The Lucky Ones by Analog Lions Page #2

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Ah. Marine Corps.

[ZEUS BARKING]

LOGAN:

Hey. Down.

- Train him yourself?

- Yes, ma'am.

Hmm. You're a good boy.

How'd you get him to leave?

- I gave him the job.

- You what?

Well, we gotta hire somebody.

You don't know anything about him.

Neither do you.

MAN:

Just needs a little tender loving care.

I'll take it.

MAN:
I got tools and lumber and the like.

You're welcome to them.

LOGAN:

Thanks,

[CHUCKLES]

BETH:

Come on.

You know, you don't need

to be here until 7:30,

I couldn't sleep.

Figured I'd get an early start.

ELLIE:

Well, we had a whale of a storm.

That lovely thing came down.

That's where we store everything

up there,

- Teslin. Here's your new boss.

LOGAN:
Hey, boy. Hey, boy.

BETH:
You ready to go?

- Who's that?

Thais just somebody that Nana hired.

- Aren't you forgetting something?

- Oh,

BETH:
Come on, baby,

we don't want to be late.

Dad doesn't like it

when I practice in the house.

BETH:
So maybe you can practice

on the porch.

ELLIE:
The little one.

LOGAN:
Hey. How you doing?

BETH:
I put Duckie in your backpack

for tonight.

[DOGS BARKING]

[ENGINE SPUTTERING]

BETH:

What's he doing?

Can you believe that he got

that old thing going?

Oh, good Lord.

You know, I'm substituting

for Julie next week.

It's only a couple days, but...

Why don't you go back full-time?

It's been almost a year.

I know how long it's been.

[DOGS BARKING]

Do you think that he has an off switch?

I hope not. Ha-ha-ha.

[DOGS BARKING]

[CAR APPROACHING]

Can I help you?

The hell you doing around here?

Is there a problem, officer?

There will be, you don't answer

my questions when I ask them.

I work here.

[SCOFFS]

Put your hands on that bench. Ahem.

Why?

Boy, you wanna do this at the station?

A soldier boy?

"Sergeant Logan Thigh-bolt."

It's Thibault.

- And I'm a Marine.

- Mm-hm.

Well, where's everyone at, Thigh-bolt?

They're all out. Do you want me

to give Beth a message?

Oh-ho.

So it's Beth, is it?

You just tell Beth I'll see her at 4.

[KEITH WHISTLING]

[VACUUM WHIRRING]

You should come.

You never know, you might have fun.

You've always loved their house.

- Save your breath. I'm not going.

- Why not?

ELLIE:
You know I can't stand Judge Clayton

and his fundraising extravaganzas.

Mom, check it out.

Hey. Oh, that looks great, sweets.

You look very handsome.

[TRUCK DOOR CLOSES]

- Hey, Dad.

- Ah!

Hey, wait. What in the world

is this mess here, now, huh?

We gotta teach you how to tie

a proper tie, boy.

[KEITH CHUCKLES]

Whoo-wee.

I love you in that dress, huh?

Makes me wish I never would have

signed those papers.

[BETH SQUEALS]

Tell me about your new boyfriend.

BETH:
What?

- Soldier boy, huh?

BETH:
Don't ask me about him.

I didn't hire him.

- He has nothing to do with me.

- Okay. Okay.

[KEITH CHUCKLES]

KEITH:

Hey, Mama.

Place is looking great.

CHARLOTTE:
You look beautiful.

BETH:
Thank you,

Thank you so much for coming.

Really good to see you. Here you go.

We've got the governor in our camp.

I just heard.

Benny. Wait a second,

where's my grandson?

- There he is.

- Come here, Benny.

How you doing, sweetie?

He's fighting the good fight

for Hamden's future.

- Tell your mama how we gonna win.

BEN:
Vote Clayton.

All right, and...?

- The name you trust.

JUDGE:
And you know.

- The name you know.

- Yep.

- The judge you trust, the mayor we need.

- Ha, ha, ha. This kid is sharp as a tack.

He's gonna do great things.

You mark my word.

- Where did you dig up that jacket?

- Oh,

Oh, come on.

