Immediate Family Page #5

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There are only four people in here.

But there are eight beds.

Yeah.

How do you feel?

- Pretty good. I'm on drugs.

- You deserve them.

Yeah. I do.

You should get some sleep.

Hey, you should be smoking a cigar.

Proud father.

Bye.

- Look at him.

- He's so beautiful.

Look. And he's so small.

Of course he's small. He's a baby.

Why don't you sit down,

and I'll hand you the bottle.

- Come on, guy.

- I'll be back in a while.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

- Come on.

- There you go.

- Look at that!

Great.

Makes it real, doesn't it?

- Could you please move that here?

- Yeah, yeah, that's better.

- That's going to be his view.

- That's perfect.

I was gonna put it at that wall,

but Lucy said we should put it here.

Because in the spring that tree will

be covered with little pink flowers.

- Okay, you just take it now.

- Come on, Willy.

- There he goes.

- Come on.

Come on. There he goes.

There he goes.

- Keep your hand up.

- So we don't get air in the bottle.

There he goes. Look at that.

- God!

- He's got big hands, doesn't he?

Yeah, he's a strong little guy. Look

how he's taken to the bottle. Look.

- Hi.

- Hi. He sure can put it away.

Yeah. God.

- Are they taking good care of you?

- Down there everyone's sick.

Excuse me. We can't have

visitors during feeding.

She's not a visitor.

- I'm sorry...

- She's family.

Thank you.

What do you think

of the name William?

- Just hope they don't call him Billy.

- No. We'll use Willy.

That's kind of cute.

Hey, Willy.

I told her I'd stay, but she won't go.

- You have to leave too.

- Momma!

I have company now. Go, all of you.

I need to rest.

We're worried about you.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

- You want some Jell-O?

- Okay.

There.

Thanks.

That's good. With a healthy appetite

you will be well soon.

I'm not sick.

I had a baby.

A boy.

Why aren't you with him?

I tried to call you.

I'm sorry.

I never expected to feel this way.

I'm not sure that you've

thought it all through.

- I was up all night.

- Lucy, when people have a baby...

...they get depressed after.

It's called postpartum. Remember?

I don't have that.

Where will you go?

Back where I come from.

Lucy, how are you going

to take care of him? Huh?

Sam will help me.

I'll do it.

Would you say something to her,

please?

She can't. She's too sad.

We're all sad, Lucy.

But you know who's going to be

the saddest of all?

William.

His name's Andrew.

I can't intercede. You know that.

May I have your attention? This is the

first call for Denver, Kansas City...

...Indianapolis and Cleveland. Now

boarding passengers in Bay 21.

It's great for kids because

I can't think of a better location.

There's a very good school

about a block away.

There's a park and a camp

about a half-mile away.

Unless you wanted

an amusement park in the street...

...I don't think

there's a better family home.

- It really is beautiful.

- How flexible is she on the price?

I think she'll be reasonable.

- Could we take one last look inside?

- Sure. Yeah.

Go see the built-ins in the master

bedroom, they are unique.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

The contrast in these pictures

is terrible.

Can you get this man in here

to fix this machine once and for all?

Sorry. It's a bad day.

And who belongs to this person?

She's not sick, sweetheart.

She's gonna have a baby.

- Turn that garbage off.

- Don't have to.

- You're an a**hole. Turn it off.

- Look at that sh*t you watch.

- Cut it out!

- No.

You're gonna wake your father.

Bobby, turn that down!

What, are you deaf?

Robert, turn the goddamn

thing down.

Yes, sir.

- Sorry.

- I had to get up anyway.

Are you driving to Yuma tonight?

Yeah. I'll be gone four, five days.

Want breakfast?

- Could eat.

- Scrambled eggs okay?

Yeah. Whatever's easy.

I'm in a meeting now. Can I check

my calendar and get back to you?

Fine. That would be fine.

And thanks for letting me know.

Goodbye.

Where were we?

She's 22 years old,

and she already has a son.

So she knows what's involved

in raising a child.

And she is 5'10". Brown eyes.

Brown hair.

A high-school graduate. Likes

water-skiing and horseback riding.

- Due when?

- I don't want to be here.

- I'm sorry. When?

- We shouldn't have come back.

- What month did you say she was in?

- Seventh.

These are human beings.

They're not interchangeable.

I don't think Linda meant

to say that to you.

She knows you're helping.

I can't sit in another hospital

and go through that again.

Please, for chrissake,

don't attack me for being strong.

- Can I smoke? It's okay?

- Sure.

- I really wish you wouldn't.

- I'm not asking you.

Hey, baby,

I was just coming to get you.

- Yeah.

- How's my little boy?

Could you take him?

I had to get out of there.

- We weren't gonna make this a habit.

- Come on in, Lucy.

Sammy, listen.

- We can't take this on right now.

- I know that.

Oh, God.

He does look just like you.

I'll see you later, Ma.

- Don't smoke around the baby.

- Why not? You do it all the time.

I do not blow smoke in his face.

So, what's wrong?

I got into a fight with Reeger.

Three days ago, I tell him,

"I gotta leave early today."

I'm getting ready, and he goes:

"Can't leave. Robertson's sick."

I go, " I got something important

to do."

Did you tell him

about me and the baby?

No, I told him to go f*** himself.

What did he say?

What do you think he said?

He fired me.

Oh, God.

I don't have to tell him

about my personal life, do I?

- You gotta apologize to him.

- Forget it. No way.

I'm a musician!

You're not a musician. You're

unemployed. We need the money.

- I had a job I liked.

- Five dollars an hour.

I was making contacts.

I had a future.

- Then you decide to do this.

- I decide?

I quit the job,

and work at a scrap metal yard.

But I do it.

Ten dollars an hour.

I'm a responsible guy.

But I'm not gonna take crap.

I'll sweep up,

but I won't eat sh*t.

White stuff came out of his mouth.

He spits up a lot.

Kind of looked like that robot in Aliens.

Could you get me a cloth diaper

out of there?

Okay. Could you clean that off?

- Could you get the diaper bag?

- Diaper bag, yeah.

Thanks.

I'll apologize to Reeger.

Tomorrow, I'll go to him.

Tonight I just want to be with you.

Okay, Sam.

- So, what do you think?

- It looks very...

...tropical.

- You know what I think?

- I don't have a clue.

- I think this is all for the best.

There are so many things

we still have to do.

We couldn't go on a vacation

like this if we had kids.

They don't allow kids

in these fancy resorts.

You know another thing?

Don't laugh...

...but I've been thinking

about going to law school.

I've always had a feel for the law.

I'm gonna enroll in some courses.

What am I talking about?

- It hurts.

- I know.

Why do you think this happened,

that we couldn't have children?

It just turned out that way.

I would have wanted him

to be just like you.

As long as he looked like you.

Just like you...

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