Beyond the Gates

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Right?

Hey, hey, guys.

Yay!

Here goes.

- Hey, Gordon.

- You're late.

Two whole minutes.

Sweet threads.

Is that Aeropostale?

I see you're still sporting

your attire from age 12.

Whatever.

After you.

God.

I remember this place

feeling so big.

Yeah, you said it.

Shall we start boxing up?

Yeah, sure.

Let's get this over with.

Hey.

What if he's okay?

What do you mean?

I mean, not dead.

It's been seven months.

If he's out there,

it's not our problem anymore

Nobody else is gonna

clean up this mess. Come on.

Alright.

Oh, my God.

Is this amusing you?

Oh, dude,

remember these things?

VCR games?

Vaguely.

Most of this junk

just blends together.

Oh, come on, you know,

it's like you put in the tape

and they make you

turn off the lights--

then you gotta get close

to the TV

and they scream at you. Yeah.

Ridiculous.

We loved it.

Oh, my God, check it out!

It's that Indiana Jones

rip-off game.

What a goofy piece of sh*t

this was.

Hey, what are you losers

doing in here? Huh?

- Derek?

- Huh..

I saw that stupid purple car outside.

I thought

someone was trying to break in.

How you doing, Gordy?

It's good to see you.

I wish it was under

a different circumstances.

Yeah, me too.

Johnny Boy,

staying out of trouble?

Of course, yeah.

I like your outfit, man.

It's very "Adam-12" of you.

Yeah, yeah, thanks.

It's a job.

Yeah. Look at this place.

Your dad really did a good job

keeping it up, huh?

Yeah, well, not much

could pull him out of here.

Hey, look, we kinda got a lot to do here.

I hope to give you a call

this weekend. That okay?

Of course, yeah.

Of course, of course.

Under one condition though.

You let me rent

Operation Orion."

I f***ing love this movie.

- Keep it.

- Ahem.

Really?

Sh*t, I didn't expect that.

It's the movie

that made me wanna be a cop.

- Yeah.

- Cool. Have a good one.

See you guys soon.

- It's a terrible movie.

- He's a terrible cop.

- See you later.

- See ya, Constable.

Hey, John.

What's up?

Do you have dad's keys

to the office?

Uh...Negative.

Why?

What do you think is back there?

I don't know.

Guess I'll find out.

I'm sure they're around here

somewhere.

Hey!

Who's that?

Is that your girlfriend?

What's her name?

- Margot.

- Hm.

And she is getting into town

as we speak.

- Should we wrap this up for now?

- Yeah.

I think I breathed in enough

dads skin cells for today.

Are you staying at dad's?

I think so.

She's staying with me.

You're not living there,

are you?

F***, no.

Jesus, that'd be creepy.

Yeah, I think

I'm gonna hang back here

put another dent in this place.

Hm. Thanks, John.

I appreciate that.

Yeah, sure. Later.

- Uh, see you tomorrow.

- See ya.

Hey, Babe.

Oh, sh*t.

What happened here?

Well, it toppled over

a minute ago.

John must have left

a window open.

Long flight?

Yeah, and then the driver

couldn't find this place, so..

- Everything cool?

- Yeah.

- What is that smell?

- Nothing.

Air conditioning vents must need

cleaning out or something.

So no one's been here?

Oh, no way.

Dad stopped stocking up

on friends

since before I was in middle school.

Damn.

Bob was staying analog, huh?

Dad didn't have

a lot of faith in the DVD boom.

A lot of wood.

Oh.

And who's this dork

with the buck teeth?

- That stud you mean?

- Hm.

That was me, the year I won

our middle school

track-and-field competition.

You were on the track team?

Javelin.

So are you hungry?

Starving, but every place around here

will probably give you

food poisoning.

Really?

What about that bar

with the weird name

Sterling Sal or something?

Uh, are you sure

you don't just want me

to cook something here?

Let's go. Show me the town.

Taking a really long time, huh?

-Slow service.

- Yeah.

Oh, damn it.

Do you know them?

Yup. That's my brother.

Oh, sh*t, Gordon.

Oh, what's up, my man?

How you doing?

- Is this your girlfriend?

- Yup.

Margot,

this is my brother, John.

Oh, nice to meet you.

I've heard a lot about you.

For real?

He's talked about me?

- That's shocking.

- Occasionally.

- Bring it in.

- Its good to meet you.

Maybe I'll get my hugs too.

Hi, I'm Hank.

Yeah, this is, uh,

this is my friend, Hank.

I'm Gordon.

Yeah, I heard.

But, yeah, take a seat.

Why, you are something else.

Well, hello, Dahlia.

How are you, gorgeous?

You again.

Uh, let's do, like

four vodka sodas all around.

Gordon's buying, so--

- Excuse me?

- I'll get it.

Oh, yeah, just bring

an extra one for this guy.

He's a little bit of a...

I'm fine. Make it three.

- For real?

- Ah.

Yeah, I'm not drinking anymore.

Did you get a DUI

or something?

No.

So...

Gordon, how you been?

What's up?

What's been going on?

Must be something interesting

if you can't help out

your brother, huh?

Well, that's obviously

your business.

Well, see,

it is if I have to step up

to home plate for you,

sweet thing.

Dude, chill.

I'm just saying

what needs to be said, brah.

Yeah, uh, I can take care

of myself. Thanks, man.

You're all good.

- Hm.

- I think we should just go.

Yeah, you should probably

just go.

Hank, enjoy your next stint

in county jail.

Thank you, and feel free

to go f*** yourself, sweetheart.

- Wanna say that again?

- He's just trying

to get a rise out of you.

John, it was nice to meet you, come by the house sometime.

So good to meet you, too.

I'll, I'll see ya.

John, we'll see you tomorrow.

Hank.

- Well, that went well.

- That was f***ing awful.

Ah, drinks!

Thank you, Dahlia.

Hey.

Everything okay?

Yeah. I got it.

What's wrong?

What do you mean?

You're just acting weird.

You did great

with that creep back there.

Hey, Gordon, talk to me.

I know you think

you need to protect yourself

from everyone and everything

but you don't have to do that

with me.

That was a huge improvement.

Well, thanks.

Uh, it justbrought up

a lot of stuff

that I didn't want to remember.

You know, I,

you know, I've already f***ed up

so much between us.

You did f*** things up

but the only way

we're gonna get through it

is through time and commitment.

I love you for the man

that I know you are.

I just don't wanna end up

some drunk weirdo

with an irrelevant video store.

Well, as long as I'm around,

that's not happening.

Hm, Gordon.

Gordon.

I just took an Ambien.

You wanna have, Ambien sex?

Yeah.

Well, before I pass out.

Uh, tomorrow?

Well, not in his bed.

Fine.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Why are you so chipper?

You know, I'm just workin'.

Hey, did you try to get

into the house last night?

Dude, I have the keys.

Why would I do that?

- What about that Hank creep?

- No, man.

He lives, like,

way out in the boonies.

Why, did someone

try and break in?

Thought I heard someone

messing around with the window.

Felt like somebody was watching us.

Yeah, man,

it was probably some meth-head

trying to steal dad's stuff.

The whole neighborhood

has gone to sh*t.

It's for the birds.

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