Bravetown Page #4

Do you still trust me?

Uh, yeah.

Do you want to see

something interesting?

Yeah.

Follow me.

What is it?

It's a tree.

Very funny.

Just a sec.

Are those medals?

Yeah.

Are you gonna help me?

What kind are they?

All kinds.

That one is the Bronze Star.

That one is an Air Medal,

and that over there

is a Medal of Honour.

You okay?

Yeah.

Tony told me about your brother.

I'm sorry.

His name was Robert.

Don't be sorry.

It's not your fault.

Who do those belong to?

Everyone in town

has lost someone

to some war somewhere.

It's towns like ours

that the government gets

most of their soldiers.

How come there's nobody ever

at the cemetery?

I walk by it every day.

People here like to pretend

their loved ones

are still alive.

Talking about it

brings them pain.

It's their way of coping,

I guess.

But you're not like that.

You don't know me.

Let's go.

Thanks for the movie,

and walking me home.

Uh, well, good night.

Hey, how's she doing?

Aunt Judith called,

wanted to talk to Mom

about Robert.

Mom started yelling at her,

and told her to stop talking

about him in the past tense.

Did you give her her pills?

Yeah, you seen the dosage

on those things?

Those pills can knock out

a horse!

For days.

Yeah, I know.

Hey, Mom.

Mama, come on.

Let's get you to bed, okay?

Come on.

Come on, let's go.

Let's get you to bed,

come on.

Okay.

There, there. I'm here, Mom.

It's okay.

I miss my boy!

I miss my boy.

I miss my boy.

Still see him...

I'm here, it's okay.

Don't go.

Don't go...

I'm here, Mom, it's okay.

We'd give anything

to have you back.

I just don't know what

to do anymore, Robert.

I feel like I'm by myself.

Hi, Tony.

Ahhh!

Hey! What the hell, man?

Josh!

We're in a freaking cemetery

in the middle of the night!

You scared me to death!

I scared you, huh?

What are you doing here,

anyway?

I'm walking ho...

What are you doing here?

I came to see Robert.

Your brother.

Yeah.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

My mom was having

one of her fits.

She was going on and on

about Robert.

I can't stand to see her

like that,

so I come here instead.

You're not scared?

No. Why, are you?

Of course not.

Come on,

I'll get you home.

Hey, can I listen

to some of your music?

Yeah, sure.

Hey, man.

Hey.

Have a seat.

Do you mind if we don't

watch the game today?

I've got a tune I've been

working on for the dance team,

and I feel like it's just

gonna be in my head.

Uh, yeah, yeah,

of course.

Oh, and no pizza,

either.

I'm trying to get back

into shape.

Sure.

Hey, Jenny, can you put that

in the mail for me?

And no pizza today.

What do you know

about the people here?

What do you mean?

I know everyone's lost

someone to war,

but no one ever wants

to talk about it.

You know that girl

I was telling you about?

Her name's Mary.

She's the girl I went

on a date with.

Congratulations.

She took me to this place.

It's a tree with a bunch

of hanging medals

from fallen soldiers.

You know the place

I'm talking about?

I do.

I tried talking to her,

and then she just closed off.

She wouldn't open up

about anything,

and I'm trying to wrap

my head around that.

It doesn't make any sense

to me.

I mean, you were in the war.

What can you tell me about that?

You know what? She'll, uh,

she'll talk when she's ready.

That's it?

That's the best you've got?

Yeah.

I thought you were supposed

to know the answers

to problems and stuff.

Why is that a problem?

Because I want to get to know

this girl,

but she won't open up about

anything... anything personal.

Getting to know somebody

takes patience.

It takes time,

it takes the other person

wanting to talk about it,

and that's what a true

relationship is.

Do you have any friends here?

I did.

But not anymore.

Is that one of them?

Yeah.

Lose him in the war?

I did.

You miss him?

Every day.

What's that?

Why don't you take a look?

This is a... a Medal of Honour.

You have a Medal of Honour?

It's not mine.

Then, whose is it?

It belongs to a friend of mine.

Then, how come you have it?

Because his family

doesn't want it.

Why not?

You know, why don't you put

the box back on the table,

and we'll talk about you

for a minute. Please?

Why don't you tell me

about the music?

Where's the music come in?

I was five.

I remember I used to blare

the music so I could drown out

all my... all my thoughts.

Everything else.

And what about the drugs?

Around... 12?

How do they make you feel?

Sometimes the music

just isn't enough, you know?

Mm, yeah, I know.

Why doesn't the family

want the medal?

I'll tell you about that

next time we meet,

how's that sound?

One, two, three, four!

Five, six, seven, eight!

Oh!

Angie, you okay?

Are you okay?

I don't know, it just...

It just hurts!

Tony, go get ice.

Wait, wait, no!

Mary, Mary.

Breathe.

Top of section one and two,

ready?

Where did you learn this?

YouTube!

One and two, and three and four!

And five and six, seven, eight!

One, straight legs!

Three and four!

Can I have your attention,

please?

I wanted to be

the first to tell you

that people at the state level

have caught wind

of what's going on here,

and our school has been invited

to the state invitational

for the first time

in seven years!

What?!

With only one condition:

that you win the remaining

competitions.

Done!

Listen, there's one more thing.

Our school could be hosting

the invitational.

Oh, yes!

Hey, you need to be

resting that ankle.

Congrats.

All right, all right,

back to rehearsals.

You guys are facing

the Hornets this week,

and they're a bunch of stingers,

I'll tell you that much.

Hey!

There's a plate of food

for you over here.

If you just want to throw it in

the microwave and warm it up.

How's school going?

Okay.

How about those meetings

with your advisor?

The shrink?

Yeah.

Okay.

Oh, yeah, I almost forgot.

I saw this pair of jeans

on sale,

and uh, the lady at the store

said it was a pretty cool brand.

I don't know,

they probably fit.

Thanks.

Yeah, you're welcome.

Hey, Josh.

Oh, hello.

Hi, um, I'm Mary.

Uh, we go to school

together.

Oh.

I'm Jim,

I'm Josh's dad.

We're just going to be listening

to music in my room.

All right, sounds good.

Nice to meet you.

Yeah, it was nice

to meet you.

Your dad seems really nice.

Um, that song you did for Lou

was... really good.

Thanks.

I was actually thinking we could

do something for Mia.

You know, mix of a little Asian,

and a sprinkle of your magic.

Way ahead of you.

Really? Can I hear?

I'm not finished with it yet,

so...

You want to watch a movie

or something?

Um, yeah, which one?

You ever seen Platoon?

That's a, uh, war movie, right?

Yeah.

Um...

I got to get going,

so maybe another time?

Yeah, yeah.

Of course.

I'll walk you home.

Yeah.

So, how's Tony doing?

He's fine.

Why do you ask?

Saw him the other night

at the cemetery.

Yeah, he does that.

He told me about your mom.

He did?

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