Midnight Sun Page #4

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And...

um, she died when I was little.

- She was in a car accident.

- I'm-I'm so sorry.

- You know, we can go someplace...

- No.

No, no. No, no.

No, I'm... I'm good.

- You sure?

- Yeah, yeah. I promise.

You wanna see

something cool?

Ta-da!

- This is yours?

- No.

But it's something I'm taking

care of for the summer.

[sighs] It's a Jespersen 53.

Wow.

One of these days we could take

her for a sail around the harbor,

we can watch the sun set.

That sounds perfect.

[brakes squeaking]

Um, just, let me get out of...

[engine sputters, stops]

Sorry.

So, what are

you gonna do this year,

now that you're

not going to Berkeley?

Well, first I'm gonna

get a new truck.

[laughs]

And then I'm gonna

drive across the country.

You know, I've been in

the pool my entire life,

and, uh, I haven't

got to see much else, so...

- Um, what are you gonna do...

- I'm not doing anything.

I'm just gonna take some

online courses, I think.

But I'll just be here.

I, uh... I meant

what are you doing tomorrow?

Oh. Oh! Oh, God. [laughing]

- [laughing]

- Um... I...

I'm busy during the day,

but I can be free

tomorrow night.

That's perfect.

- I'll see you tomorrow night?

- Okay.

I have something to tell you.

I don't actually have a cat.

[laughs] No sh*t.

[pop music playing]

[phone beeps]

- Who are you texting?

- Hmm? No one.

What if I...

- Morgan, who are you texting?

- [whispers] Garver.

Hmm?

Um, I can't hear you

when you're whispering...

Garver!

I made out with Garver.

- [groans]

- No! He's really, really cute.

And he totally likes you.

By the way, can I tell my dad that

I'm going over to yours tonight,

so I can go hang out

with Charlie later?

You're asking me to help you

lie to your father,

so you can

hang out with a guy?

I've never been

so proud of you!

Uh, Dad, I'm gonna

go over to Morgan's tonight.

- Is that okay?

- Yeah, yeah, no problem.

Hey, how was that party?

Party was nice.

Did you meet any fun people?

No. Not really.

Everybody was kind of just,

like, ugh, you know?

Nobody was really there.

It was just... [groans]

So I'm gonna...

[clicks tongue] skedaddle.

- Love you.

- Love you more.

I'm lying.

Well, you were rambling,

so I kind of figured.

[sighs]

I'm going to go meet a boy

named Charlie Reed,

who's really nice and sweet.

And I really, really

like him... a lot.

- Are you mad?

- I'm not happy that you lied to me.

You know you can

always tell me anything...

I know, I know. I'm sorry.

- Do you trust this guy?

- Yes.

- Will I hate him?

- No. No, you won't. I promise.

- Does he know about your...

- I haven't told him yet.

- No, Katie...

- But I will...

No, I am not comfortable

with him not knowing.

I know, I'm going to. I just

need a little bit longer of...

- What?

- ...being someone more than just a disease.

- Katie.

- It's just a few more days, please?

Like a normal girl.

- [door opens, closes]

- [Morgan] Hey.

Is it okay if me and Katie hang out

tonight together, the entire night?

I already

admitted everything.

What, you couldn't

make it two hours?

It's pathetic.

I could've made it two hours.

[both laugh]

What does Katie Price

wanna do?

There are so

many things I wanna do.

[rock music playing]

I have always

wanted to do this.

Just blind and drunk

We can never see what's real

See what's real

- Ready?

- [laughs]

All kinds of places

Take me away

So I can find what's real

Find what's real

[vocalizing]

Home

Home

And in the morning I will go

I've been stuck

With the same kind of people

[squeals]

Just blind and drunk

We can never see what's real

What is real

What about that one over there?

Um, that one's called Altair.

And it's 16 light years away,

which means the light

we're seeing now,

was actually created

when we were two.

Are you okay?

The Berkeley coach called

my house the other night.

Really?

Yeah, I mean, I guess

one of the other swimmers

transferred out

and another spot opened up.

Wow.

That's so crazy.

You could get your spot back?

I mean, technically, yeah.

There's this huge meet

coming up next month,

and the Berkeley coach

is coming down to watch.

But I'd have to get in shape by

then, which is probably impossible.

And then I'd have to swim, like, my best

time ever to show that I'm fully rehabbed...

You can totally do it.

There's also some reasons

to stick around here next year.

Katie, I wanna take you

on a real date tomorrow.

Okay.

And you also need

to meet my dad.

Why don't you move

a little closer there, Cody?

My-My name's Charlie.

- Charlie.

- Yeah.

Huh. I didn't know that.

Is that what you go by? You go by Charlie

and not Chuck or Chuckie or C-Town?

- No, sir, I... just Charlie.

- Charlie, okay.

- You ever been arrested?

- No, sir.

- When's your curfew?

- It's 1:
00 a.m.

- What time do you actually get home?

- Like, 2:
00.

That's not one 1:00,

is it, Charlie?

- No, sir, it's not.

- You said your curfew was 1:00.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Relax, I'm not a cop.

How many times

a week do you shave?

Shave, uh, like four...

four times a week, sir.

- Who's your team?

- Seahawks.

Why?

Well, because they're great.

And one time I was

at this burger place and...

Richard Sherman actually

ate some of my fries.

That's awesome.

Okay. Charlie, here's the deal.

Katie appears to be

very strong, and she is.

- Hey.

- She's dealing with...

- [Katie] Hi.

- Hey.

- What you guys talking about?

- Nothing.

- We were...

- We're just getting to know each other.

Thank you so much for letting me

take her out, Mr. Price.

[Jack] Okay.

Oh, don't forget your...

guitar case.

Wait, I'll hold it for you.

Uh, hold on a second.

I wanna get a picture of this.

Okay.

All right. Just a little.

There you go.

A little room

for the Holy Ghost.

- And...

- [shutter clicks]

And... open.

I believe

these are for you.

Wait.

- Where are we going?

- I know nothing.

- Fred.

- [laughs]

- Don't even try.

- Thank you, Fred.

[Charlie]

Okay, rule number one.

When you're on a train,

you must always travel with

Chinese food out of a backpack.

Well, I wouldn't know. I've

never been on a train before.

Neither have I.

- Really?

- Really.

Cheers.

I still cannot believe that we grew up

in the same town since we were younger,

and I've never seen you

out riding your bike,

or out with a lemonade stand.

And I would've

bought your lemonade.

No, you wouldn't have.

I don't like lemonade.

Who doesn't like lemonade?

Me.

You know I know

the real story, right?

You and your dad are in

the witness protection program.

- [laughs]

- And you have both testified against a mobster.

Very close,

but, uh, the truth is...

I've been sent here

to monitor you.

Right, and I've been given specific

instructions to never be seen in the daylight,

and I've been watching you this whole

entire time from the safety of my own room.

Classic witness protection

program cover story.

[laughs]

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