The Messenger Page #7

on my bare chest and I'm...

I'm all hooked up to wires and machines

and heart rate monitors...

IV's and sh*t.

Sh*t I, you know, sh*t I don't need.

And he...

...he says, " Son...

...you're a hero. "

Damn right, you are.

No.

No, I... No.

I put him there.

I did that.

That was me.

I didn't mean to. I didn't plan that.

There's no planning. You can't plan.

You only have the moment,

but that's what I did.

L...

I loaded him into the bomb.

That's not a hero in my book.

A couple weeks later,

I'm on crutches.

Major surgery. Fox eye shield patch.

And everything looks gray...

the nurses, the flowers, blood.

I'm wandering the halls in the hospital.

My ears are ringing.

I take the elevator up to the roof

and climb the stairs.

And we're not supposed to be up there...

...but that's where the doctors

take their smoke breaks.

So the door was open.

And the whole...

...the whole living thing just didn't,

you know, make sense anymore.

It was...

I was out there for a while...

...standing on the edge...

...and it was cold and it was dark...

...and I felt calm.

Why didn't you jump?

The sun came up.

The sun came up?

Yes.

The sun came up and...

...and I didn't feel like dying anymore.

Want another one?

No, I just...

Pepsi.

This fake beer tastes like laundry.

Pass me the ball. Pass me the ball.

Where you heading?

Louisiana.

Taking the piano.

What?

Why?

- Do you play?

- No.

A little bit.

My mom forced me when I was a kid.

I hated it.

Hey, you don't have to...

Thanks a lot.

- Yes!

- Good-bye, Will.

Good luck.

Look, I've never been very good at timing.

I wouldn't say that.

Maybe... You'd let me know where you are,

you know, your address?

I don't mind driving.

I think I could handle that.

Okay?

Okay.

E- Mail?

Yeah. I just have to get a computer first.

I could check at Tony's, though.

You're staying on?

Thinking about it.

Why don't you come inside

and give me your address...

...and I'll write you a letter.

I'd like that.

Yeah.

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