The Girl Who Invented Kissing Page #7

Now you stay outta trouble,

you understand?

Let's get outta here.

[MUSIC PLAYING IN CAR]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

- Oak.

- PATTI:
Jimmy, don't come over.

It's Freddy.

- What's the matter, what's up?

- PATTI:
He knows.

He had a fit,

he was going crazy!

He said he talked to Victor.

He said Victor said something.

He wouldn't listen to me,

I mean, he was acting

like a f***ing maniac!

- Are you all right?

- PATTI:
Yeah, I'm okay.

Jimmy...

be careful.

[SIGHS]

F***!

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Heya, Jimmy.

How is The Oak?

Well, Victor...

if you ever bothered to show up

once in a while, then you

wouldn't have to ask me,

now would you?

Does it need any help?

What did you say to Freddy?

Freddy?

You said something

to Freddy about me and Patti.

Now what did you say?

I just said that...

you said that you and Patti

were just friends.

You know, Victor...

half the time I talk to you

I get nothing but shrugs,

but when you open your mouth,

boy, do you open your mouth.

Now there's a good chance

that when I go in

to open up tomorrow morning,

Freddy's gonna be there

to rip my head off.

- Jimmy, I...

- Just!

do me a favor

and just shut up!

You did enough

goddamn damage for one night!

Don't yell at me, Jimmy.

I'm tired of you yelling at me!

Well then, stop f***ing

embarrassing me all the time!

Don't talk to me like that,

Jimmy, I'm your older brother!

Well then, start acting like it

and stop being

such a goddamn lummox!

- Don't you call me that, Jimmy.

- Why not?

You don't even know

what one means!

Otherwise you wouldn't

keep acting like one!

Here, here, people been

calling you one all your life,

it's about time you look it up!

Lummox!

It's under L!

Look it up!

[VICTOR BREATHING HEAVILY]

I'm not a lummox, Jimmy!

I'm your brother!

[VICTOR YELLING] You're supposed

to take care of me!

And I'm your older brother!

You forget that?

I'm your older brother!

[YELLING CONTINUES]

You don't call me that!

Huh, Jimmy, you hear me?

You!

You don't call me that!

[TV SWITCHING ON]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

- I'm sorry.

- Shut up.

- What do you wanna do, Freddy?

- I swear to God.

- [DOOR OPENING]

- [DOOR SLAMMING]

Go home, Victor.

You okay, Jimmy?

I'm fine.

Jimmy, get Vic outta here.

- I'm not leaving, Freddy.

- Victor, go home!

No.

I'm not leaving, Jimmy.

Get him outta here, Jimmy!

- Victor, go home!

- No!

I'm warning you, Vic,

this is between me

and your brother, Jimmy.

You leave

my little brother alone.

Victor, go home!

No!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR OPENING]

Hey, Freddy?

What?

Look, this is important.

[FREDDY BREATHING HEAVILY]

[WHISPERING]

You okay, Jimmy?

It's over now, just go home.

[EXHALES]

[DOOR OPENS]

[OPERATOR ANNOUNCEMENTS]

FREDDY:
Okay.

It's okay.

Hey, Jimmy.

What are you doing home?

I mean, who's watching The Oak?

That's...

some shirt

you got there, Victor, that new?

My friend bought it for me.

So, the girl?

What's the matter, Jimmy?

JIMMY:
Sit down, Victor.

You okay?

Listen...

there's no easy way

to tell you this...

so I'm just gonna say it.

Your friend...

someone hurt her.

What?

They found her body

behind the... train station.

You understand

what that means, her body?

Are they sure that it was her?

They know.

Any idea who'd do

something like that, Freddy?

No, you hang out

with strange people like that,

sh*t I see every day.

Shanked, parents wanted

nothing to do with her.

Hey Jimmy,

how's Victor taking all this?

Is he holding up?

Not well...

he's, uh...

just said it's an act of God.

Maybe someone

should go check on him.

I'm gonna take him out

to Doodle Eve's today,

get his mind off things.

PATTI:
That poor girl.

Every time I think

about being mean to her...

Never even knew her name.

Judge ye not.

[VICTOR PLAYING VIOLIN]

Careful, Vic.

What's on your mind, Victor?

You know you can talk to me

about anything, don't you, Vic?

I mean, we're brothers, right?

That night

you didn't come home...

and we lost our money?

Yeah, I remember.

You wasn't with Patti.

No...

I wasn't with Patti.

I'm sorry, Victor.

[CLANG ECHOES]

It wasn't enough that you tried

to take Patti away from Freddy?

It wasn't enough that

you're the handsome brother?

That you are the smart brother?

It wasn't enough

that you are the brother

I almost died for that day?

I know I'm different, Jimmy.

I know that I'm what

people call stupid...

but sometimes people don't know

that I know that.

But I'm smart enough

not to have thought

that a girl like that...

would ever fall in love

with someone like me.

I know what a lummox is, Jimmy.

I know that I am one.

It was just nice

that someone like her

didn't treat me like one.

I, uh...

I guess I never really talked

about it with you...

like we should've.

Like brothers should've.

[SOBBING]

I miss Grandma, Jimmy.

She was good to us.

She wasn't nothing,

but a little old lady, but...

when she died

I didn't feel safe no more.

Sometimes...

I wish I could

un-ring that bell.

[SIGHS]

[JIMMY SOBBING]

JIMMY:
Sorry I haven't been

a good brother to you...

but I tried, Vic.

I really tried.

[SOBBING]

Only the mediocre

are always at their best.

Oh, be careful, Jimmy.

["DULCE ET DECORUM EST" PLAYING]

I'm riding on a train

Well you know

Cute girl in an English hat

Why'd it have

To rain like that

And in pulling off

her scarf...

- Hiya, Leo.

- Vic.

...I let go

It floated

Like a wounded bird

Hey, Leo, you getting

any Hank Snow records in?

Yeah.

What?

It's an import from Japan,

promotional picture disc,

it's got ol' Hank burned

right there into the hot wax.

Would you like to hold it maybe?

Gotta be

real careful though, okay?

That there's the holy sh*t,

Holy Grail of all Hank vinyl,

very, very rare.

- How much?

- Phew.

It's on me, Vic.

Thank you, Leo.

Who gives you joy?

- You.

- Who?

- You do, Leo.

- Thank you.

Okay, get outta here,

go listen to your record.

- See ya', Leo.

- Okay.

While I slept

Nothing gave

And nothing changed

Every day was more the same

You know

You know

I think

I think

I am

I am

Heroic in a failing way

For some of us

It goes that way

Dulce et decorum est,

my dear

It's sweet, it's right

There's nothing for you here

Here

When someone lets you down

You free fall

To that bigger hand

Around your wrist

You'll swear you

Never wanted this

Well you know

You know

I think

I think

I can

I can

Vanish with the evening rust

Join the ghost

That haunted us

Well you know

You know

I think

I think

I am

I am

Heroic in a failing way

For some of us

It goes that way

Dulce et decorum est

My dear

It's sweet, it's right

There's nothing for you here

Here

Now I'm pouring

Something cold

Down my throat

And I'm thinking

About you and me

Once we had

A drink or two or three

But those cold

autumn stars

Refused

We were swimming

In that frozen lake

Our eyes the sound

That sirens make

Woo

Woo hoo

Woo

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