Butterfly Effect: The Creative Process Page #6

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did a stint in the pen

and he used to eat like that.

I come from a big family.

Well, I meant no offence.

None taken.

Hey, uh...

Does Kayleigh Miller

still work here?

I'm sorry.

I never heard of her.

God! Can't a man get a little

goddamned peace in his own house?!

I don't suppose

you're here to sell cookies?

Good guess, fuckbag.

Remember me, huh?

We had a nice chat once

when I was seven.

I got one question for you.

Where can I find

your daughter?

Oh, I thought

you were someone else.

Make it fast,

I'm expecting someone.

Hey. It's good to see you.

Can I come in?

If I knew you were coming,

I would have cleaned

the stains off the sheets.

What do you want?

I just needed to see

a friendly face.

Well, time is money, Evan.

Money.

I guess I can spare 10 minutes

for an old friend, right?

So, how's tricks?

Sorry, occupational humour.

I got it.

You can stop now.

Oh, sorry.

Does my line of work

make you uncomfortable, precious?

No, just that you felt like

you had to use it to hurt me.

I've been where you've been.

Ha!

Where is that?

You wouldn't believe me

if I told you.

I know people always say that,

that you wouldn't believe me,

but in this case

it's not even worth trying, so...

I knew I needed to find you,

so I went over to your dad's

and made him tell me

where you were.

Then I came here

and the rest you know.

You're right, Evan,

I don't believe you.

I never thought you would.

That's why I never bothered

to tell a soul until now

and I never will again.

I'm the only person you've told?

That's a great line.

Does that make other girls wet?

Do they actually

eat up that bullshit?

You know, I could give a sh*t

whether you believe me or not.

Frankly, I'm too tired

to prove it to you...

Oh, there's proof now, huh?

How else would I know you have

twin moles on your inner thigh?

Anyone with 50 bucks

could tell you that.

Okay.

Forget that.

How about the fact

that you prefer

the smell of skunk to flowers?

Or that you hate cilantro

because for some reason

unknown to you

it reminds you

of your stepsister?

Or that when you have an orgasm,

your toes go numb?

I'm sure all of your clientele

are privy to that.

You know? Look, I just

thought you should know.

Know what?

That you were happy once...

with me.

You know there's one

major hole in your story.

There's no f***ing way

on this planet

or any other, I would ever be

in some f***ing sorority!

You were happy there.

Oh, you're crying?

You sure you don't

want your wallet?

No, I don't need it

where I'm going.

What, are you off to change

everyone else's life again? Is that it?

Maybe next time you'll pop up

in some mansion

while I end up in Tijuana

doing some donkey act.

You know what? I'm over it.

Every time

I try to help someone

everything just goes to sh*t.

Well, don't give up now, slick.

Hell, you've already

done so much for me.

Why don't you go back in time

and save Mrs Halpern

and her baby?

And then maybe Lenny wouldn't

freak out and ruin my family.

No, go back

to when I was seven

and f*** me in front

of my daddy's video camera.

Straighten me out a bit.

You're on my bed.

Get out!

Buddy, I thought it would be okay

what with you being sick and all.

I'm not going to say it again.

'The last thing I remember

before the blackout

was holding my hands

over Kayleigh's ears.

I think I was more focused

on her hands on mine

than on the mailbox

across the street.'

Lady, stay back!

Don't go near the mailbox!

- Idiots!

- I mean it, woman! Get the hell back!

I'll save you, lady!

God damn it, I thought

I told you two to get out.

Oh, sorry, man.

Did we wake you?

No, it's cool.

Okay.

It's really cool.

What the f*** is this?

- Please save his arm!

- Can you open up my locker?

- Happy Birthday!

- Can I come too?

Do you want me

to hold your popcorn?

Evan? Get a towel!

Get a towel!

Evan! Oh my God!

Evan! Evan!

Evan!

Hey, where you going?

You ever notice Kayleigh's smile?

I love her smile.

Lenny's the best.

You guys make a great couple.

You ever think

that I'll find someone?

Evan!

Where are we going?

We're taking you

to the hospital, Evan.

- No, take me back.

- Sorry, your mum would kill me.

- Oh.

- You take me back, Lenny!

You owe me that much.

What are you geeks

looking at?

It must be nice to be

so goddamed perfect, huh?

F***ing losers!

Lenny, help me!

Here, get him over.

Get him over.

Hey, Brian, how's

your head feeling, buddy?

I saw that girl

you went home with.

Did she borrow

your razor this morning?

You're so bad.

Hey, there's Tommy.

Hey, Tommy! Tommy!

Hey, what's up, guys?

Hey, man,

I did what you said.

We're pooling our student funds

with the Hillel house

and we're having

an awareness dance.

Oh, awesome.

Maybe I can spin my chair around

to a techno remix

of 'Hava Nagila' till I puke.

Maybe we should be

getting to class now.

What's the point

of psych class now?

Tomorrow I could wake up

a dirt farmer in Bangladesh.

Let's go for a stroll.

Bye, babe.

- Yippee.

- Bye, sis.

What's up with him?

So Tommy's really

into this Jesus freak thing, huh?

You know how spiritual

he's gotten

ever since he saved

Mrs Halpern and Katie.

He saved Mrs Halpern?

Please. The twisted f***.

Here, why don't we sit right here?

Want a granola bar?

Here, just...

Yeah, I gotta fix

these things or something.

Kayleigh...

do you ever think about us?

I mean, do you ever wonder

if things might have been

different between us?

Sure, Evan.

You were the first person

I really ever cared about.

- I was?

- Yeah.

That's why when I was little,

I never went to live with my mother.

I don't get it.

When... when my folks split up,

they gave me and Tommy a choice

of who we wanted to live with.

And I couldn't stand my dad.

But I knew that if I went

to move with my mum,

I'd never see you again.

I didn't know that.

So you still think about us...

together?

Well, it's crossed my mind

from time to time.

And?

Well, a lot of things

have crossed my mind, Ev.

I mean, I could play out the entire movie of

our lives in one second.

Boom, we fall in love.

We get married.

We have kids.

Our kids grow old, as do we.

Matching burial plots.

The whole thing.

Plah, it took a lot longer

to spit out than to imagine.

Things like that usually do.

So...

do you think that

it might have worked?

Yeah.

I mean, but that's

not how things wound up.

I'm with Lenny.

Lenny is your friend

and...

and that's where it ends.

Well...

would it make a difference

if I told you that

no one could possibly ever

love anyone as much as I love you?

I'm not saying that. I...

- Yeah.

- I'm not... I'm just saying it like

if you were a girl,

would that be something

that you would want to hear?

Hold on one second.

Lenny's calling.

I'll be right back, Ev, okay?

He's a little down...

I love you.

You forgot to put

the toaster on the ledge.

Lenny likes Pop Tarts.

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