Parts Per Billion Page #5

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Having dragged me across

the room and yelling at me

- in front of all my coworkers...

- I'm not yelling at you.

Can I get a vodka and tonic?

Brilliant, that's exactly right.

- Yeah.

- F***ing more alcohol

because that's really

going to help.

Thank you.

See? He probably

thought he was marrying

the most magical,

beautiful girl on earth.

It's up to you, man.

I'm just saying

you could be dealing

with that kind of sh*t

for the rest of your life.

Or I could spend the rest

of my life saying,

"I met the one true love of my life

when I was 22 years old

and I was too scared

- to ask her to marry me."

- If she is the one true love of your life.

I mean, there are

billions of people.

No, she's...

she's the one true love of my life.

Okay.

So you have the rest of your

life to ask her to marry you.

F***.

It happens every time.

I get dressed up to come to a thing

like this, and it's a f***ing disaster.

Len,

none of these people matter to me.

None of these people mean

anything to me except you.

Let's get out of here.

Ah, f***.

Oh, God I need water.

Water.

Done.

What's this?

I got it at the museum.

It's a trilobite.

It's probably like

300 million years old.

And now they just give them

away with a $50 membership.

There used to be billions of 'em.

They must have had a lot of sex.

They couldn't help themselves.

They were in love.

Or it was just instinct.

Same thing, I guess.

I'd have babies with you.

I mean, not right away, but...

we should, you know?

What?

I never said never.

I said, "Don't marry me if

you want to have children."

But you would?

I could.

Yeah, I would.

We should.

- Right?

- Right.

Think of how beautiful it would be.

"It"? She. She.

Okay. We will.

You promise?

Not right away.

But someday.

Promise.

Mia?!

There you go.

It's okay.

Come here.

So we need to...

I need you to get everything

out of the kitchen

that you can, okay? I need you to

just get everything that you can.

Okay? I'm going to go upstairs

and get some blankets. Okay?

Gonna bring it down

to the basement.

Okay? Yeah?

Sure.

Okay.

The following message is transmitted at the

request of the United States government.

This is not a test. All

residents of the United States

are strongly encouraged

to establish...

Gonna need some more tape.

We've gotta seal all the windows up

here, we've gotta seal the door.

Does creme soda count as water?

What?

- Come on, sweetheart.

- I'll just get that, okay?

Let's get everything downstairs.

It's all diet food.

It's all f***ing...

low carb crap.

All of it.

It's okay, sweetheart.

Hey, look...

I have a chocolate bar

in my pocket, okay?

With almonds, okay?

Go back downstairs.

Okay?

Go back downstairs.

- Come on, sweetie.

- Okay, okay, okay.

I got it.

Do you need this tape?

- Nope.

- Okay.

Did you call Sarah?

Mm-hmm.

You okay down there, sweetheart?

Ooh.

Andy, it's...

it's time to stop.

I thought you didn't

want to talk anymore.

I just don't want to sit here

watching you kill yourself.

We'll get there.

You see? If we can

just make it up there,

we're gonna find some more

canisters, I know it.

Stop that, Esther.

Stop it, come on.

Take your hand...

Take your hand off the wheel.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, but look.

I've gotta...

we can't afford the energy it takes

to fight like this.

I wish... I wish you would put

more energy into finding solutions.

There are no solutions, honey.

The news broadcasts

have stopped, and...

everybody that we love is dead.

Listen to me.

Everyone I love is not dead.

The only person

on earth that I love

is still alive.

Oh, you're such a charmer.

You could charm the

knickers off of any girl.

Well, there's no girls

left but my girl.

Okay.

Here we go.

I can't stand how much

I miss you when I'm gone.

I know.

Oh... so, I got a new book

that I really want to read to you.

Okay.

Wait, I don't know

which one to read to you.

Wow, that song is really good.

Yeah, you know, I...

Let me just read you one.

What... you don't have to stop.

I know, I know.

I mean, I just, I just...

I just wanted to

show you something.

In the park. I want your opinion

on something that they're

building across the river.

Uh, what, before we go home?

Yeah, yeah.

It's just been bugging me.

I pass it every day on my run,

you know.

Right.

So do you want to look at it?

Uh, sure.

You don't want to hear this?

No, no. Read it to

me, read it to me.

Ahem.

"At the red towers of

your native Sodom,

the square where once you sang,

the spinning shed, at the empty

windows set into the house,

where sons and daughters

blessed your marriage bed.

A single glance, a

sudden dart of pain

stitching her eyes

before she made a sound.

Her body flaked into

transparent salt.

Her swift legs rooted

to the ground."

Right?

That's... that's incredible.

- You're so distracted.

- No, I'm not. I liked it.

No, you have no idea

what I just read to you.

Not no idea. Come on.

Hey. "Dilute."

"Dilute. Dilute!"

Dilute. Okay.

Come on. Let's go see

your weird-ass building.

Okay. Uh...

this looks right.

See that...

that big red building with

the arches? It's that.

- Oh.

- Right next to it with the...

The water tower, just

right under that,

there's like this cluster

of red buildings.

That red garage-looking thing?

- Yeah.

- I can't really see it.

- Is it next to the...

- Yeah.

What am I looking at?

Hey!

I have to give this to you now.

Oh, my God.

What does that mean?

What does that...

is that a "yes"?

You have to say yes

if you're gonna...

You still need to say "yes."

I love you.

I love you so much.

Say yes. You need to say yes.

Please.

Look at you.

You love me...

Well, what do you

think of our news?

- What news?

- Our news.

Erik and Anna.

Oh, that's fine.

Oh, honey. You don't

dislike Anna, do you?

I think she's wonderful

and I just love her.

I'm just so happy about this.

I like her fine.

You know I offered him some

money and he wouldn't take it?

Oh, well, he's getting married.

You know, he's going to

be the big macho man now.

Head of the family. He'll probably

never take money from us again.

Well, I bet if I made it in real estate

or cattle ranching, he'd take it.

What are you laughing at?

Nothing... well, yes, I am.

I'm thinking of you standing in

the middle of a herd of cows.

Very funny.

Honey, don't do that.

Oh! Oh, sh*t.

God damn it.

- Did you cut yourself?

- No.

Just leave it. I'll get it later.

Come on over here, my darling

man, and talk to me.

What's the matter?

Tell me what's really

troubling you.

I took their money.

They wouldn't have paid me so much if

they weren't gonna use my knowledge.

Oh, no. You weren't

working for them.

You were just working

at their laboratory.

They wanted great scientists

to work at their laboratory.

It gives them prestige.

I knew they were

working on pathogens.

They were just picking my brain.

All I could think about was Liza.

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