Lakeview Terrace Page #2

Chicago.

Went to Berkeley on a lacrosse scholarship.

Stayed there after college.

- Doing what?

- I work for Good.

Oh, the enemy of evil.

You a superhero there, Chris?

No, the supermarket chain. Yeah.

They're expanding down here,

so we talked it over...

- You and your wife?

- Yeah, Lisa.

- Is she from Chicago, too?

- No, she's from up there.

- Berkeley.

- Oakland.

Oak-town girl, all right!

Kind of, like, opposites attract.

Well, no, not exactly.

We actually have a lot in common.

Yeah? Like what?

Well...

Rap music.

Well, I like it, she doesn't.

Imagine that.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, I'm going to finish my rounds.

You know, I do a little neighborhood patrol

every night, you know?

Oh. Cool.

- Welcome. Good to have you.

- Thanks, yeah. Nice to meet you.

All right.

Say, you know,

you can listen to that noise all night long,

but when you wake up in the morning,

you'll still be white.

- There you are.

- Hi.

How's the water?

Amazing.

- How was your day?

- Awesome.

So I met our new neighbor.

A.T. Abel Turner.

And?

He has a very special brand of humor.

So he was joking.

- Yeah.

- Did you ask him about the lights?

Wasn't the best time.

- I always wanted to say this.

- What?

"Honey, I'm homeowner. "

- No, that's really bad.

- No, it's good.

No, it's bad.

But I'm gonna kiss you and make it better.

- What are you doing?

- Move over.

Time to christen the pool.

- We can't.

- Come on.

It's our house.

Hurry up and get in the pool.

You're gonna go to hell.

- I am not.

- Yes, you are.

God's gonna send you down there

with a stiffy and everyone's gonna laugh.

Man, you told me to look.

You were dumb enough to do it.

Get off me!

Marcus? Celia?

Don't say anything.

What the hell is going on up here?

You're supposed to be looking out for him.

I wasn't doing nothing.

Marcus, hey, hey, hey.

I wasn't doing what?

Anything. I wasn't doing anything.

What the hell are you fighting...

Look, why don't you guys wash up?

Let's go downstairs and have some

big bowls of ice cream. Okay?

Babe?

Can I ask you a question?

This house has three bedrooms, right?

And there's two of us.

So, you know, like,

how many offices or dens,

whatever-type rooms,

does one need, really?

Well, we could...

I always wanted a sewing room for me.

Sewing.

Come on, we'll, you know...

No.

No, I don't know.

I mean, I know that we could turn one

of those rooms into a nursery...

- No.

... if we wanted to.

Or not.

Lis, come on, we've talked about this.

We'll get around to it. It's just...

Right now, we don't know

how any of this is gonna play out.

Okay. I just think that there are

really good reasons to not wait.

- No, you're right.

- In fact, to do this right now.

- No, I...

- You know?

Like, I'm not only thinking about us.

I'm thinking about our families.

I think that our families

would really benefit from...

I know, I know, I know, I know.

Are you hot?

No. Are you kidding?

No.

No.

It isn't working.

Here you go.

Why is it so loose?

Probably forgot to screw it back in.

The joys of home ownership.

What's that?

It's a good image for

an antismoking campaign.

You've gotta be kidding me.

I'll talk to him tomorrow.

Mr. Turner.

You can call me Abel.

Morning.

Getting your miles in?

Before it gets too hot.

Or before I talk myself out of it.

Yeah, I hear you on that.

Need a hand?

Matter of fact, I do.

Trying to reach this bolt down

here behind the battery.

I need you to hold it this way, just pull it.

There you go.

- Come on.

- I got it.

You all right?

- Yeah, just...

- Let's see.

Oh, yeah, you're not bleeding too bad.

- It's all right.

- You're a tough guy.

Must have some Irish in you.

Black Irish, probably.

Hey, you didn't see anyone around

the side of our house last night, did you?

Something happen?

Lisa's a little paranoid.

Got an alarm system, right?

Yeah, it's kind of wonky.

You might want to get that fixed.

You know, you got a woman

you wanna try and protect.

Well, you know, this is stupid,

but your outside lights over here...

What about them?

They're shining right into our upstairs.

I see how that could be annoying.

Just till we get some curtains up.

You know the arroyo back here

that runs along everybody's house?

There's some

unsavory characters down there.

You know, kids with nothing to do.

They tag stuff, vandalize.

- Been some break-ins.

- Is that right?

I got a teenage daughter who likes to

sneak out at night if I don't stay on top of it.

- You know what I mean?

- I hear you.

I bet you don't want them shining down

on your pool deck at night, either.

I guess not.

Celia, Marcus.

This is Mr. Mattson.

He's the man on the other side of the fence.

- Say hi.

- Hi.

- All right. See you, guys.

- Bye, Dad.

Thanks for your time.

- Okay, get out of the way. Move.

- No, don't kick the ball.

Move!

You're stupid! What'd you do that for?

Now the lady's coming.

Hello?

Hey.

She did it.

Come get it.

- Dad never let us over here.

- Why not?

He don't want us being freeloaders.

That's a good thing to not be.

You don't even know what a freeloader is.

Somebody that can swim in this pool.

Well, you guys can swim here

anytime you want.

- You just need to ask your parents.

- Parent.

Our mom died.

I'm sorry.

- So it's just you guys and your dad?

- Yeah.

But he has enough rules for two people.

Yeah, well, that's how dads are.

It'll get better as you get older.

No. He will never change his mind.

What he says is what goes,

and the more you argue, the more he's like,

"Excuse me? I am the law. "

Anyways, I like your hair.

Thank you. I'm Lisa.

Celia.

- And you are?

- I'm Marcus.

Nice to meet you.

- So, Celia, can you do me a favor?

- Sure.

My husband and I are having

a housewarming party here on Friday

and I would love it if you and your dad

and Marcus all came over

so we could kind of get acquainted.

You don't have to invite Marcus.

She already did.

So I'll see you Friday.

- Okay.

- Yes.

Okay.

Nice to meet you guys.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Bye.

Okay, okay, okay.

- Hey.

- Hello there.

Late night?

Well, you know, big town.

A lot of people to suck up to.

So, honey, these are...

Did you talk to him about the lights?

Yeah. He's gonna take care of it.

- I'm gonna go talk to him.

- No, I'll do it. Here, let me.

- No, because you...

- Let me handle it. Please.

- Okay.

- All right.

Be nice.

- I am nice.

- And don't be all...

You know, 'cause he's...

What?

'Cause he's a brother.

He's your brother? I didn't know that.

Chris.

Jesus.

Chris, what's up?

Hey, Abel.

Your lights?

You know, I did not get to that today.

Can't you just turn them off?

No. You know, they're on a master timer

with the rest of the outdoor lights,

sprinklers.

I'd have to do that whole instruction

manual thing, you know?

- Right.

- There's no excuse, you know.

I just had a hell of a day.

No, I know what you mean.

Want a beer?

No. Thanks.

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