I met a little girl and we stopped to talk Of a fine soft day l-ay
And I ask you, friend Well, what's a fella to do
'Cause her hair was black And her eyes were blue
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
Round the Salthill Prom With a Galway girl
That's a very nice jacket.
I won it in a bet.
We were halfway there When the rain came down
Of a day
L- ay-l-ay
And she asked me up to her flat downtown Of a fine soft day l-ay
And I ask you, friend What's a fella to do
'Cause her hair was black And her eyes were blue
Enough of this.
Why does he want me to remember all these things that make it harder?
It's cruel.
I don't know, baby. But I don't think he means to be cruel.
What does he mean?
I don't know.
Come on, let's go. We're taking you back.
- I think you should find William. - No.
I left without saying anything. He must think I'm an idiot.
Well, you're an American. They expect us to be idiots.
Don't push her.
If she's not ready, she's not ready.
Although if memory serves me correctly, Holly...
...the longer you go without sex, the meaner and bitchier you get.
- Eat me. - Hello.
Well, I'm really mad at Gerry.
Maybe that's why he did it. You have to stop wanting him at some point.
When?
- Grab the pole! - What?
- You've got a fish! - It's a fish!
- Okay. Holly, grab the pole!
- Okay, I'm grabbing it! I am, I am. Take it out.
- Hurry it up! - Aah!
You're not holding the ball. Turn the knobby thing!
- Will you stop being so butch?! Just watch it! Oh! Ow!
- Help me! Do you wanna get the fish?
I'm trying. Stop! My nails are wet!
- Guys! - Careful!
Guys, I lost...
Oh, my God.
What happened to our oars?
Oh, my God.
Help!
I hate cosmetics companies.
They get you addicted to the perfect lipstick or nail polish...
...and then six months later, they discontinue it.
You have to buy your favorite colors like you're storing up for the apocalypse.
That was my last bottle of this.
I think that one of us should swim ashore...
...and it should be the one who's already inflated.
Okay, no, that's good. Here!
- There, go swim ashore. - Was that necessary?
- You can swim ashore. - You happy...
...I inhaled all these toxins? - You jump in!
- Stop fighting! You're acting like babies! - All right. Shut up!
Nice.
Maybe we'll eventually drift towards the shore.
What shore? That could take months.
Better not take more than nine or else there'll be another person on this boat.
What?
I wasn't gonna say anything until we got back.
I'm having a baby.
A baby? Sharon, wow.
I know, I know.
- When are you due? - March.
Oh, thank God. You can still be in my wedding.
What?
Ah! I'm getting married. Tom proposed, I said yes...
...and we're planning a New Year's Eve wedding.
Aah! Gosh!
Congratulations!
- You okay? - Yeah. No. Yeah.
No, I mean, it's just... This is just a lot of information to get in one boat.
Oh, baby, I'm sorry.
I wasn't gonna say anything until we got back. This is your trip.
- No, no, it's okay. - Yeah, no, me too.
But, you know, we might die here, so I'm not going down as a spinster.
- You're getting married. - You're having a baby.
- Oh, my God. What, are you kidding me? - What?
- God. - I know.
Mm.
Who's the cook?
- I am. - Me.
- We all helped. - Ugh.
Denise is getting married. Isn't that great?
Sharon's pregnant. Heh.
Congratulations to both of you. Thank you.
The food was great. I don't think I came up for air once.
You know, it got a lot darker while I was busy.
Mm. Yeah, it gets dark at night...
...here.
You work on the lake?
Two days a week. Kind of a patrolman.
Although, I gotta say, first time I ever had to save anyone.
I feel really badly about you having to drive all the way back this late.
- That's enough. In this rain, forget it.
Feel free to stay till morning.
Yeah, we have a pull-out couch. A bed that pulls out.
Oh.
It is a long drive.
- I would love a shower. - What a great idea!
There's one downstairs, it's fantastic. I'll get you some linens and towels.
I'll show you.
Great. Take your wine...
What, are you crazy?
He's staying the whole night.
He's gonna be here all night long, all night long.
He's gonna be here all night.
You have to get pregnant immediately.
Immediately. We can have kids together.
How cute is that? I mean, how cute is that?
I don't know, I have this weird feeling. I feel like there's a boy inside of me.
Oh, Jesus! Oh, sorry. I thought you were upstairs.
I need to just get my clothes.
I'll get out of your way.
Sorry about that.
Would you like a drink?
Should I just lick it off the counter, then?
- Oh, no! - Yeah.
Sorry, no... It's been a long time since I've seen a man that naked.
I mean, you have a... How about that drink?
- You're very sweet. - Oh, God.
