Ali'nin Sekiz Günü

DAY ONE

- Selam aleykum. - Aleykum selam.

A box of sugar cubes, a packet of pasta...

Oh, and a pack of Maltepe cigarettes.

How much is that?

Five lira 95.

Will five lira do?

All right.

- OK. - Thanks.

How are you doing, old man?

Hey, you're quiet today.

No... l'm fine.

Good man! That's the way to be. Life's short. Who knows how short, huh?

What's with the gawking? Weirdo! Hand over a pack of smokes.

Come on! Hand over my smokes. What are you staring at?

Look, hand over the smokes.

Stick that on my tab.

- See you later. - Your credit's piling up.

Your credit, l said.

- It's piling up. - Say that again.

- Ifyou paid off a bit... - Fuck your credit!

You think l have money but l'm not paying you?

l thought we were good neighbours. Stick it on my tab. l'll pay next week.

Oh, and my mum says the rent may well be late, but that's not a problem, is it?

Good man! See you.

QKY _W0

A packet of rice and a packet of pasta.

Sure, Abla.

- How much? - Six lira.

- Put that on credit. - Abla...

You've run up quite a bill.

Tell Hasan Abi to drop by at some point.

OK. l'll tell him.

Good morning.

Can l have a pack of 2000 100s?

And a lighter please.

Which kind?

- Those ones are good. - What colour?

Blue.

Sory, l'm looking for my wallet.

- It doesn't matter. - l'm sure l put it in here this morning.

lt doesn't matter.

- You can pay later. - No. l can't do that.

l'll find it in a minute.

- How much do l owe you? - Five lira.

Five. Here you go.

Sory, l messed around for ages Iooking for my wallet.

lt doesn't matter.

- OK. Have a good day. - Thanks.

Whoa!

Where have you been?

- What's up? - What do you mean, what's up?

- l've been waiting mo hours for you. - What's up? Is something wrong?

l'm out of raki. l was going to ask ifyou had any, amigo.

l think so. No l don't think so.

Huh? l think so. l don't think so.

Fuck! Your body chemisty changed again. You either have some or don't. Yes or no?

l don't know. l haven't been drinking for a while.

l'll look in the fridge and let you know.

Look! Mum's snoring thing is driving me mental.

l'll grab my stuff and let's hit that terrace.

Hey, nice breeze or what? You know what wicked idea l just had?

- What? - Come live on the terrace.

The terrace?

But you can't live on the terrace.

lt snows, there's winter, there's the cold and the mud.

Mum always used to say...

...a person should have a roof over their head.

Otherwise the rain and mud will get inside them.

You're one lucky human being, you know.

You own a sound building, a shop on the corner that ticks over.

Plus you've got a load of money in the bank.

Have you got money?

No.

- You're fucked ifyou're lying. - l haven't, l swear. Why would l lie?

You'd lie. l know you.

You're scared of me.

Scared ofyou?

- No, l'm not. - You're not scared. Why not?

- You're my tenant. - So?

- We're from the same neighbourhood. - What else?

We're friends. We're drinking raki together.

Hmm.

Hey, Geronimo. For the first time ever you've said something true.

People shouldn't be scared oftheir friends, right?

Am l scared ofyou? No. You shouldn't be scared of me either.

Here we are knocking back the raki.

l mean, bravo. The little big man himself!

You see that babe who just moved into the neighbourhood, Geronimo?

What?

A new babe just moved here, l said. Have you seen her?

- Who? - Who? Your fucking mother!

A girl just moved here! A teacher, with long curly hair. Have you seen her?

- A new girl moved into the neighbourhood? - No, your mother! A girl. A teacher.

Her name's leynep. A cute, hot babe with this curly hair.

- leynep. - Aha, leynep.

She's hot, plus she's single. She lives alone.

lmagine. You get her on the bed. You lie down next to her.

And for five hours you don't lay a finger on her.

Then you wake up.

You wake her up all sweet and gentle, you climb on top of her...

...you get her on all fours, and fuck her like crazy.

You give it all you've got. Pump her five, 10, 15, 20 times. 241l, fuck it!

Do it till the bitch begs you to pull out because it hurts. So you pull out...

...and ram into wherever doesn't hurt. Her mouth, nose, ass, whatever.

Hey, what's going on?

Hello! Your fucking body chemisty has changed again. What's up?

l'll fuck you too! Sit down.

What are you staring at? Sit down, l said. Sit down!

You're really asking for it, you know!

Sit down!

l have to get up early tomorrow.

So you're telling me to go, huh?

You think l'm that selfish?

Don't l know it's late for you, that you open up shop in the morning?

But right now, sit down.

Fuck your body chemisty! Sit down, fucker!

You know what? l swear if l didn't like you...

...if l seriously didn't like you...

...you'd have that fantasy l described coming right your way.

But we're friends, right? We're neighbours, right?

We live a floor apart, right?

You're going to do my head in, you know.

An_ay... The show goes on.

l'm out of here. So are you going to lend me 50 lira?

l want a loan.

l know.

My tab at the store is piling up. The rent's piling up.

But l promise you l'll pay you back really soon.

- When? - You don't seem to get it.

You're still asking when. We're drinking raki here. We're friends.

Who else am l going to ask?

l'm telling you l need money.

So if don't give it you don't want. Fine.

But ifyou ever need anything from me, just see what l'll fucking do to you.

Don't give me the money, fuck it!

Don't bother.

lf l wasn't chasing a big job l'd never ask you for it.

lf it works out, l'll make more money than you can get your head around.

l'll heap bundles of it in front ofyou. l'll open a new shop for you, l swear!

l'll buy the place l'm renting.

l'll buy the place l live.

So let's celebrate!

Fill it up.

l told you l'm leaving. Fill it up.

Look, l'm drinking fastjust for you and still you're gawking at me. Fill it up!

There... Let me add some water to yours.

leynep...

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