I'll Follow You Down Page #4

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I'll... I'll be a happier

person, be more confident.

I won't be acting out of fear

that I'll lose the

people around me.

We... we're only changing one thing

that shouldn't have happened.

And so I don't...

I don't see your life

path changing that much.

You know, you'd have the same interests,

you'd go into the same field.

And we'd have no

memory of this life?

Sounds perfect...

if we're together.

Why wouldn't we be together?

Well, nothing's guaranteed, right?

I mean, I could get hit by a bus

or you could meet some other

girl going to the movies with

your dad and ask her out to prom?

I'm not going to ask anyone

else out to the prom.

No, I'm serious.

You gravitated towards me as a child

partly because you were missing a parent.

That first time you stayed at my place

was when your mom went to Princeton.

We spent day and night together,

and that won't happen now.

None of this will exist.

And we won't even

know what this was.

What are the chances we repeat it?

We knew each other

well before 2000.

We were inseparable as children

before my father left.

We'll be together again.

I know it.

I'm sure of it.

I love you.

I love you too.

Wait. Wait. Wait. One second!

Erol.

Just one second.

Honey, it's just a

f***ing chess board.

I just need some

things to motivate me.

Some things?

What?

It's everything.

It's just the chess board.

No, it's our life.

If you had the chance would you just

keep re-setting it 'til it was perfect?

This is coming from

an idealist who...

who spent the past two years studying

new economies for developing countries?

No, Erol, I'm a realist.

What's wrong with idealism?

What's wrong with wanting

a mother and a father

who aren't dead?

That's not fair. I didn't

choose any of this.

No, you didn't, but please...

please don't pretend

like you understand.

Grace...

We have a life here.

We talked about getting married,

said we were getting a new

place and start a family.

My father left unnaturally.

It had ripple effects...

- That we're dealing with!

- No, that I'm correcting.

Everyone that he might

have encountered,

- their lives have to revert back to...

- I'm pregnant!

How're you going to correct that?

How long?

Five weeks.

What do you want to do?

I don't know. I need time to think.

Stop working on this.

I don't know if I can.

Well, there's your answer then.

Is there any way to

make sure that Grace

and I will be together

in the new timeline?

You shouldn't be thinking about

messing with other elements.

The point here is

to correct things,

not create an ideal

world for yourself.

That is correct.

We're meant to be together.

So what, do you want to go back,

talk to yourself as a kid

and plant the idea

to woo her again?

I don't know.

The more attachments you make here,

the harder this will all be.

- How's the field stability?

- Terrible.

I've just been stuck for weeks.

Well, you're doing great.

Just keep at it, okay.

I got to go.

All right.

- You going to be okay?

- Yeah.

See you later.

All right, you're eight weeks in,

so it's still too early to tell.

But it looks good so far.

But I wouldn't tell your friends

for another month. Okay?

Okay.

All right.

No.

What?

It should be working.

The tangent vectors are correct,

I have D-S-squared defined,

but the accelerated end keeps

going off into who knows where?

Okay just... just calm down.

Uh... chalk?

Second drawer.

There's none left.

What difference does it make?

If I can't solve it,

how the hell can you?

Is he okay?

Yeah, he'll be fine.

Thanks, Mrs. Moore.

Are you all right?

Been a long time since

someone asked me that.

Well, I...

I've been meaning to ask you often.

I'm fine, thanks.

I've noticed, Professor,

that outside of the lab

you're always alone.

If... if you ever need

to talk, I'm here.

I wish I could.

Maybe someday you'll

tell me why you can't?

I hope to be able to do that.

Hello?

Grace, it's Sal.

Hi.

Do you have a minute?

Not sure, really.

I just wanted to ask, how

has Erol been lately?

I haven't really seen him.

I'm asleep when he gets home

and he's asleep when I leave.

I'm worried about him.

With all due respect, you put

this idea of "correcting"

everything into his head.

Why would you care how he is?

Hi.

Hey.

How are you feeling?

Okay.

I got you chocolate milk and bacon.

Thanks.

I'll be working in the

basement if you need me.

Can we talk about this?

Say something.

What do you want to hear?

Every day I'm afraid this will all disappear

because part of me knows you'll succeed.

But I want nothing more

than for you to fail.

Well, you might get your wish.

We've hit a snag.

Been stuck for weeks.

So you're stopping?

I can't stop until

I've tried everything.

You know that.

So what do you want?

What should I do?

Abort?

No!

Isn't that what you're doing?

No.

All of this will happen again.

It'll be better.

Do you ever think that maybe your

father was meant to die there?

That was his natural

course and this is ours?

Don't you see, Erol, despite

everything I like this life.

I like who I am.

And I fell in love with

you as you were here.

Grace, as I am, I'll

make a terrible father.

I don't want to pass

this down to our child.

- I want a clean slate.

- Nobody has a clean slate!

Because nobody gets the

chance to have one.

I can't live like this,

knowing our lives could end

- at any second and we have no say.

- Most people don't.

And most people don't sleep

with the Grim Reaper.

Can you look me in

the eye and tell me,

with absolute assurance,

that if you go through with this,

we'd be able to recreate...

the soul of this baby?

Yeah.

I'll stop.

I'll stop.

You're right.

There's no guarantee.

I can't lose you.

I'll tell Sal I'm not

doing this anymore.

Okay?

The first time your mother

tried to commit suicide,

it was just before I moved here.

My God, you were only 15 years old.

The night before that happened,

I tried to convince her to

go out with another man.

I wanted her to move on, but she

flat-out rejected the idea.

We argued.

I told her she was being foolish

for holding onto the memory

of your father for so long.

And the next day...

She never stopped loving him.

When your child's in distress...

This was never supposed

to be her life.

It's my child I have

to protect now.

I'm sorry.

As I said, it's four bedrooms.

I understand you're expecting.

We only need two.

Ah, four's better.

Really?

Yeah. You never know.

Easy for you to say.

And do.

So there's a large living area.

Perfect for a TV and

a sitting room.

Yeah.

TV right here.

I can have my recliner back here.

- No. I don't want our kid watching TV.

- What?

- But I was going to...

- What? You don't like TV either.

Yeah, but I could lie around on Sundays,

have my buddies over, drink some beers.

You don't have any buddies.

I'll make buddies.

And you'll hate every one of them.

Do you have a girlfriend?

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