Avengers Assemble in the Playroom Page #4

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The decency

to pretend

The decency not to

bring it into this house.

This is my home.

I will bring my life,

all of it, into my home.

I am going

to get another drink.

Maggie?

They sailed to the

bottom of the world.

It was cold. It was freezing.

And the boat ran into an

iceberg and got stuck.

So, they got out to push it.

And all the other kids

jumped back on the boat.

But a little boy was

standing on the iceberg,

and it was floating away

from the boat.

And then he couldn't even

see the boat anymore,

because there was

a blizzard

and giant snowmen all

around him.

at him with white eyes.

Sh*t.

- Goddamn it.

- Mom.

What's wrong?

I'm sick.

You're sick to your stomach?

I'm just sick.

Sick of everything.

Hand me my drink.

You should take it

easy on that stuff.

I'll take that under

advisement.

I just. I think...

I don't care what

you think about it.

You don't care what

I think about anything.

You hate me.

I don't hate you, Maggie.

You can't hate

your own child.

It's too much a part of you.

It's too much like you.

I don't want to be like you.

Am I really that bad?

No, I just want to be

different.

Who I want to be.

Don't get your hopes up.

Is that why you're fooling

around with Mr. Knotts?

I saw you.

Whatever you

think you saw...

Are you f***ing him, too?

Feel better now?

No, now I need

another drink.

Sorry, that's not funny.

No, you're a riot, Mom.

We all think so.

Me and Christian,

and Janie, and Sam.

This isn't about you.

You try to make

everything about you.

But, this is my life.

This is about me.

Truth or

consequences?

What's

consequences?

Just say truth.

No one wants

consequences.

Truth.

OK. What's the worst

thing you've ever done?

I wet the bed when I

stayed at Aunt Jean's house.

That's not a bad

thing, that's an accident.

Maggie.

We're sleeping

up here tonight.

Why?

Because I said so.

OK, Bossy.

I brought Ted.

I can't sleep.

Me neither.

Me neither.

I guess no

one can sleep tonight.

Tell us a story.

You tell me a story.

You start.

Once upon

a time in a country far away,

there were four children

who ran away from home.

Without their parents?

They didn't have

any parents.

They

sailed far out to sea,

past the last known country,

into uncharted waters, where

no adult had ever been.

Until they reached their

destination:
Child Land

This would make

a good novel.

One I'd like to read.

Everywhere there were

pizza shops, and bakeries,

and bowling alleys, and

swimming pools.

You seem to be enjoying

yourself.

What's wrong with that?

Then she started noticing

there were lots of 16 year

olds, but no 17 year olds.

Finally, a kid told her, "They

get too old for Child Land,

so we put them to sleep."

Otherwise they would

become grown ups

and take over the country.

You cannot just do

whatever you please.

Watch me.

Well, I guess we're in

this together, aren't we?

So she went underground,

and joined the

resistance movement

that was trying to save

the lives of teenagers

in captivity.

But the other kids

wanted to find her

She sent them a message...

...in code.

Every number stood

for a different letter.

The message said...

Maggie. I want

you to come downstairs.

I'll be back soon.

Go to sleep.

Maggie.

Don't do this.

Maggie, your mother is

trying to destroy this family.

Please, Martin.

Leave her out of it.

I want her to see

how much she's hurting you.

You want to be

a family, don't you?

You want a mother?

Martin, it's too late

for all of this.

It's not too late.

We are still a family.

Tell her, Maggie.

Tell her.

Tell him.

You tell him. It's your baby.

I'm gonna be father.

Dad. No.

You son of a b*tch.

Please stop.

Stop it.

We have

to finish the story.

They had to

escape, all of them.

And get to the boat.

OK.

She sent them

a message in code.

The message said she

would come and visit them

in the middle of the night.

But she couldn't stay.

But, as she slipped

off into the night,

she dropped scraps of cloth

Bits and pieces she tore

from her clothes.

and left a trail for

the kids to follow.

It led them to the

edge of a deep hole

so deep they couldn't

see the bottom.

They fell and fell, and

just when they thought they

would never stop falling...

... they landed...

... at the entrance

to a secret tunnel.

And they could hear the

sound of the ocean.

So, they ran

though the tunnel...

... and got

to the boat.

... and pushed

off from the dock.

And sailed away...

And they lived

happily ever after.

When this old world

starts getting me down

And people are

just too much

For me to face

I climb way up

to the top of the stairs

And all my cares

just drift

Right into space

On the roof it's

peaceful as can be

And there the world below

Can't bother me

When I come home

feeling tired and beat

I go up where the air

Is fresh and sweet

I get away from the

hustling crowd

And all that

rat-race noise

Down in the street

On the roof the

only place I know

Where you just

have to wish

To make it so

At night the stars

put on a show for free

And darlin' you

can share it

All with me

Right smack dab

in the middle of town

I found a paradise

That's trouble proof

And if this world

starts getting you down

There's room enough

for two

Up on the roof

Up on the roof

Everything is all right

Up on the roof

Everything is all right

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