American Honey Page #8

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[COUGHING]

- [COWBOY 2] Hey, hey, hey.

- [COWBOY 1] Careful.

- [COWBOY 2] You all right?

- A deal's a deal.

- I get the money, right?

- [COWBOY 3] Yes, ma'am.

- It's all yours.

- It's all yours.

You're gonna start

hallucinating here in a minute.

I've never seen this much money before.

[COWBOY 1]

See? We told you it'd bring you luck.

[STAR CHUCKLES]

[DISTANT HOWLING]

What was that? Was that your dog?

[COWBOY 1] Was it like a... I don't know.

He ain't never done that before.

[DISTANT HOWLING CONTINUES]

[HOWLING]

[COWBOY 1] You're kind of

a crazy one, aren't you?

[ALL LAUGHING]

[COWBOY 2 HOWLING]

[DISTANT HOWLING]

[HOWLING]

It sounds like a wolf.

[JAKE] It's a party!

It's a party! It's a party!

- It's Jake.

- [YELLING]

- Are you a wolf?

- Where's your jacket at?

I don't have it.

Wow! Hey, can I party too?

Come on, come on. You got towels?

Let's get in the pool.

- Get in the f***ing pool.

- Whoa! Hey!

Jake, what are you doing?

- Hey, wait a second.

- Back up. Back up.

Calm down. They've been nice.

Drop in the f***ing pool.

They've been nice.

Get in the f***ing pool.

Get in the f***ing pool.

- In the f***ing pool.

- What are you doing? Jake.

Now. Now. Get in the f***ing pool now!

[COWBOY 2] Hey, you,

that's a very expensive proposition.

- Shut the f*** up. Shut the f*** up.

- I'm sorry.

Back up, back up, back up.

Get the keys. Get the money.

- Get the money. Get the keys. Move.

- Okay. They were nice to me.

Grab your sh*t. Where's your jacket?

I don't have it.

How the f*** you don't know? Move.

Hey, get the f***, f***... Move.

- [DOG BARKING]

- What are you doing?

Car, car, car. Come on, come on.

Jump in the car.

- What are we doing?

- Jump in the car. Jump in the car.

- You in?

- Yeah.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Whoo!

Whoo!

How much you make?

About 400.

Wow. $400.

Did you let them touch you?

- Are you kidding me?

- No.

It was a sale.

I got the receipts to prove it.

It's $400.

$400. I made real cash. All signed.

- And they paid you in cash also?

- Yeah.

And you didn't do nothing?

Okay.

I'm gonna f***ing tell the world.

Four hundred f***ing bucks!

[CAR HORN HONKING]

[STAR LAUGHS]

[FOLK MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

Whoa, I feel like I'm f***ing America.

- You know what I mean?

- Yeah.

What?

You came looking for me.

[TRAIN HORN BLARING]

[MUSIC STOPS]

[STAR CHUCKLES]

[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

Can I come?

I'm gonna come.

Can I come?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- Huh?

[BOTH MOANING]

- Hey.

- Hmm.

- Are you awake?

- Mmm-hmm.

You make a good wolf.

[CHUCKLES]

When I was younger,

like when I was eight or something...

- Mmm-hmm.

- ...nine, eight, nine,

my dad used to drop me off

at his old man's house in Bear Valley.

It's Tehachapi,

it's like the hills of Bakersfield,

and they got all these woods up there.

And he used to just let me free,

just let me roam, you know.

He taught me that wolf noise in case

I ever got lost or got into sh*t,

you know, I'd just do the noise.

How could he tell

if it was you or a real wolf?

'Cause there's no real wolves up there.

- So you were the only wolf.

- Mmm-hmm.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

[BOY YELLING]

[CONTINUES YELLING]

Losers' Night.

Come on.

[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

Let me get the money.

- My sales?

- Just give it to me.

Krystal's gonna be pissed

'cause we missed the pick-up.

So I just need something to grease

the wheels, like a peace offering.

But I did the sale.

It's my money. I've got it.

- No. We did the sales.

- No, I did the sale.

Can we not argue?

Can you just give it to me?

Do you wanna be on the mag crew?

You gotta listen to me.

Just give it to me.

We missed the pick-up.

We gotta do something.

Just give it to me.

Please?

Can I have the slips, too?

You don't have to give me attitude.

You gotta listen to me. Just listen to me.

Don't fight me right now.

And this relationship thing

with me and you?

It's not happening, you know.

What do you mean?

I mean, we just can't talk

about it 'cause it's, um...

She's got this thing. She says, you know,

love is bad for business.

So there's no relationships

in the mag crew.

It's just her thing. Just go with it.

- But what about you and her?

- Just go with it.

Did you hear me?

[JAKE RAPS]

# I'm figgedy, figgedy f***ed up!

Jake, what about you and her?

[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

Why the f*** is that b*tch

wearing your jacket?

- 'Cause I was hot.

- 'Cause what?

- 'Cause I was hot.

- 'Cause you was hot?

Can I give you this money?

We did really well today.

Here's the cash.

And here's these three slips.

She made that by herself?

[CHANTING] Fight, fight, fight!

D-O-G! Come on!

[YELLING]

Hey, b*tch.

Get up. Come on.

[CHANTING] Fight, fight, fight!

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

[DOG BARKING]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

- Think I won't fight a girl?

- I don't wanna fight you.

- I just wanna kiss the winner.

- You wanna kiss the winner?

- F*** yeah?

- Holy sh*t.

[CREW CHEERING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Hey, Billy.

We're going on to the oil town

to find somewhere to stay,

but I'll text you when it's good to come.

All right.

And work all the

truck stops up on the way.

- You ain't got none in your pocket.

- [KRYSTAL] Star.

I'm watching you, country girl,

and you're starting to get on my nerves.

So your training's done now.

You f*** up this week,

I'm gonna leave you in the plains

with the mountain lions.

You think that's a joke? Jake, tell her.

It happens. In Nevada, left a girl

in the desert with nothing.

It just happened before you came.

East Texas, gas station.

No food, no water,

no money, no shoes, no sh*t.

So don't f*** me off.

Runt.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Thank you. Everybody good? Are you good?

[SPEAKING INDISTINCT]

[KAT] Ow! My f***ing toe!

[RUNT] Happy birthday!

[ALL CHEERING]

Happy birthday, Pagan!

- Yeah!

- Whoo!

Happy birthday!

[ALL SINGING] # Happy birthday to you

# Happy birthday to you

# Happy birthday, dear Pagan

# Happy birthday to you #

- Hell, yeah!

- [CREW CHEERING]

[BOY] Come on, now,

get your ass in the car. Let's go.

[QT] Come on, Runt, let's get gone!

[BILLY PLAYING GUITAR]

I dedicate this to Pagan for her birthday.

# With a hole in my head

# I looked for you

# Through the trenches of war

# The whole world through

# My desire to leave with you

# I just can't constrain

# I regret everything

# I've done so far

# When the pillars of love

Hey, Pagan. For your birthday.

Thanks.

# I stumble through the rubble

# And decay

# When I'm terrified, I close my eyes

# When I'm sad and blue, I choose to fight

# Heartbreak can only take you to #

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[JJ] This place sucks, man.

[MAN] Yeah, it does. Middle of nowhere.

[JJ] It's f***in...

it's hot as sh*t out here.

What about your city and sh*t?

[MAN] Uh, 323 West 8th Street.

[JJ] And... phone number?

- You need my phone number?

- Yeah, well, no...

[TRUCKER LAUGHS]

I mean, hey, I could use it.

I could use it, you know. Sh*t.

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