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Some people are cool.

Some people are a**holes.

So what are you into?

Girls, clearly.

I think the term "girl"

is really derogatory,

unless you literally mean

underage young women,

in which case you should

probably keep that to yourself.

Oh, that's not what I meant.

It's cool. I like you.

Yeah, you don't know me.

So tell me something.

Like what?

Are you out to your family?

Kinda. Are you?

Really?

If you were rich would you

still be in the army?

Doubt it.

I do look good in camo though.

Have you ever been

with a woman before?

Are we gonna do this or what?

- Have you ever been with a woman?

- Yes, have you?

Yeah.

How many?

Three.

And a trans man.

Your twenty questions are up.

- That was five.

- All right.

For every five questions, I get to

take off a piece of your clothing.

Hey, Joey.

Yeah.

Do you like toys?

Put on these boots,

private Gibbons.

And this.

- Hey, girls.

- -Uh-huh.

Silly grandma forgot

to leave the lights on.

So Hannah, I just want you

to stay in the car, okay?

Gram?

Gram?

Rayna is so skanky, Joey.

Her littlest one was downstairs

picking gum drops one by one

off my gingerbread house

with her snot-covered fingers,

and Rayna...

Just stood there.

Wait, Rayna's here?

Came and went. I told

her you were sleeping.

She's crazy, Joey.

Kept going on and on

about her dead gram.

What time is it?

5:
30. You've been

sleeping all day.

Everybody knows you're leaving soon.

They want to say bye.

Then my mom's gonna come back.

I give her one week

until she turns this

house into a meth lab.

I'm gonna pack up,

me and the girls,

and I'm gonna be long on the

road before Roy gets back.

What about the funeral?

I don't need some drunk-ass

preacher to stand in the field

and tell me that gram

was a good person.

What about Roy?

Roy is on to us, Joey.

I'm coming with you.

No.

I can't make you a criminal.

I'm just gonna make it through

while you finish your service.

I'm coming with you.

How much money

you got saved up by now?

Uh, about 1000 bucks,

but it's in a savings account.

Do you think your ma's planning

to give you money tomorrow?

We're not gonna

be here tomorrow.

Hi, I'm looking for my mom.

Her name is Ruthie.

I think she's working here.

- I think she's in the kitchen.

- Okay, cool. Thanks.

Hey, mom.

- Mom.

- Is everything okay?

I was just wondering will you

give me money for Christmas?

What has gotten

into you, Joanne?

I'm working.

It's just that if you were gonna

give me money for Christmas,

it would be great

to have it now,

because I could

use it for gifts.

Hun, you've come with me

to the mall how many times

and now you're buying Christmas

presents on Christmas Eve?

Rayna put you up to this?

No.

That Rayna is married, Joanna.

Mary sue.

You've met my youngest, Joanna?

Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

Your mom's so very proud of you.

Where are you gonna buy

presents on Christmas Eve?

Walmart.

You're coming to midnight mass?

I got a gift card for you

in your stocking.

Go ahead and take it out

tonight if you need to.

But don't be whining

tomorrow morning

that there's more in your

sister's stocking than yours.

I could use some cash too, ma.

Jesus works in mysterious ways.

The army is sending you overseas

'cause that Rayna

is a bad influence, honey.

Those ready, Ruthie?

Coming right up.

The natives

are getting restless.

Okay. You can get plenty of presents

with that Walmart card, honey.

Um, I need to get something

from my mom's coat.

She said that

it was somewhere...

The first bedroom on the left.

Oh, my gosh, really?

All coins,

and, hundred bucks,

and there's a Walmart gift card

in my stocking.

You should ask Pete

for money too.

You should ask,

he thinks you're hot.

Mm, once upon a time,

he was hot too.

But he's got a small cock.

You f***ed

my brother-in-law?

Oh, come on!

That was like 15 years ago.

No wonder my sister

thinks you're skanky.

Yeah, well,

she went back for more.

I'm gonna go fill up,

and I'll be right back.

Just give Hannah the ball

if she wants to try it.

I need gas money.

Bring back change.

Joey?

It's you I wanna be with.

Not Roy, not Pete.

Not nobody but you and my girls.

It never even crossed my mind to

start a new life until I met you.

And you came along,

little miss big dreams.

All right, quit dilly-dallying.

Let's hit the road.

Before I get cold feet.

Hey, moneybags.

Well, moneybags.

So that's what happens

when you get a raise, huh?

Uh, yeah.

Um...

I was wondering, if I could

maybe borrow a little cash.

How much are we talking?

Like... 200 bucks.

200 bucks?

Rayna put you up to this?

Mm-mm.

You're not gonna go do

anything stupid, are you? -No.

Give you a hundred bucks.

Do not tell your sister.

Okay. Thank you.

Let me ask you something, Joey.

What is it that you don't

like about guys, huh?

I mean how do you know you don't

like cock if you've never tried it?

I was just telling

your sister here

how she's way too pretty

to be a lesbian.

Come on, Joey, don't go

off being mad at me.

Where were you?

Making us some money.

Sold gram's painkillers

for $147.

I got a hundred out of Pete.

Oh, yeah, and also...

A hundred?

Damn. I should have asked him.

Let's hit the road!

You girls ready

for an adventure?

I am, you know.

When are we going home?

Do you girls like Joey?

Oh, yeah.

I do, too.

When are we gonna see grandma?

Are they gonna give me

four stamps in Vermont?

You're not gonna leave.

They have school and

I gotta work.

How are you gonna work

if you're running from the man?

Could do a lot of things.

Just under the table.

I'm scared.

Don't be.

We're almost there.

Okay, thank you.

Thanks, we will.

What?

It's like a freaking

rainbow gathering in there.

Everybody is so nice here.

We got invited

to a party already.

No way! -Yeah, I think so.

What's a potluck?

- So you're new to town?

- Yeah.

You need a place

to stay tonight?

We do. We need

a place. Period.

Some rooms are opening up

at our house nearby in Johnson.

It's kid-friendly,

but you got to be into pets.

- She loves pets.

- Yeah.

I have so many pets.

I mean I don't have any pets,

whatever is good for the place.

How much is it?

Only $700 a month.

- Oh, cool.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, we could do that, right?

- -Yeah?

Can we do that?

Can we do that?

Can we do that?

That's cheap.

That's... that's Joey's,

that's Joey's stage name.

Ms. cheap.

All right, wonder if we're

gonna have the money

to get the girls' their bunk

beds after we pay rent.

Yeah and they'll be fighting

over who sleeps on top.

They're gonna be so excited.

Hannah, look after your sister.

It's not working.

Why isn't it working?

You think your mom told them?

I don't know, I'm not even due back

to the base until tomorrow morning.

What are we gonna do?

Thank god I sold that tool.

Okay, we're just gonna...

Put the deposit down and we'll lay

low and we'll figure out a plan.

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