A Girl Like Her Page #6

I can't.

I can't, I can't.

I can't do it.

- Jess, what's wrong? Come here.

- I can't do it anymore.

What's wrong?

I just can't

put up with it.

I can't... I can't put

up with it anymore.

I'm done. I can't.

I can't do it.

Jess, I'm so sorry.

I just...

I just don't know

how much more of this

I can take.

That's why we have

to show 'em, Jess.

We have all this footage.

We have to do something.

No, it's

embarrassing.

I'm not showing this

to anyone.

It'll get better,

I promise. Just...

It's not gonna get better,

it's gonna get worse.

It's never gonna end.

It's never gonna end.

- Jess...

- It's never gonna get better.

I just feel like

I have no way out.

I can't. I can't.

I can't do it.

- Hey, guys.

- Hi.

- Getting anything done in here?

- Yeah.

Yes.

I am working so hard.

- Heh!

- I really am.

- OK, OK. Bri...

- OK, wait.

Just say hi to

the camera for a second.

- OK.

- Yes, say hi!

- This is gonna be great footage!

- OK.

Millions of people

will see this.

OK, this is the

greatest mom in the world.

- Aww.

- Mwah! OK.

Hey, let me take

a picture of you guys.

I want... enough

with the camera.

We want the laundry

put away,

and then it's

dinner time.

Twenty minutes.

You, too, Brian.

Get to studying.

Sweetie, 20 minutes.

OK.

I love you so, so much.

Bullying's been

going on for... as long

as there have been people,

there's been bullying.

What it is, is we've got to

see that it... it's changed,

it's getting worse,

but why is it changing?

Why is it getting worse?

A couple of years ago,

we had kind of

the same situation that didn't

go to this degree, thank God.

Would you people

please mind telling me

what you've done in the last

two years to change that?

These things can't

happen overnight.

It does take time and it

takes money, and there's

a lot of different

things we have to be...

that have to get

approved before we can

put anything into...

into action, and

there are other issues

besides this going on.

Well,

what is it gonna take?

I mean, a girl is

in the hospital.

No one knows what's

gonna happen with her.

So is that gonna be,

like, the awakening?

And what if it was

your own children who tried

to take their own life?

I care about my daughter!

And I care about how she feels

when she comes home.

And she tells me she sees it

in the classroom,

she sees the bullying in

the parking lot,

she sees it out

on the playing field.

And I want to know,

what are you guys doing?

What are you doing when

you see the bullying?

What policies does

the school have in place

to take care of this?

We believe the issue

is about engagement.

Not... not engagement

with this commission

or the school,

but engagement with parents

and their community,

with their kids.

We believe that's

the real issue.

The parents

that are here today

aren't the parents

of the children

who are probably

the bulliers.

Most of the time,

the parents that show up here

are the parents of the kids

that are doing well.

But I... I think that we

also can't lose sight

of the fact that

the mental health

of these bullying kids

has to be recognized, too.

We'll never stop the bullying

until we find some method

of reaching the bulliers

and getting inside

of their heads

and finding some way

to bring

some healing to them.

You know, I've... I've learned

over the course of my life

that hurt people are

the ones who hurt people,

and these bulliers

are hurting.

Look at you,

watching TV with your

frickin' clicker,

lying there on your ass

and not contributing

anything to

this household.

- Four times...

- OK, so, uh,

this is a typical night

in the Keller household.

...wash your hands

because men don't wash

their hands after they go

to the bathroom.

Well, when I go down there

and go to the bathroom,

I like to wash my hands

after I take a piss.

- Jesus Christ.

- I'm gonna fix...

I'm on it, I'm on it.

Jesus...

While we're onto

what we're on,

are you on to getting

a job this week,

or is that gonna go

another two months?

Yeah, uh, I got

an appointment, uh,

with my friend Jerry

on, uh, Wednesday...

What the hell

are you doing?

Are you... kidding me?

What the hell are you doing?

What, are you taping them?

What are you doing?

Yes, I'm... taping them.

Stop asking me questions.

Get out of my...

business, Josh.

Why don't you get out

of this family's business?

Is this... are you... is this

a joke? What are you...

You better delete that,

whatever it is.

Oh, my God! Go back

to playing video games.

You... loser! Yeah.

You're such a b*tch.

Oh, I'm a b*tch?

I'm a b*tch?

Is that the most creative thing

you could've come up with, Josh?

Why don't you try

going back to school?

- You grow up.

- Go back to school.

Grow up, really?

You're how old

and you dropped out of college,

still living at home?

Yeah. "Grow up."

...grow 'em, I don't

know what else I can do...

Yeah, not only do

my parents fight,

my brother's

a... douchebag, so...

so, yeah, that's my night.

Hey.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Hello.

- Um...

- Tell her. Go ahead.

Tell me what?

Um, there's a...

kind of, like, a rumor

going around.

Um, a bunch of people

are saying that

you're the one to blame

for Jessica's suicide.

OK, wait. Who said this?

It's... it's a huge rumor

and it's everywhere.

The girl next to me

in my math class said it, too.

Why is everyone stressing

out so much about it?

- It's obviously not true.

- Because people are saying

that the harassment,

all this, like,

how much she's being

messed with, this is what

caused her to do what she did.

That's what they're saying.

And I'm not blaming you.

I'm not saying it was you...

Yeah, you're obviously

saying it's me.

I'm not saying it's you.

I'm just trying...

Yeah, obviously you're

saying that this is

the whole reason why

she did what she did!

I'm saying that's what

other people are saying.

Yeah, you just said that

that's the reason why

she did what she did

to herself.

We're just saying that if

enough people are talking

about it, they're gonna

start asking questions.

OK, you all stand

right next to me

whenever we talk

to Jessica.

Is it harassment?

Is it... harassment?

No, so why don't we

just drop it?

- Just drop it.

- No! It's not!

Thank you.

It's not harassment.

Oh, really? You're

really trying to...

...this!

Thank you.

Thank you guys so much

for starting

all this bullshit!

She's trying

to help me, really?

You're starting

all this drama.

Now people are looking

at us. Thank you.

I didn't even do anything.

Are you serious right now?

She's not taking

this seriously enough.

We're not gonna get in trouble.

Nobody's gonna get in trouble.

Yeah, but people

are gonna start

asking questions

pretty soon.

You're supposed to be her

girl, to be there for her.

I am trying to be there

for her, but,

what, throw myself under

the bus in the process?

Yeah, I'm not about to get in

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