Birds of America Page #4

Dad's accident again.

You cannot fall

out of that window.

It was snowing.

Snow doesn't suck

people out of wlndows.

He was trying

to fix something.

What needed

to be fixed?

No, he had a leak!

He had leaks.

He was trylng to shoo

a bat out the wlndow.

He jumped!

On his head.

No. He would never have

wanted us to see him

like that.

He wasn't thinking.

He had shut down.

You'd know

more than...

Me?

Any of us.

You meant me.

[Voices]

I wish they were here.

Go to bed.

It's late.

Yes, Dad.

No, don't.

I was Dad.

So don't say that.

I know.

You think I wanted...

No. I know you dldn't

want to take care

of us.

It's not that.

Yes, It Is, Morrle.

It Is that. That

Is the thlng.

So say lt.

Say the truth

for once.

It's not gonna

blow the world

to smithereens.

You don't have

that kind of power.

Goodnight.

I love you.

I love you.

Morrie?

What?

Look what I found

in Jay's wallet.

It's a baseball card.

He didn't give

everything away.

Somewhere in there

he's still Jay.

He's still connected.

What are we doing?

U h, we just remembered

that today is

my birthday,

and as a speclal

blrthday glft to me,

I was hoping that you

guys would smoke this

joint with me.

Okay.

The condensed version

of Manlfest Destlny.

Paul and Laura

gave that to us.

What could

we glve them?

(all)

Gonorrhea.

You know whatever happens

we're still going

to love you.

We need a

birthday toast.

I'm gonna go see

what we have.

You know,

it's funny.

My wlfe Is gone,

and your wife is

upstairs sleeping.

I mean, not

"ha ha" funny.

[Exhales]

[Inhales]

(Ida)

Those Dad's?

Time to kill this f***er.

I can't belleve

you have a wlfe.

When were you

gonna tell us?

There's nothlng

to tell, really.

She wanted to get

married so I

married her.

She seems nice.

She Is nlce.

But she's kind

of dopey.

Don't say that

about your wlfe.

It's true.

M m, But, sometimes,

sometimes kindness is

wiser than truth.

Khalil Gibran.

Oolumbo.

[Laughter]

Lieutenant Oolumbo?

I don't know why, I

always remembered

that line.

To Ida.

Happy blrthday, sls.

[Mfft]

[Whizzing]

It has been months...

since I 've had

a bowel movement.

That's a

true story.

[Laughter]

[Rummaging]

Hey. Where

you going?

Going to see my

woman, bring

her home.

Morrle,

maybe Dad was

sad 'cause Mom

was sick.

Since when

have you had

trouble sleeping?

Two years ago.

Oh.

No, not that.

No, before.

When I left.

You're not going

to see him?

Jesus you can't wait

a month? I 'll have

tenure then.

Gary will

be married.

Are you serious?

Settling down here was

too dull for you.

Life with Gary now would

be less fun than it

was two years ago.

Fun isn't

fun anymore.

Shh!

How long are you going

to let Paul give you

purple nurples?

You remember that?

You remember the bruises?

It's like having sex

with The M ummy.

Ahh!

Pooks, did

you miss me?

M m.

What? I thought we were

going to be honest with

each other?

[Toy squeaking]

[Girl screams]

(Betty)

Hey, are

you okay?

I 'll get your mom.

It's just M r. Osonka...

come to... say hi.

What are you doing?

Why are you wet?

I guess the Morrisons

got an automatic

sprinkler system.

Go home before

somebody sees you.

I need to

talk to you.

Not... not now.

I need to

talk to you.

I want you

to come home.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Okay.

I don't wanna

wait anymore.

Let's start our family.

I don't care if you

get tenure or not.

I thought we

agreed that

we needed

a more stable and secure

envlronment before we

embarked on all of that.

I'm dolng all of

thls for you.

I know.

But I just want

to be a mom.

Oh, God. Thls hasn't

all been an excuse,

has lt?

Don't you want

to have children

with me?

Yes. Of course I do.

It's not that.

I 'm just...

I'm a...

We can manage.

No, it's not

that. It's...

everything. My

father and Jay.

I just wish there

was some kind of

prenatal screening.

But you can't screen

for what happens in

this family.

No, you can't.

Maybe you're not ready.

Maybe you should

go off and have...

your insane youth,

'cause you never

got to have it.

Well, I never

thought of that.

You should.

Okay.

Well, you'll

let me know.

Honey?

No, just...

let me know

when you're ready.

L... I said okay.

Oan you just wait?

I 've been waiting.

No, don't get up.

Do you wanna come in?

M m-hm.

[Music]

[Music stops]

You took down

the photos I did.

You look good.

You do.

You look

really good.

How's your brother?

Jay?

Yeah, I heard he was

cracklng up a blt.

Yeah.

Who isn't cracking

up a bit? I know

I am.

So, listen. There's

something I have

to tell you.

Don't worry

about lt.

Ye- no. Please.

It's important.

U m,

a couple months

after I left, l...

uh, I reallzed I

shouldn't have.

I mean, I was

thinking about

coming back...

and, uh, I was

just about to call...

and then I was afraid to

come back 'cause I thought

that you'd think that,

that I was just coming

back because of that.

Out of, llke, gullt

or plty or somethlng.

And I thought, I

thought you'd

hate that.

The thing is, I thought

for sure you'd come

back after.

Every time the door

to my room would

open I,

I always expected

it to be you.

I know.

I know.

I should have.

I should have.

I wish I had.

I was really looking

forward to telling

you to f*** off.

Oh... Yeah.

Yeah, I guess.

Anyway.

It's okay. It's okay.

Hey. Sh, sh, sh.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Oh.

Hey.

Sh sh sh.

Hey.

I 'm sorry.

I love you.

Do you hate me?

Hey. Hey.

F***!

Keys? Did you

see my keys?

Don't leave.

I need your help.

I don't need your help.

I don't know what

I 'm saying.

Don't leave.

Ooming through!

Good morning. Thanks

for waiting. Sorry.

Okay. For every action,

there is an equal

and opposite reaction.

Yeah.

Well, look who

finally made it.

Rough morning.

Oar trouble.

So, a couple things.

First...

we felt, I 'm sorry,

we had to alert

the authorities...

as to Jay's whereabouts.

J ust In case.

Sure.

Someone has to protect

the innocent

and vulnerable.

Second, do you know where

your little sister was

this morning?

I'm pretty

sure she

was at Gary's.

I drove by on my way in

and I saw her car

parked in front.

I would've stopped but

I didn't want to

be late.

My lateness

this morning

was unavoidable.

I'm just...

It won't

happen again.

Your lateness

is secondary.

What do you want

me to say, Paul?

You sald you would ensure

that Ida stayed away

from my brother.

I 'm just disappointed.

I trusted you.

We're friends.

I could consider you my

best friend. I don't

know what you think.

You dldn't dellver and that

says somethlng about

your character.

I 'm sorry,

but I can't

control Ida.

She's an adult

and so is Gary,

and even if Ida went

over there, I 'm sure

he could handle it.

No, he can't.

Okay? She's

poison to him.

She's already smashed

his life to sh*t once.

Okay, I 'm getting

a little tired

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