A Small September Affair (Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi)

Fuck!

Eylül!

Finally. I was worried sick.

You didn't answer your phone. I called all night.

Hello? I am talking to you. Missy, are you there?

Yes!

Yesterday, we didn't get to talk. You were so busy...

But I've handled it so far. Now, you should say something.

Oh, you think so, huh? What should I say?

It's all ready. They've been waiting for a response for a month.

Volkan made the deal with the channel.

By the way he's madly in love with you. You should say something. What will it be?

After thinking for a month, you've come up with this? Listen to me.

We'll have fun. We'll travel all around the globe. A dream job!

-A small September affair. -Come again?

Name of the show. Yeah, small.

-So you'll agree? -Already did. I called them last night.

- Dude, are you serious? -Never.

First let's go to Peru. Meet some handsome Aztec boys.

-Then to Rome... -Enough talking for now.

I'm going to the channel with Atıl. Meet you there?

-Yeah, okay. -Daddy is calling.

-Daddy. -Are you home, honey?

Yes.

Mommy wants to see you. Let's have dinner.

So, only mom wants to see me, not you?

No way. I want it more than her.

Okay, then. You start ordering the appetizers.

Today, I feel like a lead actress in my own movie.

They are rolling the credits and I start a new life.

Girl, we've missed you. This is on me.

Hey, Mom, look who it is?

Oh, excuse me? Can we take a selfie, please?

Of course.

Oh, isn't that Atıl?

Excuse me. Can I take a photo with you, too?

-Yes, sure. -Take it, please.

Wow, look!

He's better looking in real life.

-Do you want something? -Yes, you.

-Did I do something wrong? -Yes. Very wrong.

What did I do wrong this time?

You fell in love with me.

You didn't with me?

I am too cheerful to fall in love.

-Are you okay? -Yeah, I'm okay.

-Today is a perfect day. -That's the spirit.

Welcome back, Eylül.

Today, I have everything. Today, everybody loves me.

Today is the first day of my wonderful, perfect and unique life.

Eylül.

Yes, Daddy?

Where are we?

Help me with this.

When they brought me to the hospital, my heart stopped beating.

Then...

I couldn't recover for a week.

They sent me to a private hospital.

-Is she conscious? -No.

One day, when Mom came out of the bathroom...

After all that money, look at the toilet paper they gave you.

I'm starving, can we order?

Engin! Engin, she woke up! Engin, she'll fall! Engin, run!

The following two days, totally conscious, I did some funny things.

You funny boy!

Honey, you had an accident. But don't worry. It's all right now.

You are fine now.

That's what they said.

Yeah.

I believed them.

-You can't look. -Miss Eylül!

-Are those mine? -Yep.

Is that your professional opinion?

-Everything is fine. -I've not gone mad, right?

I don't think so. Can I ask some questions?

Sure. Go on.

-How old are you? -24.

I see.

You see what? My age? I'm 27.

Your marital status?

Single. But not because I can't find anyone.

-Job? -I work at a production company.

She'll have her own show now. A Small September Affair .

Hey, I didn't accept it yet. And you came up with a name already!

Do you remember the accident?

Do you remember what you were last wearing?

A coral colored top.

And denim shorts with it.

Nope, white shorts. White shorts.

Do you remember where you were?

I was in, like, a seaside town.

Like an old village, with coffee shops under the trees and stuff.

You were there, too. We were together.

And where is that place?

Remember that place we went to? For Atıl's commercial.

Well... Bozcaada! We'd just arrived there.

Well...

We just sat for a quick cigarette break. We had an accident there?

Tell me, Berrak!

That was one month before the accident. You remember the time before the accident.

What?

No way! You know... I mean...

I don't remember the rest.

I don't remember my last month.

-Easy, calm down. -You want me to calm down?

How many times did you die? How do you know?

-When did we come back? -We were there for the weekend.

-I had a shoot. -Calm down. We went for the weekend.

Stayed and came back.

The rest is the same. Everything was the same.

Really.

So, nothing you're not telling me?

How could we hide it from you? You'd find out eventually.

Yeah, I would.

I'll beat the shit out of you.

-I'll start with you. -Okay.

Don't worry. Your memory will be back soon.

It will, right?

-Yeah, of course. -It will. Yeah.

-So, I am fine? -Everything is fine.

Feel better soon.

I stayed in the hospital for one more week.

One nurse I yelled at, two doctors I flirted with, three times I was bored.

Then I signed some stuff and took my life back from where I left it.

Everybody kept telling me I was fine.

And eventually I believed them.

Eylül, since you are standing, grab me a beer.

Sure. I'll get it.

What's wrong with you? Guys, Eylül is bringing me a beer.

Wow!

Grab me one, too!

A glass of wine for me!

Bring the ashtray and some wine, too.

-What else? Want me to open your beer? -Yeah, open it.

Eylül.

Eylül?

Eylül!

Eylül!

Let me go!

Calm down!

I have to figure it out! I have to solve it!

-Calm down! -Let me go!

-Eylül, calm down! -I have to go!

-Okay! -I have to go!

-Eylül! Calm down! -Let me go!

-Eylül, calm down! -Guys, go back, it's okay!

-Eylül! -Let me go!

-Calm down! -Eylül!

It's alright.

It's alright. We're here. Look at me!

Did Berrak say anything?

-It was a secret. -It's fine.

Poor girl, she couldn't recover.

Should we go?

-Berrak, what's happening to me? -Nothing, honey, it's fine.

-What's happening? -You're confused.

I have to go somewhere.

Where?

I don't know.

-The coffee is ready. -Come.

Eylül, it's going to be alright.

This is normal. You came back from the dead.

We are with you. I am here for you. Everything is alright now.

-It is, right? -It is.

Everything is fine, Eylül. Everyone is okay.

If everyone is okay, why do you feel like something is missing?

Missing. The sugar is missing here.

No, seriously. No sugar in this.

And here is Eylül! Let me.

-Get me some cookies, too. -Yes, ma'am.

Berrak.

I realized something weird the other day.

What?

No messages on my phone for the last month.

-So? -A whole month. Nobody texting me?

Because you'd lost your phone at that time.

The battery ran out and they got erased or somebody did it or something like that...

The phone was lost.

-That's my phone, by the way. -August 4th: "Eylül, are you okay?"

Give it back.

August 7th: "Eylül, come back, it's not funny".

Don't read please.

August 30th: "Don't be scared. We're coming. Get out of that house."

-Eylül. -Which house?

One day before the accident. Which house?

-We're fine. -Which house?

-It's okay now. We are fine. -We're not fine! We're not fine at all!

What happened to me? Which house? Tell me!

Where was I? Tell me the truth, Berrak.

-Tell me the truth. -In Bozcaada.

-Why? -I don't know. You wanted to stay.

-With whom? -Nobody.

You were drunk, at a bar. You said come and get me.

So, I texted "Okay, we are coming."

That's it. Then we were back.

-I didn't meet anyone there? -No, you didn't.

Did I stay here for a month, huh? It looks like shit from above.

-Where is the airport? It's all water. -This is a seaplane.

Eylül, fuck you and your friendship! Fuck my life, too!

Don't disturb the balance of the plane!