It's just a garden party, Daddy.

It's not just a garden party.

MAN:
How you doing, judge?

- How are you?

- Good to see y'all. Thank you so much.

WOMAN:
Nice to see you.

[DOGS BARKING]

BETH:

Come on, Dexter, go get it.

Go. Yeah.

Yes. Whoo! Oh.

That's it, boy, get it, get it.

Pick it up. Come on.

Oh! Whoa!

[DOG WHIMPERS]

[LAUGHING]

BETH:
That man is so irritating.

Every time I turn around he's just-

- Uh, uh, uh.

- Good morning.

ELLIE:

Mm.

So you were saying?

LOGAN:
We moved around a lot, so I kind of

grew up everywhere, and nowhere.

ELLIE:
Oh, that must have been hard, huh?

Changing schools, leaving friends.

LOGAN:
It was okay. It was all I knew.

- Mm. But you went to college?

Yes, ma'am. Just for a year.

What'd you study?

He didn't study much

if it was just for a year.

ELLIE:

Elizabeth Green.

- I liked philosophy.

ELLIE:
Really?

Yeah, I like to read.

Give us a quote of your

favorite philosopher.

"Sometimes the questions are complicated

and the answers are simple."

ELLIE:
Hmm.

- Don't tell me.

Voltaire?

It's Voltaire, isn't it?

It's Dr. Seuss.

[ELLIE CHUCKLES]

Thank you very much the tea, Mrs. Green.

I should get back to work.

Will you call me "Ellie,"

for goodness sake?

Voltaire.

[ELLIE CHUCKLES]

BETH:

What sound does a tiger make?

[ALL GROWLING]

"This lazy ladybug

didn't know how to y."

I wanna turn the page.

You can turn the page next.

"One day the lazy ladybug wanted

to sleep somewhere else."

Oh, this looks great, you guys.

Ah. That's beautiful.

Julie's not coming back

after she has the baby.

We'd really like lo have you

back full-time.

I can't right now, Rhonda. I'm sorry.

A violin?

A violin'? Only girls play violins. Don't you

play, like, basketball or something?

BOY 1:
Oh, fine.

The girl wants back his violin.

BOY 2:

It's his mom. Let's go. Let's go.

Hey.

You Okay?

[VIOLIN PLAYING]

LOGAN:

Not bad.

BEN:

I didn't think anyone was listening.

Glad I was.

BETH:

That's perfect.

[DOGS BARKING]

LOGAN:
Here she is.

- Hi.

LOGAN:

Oh, she's happy to see you.

WOMAN:
How'd she do?

LOGAN:
She was great.

- Make sure you bring her back soon. Cool.

WOMAN:
Thank you'

ELLIE:

Logan. Can you drive?

Beth's outwith a friend and my ride

to choir practice just fell through.

My bossy granddaughter

won't let me drive since I--

Well, you can hardly even call it a stroke.

It's more like a tap, really. Heh.

- Hasn't slowed me down in the slightest.

- I can see that, ma'am.

- How old are you, dear?

- Twenty-five.

How many tours?

Three.

My grandson never finished his second.

Yeah. You would've liked him.

You two, you were cut

of the same cloth.

You know, you live long enough,

Logan, you lose enough people...

...you learn to appreciate

the memories you have.

Stop begrudging the ones

you never got to make.

Beth hasn't lived as long as I have.

She isn't as bad as she seems.

She doesn't seem so bad to me.

LOGAN:

Hello?

[DOOR CLOSES]

[PIANO PLAYING]

[PIANO CONTINUES PLAYING]

BETH:

All right, thank you. I'll see you later.

[DOGS BARKING]

[TERRANCE SIMIEN'S "UNCLE BUD"

PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

BETH:

Yeah. Whoo!

Yes. Here we go.

Whoo! Ha-ha.

BEN:
Yahoo.

- Ha-ha-ha.

Come, come, come.

Oh, thank you, honey.

Good job. That's it.

Night, all.

Do you like jambalaya?

No. Ben. Ben, I'm sure that Logan

already has plans.

Do you?

I can'! remember the last time

I had a plan.

All right, man. You got dance moves?

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