Little Birds Page #2

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Yeah, I think they're cool.

Thanks.

You know, you can't find empty

pools like this in L.A. no more.

We heard about this spot

and drove all the way out.

But your town

smells like sh*t.

Ifs the salt influx from the

sewage and irrigation runoff.

Are you a scientist?

No.

See all this white stuff'?

The sand'?

It's not really sand. it's

dead fish and bird bones.

Cool.

Yeah.

So, you have

a boyfriend?

Jesse, let's

f***ing go!

You cold?

What the f***?

Let's go.

Thanks.

Sorry.

If you're ever in L.A.

Sorry.

Bye, Lily.

Bye.

Woo!

Where'd you go?

Didn't think

you'd notice I'd left.

What's up your ass'?

Nothing.

I kissed that boy.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I bet he's kissed

lots of other girls.

Maybe.

We're gonna

hang out in L.A.

How are you

getting there'?

I don't know.

You can come along

if you want.

Maybe.

Hey, Tiger Lily.

I know you're awake.

Why do you always

have to touch me'?

Because I didn't

get to hold you

for that whole

first month you were born.

You were stuck

in the incubator.

Your dad said that

you looked like

a little chicken who came

out of the oven too early.

Mom.

Please, Mom.

Lily, what are

you doing here?

I figured it out. We're gonna

take Hogan's truck to L.A.

No way. He's never gonna notice. It

just, like, sits here all the time.

Shh. Hey, Lily.

You here

to unload some hay'?

No.

Well, I hear worlds

good for the soul.

My soul's beyond repair.

Think about it.

I see that charm school

is really paying off.

She don't mean it.

She just doesn't

like living here.

Well, one day she'll realize

ifs just geography.

Where's the furthest

you've ever been?

Bora Bora Bora Bora.

No way.

I found work

on a freighter.

We docked there

and I decided to stay.

Was it amazing?

I got a job at a resort

where this mangy dog

and her pup would hang

around begging for food.

The guest complained,

so the manager sent me

and this other guy, just

a local, out to get 'em.

The mother, she trusted

humans, so she was easy.

But her pup, she was

a slippery little sucker.

We couldn't get her

no matter how hard we tried.

We were supposed to take her

out to the bigger island,

about a 20-minute boat ride.

My co-worker wanted

to get home for dinner, though.

His wife was making

a Poisson Cru.

So he threw the dog off the

boat about halfway there.

Oh, my God!

That night

the whole island

could hear

that pup howling

and crying

for its mother.

I traveled halfway

across the world

to find out

that people are

dumb and cruel everywhere.

I could've just stayed home.

I went

to Aunt Bonnie's.

You weren't there.

Did you change your mind'?

I can't, Lily.

I can't do that

to Hogan.

Fine.

What's so great

about L.A. anyway?

Ifs not here.

Where are you going?

I don't know.

Can I come'?

No.

You're ugly.

So'?

So don't go walking around here acting

like you better than everybody else.

I don't. You told my brother you

was going to burn down my house?

No.

Liar.

I'm gonna ask your ass again.

Did you tell my brother you

was gonna burn down my house?

Don't look at that c*nt.

Look at me! Look at me.

No, I didn't say that.

Next time I see you

I'm gonna stab you in

your little frizzled head.

Thanks a lot.

What was I

supposed to do'?

I'm leaving tonight.

How?

I'll wait by the bar and get some

trucker or methhead to drive me.

Are you stupid? That'll get you

dead in a ditch somewhere.

Yeah, well,if I stay here, Shawna's

just gonna kill me anyway,

so, what's

the f***ing difference?

I knew you'd

come through.

You're my best friend, stupid.

F*** you!

Woo!

What the f***?

it's fine.

Did you just fall asleep?

Ifs three in the morning.

You're such a baby.

Fine, Lily,

why don't you drive?

Oh wait,

nobody taught you how.

You don't have

to be a b*tch about it.

I'm sorry. Let's just pull

over and sleep for a while.

Do you remember

when we thought

that your mom

was gonna marry my dad

and we were gonna

be sisters for real'?

Yeah. Then we realized

that your dad's, like,

and super ugly.

You're just upset because we

saw Darryl Baker's father

coming out of your

mom's room in his underwear.

Oh, you cried.

You cried so hard

thinking that Darryl

was gonna be

your brother instead.

Yeah, my mom was

gonna marry your dad.

And we were gonna

move to the beach.

A real beach

with a real ocean.

And every morning

we would wake up

and roll out of bed and dive

straight into the water.

Yeah.

Hey- Hey"

So Jesse said

we're not far out.

Woo-hoe.

He gave me an address

for where we got to meet them.

Hey, where'd you

get those chips?

I bought them.

But I thought you

didn't have any money.

Fine. Whatever.

I stole them. Sue me.

Lily.

What'?

Who cares, huh'?

Something for you anyway.

Hypocrite.

Hey, I'm just kidding. Where are you going?

To pay for these.

No, if you pay for them,

they're gonna know I took them.

For the first time in your life,

could you just not be a baby'?

No f***ing way. No.

God damn it.

Your friend send you back for more'?

No, I was just putting it back.

Do I look that f***ing stupid'?

No! I'm sorry, okay'?

We're gonna wait right

here for the police.

No, please let me go. You

and your little girlfriend

come in here thinking the

sun shines out your asses.

Well, I got a rude awakening

for you, all right'?

This is

a citizen's arrest.

Stand back!

Ow!

Lily! Rum

What {he hell

are you doing?

Don't!

F***ing, drive!

Come back here!

Go, go, go!

Come on!

Sh*t.

F***ing b*tches!

That's not funny!

"This is

a citizen's arrest."

It's a little funny.

Hey, there they are!

Look! Pull over.

Pull over. Come on.

I'm going. I'm going.

Pull over.

I'm going.

Where am I

supposed to park'?

Lily, where am I

supposed to park'?

Lily!

Hey.

Where's Jesse?

Ifs Lily.

From the pool.

He said he don't

want to see you.

What'? He said to go back to

wherever the hell you came from.

Why'? What did I do'?

Yo, we're just playing'. He's there

with the homeless dude gettin' booze.

Yeah, I'll keep you safe till he

gets back, what do you think'?

Yeah?

No.

Where's your ugly friend?

She's not ugly.

She ain't pretty.

Lily?

Hi.

Hi.

D*ckhead,

you trying to get busted'?

Let's not stand in the middle

of the f***ing street with beer.

Huh'? Use your f***ing head.

What do you think'?

Jesus.

What's going on'?

Just drive.

Let's go.

Take a left.

Yo, so there are, like,

a bunch of Wildcats up here

like f***ing cougars

and sh*t like that.

They f***ing are eating

people, like, all the time.

No way. I don't believe you.

That's bullshit.

I swear. I swear. David.

What'?

No, man.

They all died in the wildfires.

You know that.

You're f***ing

full of sh*t.

He's just trying

to spit game...

That's really awful.

Like, a wildfire? Like...

Yeah, you know,

ifs crazy.

Me and David, after the last

fire, we snuck up here.

But you gotta be really

careful because there's

firemen and police

and you gotta sneak in.

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