Coming Home 3
Bo convinced Nora to join him for coffee.
They got into a minor make out session
Bo asked Nora to stay in Llanview
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Bo: (his mouth near her ear) Did you say yes?
Nora: I did...but...I don't...I....
Bo: (backing away to look in her eyes) Red...
Nora: Bo...I just think I should get Matthew...(she tries to push past him and stands next to booth)
Bo: (standing and putting an arm around her, whispering in her ear) C'mon Red...I know you're scared hell, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't too...
She looks at him
Nora: You're scared?
Bo: Let's go talk...
They leave the resturaunt and start walking...
Bo: (his arm around her as they walk) Yeah...I'm scared...
Nora: What are you scared of?
They walk in silence for a bit before Bo tries to explain.
Bo: What's not to be afraid of...
She looks at him.
Bo: (raising his hand outward) I was set to get married
this afternoon...for the second time in a year all the while knowing
that it didn't feel right...but trying so very hard to make it
right...only to find that I was duped again...(he looks down)
aw Nora...in my head...I try to figure out when...where...how
I screwed my life up so bad that I ended up hurting the one person
in this world
that completes me...
They stop walking for a moment and Bo steps in front of Nora, looking straight into her eyes.
Bo: I am afraid that I'm not going to be able to put my life back in order...afraid that I have finally and totally blown every chance at happiness I ever had...afraid that you are going to go back to Chicago when all I want you to do is stay...
Nora: Bo...I...I want to stay...I mean, this is something I have thought of...you and I...but Bo... there is so much to work through...I don't know Bo...
Bo: Let's go to Llanview...we'll sleep tonight...its such a crazy run to get Matt and turn around and hop right back on a plane...sleep tonight and tomorrow, we can spend the day with Matt and then...if you want to go back to Chicago...you go, I won't press the issue...but I can't help but hope you will feel...I don't know...just feel it...
Nora: (she places her hand on his cheek) Let's go to Llanview...
By the time Bo calls for the limo to pick them up at the
park, it's dark. The ride to Llanview was quiet,
but this time Nora held Bo's hand most of the way and managed
to look at him a couple times.
Nora: Is the driver going to Llanfair or to the Palace?
Bo: Why would he go to either of those places now? It's so late...Matt's asleep...
Nora: Are you suggesting I stay with you?
Bo: (leaning in to kiss her hand) Would that be a bad thing?
Nora: Um...right now Bo...It would be a bad thing...
Bo: I guess you're right...besides, I don't even know if she's completely gone yet...
He taps the glass for the driver, who lowers it.
Driver: Sir?
Bo: Palace Hotel please....
Driver: Yes sir (puts the window back up)
Bo: We'll get a room and get a good nights sleep...
Nora: You want to get "a" room? Like share?
Bo: (smiling) I think it might be good...we can talk about Matt...Llanview...us, maybe?
Nora: I don't know Bo...I mean...what if...
Bo: What if maybe we end up...in one bed...totally wrapped in each others arms...making passionate love all night long?
Nora: See Bo...that is what I mean...we have been together...(Bo
perks up and smiles) not together as in
back together...but in each others' company...(he kisses her hand)
for only eight hours...Bo, we can't just
fall back into bed and pretend everything is ok...
Bo: Why not?
Nora: Bo! (smiling and blushing) It more complicated then that!
Bo: Only if we make it that way...why don't we get a room...watch some tv and let ourselves just be together...talk...you know...
Nora: Yeah...ok...ok...and tomorrow we spend the day with Matt...
Bo: Absolutely...absolutely we'll spend the whole day with him...he will be ecstatic that we are going to be together...
Nora smiles at him and looks out the window as they head to Llanview. Inside her own mind she was drowning in a sea of emotions. Happy, angry, nervous, anxious...her heart nad her head were really duking it out. She wanted nothing more than to spend the night in Bo's bed, in his arms. Yet something was telling her not to fall for him so easily...but her heart had the unfair advantage, all the way to the Palace, Bo held her hand and traced tiny hearts on her palm. Did he truly want them back or was she just a convenience to fill a void, to fill his bed.
They arrive at the Palace after making a quick stop at Bo's to get a change of clothes. They head up to the room. Bo lets Nora have the bathroom first and also choice of which bed she wants. She steps out of the bathroom and sits on the foot of the bed. Bo, who has been sitting in the lounger chair, looks up and smiles. He gets up, grabs his shorts and tee shirt and heads into the bathroom. He closes the door, turns on the shower and leans against the door, closes his eyes and smiles.
Nora grabs the remote and starts flipping through the channels.
She listens to the water running in
the bathroom and her mind begins to wander. She imagines just
what he is doing in there. She pictures
him standing under the running water as it pounds against his
strong chest. She remembers how wonderful it was, standing behind
him, soaping his chest. She closed her eyes and could see him,
beads of water falling from his hair, his chin, running down his
chest, his abdomen...
Nora: (letting out a low moan) Oh Bo...(she puts her hand to her throat)
Unknown to her, Bo had emerged from the shower and was watching
her enjoy her daydream. He quietly walks
over to the bed, leans over and kisses her lightly on the lips.
Bo: I'm here Red...I'm right here...
Nora: (startled) Oh my God! don't scare me like that!
Bo: (sitting down on the bed and cradling her cheek in his hand) Nora...I want to be with you...
Nora: Bo...
Bo: Really...I just want to be with you...
Nora: Hey! (trying to change the focus to the television) look what’s on!
