"swimming alone" "Wake up, Martín." "It's getting late." "Do you want a lift?" "No... classes start later." "The Geography teacher isn't coming." "And I'm supposed to pick Guille up." "Aren't you eating?" "No." "I'm not hungry." "You must eat, you are still growing." "Is there any raspberry jam?" "No." "Peach and plum jam, as usual." "I wanted raspberry jam today." "Do you need a hand?" "What does "osmosis" mean?" "Osmosis... the whole line." ""The osmosis"." "Your collar, Martín, or they won't let you in." " Hi." " Hi." "This is a message for Martín Canepa's parents." "Please contact the school principal ASAP." "Hi." "This is a message for Martín from Diego Lindl" "I used to be Pablo's room-mate." "Could you call me back?" "My number is 4774-7649." "Bye." "Hi." "How are you doing, Fede?" "It's 5:25." "I know, I'm late." "My Mom hid my bass." "She wouldn't give it back till I passed my English exam." "How did you find it?" "I waited till she was gone." "She put it behind the washing-machine." "It was soaked in foam." "I'll kill myself, if that's what you want, but then don't miss me the way I miss you." "if that's what you want but then don't cry for me as I cry for you." "Things are not the way we wanted them to be." "Excuse me." "Do you know where 2500 Arenales St. is?" "Could you break this bill, I need change." "No." "Arenales St.?" "Yes." "It's 4 blocks away:" "French, Juncal, Berutti and Arenales." "Thanks." "Hi." " Anything else?" " No." "All right." "Thanks." " Could you give me some change for the payphone?" " Sure." "Thanks." "Bye." "I expected you earlier." "I was listening to the rehearse tape." " What time are you meeting Eugenia?" " 12:30." "OK." "Fede's always late to rehearsals." "There's always something, right?" "." " Is it late?" " Twenty past twelve." "Do you remember Diego, Pablo's room-mate for almost a year?" " Yes, a friend of him." " I don't know if they were friends..." " He left a message today." " So?" "I don't know." "It could be something important?" "Did he leave his phone number?" " Yes." "Probably" " Are you coming to the party?" "Could it be about Pablo?" "Hey!" "Do you want to come to the party?" "No, I don't feel like going." "I have to go." " Which way are you going?" " Arenales and Laprida St." "2500 Arenales St. I'm going the other way." "Bye." " Hi." " Hi." "Have you seen a white T-Shirt..." " Go to the laundromat." " ... with a singer's picture on it?" " No." "Oh, look at this!" " Can't Julieta go?" " She went to a birthday party." " Does it have to be today?" "Yes." "Hurry up or they'll close." "You might find your T-shirt." "Is it the one round the corner?" "No." "On French St., four blocks from here." "Why didn't you use the usual laundry?" "Because there's a raffle for a washing machine." "But we've already got one." "But this one is high tech." " It's six blocks from here." " Please." " I bought you raspberry jam." " Thanks." " Hi." " Hi." "I'm here to pick up some laundry." " Have you got the receipt?" " Yes." " How is it going with the drums?" " What?" "Your mum told me her son wants to be a drummer." "Is that you?" "Yes, that's me." "And a daughter who wanted to be an English teacher." "Yes, my sister." "And another one." "Give my regards to your Mom and tell her next week... we're moving twenty yards across the avenue." "Two blocks further away." "That's it." "It's $5." "Bye." "Wait!" "Don't forget your coupon for the washing-machine raffle." "And a candy." "If you raffle a washing-machine, the winner won't be coming back." "This is a laundromat, we couldn't raffle a TV set." " Bye." " Bye." "Can you drive me to Juan's tomorrow to pick up a drum?" " At what time?" " About noon." "No, I can't." "I've got to pick Julieta up at Agustina's." "She's sleeping over." "It's close by." "You can walk, then." "Last time you messed up my car upholstery." "Don't do that!" "Use your plate." "There's fish on my plate and I don't want to mix it with the salad." "Then get up, and get a clean plate." "Don't smash anything." "The T-shirt wasn't in the bag." "The old one you use for gym classes?" "I've done some spring cleaning and threw all the old stuff." "No, it was Pablo's." "A Morrisey T-Shirt." "The morley polo-neck you got for Epiphany." " It was for Christmas." " Epiphany." "It's a T-shirt, not a polo-neck, and I mean Morrisey, a singer." " The one with a drawing?" " With