Sleepwalking Page #3

Just, you know...

- Social Services?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Hey, Speedy, get your ass in here!

Go ahead. I'll go sit with Sharon.

Where is she at?

In the kitchen, I think.

She didn't wanna play quarters.

No kidding.

- My God!

- Hey.

Hi, Danni.

Your fanny is uncanny.

Very funny, Randall.

"Your fanny"...

Hey, come on, Speedster.

Sit down, man.

Sit down here under the vacancy sign.

That's it. Okay.

Speedy!

Speedy! Speedy! Speedy!

Speedy! Speedy! Speedy!

Speedy! Speedy!

Really?

You think that'll work?

Mmm, I don't know.

I doubt it, but you never know.

I'll give it a shot for you.

- He's pretty angry.

- Yeah.

Yeah, well, f*** him, all right?

I'll talk to him on Monday.

I'll lay it on thick.

He's Christian or Jewish or something

prone to guilt, but I'll just...

We'll get your job back. Don't worry.

Hey, maybe I can just

get another job, you know?

Well, yeah, if you can.

There's gotta be places, right?

Sure.

Joleen would know what to do, you know?

We should hold off till she gets back,

ask her what to do.

She'll know.

Speedy, you gotta wake up, man.

You've seen the last of her.

Joleen is gone.

No, Randall. I told you.

She sent a letter,

sent money and everything.

She says she's got a plan.

She's gonna be back

for Tara's birthday.

Okay, well, I'm on your side.

Uh, and, actually, you're lucky

because you don't have to

look after that kid anymore, so...

I think I'm gonna get going.

Danni, what? The night's a puppy.

Yeah, well, my boys aren't gonna wait

for me if I'm slow in the morning, are they?

See, now, that right there

is another reason why you're lucky.

Jeez!

Don't go gettin' dramatic on me now.

Randall, shut up

and help me get him to bed.

You okay?

- Yeah.

- Come on.

- Oh, God.

- It's harder than I thought.

- Come on.

- Thanks, Danni.

Okay, watch your head now.

Jesus, Randall,

you're making him sleep down here?

Well, where should we have him sleep?

In bed with me and Sharon?

Joleen's coming back

on Tara's birthday.

Oh, yeah. Sure she is, pal.

- She is.

- Get your head up on that pillow there.

- Why don't you go? I can look after him.

- That's what she said.

Oh. Okay.

- Jeez.

- Here, honey. Roll over.

- How's that feel?

- It's good.

Feels good?

Yeah.

You miss that girl, don't you?

She's a good kid. She's a good kid.

I wanted to...

I wanted to... to tell her, you know?

But I couldn't.

I didn't know... the words to say it,

so all I could do was,

you know, make it fun,

but... I couldn't even do that.

James, it's not your fault.

Danni?

Yes, honey.

Can you go now, please?

- I'll see you later, okay?

- Okay.

Okay.

Give me a call

when you feel like it, okay?

Please open the door.

Darlene, what did I tell you

about blocking the door?

Tara, you have a visitor.

Happy birthday.

Why don't you open your present?

The other girls will just take it.

They go through my stuff at night.

I never sleep.

A woman at the foster place

is talking to me about adoption.

Maybe Joleen is just...

delayed wherever she's at.

The woman said I might get

a family who has a regular house.

She said they might have a kids' room,

might have a dog.

I don't even like dogs.

I don't care.

I could just close my door.

It's almost 6:
00.

I should, uh, get you back, you know?

I'm not going back there.

Can I stay with you?

We can't.

It'll just be for tonight.

Godl

- I'll see you guys.

- Not gonna tell us her name?

- Randall!

- Sorry, sweetie.

No, it's not like that.

I'm, uh, just going out.

Whatever, Speedy,

but can you just call Danni back?

'Cause I'm not

your personal answering service.

Yeah.

Have fun out there.

Say you could go

anywhere in the world right now...

I don't care.

# Come on, come out #

# Said come on, come on #

# A spot in the shade #

# Where oranges fall #

# A spot in the shade #

# Away from it all #

# Watching a sky #

# You're watching a painting

coming to life #

# Shifting and shaping #

# Staying inside #

# It all goes, all goes,

all goes, all goes by #

# Stopping the time #

# The rush and the waiting #

# Leave it behind #

# Shifting and shaping #

# Keep it inside #

# It all goes, all goes,

all goes, all goes by #

# Come on, come out #

$315.

Really?

That's not that much.

How far could we go?

I don't know. I'll figure it out.

We could go to Mexico.

Isn't that where you go

in this sort of situation?

Mexico?

Yeah. Like in the movies.

I don't think we have enough

to get that far.

Well, we need fake names.

You know, so we don't get caught.

I'll be Nicole,

and I want to be 13 years old,

'cause being 12 is stupid.

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah, yeah. I'll be, uh... I'll be Randall.

No. You have to be my dad.

Otherwise, it'll look weird to people.

So I'll call you Dad,

and you call me Nicole.

Okay. Yeah, yeah. Nicole.

So where are we going to, Dad?

You ever been to a farm?

A real one?

We can go to my dad's farm.

I think we have enough to get there.

The farm where you and Mom grew up?

Yeah.

Mom said she'd rather die

than go back there.

There's horses.

You ever seen a horse?

At a fair once. Brown one.

You could ride it for a dollar.

How long a ride?

I don't know.

I lost my dollar at the ring toss.

- Here you are.

- Thank you.

Okay.

Nicole.

So there's this guy in a cabin,

and he's got a hole in his roof,

and it's raining.

And, uh, a traveler is walking by,

and he says, "Hey,

you got a hole up in your roof.

Water's gettin' in.

Why don't you patch that up?"

He says, "Well, can't do it now

'cause it's raining."

He says, "Well, why don't you

patch it up when it's not raining?"

And he said, "Well, when it's not raining,

then no water's coming through."

Does it have a punch line?

That's the joke.

It's bad.

Let's go!

Hey, don't look.

If you tell them in the right order,

they're a lot funnier, you know?

Well...

Tara!

Hey!

Tara?

Sustained beep]

I'm so cold.

Aren't you a little old for that shirt?

What kind of sh*t do you need

from me right now, Mom?

I'm not pretending

to do my homework.

I'm pretending not to hate my life.

Where are you going, at least?

Sh*t!

You need a hand?

# I sleep all day #

# Out all night #

# I know where you're goin' #

# I don't think that's actin' right #

- Hi.

- What the man said is

he'd give me some money

to do some work for him back there.

Oh. Cool.

You gonna be all right

hanging out here?

Sure.

There's three kids over there

you can play with.

Mmm.

All right. I'm off to work, then.

Bye.

Hey, come on.

Yeah. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Come on now. Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Make it.

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

Take her out to pasture.

Get rid of this, and then you can go.

Hey, Dad.

This is my daughter Nicole.

Well, isn't this a surprise?

State bird in California is the quail.

State bird's a quail.

You got the brown bear on the flag.

What else do I know about California?

House looks good. Looks the same.

Joleen's got a house.

We got a house in the country.

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