The last time a guy said that he followed it up with, "But I don't date 13-year-olds."
Well, lucky for you, neither do I.
Cheers.
- Oh, I'm sorry. - Hi.
Sorry. Oh, I can't do this, I'm sorry. It's not you.
Look at me, I'm shaking. I don't know how to do this.
Don't even know if I want to, I haven't been held in...
Oh, never mind. I'm just screwed up. I'm trouble. Yeah.
- I like trouble. - Oh, no. Heh.
I don't mean "cool Pulp Fiction" trouble...
...I mean "mental case wacko" trouble.
I'm out of my league here. I mean, I haven't had a new man in over 10 years.
I had this old one. I mean, he wasn't old.
He was just old to me because I had him so often.
He was my husband, but he died.
Kissing him like that, I'm not surprised, poor lad.
No, it's not gonna work.
I feel like I'm trying on a new pair of shoes I really wanna buy, but they just don't fit.
Sorry.
All right then, how about going barefoot for a while?
There's no man, alive or dead, who's gonna fault you for living.
You're very sweet.
He was a good man, I reckon, your man who died.
Yes...
...a very good man.
- William? - Hmm?
Could you drive me to Enniskerry in the morning?
Sure.
You got friends there?
Family. Sort of.
- In-laws. I should see them. - Hmm.
What's their name? Maybe I know them.
The Kennedys.
Not Rose and Martin?
Yeah. You know them?
You're not Gerry's Holly?
What?
Oh...
You're the girl from the pub that night.
I was in Gerry's band.
Not Billy...
...Gallagher? - One and the same.
It's... It's all right.
It's all right. Me and Gerry, we shared everything together.
Oh, no, no, no, I didn't mean it like that.
What I meant was, you know, he wouldn't have a problem...
Well, he might have a problem but, you know...
...there's not much he can do about it now, is there?
Holly.
Come here. Come back to bed.
Now, let's... Let's talk.
Oh...
I heard he died.
Tumor, was it? Yeah.
You know, Gerry and I, we...
We hadn't seen each other in a long, long while.
It's sad when that happens to best friends, isn't it?
He... He was a wonderful lad.
It's all right, you know.
It's okay.
You know, these things...
...they happen now and again. Not very often...
...but now and again.
Would you like me to tell you some stories about me and Gerry?
I've got plenty.
Yeah?
Okay, here you go. Come on, sit back.
You know, he was...
He was my very, very best mate.
Starting back when we were terrors running about at 5 and 6.
Oh, he made me laugh.
There was this time, I don't remember how old we were...
...probably, you know, 10, 11.
We jumped on a train...
We received those packages you sent. Come in. Come in.
Martin?
Look who it is.
Oh, well, look at that.
Come here, dear.
So nice to see you.
He was always one for writing. Wasn't he?
Should've gone professional.
No. He did it for the love of it, Martin.
Now, where is it?
Oh, here it is.
"When Holly visits, take her to my fort in the back yard...
...and give her this envelope."
He knew that I'd come visit you?
Hmm. Suppose he did. Heh. Martin.
All right.
It's not really a fort, it's just a stone wall.
He used to call it that when he was little.
He goes on about other things...
...Iovely things.
He hadn't much strength in the end though, did he?
Makes me sick to think we weren't there when he died...
...for the funeral.
But you could hardly walk just after your operation.
Maybe you'll come and visit us a bit more now that he's gone, eh?
Martin, don't put that on her.
You're under no obligation.
It's not like we're blood family.
I'd like to come visit.
And I'm sorry we didn't in the past. L...
I just thought you were angry with me for taking Gerry away.
- She wanted you dead, you know. - Martin, don't you dare!
No, I don't blame you.
You know, my mother, she never quite got over the idea either.
Yeah, well, you were both so young. And it happened too fast.
But Gerry loved you. I saw that.
I saw that.
You're an angel for seeing my folks.
I told you my mom didn't hate your guts. Well, you know, anymore.
You are now standing in my fort where I did all my big thinking.
This is where I stood thinking about you after the very first time we met.
You didn't look real to me at first.
I never saw so many colors on one girl before...
... but you looked like you belonged out there, all right.
You and all your colors.
Do you remember the first thing you ever said to me?
I'm lost.
Oh, you didn't look lost, not to me.
So, what are you looking for out here?
Wicklow Mountains National Park?
Wicklow Mountains National Park. Tell me, how long you been walking for?
A few hours.
Well, you've probably been in the national park for a few hours, then.
Oh, my God.
This is a park?
Uh-huh.
Oh.
It's so cold!
The paper said it was gonna be warm.
It is warm. I know you're lost, but you do know you're in Ireland, don't you?
