Flying Lessons

# I tremble

# I tremble, I tremble

# I tremble

# I tremble, tremble

# they're gonna

eat me alive #

# if I stumble

# stumble, stumble

# stumble, stumble, stumble

# they're gonna

eat me alive #

# can you hear my heart

# beating like a hammer

# beating like a hammer

# help, I'm alive

# my heart keeps beating

like a hammer #

# hard to be soft

# tough to be tender

# come take my pulse

# the pace is on

a runaway train #

# help, I'm alive

# my heart keeps

beating like a hammer #

# beating like a hammer

Motherf***er!

( sighs )

Man:
My name is

Harry William pleasant.

I'm a police officer.

Uh, it's an everyday

kind of thing now, my life...

Everyday kind of job

And, uh, protection.

So that's what I give them,

that's who I am,

Protector of the peace.

( coughs )

( cell phone beeps )

( dialing )

( cell phone ringing )

( ringing, beeps )

( starts car )

( ringtone )

( beeps )

Young woman:
Hi, mom.

I'm... coming home.

Bye.

( exhales )

So, where do you live?

Lompoc.

Lompoc.

I'm sorry. Tell me

your name again.

Oh. "the girl you

f***ed on the bus."

( laughs ) that will be my name, right?

The one you tell

your friends?

The girl you f***ed on the bus.

( laughs)

I'm Sophie.

Benji.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Hmm.

All right, Benji.

That's me.

You goin' to Lompoc?

'cause I would

love a shower.

Absolutely.

Yeah, let's go.

Harry.

Harry.

"sheriff," young lady,

"sheriff."

Coffee black,

slice of pie,

Apple if you have it.

Right away, sheriff.

( door closes )

( keypad beeping )

( beeping )

Oh! My god, Sophie!

Hi. Hi.

Hey!

My baby girl.

Oh, my baby girl.

Come here.

Oh!

You only have one suitcase? Yeah.

Okay.

So, um...

Sorry I'm...

I'm-I mean, I'm sorry about the

late notice. No, no, no. Come on in.

I hope youre hungry, because I

made reservations at the club.

Is- I hope that's okay.

That's fine.

Oh, honey. You just-

You look great.

Really?

Thank you.

So do you.

Well, thanks. Um...

I lost ten pounds

since I saw you last.

Well, a year and a half.

Not exactly a miracle diet.

Um-

um-

I'm just-

oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

If you want to go ahead and get settled

in, um, your room is all made up.

What happened to that eye?

Hmm.

Senior pictures.

Remember those senior

class pictures?

Donnie Gibbs,

that son of a b*tch,

Gives me a cheap elbow.

First day of basketball

practice, big shiner.

My right eye,

all black and blue.

And my mother tells me,

"harry pleasant...

"take a good look

at this picture.

"your whole life,

every time we look at you

"we're going to see

this black eye.

Your whole life."

( chuckles )

Yeah.

You remember him?

Donnie?

Donnie Gibbs.

No.

No, I don't, harry.

To having you home.

To...

Honor.

All right.

May you get on 'er

and stay on 'er.

If you can't come in 'er,

come on 'er.

That's a new one.

( awkward chuckle )

Hmm.

So, how's Jason?

Jay.

Jay. Jay.

Administrative assistant.

Musician.

Musician. I knew that,

and, um, that-

Musician.

Musician.

That sounds so fun.

What-what does he play?

We broke up, actually.

When did this happen?

Man, this is cold.

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait. Wait.

Sweetie... where

are you living, then?

Um, I'm-I'm looking

at a couple of places.

Well, that's great. Yeah.

Yeah.

Are you working, or...

You know what?

Can we just... skip this part?

You know what,

I'm your mother.

These are the questions I'm

supposed to ask you, so...

Mother away.

You need money,

don't you?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

How much-how much

do you need this time?

I guess, like,

I need, like, $5,000,

That would be, like,

first month, last month,

Security deposit

kind of thing.

What?

Nothing. I just-

I'm sorry, I just... Thought

maybe you came home to see me.

Listen... honey.

Have you thought about

maybe just..

Moving home for a while?

Um, I'm not moving home.

Why? Why not? Why not?

I'm not moving home.

Because I'm in the middle of

things right now. What things?

Things. My life, mom.

I'm in the middle of my life.

Shh!

You know... Sophie,

Hard as it is

for you to imagine,

There are bigger problems

to solve right now...

Than your life.

Yep.

Well, I'm, um, not hungry.

Please, please. Please don't.

Please don't leave. Pl-

( silverware clatters )

# and I have never met

# anyone quite like you

# makes me feel like I could

do those sort of things #

# I never thought

I'd be able to #

# and I have never met

anyone quite like you #

# and if you don't...

Sophie?

( Sophie laughs )

Surprise, surprise.

Yeah, it is.

Yeah.

What are you doing here?

I was just driving.

You're parked.

I pulled over.

The engine is not on.

Huh.

Did you, uh,

forget about me?

Yeah.

Liar.

What are you

doing here, Sophie?

Got lost.

Liar.

Come on...

Monkey.

Why so serious?

I'm gonna get back.

( mouthing words )

Oh!

( laughs, groans )

( shouts )

( fence clanking )

( breathing heavily )

( grunting )

( shouts, groans )

( knocks on door )

( pats hood,

laughs )

This thing

still doesn't run?

No.

You should just

get rid of it.

I don't know.

Probably gonna

fix it up first.

You've been saying that

since high school.

You look different.

Skinny.

( chuckles )

I heard, you know.

About you and Milla.

Think I wouldn't find out?

You can deny it.

I'll believe you.

( clears throat )

How's your mom?

She, uh...

Said she wanted me

to move home.

But...

I told her I couldn't.

And I'm... taking off tomorrow.

Things to do.

Mom writes you a check,

and...

She's off.

Things to do.

Yeah, well, she cut

me off, actually. So...

Well, uh...

How's, uh...

( counting bills )...

How's three dollars?

Three dollars. Well...

Billy, I don't-

I can't take

your lunch money, Billy.

Are you happy here?

Kissing you

used to make me happy.

Soph. Stop.

Hmm. Stop. Stop.

Stop. Stop.

( laughs )

Soph... it's okay.

( sniffling ) no.

Nothing's okay.

( mother groaning )

Mom?!

I'm in here, Sophie.

Mom!

Mom!

I'm okay.

I'm all right,

honey.

Oh...

God, honey.

You don't remember me.

No, I do.

Everything okay?

My mom fell.

How bad?

She'll heal.

Friend of mine's getting a little

cut stitched up over his eye.

Took quite a bit of convincing

to get him here.

Normally that ain't nothing

except for the fact that he-

He's...

Except for what?

Except for the fact that he

doesn't remember how it happened.

He gets confused.

He wanders off.

I been staying

with him nights,

But it's gotten to a point

where if I don't find...

...somebody to look

after him during the day

I might have to

put him in a home.

( sighs )

how much does it pay?

Nurse:
Mrs. Conway.

Mother:
God...

Where's that cream?

Where's the cream?

Ahh!

Oh, sh*t.

It's nothing.

I'm fine. I'm not-

I'm not asking you to stay.

No- thank you, honey.

I'll get used to

those crutches,

So if you want to go, just-

just go.

It's only two months.

Thank you, honey.

Ohh. And I know what I said

in the car, but listen,

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