a black and white picture." "It must be among the ones I threw away." "Why do you want that T-Shirt now?" "Did you call?" "He was out." "I left a message for him to call me." "Leave the keys for your brother with the superintendent." "I had a fight a row with him." "I went to pay the monthly expenses and woke him up from his nap." "I don't want to go out late." "Perhaps Diego goes to sleep early." "If you want me to go with you, we must wait for Mauro." "Otherwise, go alone, or we go tomorrow." "I don't want to go late." "Diego may go out or go to be." "There was a message from school about our absence today." "What did your parents say?" "They were out, and I erased the message just like you did." "Fede phoned me today." "He asked me to put Monday's rehearsal off." "It's the second time this month he's put a rehearsal off." "I saw him yesterday." "He gave me my skateboard back the wheels are shot." "I have to sell it." "I've never seen Fede on a skateboard." "He skated across his grandma's yard but... she wouldn't let him skate because he ruined her flowerbeds." " Call to see if your brother's back." " I've just phoned." "It's... getting late." " You have a dog?" " No." "A cat?" "No." " You must have a pet." " No." "I don't." "Do you want to come in?" "No, thanks." "There's nobody in." " So what do you do?" " Nothing." "We just talk." "Everyone in their pajamas?" "Everyone but Agustina." "She wore a nightgown." " And that's amusing?" " Sort of." "No!" "This is not a toy." "This is for playing tennis." " Give me your bag." " I'll carry it with me." "Let's get going." "Are you on your way to school?" "Yes." "But I'm going with Guille." " Alright." "Bye." " Bye." "Sit down, everybody." "We'll start the class." "Arcuri." "Here." "Bavio." "Here." "Speak up, next time." "Cánepa" "Is Cánepa absent again?" "He's ill." "He's got the flu." "He sprained his ankle last week." "No, that was me." "Are you getting better?" "No, but I don't want to miss any more lessons." "Cánepa's a red-haired boy who wears glasses?" "No." "The red-haired boy is Santín and the one with glasses... the Chinese guy, Chen-Tung." "Oh, yes." "Chen-Tung." "Yes, Cánepa." "Tell him about Thursday's test." "OK?" "Casenave." "Here." "Hi." "This is another message for Martín." "It's Diego, again." "I'd like you to come Thursday 6pm to pick up some of Pablo's stuff" "My phone is out of order." "My address is 2139 Olleros St 4th floor, apartment B. Bye." "Fede is in his English class." "Says he'll pay next time." "I've already booked it for next Wednesday." " Do you know if Fede's free?" " I don't know." " Shall we go?" " Which way are you going?" "The other way." "We'll pick up her little brother from school." "Bye." "Hi." " Hi, Diego." "It's me, Martín." " Come in." " The door is locked." " I'll be right down." "I'm leaving next week and I didn't know what to do with that stuff." "Like I was saying, I painted all this myself." "What stuff are we talking about?" "Just stuff belonging to Pablo." "The walls were light blue, right?" "Yes." "Did they look OK?" "Yes, I liked it better." "No, light-blue draws all the light in." "There's the window." "Yeah, but the sun rises from there and sets here." "It never shines here." "Then light green, as arranged." "Light-blue for the bedroom." "The bedroom's white." "The bedroom window's on that side;" "Plenty of light." "You can use any color you like." "White looked great." "Can we see it?" "Yes." "This is the box." "Take it." "I should give it to Pablo, I guess." "I don't know." "I can't find him." "Do you know where he is?" "Sort of..." "This huge!" "The previous tenant used to keep a bicycle in there." "We could put a lot of shelves in here." "This is full of holes." "Pablo had pinned up drawings and photos." "He ruined the wall." "It needs new plaster." "I'll see what I can do to give this to him." "Hang on, we'll all leave together." "Do you like white?" "Yes." "I think solid light blue would look nice." "I'll wait in the living-room." " Are we going to take a break?" " Hold on." "You should've studied early in the morning, like I did." "I set the alarm-clock at six but I overslept... and dreamt I got up and studied." " Ask me what the capital city is." " Hang on." "Ask me about population." "Ask anything..." " Cut it out..." " Shoot." "What are you doing, asshole?" "It's the only one I've got." "I can