Sometimes They Come Back Page #2

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- Twelve cents.

Leave my brother alone!

Vinnie, get this little baby

away from me before I smack him.

Whoa!

Nobody hits me and lives, man.

- Hey, come on, guys.

- Wayne!

Run, Jimmy, run!

Heads up, Vinnie.

Run, Jimmy, run!

He deserved it, man.

You had that coming.

- He had it coming!

- What about him?

- What if he tells somebody?

- Come here, kid.

Let's go! Let's go!

- Let's go! Let's go! Hand me the keys!

- No! No!

- Wayne!

- Get help. Get help. Run!

- Where's the key?

- Find the key!

- Okay, let's go!

- Hey, kid!

Mueller!

- You coward!

- Mueller!

Jimmy, what's wrong?

No! Wayne...

Jim?

Jim.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I thought I heard a child crying.

It was... It was me.

Why don't you come on inside?

I'll fix you a cup of coffee.

Yeah.

In a minute.

Run, Jimmy, run!

You told Coach I had an F coming?

He suspended me!

Well, maybe the message will

get through to you, Chip!

You get an F on your midterm,

the Coach is gonna cut you from the team.

If you give me one more F,

I swear to God, I'm gonna...

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Look, Chip, I played football, too,

and I did my school work.

Now, you're a smart guy.

You wanna play, just do the work.

You gonna take that, dude?

You're dead, man!

You.

Come on. Come on.

What were you and Chip talking about?

He looked pretty mad.

Oh, no, no, we...

We were just talking.

What is it?

I don't know. Mr. Norman, Jim...

You know how you're saying

that history repeats itself?

I've been thinking a lot about that,

and that really bothers me.

- Why is that?

- I don't know.

Does it have to be the same

story repeated over again?

- I mean, can't we change anything?

- Well, people can change things.

I think that's what makes

a person great is...

guts and the ability to

change the patterns.

I was listening to that "Dust

in the Wind" song last night.

I don't know.

I just don't wanna end up a piece

of dust in someone's eye, you know?

Well, I don't think that's

all you'll be, Billy.

'Cause, you're learning how to think.

That's a good sign.

Hey, do I get extra

credit for thinking?

Billy? Your wallet! Billy?

What are you doing, man?

Come on!

Hey.

Hey!

Come on!

Stop!

What are you guys doing?

Help me! Help me!

Help me!

Billy! Billy!

Billy!

Oh no... oh no...

You have a new student, period seven,

name's Lawson, Richard Lawson.

He's a transfer from Milford.

You have the room unfortunately.

He can take Billy Stearns' seat.

Mr. Simmons, Billy Stearns was murdered.

I saw it. That car ran him off the road.

No one there saw any

other car but yours.

Just yours.

I don't know what to tell you.

Okay, guys, let's sit down.

Chip, take a seat.

- What's that, an order?

- No, it's a suggestion.

You could take a seat or you

can go talk to Coach about it.

Okay-

Let's sit down.

Heather, I haven't forgotten

that report you owe me.

Okay, all right.

Are you Richard Lawson?

Live and in person, Mr. Norman.

Just came up from Milford.

Real glad to be here, sir.

One thing you have to know,

in my class, no cigarettes.

No problem, Mr. Norman.

I wouldn't want to do

anything to upset you, sir.

Take a seat.

I can't wait for you to start

teaching me, Mr. Norman.

I hunger for knowledge.

I know we're all pretty upset

about Billy Stearns' death.

So if...

If any of you have anything you

wanna talk about or say...

now's the time to do it.

Mr. Lawson.

Why do you keep staring

at me, Mr. Norman?

I wasn't staring at

you, Mr. Lawson.

Oh, yes, you were, Mr. Norman.

You were looking right at me.

I was not staring at you!

Well, maybe you are unaware of it, sir,

but my old man used to be...

All right, look, that's enough!

You wanna talk about this more,

we'll go down to the principal's office.

- Okay?

- Hey, I'm cool.

Don't let them upset you,

Mr. Norman.

They're idiots.

Thanks, Kate...

Does anybody else have anything

they wanna say about Billy?

If not, we'll go on with history.

Last time, we were talking

about the Middle East.

We were talking about Iraq.

Now, whoever threw this...

I want everybody here to know

I think you're nothing but a coward!

You're a chicken!

Why don't you throw something

at me while I'm looking, huh?

Throw it to my face! Come on,

somebody throw it! Now!

I'll take the class over for a while.

You take a break here.

- It's okay.

- I said take a break, Mr. Norman.

God is there to pay him his clues.

- Wayne, why is he always looking at me?

- Who?

Jesus.

No matter where we sit,

he looks right at me.

This place scares me.

There's nothing to be afraid of, Jimmy.

This is the safest place I know.

Yeah, what a lovely day for the

67th Annual Harvest Day Parade!

You know, all this stuff about Billy's death

brought up a lot of feelings about Wayne.

I'm just trying not

to let it get to me.

I think you're doing great.

I'm proud of you.

Thanks.

Now where's Scotty? Wasn't

he supposed to meet us here?

Hey, balloon for you.

- There you are.

- Dad, look.

- Where did you get those?

- They fell off that pole.

I used to have shoes like

this when I was a kid.

Can I keep them?

I don't know. They probably

belong to someone.

- What do you think?

- Yeah, they probably belong to somebody.

But I found them.

Dad, look, a video store! Can we

get a movie to watch tonight?

I'm gonna go upstairs.

I'm falling asleep, all right?

- Do you want me to carry him up to bed?

- I want you to carry me up to bed.

Come on, Scotty.

- Are you coming?

- Yeah, I'll be up in just a minute.

I wanna see if he gets the girl.

Run, Jimmy, run! Hurry. Go, go!

Run, run, all right!

Go, go, go! Run! Run!

Wayne...

- Run, Jimmy, run!

- Wayne!

Run, Jimmy, run!

You and me, Jimmy, we're

always gonna stick together.

How much is three...

- We're always gonna stick together.

- Nobody hits me and lives, man!

- Hey, kid!

- Run, Jimmy, run!

Oh, Mr. Norman. What are

you doing down here?

Well, I was just taking a little walk.

Maybe I ought to ask you the same thing.

Oh, well, I was just

taking a walk, too.

My mom has a friend over and

we don't really get along.

- I was just on my way back.

- Well, I'll walk with you.

Oh, no. No, that's really fine. I just

live above the cleaners over there.

So... So, see you.

Oh, Kate, you know that old train.

- Does it still run through here?

- Train?

Well, I've never seen a

train and I grew up here.

I guess there used to be one.

Well, be careful.

It's not like I'm lost

in the woods or nothing.

- I'll see you tomorrow, Mr. Norman.

- Yeah.

- Run, Jimmy, run!

- Jimmy!

Don't run!

Help me, Jimmy!

No!

- Are you all right?

- It's just a dream. Just a dream.

Oh, God, it's just a dream.

Promise me you'll come back to bed.

You haven't slept hardly at all lately.

When I sleep, I dream!

I don't wanna dream!

I'm sorry.

It's starting again, isn't it?

Dad, are you okay?

Your father just had a nightmare.

Come on, let's go back to bed.

Stop it.

Stop it.

Come on, Scotty. They can't all be jerks.

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