Well, I better head back. Heh.
- And where is that? - I'm staying at a B and B in Dunlougahairy.
Dunlagohairy? No, I think you mean Dún Laoghaire.
- Heh-heh. You're kidding? - No. Would I lie to you?
- Dún Laoghaire? - Dún Laoghaire.
Okay. Thanks.
You're grand.
But you're going the wrong way, you know.
That way?
Okay.
I think you quite enjoy this getting lost, don't you?
You know, actually, I don't mind so much, not here.
So how did you come to be here?
Oh, on my way home, college trip. We started in Greece.
Jesus, that's a long walk. That's a bad joke.
What are you studying?
- Art. Yeah. - Art?
- Oh, so you're an artist, then? - Oh. I don't know yet.
That's great.
Do you make anything or?
I don't know yet.
Well, good luck with that.
Oh.
You...
Would you mind if we walked together since we're going in the same direction?
I'll stay on this side of the road. Don't even have to talk. Just...
Just quite nice, sometimes walking along with someone without talking...
...once you get your feet wet.
At first, the no-talking thing didn't last.
Before long, I couldn't get you to shut up.
But you were so cute, trying to impress me with William Blake and all your grand plans.
I had no idea what you were talking about...
... but I couldn't help loving the way you talked.
"I must create a..."
Something."...or be enslaved by another man's..." Something.
Wait, "I will not...
I will not reason or compare.
My business is to create..."
- Something. Oh, God. - Did you just make that up then?
No, it's William Blake, but I completely screwed it up.
No, you didn't, you made it better. I understood it.
I didn't have a clue, actually.
All I know is, if you don't figure out the "something," you'll just stay ordinary.
And it doesn't matter if it's a work of art, or a taco, or a pair of socks.
Just create something new and there it is.
And it's you, out in the world, outside of you.
And you can look at it, or hear it, or read it, or feel it...
...and you know a little bit more about you.
A little bit more than anybody else does.
Does that make any sense at all?
Yeah.
You're saying you want to paint socks.
Maybe.
I loved you right then and there.
Hey, I like this jacket.
It looks good on you. Got it on a bet.
- What was the bet? - Heh.
I was a few Guinness's for the worse at this point...
...but a fella bet me that I couldn't get a certain girl...
...to kiss me without a provocation.
- What girl? - His girl.
- Oh! Ha-ha. - Uh-huh. Ha-ha.
- How'd you do it? - There's nothing to it, really.
A fella just has to tell a woman the truth without words.
It's like a signal you send out.
The woman, she just picks it up.
And what's the truth?
That kissing her would be the end of life as I know it.
Wow.
And that's true of every girl you've gotten to kiss you?
I could turn it on and off when I was younger and I had no principles.
When every girl that I was lucky enough to kiss was the end of life as I knew it.
And now?
Now I only send it out when I think she might be the one that makes it true.
I know where I am now. Thanks, it was really nice to meet you.
- No, I could walk you into town. - Oh, no, it's okay.
I know where I am. I know where I'm going.
I'll never forget this.
Your jacket.
No, wait!
Wait, wait, don't move.
- What? - Oh, yeah, it's a wild Irish dog.
- A what? - Shh!
- You have to stand still. - Okay.
Get close, like one person.
And if we separate, he'll feel...
...threatened and attack our vital parts.
- What vital parts? All my parts are vital. - Shh, shh.
We have to stand still.
Now, just let him sniff around a bit.
Now wait.
I'm really scared.
Would you put your arms around me?
All right.
- Yeah, that's probably a good idea. - Yeah.
Do you think we could turn around and face each other without freaking him out?
Ahh... Okay. Sure.
- But let's move very slowly, okay? - Okay.
- Ow. - Oh, sorry.
I haven't done this in a while.
I've been seeing this boy, but we don't do much. I don't know why.
- Maybe it's me. - No, he's a boy who...
...doesn't know anything about kissing.
That's a man's business.
Is it?
That was the most perfect...
...perfect first kiss.
That was the second.
This is the third.
Brody, come.
Hey, Gerry.
Yeah. How are you, Jeff?
- Hey, where you going? - No, stay. Stay.
No, but... You have my jacket.
I know, I'm keeping it unless we meet again.
I bet we do.
That's a bet you're gonna have to win because...
...if we do meet again then that'll be the end of it, you know.
The end of what?
Life as we know it.
- Look, I'm singing at this pub... - No, no, no. Don't tell me.
If I happen to walk into the right one in the right town...
...then we'll know for sure, won't we? And if I don't...
...then that'll just be the most perfect kiss ever created by two strangers...
