Girl on the Edge Page #7

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You're my masterpiece.

So does craziness run in

your family or what?

Excuse me?

I heard your mom tried

to kidnap you.

Yeah, well, at least somebody

out there misses me.

Yeah, well, at least somebody

out there misses me.

True. My mom disowned my ass.

Hmm, why am I not surprised?

Check this out. When I tried

telling Mom what he did to me,

you know what she said? B*tch

said it never even happened.

And when I kept bringing

it up, she sent me here.

Sounds like our moms have

a lot in common.

Yo, wouldn't it be mad funny

if we became like homegirls

Yo, wouldn't it be mad funny

if we became like homegirls

and they had to hang out with each other for

birthday parties and playdates and sh*t.

They'd probably kill each other.

Yeah. Or

lez out. That would be.

Ah, sh*t. Why are we in

here and not them?

Um... do you have

bells on your costume?

Who's been stealing my panties?

Who's been stealing my panties?

It was you, wasn't it? You got

a crush on me now, dyke?

Whoa. Language.

- Yeah, not even.

- Really?

Yeah, really. I can't shop at Victoria's Secret.

I have the hips of a pre-pubescent boy.

See?

Pink looks better on you anyway.

Damn, someone

get her a chill pill.

Oh, I know. I wish you

could come, too.

But I'll bring you back an

apple or something, okay?

Hannah, come on.

It's starting.

Hannah, come on.

It's starting.

Okay, I gotta go,

sweet girl. Bye.

Three weeks

later my baby sailed away.

Captain of ships but he'll

sail right back to me.

Cause I got married to the

baddest man on the sea.

He sailed the ocean blue

and discovered me.

I got married to

the baddest man on the sea.

He once caught a whale by the

skin of his teeth.

He once caught a whale by the

skin of his teeth.

He writes home a letter or two

every week. He signs them,

My Darling, you'll always

be my sweet pea.

And when he comes home he

smells of the earth and the sea.

Sweet smell of cigars and

bitter, bitter whiskey.

Cause I got married to the

baddest man on the sea.

Cause I got married to the

baddest man on the sea.

He once caught a whale by

the skin of his teeth.

He once caught a whale by the

skin of his gold teeth.

- Girls!

- What's going on?

Uh... Betsy

Moo's gotten out.

You know anything about it? You're not

gonna get in trouble but I have to know.

Can we help you find her?

No. Just better go on up to the

house and get cleaned up.

No. Just better go on up to the

house and get cleaned up.

No, that's stupid. You can't find

her without me. You need me.

Hannah, do what I say. I don't

have time for this.

Come on, Hannah. Let's go.

Horses run away all the time.

No! Oh! No! No! No!

Oh! Ah! No!

Ah! No! No!

Oh! Ah! No!

Ah! No! No!

Hannah? Hannah, I know you're upset right

now but you need to calm down, okay?

I'm here to help you.

I want to talk to Ariel.

Ariel's not here right now.

Uh... it's just me. We can talk

to her in the morning.

How about for now you

and I talk?

- Ah!

- Get the girls back into bed. Becky, call Hank. Come on.

- Don't touch me. Okay?

- Hannah!

- Don't touch me. Okay?

- Hannah!

I'm not going to let you hurt yourself,

okay? You're not being safe, so come on.

- No!

- Jesus.

No!

Leave me alone!

Ah!

I've got it, Bonnie.

It's all my fault.

Well, you did make a little bit of a mess,

but you know something? We can clean it up.

Well, you did make a little bit of a mess,

but you know something? We can clean it up.

- No. That's not what I'm

talking about.

I'm the one who left the gate open. I lied.

God, everyone was right about me.

What are they

right about, honey?

That I'm just like my mom and that

I'm never going to get any better.

Hannah? Hannah?

You're not like your mom.

You're not like your mom.

You know, even when she was really bad to me

she'd always take me out for ice cream later

and then she'd tell me that

I couldn't tell my dad,

otherwise, I'd never be able

to see her again.

Has that ever happened to you?

Have you ever let someone hurt you because

you're afraid that they'll leave?

Have you ever let someone hurt you because

you're afraid that they'll leave?

You mean like that boy you were

talking to in my office?

I thought he loved me.

Everyone says that the first

time is supposed to hurt

but I didn't know that meant getting

my head bashed into a wall.

but I didn't know that meant getting

my head bashed into a wall.

That's what true love means, right?

Staying with someone no matter what.

Oh, my God. No, Hannah. It doesn't.

That's not what it means.

They got another word for that. Listen,

I'm going to tell you something.

Love is not something

that somebody gives you,

it's something you find

for yourself in there.

it's something you find

for yourself in there.

And I promise you, when

you discover that,

you'll be able to receive all the

love that ever comes your way.

You'll be home free. Even if

you're covered in sh*t.

- Now will you please come in the house?

- Yeah.

Will you? Okay, come on.

How'd you find the one piece

of poop on the lawn?

How'd you find the one piece

of poop on the lawn?

Hi, ladies. Come on in.

Let's have a seat.

All right. Wow. We've got some

really creative choices in rocks.

All right. Wow. We've got some

really creative choices in rocks.

So how was it to carry them around all day?

It was fun, right?

- It sucked.

- -Yeah, stupid if you ask me.

Yeah, I mean, why couldn't you tell us

we were going to carry the rock all day

before I chose this

stupid big one?

See, these rocks represent the

burdens that you're carrying

around with you every

day all day long.

Now that sucks worse than carrying

around these rocks, right? Yeah?

Okay, does anybody want to get

rid of that extra baggage?

Okay, does anybody want to get

rid of that extra baggage?

Yeah? All right, we're going to start by

getting rid of these nasty rocks. Come on.

Follow me. Come on. We're going to chuck

these rocks on the count of three.

One. Two. Three.

That was awesome, right?

God, don't you just feel lighter already?

Now, come on, let's

take a seat again.

Now, come on, let's

take a seat again.

Now, I want you guys to find

a quiet place on the ranch.

A place where you feel

really, really safe.

And I want you to write down all

the burdens that you're carrying.

- Can... can we draw a picture?

- Yes.

What about a poem?

Yes. Absolutely. Draw it.

Paint it. Collage it.

Do whatever it takes to get that

burden off of you and onto the page.

Do whatever it takes to get that

burden off of you and onto the page.

Is... is anyone going

to read it?

No. We're going

to burn it.

Okay. We'll see you guys

at the camp fire.

Hey, Hannah, come here. I wanted to ask

you why did you pick such a small rock?

I wasn't cheating if that's

what you're thinking.

No, I know. The point of the exercise is

that the size of the rock doesn't matter.

You couldn't have known that

when I told you to pick one.

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