The Last Song Page #3

For a little while.

B*tch.

There you go.

OK. Spread it out a little.

Good job! Excellent.

- I didn't burn a hole through it.

- No, you didn't.

Hey, Dad.

Do you and Mom ever talk

about getting back together?

Jonah, your mom's about to get married.

So? You have kids!

You married her first.

Yes, I did. And it was a good marriage.

It was. It lasted a long, long time.

We have two great kids out of it.

It's just...

You know, love's not always...

That's not always enough.

It's probably...

hard to understand.

What has one eye, speaks French

and really loves cookies?

Are you talking...

Are you talking about love?

OK, OK. Cookies. Very good.

I changed the subject to cookies.

Is that cool?

Yeah. I'll get them.

Is everything OK?

Hey. You never came back for me.

Ronnie?

- Just go away! OK?

- What's wrong?

Go away!

Ronnie, what happened? Ronnie!

I'm sorry, sir.

Could you tell me what's going on?

That would require my understanding

how the female brain works,

which I don't, but if you'd like

to come in and be clueless together,

you're more than welcome.

- That's OK. I'll just wait out here.

- Yeah.

How long you think he'll stay?

- Why don't you go ask him?

- He's not my boyfriend, he's hers.

He's not my boyfriend, either.

Do you think he'll

stay out there all night?

That's hard to say.

- A dollar says he is.

- A dollar?

OK, you're on.

Let's make it interesting. 2 dollars.

Two bucks. He's not staying there.

What if he stays out there forever?

What if he never leaves and then dies?

Yeah, and his corpse

is eaten by a bunch of raccoons.

And then he still doesn't leave,

'cause that's how powerful his love is.

What is wrong with you two?

Turtles. Turtles eat his corpse.

You need to leave.

You're freaking out my little brother.

Not until you tell me what happened.

Was it Ashley?

I saw you talking to her.

What did she say?

- Just leave, all right?

- Tell me what she said to you.

Will, I did not come here for some

stupid summer romance...

with some stupid local boy...

that has done this

with a thousand other girls.

- What?

- Ashley told me about...

all the girls you've been with.

So I don't want to be

just the next girl...

in your little parade of girls, Will.

Going on the same date,

doing the exact same thing.

I think that's why it would

just be better if we just end it.

End it?

End what?

Ronnie, yes, OK, I went out

with other girls before I met you.

That's the point. It was before I

met you! How can you be mad about that?

Don't you dare make this about me. You

and I both know this is not my fault...

You're not like the other girls.

What just happened?

- Your sister just got kissed.

- Dad!

- Well, you did. Look at her.

- No!

- Jonah! Look at that face.

- Dad!

Your sister... Hey!

Let's write a song about being kissed!

- I'm going to be sick.

- Ronnie got kissed...

- Stop it!

- OK, OK.

- Are you OK?

- Yes, yes, but...

What?

Wow.

- I'm going to sleep.

- It's still there.

- I hate you.

- Wow.

Stop!

Stop!

Put me down!

I can't believe you're

carving our name into the tree.

- What's your middle initial?

- I'm not telling you.

This is really lame.

- "L"...

- "L"...

And make it look nice.

- I like this song.

- OK.

Man, wow.

You can really sing.

Is there anything else

I don't know about you?

No!

Just go with it. We got it.

No!

No!

- Where are we going?

- Just a little shortcut. Trust me.

- How's it going out there?

- Oh, yeah.

You know, it's getting kind of dark.

This is usually the part where the guy

with the chainsaw...

comes out from behind the trees

and hacks us to pieces.

Could you just give it some gas, please?

OK, a little harder.

OK, OK!

- No, please! No, no.

- Where are you going? Come here.

I'm gonna get you.

Come back over here!

Where did you go?

Will, I'm serious.

Will, I am not meeting your family

for the first time looking like this.

It's fine. They're not home.

Besides, I'm not taking you

to the movies like that.

Got a reputation to maintain.

Wow.

- Hello?

- Hey, George.

- Hello, Will.

- What are we doing?

Who's George?

Will, where are we? Graceland?

Wait. Do you work here too?

This is your house? You live here?

You're rich?

Will, you told me that your dad

owned a brake shop!

He does. He just happens

to own 300 more just like it.

- No, no, I am not going in there.

- Yes, you are.

Not looking like this!

What if somebody sees me?

- Let go.

- Nope.

- Let go.

- You let go!

- Why didn't you tell me?

- What difference does it make?

Hello.

Mom. I thought you

and Dad were going out.

We decided to come back early.

This is Ronnie.

Hi.

Perhaps you should hose off in back.

It's cold.

Here, do my hair.

Go.

These are Will's sister's.

They should fit you.

Thank you, ma'am.

Here, turn around.

Cold!

It's a family tradition. Both my parents

went to college at Vanderbilt.

Tom and I actually met there.

Didn't we, Tom?

And now, our William

will go there as well.

- Where will you be going, Ronnie?

- I'm not...

going anywhere.

I mean, I don't really have

anywhere planned for me, or...

I just haven't figured out

the whole college thing yet.

But...

Will, pass Ronnie some roast beef.

- No, thank you.

- I told you, Ronnie's a vegetarian.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Why?

- Just reasons.

I mean, it's not that I don't

like people that like meat.

I mean, they're fine. Just that...

- How you been, Dad?

- Oh, I been good. Good.

You know, I was going through

some of Mikey's stuff the other day.

- And if you have time...

- That's enough, Tom.

Well, she's a lot prettier

than you described her, Will.

Thank you, Dad.

You bringing her to the wedding?

He didn't tell you? His sister's

getting married in a couple of weeks.

No, I don't think you

did mention that, Will.

- Would you like to come?

- Will?

Your sister told me

that you were bringing Ashley.

I sent out her invitation

just yesterday.

- Ronnie, this is silly.

- Drop it, Will.

I can't drop it. You're mad.

- I'm not mad.

- You're mad.

I'm not! You want to go to your sister's

wedding with your ex-girlfriend,

- it's not a big deal.

- Not as a date.

She's a friend of my sister's.

I said it was OK if she came.

Honestly, it's not a big deal

because I don't wanna go...

to some wedding

where I don't know anybody.

- Ronnie...

- And you just forgot to mention...

you're going to Vanderbilt.

You told me you're going to Columbia.

No, I didn't.

I told you I was accepted to Columbia.

Ronnie, it's complicated, OK?

My parents are...

- Not a good time to disappoint them.

- What's complicated? It's your life.

- Go to the college that you want to.

- It's not that simple.

Look, we don't have to do this.

- What do you mean?

- Maybe you should find someone...

that's more suited to your lifestyle.

You know, with her own rich parents,

- her own perfect mansion...

- Ronnie,

there is nothing perfect

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