Safe Haven Page #3

- No, because when you put it...

And sometimes we just leave

that stuff in the front yard.

I just don't want to owe him anything.

It's a bike, not a kidney.

So, you're saying that

I overreacted a little?

Yeah. Yeah, maybe a little bit.

- All right, maybe I did overreact.

- Thank you.

- A little.

(JO CHUCKLES)

Look, Katie, the great thing is

life is full of second chances.

Hey, Alex.

So... you were right.

I was right? About what?

I should have just said thank you.

For the bike.

- I'm sorry, I was really rude and...

- No, no, no, it was my fault.

I should have asked you

before I did it. (SIGHS)

- Bus is here!

(DOOR BELL JINGLING)

Don't worry, it won't happen again.

- Hi.

- Hi, how are you?

- Where's your bathroom?

- Uh, straight back there.

- Oh, thanks.

- Hi, Katie.

- Hi.

BOY:
- Can I have some popcorn?

- Popcorn anywhere?

- Popcorn... is right over here.

(TOILET FLUSHING)

- No!

- Josh!

(GASPING)

Josh!

(JOSH GASPING)

- I hit my head!

- I know, I know!

MAN:
Alex, is he OK?

- Get him around to the ladder.

KATIE:
- Lexie.

You OK?

It's OK, it's OK.

- It's OK.

- I hit my head!

Here we go.

You OK?

Just stand back.

How you doing? You OK?

You're OK. You're OK.

Come on.

Stop. Stop it.

I'm fine.

- Katie!

DRIVER:
- Watch your step.

Thank you.

DRIVER:
Watch your step.

- Of course.

(BUS BRAKES HISSING)

Did you forget something?

(BUS ENGINE REVVING)

(ALEX WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY)

- You forgot your bike!

JO:
Katie!

See? It's not so hard.

(KATIE LAUGHS)

Hi, Jo!

(MOUSE CLICKING)

Hey, so listen, I've been

looking over this Lumpkin case and...

I didn't ask you to do that.

Who asked you to do that?

You know what it looks like? It looks like

his alibi might actually check out.

OK, right.

Lieutenant signed off on it,

the DA's office signed off on it.

The case is closed.

I've got open cases to work now.

I mean, the guy has three

little kids and, you know,

even if there's a slight chance

he's innocent...

Oh, God, don't you have like a wife

or something that you

can go home and irritate?

Look... no one's innocent.

No one.

I don't care if he killed her himself.

He was there. He knows what happened.

I'm not his judge, I'm not his jury...

I'm not his maker.

The job is to bring him in,

the other guys sort him out.

RHETT:
Alex, the crowds are

gonna be huge, we gotta go bigger.

Every year the crowds get bigger

and every year you call me

freaking out that we need

to make the show bigger.

I don't know how much bigger

we can make it, man.

I am not freaking out.

City council called and said

they're expecting 100,000 people.

Now those are big city numbers,

so we need to put on a big city show.

I got this new brochure I want you to see.

ALEX:
No, no, no,

I've seen the brochure. All right?

No, you haven't seen the new one.

But that's not the point. The point is...

- Daddy, when are we going?

- Hold on. In a minute, sweetheart.

Hey, Mulligan, you boys born stupid

or you had to work at it?

Zip it, Luther.

ALEX:
- I'll stop in in the next week.

- Great, fine. When?

ALEX:
- No, no, no...

- Katie!

- Hey.

ALEX:
- Hey, hold on one second.

- What's up?

- Can you go to the beach with us?

- Lexie. She's not...

- I don't know.

- We're going to the beach.

- Yeah, I see that.

- I need her to come right now!

(ALEX AND KATIE LAUGH)

Lexie, she's not coming with us.

- I want her to come!

- Actually, that sounds really nice.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- What do you say?

- Yes!

(ALEX CHUCKLES) - OK. All right, OK.

RHETT:
- Alex.

- I gotta go. You're breaking up.

- No, Alex, don't hang up on me.

Wait...

He hung up.

- Look at Roxy. (GIGGLES)

- Roxy.

I think this one's Roxy.

Do you like this one?

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- Should we do it?

KATIE:
- You're a good shopper.

- Are you cool with this?

- With what?

- Katie coming to the beach with us.

Uh...

Yeah. Yeah, I guess so.

How about you?

- It's a little awkward.

(CHUCKLES)

(GULLS CRYING)

(MID-TEMPO GUITAR SONG PLAYS)

Line it up.

Line it up.

- Oh!

- All right, let's get a photo.

Look up. Josh, look up.

All right, you two.

Come on, let's get a photo.

(GRUNTING)

- All right.

ALEX:

All right, let's take a photo here.

One, two...

Thank you.

OK, one, two, three.

- Come on, give it back!

- No, you're done.

(LAUGHING)

- Caught one. He caught one!

- Oh, my gosh!

ALEX:
What do you got?

Aah! My battery's dead,

hold on one second.

- I lost my battery power.

- Oh, no.

What happened to the fish?

I don't know.

What do you mean, you don't know?

Just one time, could I get

a picture of you with your fish?

Why do you always

have to take pictures?

I don't know, Josh, because I want to be

able to remember this stuff, that's why.

Try to remember without the camera.

ALEX:
What do I do about Josh?

He's testing me.

Do you think it's just a phase?

I hope so. (SIGHS)

No, I see the way he pushes your buttons.

Josh was young,

but he remembers her, you know?

Lexie remembers

the idea of her and...

It's just... there's a difference.

You know?

KATIE:
Have you talked to him?

ALEX:
At this point, I don't

really know what to say to him.

Oh!

You did a good job with this.

ALEX:
So, why Southport?

Um... Because it looks like this.

Just a clean, empty canvas.

You're starting over.

You know, sort of.

I kinda was just...

- ...looking for a change and...

- Hm.

I always wanted to live

in small town, so...

Well, you found one.

- It is pretty small.

(CHUCKLING)

Yeah, a little too sleepy sometimes,

if you ask me.

- Well, the grass is always greener, so...

- Yeah, but it's nice. You'll like it.

Are you staying or... you just passing

through, or what's your story?

So many questions.

Just curious.

What about you?

- Are you from here?

- I'm from Wilmington.

We used to come here quite a bit

when I was a kid.

Stayed for a few weeks, I loved it.

My Uncle Roger,

the guy that I work with at the store...

- Yeah.

- ...worked with him for a few weeks

out of the summer...

...then when we got pregnant

it just seemed like...

...it seemed like the right place to stay.

LEXIE:

Mighty Josh is crushing my castle!

(KIDS MIMIC EXPLOSION SOUNDS)

LEXIE:
- No!

One, two, three!

Now let's all do Josh's face.

ALEX:
- Ready?

- You ready?

One, two, three.

(NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

Well, here we are.

- Thanks for coming.

- I had a great time.

- It was fun.

- Thank you.

- All right.

- All right.

- Well, have a good night.

- You, too.

Oh, hey, I forgot to ask you,

how'd your floors turn out?

You want to see?

All right.

ALEX:
Wow, look at that.

I wasn't too sure about the yellow,

but it looks pretty good.

Yeah, thank you.

Thanks to your primer

and Lexie's keen eye...

- Yeah.

- ...I think it worked out.

Looks like your walls need a little...

- Jeez!

- Oh, my God.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

- Are you OK?

Sorry I'm laughing.

Are you OK?

(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

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