Relative Evil Page #7

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to keep

emergency routes open.

Is there spring

in sight, Cindi?

You know

what I think, Bob?

What's that,

Cindi?

Seems to me that spring

took a cruise to Aruba.

[guitar music]

(The Busy Signals)

Watch it, watch it.

Watch it, watch it.

Watch it, watch it.

It's so nice

to finally feel

the times changing on.

Happy to say

that everything new

is old again.

Everything old

has been retired.

Remember that show

In Search Of, Cindi?

Yep, sure do,

Bob.

Seems to me like maybe

Mr. Spock ought to go

in search

of spring.

Ha, in search of spring.

(The Busy Signals)

No one's falling for it.

No one's falling

for the new you.

No one's falling for

not a peep out of you.

Don't peek.

You're going to freak out

when you see how I can

make you dream

like a slot machine.

This is even worse

than the one in '99, isn't it?

You can drag it

out of me,

but just drive away.

Pale wind.

Still not falling

for the new you.

[glass shattering]

Watch it.

[woman over TV]

You're never going to let me

forget that.

(man)

I remember.

I put a little OT

that night.

[chuckling]

(woman)

Well, Bob...

$291.

That ain't so bad.

Hey, minus

the $20 you owe me,

plus the $20,

let's say, for food.

[worriedly]

JJ?

I'm sorry.

I'm--I'm--I'm tired.

It's nothing.

Just tired.

Hey, look, the $20,

you know--

forget about the $20.

I have your money,

Bull.

You said they needed

somebody

for night maintenance?

Yeah, sure.

I'll check.

Maybe you should just

take it easy for a few weeks.

What do you care?

Just ask, huh, Bull?

I got to check out

early tonight.

Where are you going?

I'm going out.

That okay?

Yeah, sure, JJ.

[door closing]

[woman over TV]

Well, just when you thought

it was safe

to put away the snowsuit,

here comes mountains

of white powder,

mountains and mountains

of the flaky stuff,

numbing your face

and nose.

[TV shuts off]

[melancholy music]

[footsteps approaching]

Shouldn't you be

in school?

It's, um, snowed out.

Lot of snow days.

You know, you're just

going to have to make them up

at the end

of the year.

Yeah.

F*** off, Benji.

Leaving

a girlfriend behind?

Uh, no, sir.

You have had

a girlfriend in the past,

haven't you?

Ye-Yes, sir.

And you liked

having a girlfriend?

It was okay.

I'm not gay, sir,

if that's what you're

trying not to ask.

We'll see you

when you're 18, son.

[weeping]

I'm such

a selfish bastard, Doc.

I'm so sorry.

[kindly]

Well, nobody wants

your apologies.

And see, what you're

going through

is a process

of meeting yourself,

and it's not going

to be easy.

You're not going

to like everything you learn,

but you can face it,

sober and aware.

What if I can't

stand myself?

Well, it's natural

to be afraid.

Fear is a--

is a necessary doorway.

[breathing shakily]

I've never felt afraid.

Well, see,

what's growing inside of you

is a feeling, caring person,

and if you weren't afraid

to lose that,

then you really would

be dead.

[man over TV]

With tremendous

underwater thrusts,

the bull tunnels his way

inside the narrow--

[knocking]

The act is a painful,

powerful--

[TV shuts off]

[pounding]

[rattling]

(JJ)

Who is it?

Come here.

Shh, shh!

What the--

[muffled shouting]

Shhhhhhhhh!

We're going to go

for a ride.

No, we're going to go

right now.

Put your f***ing coat on.

[driving rock music]

I need

my f***ing money, JJ.

You said my birthday,

Bobby.

You know what?

F*** that, man.

That's--

that's seven days away.

I need it now.

I need it

right the f*** now.

I just picked up

some extra shifts.

Some guy wants me

to look after his mother, see?

I'm shoveling snow.

How much you got, huh?

It's not what I thought

I'd be making

at the plant.

How much do you have?

I don't know,

Bobby.

I'm trying, all right?

$611?

What the f***

were you going to do, huh?

F***.

Like it really

f***ing matters anyway, huh?

[speaking indistinctly]

Oh, f***, I'm dead!

I'm f***ing dead!

They're going to ki--

They're going

to kill me!

Who is?

[whispering]

These f***ing guys.

[inhaling sharply

and whimpering]

They came all the way

from Florida.

What do they want?

$16,000--

my head in a box.

Oh, f***.

Hey, you got a gun?

Huh?

You got to get

out of here, Bobby.

Bull has a gun.

I know Bull has

a f***ing gun.

There's no gun,

Bobby, all right?

Look, you got

to get out of here.

Where the f***

am I going to go?

You could stay

at my house, all right?

You just got to be out

of here by the morning.

You'll let me stay

at your house

after all the sh*t

that we've been through?

We grew up together;

of course.

That's real

f***ing white of you, man.

[laughing]

Man, if we had

a f***ing gun--

[laughing]

We could show some Cubans

what a couple of hicks could do

with some teamwork

and a shotgun, huh?

We'd f***ing blast them.

[laughing]

F*** the gun, Bobby,

all right?

Go to the cops.

F*** the cops, man.

We have to think,

all right?

You got my stash?

[tires squealing]

[engine accelerating rapidly]

Held out that long,

huh?

[laughing]

That's really great, man;

that's really f***ing great.

Congratulations,

you know?

I want you to know that I wasn't

going to hurt you really.

You know?

I just--

I mean,

you know that,

right?

You know that

I wasn't going to hurt you.

We never stopped

being friends.

We both said some sh*t,

but it was bullshit.

Sure, Bobby,

we're still friends.

I just wanted it

to be the same, man.

Bobby,

you got to run.

I mean, Bull might have

some money.

He keeps his wallet

on the dresser.

It's going

to be different, man.

You know, if I could

just figure out a way

to walk away

from all of this.

It's going to be

so different.

I just need some time

to think

of how I can make this right,

you know?

[inhaling deeply]

[coughing]

Different.

[footsteps

approaching]

(JOHN:
)

The only thing I have

is 16 bucks, man.

I figure this way

you have some gas money.

Bobby?

Bobby?

Bobby?

Bobby?

Bobby?

[intense music]

(Looper)

These things,

I've found.

This girl,

these sounds.

These days

are all right.

These days

and these nights.

These things

almost make me smile.

These things

almost make me smile.

These things

almost make me smile.

[deep breathing sounds

and synthesized music]

[woman vocalizing]

[pounding]

(Bull)

JJ, let's go.

I'm not going.

What's the matter?

You sick?

What--you didn't

stay up all night

watching them

whales hump, did you?

I'm not going.

Well, what do you want me

to tell them?

Tell them

I'm not going.

Hey.

[retching]

Oh, honey,

are you all right?

[strained]

Get out.

Out!

Get the f*** out!

JJ?

[retching]

[driving rock music]

(Cell-flo)

I can tell you were wrong.

The sky opened wide.

Out of the storm.

Where will you hide?

The king is a despot;

the queen is a liar.

The king is a despot;

his sisters are thieves.

The king is a despot;

his sons are diseased.

Sweetie?

I'm--I'm just going to leave

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