Aquamarine Page #7

I would go to Fiji.

I hear it's amazing.

It is.

It's unbelievable.

You've been there?

Well, I've been

to lots of places.

But I've learned it's not where

you are, it's whoyou're with.

Hmm.

You always

so sure of everything?

Yes.

More people should be like that.

Well, some of us are only human.

( chuckles )

( feedback buzzes )

( crowdcheering )

Thankyou.

Hey. How you doing?

Wow, thanks.

( indistinct whispering )

- Please.

- Ah...

Yeah, sure, we can do that.

I love that song.

Hi, everyone.

We'd like to start things off

with a special request.

( guitarintro )

( singing )

oh, I love this song.

You want to dance?

I want to, but...

I don't know how.

What? No, it's easy.

I'll show you. Come on.

Come on.

You can't be worse than me.

( singing continues )

I told you I was bad.

No, you're great, you're great.

It's okay.

Um... here.

You ever spend

any time in the water?

Some. You know.

Right. okay.

So, you just kind of

let the music carryyou.

You know,

just like a wave would.

Wavy, yeah.

There you go.

Yeah, thereyou go. Nice.

I'll be right back.

Back off- don't make

a bigger fool ofyourself

than you already have.

Walk away.

- Bye.

- Walk away.

Good job.

BoTH:

He's so into her.

He likes her.

- ( songstops )

- ( cheering )

Thankyou,

Capri Beach Club.

Sunset. Come on.

( laughter)

I think I like

dancing with you

better than anything

I've ever done on feet.

HAI LEY:

Hey!

Say good-bye.

It's time to go.

Uh-oh. I have to go.

Wh-What? Again?

Come on, at least

stay for the fireworks.

- Come on.

- There's gonna be fireworks?

I can't.

I wish I could, I really do.

Butyou leave

tomorrow.

I want to spend

more time with you.

What can I say to makeyou stay?

You can tell me...

- What? Tell you what?

- Aqua, we have to go right now.

Come on.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrowyou can tell me.

Come to the pier at 9:00.

To tell you what?

You can tell me

how that makes you feel.

- Come on!

- Come on!

( giggling, laughing )

Wow.

( chuckles )

( indistinct conversation )

( laughing )

Come on, Hails.

( engine starts )

( light, upbeat theme playing )

( laughing )

Whoo!

okay,

you I ittle freaks.

What are you doing here?

Cecilia, I want to go

back to the party.

They're handing out

sparklers.

( crowd cheering )

( man singing )

( laughing )

( giggling )

She lives

in a water tower.

Freak city.

This is so lame.

And who cares?

I'm tired of sitting

here staring at it.

Yeah, Cecilia, we already

missed the fireworks,

and now we're missing the party.

Um, Patty, could you

put away the negativity,

sort oflikeyou put away

all those corn dogs

at the street fair?

I'm going up.

If anyone comes...

honk.

But...

But I only...

I only had two.

( panting )

( wrychuckle )

Who needs this?

Uh...

( laughing )

Here we go.

( engine starts )

- ( giggling )

- Shh!

( laughing )

What are you up to, huh?

( humming )

( giggling )

( humming )

( singing )

Hailey?

Is someone there?

( gasps )

( gasps )

Uh...

( gasping )

( locks )

oh, my God. oh, my God.

Wait! Cecilia.

( panting ):

okay, okay...

( loud clang )

( screams )

( shuddering )

oh...

Nice... and... slow.

( panting )

She's a... She's a...

She's a, she's a,

she's a... a... a...

Wh...

You want something done,

you have to do it your...

( grunting )

...self!.

( panting )

( grunting )

( screeching )

( grunting )

( music playing )

oh, I need

to see your hand stamp.

Thankyou.

G'night!

Uh, can I see

your hand stamp, please?

This is my hand stamp.

- Mm...

- ( giggling )

- You know who I am.

- Sorry, Cecilia.

Has grilling burgers

fried your brain,

or doyou grill burgers all day

becauseyou have no brain?

Excuse me.

- Girls!

- Cecilia.

Aquamarine...

She's a mermaid.

She has, she has scales

and everything.

She has a big, fat tail.

That's why she lives

in thewatertower.

Whoa. You need

to slow way down.

What areyou

talking about?

You're sounding

a little crazy, Cecilia.

No, no, no, no.

No, I'm not crazy.

No, I saw it with my own eyes.

- You're freaking us out.

- There's no mermaid.

Why areyou looking

at me like that

when there's a mermaid

in a water tower, you guys?

There's no mermaid.

oh, okay. Fine.

And by the way, why'd you

guys leave me there, huh?

Do you have any idea

how far I had to walk?!.

- ( giggling )

- Huh?

- She's crazy.

- Why is that funny?

( giggling )

GI RL ( laughing ):

A mermaid.

( chainjingling )

Hmm.

Huh...

( sighs )

( quiet, gentle theme plays )

GI N NY:
40 boxes,

was that it?

- MAN:
No, it's 55.

- GI N NY:
Fifty-five.

MAN:
And the window's going

to have to be dismantled...

Bye, Mom.

Hey, be back soon,

Hails.

Daddy! Daddy!

Daddy, it's so horrible.

I went on my run

this morning,

down by the water tower,

and, and I heard this

crying and...

this poor girl,

I think she's

trapped up there.

Did you call the police?

Uh, I wanted

to tell you first.

( phone keypadbeeping )

- ( knocking )

- Come in.

- ( knocking )

- Come in.

Hey.

Hey.

Will you take care

of Moby for me?

You won't have to go tomorrow.

Believe me.

So, I was thinking,

we should meet at the pier

at around 8:
455.

Hail.

- Areyou listening to me?

- Mm-hmm.

Maybe we should think

about thewish.

What doyou mean?

We know what

we're doing

with ourwish.

You're staying in Baybridge.

Right, but I was thinking

about it all last night,

and...

um, my mom has worked

all her life forthis.

Maybe it's not fair.

We asked for a miracle, Hailey,

and we got it.

We're using it.

Maybe we could wish

for something else, maybe.

Something else?

Mm-hmm.

Like what?

Like a new best friend?

A new person

to tell everything to?

Claire, no, stop it.

How can you even think that way?

I'm just saying,

maybe we'll learn

to stand on our own

for a change, you know?

- You mean me, don'tyou?

- I mean I'm notyour mom.

Please.

You act like I need you

all the time when...

the truth is,

you're so mad at the world

that nobody but me even

wants to talk toyou.

oh?

Soyou're the one who's

lived hereyourwhole life?

How doyou figure

that I'm your only friend?

Huh?

( sniffling )

...WQDA, the coast's

breaking news channel.

A report just in

ofa young girl trapped

- in the Baybridge water tower.

- ( shrieks )

We're going live to Storm Banks,

our man on the scene.

This is Storm Banks reporting

live from Baybridge water tower,

where an unidentified girl

has been trapped.

Firefighters

are racing against time

- to rescue this girl...

- Hailey, wait!

...from a watery grave.

Hailey, wait!

Hailey!

( sighs )

So how did you

come across this?

CECI LIA:

I was just out

for my morning run,

and all of a sudden

I heard this horrible screaming.

I didn't know what to do,

and, I mean,

I did the first thing

that came to my mind,

which was go

to inform the newscast,

and, um, you know,

we can only hope

- that we find her.

- The ladder's gone.

- oh, no.

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