Kids Green the World Page #5

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that was all about.

What if it's a big mistake?

Hey...

Don't you trust me?

I just want him to come home.

Which is why I went

on the news, okay?

Look, just let me

handle this, okay?

- Hey.

- Hey.

Well, the reporters are gone.

You were right;

They must have been

following the money.

What's with the weather?

Oh, it's the tail end of the

tropical storm in the Atlantic.

Don't you watch the news?

Never.

It's supposed to make

landfall by tomorrow.

Michael's battening down

the hatches.

Door's open.

There you go.

Oh... my God.

Oh, my God.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Your property wasn't

on the warrant.

If you'd been married,

it would have been

more complicated.

You should probably

backup your stuff

just in case

they change their mind.

Yeah.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Welcome.

Uh, let me just

throw this stuff upstairs.

Can you... can you toss me

that roll of duct tape?

Duck what?

Looks like a roll of tape.

Oh. Sorry.

Not one of those lesbians

who's good at fixing things

around the house.

Well, good, 'cause I'm not

one of those homos

who believes in stereotypes

about lesbians.

Here. Come on in.

I got a call from a reporter

friend of mine at The Courant.

They want to run the story

of your arrest in '98.

Sh*t.

I think I might have got her

to hold off.

I gave her something I found

on Jason yesterday.

Did you know that he was

expelled from public school

for stealing money

during a fire drill?

Yeah. He didn't do that.

He just took the rap for

a couple of upperclassmen.

And it was obviously

more than one kid.

One of them pulled the

fire alarm near the gym

while the other one

broke into the cash register

at the cafeteria.

Well, then he lied,

and either way, it helps.

No.

Look...

I'm not comfortable with it,

but I'm willing to do

whatever we have to

to fight Leo and Janette.

I mean, they made

the first move.

Just...

Leave Jason out of it, okay?

He's a kid.

All right, but I can't promise

that she won't run the story.

What story?

What? What story?

There was a... mix-up.

I was arrested.

I'm gonna...

It was years ago,

back in New York...

A cop said that I...

That I exposed myself

in a bathroom.

What?

- When?

- Summer of '98.

Wait... Sum...

Whoa.

So, we were together then,

but it was the...

That was the summer

I was in Paris...

Why didn't I know about this?

I can explain, okay?

It was a sting.

- I was f***ing entrapped.

- So, you kept this from me?

It's not what it looks like.

It looks like

you lied to me.

Don't. Don't!

We don't have secrets.

You two need to be on the

same page right now, Michael.

The police are interviewing

everyone who knows you,

and if you've kept secrets,

people are gonna wonder

what else you're hiding.

Who's on the other side

of that mirror?

There were things

that I heard.

Things you heard?

Yeah.

Subsequently, or?

The students said things.

They were targeting Jason

because of Michael's

affinity for him.

We're not speaking right now.

Well, I never had a student

accuse a teacher...

You mean the friend

of a parent of a student?

Is that normally how you

handle such cases...

having a friend of

the pupil's parent

right there in the room?

Did Mr. Gavin ever talk about

gay issues in class?

You do know there's

a difference

between gay people

and old dudes

that mess around

with boys, don't you?

Look, I followed

the steps exactly.

I mean, th-th-there

was no reason

for me to doubt

what I was told.

Earlier, you said that you

never suspected a thing,

that you and Mr. Gavin

were close.

We were. I don't know.

You're... you're...

You're getting me

all turned around.

Did he ever discuss sex?

Come on.

I'm almost 18, detective.

I came out to my parents at 12.

I was sexually active at 14.

I've been buying porn on my

mother's AMEX for three years,

and she doesn't even

know about it.

By the time I had

class with Mr. Gavin,

I could have taught him

a thing or two.

Dan?

Please unlock the door.

So, that year

I got back from Europe,

and you were volunteering?

Community service.

Wow...

Wow.

I know. I just...

I cannot believe you didn't

trust me enough

to tell me about this.

I wanted to... over the years.

Over the years?

What about the last two

f***ing days, Michael?

We're fighting

for our lives here!

I know. I...

There's no excuse.

I want you to say it.

Say what?

You've never said it...

not once

during this whole time.

I want you to look me

in the face and tell me

that nothing happened

between you and Jason.

No.

F***ing tell me!

Danny, what...

Who are you right now?

Who am I?!

Who the f*** are you?!

I leave my life,

I leave my job,

and I follow you here

to this f***ing backwoods,

bucolic fantasy for what...

for some novel

that's never gonna happen?

I didn't drag you here!

You packed the boxes

and drove the truck!

I have done my best

to make a life for us.

I have loved you,

I have trusted you,

I have stood up for you,

and I don't get to hear you say,

once and for all,

that nothing happened

between you and Jason?

No, you don't,

because if you have to ask,

that means that

you believe them,

and I can't

take that right now.

Could I get one of those?

Wow. You smoke?

No.

Oh...

What the hell?

Wait, should you be doing that?

No.

Cute.

I'm sorry.

I don't know what's

wrong with me.

I've been crying like this

for three days.

I was talking to my sister

in Syracuse yesterday,

and I... cried so much

that I shorted out

the number 4 on my phone.

I swear to God,

it doesn't work anymore.

You press it and... nothing.

You know, I was thinking

earlier about the...

his first day at school.

He checked into the office,

and afterwards,

you went running

into the lounge and said,

"Trish, have you seen

the new teacher?

He's really cute. He's so cute. "

I did, didn't I?

He was just... so quiet...

And gentle.

I think I really loused this up.

I jumped the gun, didn't i?

I mean, there's no way, right?

No.

- When are you coming back?

- I don't know.

Daniel...

It won't look good

if you leave right now.

None of this looks good.

I'm still here.

I just wanted to make sure

that you're okay.

Thank you.

I was running...

around Washington Square Park.

And this couple with a stroller

crossed my path,

and I didn't see them in time,

and I fell,

and I scraped

my knee really bad.

And so I went into

the restroom in the park,

and I grabbed a bunch

of toilet paper

off this damp roll in the sink,

and I tried to clean myself up.

It hurt like hell.

Anyway, there were

these two guys...

and they were standing,

uh, like, back-to-back

at the urinals.

I barely even noticed them...

Until I was about to leave.

And that's when I had to pee.

Really, I did.

So, I limped over to the urinal,

and then the guy...

the one that was

standing right next to me...

he says,

"Nasty scrape.

How'd that happen?"

Something.

And I remember

telling him that...

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