Midnight Sun Page #5

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All right, close your eyes

and put your hands out.

[sighs]

Okay.

And open.

- Try and catch 'em in your mouth.

- Hey.

Thank you.

Oh, and look. We're here.

[pop music playing]

Won a moment, lost a bet

Saw a mountain, went to bed

Wait, where are you taking me?

We're here.

Charlie, what is this place?

- It's your surprise.

- Charlie, my man.

I thought Seattle

was my surprise.

[crowd cheering inside]

Come on.

- [cheering grows louder]

- Where are we going?

Even if you think we're not

We're close to close enough

[continues]

- It's your first live show.

- Yeah.

We're moving

From the ground floor

Rising tide

As the water's pouring in

Like it always

Should have been

We can crawl or we can run

Towards the sun

[vocalizing]

Whoo!

[Katie] So cool.

- Thank you!

- Thank you!

That was seriously so cool.

[Charlie] I know.

That was, I mean, literally

one of the best things ever.

- Right?

- Oh, God.

Live music is beautiful.

You're beautiful.

You're the best.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Okay. Your turn.

[grunts]

For what?

Oh!

No, no, no, no, no...

- Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes...

- I am not...

- You owe me a song.

- I can't do it... here.

Yes, you can.

Remember?

Live shows are the best.

Are you hungry?

'Cause I'm hungry.

And you're always hungry.

Look, we can either have come

all the way to this new city,

underneath the stars

and you don't play me a song...

or we can continue to have

the greatest night of our lives.

[chattering]

- [Katie sighs]

- I'll be right here watching.

[chuckles]

Go. Come on, we're waiting.

I put my hair up

I slap my lipstick on

I can't decide

What to wear

I try my clothes on

About a hundred times

I wanna get it right

But as long as I've got

This perfect feeling

I know that everything

Will be right

As long as I've got

This sweetest feeling

My troubles will be

Out of my sight

La da da da

Da da da da

Da da da da

My troubles will be

Miles away

I slip my shoes on

Take a spin or two

Tell me

How does this look to you?

In the mirror

I blow a kiss in school

'Cause I'm

Running late for you

But as long as I've got

This perfect feeling

I know that everything

Will be right

As long as I've got

This sweetest feeling

My troubles will be

Out of my sight

La da da da

Da da da da

Da da da da

My troubles will be

Miles away

She's good.

When you take me

All around this town

- [man] Whoo!

- All the wonder we've seen

- [clapping]

- As long as I've got This perfect feeling

I know that everything

Will be right

As long as I've got

This sweetest feeling

My troubles will be

Out of my sight

La da da da

Da da da da

Da da da da

My troubles will be

Miles away

- [chuckles]

- [cheering, applause]

[horn blowing]

[Charlie] Okay, I probably would have

said you were good no matter what,

but you were really,

really good.

You know, you have to do

something with your music.

- No, I couldn't.

- You have to, Katie. It was amazing.

Are you ready?

For what?

To go swimming.

No, Katie, you know

I don't swim anymore.

Yes, you do. You just

haven't swam in a while.

And I've never swam

in this water before,

so you're gonna take me.

Uh-huh.

- Come on!

- No, I'm serious. I'm not swimming.

But you made me sing

and I didn't want to.

- That was totally different.

- No, it's not!

Okay, do you have any idea

how cold that water is?

Charlie.

We could've either come

all the way to the beach

under the beautiful stars

and not go swimming,

or we could

jump into that water

and continue to make this

the best night of our lives.

- I don't have a swimsuit.

- Neither do I.

Katie.

You coming?

Hurry up!

[screams]

Oh, my God. It's so cold.

Put your arms forward

and then push.

- The breast stroke? It seems like a trick.

- [chuckles]

- Kinda.

- [chuckles]

See, this isn't so bad.

You don't hate the water.

I don't hate anything

when I'm with you.

[Katie] Have you thought any

more about your Berkeley spot?

No.

You know, I just keep thinking

about after the surgery,

when I couldn't swim.

You know, I just realized

I didn't even know who I was.

And neither

did anybody else.

All these kids that I've been going

to school with for 15 years, they...

they just saw me

as that guy in the pool.

I don't have to live

that life anymore.

You know...

you're not the guy

in the pool.

But you're not the guy

that doesn't try either.

Do everything you can

right now and then decide.

'Cause now

is all that matters.

You're right.

Okay.

Speaking of tomorrow morning,

ready for the greatest sunrise

on the planet?

What?

Charlie, what time is it?

It's 4:
50.

It's not waterproof.

- Oh, my God.

- What?

- Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- Katie, wait!

- Sh*t.

- What are you doing?

- I need to go!

- Katie, wait! Katie!

[panting]

Katie!

Sh*t.

Hey, get in. Let me drive you.

- Go, Charlie, go!

- [tires squealing]

Katie!

- What the hell is going on?

- You don't understand.

- You have to go as fast as you can!

- Okay, I'm going. I'm going.

- Katie, what...

- Please just go, Charlie.

- You're scaring me.

- You have to speed! Faster!

Okay, okay!

Oh, my God.

- [gasps]

- Katie!

Katie!

- Katie!

- [panting]

Katie. Katie!

- [knocking]

- Katie.

Oh. [panting]

Katie, will you please

just talk to me?

[tires screeching]

- Katie, please, just talk to me!

- [Jack] Hey!

- Is she inside?

- Yes.

Is she in there? Move!

Just move!

- How could you let this happen to her?

- Let what happen?

What happened?

She not... tell you?

- Tell me what? I have no idea what's going on!

- She's sick. She's sick.

- What do you mean she's sick?

- She has XP.

She can't go in the sun at all.

It can kill her. I'm sorry.

- Katie?

- [door closes]

[sighs]

This is a nice hospital.

I bet they have

really good food.

Katie Price?

We're ready.

It was like a second, if that.

Okay?

Everything's gonna be fine.

We're good, Mr. P.

[footsteps approaching]

Hey.

Is she okay?

Okay, Katie, you can sit up. Nurse

Jane will take you back outside.

Um, actually, I wanna stay.

Okay. The sunlight exposure

was minimal.

The physical effects you're

seeing right now will heal.

But, as you know, XP generally lies

dormant until there's a triggering event.

We won't know if

that's what this was

until we get the results back from

your blood work and CT scans.

And if this was

a triggering event?

- [typing]

- We'll cross that bridge if we come to it.

If you experience

any symptoms...

unexpected shaking, muscular

pain, loss of motor function,

you need to let us know

immediately.

Okay. I'm gonna go

get dressed now.

I'm pretty busy during the day,

but I could be free at night.

[Katie's voice overlapping]

I can be free at night.

My dad's super protective.

What about UW?

What about the study? Have

they started the second phase?

I followed up with them

last week. No news yet.

Okay. Thanks.

All right, Charlie.

Let's get back to work.

[beeps]

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