Louder Than Words Page #2

for forgiveness...

than permission. Okay, dad.

Hey, did you go to school with

a guy named kerrigan?

Kerrigan? Yeah.

I don't know. Maybe. Why?

His son's in my class.

Maybe you should invite the

kerrigans for dinner.

Ah, maybe I should invite

the other 800 guys

I went to school with, too.

Maybe you should.

Can we stop at Ben & Jerry's?

Who is this Ben and Jerry?

I don't know these boys.

Lame.

No, we gotta pick up your mom.

She's been doing

interiors all day.

Work, work, work.

MARIA:
I don't think I'd want

to work with my husband,

unless his job was

making ice cream.

Then I guess I could handle it.

I don't think your dad likes me.

What are you talking about?

Like, he never talks to me.

Yeah, well, that's

just how he is.

He doesn't really

talk to anyone.

Your mom's easy to talk to.

Yeah, but she talks too much.

[ GIRLS LAUGH ]

I want that rock.

No, I want that one.

Well, that's really fair, guys.

You say that I'm

messing with your head

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

avril's corporate crap.

No, she's not.

Oh, know what?

What?

Max kerrigan

was behind me on the bus,

and he kind of pulled my hair,

and he was like, "you

have a lot of hair."

Well, you do. Yeah.

Then he was like, "you don't

know where I live,

"'cause I get off the bus first,

"but I know where you live,

'cause our dads went to

school together."

That's totally illogical.

Maybe he likes you.

[ LAUGHING ]

And now I figure

what the hell?

Oh, my God. Really? All I

want is to mess around

and I don't really care about

if you love me, if you hate me

you can save me, baby, baby

all my life I've been good,

but now

whoa, I'm thinking

what the hell

what the hell

LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA

whoa

MARIA:
I'm gonna fall.

I need to lie down.

You are. You're in bed.

What kind of house is this?

It's a hospital.

Oh, right.

It sucks here, but you'll

get used to it.

I've been coming here since I

was, like, three.

My arm just jumped.

[ CHUCKLES ] That

was a good one.

Go, go, go, go.

I got something!

Fight it! Fight it! Oh, my God.

Just reel, reel, reel, reel!

[ LAUGHS ]

What do I do?

Give it some muscle.

Oh, my God. Here it comes. Oh,

I can see it.

I can see it. It's huge.

What? It's huge.

I don't want to look. I'm

reeling it in.

No slack. Here. Hey, here...

oh, yes, look at the size of it.

That is a record.

That is twice the size

of the garbage bag I

caught last week.

It's not funny! You know what?

Should we bring it home

for mom to clean,

and we'll eat it later?

You want to stuff it and

mount it on your wall?

It's a beauty.

MARIA:
See? My dad's

not all bad.

He's not even part bad, really.

The thing that changes your

life forever can be big,

like falling in love.

Or small,

so small that it doesn't

even leave a mark.

[ SQUEAKS ]

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

[ P.A. ] Dr. snow,

please call...

You know, when they let her

out in the morning,

she and I can take a cab.

You should go home and

get some sleep.

What about you? You... you go.

No. I'm not the one that has a

meeting with Turner at 9:30.

Yeah, yeah. Come here.

Hey, I really liked

yesterday's entry.

You didn't!

[ LAUGHS ]

If you ever...

Dad says it's easier

to ask for forgiveness

than permission.

I guess that's why he

does what he wants,

then asks questions later.

It's also why some people

don't like him.

WOMAN:
Mr. fareri

proposes building

17 luxury residences

on the 140 acres of the

former gimbel estate.

Time and again, he's maneuvered

around zoning restrictions

and the will of this council,

contributing to the unchecked

growth of our community.

We used to live like neighbors,

talk to one another.

Now we hide out behind the

walls of luxury homes.

But who wants to talk to their

neighbors, anyway?

Thank you.

WOMAN:
Come on. You

want to find...

[ BOY CHATTERS ]

I'm sorry. Can we, uh,

have a moment here?

Sure. Uh, hey,

come on. Come on.

Come on.

BOY:
Why do we have to go?

Hope you're feeling better,

Austin.

Uh, we just wanted to ask if

there's any chance

that either of you were aware of

that Maria might have been

bitten by an animal

in the past few months?

Scratched?

Other than the tick?

I mean, not that I'm aware of,

but...

As you know, she's grown worse.

I think we actually have to

consider another possibility here.

What?

That, uh, Maria may have

contracted rabies.

[ GASPS ]

They tell me that the odds of

it being rabies are tiny,

like 160 million to one.

They're gonna run some tests,

but odds are,

it's encephalitis,

overwhelmingly.

What if it were rabies?

What will we do?

Noth... there's nothing.

Well, we've already gone ahead

and contacted the center

for disease control

and the pasteur institute

looking for any insights

they can provide us with

moving forward,

but main thing we

want to do now,

we want to try and slow

her system down

so that she has the energy

to fight the virus,

which would also help with

the encephalitis,

if that's what it

turns out to be.

Do it. Whatever it takes,

do it.

[ CRIES ]

[ RESPIRATOR PUMPING ]

Excuse me. Yes?

Are you Mrs. fareri? Yeah.

I wonder if you had a

moment for me.

I just had a couple

of questions.

[ OVERLAPPING CHATTER ]

She does not have rabies,

and this is not a news story.

This is my daughter that

we're speaking about.

I understand, but if

there's a chance

there's rabies in the area,

people should...

miss, miss, the emergency

room is that way.

I'm not looking for the

emergency room.

You will be in about

two seconds.

You understand?

I don't know how they

got your name.

We've tried to keep this quiet.

Well, this woman had no

trouble finding me.

If I find out who leaked it...

clearly we need to run

a tighter ship

around here in more

ways than one.

Let... let me go see

if there's anything I can

do for you guys.

[ WHEEL THUMPING ]

Hyah.

[ INDISTINCT P.A.

ANNOUNCEMENT ]

[ MOP SLAPPING ]

Mom.

Mom.

Mom.

I'm here, Maria.

It's us.

You guys look awful.

Come here.

[ RESPIRATOR PUMPING ]

Why did she tell us not to come?

[ CRYING ]

Why won't you at least try it?

Well, number one, it's too

sparkly for me,

and, number two, that's

not my color.

Don't you just die of boredom

putting on the same thing

day after day,

month after month,

year after year?

Nope.

[ CRYING ]

Mom, you're missing a diamond.

I know. I know. I'm looking for

it. Don't tell dad.

What, he hasn't noticed?

Heh. Your father?

Hey, will you leave

your mom alone?

She takes long enough without

you distracting her.

We gotta go.

I-I'm ready.

Shh. Don't tell.

Pinky swear.

Listen, you gotta get

over this thing.

I, uh...

I got us tickets to see an

otherwise concert.

And rob really wants to come

with me, but I...

I'd be pretty pissed if I have

to go with that clown.

I know you got a crush on him,

but I got that ticket for you,

so...

You do what you gotta do, okay?

Hey, what's up?

Nothing much.

Oh, wow.

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