Blackbird Page #6

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With a girl.

Sex?

Maybe she wasn't the right girl.

If there's a right girl, she's it.

Were you this confused?

At your age?

Worse.

It was only a few years back.

What changed things for you?

The right guy.

What did the right guy do?

What I'm going to do to you.

What's that?

You really want to know?

Yes.

What I'm going to do is...

I'm sorry.

Sorry.

Kiss me. Kiss me.

Oh, God, let me touch you.

Get your ass out of that car.

Mom! Mom, it's not what you think!

Shut up, what do you mean

it's not what I think?

I should murder your nasty ass.

You're going to the bottom of hell.

Randy, when I get you,

I swear to God, you out here

doing that like that.

You still going to try to see him?

Get in that house, get in that house.

You will not be out here

with that sickness,

acting like no damn priest.

So, now we know.

Now we know why we're being punished.

Chrissie is the price

we pay for your sin,

for your sin and your weakness.

Randy, how could you?

How could you be so selfish?

And you know the Lord is watching us.

You know we being tested.

But so what, so what?

You still indulge in your depravity.

I'm ashamed of you, Randy.

Before God you have shamed us.

I cannot believe you

crawl forth from my body

into this Earth to fornicate frivolously

like a craven beast.

Am I to have no children.

Is that my fate,

to lose the both of you?

Mom, I'm sorry.

Don't you do that.

Don't you do that, don't you tell me

you sorry when you not.

When you standing there

still stinking of him

and thinking of him,

wondering is he thinking of you.

Trying to figure out when you're going

to see him next, aren't you?

Aren't you?

Yes.

You disgust me.

But you will never,

never make me give up my family.

And you gonna stand there and cry

like a f***ing punk?

You are the reason

why they took my baby.

God, please just tell me, just tell me.

Just tell me, tell me

what you need me to do.

Tell me what you need me to do, God,

because no, he can't even beat it.

He can't beat it, he can't beat it.

God, he can't beat it.

Please, my baby, please.

One second, Mom.

Hello, Randolph.

Pastor Crandall.

May I come in?

Interesting room.

Very creative.

I like the colors.

Thanks.

Mom and Dad gave me free reign to

decorate up here how I like.

The blue reminds me of the sky.

Sometimes when

I'm lying down looking up,

it's like I can imagine

what it must really

feel like to fly.

Tell me.

How long have you been struggling?

Struggling?

With these unnatural desires.

I don't know, sir.

All my life.

As long as I can remember.

I thought I could ignore it, bury it.

But I get these dreams.

Dreams.

Do you want to be normal, Randolph?

Yes, yes I do.

Now, only the Lord can cast out

these unclean spirits, these demons.

You think I'm possessed?

I believe there's something

lurking in you.

Are you talking about exorcism?

He's talking about deliverance.

Are you ready for deliverance, Randolph?

Yes, yes I am.

Please, save me.

Lord Jesus, we pray for your power,

for your great healing power.

Lord God, we are prepared

to stay as long as it takes

to cleanse this young child.

- Oh, please, Heavenly Father.

- Almighty God.

Look down upon this

your child and heal him.

Heal my Randy, Father

Cleanse him, almighty God.

Deliver him from the ungodly

sinful forces

that have held him captive, that have

held him in bondage

against these unnatural desires.

Oh, please, Father.

Deliver this, your poor sinful soul

from the bondages of unclean spirits.

Deliver him,

this is your child, Father God.

This poor sinful servant from the bonds

of unnatural feelings.

Look down upon this your child

and have mercy.

Mercy Lord, mercy, please.

Remove this sin.

As boundless as the sea,

my love as deep.

The more I give, the more I have,

for both are infinite.

Save him, Lord, save him.

Oh, thank you, Jesus.

Yes, God.

Lord God.

Where's Leslie?

Where's Leslie?

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God, baby, no!

Oh, my God, what happened?

Oh, my God.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding."

I dream these dreams

from the darkness in between

But I hope that I am not the only one

Hi.

Is Marshall here?

It's okay, Mom.

This is the guy I was telling you about.

This is Randy.

Take my dark, take my light

Take my freedom and my flight

Take out all my reasons wrong

And make them right

Take my night, take my day

Take my cold and bitter ways

Take it all from me,

just promise that you'll stay

Oh,

I love you.

Wait.

He says, "It's okay."

God's here?

God's here.

"Whoever does not love

does not know God,

because God is love."

Mom?

Mom?

It's okay, Randy.

Everything is okay. They found her.

She's coming home.

She's coming home.

My baby's coming home.

Chrissie?

Mom, Dad.

This is Marshall.

My... my boyfriend.

Sir.

Good to meet you, man.

Great to meet you.

Ma'am.

They're here.

Chrissie.

Chrissie.

Chrissie.

Chrissie.

All right, all right.

Thank you, God.

Turns out Chrissie had been living

with a family in Arkansas

the whole time.

Some woman who couldn't

have kids snatched her

and was raising her as her own.

Mom says since God brought Chrissie back

home to us,

it wasn't my fault after all.

"God is love," she said.

"God is love."

- Hey.

- Hey.

What's up, dude?

Todd, what's going on?

Just came around to say goodbye.

Goodbye?

And thank you for being

a good Christian brother to me.

Todd, where are you going?

How's it going with Marshall?

Marshall?

Seems like a totally cool guy.

You've never met Marshall, Todd.

Sometimes I'm kind of jealous of him.

Jealous?

Would have been kind of cool,

wouldn't it?

I could have loved you the way he does.

I know that's what you wanted.

I kind of wanted it too,

but it was Leslie.

Leslie.

So beautiful.

I'm so sorry, Todd.

You don't have nothing

to be sorry for, dude.

You must miss her so much.

I used to. It was hard.

But it's okay now.

I should go.

Where you going?

You know where, dude.

I have to get back to Leslie.

- She's waiting for me.

- Todd!

Shh, you'll wake yourself.

That's Marshall.

Dude, I know your parents like the guy,

but he ain't sleeping over yet.

I don't get this.

It's only been a couple months

since they met him.

I don't get this.

What is this?

You know what this is, dude.

You don't want to know, but you know.

This has been the same dream

you've had for the past two months.

Remember?

I drove my bike under the train

the week after Leslie died.

You sang at the funeral,

it was beautiful.

Your sister ran away twice.

But she's starting to settle down now.

Your dad moved back home again,

and it's not working out too well

right now, but it'll be okay eventually.

They'll make it.

You'll move to Los Angeles

with Marshall.

You'll both fall in love

with other people.

You'll remain lifelong friends

who everybody

knows should be together.

Crystal will move to New York

and you'll lose touch.

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