Life as a House Page #15

INT. ROBIN'S KITCHEN - EVENING

Robin is sitting alone at the table, doing nothing. The TV

is on loud in another room. Adam walks into the room in his

pajamas. He sits down across from his mother at the table.

Robin smiles at him. He smiles back as he scoots his chair

closer to the table and extends his arms straight out across

the top. Robin extends her arms and they lock hands near the

middle. Without a word, they hold hands. Adam lets go and

climbs on top of the table, scoots across it with a kiss for

his mother before he's gone, sliding off the table on his

rear and running back to the TV.

EXT. GEORGE'S GARAGE - EVENING

George is on the patio, bending a thin piece of copper

tubing. Sam storms out of the garage, fuming.

SAM:

No one would blame me if I left!

GEORGE:

I'd blame you. I want you here.

SAM:

I'm not doing it!

GEORGE:

It'll be fine.

SAM:

Why don't you just beg some money off my

dad and move into something decent with a

real kitchen and a real bathroom?

GEORGE:

I'd rather sell my nuts to a castrati.

Sam screws his face down - huh?

GEORGE (CONT'D)

I don't beg.

SAM:

And I don't take a shower in the middle

of the yard.

GEORGE:

I can promise you complete privacy.

SAM:

You can't promise me anything! You don't

have anything to promise! You live in a

garage! You don't have cable! You're

not hooked up to the internet because you

don't even own a computer! You don't

have a job!

George finishes bending the copper into a circle. He stands

and holds the copper circle out for proof of privacy.

GEORGE:

This will save you from prying eyes.

Sam dismisses his father with a shake of his head. He heads

back into the garage.

INT. GEORGE'S GARAGE - EVENING

Sam quickly heads to where George's prescription bottle was

hidden under a pile of underwear. He steals two more pills

and swallows them before grabbing a towel and walking out.

EXT. GEORGE'S GARAGE - EVENING

SAM:

If you had a stupid phone or I could use

your truck, mom would give me some money.

GEORGE:

You'll have money when you work for it.

Sam stomps down the driveway and across the grass to Alyssa's

house. George walks around to the back of his garage with

the rounded copper tubing.

EXT. ALYSSA'S HOUSE - EVENING

Sam is standing on the porch with his towel and clean

clothes. Colleen answers the door.

SAM:

Is Alyssa home?

COLLEEN:

She's out with a friend.

SAM:

Oh...do you know when she'll be home?

COLLEEN:

She didn't really say.

SAM:

Oh...okay.

Sam nods and steps back as he prepares to leave.

COLLEEN:

Sam?

SAM:

Uh huh.

COLLEEN:

I didn't recognize you!

SAM:

I'm sorry.

COLLEEN:

Alyssa said you don't even have plumbing

over there.

SAM:

Not a shower.

Colleen takes Sam by the arm and nudges him into the house.

INT. ALYSSA'S ROOM - EVENING

Sam is slowly making his way around the room, taking note of

everything:
some dried flowers; a yearbook; a cabinet full of

CD's; dirty clothes stuffed in a hamper. He walks into the

bathroom before walking back out and making one more round.

INT. ROBIN'S FAMILY ROOM - EVENING

Robin is sitting between her sons on the sofa, watching a

movie. Peter enters the room, carrying his jacket.

PETER:

The goddamn traffic. Were we going out

to dinner?

Robin focuses on her husband, but the boys are riveted to the

television.

ROBIN:

We've eaten.

PETER:

Is Lois still here? I'm starved.

ROBIN:

I'll make you something.

Robin stands as Adam and Ryan try to hold her down.

PETER:

Did someone call to tell you I'd be late?

Robin walks into the kitchen without responding.

INT. ALYSSA'S BATHROOM - EVENING

Sam's in the shower, obscured by the sandblasted glass.

JOSH (O.S.)

Bro, I need you tonight.

Sam bumps an elbow against the glass as he opens the shower

door enough to look out. Josh is sitting up on the marble

countertop.

SAM:

I locked the door.

Josh holds up a tiny screwdriver.

JOSH:

It'll take you like twenty, thirty

minutes.

SAM:

Does Alyssa know?

JOSH:

Nothing.

SAM:

You got any weed?

JOSH:

You got the money?

Sam waits a beat before closing the shower door.

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