...and we'll just keep it perfect for the rest of our lives.
- What's your name? - No, no! Wait, no, don't.
Don't, don't. No, no...
Life had changed as I knew it.
And now it's changed again, luv.
See, I don't worry about you remembering me...
... it's that girl on the road you keep forgetting.
"My business is to create.
It doesn't even matter what you do."
You told me that, remember.
P.S.
So go home. Go find it.
Find that thing that makes you like nobody else.
I'll help.
Look for a sign.
It's Mom. Sharon called, said you're home.
Where are you? Call me.
You haven't returned my calls. Come to my first baby doctor's appointment.
What is going on? Nobody's heard from you...
- ... my maid of honor. Call me. Call me.
If you need to find any job to get by, be realistic, luv, all right?
I cannot believe you are not calling me back!
You can't be a secret agent...
... and there's no such thing as a vampire slayer.
I'm getting married. Where are you? Pick up the phone!
His death is a part of your life now.
I am so mad at you!
Shh. There she is.
Great shoes.
Okay, this message is for Holly Kennedy.
Please tell her, her friend Denise...
... is getting married December 31 st and she's not invited. Okay?
How about that? You're not invited.
Look at this. It needs to be tighter!
All right, I will do whatever you want...
...but I'm not so sure, I mean, I think...
No, listen, your bust looks absolutely right, because let me tell you something...
...you don't want to look too busty.
Yeah, well, see, although, you know, my breasts are beautiful and firm...
...they do often have a mind of their own and they can go off in different directions...
...without adult supervision.
So could you please just take it in just a quarter-inch? Just a quarter-inch.
- Okay. - Okay.
Could you give us... Excuse us for a minute, please?
- Sure. - Thanks.
You look beautiful.
Well, I could've used some help.
This is the twelfth dress I've tried on. So...
I'm sorry.
Well, you were supposed to be my maid of honor, but of course I didn't hear from you.
Sharon feels too conspicuous since she's popped. So, guess what?
I had to ask Tom's 51 -year-old sister...
...who looks like Jerry Springer and doesn't like me...
...all because my best friend couldn't stand me being so happy.
Why? Why is that?
Because our lives were moving on and you weren't the center of attention anymore?
- Yes. - Really?
- It was awful and I'm really sorry. - Oh, no, I'm so sorry, honey.
No, I'm so sorry.
You were right and I was wrong.
God, I'm such a bitch! I'm sorry! I was so crazy mad.
I hope you can forgive me.
Oh, you know what, it's not too late. You can still be a bridesmaid with Sharon.
- Okay. - Okay?
Can I ask you a favor?
- I want to make your wedding shoes. - My shoes?
What'd you turn into, Geppetto?
Oh, my God! These are gorgeous!
I've been taking a class. It just happened out of the blue. I really love it.
Oh, my God!
They're one-of-a-kind.
You'll be the only bride in history to wear them.
Love that!
Oh, God, Holly!
This is like shoe art.
They're gorgeous! We have to show these to someone.
I feel like Gerry's guiding me.
I mean, shoes! I love shoes but I never thought about it.
You look so great.
Thanks.
- Course, I look great too, right? Ha-ha. - Yes.
When all this started happening, you're the first person I wanted to tell.
Isn't that funny?
That's hilarious. Any way we can stretch this lunch out into a dinner?
I'm going to change the subject.
- How are you? - I'm good. Things are good.
I've got some, some ideas for the future, some possible business prospects.
I think about you all the time.
That's a little too much information, I guess.
Yes.
But you did say you were thinking about me.
Because you've been a real friend through this all.
So, you haven't thought about me in the nude?
No.
- Not once? - No.
- Not even without my shirt? - Gerry, stop it!
Daniel.
I'm Daniel.
Sorry.
You think you'll ever feel about somebody the way you felt about Gerry...
...or do you have to wait for a letter to figure that out?
Where you going?
I really like you...
...but I can't be the invisible man.
I'm tired of being the shoulder.
I want to be another body part you need, you know? I wanna be...
...the bad guy. I want a woman to go crazy over me...
...and then I wanna use her up until she's ruined for all other men.
- You don't wanna do that. - No, I don't wanna do that, but I would...
I'd like to date a woman who actually likes men.
I'd like to be somebody's Gerry.
It's all right. Honestly, it's not your fault, it's mine.
I didn't plan on feeling something for you, it just sort of happened.
So I'm sorry about that.
Is your guest coming back?
- No. - Just you on your own, then?
Take a break, will you?
- Mom! - What's the matter?
Come on.
What happened?
When... When Daddy left...
...I was 14 and I said:
"That's it, never again. No man..."
