Flying Lessons Page #4

my keys.

Huh?

You don't have to drive.

I'm gonna drive. Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Watch your step.

Bye.

Harry:
Where-

where we goin'?

Sophie:
Harry,

it's a surprise.

Harry:

They called us "the aces".

You see, the wing

break away from the plane...

Catch up with the truth pretty quick,

you know you're comin' down with it.

In a flash,

it's all around you,

The thunder...

Bumblebees in the sky...

You land there in the water...

And it's... quiet.

Like sinking under the knives...

Over and over again,

dull knives against your...

Legs and your arms.

Like big waves

cutting you down.

Had to try...

Really try just to breathe.

Well, eventually you...

You give in, you stop.

And you never forget.

The parachute...

Through the parachute

I could see the surface...

The carrier on fire...

A little warm...

And then it turned over.

And something...

Something inside me...

Harry,

are you okay?

I finally surfaced with

everything I had left.

And the bombs and explosions

all around me

Like a million sunrises

all at once.

And you never do...

You never do...

Forget...

The beauty.

The beauty.

You never want to forget.

( line ringing )

Steven:
Hi, this is Steven.

Leave a message and I'll

get back to you. Thank you.

I missed him.

I'm mean, I didn't really

know it till... I saw him,

But I did.

So... how are you?

How's Kevin?

No Kevin. Mm-mm.

Maybe for a second,

but no.

Um, I mean, he sees

Annie on the weekends,

And he's a great dad,

But he's...

He's just not-

Who's not? You guys

talking about me?

( laughs )

Cheers.

No.

Not at all?

No.

Shot!

All right,

I gotta pee.

Ohh. I'm done.

Sophie?

Hey.

Benji.

You're here.

Yeah, we're doing

Irish car bombs,

Just drop a shot of whiskey

in a glass of beer and chug it.

It's like a big shot,

if you want to join us.

Will you take me home?

Billy:
Soph!

Sophie!

Soph!

We can't.

It's all I think about.

You want me?

Jesus Christ, yes.

Okay, I want you.

( moaning )

Take this off.

Take this off.

( moaning )

Oh!

Oh, yes.

Just-just stop,

all right?

What the f***

is wrong with you?!

Just take me home.

( zipping pants )

Oh...

Okay.

All right,

I'll call ya.

All right.

All right?

( sighs )

How was your night?

Good.

How was yours?

Warren Beatty was on leno.

Really.

Mm-hmm.

( knocking )

You clean up good,

harry.

Oh, yeah, well...(laughs)...

I thought I'd try it on.

Are we, uh, are we

going somewhere special?

No, not me. Lucy.

Every year she comes

on my birthday,

And, uh, sometimes-

sometimes she dances with me.

( knock on door )

I don't want

to talk to you.

Look, I'm sorry, okay?

I think you should leave.

No.

I'm still here, Sophie.

I'm still here.

I'm not the one who leaves.

And that's my fault how?

No, that's not

what I'm saying.

Then what are you saying?

I love you.

You do?

Why?

Because I do.

Well, I don't love you.

I don't.

Except I know you do.

( rings doorbell )

Sorry about that,

harry.

It's because

she can't have kids. Bernice.

We've been trying for years.

Now she wants to adopt.

Harry:
And you talk about these things-

Suddenly find yourself

talking about these things,

All these things you never

wanted to talk about.

Should we not tell her?

My Lucy?

When the time is right...

But it's never right.

It's never the time.

And my advance,

when can I expect that?

Within 24 hours.

Oh.

Right here.

She's my Lucy.

She's my Lucy.

Now the mother wants to

meet her and say hello,

And I'm not even

her real father.

Harry:
Lyin' to everyone

all these years...

Here I am

trying to make the rules.

Be careful. Look both

ways! ( tires screeching )

If your father was not the

person you thought he was,

Is that something

you'd want to know?

My father's dead.

He died.

Do you remember him?

You see?

That's what I'm afraid of.

( car door closes )

It was me and you.

It was supposed to be me and

you getting out of this town,

And then what,

I miss a pill?

I don't even know.

What I do know is that

It wasn't me and you anymore,

Sophie; it was you.

I wanted one thing

that you had,

And the only thing

that you left behind...

Was Billy.

He doesn't want me.

He wants you. He has

always wanted you.

You gotta believe me.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Milla.

( sighs deeply )

I don't know what to do.

( laughs )

Do you love him?

( revving engine )

Soph.

- Hey.

- Hey.

So...

I think I have it

all figured out.

The, uh, the plan.

Come with me to New York.

Why won't you?

That man you work for...

Yeah?

Harry pleasant.

His daughter.

Lucy?

You wanted to know

what he did, my dad.

When that girl

was twenty-one,

Lucy...

He hit her.

He was drunk.

Doesn't even

remember it.

He hit her with this car.

This car.

And she died.

I tell everyone

that he's a loser.

I tell everyone

that I hate him.

None of that's true.

I don't hate him.

Maybe he's never

gonna come home.

He's probably not

gonna ever come home.

But I don't hate him.

I miss him.

I really miss him.

( sniffling )

I love you.

Even when

I wasn't here...

Even when

I couldn't say it.

( sniffling )

You're not him, Billy.

We're not them.

Not these things.

These aren't our things.

Yes, they are.

They are.

# good-bye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to

think about you #

# can't you just

let me be? #

# so long,

my luckless romance #

# my back

# is turned on you

Sophie.

# shoulda known

you'd bring me heartache #

I'm sorry.

# oh, most lovers

always do #

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

I, uh...

Have a little

surprise for you.

What?

Come here.

Voila.

Isn't this

what you wanted?

Yeah. No, I mean-

well, do you need more?

God, no. I-

is that what it is?

Well, then I'm not

understanding.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I'm sorry, I have to

go to work. I'm late.

I'm sorry.

( humorless chuckle )

Harry?

Hmm?

Will you come

sit with me a minute?

Yeah.

So...

I...

I made you something.

Oh. (laughs )

Yeah. Uh...

( both laugh )

Happy birthday.

Oh. (chuckles)

Well...

Oh...

Oh.

Oh, my-

Oh.

Harry...

( chuckles )

I'm gonna be leaving soon.

Oh.

I'm gonna have to find

a good place to hide this,

Or Bernice will steal it.

( dialing )

( line ringing )

( sighs)

( ringing ) come on,

come on, come on, come on.

Woman:
Stanton,

Morrison, Phillips.

Yeah, I'm

- I'm trying to reach Conway Jennings.

This is Stanton, Morrison

- yeah, I can hear you.

I'd like to-

how can I help you, ma'am?

Yeah, um, I'm looking for

a Steven Jennings.

( telephone rings )

This is Steven.

Caroline:
Hey, Steven.

I'm, um, I'm sitting here

holding... a letter

Saying that I am four months

now behind in my mortgage,

And, um, I mean, I-

I should just throw this away

Because you paid it.

Look, this really isn't

a good time right now.

Wait, wait. Who is Stanton,

Morrison, & Phillips, anyway?

I sold the firm, Caroline,

all right? I had to.

W- when?

Yesterday.

I had to while it was

still worth something.

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