Beach Pillows Page #5

THE INTEGRITY OF THE GAME.

[SIGHS]

THIS IS GONNA TAKE FOREVER.

YEAH, ALL GOOD THINGS, ED.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT, MORGAN?

ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

NOW, ARE YOU READY?

JUST START THE F***ING SONG!

- ARE YOU READY, BETTY?

- KATIE.

- HOW...

- MUCH...

- IS...

- THAT...

THAT'S AMAZING THAT YOU KNOW

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

I THINK THAT'S...

I THINK THAT'S THE MOS IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD.

AND ANIMALS?

GOD, WHAT COULD BE

MORE REWARDING THAN THAT?

PEOPLE, MAYBE,

BUT THEY'RE NOT NEARLY AS CUTE.

- NOT MOST.

- TWO WORDS.

- ARF!

- ARF!

I WANT TO WRITE.

WHAT DO YOU WAN TO WRITE ABOUT?

THAT'S THE THING.

I HAVEN'T FOUGHT IN A WAR.

I HAVEN'T TROTTED THE GLOBE.

I'D LOVE TO TRAVEL.

- WAGGLY...

- TAIL ME, TOO.

AND PAUSE.

I MEAN, I'M WORKING

ON ALCOHOLISM.

I'M MAKING SOME

PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STRIDES.

YOU WENT TO COLLEGE.

YEAH, BUT, LIKE, ME AND

EVERY OTHER UNEMPLOYED A**HOLE.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR COLLEGE.

DOGGY...

IN...

IT'S, LIKE, THE BEST.

YOU KNOW, ABOUT COLLEGE.

I JUST...

MY ENVIRONMENT'S

NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTING.

- I...

- DO...

THOUGH IT HAS BEEN

PRETTY ENTERTAINING LATELY.

YOU KNOW?

MAYBE... MAYBE IT ALWAYS WAS.

YEAH, IT COULD BE FUN.

MAYBE I JUST GOT TO, LIKE,

GET MY HEAD OUT OF MY ASS,

YOU KNOW?

STOP LOOKING IN:

AND START LOOKING UP.

- SALE.

- IT HAPPENED!

OH, IT HAPPENED.

IT HAPPENED, AND IT FEELS

SO MUCH F***ING BETTER

THAN I EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED.

- CONGRATU-F***ING-LATIONS.

- OH, I TELL YOU.

IT'S LIKE BEING BORN.

- ISN'T IT LIKE BEING BORN?

- I DON'T REMEMBER.

[LAUGHTER]

YOU THINK THAT DOGGY,

THAT MAGNIFICENT BEAST,

ISN'T FOR SALE!

I IMAGINE IT IS, NICK.

YOU'RE F***ING-A RIGHT, IT IS!

BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHA HE'S F***ING TALKING ABOUT.

GET MY WALLET!

I GOT TO F***ING BUY IT!

COLLEGE BOUND.

YOU MUST BE EXCITED,

A WHOLE NEW WORLD AHEAD OF YOU.

YEAH.

I GUESS I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.

IT'LL BE GREAT TO GET AWAY

FROM MY PARENTS, THOUGH.

I'M NOTICING MORE AND MORE

OF THAT ATTITUDE.

I THINK IT MIGHT JUST BE

A MATTER OF COMMUNICATION,

YOU KNOW?

YOU GOT TO BREAK DOWN THE WALLS.

I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE

DIFFERENT TASTES IN MUSIC,

DIFFERENT IDEAS:

OF HOW YOU SHOULD DRESS.

WHICH IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS,

BECAUSE THIS IS JUST LOVELY.

YOU LIKE IT?

VERY MUCH.

SO, I'M, UH...

I'M A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN YOU.

YOU DON'T REALLY SEEM IT.

I GET KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE.

I MEAN,

YOU DON'T LOOK THAT WAY.

OH, I SHAVED YESTERDAY.

ME TOO.

THAT'S FINE.

NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF.

MY AUNT HAS A GLANDULAR PROBLEM,

BUT THAT'S JUST...

THAT'S FINE.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

["DOESN'T MATTER" PLAYS]

[SIGHS]

IT'S AFTER NOON

WHEN I WAKE UP:

I NEVER USED TO:

SLEEP THIS MUCH:

THE WINTER'S GONE,

AND SO ARE YOU:

WAITING AROUND:

IS ALL I HAVE TO DO

OH, OH-OH-OH-OH-OH

OH, OH-OH-OH-OH-OH

OH, OH-OH-OH-OH-OH

OH, OH-OH-OH-OH-OH

THE LIGHTS ARE ON

WHEN I WAKE UP:

I NEVER USED TO:

THINK THIS MUCH:

I'M FEELING BORED,

I'M NOT CONCERNED

THINGS WILL BE FINE,

OR THEY'LL GET WORSE

OH, OH-OH-OH-OH-OH

HEY, BUDDY.

OH, OH-OH-OH-OH-OH

BUDDY, YOU'RE UP EARLY, HUH?

OH, OH-OH-OH-OH-OH

NICK?

SH*T.

NICK!

OH, OH-OH-OH-OH-OH

HEY! HEY! HEY!

NICK! NICK!

NICK. HEY.

HEY, THERE.

[CHUCKLES]

- ALL RIGHT?

- HEY, YOU.

- HOW YOU DOING?

- I'M GOOD.

YEAH?

DID YOU SLEEP OUT HERE?

I'M OUTSIDE, AREN'T I?

MM-HMM.

SH*T, MORGAN.

YEAH?

I THINK I PISSED MYSELF.

[LAUGHS]

NO. NO, YOU DIDN'T.

DUDE, MY PANTS ARE ALL SOAKED.

- [LAUGHS]

- [GASPS]

YOU OKAY?

AAH!