And then I meet Gerry.
This wonderful man happens to me and then... And then...
And then he died!
- What was the point? - I know, honey.
I'm so angry I could kill somebody!
I'm alone and...
...it doesn't matter what job I have, or what I do or what I don't do...
...or what friends I have. He's not here.
I'm... I'm not here.
- I mean, you're alone no matter what. - That's right.
You know, I didn't come here for you to give me some bullshit honest answer.
Why can't you lie to me just once?
I'm sorry, sweetheart.
- I can't breathe. I can't breathe. - Shh. Come on.
Let's go for a walk.
Your father and I used to come here.
They had dances.
Well, not really dances.
We'd come with radios and cigarettes...
...and drink beer and listen to Jimi Hendrix.
I bet you've had a hard time walking into a room full of people on your own, right?
Yeah, I know that.
I know what it is not to feel like you're in the room until he looks at you...
...or touches your hand, or even makes a joke at your expense...
...just to let everyone know you're with him.
You're his.
God, that man could make me laugh.
Daddy?
I don't ever remember you laughing.
Well, that makes me sad...
...because I did.
I did.
Did you hate Gerry because he reminded you of Dad?
A little.
You know the worst thing for a parent, second after losing a child?
Watching your child head for the same life you had...
...and you can't stop it.
It's a terrible, helpless feeling.
Makes you angry all the time...
...and I've been angry...
...a very long time.
I'm exhausted.
Do you think we'll ever see Dad again?
No, sweetheart.
Never.
So you have to stop waiting.
You?
I have to say I was impressed by how he worked everything out ahead of time...
...every delivery schedule, the mailbox key...
Getting that leather jacket out of your apartment wasn't easy...
...with you acting like Miss Havisham.
He made me promise.
I couldn't say no.
I told him I didn't think it was good for you, but...
...I couldn't say no.
It's the last one...
...so all alone or not...
...you gotta walk ahead.
Thing to remember is...
...if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too.
It helps me sometimes.
Hi, it's Daniel.
Remember what I said in the restaurant? Well, please forget it word by word.
They're gonna build a new Yankee stadium.
I don't know why I said that. I'm making small talk. I hate small talk.
I hate the people who make small talk. I should... I should stop. I'm stopping.
Shit!
Gerry?
My uncle can get us in anytime we want.
He turned the lights on for us.
It's amazing...
You sure?
It's okay.
"Dear Holly, I don't have much time.
I don't mean literally, I mean, you're out buying ice cream and you'll be home soon...
...but I have a feeling this is the last letter.
Because there's only one thing left to tell you.
It isn't to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp.
You can take care of yourself without any help from me.
It's to tell you how much you move me. How you changed me.
You made me a man by loving me, Holly...
...and for that I am eternally grateful.
Literally.
If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenever you're sad...
:or unsure:::
...or you lose complete faith...
...that you'll try and see yourself through my eyes.
Thank you for the honor of being my wife.
I'm a man with no regrets.
How lucky am I?
You made my life, Holly, but I'm just one chapter in yours.
There'll be more.
I promise.
So here it comes, the big one.
Don't be afraid to fall in love again.
Watch out for that signal when life as you know it ends.
P.S., I will always love you."
Have you thought about this?
About me, I mean?
Have you?
Yeah.
- This isn't gonna work, is it? - No way, no how!
- Damn! - Oh!
Oh, wow.
I mean, that was like kissing my sister.
- I'm so relieved! - Ha-ha-ha.
I got this letter and I thought he must have been feeling self-sacrificing...
...but he's really full of crap. If he meant it, he'd give me a sign.
- I hate signs. - Then I got your message on the machine.
Weird, bitter friends?
Forever.
What's wrong, friend?
It's Gerry.
It's been a year...
...and I don't feel him around me anymore.
I don't think he's here anymore.
I think Gerry's gone.
He's really gone.
Dear Gerry, you said you wanted me...
... to fall in love again...
... and maybe one day I will, but there are all kinds of love out there.
This is my one and only life...
... and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing...
... and none of us come out of it alive.
I don't have a plan except that it's time my mom laughed again.
She's never seen the world.
She's never seen Ireland, so I'm taking her back to where we started.
Maybe now she'll understand.
Mom?
William?
Hello, you.
You back for another visit?
How long?
I don't know.
Oh, um... This is my mom, Patricia.
Hello. This is me father, Patsy.
You've dropped your sweets, luv.
Mustn't do that around these parts.
Pretty woman like you, a fella could take it the wrong way.
So I'll see you around, then?
Yeah.
I don't know how you did it, but you brought me back from the dead.
I'll write to you again soon.
P. S...
Guess what.