lend you another map." "And I'll help you with the test, but let's go down for a snack the brake will be over." "Ask me a couple of questions." "Please." "Then we can go." "What's wrong?" "What is it?" "I got Austria mixed up with Australia." "What are those maps of yours of?" "Austria, everything's Austria." "A fjord?" "No, it's not a fjord, Bavio." "And what's this?" " It must be a fjord." " Not, it's not." "Bavio, this will earn you a three... rather a two" "Yahut... step forward." "Get that shirt tidy." "And point at the different Australian regions." "Excuse me." "Can I take Cánepa and Lucena out for a while?" "Bring all your stuff." "Thanks." "Sorry." "Delicious!" "What flavor is it?" "It's new." "Raspberry-flavored." "Eugenia's got to stay in studying tonight, shall we do something?" "Alright, let us." "At least we weren't tested." "I played tennis with Ricardo yesterday and at one point... he lent me his racket." "A graphite racket." "Very ligth." "You know my backhand is weak." "With this racket I got all the balls in." "Amazing." "I have an inter-club tournament next week." "I'd like you to come." " We can have lunch together after." " Ok." "How are you doing?" "Fine." "What about school?" "School?" "Hi." "What is it?" "Look in my desk's third drawer, it should be there." "How's school coming along?" "School as usual." "Try to avoid sitting for any March exams... so we can all go on vacations together." "I must sit in March for last year's pending exams." "Don't add on any new ones." "Does it have a red cover?" "That's it." "I'll be there in an hour and a half." "It was Agustín, Ricardo's son." "He started working with us two weeks ago." "He's a great guy, your age." "He's saving money to jump off bridges." "He likes extreme sports." "He wants to buy a bungee cord." "He'll study to be a gym teacher." "He's a great guy." "Have you made up your mind about your studies next year?" "No, I don't know." "I've still got half a year left." "You'd better start thinking about it." " There you go." " Thank you." "No." "I don't know." "Isn't he in touch with your parents?" "Mum and dad don't talk with him." "Since he left two years ago, they probably talked four times." "He did the same to me." "After being together two years, one day he took off... and he never called me again." "Why are you looking him for?" "I don't know." "I'm sorry, I can't help you." "The last thing I knew about your brother... is that he was working for an aquarium in Mar del Plata." " In Mar del Plata?" " A friend of mine ran into him." "Is he still there or has he come back?" "I don't know." "It was an aquarium in Camet." "I don't know where Camet is." "Close to the airport, by the city entrance." " Is it important?" " Yes." "No." "In fact, it isn't." " If I hear anything else, I'll let you know." " OK." " I'd better be going." " I'll stay." " OK." "Bye." " Bye." "It's been a year since I last walked past here." "Do you remember when your Dad used to drive us every morning?" "And on Tuesday my Mum would bring me to my swimming lessons." "And she'd chat with my Mom in the bar there until we'd go out." "This is where I learned how to swim." "This is a big pool." "It used to be." "The other day I walked by, and felt like going in." "They were all strangers." "Remember where the pool was?" "The kindergarten is there now." "What happened with the kindergarten classrooms?" " They have computers now." " Computers?" "Did you tell your dad about school?" " No, not yet." "What about you?" " Me neither." "They were coming in as I was going out." "I'll kill myself, if that's what you want, but then don't miss me the way I miss you." "If that's what you want but then don't cry for me as I cry for you." "Things are not the way we wanted them to be." "Have you got 20 cents?" "Yes." "I had plenty of change last night, but now..." "I ran out." "Can you take the #67 bus?" "Yes, but with the #113 I walk two blocks less." " Don't you feel like walking?" " No." "I'm tired." "Do you want to stay at my place?" "I haven't said anything and my folks are sleeping." "It's OK." "Never mind." "Here comes your bus." "Bye." "Hi." "Hi." "Don't make any noise, Mom and Dad are sleeping." "Are you leaving?" "In a while." "Is it cold?" "Yeah." "Have you just bought croissants?" "Yeah." "Martín and I were kicked out of school." " Want some?" " No." " When are you telling