after the operation...
...they didn't have enough room
in Pediatrics.
So they had to put me
in the burn ward.
But before they wheeled me in...
...this nurse gave me...
...this blindfold to put on...
...and she told me never to take it off.
If I did...
...they'd have to do the operation
all over again.
I didn't understand what my tonsils
had to do with my eyes either.
But anyway...
...that night...
...at least I think it was night...
...I had reached up...
...to untie the blindfold...
...and...
...I saw...
[KIKI SNORING]
[BANGING]
Hello again.
- Sorry about this. I was detained.
PAUL: Don't worry about it.
- So how are you?
- Good.
Well, I made it.
You wouldn't... I'm here.
Uh...
Let's go into my room
and get away from all this mess.
Sure.
Your roommate was just
dipping all day.
Put me to work.
I feel like a real SoHo artist.
What did you do to her?
I didn't do anything to her.
She was asleep.
I mean, she just... She was tired.
- What do you mean, what did I do?
- Easy, easy. It was an innocent question.
Look, I'm gonna take a quick shower.
I'll be right back, okay?
Sure. Yeah, I mean, I think a shower
would probably do you good.
You had a tough day.
I knew there was something special
about you.
I hope you don't have to get up early
tomorrow or anything.
PAUL:
No. No, I don't.
Because I think you're somebody
I can really talk to.
And tonight I feel like...
I feel like I'm gonna let loose
or something.
I feel like...
I feel like something incredible
is really gonna happen here.
[LAUGHING]
I feel so excited
and I don't know why.
I feel it.
I'm glad you came.
PAUL:
Me too.
If you want a joint,
there's some in there.
Uh... No. Maybe later.
[PHONE RINGING]
[WATER RUNNING]
- Hello?
MAN: Is Marcy there?
She can't come to the phone right now.
May I take a message?
- Could you just tell her Greg called?
- Sure.
KIKl:
Is she back?
Uh-huh.
[BATHROOM DOOR CLOSES]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- That felt good.
- Yeah.
- You want me to close the window?
- No, I got it.
Boy! Whoever used to live here
must have been a bodybuilder.
Jesus.
Who's Franklin?
The buzzer, when I came over...
Hey, I thought I told you
to stay on the bed.
Right.
I'm gonna ask you to wait here
just one more minute. I promise.
- All right.
- You're the best.
[MARCY AND KIKI WHISPERING]
MARCY: What, Paul?
- What?
What did you say?
I didn't say anything.
You didn't just say something
just now?
No, I didn't say anything.
I could have sworn I thought
I heard you say something in here.
Well...
...I didn't.
I don't think I'll be able
to sleep at all tonight.
What's that smell? Is that linseed?
- It's skin moisturizer. I have dry skin.
- Really?
Feels pretty soft to me.
Please.
- What's the matter?
- Nothing.
I think you're very nice, I do.
Could we just talk a little while?
Of course. Sure.
- Greg called.
- Oh.
How did that little faggot find out
I was staying here tonight?
Probably wants to whine to me
about his latest boyfriend.
Friends like that
are hard to deal with sometimes.
Well, that's what friends are for.
- I know that, but I meant...
- I just can't deal with it tonight.
Does he want me to call him back?
He didn't say.
Well...
Since you answered the phone...
...he probably figured I was...
I'm scared.
Why don't you just tell me
what's wrong.
I was raped once.
As a matter of fact,
it happened right here in this room.
I lived here once.
He came in through there,
off the fire escape.
He held a knife to my throat
and said...
...if I made any noise
he'd cut my tongue out.
He tied me to the bed.
He took his time. Six hours.
My God.
Was he...
Did they get this guy?
No.
Actually, it was a boyfriend of mine.
To tell you the truth,
I slept through most of it.
So there you are.
[PHONE RINGING]
[PHONE STOPS RINGING]
You wanna get some coffee?
I feel like getting out of here.
Absolutely.
Say, is there a