[COUGHING]

SO, HOW'D IT GO LAST NIGHT?

HOW'D WHAT GO?

WHAT? THE SWEETIE

IN THE BLACK BATHING SUIT.

[SIGHS]

SHE WAS GONE WHEN I WOKE UP.

OKAY.

SO, HOW'D IT GO?

[SIGHS]

OKAY.

OKAY-DOKAY OR OKAY-NOKAY?

OKAY-OKAY.

YOU SPEAK IN RIDDLES,

MY FRIEND.

WELL, OKAY-OKAY'S STILL PRETTY

F***ING OKAY WITH THAT DISH.

SO, WHY DON'T YOU SEEM OKAY?

HMM?

[SIGHS]

IT'S KARLA, YOU KNOW?

NO.

FORTUNATELY, I DON'T.

GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT'S NOT FUN

TO THINK ABOUT?

NOPE.

PLEASE DON'T TELL ME.

YOU WILL NEVER GE WHAT YOU WANT.

AND WHAT'S THAT, EXACTLY?

SEE?

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS IT.

AND IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING ELSE,

SHE'D STILL BE IT,

BUT BECAUSE OF:

WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS IT,

NOTHING ELSE COULD BE IT.

WOW. YOU... YOU MAKE "IT"

SOUND SO SIMPLE.

NO. MAN, IT'S TOUGH.

IT F***ING SUCKS SOMETIMES.

BUT WHEN IT'S COOL,

YOU'LL KNOW IT'S COOL.

AND WITH KARLA,

IT OBVIOUSLY WASN'T.

IT USED TO BE.

YEAH, WELL, MY PARENTS

USED TO BE MARRIED.

SH*T HAPPENS.

"GRADUALLY AND THEN SUDDENLY."

I'M SORRY?

"THE SUN ALSO RISES"?

OH, I SAW THAT.

NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE.

GYLLENHAAL.

[LAUGHS]

HEMINGWAY.

YEAH.

THAT IS SO PRETENTIOUS.

I'M JUST QUOTING NOVELS,

NON SEQUITUR.

YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY.

IT'S NOT PRETENTIOUS,

AS HEMINGWAY IS TOO FAMOUS.

IT'S PATHETIC.

DON'T DO THAT, MAN.

DON'T... DON'T GET DOWN

ON YOURSELF FOR BEING SMART.

HEY, I LOVE IT.

THANK YOU.

[LAUGHS]

WHAT EVER HAPPENED

TO YOU BECOMING A WRITER?

WHO'S GONNA IMMORTALIZE ME, HUH?

THERE WAS JUST NOTHING

WHEN I GRADUATED, YOU KNOW?

BAD TIMING.

I DIDN'T GET INTO

THAT IOWA PROGRAM.

HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING

TO WRITE ABOUT...

UNTIL RECENTLY.

SO, LIKE,

STUFF'S HAPPENING, HUH?

CAN'T SEEM TO STOP IT FROM.

CAN I READ IT?

IT'S NOT FINISHED.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD

JUST DO THE FINANCE THING,

LIVE IN THE CITY.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.

WELL, IT'S CLEARLY NO WHAT YOU WANT, BROTHER.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

HOW DO YOU KNOW:

IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE ME HAPPY?

- I MEAN, LOOK AT CAMPBELL.

- NO, F*** CAMPBELL.

I'M NOT GONNA LOOK AT CAMPBELL.

F*** HIM.

ALL CAMPBELL DOES

IS THINK ABOUT TRADING.

F***ING READS BOOKS

ABOUT TRADING.

FUCKS HIS GIRLFRIEND

THINKING ABOUT TRADING.

FUCKS OTHER PEOPLE'S GIRLFRIENDS

THINKING ABOUT TRADING

HIS GIRLFRIEND.

WHAT'S HE DOING?

NOTHING.

HE'S MOVING MONEY

FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

WHAT'S THAT DO?

WHO'S THAT AFFECT?

- WHO ARE WE AFFECTING?

- WHO ARE WE AFFECTING?

WELL, RIGHT NOW, MORGAN,

YOU'RE REALLY BUMMING ME OUT.

I'M TRYING TO GE YOUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT.

AND IF YOU HAD BEEN PAYING

ATTENTION YESTERDAY IN THE POOL,

I'M ON THE VERGE OF AFFECTING

THE ENTIRE COMFORT LEVEL

OF THE BEACH-GOING COMMUNITY

AS WE KNOW IT!

AND I THINK ED'S UPSTAIRS

BANGING MY SISTER.

HOW'S THAT RUBBING YOU?

EH.

ED'S A GOOD KID.

BESIDES, HIS COCK'S SO SMALL,

HE'S PROBABLY

HARDLY MAKING A DENT.

[BOTH LAUGH]

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE

SHE DID THAT TO ME, YOU KNOW?

YEAH.

SHE DIDN'T DO IT TO YOU, MAN.

SHE DID IT TO THE HALF A MAN

YOU BECAME:

BY LETTING HER FILL UP

ALL YOUR FAULTS, FAILURES,

AND FORGOTTEN DREAMS

WITH HER PRESENCE,

WHICH IS HALF A MAN LESS

THAN SHE DESERVED.

HEY, SHE'S STILL

A TWO-TIMING SLUT, MY FRIEND.

DON'T YOU F***ING SAY THAT.

OH, DID SHE LIE?

- I MEAN IT.

- WAS SHE PROMISCUOUS?

HEY, I'M JUST SAYING.

WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT?

- WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MAN?

- LAWYER.

THIS IS MADNESS.

WHO YOU GOT?

CHRIS FUMUSO'S DAD.

I THOUGHT HE COACHED SOCCER.

AHH.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

- MIMI, MIMI, MIMI.

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