them?" " When I see them." "Hi." "It was at the door." "Leave it on the table for your Dad to read." "You should have told us you were coming this late." "Yeah, I know, but there were no phones where I was." "There's no hot water." "The water was emptied for cleaning." "You should have told me." "Suarez put up a notice in the elevator." "Thought you'd read it." "I don't go around reading notices." "And now what?" "Wash your hair in the laundry-room." "Have you seen the sports section?" "No." "Martín brought the paper." "He's just gone to bed." "Is anything wrong with him?" "I don't know." "Didn't he tell you anything when you two had lunch?" "No, we just talked." " Excuse me, got a light?" " I don't smoke." " What time is it?" " I don't wear a watch." "Are you Martín Cánepa?" "Remember me?" "Tomás Forte." "Elementary school mate." "How are you?" "I didn't recognize you." "You look different." "I lost like twenty pounds." "I cut my hair." "It used to be brown." "You look just the same." "Yeah." "Didn't you use to live near Crámer Ave.?" "I still do." "I came to visit a friend but he seems to be out." " Here?" " Yes." "Anyway, I can visit my brother." "He's rehearsing near here." "Weren't your brother and my brother in the same class?" "Maybe." "We used to walk back from school together, remember?" "Do you know if he stills sees him?" "No idea." "Why?" "No, it's nothing." "Come with me, and we'll ask him." "Ok." " Let's wait another five minutes." " OK." "After school I hardly ever saw Pablo again." "Once on a bus, but we hardly spoke." "Where did he go?" "We were not close friends." "He was always on his own or with Lucas." " How much did you spend?" " Lucas Tamborino?" "Is it tomorrow noon or evening?" "Have you got Lucas's phone number?" "No." "He moved to Mar del Plata before finishing school." "Call me later, around 11 pm." "I know who's got it." " Can't you call now?" " No, my friend works till 10." "You never answered." "Noon or evening?" "Tomorrow noon." "OK." "See you tomorrow." " Let me out." " What?" "Let me out!" " Want some potato chips?" " Alright." "What an asshole!" "He forgot his backpack." "Let's see what he has in here." " What is it?" " A tuner." "For a guitar?" "Bass, Guitar, whatever." "You connect it and play a note, then it shows if it's tuned." "In the middle, it's tuned." "An "A"." "With the instrument you go..." "LA." "Well, that wasn't it, but if you sing a La..." "No, that was wrong." "You try." "There, there it was in the middle." "It's more like..." "No." "It's like..." "Almost there." "Too high." " Tomorrow's my birthday." " You mean, Friday?" "No, today." " Happy birthday." " Thanks." "Do you still see anyone from school?" " Guille." " Guille?" "Guillermo Lucena." "Remember him?" "Oh, yes." "The crazy skater?" " Does he still skate?" " Yes." "And you?" "Do you still go to the same school?" "No." "I was expelled as a sophomore." "I was the best student, but I was expelled." "Do you see anyone?" "Nicolás Araujo." "Does he still live near here?" "No." "He moved near the Botanical Gardens." "This band..." "They're playing on Saturday." "We could go." "Yeah, sure." "They play near my house." "If it gets too late, you can sleep over in my house." "Yes, we'll see." " We forgot to call my brother." " Is it too late?" "I don't know." "I'll call him tomorrow." " Do you want to stay here tonight?" " OK." "I'll phone home to let them know." "Sure." "Take a look." "The phone is somewhere around." "When did you get up?" "A while ago." "I was woken by the workers next door." "I didn't hear them." "You should have woken me up." "I did try, but you were fast asleep" "Yeah, I slept like a baby." " The milk's there." " Thanks." "We could go out or something." "It's my birthday, I'll do something with my folks." "We go out for lunch." "I can't make it to that concert on Saturday." "I'm traveling with my folks." "Going on a trip?" "My Mom won it at the laundromat." "We're going to Europe for a month." "They raffle washing-machines at the laundromat near home." "Washing-machines?" " That's ridiculous." " Why?" "I think is OK." "Yeah, it's a laundromat." "Exactly, a washing-machine." "Have some." "Yes, I'll call your brother." "The phone is somewhere." "This one has an anticipatory subject." "That's when the subject is there and it isn't." "Alright." "Go ahead." "Anticipatory subject." "Now it's