Just Like Heaven Page #7

while the girls are in school.

I mean, the past three months

have been so hard on them,

on this whole family.

Well, I understand that. I really do.

But I think you're makin'

a grave mistake here,

- because I really believe...

- It's for the best. Really.

This is what Elizabeth wanted.

I mean, I spent my whole life thinking

I knew what was best for her.

What she should wear,

what men she should date.

This is the last thing

Elizabeth asked for.

And for the first time in my life,

I'm gonna respect her wishes.

Oh, Abby.

Look.

This is gonna sound

really strange to you, but...

Oh, no, no, no.

...the truth is Elizabeth

is here with us right now.

She came here with me, she's standing

next to you, begging you to wait.

Right next to me?

- Right there.

- David, stop.

No, let me do this.

I don't know how or why,

but somehow I can see

your sister's spirit.

I know it's crazy,

but I also can talk to her.

So why don't I have her just

explain the whole thing to you,

and I'll translate.

Could you just hold on, just a sec?

OK, tea party's over.

Time for Wiggly Safari!

Yeah!

- OK, David, this could work.

- I think I was getting through to her.

- You need to get her to the hospital.

- Right to the hospital.

- We'll get her to rip those papers...

- Get the hell outta here, you freak!

I'm not makin' this up!

Why would I?

Abby, calm down,

just calm down!

I'll chop you!

I swear, I will chop you!

- Tell about J.J.

- I know about J.J.

- What?

- I know what you did with J.J.

I'll tell everybody.

How do you know that?

Nobody knows that!

Get outta here! Get going!

You kids OK?

Mommy, is Auntie Elizabeth

gonna have more tea?

What?

I don't think your sister's

a very spiritual person.

She's just bein' a good mom.

Tryin' to keep her kids away

from a crazy guy.

I think I would have liked

to have been a mom.

You'd make a good one.

Thanks.

Guess I'll never really know.

Come on, Lizzie. This can't be it.

- Lizzie?

- OK, I'm sorry.

I know you don't like

to be called that.

I'm warming up to it.

I can go to that hospital.

I could talk to your friend, Fran.

I could...

- No, David.

...talk to the a**hole guy.

Brett? No. Just stop,

They'll put you in a straitjacket.

There's no way anyone's

gonna believe I'm still here.

Your niece, the little girl.

She saw you.

Oh, great.

My fate's in the hands

of a four-year-old

who has seven other

imaginary friends.

Wait. There is someone else.

What do you mean?

Come on.

- Darryl!

- Dude.

- Yeah.

- The spirit's with you, isn't it?

You can't bring that here.

What are you thinking, bro?

- You were right. She's alive.

- Righteous.

She's in a coma. Her family's

gonna take her off life support.

Not so righteous.

So, what, are you guys

socializing now?

We've... acclimated.

Yeah, I can tell.

In fact, I'm sensin' some pretty

intense feelings she has for you, bro.

- Really?

- No, I don't.

Major red aura.

Somebody's embarrassed.

- I am not. Can we focus here?

- OK.

- Ask him if there's a spell...

- Or a chant. Anything to get...

- My spirit...

...back into her body?

- You're asking the wrong question.

- Why is that wrong?

Look, I have the gift.

I didn't ask for it, but I do.

I can sense these things,

spirits, whatever

you wanna call 'em.

Why they're hangin' here

in the first place?

- That's their unfinished business.

- Do I have the gift?

Dude, please.

You definitely don't have it.

You're a civilian.

But if I don't have it,

how is it that I can see her

and talk to her

when no one else can?

- Exactly.

- Exactly what?

That's the right question.

What the hell is he talking about?

God, I feel like it's

right there in front of us.

I just can't get a handle on it.

How do you solve a problem

that isn't possible in the first place?

Because nothing seems

impossible to me anymore.

I mean, why did I move into

your apartment in the first place?

Why can I see you

when no one else can?

I mean, why was I down in that

restaurant when that guy collapsed?

It all seems interrelated somehow.

- What are you doing?

- I don't know.

I feel like I missed something here.

Wait a second.

Rosemary Preston lives

right here in San Francisco.

We could go talk to her.

I'll call Information,

maybe she's listed.

Where did you get this?

It was just at the hospital.

Yeah. I...

I took it.

I'm sorry. I...

I just...

I wanted to have a picture of you.

I wasn't sure that I was

gonna ever see you again.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry.

That's really nice.

I really like that picture.

Yeah. Yeah, I liked it too.

I had just gotten

my MOAT scores back.

Well, you must've done well.

No, actually, I bombed.

My scores were so low

I couldn't even get into

correspondence school.

- And that's a good thing?

- No.

I know it sounds kind a crazy.

I wanted to go back to the library

and start studying immediately,

but Abby said no.

The only thing to do

was to burn my scores

and drink margaritas.

Lots and lots of margaritas.

Well, looks like she was right.

It's just funny because the one time

I completely failed at something,

I had more fun

than I'd ever had in my life.

You look happy.

I was happy.

But what was I doing

with the rest of my time?

When I think about my life and I...

All I can remember is working.

You know? Working and working

and trying so hard.

And for what?

You help people.

You save lives.

Yeah. Including my own.

I saved my life, for later.

I just...

I never thought

there wouldn't be a later.

No, don't say that.

There's still time.

We're gonna see this lady...

You know, I just don't want

to spend my last night crying.

Or... fighting my fate.

I wanna do something with you.

OK. OK, great.

What do you want to do?

You want to fly to Paris?

See the Eiffel Tower? No problem.

You wanna dance on a beach

in Bali? Let's go! Let's do it!

Anywhere in the world

that will take MasterCard or Visa.

Anywhere.

There is something

that I would like to do.

Anything.

I'm so bad at this.

What? What is it?

Are you nervous?

- A little.

- Why?

I don't know.

How can you be nervous

when I can't even touch you?

I think I'm more nervous

because you can't touch me.

Why?

You know in the hospital

when you touched my hand?

I felt it.

I mean, my spirit felt it.

I don't know how.

But I think if you could

ever really touch me...

...I might wake up from all of this.

I can almost feel that.

Me too.

I think I know what

my unfinished business is.

What?

You.

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth?

- Elizabeth?!

- I'm right here.

Oh, good, good.

I thought you were gone.

Suddenly I know

what I'm supposed to do,

because this time

I can do something.

What are you talking about?

Lizzie, when we first met,

I kept saying that you were dead.

But it was me that was dead,

and you brought me back.

You saved me.

And now it's my turn to save you.

How?

I'm gonna steal your body.

David.

David. David, what are you thinking?

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