3 Days to Kill Page #4

by violent images in popular culture.

Well, Zooey's mother

raised her to be a pacifist.

Hm.

Hitting a classmate in the face

is hardly a passive response.

With an open hand

or a clenched fist?

- What difference does that make?

- Well, from my experience,

anger, frustration, insult,

they all call for...

...they all call for different responses.

Mr. Renner, it's extremely important

that you send your daughter

a clear message

that no matter what she

has to confront in life

violence is not

an acceptable answer.

I'll try.

If that wasn't so weird, it would have

been really embarrassing, Ethan.

- Let me see your hand.

- What?

Let me see your hand, Zooey.

Ow, my thumb.

If you're gonna hit someone

with a clenched fist

be sure to not tuck your thumb in.

You've been gone for five years

and this is what you say to me?

Oh, God.

- Are you Muslim?

- No.

I told you this is my boss's car.

- Oh, so Vivi's Muslim?

- No.

- I'm plugging in my phone. This stuff sucks.

- I know.

"KILL ME")

I like this,

who are these guys?

- Do you even care why I got into a fight?

Let me out!

Why can't you just listen to me

and try to understand?

OK, why don't you tell me all about it?

I have a new friend from Pakistan,

and there's this British girI

who keeps calling her Paki.

Today she put bacon in her locker,

so I hit her in the face.

Well, she won't do that again, will she?

Just a second, sweetie,

sounds like the spare's loose in the trunk.

Hey!

I'm trying to have a conversation

with my daughter.

I'm... I'm sorry, sweetie,

now where were we?

- Punching the girI, right?

- I feeI really bad.

Well, don't, because sometimes

it's the only way to stop a bad guy.

- So you're not mad at me?

- No, I'm not mad at you.

I'm proud of you,

you stuck up for your friend.

Whatever. I'm taking the metro.

- And, Ethan?

- Yeah.

You might want to take something

for that cough. It's really annoying.

Jesus Christ!

Let's see ifwe can

jump start your memory, Mitat.

It's my daughter.

- Zooey?

- Hey. Sorry about earlier.

That's OK, honey.

I'm sorry, too.

Favorite place to hang out after schooI?

I'll wrap my sales meeting

and meet you at 3:30, sweetie.

She just invited me to hang out.

What do you think about that?

A girl like this will keep you

running in circles.

You must draw the line,

not be so soft.

You're right, Mitat.

I have been way too soft.

Now, where do I find

the Albino's accountant, hmm?

Hi, Zooey.

It's 3:
40, Ethan.

Where are you?

I'm on my bike, sweetie.

Forget it, you're always late.

I'm leaving.

No, no, no, I'm almost there,

honestly, Zooey.

Give me...

Give me five minutes.

Fine, five minutes.

I have homework.

Wow.

Kids.

"LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT")

Sorry I freaked out earlier.

It's just Hugh and the prom

and you came into town.

This is really new for both of us.

I get it.

So, favorite place to go after Flying Chairs,

you remember?

- I remember.

- Kind of?

- Yeah.

- OK.

Gosh, the bike.

What's going on, Ethan?

It's just some flu I picked up.

Can't seem to shake it off.

What if it's something worse?

No, it's, uh...

It's nothing worse.

You remember when we'd drink

hot chocolate at the beach house?

Sort of.

It's the one place I wouldn't

mind calling home.

- More than Pittsburgh, really?

- Yeah, more than Pittsburgh.

You know, I kept all

our home movies in a box.

How about we make dinner

and watch them tonight?

- Yeah, that'd be awesome.

- Good.

Oh, shoot, I forgot.

I have to go to Karina's tonight.

- Who?

- Karina, she's my lab partner.

We're doing a science project together.

I'm going to spend the night.

- On a schooI night?

- Yeah. I'm sorry, Ethan, I'm really sorry.

No, it's OK. It's just...

Don't I need to call her parents first?

Yeah, if you speak Russian.

That's all her parents understand.

Look, call Mom.

She'll tell you it's cooI.

I don't need to call your mom.

- Can we watch those movies tomorrow?

- Yeah, sure.

See you later.

Hi, this is Christine, I'm not here,

so please leave a message.

Tina, it's me.

Can you believe Zooey and I

hung out on flying chairs

and we had hot chocolate

and it was her idea?

Thanks for all this, Tina.

You're a really great mom.

Hi, I'm thrilled

everything's going so well.

But, uh, who is this friend?

Well, I've never heard of her

nor her Russian parents.

Anyways, give me a call.

Zooey!

Non, non.

Son of a b*tch!

Is this your car?

Pardon... Is this your car?

- Whoa.

- No.

Hey! You know the rule.

Never involve family.

This isn't a business meeting,

Mitat, this is...

This is more of a

father-to-father type of visit.

- It's dinner time.

Mitat?

- Do you know this man, Mitat?

- Yeah, we work together.

- Never seen him before.

- It's an American.

OK. Come, come with us.

Thanks for that.

This is Rachelle, Sarah.

I have a serious problem

with my daughter, Zooey.

You've been gone for five years

and you did not expect trouble?

- We cannot help you.

- That's right, you probably can't.

But your girls might

be able to tell me where

a 16-year-old would go

to party on a schooI night.

What does this "spider" mean?

They are good girls,

they do not party.

What does this "spider" mean?

La Soiree House.

- How do you know that?

- Thank you.

I have a daughter in there.

Zooey.

Oui.

Zooey!

Stop, please, please.

Stop, please.

Ethan!

Ethan!

Ethan! Please!

Come on, Zooey. Come on.

I got you, honey.

What are you doing here?

Better question, Zooey, is,

what were you doing last night?

God, this is so embarrassing.

They'll never let me in there again.

Why would you ever want to go

back to a place like that?

Because I like

being with my friends.

Your friends?

Do you even remember

what happened?

In the bathroom?

- Zooey!

- What?

In the bathroom,

do you remember what happened?

Look, Karina and I

aced the practice test, OK?

- No, you didn't.

- Yes, we did.

So we decided to go hang out

with some friends.

I've gotta go catch the metro,

I'm gonna be late for schooI.

- You're not going to the metro.

- What?

You're not going to schooI today.

Not dressed like that.

You're putting this on and we're going home.

- We're gonna have a talk.

- How exactly am I supposed to get home?

- Gonna ride this bike.

- I don't think so, Ethan.

You're getting on this bike and I'm gonna

follow you every step of the way.

- No, you're not.

- Stop talking and get on the bike.

I thought that's what you

wanted to do, Ethan, talk!

Get on this bike.

- Or what?

- Now!

I don't even know how

to ride a bike, OK?

What kind of kid doesn't know

how to ride a bike?

The kind of kid who never

had a father to teach her.

Goddamn it.

This is the flattest spot,

so let's just try it right here.

Gosh, did you have to get

the biggest bike there?

It's not the biggest bike,

Zooey, it's a girI's bike.

Right, you picked it

'cause it had the big bow on it.

No. I can explain the big bow,

I got it. Get on.

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