Bo: (turning to look at the tv) an affair to remember…a classic…
Taking the hint that she is uncomfortable, Bo goes to the other bed, tosses the pillows to the foot of it and lays down on his stomach, watching the movie. He pretends to be deeply involved in the movie as Nora fidgets on the next bed. She tries to relax, but the tension in the room is killing her. She wants to move over to his bed and watch with him, yet she can’t get past how fast they are moving. She comes to a point where it is too much for her to keep internalizing.
Nora: (throwing a pillow at him) Bo!
Bo: (rolling slightly to look at her) I’m watching a movie here (pointing at the tv)
Nora: (scratching her head in frustration) What are we doing here?
Bo: (pretending to be confused) Watching Cary Grant and Debra Kerr? (shrugs)
Nora: (clicking off the tv) No…here…you and me…I mean, yesterday, hell, this morning, I never woulda allowed myself to even dream of this…
Bo: This?
Nora: Bo! (stands up and walks towards the window) Look at us…yesterday you were prepared to take Melanie as your wife…..
Bo: (holding up his index finger) A huge mistake…
Nora: Never the less…and me…living my life…like…like…I dunno and now…I’m standing here in you’re tee shirt, your laying there looking…so adorable and I can’t comprehend what the heck is going on…I mean…were we not at the “just friends” level yesterday?
Bo: We were…
Nora: And now we are at the…I dunno…shakin’ up level? (pausing and looking at him) I mean, aren’t we a little old for slumber parties? (exasperatingly raising her arms, she plops down on the bed next to him)) I’m lost here Bo…
Bo: (sitting up and putting his arm around her) Red…this is how I see it…when we first met…there was this feeling…this..this…I dunno how to describe it…but it was something that had me floating on air…that feeling has been gone for so long…but…ok…like, when you would bring Matt, or, or pick him up…that feeling would try and come out…
She rests her head on his shoulder as he continues.
Bo: But I felt that I had to fight that feeling…I had to deny it because…
Nora: Because why?
Bo: Because…that was the thing to do? (pausing ) I really don’t know…you know…it was a lot easier to ignore that feeling though, before we found out Matt was my son…I think that was when Melanie got scared too…
Nora: Why?
Bo: Now there was no way she could stop me from being around you…after all, a child's parents do need to communicate (kissing her on the forehead and sitting silently before continuing) Ok…this is how I see it…I know you are apprehensive about how fast I appear to be moving…but I figure we could spend countless hours hashing and rehashing and talking and crying and apologizing and forgiving and pretending to work our way back to what we know is already there and always has been…or…we could just admit we made mistakes, know that its in the past and get back to what we know we want, to what we know what works…
Nora: But does it work, Bo?
Bo: Yeah…it works Red…s’long as you give me a kick in the pants when I get on my holier than thou soap box…
Nora: You still have that thing?
Bo: Guess I should toss it…
They smile and look into each other’s eyes.
Bo: Nora…I made a lot of mistakes in our marriage, in our lives…and being the pig headed jerk that I am, I have a really hard time seeing it, until its too late…I hope its not too late now…I’m sorry…sorry I hurt you, in the too numerous ways to mention…I am a lucky guy to have you as the mother of my son, my friend and hopefully with a little trust and a whole lot of courage, some day your husband again…but we’ll work on that…
Nora: Did you just propose to me?
Bo: Um…to be honest with you…I wasn’t planning on doing it here, tonight…but I guess my heart is a step ahead…I guess I did at that (smiling broadly)
Nora: (running both hands through her hair and falling back on the bed) Oh Bo…my head is spinning…(sitting back up) ok…last time…and then I am letting it go forever…when I thought Matthew was Sam’s I was sick…I watched everything I ever wanted in life crumble and blow away like a dead leaf…but inside me…I never got past you, past us. Instead, I made myself dead to the idea that I could ever love you openly again…that day…at the hospital, when we got the results…God Bo…I wanted to run into your arms and never leave….
Bo: If only we knew we were on the same page….(turning to face her on the bed) but…that is what I mean! (he has both hands on her arms) we both want it back…all of it…why torture ourselves with waiting and wondering and risking it all again? (he kisses her quickly) I love you…being with you completes me…I do not want to spend another moment without knowing you are there…without knowing that after a bad day at work I can come home to my wife and son and just sit with you guys and watch tv, or any given day, show up at your office and spend the afternoon loving you, or you coming by the station and having everyone stare at our flushed faces when you leave a couple hours later…don’t you want that too? Don’t you miss that, Red?
Nora: (her eyes tearing up) I do miss it Bo…I do…
Bo wipes the tear from her cheek and sighs.
Bo: Ok…(he wipes his mouth to give himself a moment to think) ok…this is it…this is were we belong…the past is in the past…dead and buried, never to be spoken again…all the mistakes…all the hurts…all the anger and bad stuff…gone…over…we start fresh from here…Sam Rappaport (he snaps his finger and points with his thumb over his shoulder)…gone…Lindsay Rappaport….(snaps and point again) gone…Melanie…gone…Matt's botched DNA tests...gone…the time on the boat…gone…Colin…gone, well…I guess that’s a given…Troy…gone…all of it…gone…past…over…done…and now that leaves this (he takes her hand) you….(he kisses her hand) me…(he kisses her cheek) and Matt (she smiles as he kisses her) deal?
Nora: Deal…
Bo: Welcome home...(smiling as he move nearer)
Nora: It's great to be home (smiles as they kiss)
They fall back on the bed and begin to make a whole new set of memories.
The end
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