your turn." "I swear..." "I swear... that what Martin tells me that what Martin tells me" "I won't tell anyone..." "I won't tell anyone... particularly Mom or Dad..." "particularly Mom or Dad... lest I be ran down by a ship." "lest I be ran down by a ship." "You have to do like this..." "Promised." "You'll catch a cold." "I won't be swimming in the sea." "You'll catch a cold." "I must go." "Tomorrow Paula will show me a hole." "What hole?" "A hole in the fence to skip gym class." " Tomorrow after school?" " Yeah." "Then I won't see you." "Do you want me to bring you something?" "No." "Do you want me to give Pablo any message from you?" "Would you review these sentences?" " Aren't you late?" " Yes, I'm leaving." "Tomorrow's Fede's birthday." "I was invited to spend the weekend at his house in the country..." "Guille is also coming." " Isn't Fede's birthday in August?" " No, it's tomorrow." "I'm staying at Guille's tonight." "Fede's parents are picking us up on Saturday morning." "Phone me from Fede's." "There's no phone in the country- house." "I'll see what I can do." "Anyway, write down Guille and Fede's phone numbers." "Take some clothes to change." "I'll pack a bag after school." "I won't be here when you come back." "I'll phone from Guille's tonight." " Bye" " Bye" "Do you think it'll be cold in Mar del Plata?" "I don't know." "I guess I should take a sweatshirt." " When are you coming back?" " Sunday evening." "Remember the letter from school will be arriving on Monday." "Yes, I know." "I want to be there to do some explaining." "We should continue rehearsing whithout Fede." "Until He learns English." "Sure." "His mother hid his bass again." "He's been looking for it for over a week." "Or shall I take a sweater?" "Or a jacket..." "Yes... may I speak to Lucas?" "Martín Cánepa speaking." "He'll be back late?" "Please tell him I'll call him back tomorrow?" "Thanks, bye." "Hi." "Hi." "I'm Luciana, Lucas's sister." "He is not in." "When can I find him?" "I'm meeting him for lunch later." "Shall I give him a message?" "No, thanks." "I have to go to the aquarium near the airport." "What bus takes me there?" "Many buses stop right there." "You can take the 131." "That's the one I'm taking." " Bye." " Bye." "Do you like fish?" "Yes, I like colored fish." "But I'm not going to the aquarium to buy fish, I'm looking for someone for other reason." "Want some candy?" " What flavor are you looking for?" " Raspberry." "Take it, there's only one left." " No, it's alright." " Please." "Thanks." "We are having lunch with Lucas near the aquarium." "I'll give you the address so you can talk to him." "Alright." " Are you going there now?" " We're meeting later." "I am going to the beach." " Do you like fish?" " Yes." "You can come with me to the aquarium and then we could meet your brother." "Alright." "He went to Montevideo 15 days ago looking for work." " He almost didn't tell me." " What do you mean?" " He called me the day before." " So he did tell you." "Yes." "Did he say where he would stay?" "In a hotel across the bus station." "What was Pablo doing here?" "I don't know." "Nothing, I think." "We didn't see each other much lately." "You've got sand in your hair." "I spent the night at the beach." "They put the two orders together." "It doesn't matter." "Hi, can I help you?" "I want to go to Montevideo." "There's a bus leaving tomorrow." "Yes, 5 pm." "Two?" " What?" " Two tickets?" "No, jut one, please." "I'm afraid it'll be a stand-by ticket." "Tomorrow's bus is fully booked." "To Montevideo?" "There's a whole school volleyball team travelling." "They're playing a Brazilian team tonight... and if they win, the final match is in Montevideo." "My nephew Felipe is playing." "Give me your name and phone number" "If they don't travel, I'll book you a seat." "Martín Cánepa." "4-9-1-0-9-2-8." "It's mine." "Is it OK?" "Call me tomorrow morning, then." "OK, thanks." "Bye." "When we came in winter, my Mom would get mad... because I wanted to swim, and I'd get a cold." "I like swimming at night, When the water is warm." "But it's cold at night." "No, the water takes longer to change temperature than the air." "At day, even when it's warm, the water's cold 'cause the moon cooled it the night before." "At night, the water's warm because it was warmed by the sun." "I didn't know that." "I'd like to live by the sea." "It bores you