Peeples Page #9

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What question?

You always taught

me to look every

examiner in the eye

and answer directly,

but you didn't answer wade,

and in fact, you looked away.

I don't recall.

What beach was

he talking about?

Yeah, whose sagging nuts

was he talking about?

How am I supposed to know what

is in his hallucinogenic mind?

It's the drugs talking.

You're looking away again!

Are you seeing

Johnnie Hodge?

And now you, Daphne?

You've been coming home late,

Virgil, smelling like seawater.

What's going on?

I swim with the humpbacks.

The nudist hippies?

Oh, snap!

They're not hippies.

It's naturalism.

It's something I do to help me

relieve stress since the heart attack.

It has nothing to do with sex.

It doesn't?

No, baby. You are

the only woman for me.

Wade was telling the truth!

You still don't

get it, sweetie.

So what that he

saw me at the beach?

That still doesn't explain

the money scams at the market,

Meg and Gloria's odd behavior since

he arrived, your mother's earrings,

and the fact that that

dope fiend tried to kill me.

I put the 'shrooms

in that drink.

I stole mom's earrings.

Meg and I are a couple.

A couple of what?

A couple of dykes.

I knew it!

We're in love, dad.

You are my family. I love you.

But you act as if I am some

pompous ass that nobody can talk to.

And what is this

about 'shrooms?

No more gardening.

You're going back to rehab.

Okay.

(Dog whining)

What is that?

Oh, the poor guy.

He did lose his wallet.

He gave me advice on how to

get a girl, and it worked.

When?

When he locked me in the

bathroom at the lusty sea hag.

What are you talking about?

I think the dude was

just trying to propose.

What is this?

"Grace, my love,

my truth. Wade. "

I got that one

from Virgil's pants.

What was this

doing in your pants?

Simon, why are you always

in somebody's stuff?

Did you know that he

was gonna propose to me?

You are grounded!

Dad!

He came to the sweat lodge and

asked for your hand in marriage,

then he burned it down.

(Tearfully) Oh, my God!

Gracie.

Oh, sweetie.

(Sobs)

Grace:
Hey.

Chris, please call me back.

I know that he's with you.

I just... I can't...

I just can't reach him. Okay?

Wade?

Where you want this?

Right here.

Fine.

What are you doing here?

Well, I came to propose.

I want you to put this on my

finger and please come home.

No. I'm sorry.

The answer is no.

I'm not cut out to be a

peeples. I can't have secrets.

I can't hide my quirks

or weaknesses, all right?

From anybody.

Least of all, you.

You're right. I'm sorry.

I did not introduce you to my

father because I was worried that

he would pick you apart and tell

me that you weren't good enough.

I was scared that

he wouldn't see what I see,

which is that

you're incredible.

I love you, wade.

And I think that

you are crazy enough

to love me for

who I actually am.

So, wade Walker,

will you marry me?

I don't know. It depends.

Do you promise to trust me?

To be honest

and work through any problems? Yes.

No more "peanuts. "

No more "peanuts. "

No more safe word.

We talk it out.

Okay.

You're gonna

tell me about jail.

Well, in that case,

grace peeples...

(Giggles)

...will you marry me?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

(Laughing) Yes.

- You know what this means?

- What?

- No more putting daddy on a pedestal.

- Nope.

- I'm your man now. You understand?

- Yes.

He does not make

the decisions in our life.

What father?

Never heard of him.

That point needs

to be negotiated.

Dad, how did you

know where we were?

I'm brilliant, grace.

Well, that's true.

Virgil:
And Chris told me.

He scares me.

Virgil, you expect me

to be the man you are today.

That takes time.

And quite frankly, I don't even

know if I wanna be that crazy.

Well, I suppose

I deserve that.

That's why I

brought some peeples,

who not unlike myself,

left you out there to dry.

Now, a peeples never shows his

hand to family until it is perfect.

But if you allow me,

I would like

to attempt

something for you now.

So you're saying

we're family?

I'm family?

Yes, we're family.

(Chuckles)

There comes a time

in everyone's life

when you have to

express yourself.

Holding things in

makes us do strange things.

Deny your true love.

Drink trippy smoothies.

Steal jewelry

from your own momma.

My eyes still burn from the sagging

horrors I've witnessed at the beach.

(Kids cheering)

# Now, I don't

have to tell you

# what everybody knows

# daddy's number one

till his little girl grows

# time comes when

you've got to let go

# but any man

with a ring in his hand

# had better come qualified

# even homicide is justified

# I'm the judge

and the jury of my tribe

# and yes, I confess,

i was giving you stress

# when I could have

used the words to say

# it makes less mess

to simply express

# yeah, I got a better way

# speak it, don't leak it

# what? Hey!

# Don't keep

your feelings secret

# speak it, don't leak it

# that's how

the big kids play it

# big kids play

# you better come on now

here we are

# speak, leak

# speak, leak

# speak, leak

# speak, leak

both:
# speak it, leak

it speak it, leak it

# speak it, leak it

speak it, leak it

(both vocalizing)

# Everybody

# hoo!

# Big kids play

# oh, tell somebody

# speak it, don't leak it

# don't keep

your feelings secret

# say it, don't spray it

# that's how

the big kids play it

# speak it, don't leak it

# don't keep

your feelings secret

# say it, don't spray it

# speak it, don't leak it!

(Vocalizing)

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