Sally
I do?
Harry
Yah.
(Sally is looking around again, this time the reaction is a bit more pleasant)
Harry
You know I have a theory that Hieroglyphics are really an ancient comic strip about a character named Sphinxie.
Sally
You know Harry I think you should get out there too.
Harry
(With accent now) Oh no I'm not ready.
Sally
You should.
Harry
I would not be good for anybody right now.
Sally
It's time.
(They are in an apartment (I think it's Sally's) unrolling a new rug into its place.)
Harry
It was the most uncomfortable night of my life.
Sally
Oh. See no, it has to go this way. The first day back is always the toughest Harry.
Harry
We only had one date. How do you know it's not going to get worse?
Sally
How much worse can it get than finishing dinner having him reaching over pull a hair out of my head and starts flossing with it at the table?
Harry
We're talking dream dates compared to my horror. It started out fine, she's a very nice person, and we're sitting and we're talking at this Ethiopian restaurant that she wanted to go to. And I was making jokes, you know like, "Hey I didn't know that they had food in Ethiopia? This will be a quick meal. I'll order two empty plates and we can leave."
(Sally laughed while drinking from a bottle of water)
Harry
Yeah, nothing from her not even a smile. So I down shift into small talk, and I asked her where she went to school and she said. "Michigan State", and this reminds me of Helen. All of a sudden I'm in the middle of this mess of an anxiety attack, my heart is beating like a wild man and I start sweating like a pig.
Sally
Helen went to Michigan State?
Harry
No she went to Northwestern, but they're both big-ten schools. I got so upset I had to leave the restaurant.
Sally
Harry I think this takes a long time. It might be months before we're actually able to enjoy going out with someone new.
Harry
Yah...
Sally
And may be longer, before we're actually able to go to bed with someone
new.
Harry
Oh I went to bed with her.
Sally
You went to bed with her?
Harry
Sure.
Sally
Oh.
(Harry and Jess practising their batting with coin activated pitching machine)
Jess
I don't understand this relationship.
Harry
What do you mean?
Jess
You enjoy being with her?
Harry
Yah.
Jess
You find her attractive?
Harry
Yah.
Jess