in the end." "By year end, I want to go to live to Buenos Aires." "You'll be going in summer when everybody there comes over here." "Are you going on holidays?" "I don't think so." " It's getting cloudy." " Yeah, and I only brought this." "Take this." "Thanks." "When I was a kid, I believed here could also predict the weather." "Because you have the sea-lions that change colors." "I could nevertell if that was true." "Neither could I." "My Mom once bought one, but the heating is always on and it turned purple." "To avoid that I taped mine outside the window." "But someone stole it." "Are you still cold?" "No, but it's too large for me." "It was too large for Pablo as well." "It must be a large sweatshirt." "Do you know who won the volleyball match?" "No." "Yes, I saw people celebrating the victory in the streets." "What was their team?" "I don't know." "Did they speak Spanish or Portuguese?" "English." "They were singing "We are the champions", Queen." "That bed's got a metal bar." "Pablo was always complaining about it." "He slept there for the first three months." "I remember once you stayed with us, I was about six... and you and Pablo woke me up" "to tell me there was an alien in the living-room." "Really?" "I couldn't go back to sleep." "Do you know if it's cold in Montevideo?" "I don't know." "I can lend you a sweater, if you want." "Alright." "I'll let you know if I need one." " Hi." " Hi." "I couldn't sleep." "Must be the bed." "Yeah, I slept better on the beach." " What are you studying?" " Geographic features." "Will you give me some juice?" "There's a glass for you there." "Ah... ok." "I'm sorry." " It's a..." " It's a..." " What were you saying?" " And you?" "It's a pity we ran out of juice." "What were you saying?" "The same thing." "The sun will rise soon." "Can we get the paper here?" "I don't know." "Why don't you ask?" "They only have the Economy section." "There is Lucas." "He always gets up early." "There's only one shot left, take any picture you like." "Is Massera still on business?" "Yes, but there are very few branches left." "My Mom took a picture of me outside one of the branches... hugging a huge ice-cream cone." "Massera's caramel flavor had real caramel in it." "And they'd give you a free chocolate coating." "Have you noticed there are three taps in baths... cold, hot and the one in the middle?" "When I was a child, my brother told me the middle tap was for chocolate." "Did you believe him for a long time?" "No..." "I can't remember." "But now I prefer taking baths to showers." "Near my home in the capital city there's also an Arenales St." "Really?" "The laundromat would move three blocks that way... and my home would be three blocks that way." " Shall we go that way?" " Yes." "Let us." " Did you call?" " Yes." "I'm not going to Montevideo." " Did they win?" " No, they lost." "First time in over a year." "Why aren't you going then?" "Are you leaving now?" "There's a train leaving in 2 hours." "I think I'll have a swim." "Here's my phone number." "I think I have a cold, I shouldn't have got into the sea." "What are you going to do now?" "I may go to Sacoa." "Sacoa used to be only in Mar del Plata." "It was in a basement." "You'd go downstairs and everything was lights and sounds." "I used to play Bubble Bobble." " So did I. With my brother." " Me too." "I didn't like to play alone." "How did the Bubble Bobble theme go?" "I can't remember" "Wait a second..." "Do you love your brother?" "He's my brother." "Do I look like him?" "He's your brother." "Martín... come here." "Can you plug in the Christmas tree?" "It's lovely." "Do you like it?" "One line won't turn on." "Where are you spending Christmas?" " I don't know." "What about you?" " At my cousin's." "Have you thought of a new school?" "There is a new school near home." "We can go tomorrow to check it out." "Tomorrow is Christmas day." "I've got a bass-player's phone number, we should phone him." "Sure." "Let's get together after Christmas... and we could rehearse then." "I have to take this to my mom." " Merry Christmas!" " Merry Christmas!" "What is this I'm feeling?" "It's me, somebody inside of me" "Is asking me not to be still while I grow up" "Who am I?" "I'm finding out" "It's me, somebody inside of me" "I'm telling myself" "I can have time on my side" "I can have time on my side" "This time I want to go farther than ever"