Boyhood Page #25
100%. Just cause of the computer.
MOM:
Well. Sounds like he'll be a good
roommate, then.
MASON:
Yeah. But we've pretty much decided
that soon they won't even need a
questionnaire. Because they'll just
let the NSA scan your digital ghost,
and they'll tell you who your roommate
is, based on everything you've ever
said, written, or clicked.
Mason walks back into the living room, carrying a box. He
holds up a framed picture.
174.
MASON (CONT'D)
Did you -- Did you put this in here
again?
Mom laughs.
MASON (CONT'D)
I don't want it.
MOM:
Come on, it's the first picture you
ever took.
MASON:
Well, I mean, all the more reason to
leave it behind, right?
Mason goes to put the picture back in his room, while Mom
suddenly breaks into quiet sobs.
He comes back out, wearing a backpack, and notices Mom crying.
MASON (CONT'D)
What?
MOM:
(crying)
Nothing.
MASON:
No, what is it?
MOM:
Nothing!
MASON:
Mom...
MOM:
This is the worst day of my life.
MASON:
What are you talking about?
MOM:
I knew this day was coming. I just -I
didn't know you were gonna be so
f***in' happy to be leaving.
MASON:
I mean, it's not that I'm that happy.
What do you, what do you expect?
175.
MOM:
You know what I'm realizing? My
life is just gonna go, like that!
This series of milestones. Getting
married, having kids, getting
divorced, the time that we thought
you were dyslexic, when I taught you
how to ride a bike, getting divorced
AGAIN, getting my masters degree,
finally getting the job I wanted,
sending Samantha off to college,
sending YOU off the college... You
know what's next? Huh? It's my
f***in' funeral!
A beat.
MOM (CONT'D)
Just go, and leave my picture!
Stunned, Mason doesn't know what to say.
MASON:
Aren't you jumping ahead by like,
forty years or something?
MOM:
I just thought there would be more.
Mom sits at the table crying. Mason does not know how to
comfort her.
EXT. HIGHWAY - DAY
Mason drives his pick-up truck through the open roads and
mountains of West Texas.
Mason stops at a gas station to fill up. While he waits, he
takes pictures.
EXT. UNIVERSITY - DAY
Mason pulls into the parking lot of his University and parks.
INT. DORM - AFTERNOON
Mason walks through a hallway area and finds his dorm room.
He enters to find it half decorated with music going. He
throws his bag up on the available bed and starts to unpack
and get situated. DALTON enters.
DALTON:
Hey, you must be Mason.
176.
MASON:
Yeah. Dalton, right?
DALTON:
Yeah, man, it's nice to finally meet
you.
MASON:
Definitely.
DALTON:
Are you cool with this side of the
room?
MASON:
Yeah.
DALTON:
Got in this morning, just moved my
sh*t in, man.
MASON:
(laughs)
Well, yeah. I don't- I don't care.
No worries.
He unzips his bag, but keeps the conversation going.
DALTON:
Cool. Can I help with anything,
man? Any bags? Any last stuff you
need brought in?
MASON:
I just got like one... box left, I
packed pretty light. But I appreciate
it.
DALTON:
My pleasure, man. Of course.
MASON:
Um, are you goin' to the orientation
mixer thing?
DALTON:
Orientation mixer thing? F*** no,
man! I'm not goin' to that and
neither are you, by the way. We got
way better stuff to be doin', dude.
BARB, Dalton's girlfriend, drifts into the room.
BARB:
You ready?
177.
DALTON:
Yeah. Hey, Barb, this' my roommate
Mason. Mason, Barb.
They shake.
MASON:
Hi.
BARB:
Hey. You comin' with us?
MASON:
Where're you going?
BARB:
Hiking.
DALTON:
Yeah, man, you should come. If we
leave now we can catch the late
afternoon at Big Bend. You ever
been before, man?
MASON:
Yeah. But not since I was really
little.
DALTON:
Oh, well then all the more reason to
come now, man. That's why we're
here, dude.
Barb's roommate, NICOLE, is now hanging out by the door.
DALTON (CONT'D)
Oh, Mason. This is Nicole, Barb's
roommate.
NICOLE:
Hey, what's up?
MASON:
Hi.
Barb is reaching in her bag for something.
DALTON:
Mason, Nicole.
BARB:
(to Mason)
So, you game?
178.
MASON:
Sure.
She has produced a chunk of brownie that she hands to Mason.
BARB:
Here. Have the rest of this. Got
it timed perfectly. It'll kick in
when we get to the mountains.
Mason takes it, a little amused, looks at the others
(confirmation), then starts to consume.
MASON:
Awesome.
DALTON (O.S.)
Let's go.
They roll out of there.
EXT. BIG BEND - LATE AFTERNOON
Mason, Nicole, Dalton and Barb hike through a BIG canyon.
Nicole talks to Mason about teaching dance.
MASON:
Do they let you major in that here?
NICOLE:
Well, it's not that serious here, so
I kinda like train outside the
university, but I'm taking all my
basics like History of Dance and all
that.
MASON:
Nice.
NICOLE:
Yeah.
MASON:
What do you teach?
NICOLE:
Oh, gosh. Ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical,
hip-hop...
MASON:
Wow. Which one's your favorite?
NICOLE:
Tap.
179.
MASON:
Yeah?
NICOLE:
Yeah. You can make up all your own
sounds and there's no rules.
MASON:
Right...
NICOLE:
Just, like, creative freedom.
MASON:
That's great.
NICOLE:
Yeah.
MASON:
Right.
NICOLE:
... So to be a part of bringing it
back to the kids...
MASON:
Right, keep it going.
NICOLE:
... Is really rewarding. Yeah.
MASON:
How old are they?
NICOLE:
Six to eight.
MASON:
(laughs)
Wow.
NICOLE:
(laughing)
Yeah. They have like no fear, and
they're not self-conscious at all.
MASON:
They haven't reached the awkward
years yet.
NICOLE:
Yeah, not yet. It's coming.
180.
The group continues walking over a ridge as the sun is
setting.
EXT. HIKE - LATER
As Barb and Dalton coyote call on the rocks, Mason joins
Nicole sitting on a rock overlooking the river and sunset.
NICOLE:
Hey.
Dalton and Barb continue like coyotes, much to Nicole and
Mason's amusement.
NICOLE (CONT'D)
Dalton can be crazy sometimes.
MASON:
He seems cool, though.
NICOLE:
Yeah. Yeah, they're both really
cool. How are you feeling?
They both laugh.
MASON:
Great. Really great, to be honest.
NICOLE:
Good. I'm really happy that you're
hangin' out with us.
MASON:
Yeah. Me too.
Meanwhile, over on a big rock, the coyotes are now yelling
words.
DALTON (O.S.)
This moment's having a multiple
orgasm! It's like as if all of time
has unfolded before us so we can
stand here and look out and scream F***
yea!! Wooo!
Back with Nicole and Mason laughing.
NICOLE:
You know how everyone's always saying,
"Seize the moment"?
Mason nods yes.
181.
NICOLE (CONT'D)
I don't know, I'm kinda thinkin'
it's the other way around. You know,
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