Home Of The Brave Page #5

you need anything,

you know, call me, stop by.

Thank you.

The conduct policy's very clear.

No baseball caps, no cell phones,

no clothing with

offensive pictures or slogans.

No clothing with

offensive pictures or slogans.

Show them.

Where did you get that?

The mall. What's the big deal?

We have teachers here who have friends

and loved ones who've served in Iraq.

They were quite upset.

We can't have this here.

- Well, actually, my husband's...

- Can't have what, opposition?

The garment is offensive, Dr. Marsh.

Of course it is. That's the point.

If you want to raise your children

to oppose American institutions,

I guess that's entirely your right.

But this is a public school

and we have rules.

Okay, so why don't we have him

take it off right now,

you call an assembly and you can burn it,

along with some books from the library

and today's newspaper.

- Will...

- And while we're at it,

let's get a list of all the students

who are opposed to the war,

make them come to school on Saturday

and take patriotism classes

and monitor their e-mails

and their cell-phone calls.

Dr. Marsh!

Buck Fush?

Buck you, you son of a b*tch.

- Will!

- Let's go. Come on.

Come on.

Hey, that was really cool, Dad.

Yeah, well, you're grounded for a month.

What?

We'll talk about it when we get home.

So you're against the war, huh?

You don't know a damn thing about it.

It's not a war, it's an occupation.

They hate us.

They're trying to build a country.

We did the same thing here

a couple of hundred years ago.

- It's not easy.

- Yeah. Right.

And we're doing a good job at it.

Maybe if we flushed a couple more

Korans down a toilet in Guantnamo,

it'd help them speed things up.

So you think we should just leave, huh?

Let them rip each other to pieces?

It's not an easy decision, is it?

Some bad guys over there, Billy.

Dad, what bad guys?

What is this, a Schwarzenegger movie?

- Hey.

- Why don't you just admit it,

we went over there for oil

and everything else is just bullshit.

- Watch your mouth.

- That's the problem with you people.

You're never wrong, are you?

We're not wrong.

Since when did our country decide

it was our job

to just piss everybody else off?

You don't know

what the f*** you're talking about.

- Will.

- You should read a history book.

I will,

when you go read a newspaper!

I don't have to. I was there!

Let's go now.

No, you're walking.

- What?

- Fine!

Keisha. Where's Keisha?

Keisha.

- There you go.

- Thanks.

Keisha, I wanna talk to you

for just a minute.

Jamal, I'm working.

I know you're working.

I just need to talk to you for a minute.

- I promise I won't get upset.

- Leave me alone. Leave me alone.

The handle broke off

the kitchen cabinet again.

Can you take a look at it after dinner?

Sure.

Where's Dede?

She's eating at Jenna's.

You don't know her.

Can you get this, honey?

Thank you.

You know if you cut the brake lines

on the car, I can't fix that.

What're you talking about?

I don't think it was good for you

defending Billy in there today.

Half the kids in that school can't read,

and they're worried about

what's written on some damn T-shirt.

I'm worried about our son.

Don't. He hates me.

He hates that you're in the military.

All 15-year-olds hate their parents.

I guarantee, if I was a pacifist

he'd be in Fallujah by now.

You're driving me crazy.

You need to stop breaking stuff

around the house.

- I know what you're doing.

- I'm trying to get through to you.

You're not helping me, Pen.

You're making me feel

like a mental patient.

- Now there's an idea.

- Very funny.

You smelled like a bar at Billy's school.

Do your patients know?

I am handling it.

- Now leave me alone.

- No, I will not leave you alone. I'm sorry.

Do you think you're the only one

who's had it rough?

I was the one

who got up every single morning

and went online

to check that casualty list.

And I was the one

who got sick to my stomach

every time I heard about

another roadside bomb.

And who do you think

told our daughter every night

that Daddy wasn't coming home

tomorrow or the next day,

or the day after that,

but that he still loved her

and me?

Now I understand you feel compelled

to serve and I supported that.

Hell, I left my job and got another one

just so one of us would be home

some of the time with our daughter!

And when you asked to extend

your deployment, I supported that, too.

Because I think what you did

was right and noble.

But I did not spend the last eight months

of my life in sheer hell

for you to come home and be an a**hole!

This is the third time

I've been back and forth here.

I got a problem with my back, okay?

I don't get around good.

I'm going back and forth,

downtown, back here,

downtown, back here,

and I sit here

and come talk to you people.

And you sit here looking at me

like you don't understand

what the f*** I'm talking about!

Somebody here got to have information.

Don't tell me this is the first

damn discharge papers you've seen!

And you're sitting there like you don't

understand what the f*** I'm saying!

Somebody better tell me something

in this motherfucking...

Hey, Doc.

Hey, how you doing?

Hey, I'm good. I'm good. You?

I'm great.

Hey, you remember me?

You helped wash out my leg.

- Yeah. Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Good to see you.

- Yeah. You okay?

Yeah, yeah.

I'm supposed to meet a patient here.

Actually, pick up a prescription

for a patient.

They don't really hand that sh*t out.

Yeah, well. It's more of a consult.

I can't really talk about it.

Right, right.

There's some good people there.

I'm sure whoever needs a consult,

that'll really help.

Yeah.

- Good to see you.

- It was good seeing you, too.

Fight!

Hey, you!

Hey.

All right, enough.

Stop it. Break it up right, you two!

Right now! Stop it!

Hey! Hey! That's it! That's it!

Move! Move!

- You all right?

- I'm fine.

- Come on, let's go.

- I said I'm fine.

- Let's go back to class! Come on.

- Okay, it's over. Just go back to class.

Go.

- Damn it, Oliver!

- I'm sorry, Mommy.

I'm sorry. Come here. Come here.

Why are you crying?

Mommy just gets

a little bit sad sometimes.

- You mad at me?

- I didn't mean to yell.

But I love you.

I love you so much, baby.

- Hello,

- Hi.

Is Cary there, please?

Yeah, this is Cary, Who's calling?

Oh, hi. This is Vanessa Price.

- I'm really sorry to be calling this late.

- No, No, it's all right,

It's just... I could really use your help.

Well, yes, sure, You wanna talk?

Yeah.

How about tomorrow before school?

We can grab some coffee or something,

Great. Great, thank you.

Hello.

What?

Where is he?

All right.

Been in there for about an hour.

Kept asking for you.

You guys work together or something?

Yeah. Yeah, we worked together.

You don't have to go in there

if you don't want to.

It's all right.

Jamal!

- What's up, man?

- I'm coming in, all right?

What're you doing, man?

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