It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Page #7

Is this legal?

So, what do we do?

We say something? Or?

- It's not about words.

- Sorry. You've done this before!

It's about this man's connection

with the sea.

It's not about you or me

or words of grace.

Push it to the water line.

All right.

Now.

When I say "Ahoy",

give it a big shove out to sea.

Aye-aye, Captain.

Sorry, Dad.

We don't have to do this.

You know that.

We're doing it!

We gotta go, Dad. Dad, we gotta go.

You know we could go to jail?

We might be cellmates.

Yeah, hi, honey.

What?!

Is he OK? Where is he?

They're processing his papers.

They had to fingerprint him.

He'll probably get off, the sneak.

- The police didn't have a warrant.

- Thank God.

He's always getting off.

That's part of the problem.

It can't go on like this any longer.

Look at us. Can you believe this?

Are you OK?

I'm still here, aren't l?

- I didn't know the sh*t was there.

- Save it!

Do you realise how serious this is?

I'm so sorry, Dad!

I'm sorry, too, buddy.

Oh, God!

Do you know you could've

gotten up to 15 years for this?

- I'm such a screw-up!

- You are not.

You are not a screw-up.

Did Pappy have to see this?

I'm so screwed up, Dad.

I don't do sh*t.

There was this girl who was there.

She didn't do anything.

I don't know where she is,

and she's gonna hate me now.

- This just gets better and better.

- It's OK.

I have to help her.

- I gotta make sure she's all right.

- All right. We'll take care of her.

Don't worry about her.

She'll be all right.

There was no search warrant.

And I've also screwed up

with school, Mom.

I have to go back for another year.

- You're failing your senior year?

- My life is sh*t!

- You're bright, for God's sake!

- I just couldn't do it.

What the hell can you do?

Sell drugs?

Wait a minute.

Let's face this, all right?

We have all been

in our own little worlds.

It's gonna stop right now.

We're a family.

We're gonna figure this out together.

- Figure what? This and school...

- And everything else. That's right.

You're not a kid any more.

You gotta find out

what is important in your life.

What do you love?

And you let nothing

get in the way of it.

Listen to your father.

He knows what he's talking about.

- Who's calling you now?

- I don't know. Probably a patient.

This is Mrs Hodgson.

Is Eli with you? He disappeared

from the dance tonight.

Is he in there?

You are staying with us tonight.

- I don't want you out of my sight.

- Where should I sleep?

Why don't you sleep

in your old room, with Eli?

We've got a lot of talking to do.

But in the morning.

I couldn't take one more surprise

tonight.

Good night, honey. I'm goin' to bed.

- Good night, Mom.

- Good night, boys.

What about me?

- What about you?

- Where do I sleep?

Couch.

What are you doing?

I was getting in bed with my wife.

Are you out of your mind?

Aren't things confusing enough?

We have two kids.

Both of them weird. Very weird, Alex.

One is a drug dealer,

and the other one is...

- What's Eli? He's what?

- I don't know what the other one is!

But, Alex,

do you want to work at this?

- Yes.

- Really work at this?

- Yes, I do.

- Will you see her again?

No, I'm not... I wasn't seeing her.

Look, Rebecca, I got... sidetracked.

You know,

at the office and the soup kitchen.

And I wasn't paying attention.

Life is always

getting in the way of us, isn't it?

The couch.

In the morning,

there are three things you can do.

To get our son a good lawyer.

Find us a marriage counsellor.

And you can wash the dishes...

in our kitchen.

I love you, Bec. Good night.

I love you, too.

What the hell are you doing?

Insulin.

Your mother used to do this.

You gonna be comfortable here?

In the war,

I slept in blood-filled trenches.

Hope you don't mind if I join you.

No. You take this couch.

Still in the doghouse?

Well, Dad,

I thought we'd relive my childhood.

All those nights

when we went camping together.

- Yeah, I remember.

- Yeah. In your dreams.

You were a pain in the ass.

We had a lot of nights out together,

didn't we?

You should've seen him.

He was like seven feet tall.

Huge! Like The Rock.

When he swung his board at me,

I just put my fist right through it.

Broke it in half. A Tony Hawk, too!

And when he got up, he charged at me.

But I just went like this,

and I kicked him in the shin.

Then, I went...

Right in his mug. Laid him out.

Smack in the kisser!

Good night, boys.

how much I love you

How many verses do you know?

It's a lullaby that puts me to sleep.

It's keepin' me awake.

Bro! What's that bracelet all about?

Get that

for taking care of your lady?

- No.

- That's a good thing, buddy.

I wish I had done the same.

I'll never find

I never could hide

I guess I'm not the father

I thought I was.

I got one kid

who could be in the can.

And the other one.

There's something about him,

I don't know what it is.

You know, when we were kids,

Stephen and I,

we got in trouble with the cops.

Really? You never told me. What for?

Selling booze that fell off a truck.

We did OK, too.

Dad?

I'm thinking about leaving the firm.

I wanna try public office again.

I waited ten years

to hear you say that.

Really?

Well, maybe this time

you'll vote for me?

Not a chance in hell.

You're not planning on this

becoming a permanent arrangement?

Don't worry.

The doctor says

I've only got a few good years.

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