Dear John Page #5

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[SlNGlNG ''LlTTLE HOUSE'']

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[''LlTTLE HOUSE'' PLAYlNG]

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Don't worry about him.

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[SAVANNAH SQUEALS]

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SAVANNAH:

John!

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[SAVANNAH SCREAMS

AND LAUGHS]

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[BOTH LAUGHlNG]

412

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JOHN:

Heh. Oh!

413

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What, you think you're

safe in there? Okay.

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[SCREAMS]

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SAVANNAH:

No!

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[SAVANNAH LAUGHlNG]

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[SlNGlNG ''LlTTLE HOUSE'']

418

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[PEOPLE CHEERlNG]

419

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lt's all right.

Everybody understands.

420

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[SlNGlNG]

421

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Oh! Wow.

422

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What are you

doing over here?

423

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Hm? You're missing

the party.

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The party's just managing

fine without me.

425

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What's wrong?

Hm?

426

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Why are you all the way

over here by yourself?

427

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l'm dying, John.

428

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What?

429

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That's not

even funny.

430

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[SlGHS]

431

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l'm gonna miss you.

432

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lt's almost over.

433

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No, it's not

almost over.

434

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Yes, it is.

Mm-mm.

435

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l leave tomorrow.

l have to go back to school.

436

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So?

And you.

437

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No, and me nothing.

My commitment's up

in 1 2 months.

438

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And then l'm back.

For good.

439

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A lot could happen

in 1 2 months, John.

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You don't think

l know that?

441

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l know that.

442

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And l'm not

afraid at all.

443

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l promise you

444

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that it'll all be over

sooner than you think.

445

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Then l'll be

back for good.

446

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You promise?

447

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l promise.

448

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[PEOPLE LAUGHlNG

AND CHATTERlNG]

449

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l'm probably gonna

be out of the Army way

before you're out of school.

450

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Am l gonna be

in the audience

when you graduate?

451

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Oh, l think l might take

a little longer to graduate.

452

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Been spending so much

time around your dad,

453

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and l think now l want

to teach special education.

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You don't say.

455

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l don't know

why it's taken me

so long to realize.

456

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l mean, l've lived next

to Alan my whole life--

457

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Wait, l'm sorry, back up.

What does that have to do

with my dad?

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Um...

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Well, there's...

460

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l mean, there's an

explanation for why

he is the way he is.

461

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Forget it. Never mind.

462

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No, no, no.

No, let's go. Come here.

463

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What? So, just,

what were you saying?

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Um...

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[SlGHS]

466

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l grew up next

to a kid with autism.

467

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l kind of have a frame of reference.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, autistic?

468

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You saying my dad's like Alan?

You're saying my dad's

retarded or something?

469

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No, Alan's not retarded,

John. He's autistic.

470

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And there are milder

forms of it, and these

things go undiagnosed.

471

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ls this what

you've been doing?

472

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This entire time you've

just been studying my dad?

473

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No. How could

you even say that?

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l've lived with my

dad my entire life.

475

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l've put up with him

my entire life.

476

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You think l don't know

that he's not normal?

477

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Yeah?

478

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You think l need you

to tell me he's not normal?

479

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Yeah.

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RAND Y:

Hey, soldier, leaving so soon, huh?

481

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Here, have a beer. lt's on me.

482

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Come on, you should drink that.

lt'll make you feel better.

483

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Now's not a good time, all right?

You a little sad?

484

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No, come on. You just need

to relax, okay? Come on.

Just relax a little bit.

485

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Look, how about just--?

What's going on with Savannah?

486

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Just leave me alone, all right?

What's going on with Savannah?

487

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How about you get

your hands off me?

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Come on, soldier.

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What is happening

with you and Savannah--?

490

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Hey, man,

what are you doing?

491

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John!

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WOMAN:

Oh, my-- Oh, my God!

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SAVANNAH:

John!

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WOMAN:

Stop him. What is he doing?

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WOMAN:
Help him!

Oh, l'm so sorry.

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[GROANS]

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[i/i]

498

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l don't think

she's home now.

499

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But she hasn't

gone back to school yet.

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She normally comes by

and says goodbye before

she heads back, but...

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Oh, sh*t, Tim.

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Jesus, l'm sorry, man.

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Hey, l like it.

504

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l think it makes me look

pretty tough.

505

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l just-- l had no idea

it was you back there.

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Hey, it was my fault.

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