"SEXAND LUCIA" "I'm sorry, Lorenzo." "For everything I said when I left." "Yeah, but you were right." "You live with a sick person." "No, that's not true." "I was too hard on you." "Don't worry, Lucia." "That's it." "I'm in a hole." "I've tried to get out, but I can't." "I'm lost forever." "I'll take a few days off and we'll take a trip." "To your island." "You can show me." "How about it?" "Just the two of us." "It's calm this time of year." "We'll swim and lay in the sun." "I don't want to go to the island." "I don't understand you." "You always wanted to go back." "Relax, honey." "Don't worry." "Look, wait up for me and tell me tonight." "I'll listen to anything you say." "Is that why you're so screwed up?" "Something about the island?" "I'm sorry, I can't tell you about it." "You don't deserve this." "You shouldn't know." "Lucla, we're slammed." "Sorry, I have to hang up." "We're slammed, but later..." " Yeah, slammed." "Bye." "Sorry, but I have to go." "Lorenzo needs me." "If I were you, I'd take him to a shrink." "Lorenzo." "Lorenzo." "Lorenzo?" "Lorenzo Alvarez residence?" " Yes." "Are you a family member?" "I'm his girlfriend, I live with him." "What is it?" "This is the police department calling to inform you that..." "I've got some bad news." "Don't wait up." "I may never be back." "You see, he..." "A car came along and..." "I don't know where to, but far away." "I leave you everything... but me." "Rorgive me." "That's my last request." "I'll live alone." "With no one else." "I don't need people." "What'll it be?" "Alone." "Alone in the sun." "No." "I'm not gonna swim." "I'll stay in the sun." "Alone." "Alone in the sun." "Alone." "Alone in the sun." "SEX 6 YEARS earlier" "The best fuck of my life." "I don't even know your name." "It's better that way." "Less complicated." "Give me a hint." "Anything." "I'd like that." "Like a souvenir." "Where are you from?" "Madrid." "I'm from Valencia." "Another one." "Two more hints each and we go our separate ways." "I'm a paella expert." "That's logical." "Not quite." "Keep in mind that you just fucked a world-class cook." "You're right." "Everything was delicious." "Of course." "A little salty, though." "What about you?" "Sure, lots." "Let's hear one." "I was born in Madrid on this very day." "Around this time." "It's your birthday!" "Yes." "My birthday boy from Madrid." "What a great way to celebrate!" "I'm your paella chef from Valencia." "And your birthday gift." "Hey, that's three things!" "You gave me only two." "I'm going to look for the third." "I've been calling all morning." "It's not my fault he's so busy." "Then who's fault is it?" "It's his job's fault." "Tell him to work less." "I'll call back later." "He still can't talk." "Can I leave him a message?" "Of course." "I'll pass it on." "Well, let's see." "I'm pregnant." "Since I know it's not his, and I don't need him, tell him I'm going to find my child's father." "You're leaving?" "That's right." "I'll give you two a little hint." "He's not from Valencia." "Fine, one more hint." "I'm leaving right now for..." "Madrid." "They'll advance you 20 percent of what they gave you last time." "I couldn't ask for more." "No, it's fine." "Thanks, Pepe." "It'll get me through winter." "I'll have it ready by summer." "Really?" "You've been blocked two years." "I'm figuring out if I'm really a writer." "You?" "A writer?" "To the core." "What about that other story?" "The one about the island." "And the Valencian girl?" "Maybe." "I'm going to buy smokes." "Put lots of sex in it." "That's always nice." "Yeah, very." "Can I talk to you?" "Now?" "Later, then." "I'm with a friend." "What about?" "Well..." "Is something wrong?" "Yes." "Tell me." "Now?" "Yes." "What's your name?" "Lucla." "I'm Lorenzo." "I know." "I know you." "I read your novel." "Many times, and..." "I can't read anything else." "It grabbed me inside and won't let go." "But..." "I've also followed you." "When I see you" "I like to follow behind and see where you go, in secret." "I know where you live." "It's nearby." "And sometimes" "I see you here." "Do you recognize me?" "No." "I'm a waitress in that restaurant." "You've never come in." "My boss is fine." "He's a good cook." "But he wants to live together, and the truth is," "I was really glad." "Because..." "I felt needed." "And I even like him." "So..." "I've decided..." "What?" "The person I really want to live with is you." "It's not that you're lonely." "I'm completely in love with you." "Madly, as you can see." "You're so brave." "Yeah." "And it's over." "I tried." "Did you enjoy that?" "Feel free to leave." "Is there anything else you want?" "Yes." "With time, living together, you'll end up falling in love with me, of course." "I think I just did." "Let's go get drunk and celebrate." "What pretty lights you have at home." "I'm so happy." "You can't imagine." "Go ahead and undress me." "Forgive me, Lorenzo." "I'm not used to things working out." "Do whatever you want to me." "You start, okay?" "A ray of sunshine..." "Brought your love to me..." "Slowly." "With love." "We're just starting." "Like that." "So it lasts longer." "I'm dying, I'm dying!" "My