The Dream Children Page #7

Jakey?

NARRATOR (ON TV):

which is exposed

and totally unprotected

by either skin or bone.

Jake?

[phone ringing]

Hello?

[brakes squealing]

Come on.

There's still some

more stuff in the cot.

Alex, get the stuff.

Yup.

Nerine, get Sam and take

him downstairs in the car.

OK'?

Sammy, say, bye-bye.

Bye-bye, Sammy.

Steve.

Doesn't he look odd to you?

Yeah.

He doesn't have a pulse.

Sh*t!

All right, I'm

calling triple zero.

Hey, put it away.

We don't have to call anyone.

We can't!

Yes, we can.

Alex, get that stuff

and go downstairs now.

NOW!

[car starts]

OK.

[voices on tv]

Now he's yours, [inaudible].

He always was.

Alex, I...

I know, uh, we don't have

any legal right to him.

I know.

I... I know that.

And if, you know, if you

need to be around him, I...

I understand that.

I... I know how hard it

is to be away from him.

Maybe one day I can be like

Auntie Nerine or something.

[Scoffs]

For right now, I

just need to go away.

[Sighs]

I'm going to go to bed.

Nerine, you know, stay for

as long as you want, OK?

You know that?

Stay, stay forever,

if you want to.

Forever?

Nothing lasts forever.

SAM:
But the sad

truth to all this

is that, legally, we're

only Sam's guardians.

In the eyes of the law, we're

his protectors, his providers,

his defenders, and his friends.

But the law will not allow

us to be called his fathers.

Now, I want every

man and woman to be

able to feel the

joy that I feel,

so I've decided to end

my career in television

and join the G&L Alliance

for the sole purpose

of completely legalizing

adoption for same-sex couples.

[applause]

[cheering]

[music playing]

How do you feel?

Proud.

My dad called.

Wants to meet up.

Scared, Alex?

Being scared, it... it

doesn't mean you're weak.

I just want Sam to

feel proud of me.

He will be.

We've witnessed the commitment

of two people in love.

Two men, which is right.

But it doesn't only mean a

union between Steven and Alex,

it also signifies a family.

Steven, Alex, and

their son, Sam,

whom they will nurture and

bring up to be the man they

want him to be.

Ladies and gentlemen, I

give you Steven and Alex.

[applause]

[whooping]

[honking]

[glass clinking]

Ladies and gentlemen,

please charge your glasses

and join me in a toast

to the happy couple, the

two grooms, Alex and Steven.

Alex and Steven!

[whooping]

[cheering]

[heavy breathing]

[moaning]

[music playing]

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