Room 104

- Bradley? - Hi. Come in.

Thanks.

All right.

So, feel free to order whatever you want for dinner tonight.

I will cover that. Um, shouldn't be too late.

I will text you with updates along the way, okay?

Where is your son?

Oh, he's in the bathroom. He'll be right out.

Hey, Ralph, come out here and meet, uh...

Meg.

Come meet Meg.

He's a little shy. He's a great kid.

Active imagination. Probably could take care of himself.

So, he could pretty much watch and eat whatever he wants.

Preferably I have him in bed around 9:00.

I probably won't be much later than 10:00.

Thank you so much for coming on such short notice.

I really... You're really helping me out.

Wait, did you want to see my references?

Oh, no, it's okay. You seem like a nice girl.

Hey, Ralph, be a good boy tonight.

Just give him a few minutes.

Ralph?

Hello?

My name is Meg and I'm really excited to meet you.

Do you wanna come out?

Hey!

Ralph: Sorry.

Why did you slam the door on me?

I had to.

Why?

You wouldn't understand.

Do you wanna try me? I'm really easy to talk to.

Would you like to come out so I can introduce myself?

- Okay. - Okay.

Great.

Could you move away from the door, please?

Yeah, sure.

Hi, I'm Ralph.

Meg. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

I can explain.

Okay.

It's just that Ralphie has a bit of a temper.

- Ralphie? - Yes, Ralphie.

Is that one of your nicknames?

I'm Ralph. I'm not Ralphie.

I'm very different than Ralphie is.

I see. So, who's Ralphie?

You... you don't wanna know Ralphie.

Why not?

'Cause he's kind of bad.

But don't worry, that's why I locked him in the bathroom.

He won't bother us.

Well, good.

Why don't you and I just forget about Ralphie and have some fun?

- You hungry? - Yes.

Man on TV: Well, you can't blame Grace. You know what I mean?

I actually kind of like this show.

I hope there's another one.

My dad used to make me watch it

and I hated it then, but now I kind of think it's funny.

- You watched TV with your dad? - Sure.

Cool.

- Well, it's almost 9:00 PM, so... - (whines)

Come on, can we watch one more, please?

I told your dad I'd get you to bed by 9:00 PM

and he's coming back soon, so...

He won't be back soon.

- Of course he will. - No, he won't.

He's out on a date.

Okay, so?

So, when he goes out on dates, he stays out really late.

Well, he told me he was coming back by 10:00 PM.

He says a lot of things. Not all of them are true.

Well, either way, I think that you should have a bath before bedtime.

I don't wanna take a bath.

Why not?

Because Ralphie's in there.

Ah.

Ralphie, right.

You forgot, didn't you?

I did.

I never forget about Ralphie.

Would you like me to go have a talk with Ralphie

and ask him if it's okay if you could have a bath?

I don't think that's a good idea.

Why not?

Because he doesn't like girls.

- He doesn't? - No.

Hmm.

- How do you know? - I just know.

- What? - I have an idea.

Okay.

- Oh, Ralphie! I know... - Shh!

Hey! That's not okay.

- Shh. Quiet. - What?

- You're gonna wake up Ralphie. - I was just making a joke.

Well, it's not funny.

Ralph, come on. We both know that there is no one in the bathroom.

Damn it.

- What? - He heard you.

And now he wants to talk to me.

- Tell him no. - I can't.

Why not?

You wouldn't understand.

I'll be back.

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- (sniffs) - (door opens)

- Ah! - (screams)

- I'm gonna get you! - (whimpers)

Ah! What are you doing?! No, stop it!

I'm gonna get you!

- (yelling) - (whimpers, screams)

- (door slams) - What the fuck?

The fuck?

- Ralph: Hello? - (gasps)

Meg?

Are you okay?

Did he come after you?

Did he get you?

Ralph,

I understand that this might be a fun game for you,

but this is not fun for me.

This isn't a game.

Well, whatever it is, it needs to stop now, okay?

'Cause you're scaring me.

I wish I could stop it.

_

I'm sorry.

Do you have any children, Meg?

Let's just close our eyes and get back to sleep, okay, Ralph?

- But I can't sleep. - Yes, you can.

It's way past your bedtime and your dad's gonna be home any minute.

No, he won't.

Why do you keep saying that?

So, you don't have kids?

No, I don't.

I think you'd be a great mom.

Thanks, Ralph.

Now, let's just get back to bed.

But I wanna talk.

It's just so late.

Please? I never get to talk to any girls,

and you're so nice.

Fine.

Five minutes.

Yes!

What do you wanna talk about?

Sex.

Where did you hear that word?

My dad.

I think it's something that you should talk to your dad about.

I already did.

And what did he say?

That it's for grown-ups.

That's definitely true.

And that he'll tell me when I get older.

I think that sounds right.