Hangman Page #3

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- Okay.

- Yeah.

Jesus f***ing Christ.

I told you not to go up here.

If my dad's here...

Hey,

[car stereo]

COLIN:
So my parents are going

out of town this weekend.

I'm going to have

the house all to myself.

So if you want

to sleep over...

My curfew's at 10:30.

Just tell them you're

going to Carly's house.

Okay.

- Stop!

- What?

I think...

I think there's

someone filming us.

Hey, just... Let's just

get out of here, okay?

- No, I'm going to talk to him.

- No, stop. What?

- No, I just wanna talk to him.

- Come on!

Hey, buddy.

Sir, we can see you. Um...

[continues]

Hey, you're really freaking out

my girlfriend, so...

Cops patrol this area

all the time.

[continues]

All right, babe, let's...

No, let's get out of here.

I'm calling the cops!

[engine starts]

[music box]

- BETH:
Hello, come in!

- AARON:
Hey.

MELISSA:
Hi, guys!

How are you?

AARON:
Good.

What's up, buddy?

MELISSA:
Very good, thank you.

BETH:
Ooh, thank you

very much.

[laughter]

- Ohh!

- Nice little color.

[laughing]

- You like that?

- Ah, I love it.

Vanilla fragrance from, uh...

from work, you know?

Cheers!

How's work, Meliss?

Mmm, it's great actually.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, I, uh...

I think I'm gonna

get a promotion soon.

ROGER:
She has her boss

in her pocket.

He kind of likes her,

you know.

MELISSA:
I gotta play the game.

ROGER:
She's good at it.

AARON:
Yeah.

Do what you got to do.

[chatter continues]

AARON:
They're like literally

the best of friends.

They could not be closer

at this point and...

But it was cute. It was...

It was, uh, encouraging.

She was confident.

Yeah, she's like,

she's a cool girl.

She doesn't like me, but...

[laughs]

Or her, but she's a cool girl.

MELISSA:
You have to let her go.

- AARON:
No!

- BETH:
Not yet!

MELISSA:

She's still young, but...

AARON:
It makes me just

hold onto Max.

MELISSA:
She's womanly.

- AARON:
What?

- ROGER:
It's that time.

AARON:
Please don't call

my daughter "womanly."

MELISSA:
What do you want me

to call her, "baby girl"?

AARON:
Call her "baby girl."

That's what I prefer.

MELISSA:
She's your baby girl!

ROGER:
We were that way.

AARON:
I have this... I gotta

show you this picture. It's...

First of all,

I got to tell you

my wife here looked

so beautiful on this day.

I think she was...

I got to show you this picture.

There was this, you know,

it's very difficult to get.

ROGER:
She looks beautiful now,

by the way.

AARON:
Yes, indeed, yes, indeed.

It's very difficult

to get her off.

It's very difficult

to get Marley off the phone,

so every picture is...

Here it is.

MELISSA:
Let me see.

AARON:
Every picture she's

just in between the texts.

ROGER:
Oh, yep.

Yeah. "Dad, do we have to?"

They listen to me that much.

- MAX:
Mom?

- She listens to you more.

Mom! Mom!

Mom!

Coming!

[chatter continues]

You okay, sweetheart?

Can you stop

banging on the roof?

We're not banging on the roof.

Are we making too much noise?

Did you have a...

Oh, what's that?

I don't know.

Did you spill something?

It's all wet.

- Did you have an accident?

- No.

Okay, sweetheart, let me just

get you back into bed.

So you think it's like

a "daddy-like" thing

that she's trying to...

Yeah, I know.

BETH:
Max just peed

in the hall.

- Where?

- BETH:
Just outside his room.

Max just peed on the floor

just outside his room.

Yeah, I'm just gonna clear

it up. It won't be a minute.

- Baby.

- Mm-hmm?

Come to bed.

You look so pretty.

[kiss]

BETH:
What's got into you?

AARON:
About five or six

glasses of wine.

[laughter]

What's that?

I don't know.

It's Marley's report card.

Yeah?

She's failing math.

Really?

Huh.

How'd it get into our bed?

- MARLEY:
You little sh*t!

- AARON:
Marley...

We're not speak... Marley!

We're not finished

talking to you!

MARLEY:
Don't ever,

never touch my stuff!

You little sh*t!

Hey, hey, easy, easy, easy.

What? You're raising

a pervert!

Stop it.

It's not okay, Marley.

Max? Are you...

Are you okay?

Now, you can't take things

that aren't yours,

and you cannot forge

other people's signatures.

I didn't forge

any signatures.

- No, but you were going to.

- How do you know that?

Now I'm being punished

for something I didn't even do?

What is this,

Minority Report?

This is so unfair!

Well, you know what?

Sometimes being a kid sucks.

I'm not a kid!

Okay.

I hate you!

BETH:
Marley!

AARON:
Let her cool off.

She'll be fine.

I didn't go into

her stupid room!

Max, you're not in trouble.

I'm just saying,

you know,

you can't go in there again.

- MAX:
Dad?

- Yeah.

What's a pervert?

Um, it's...

Hi. How was your day?

It was fine.

I have to go pack for Carly's.

- Uh, Max, sweetheart.

- Yeah?

Can I have a quick word

with you?

Yeah.

- Um, how was your day?

- Good.

- You have a good day at school?

- Yeah. Am I in trouble?

No, no, you're not

in trouble at all.

I just wanted

to ask you something.

I was cleaning

your room earlier,

and I found this picture.

It's really cool.

MAX:
Oh, that's Jimmy.

Who's Jimmy?

He was in my dream.

Uh-huh.

Do you want some water?

Sure.

And what did he do

in your dream?

We just talked.

What'd you talk about?

I don't know.

Oh, he said that he doesn't

think that Melissa

is as nice

as you think she is.

What, my friend Melissa?

Yeah.

Did he say anything else?

Mm-mm.

That's really strange. I wonder

why he spoke about Melissa.

Um, remember, you were

going to Sam's tonight,

so don't eat too much.

Do you want to go get

your stuff together?

- Yeah.

- Good boy.

BETH:
So Max is heaving dreams

about strange men

talking to him

about Melissa.

Baby, that kid's gonna

need so much therapy,

You think you're gonna be able

to hook him up with a discount?

There's a pretty good chance

he saw his sister's vibrator

when he was on his little

fact-finding mission.

BETH:
I thought you were gonna

stop thinking about that.

The vibrator?

I would love to, believe me.

[Beth laughing]

Oh, beautiful.

Baby, you look so good.

Oh, thank you.

- You ready?

- Yeah.

All right. You made

reservations, right?

I did, yeah.

You sure you want to go?

Yes, I want to go.

[refrigerator beeping]

[Aaron laughing]

[distant chatter]

[door opens]

[Aaron laughing]

But it was definitely...

AARON:
You hear that?

BETH:
What?

AARON:
Silence.

[chuckles]

[door closes]

Why did we have kids?

It's such a beautiful sound.

- Where are you going?

- I'm gonna get some wine.

Uh, uh, ah,

that wine is for me.

I can't have the wine?

That's for when you're at work

late, and I'm at home on my own.

You don't want any wine?

Mm-mm. We don't need wine.

No, we don't. F*** wine.

[panting]

[grunting]

[sobbing]

A new Italian restaurant?

[Beth laughs]

Stop it.

You know, I'm blushing now.

Um, well, he had

a sleepover last night,

so he went out like a light.

Yeah, they were up late.

And she's gone to the cinema.

He's working late again.

[soft rock]

[continues]

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