Camp Hope Page #4

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- You're in.

It's really bad.

I have to go to the nurse.

You want me to come

with you?

No, I'm fine.

All right.

Give 'em hell, Jimmy.

You can rest here

for a while.

These might make you

a little loopy.

But the dance

is tonight.

You'll be there.

Rest now.

Lord Jesus,

bless this child.

Heal him, Lord.

Welcome to the dance.

Okay.

Now, brothers and sisters,

tonight you're gonna be

so happy,

because tonight's

dance is

a square dance!

Huh?

Okay.

The shortest to tallest.

We're gonna go Davids over here,

Goliaths over there,

okay?

Jack, shirt...

tuck it in.

Jack, come on.

All right.

This is gonna be great.

Square dance night!

Look at those smiles.

You love to square...

I know you love to square dance.

Come on.

Tommy.

Promenade!

Promenade!

Do si do!

Hey.

Where were you?

I was...

I was at the nurse.

I had another asthma attack

and I fell asleep.

Oh, are you okay?

I missed you.

Looked like you had

good enough of a time.

I would have given anything

to have been with you.

Meet me tonight.

What? How?

Meet me.

Have Jack cover for you.

Are you crazy? Do you know what

would happen to us if we got caught?

I know.

I don't care.

I want to see you.

Meet me.

Okay.

by the horse paddocks.

Okay.

What are you two doing

out here in the dark?

We were just talking.

He was sick and...

Sister, you go

to your cabin now.

You're behaving

like a tramp.

Excuse me?

A whore.

Acting like a whore

out here in the cloak of darkness

with a young man.

People will think of you

as a whore.

Good night, Melissa.

I can't tell you how disappointed I am

in you, Thomas.

Hey.

I didn't think I was gonna make it

out of there. A couple of the counselors

were gabbing away on the front porch

blocking my exit.

I thought the horses

were gonna give me away.

Where's Tommy?

Uh, I think he's

at the nurse...

his asthma, you know.

F.Y.I.,

Jesus is your savior,

not your homeboy.

Funny. How's the Inquisition

treating you, Christian?

My dad told me that your parents

were thinking about leaving.

Is that true?

How does word like that

get around so fast?

I swear, this community,

for all its piousness,

really do gossip more than

a cheap supermarket rag.

So it's true then?

Well, yeah.

I mean, they're just

thinking about it, but...

Here, let's sit.

Why though?

No one knows this,

but my dad's in A.A.

Really?

Before his conversion,

he used to be

a really bad alcoholic.

And my parents almost

got divorced over it.

I had no idea.

I'm sorry.

Well, now with this

new rule,

they've ordered my dad

to stop going

and my mom wanted

none of it.

But if you guys leave...

You know how it is

when someone leaves,

how they're treated.

Suddenly

my parents will be

lost to the world,

the flesh

and the devil.

And what will become

of their whore daughter?

I can't believe

he called you that.

Me neither.

Why didn't you

say something?

It's Father Phineas.

Are you crazy?

No.

Not if you felt

that he was wrong...

so wrong

for calling me that.

I know.

I should have

said something.

I'm sorry, Mel.

Remember how much fun

it used to be

when we were kids?

We'd have prayer meetings

followed by picnics

lasting into the night.

Oh, I used to have

so much fun.

I loved it.

I met you at one of those

picnics for the first time.

You were, what, like,

eight or nine?

Yeah, eight, I think.

You were all cute,

all tongue-tied.

You've always had

that effect on me.

Oh God, Mel.

Oh my God.

I'm going to...

Tommy. Oh God.

Stay with me.

Stay with me.

Are you happy

with your life, Father?

And you, my priest,

have failed me,

just like you have

always failed.

Your time is up.

My God, I can't believe

that just happened.

Me neither.

Did you?

What?

Eww. Sticky.

We hardly touch each other

all summer, and then...

wow.

That was intense.

- Did you hear that?

- Yeah, I did.

Sh*t, we can't get

caught like this.

Stay low.

Stay low.

I can't believe

we just did that.

Don't tell anyone.

Tommy, I don't regret it.

Please don't make this

a bad thing.

I care about you

so much.

I won't tell anyone.

I can't even imagine the things

they would say about you.

I'll wait here

a couple of minutes

and then

I'll follow you, okay?

I don't want them to see us

coming out together.

Go.

Bad girl. Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl. Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl. Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl. Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl. Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl. Bad girl.

Bad girl.

Bad girl.

- Why aren't you with your campers?

- One of them is missing.

- Who?

- Tommy Leary.

Come on.

- Sister, what's happening?

- I'm just getting bits and pieces.

Seems that they all had

the same nightmare...

blood in the chapel

or something.

Sisters, be at peace.

Calm.

No harm

will come to you.

Father, protect

these sisters.

Take away

all evil thoughts,

all fear

of the enemy.

Melissa, what are you

still doing dressed?

Tommy?

Tommy.

Tommy, stop.

Stay here.

Oh my God.

- Are you okay?

- The inhaler.

- Where is it?

- The nurse's.

Okay, all right,

I'll get it.

Carol, is he all right?

He's better.

It was quite a scare though.

Asthma can be

pretty awful.

Yes, it sure can.

Oh, I need to see him.

Of course, of course.

But he's pretty tuckered.

And he can't speak.

The medicine really needs

to do its work.

Can this wait

till the morning?

I don't see why not.

Anyway, thank you

for your service tonight. Bless you.

I'm just going to stay with him

and pray for a while.

Then I'll be on my way.

Good night.

Good night, Father.

Don't speak, Thomas.

And in the morning

when you feel better,

we need to talk.

I know you're not

responsible

for the desecration

in the chapel,

but there were things

that happened tonight.

You know what I speak of.

You will tell me.

Understand?

"This is my body

that will be given up

for you."

And when the supper

had ended,

He took the cup...

He gave the cup

to his disciples and said,

"This is the cup

of my blood...

the blood of the new

and everlasting covenant.

Do this

in remembrance of me."

Hey Tommy.

Take this.

It's from Melissa.

She got it to me through

one of the girls in her cabin.

Look, I gotta run.

Mass just got out.

But are you okay?

What happened?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

I gotta go shower.

Yeah.

All right,

I'll catch up with you.

Yeah, I'll tell

you later.

Can I read it?

No.

All right.

See you.

"Tommy, when you're ready,

when you can,

come back to me."

What were you doing

out of your cabin last night?

I was sick...

my asthma.

Yes, I know that,

but there just happened to be

someone else out of her cabin

last night too.

Were you with her?

Who?

Oh, come on, Thomas,

don't play games with me.

I don't know what you're

talking about, Father.

Very well.

What were you doing

in the chapel last night?

I saw it, Father.

Saw what?

The demon.

When did you first start

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