend.

Oh, I'm sorry, but it would be immediate family only.

Well, that's ridiculous. I'm her girlfriend.

Darn those hospital policies.

I'm Leah. I'm Lori's sister.

Dr. Bell, I'll take you back to see her.

It's really busy, so just for a little while.

You know, I just, I just, you know, why didn't I say it? I'm her sister, too.

Yeah, I'm Amy, her sister Amy.

Lori's the oldest, and then there's Leah and myself, and then we have also

another sister in between. That's Sally, and she...

She lives in Montreal. She's studying zoology.

You just said you were her girlfriend. That's how close our family is. Somebody

says, you know, who's your girlfriend? I'm going to say it's my sister Lori or

my sister Leah or Sally, who, of course, lives in Montreal and is studying

zoology. Ellen.

Oh, God. How is she? She's good. She's okay.

Yeah.

What are you doing here?

Do not let this woman anywhere near Lori.

And who is this?

I'm Lori's sister, Leah.

Oh, my God, you're alive.

Oh, no.

Do our parents know? Our parents who renamed her Leah in memory of you?

Okay, okay, here's the thing.

We aren't the sisters.

She's a sister. She is, honest.

I just remembered.

I'm her sister, too.

Sort it out, ladies.

I'll be back.

I'm going to call my family, let them know that Lori is okay.

Why don't you do what you're best at, Karen?

Disappear.

So, Karen, tell me, when did you first realize who I was? About 30 seconds

you walked in. I just looked for the woman who looked most like a substitute

me.

So you knew all along that I was Laurie's girlfriend, and you sat there

me feel miserable about our relationship?

How dare you?

How dare you make me feel bad when I'm my most vulnerable?

You know, you sit here and you act all interested and supportive, offering me

your corn chip middles.

Oh, God.

Come on.

I mean, you were playing games with me, too, you know.

Lori and I haven't... Lori and I, Lori and I. There is no Lori and you. It's

Lori and me. Oh, really? A minute ago, you were ready to bag the whole

relationship over some silly little fight. I never said that. I never once

that. Lori and I are very committed to each other.

Not how she tells it.

Really?

She talks about me to you? Yeah, a lot.

Oh.

Did she tell you that I want to become legal guardian to Holly?

Yeah, she mentioned it.

She did? Yeah, I told her I thought it was a bad idea.

Really?

Here's the funny thing, Karen. I never said I wanted to become legal guardian

Holly.

I just lied to you, like you've been lying to me all along.

Like there's really a Guggenheim Museum.

Hey, maybe she didn't mention it. I can't remember everything we talked

Oh, so I guess being full of crap affects your short -term memory.

You know, Karen...

I gotta tell you something. You were a whole lot more impressive when you were

just something in my mind.

You were the ex. The amazing 50 -foot lesbian I always wondered if I could

live up to.

The name I was afraid that she would shout out in a moment that I didn't want

hear anybody's name but mine being shouted out.

You know, like, oh, God, Karen, you make great biscuits.

You were a lot scarier in my head, but you blew it. You showed up.

And in person, you are not nearly as impressive.

You know, it's like the time I met Evil Knievel, and instead of being some great

American daredevil, he was just this gimpy guy in a jumpsuit who looked down

mom's blouse.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

You know, I... I came into town and I saw Lori.

She looked so beautiful, so happy.

I guess in the 11 years that we were together, we never had what you two seem

have right now, and it...

Made me jealous.

I'm sorry.

God, I didn't mean to make you feel bad. I'm gonna, um... Get out of here now

that I know she's okay.

I mean, come on. Wait and see her, at least.

Nah.

Los Angeles is boring.

I'm gonna... I'm gonna go.

Well, but... Wait a minute. Here's Holly.

Okay, don't worry. I'm not gonna, uh...

I'm not going to say anything about what...

Goodbye,

Karen.

Oh, Ellen.

How's Mom? She's fine.

She's just fine. She's okay.

Are you Ellen?

I am. Are you sure?

Of course she's sure.

I'm her mother, I ought to know.

And this is... Must be Lori's daughter, Holly.

You know, even with a concussion, Lori is much clearer about who's who than any

of you people.

Holly, Ellen, this way.

Ready?

Okay.

You know what?

I got out of a math test to come here.

See what a good mom you have.