Our House Page #2

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- Uh-huh.

Why was Ms. Nash sad?

What do you mean?

When you talked to her,

she looked sad.

That's 'cause I wasn't

very nice to her.

You should be nice.

I like her.

[SIGHING]

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[SIGHING]

[DOOR SHUTS]

Matt!

Okay.

- Have a good day.

- You got it?

Don't forget your bag.

- Bye.

- See ya.

Okay.

Don't forget, um,

you've got to..

You've got to go to

your sister's swim practice.

I'm going to pick you both up

there later today, alright?

- Please don't forget.

- Okay.

Please don't touch

my leg next time.

Just say "Okay".

- Okay?

- Okay.

[BEEPING]

Come on.

- Ah, what's...

- This happened before.

I got it.

- There..

- Perfect. Alright.

Uh, you're all set.

- Thank you, sir.

- Yeah.

- Is everything okay, Ethan?

- Yeah. Sorry, just, um..

Why don't you head home?

Get some down time.

No, I'm fine really. I..

I need the hours,

so I'll stick around.

Are you serious?

It's not even noon yet.

Tuesdays are dead anyway.

Alright.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[EXHALES]

Ugh..

[SIGHING]

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Hey, Matt.

Milady.

How was school?

Good.

Ready?

Set.

[WHISTLING]

Come on, come on, come on..

Yes.

[CAWING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Just come on,

come on, come on..

[WHIRRING]

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

No!

Agh!

Okay.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

Oh, sh*t! Oh, sh*t!

Guys, I am so, so sorry.

- How was swim practice?

- Good.

You know, I thought

we'd maybe switch it up tonight.

Maybe make something

for dinner, huh?

How's that sound?

- Can I help?

- Sure you can. Yeah.

[BIRDS CHATTERING]

[CHIMES RINGING]

That's not how Mom does it.

Okay. Well, then,

what's next?

Too much.

Hey, Matt, can you grab some

sodas from the garage, please?

I want a Doctor Pepper.

Did you hear that?

Then I looked back, and she was

still half the pool away.

What?

That's amazing.

My coach says

I might be part mermaid.

You never know. You could start

growing a tail or something.

Matt, I already apologized,

I don't know what else

you want me to say.

How about apologizing

for why you were late?

Becca, why don't you

give us a second?

You can finish your dinner

in front of the TV if you want.

Okay.

How can you go back to working

on that thing?

This is important to me, Matt.

I'm not just doing this

for me, Matt, okay?

Everyone's gonna want this

technology, okay.

This could really

change things for us.

It did change things. Okay?

- Mom and Dad are dead.

- It was an accident.

They wouldn't have been driving

if you didn't leave

to work on that machine.

Are you saying you,

you preferred

if I died, is that it?

No! You wouldn't have!

Okay, they died

because the truck

crashed right in front

of them.

If... if they'd left earlier,

or later, they'd have been fine.

- You can't know that, Matt!

- Yes, I can!

There's no possible way

you could have left

the exact same time

gone the exact same way,

and... and at the exact speed.

It's impossible. If you'd

stayed, we'd all be here.

- You don't know that.

- Yes, I do.

Alright, bath time, Bec.

Just wash up and then bed.

I'll meet you in your room to

tell you a story or something.

You mean your room.

Well, you can't sleep

on my floor forever, you know.

Tonight, I can though, right?

Yeah.

Okay, tonight you can.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[WHIRRING]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Aw, jeez.

Hey, Marie.

I saw your light

and I thought

you and the kids might want

a little home cooking.

[CREAKING]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[CREAKING]

- Anytime.

- Ethan!

Okay. That's my cue.

Um, I gotta go.

- Goodnight.

- Thank you for this.

Goodnight.

What happened?

You okay?

Quit spying on me, Matt!

Are you spying on her?

Oh yeah, I was spying on her.

- I saw you, Matt!

- Okay.

Come out of there.

Let's go get ready for bed.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

"But still, others say

the queen kept it"

"to remind herself

of her son's wisdom."

"Still, he couldn't find

a real princess."

Come on.

Please.

Stupid!

Goddammit!

[GLASS SHATTERING]

Matt, I'm supposed to be the one

to change the calendar.

Don't look at me.

Well, somebody changed it.

Good morning.

Morning.

Excuse me.

Look, there's Tom.

Oh.

Hey.

More parts for your project?

I wanna see your project.

Yeah?

Okay.

So... imagine walking

in the house

and right away the phone

in your... in your pocket

starts charging.

Or, or powering a light bulb

without a socket.

That's what this machine does

or will be able to do.

It's wireless electricity.

- That's so cool.

- Yeah.

I know.

But how does it work?

Well, we gotta turn it on first.

Do you wanna do it?

Okay.

So just press those two buttons

at the same time.

- These two?

- Yeah. Just like that.

Good. Now this one.

Good. Now, there's one more.

Let me do this.

Um... press that yellow one

for me.

- This one?

- Um-hmm.

Okay, last bit.

Here we go.

Does it work?

Well, yeah.

It's not... it's gonna work.

Very, very soon.

Very, very soon.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

I'm calling back later.

Alright. Well, I think

it's time for bed.

You can help me with this

tomorrow, though. I promise.

- Okay.

- Lots of work to be done.

Okay.

Hey, it's me again.

Um, I hope you're also

doing okay.

If there's anything you need,

please let me know.

I'm here for you, and you don't

have to go through this alone.

I'm here whenever you're ready.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

That was the play at my school

last year.

This year it's same.

You have to be

in grade four to do it.

Hi, Matt.

Hey... hey, Bec.

Who were you talking to?

Just Mom.

I'm telling her

about the school.

You were talking to Mom?

Maybe.

What do you mean?

Did you see something?

No. Just... playin' around.

Okay. Cool.

Don't... don't stay up

too late, okay?

I won't.

I'll tell you more later.

I love you too.

But when can I tell them?

Ethan!

- Hmm? Oh.

- It's like 7:
30!

What?

Oh. Did you eat anything yet?

No, I... I..

Okay, well,

there's not really time now.

Can you just, uh,

just go get dressed?

Is... is... is Becca awake?

I don't know. Can you just

check on her, please?

- Did you change this?

- Um-umm.

- Alright. Go, go, go, go.

- Bye.

Sorry

- Hi, Ms. Nash.

- Hi.

Good thing Ms. Nash loves me.

Are you alright?

You look kinda pale,

like you might be getting sick?

[SIGHING]

Okay.

Last night, I was

in Mom and Dad's room..

...and..

...I felt something weird.

And then I saw something.

Well, what?

What did... what'd you see?

I think I saw Mom and Dad.

And it... it wasn't just my

imagination or whatever, okay?

I know..

Weird things have

been happening in the house.

Like, last night,

I... I swear to God

there was somebody in my room.

And the date on Mom's calendar

keeps changing by itself.

How do you explain that?

Alright, Matt, Matt,

just stop it, okay?

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

You can't live in that house

and tell me you don't feel them.

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