Home Of The Brave Page #3

Yeah, sure.

Did you sleep at all?

Yeah.

No, honestly, I did.

- See you later.

- Okay.

The faculty wanted to do something,

but we weren't really sure...

It's okay, really.

You sure you're ready for this?

Yes, sir, I'm ready.

Well, good luck.

You were gone a while, Tommy.

- Like a year.

- Fifteen months, actually.

There's kind of a law that says

you have to hold my job until I get back.

But I hired someone else.

I had to. You were full-time.

That's the point, Zander.

This was my full-time job.

You knew I was coming back eventually.

I guess. I hoped so.

You know what I mean.

- Yeah.

- Look, Tommy,

I only have four employees.

You know that.

What did you think I was gonna do?

Look, I'll put a word in

with Tyson over at REl.

No, don't worry about it.

I need to find something

closer to home anyway.

Since I'm not gonna

be crashing at Molly's anymore.

I'm real sorry, man.

Yeah, it's cool.

You sure, now?

'Cause I don't want you going

all psycho on me or anything.

So how was it? You shoot anybody?

Yeah, I did.

Did you kill anybody?

I don't know, Zander.

I didn't stick around to find out.

It's war.

- Look, man, I gotta...

- Sure.

Look, you come back whenever, okay?

Brock's Gun Shop. This is Zander.

No. No, I'm sorry. We're all out of those.

I can get them for you next week.

Take any of the brochures now or you

can come down to the recruitment center

as we'd love to have you

in the Army family.

Sh*t!

Hey, let me give you a hand.

- It's all right. It's all right. It's okay.

- I got it. It's all right.

Just some mud on there.

It's okay. It's okay.

You must be Vanessa Price.

Well, what gave that away?

I'm Cary Wilkens.

I teach boys' P.E., but I've been teaching

your girls the last eight weeks.

Long day?

Yeah. Takes some getting used to.

So, you wanna grab a cup of coffee

or something?

I could fill you in on your students...

- I don't think so. But thanks.

- You sure?

- Yeah. No, I'm sure.

- You know, some kids are mean...

Okay.

I got it. I got this.

- Just trying to help.

- I know, but I got it.

It's nice to meet you, Vanessa.

F***!

Will?

Scott Martinez hit a homerun

in the 15th inning, won the game.

Five hours. Unbelievable.

Come back to bed, baby.

Can't sleep.

Don't you have surgery

tomorrow morning?

Will, what happened over there?

I don't really remember.

You know, it's like a dream.

Hazy dream.

Then tell me.

I wanna know.

Do you?

Wanna know

what a blast wound looks like?

What an OR in the desert smells like?

What really happens to them?

How they die?

You really wanna know?

You want us to come back

like nothing ever happened.

You don't want to get your hands dirty

with the details.

That's not fair at all.

Do you really think I don't care?

If you wanna tell me, then tell me.

And maybe you're right.

Maybe I don't wanna hear about

what happened to the rest of them.

But I would like to know

what happened to you.

Two tickets. Here you go.

There you go,

- Hi.

- Hey. How are you?

Good, thanks.

Two adults and one child for

Forever Lulu at 1:30.

All right.

Okay, That is $20,50,

Okay.

Out of $21. There you go.

I know you.

Bravo Company,

First of the 161st,

Hua,

Hua.

You wanna go in

and I'll be there in just a minute?

I'll go... I'll be in right after you. Okay.

Don't worry.

I checked for snipers a couple hours ago.

Jesus.

- Cute kid.

- Thanks.

One day he acts up

like you wouldn't believe

and then the next he won't let me

out of his sight.

So how you doing?

Okay.

I lost my best friend over there.

- God, I'm sorry.

- Yeah.

It's been pretty tough since...

F***.

They changed up my medication.

It makes me all weepy.

- Zoloft?

- Lexapro.

- Really? That makes me way too anxious.

- Really?

I had that problem with Risperdal.

- Vicodin?

- Every now and again.

But I was actually on Resperidone,

but then I got moved to Celexa.

Now I take Ambien for sleeping.

Ambien? Now come on.

Trazodone all the way.

Would you listen to us?

We sound like a couple of junkies.

You know,

sometimes I can't sleep at night.

- Yeah.

- So I flip it over to The History Channel.

I love The History Channel.

- You watch The History Channel?

- Yeah.

The other night, it was like 4:00 a.m.,

and they had this special

on D-day and Normandy, okay?

And it was like, about these small towns,

Caen and Bayeux,

and how they loved Americans

and they loved Allied soldiers.

And they have statues of Eisenhower

and plaques thanking the Americans.

I don't know, I just started thinking that...

I mean, what if like 10, 15 years from now,

we go back...

Do you think that they'll

have statues thanking us

and plaques and...

'Cause we saved them, we liberated them.

Right.

I don't know.

Yeah.

I don't know, either.

You know,

I work at this f***ing movie theater

and sell these stupid tickets

for these stupid movies.

But I don't ever go see any of them.

Just seems all so unimportant, you know?

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean.

I mean, I see all these people

driving these gas-guzzling SUVs,

getting their Frappuccinos from Starbucks.

Doing all this crap with their normal lives,

and they don't give a sh*t

what's going on over there.

Yeah. I gotta tell you it makes me wanna

go back there so goddamn bad.

I know what you mean.

I mean, I barely know you.

But I'm sitting here with you

and I feel like I've known you

my entire life.

Yeah.

And then there's all those people

that I actually do really know.

And now, I just don't feel

like I know them at all.

I feel the exact same way.

It's like nothing makes any sense

anymore, does it?

Yeah.

On D-Day,

behind Bradley's first army,

another army is sent,

Patton's third,

He told them to get mad and stay mad,

They listened,

Giving credit, instilling pride,

urging men to even greater deeds,

Then, the green light,

Kidding me.

Watch where you're f***ing going!

F*** with me.

Get the f*** out of the way!

You f***ing turn?

Who is this guy?

Oh, Jesus.

Sh*t.

- Good morning, sweetheart.

- What's up?

- Hey.

- Nice uniform.

At least I won't get shot at.

Depends on the movie theater.

- He's in back.

- Back.

Damn it.

I'll take a look.

Hey, old man.

Hey, Mike Falcone call you?

Yeah. Said there's another exam

a week from Saturday.

And than I take the physical

when my leg gets better.

That sounds good, Tommy.

- We'll see, I guess.

- Look. Come on. Police is a good job.

Did me right for 25 years.

- Serving popcorn is no career.

- Yeah. Yeah, I know.

Look, you stay on top of it.

$15,000 saved up

isn't going to last forever.

Hey, Pop, I'm doing it. All right? Relax.

Your mother comes into your room

sometimes at night and you're not there.

I like to drive around.

- In the middle of the night?

- Yeah.

You know, I...

I've been thinking about

going and talking to someone.

About what? Your feelings?

- You sound like your mother.

- No! No, I just think of a lot of sh*t...

Why don't you wait

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