Dirty Girl Page #6

[Tires squealing]

God! Jesus Christ!

Take the money, take Joan,

- and get out of here.

- I mean her, I know!

If I'm good at anything,

it's how to take a punch. Trust me.

- OK, when I say run, you run. OK?

- Hey, don't touch him!

You don't say that

kind of sh*t to your dad!

- Get off me!

- Don't you hurt him!

Go! Run, Dani, run!

- Run, Dani!

- F***!

Why the f*** are you like this?

[Slow-tempo song plays]

[Slow-tempo song plays]

[Danielle] Dear Diary...

... Daddy had to leave.

As daddies sometimes do.

He left so the dreams of

our family could come true.

But Mommy will soldier on.

Because that is what mommies do.

[Man] We're here.

Where's my father?

Danielle.

We should just head on home now, OK?

- Is that his wife?

- Yes, it is.

- Can I go say hello to her?

- No, you may not.

We have caused these people

enough trouble.

Can I come in? I'm really tired

and I need to use the restroom.

Taxi! Wait, please, thank you.

Where's my boy?

His daddy found us.

If he is hurt, I'm going to hold you

personally responsible, young lady.

- OK, OK...

- Let go!

No, no! No!

You... You get back here!

You get back here.

You listen to your mama!

You come back here! Baby!

Come on.

Danny Briggs?

You must be Sue-Ann's little girl.

Uh-huh.

Damned if you ain't

the spitting image of your mama.

Yeah...

People think we're sisters all the time.

- You can't be here!

- It's OK, Janet.

Daniel, this is not what we discussed.

Just go back inside, all right?

It's fine. Just go inside, let us talk.

Go on.

Hey...

Don't mind her, she's a little upset.

Them boys you sold the house to, told

me she was kind of high-strung, and all.

I was prepared in my mentality.

[Chuckling]

That makes you a pretty smart girl.

You know, the secret to making

a good burger is to only flip it once.

- Hey.

- [Crying] I knew... I knew it.

- It's OK. It's OK.

- [Whimpering]

These last few days have been

really strange for me, Danielle.

I hadn't seen your mom

in such a long time.

- Yeah, it must be weird.

- [Chuckles]

Yeah, weird's a good word. It was weird.

Super-duper weird.

Even better, super-duper weird.

I like that one.

Danielle, I didn't know about you.

- She didn't tell you?

- No.

I mean...

I thought she was gonna get rid of it.

[Sighs]

I'm... I'm not proud

of myself, Danielle.

She decided to keep me?

I had no idea.

You know what this means?

What?

It means I don't have to forgive you

for running out on us.

And I was kind of

looking forward to that.

It would mean a lot to me

if you did just that.

If you'd forgive me.

Done.

Bet you missed a lot of school

coming to see me like this.

Only a couple of days.

I brought my homework.

Well, you gotta be

in a hurry to get back.

I mean, your friends,

this time of year in school...

I don't know what Sue-Ann told you...

...but our situation ain't really ideal.

And I know it's a shock,

me being here and all.

But if it would be all right,

and I know it would take

a lot of adjusting...

Honey, honey...

You can't stay here.

I'd keep my room real nice.

Danielle, I'm a stranger to you.

You're my daddy.

You seem like you're

a really sweet girl.

And I know that I'd be

very proud of you.

[Sobbing] Don't bet on it.

But you just...

Daddy? Who's that?

Sweetie, this is one of my students.

Why don't you run on back inside,

OK, and finish your nap?

- [Danielle] Hi.

- What's your name?

[Sniffling] Danielle. What's yours?

- Tiffany. And you know what?

- What?

[Tiffany] My daddy's taking me

to Disneyland on my birthday.

Wow, that makes you a really lucky girl.

Hey, hey, the tickle monster's coming.

- Where you going?

- [Giggling]

[Tiffany laughing]

Got you, I got you!

I want you to go upstairs and be a

good girl and finish your nap now, OK?

- Bye, Danielle.

- Bye, Tiffany.

I'm sorry about that.

- She's real cute.

- Yes, she is.

Yeah.

I bet she's your pride and joy.

You could say that.

I think I need to go, huh?

Probably be a good idea.

[Gate opening]

[Gasping sob]

Mommy.

Oh, my baby.

- [Sobbing]

- Oh, my baby.

Oh, my baby.

I'm so stupid.

[Whispers] Oh, God, I love you.

Will you help me?

Sure.

Oh, isn't he something, that hair?

Yeah, I think he's cute, that one.

He's got beautiful eyes.

Oh, he's dreamy.

- Maybe I'll hang this up in my room.

- [Laughing]

I think Ray wouldn't

like that very much.

I think this one's cute, up here.

Yeah, he is. You are so bad.

You're my daughter.

You learned from the best.

[Bell ringing]

- Mrs. Gardner.

- What are you doing here?

- I wanted to see how Clarke's doing.

- Oh.

Well, um... he's gonna be fine.

- It's all gonna be fine.

- Is he at that school?

There's a lot going on here,

so that's the best place

for him right now.

Where's his daddy?

He's getting himself a little apartment.

I broke up your family.

I'm so sorry.

You did not break up our family.

You have all these ideas about

what it is to be a good parent.

And everybody says that if you just

do your best, that's all that matters.

But... it's not true.

I mean, if your best stinks,

then what good are you?

I don't mean to do you

no disrespect, ma'am...

...but Clarke would rather be with you.

Danielle.

Tell your mama I said hello.

[Danielle] I guess you

could say our little girl's

been through

a whole lot in her short life.

She's learned that sometimes

you got to accept

what life throws at you.

But only after a really good fight,

to find out what you're made of.

It's the fight that makes

the accepting bearable.

Very nice, Danielle.

- I'm not done.

- OK.

She also misses her daddy a whole lot.

And hopes that someday her family

will be brought back together...

...'cause it's real fun.

[Applause]

[Mulray] You've come

a long way, Danielle.

Miss Hatcher says you're doing great,

that you're more involved.

I even hear you signed up

for the talent show.

I'm working on being a more

traditional type of person.

I might be taking a risk here,

but if you promise that I can trust you,

I'll put you back with the normal kids.

Can I trust you?

Good.

[Up-tempo music plays]

[Cheering, applause]

Let's hear it for Perpetual Motion.

And now...

...for the musical stylings

of Miss Danielle Edmonston.

[Playing Melissa Manchester's

"Don't Cry Out Loud"]

Clarke wanted this here to be a duet.

May sound corny,

but this is for my baby's daddy.

And this here's his favorite song.

# Baby cried the day

the circus came to town

# 'Cause she didn't want

parades just passing by her

# So she painted on a smile

and took off with some clown

# And she danced

without a net up on the wire

# I know a lot about her

'cause you see

# Baby is an awful lot like me

# Don't cry out loud

# Just keep it inside

# Learn how to hide your feelings

# Fly high and proud

# And if you should fall

# Remember you almost had it all

# Baby saw that when they

pulled the big top down

# They left behind her dreams

among the litter

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