love!" "I'm gonna die!" "It's delicious, Lorenzo." "Wait until you try the fish." "I've always been around good cooks." "I don't know why." "Though my boss isn't around much anymore." "My grandmother, yes." "With her home cooking... just for me." "I moved in with her when I was six." "She said my parents and brother had opened a newsstand in heaven in front of the angel school." "And a bookshop." "Their stand in the village never paid much." "The three of them were killed in a car crash." "And my poor grandmother two years ago... told me the whole story." "I still believe it." "I always liked people who tell good stories." "I trust them." "Did your mother teach you to cook?" "No." "She left my dad real quick, when I was young." "I had to cook for him." "Until one day he got stabbed." "I may be a shitty cook, but I'm a great waitress." "I have a camera." "How about a striptease?" "Right now, without getting up." "If you do one later." "You wouldn't." "I've gotjust what you want." "Oh, how I knew..." "I've got just what you want." "Oh, how I knew..." "I've got just what you want." "It's all been taken care of," "I'll settle the score, remember..." "I've got a map..." "Gorgeous." "...and I'm one nosy bitch." "I'm working on it." "I gotta do it, I don't want to end up broke." "My feet are my ticket..." "Had to be good at something..." "I'm working on it." "I'm working on it." "I'm working on it." "I'm resourceful, baby!" "You turn me on, saliva, milk and stuff..." "I'm in control." "Lorenzo..." "Lorenzo, my love." "I can't take anymore." "So much love will kill me." "I'm dying!" "I'm dying!" "Don't scream, it's no big deal!" "Push." "That's it, a little more." "Here it comes." "A little more." "Here it comes." "I'll get the dad." "Yes, please." "You see?" "Shouting makes no difference." "There's no one there." "It's all right, my little girl will help me find him." "Have you ever... with another girl... had better sex?" "No." "Tell me the truth." "Maybe on an isolated occasion." "But it's different." "Isolated on the island, right?" "Yes." "A random somebody, a total stranger, with a full moon..." "We should go to your island." "Separately, and meet there," "like strangers." "We'd have the best sex ever." "Which do you prefer?" "Wild sex with a stranger?" "Or sex with someone you know, someone you love, but also wild?" "What?" "You have to choose." "Wild sex with a stranger, or wild sex with someone who's crazy about you, and who you love." "Go ahead." "Be frank." "With you." "Finally." "I'd never imagined being so lucky." "Girls like you never like guys like me." "You're a gift." "The restaurant in Madrid grew famous thanks to the paellas made by the silent girl." "She still recalled her grandmother, buried back home with her parents." "When asked where she was from, she was so timid that she'd say she was from Malta." "Her destiny changed that night, when she ran into a real Maltese." "A ray of sunshine..." "Brought your love to me..." "A ray of sunshine..." "Straight to my heart..." "How's it going?" "Fine." "Getting used to all this clean air." "Yeah." "You get used to everything here." "This island's easy." "And you're a pro." "Of course." "You have oxygen." "I'm renting scuba equipment this summer." "I'm testing it." "You like diving?" "No, not me." "Just the opposite." "Sorry, but..." "I prefer open air." "Open air and sunshine." "Too bad." "These waters are special." "To each his own." "This really isn't an island." "It isn't?" "It's a giant lid." "A floating piece of earth." "Like a raft." "But it isn't moving." "People get dizzy here during high tide." "And no one knows why." "Except you." "I've dived underneath the whole island." "It's totally hollow." "Thousands of caves, but nothing else." "Not a single rock connects it to the seafloor." "What's your name?" "Carlos." "I'm Lucla." "Trust me, Lucla." "I'll show you someday." "Okay." "But I'll stay up here." "Right." "The girl waits on the pretty side, and the crab explores the ugly, rocky, horrible side." "You want to see the good things on this island?" "Yeah." "I want you to meet Elena." "Hi, I'm Elena." "Lucla." "Stay for dinner?" "Okay." "You can sleep here, too." "It's a guest house." "Carlos is alone, so I have 9 rooms free." "Want to see them?" "Come on." "This is my room." "Next to the kitchen so I can cook on-line." "Come on in." "No, I'm sorry." "I'm not ready to see other people up close." "I know which room." "It's perfect for you." "Come on." "I leave the second floor vacant until summer." "3,000 a day in low season, but you can have it for 2,000." "Plus 2,000 if you want board." "I recommend it, I'm the best cook around." "Can I skip dinner and stay tonight?" "We'll talk tomorrow." "Of course." "Something terrible happened and I had to run." "We'll take care of you here." "A ray of sunshine..." "Straight to my heart..." "Brought your love to me..." "I'd searched for so long..." "And finally it's mine..." "I have a new guest." "She's a fantastic singer." "So from now on, I'll cook even better." "If possible." "Can I name you?" "Name?" "Yeah, Lucla." "Are you writing it?" "It's still unsent." "You can change your name if you want." "We all use nicknames." "HER NAME'S LUClA." "A RAY OF sunshine." "Is that okay?" "It's great." "Look." "This is for you." ""Sing us something, Lucla"." "A RAY OF sunshine..." "straight TO MY HEART..." ""Welcome, Lucla." "Nice song." "Where are you?"." "EVERYDAY FURTHER AWAY FROM WHERE I WAS." "I like that." "So would Carlos." "For himself." "He's been here 6 months." "I sense he's still tied to the mainland." "He's someone who gains your trust easily." "Is there anything between you?" "Yeah, sex." "Every now and then." "Without intimacy." "I prefer it, this way I don't get hooked." "Just wild sex." "It must be the island." "Yeah, but..." "Carlos has the biggest dick I've ever seen." "How lucky." "I don't know where he got it." "It's enormous." "Where are you?" "The abortion part." "Is that a hint?" "Why don't you take a stroll?" "I am." "In the street." "You're like an expectant father." "Exactly." "And you're the mother." "It's very positive." "There's lots of happiness." "It's me." "I was expecting something tragic." "Like in your first novel." "I should have read it while you were writing, to get used to the idea." "I screwed up." "I'm sorry." "I'm going for a walk." "I didn't grab your heart this time." "I guess I already have it." "Remember that birthday when you were on the island?" "You sure got a great gift." "Get ready, because tonight I've got another for you." "From me." "Are you proposing?" "Remember my sister?" "The one who's a nurse?" "Well, she's become close friends with a girl whose baby she helped deliver four years ago." "A little girl." "Speaking of girls..." "How's the novel?" "All the stalling..." "What do I tell my editors?" "You always think of something." "Sure, that's why you get all your stories from me." "Write this one as is." "It's unbelievable." "Why's that?" "By the way, don't worry about my sister, she doesn't know it's you." "Or the mother who gave birth, I don't even know her." "I kept you secret." "Why secret?" "Well, the baby girl was born here in Madrid." "But she was conceived on a beach, on an island," "a night like tonight, with a stranger... from Madrid." "It was his birthday." "If you write this well, it'll be the story of your life and my birthday gift to you." "I know where to find the kid." "Afternoons in a square." "Without the mother." "What's her name?" "The mother?" "No, the daughter." "Your daughter's name is Luna." "Of course." "Luna." "What's your name?" "Luna." "What's the sun's name?" "Lorenzo." "Lorenzo." "Just like me." "What's the moon's name?" "You want the job?" "Yes." "Then the moon's name is Luna." "Today was an important day." "You don't know your father?" "You've never seen him?" "Do you know his name?" "No." "Don't worry, names don't matter." "Would you like it if" "I were your dad?" "Could you be?" "Yeah, if you want me to be." "But in secret." "My real father?" "He thought it was a very big secret for such a small little girl." "His smile faded." "Then he went over and sat alongside her." "You know what happens if someone discovers the secret between the moon and the sun?" "The tide would drop... and drop... with a sound like:" "Like mountains caving in." "Maybe someday he'd find a way to tell her, so for the time being he left it at that." "What was the point ofbeing a father if she didn't know?" "He knew then that ifhe'd told her, she'd have kept the secret." "Secret." "You have a daughter?" "Lorenzo, honey." "Do you?" "Why do you ask?" "I saw it on your computer." "And I loved it." "I can't keep writing it." "Why not?" "I don't know what it is to be a father." "Then make it up." "I'm glad you're writing again." "I was feeling guilty." "None of it is your fault." "Luna doesn't know her dad." "She lives alone with her mom?" "No, with a dumb soccer player." "I've never seen my dad." "Me, neither." "My mother's an actress." "A porn actress." "I like that." "She quit last year." "She met this amazing guy who was a client, and fell for him." "Now we live together." "He retired her." "Sounds nice." "He's the sweetest guy..." "He has the biggest heart ever." "And he's handsome." "He's really sexy." "You like him, too?" "Me?" "Why?" "Can you tell?" "You like him a lot?" "Okay, drop it." "Would you do him?" "No!" "He's my mother's lover." "Poor thing, she's in love for once." "Do you think he likes you?" "If he offered, and your mom never found out?" "Just once, as a test." "A test, right?" "This is between you and me." "Just once?" "Yeah." "Why not?" "Because." "I don't know..." "I hope I never get put to the test." "But she put him to the test." "One morning when her mother was shopping, she took a shower and left the door open." "It almost happened." "What did?" "The test." "With Antonio." "Tell me about it." "Last night, when they went to bed," "I put one of my mom's movies on." "It's strange, but..." "Seeing her in action gets me hot." "You masturbated." "You always guess." "I took one of her dildos from her room while they slept." "I lay naked on the sofa, in the dark, in front of the TV." "I started copying her sexual positions." "Their lust almost killed them." "He covered her mouth"