The Space Between Us Page #6

Yes, this is the house

our parents left it to us.

Sarah Elliot was my sister.

We gotta get some help,

please get some help.

Gardner

Gardner

Gardner

Gardner..

No, he's not your father.

He's not your father.

He's your uncle.

That does not matter anymore.

There is no time left Tulsa.

Let's just go back.

He's gonna call the ambulance.

My mother is here.

I can, I can feel her.

I didn't get to choose where I was born...

but I get to choose where I die.

- Tulsa.

- Yes, Gardner?

What's your favourite thing about earth?

You are, Gardner.

See you in the funny papers.

I WAS HERE:

Gardner.

Kendra. Help me.

Turn him off.

Gardner. You can do it.

Gardner,

Gardner, Stay with me. Don't leave us.

Come on, come on.

What was she like?

My mother.

She was fearless

She was kind

And she just...

seemed so invincible.

And she'd make me wanna give up

living when she died.

You loved her.

You're my father.

Yes.

There they are.

- Hurry up. Hurry, there is no time.

- I knew I would find you.

- You are gonna be okay.

You are not alone.

Stay with me Gardner.

Hurry!

It's taking too long.

His blood pressure is dropping.

We have to get him out of our gravity.

You have to take the plane higher.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

You know I can't do that.

That's against our regulations.

I'm taking control.

What are you doing?

- Taking us into the stratosphere.

Excuse me?

- No worries. She can handle it.

Although I warn you,

one of you might need to take over.

One of us might...

- Yes, there's a chance that I may die.

But you have done this before?

- Yes all the time.

Virtually.

- Great.

Buckle up.

Alright let's buckle you in.

Yeah, just give it. Grab your thing.

I have the aircraft.

No, we gotta go higher.

Try and wake him up.

Gardner, wake up.

No, no.

No, no, no, no!

Stay in, stay in. I've got him.

You are on my planet?

- No.

Where are you, on yours?

No.

Will you ever gonna stop slapping me?

You have to go back.

- No, Tulsa, don't...

I hate it.

Look Gardner, we both know..

You have to go back.

I love you, Tulsa.

And I love you.

How is he doing?

- Stable, for now.

This will buy us the time we need.

- And you? You okay?

Apparently.

This is good to know.

I am gonna miss you Gardner.

More than anything else in the world.

Me too.

You're the best mom I never had.

Safe travels ok?

Wait a minute, hold up

- Hey.

Nice ride.

You gonna be okay?

You're amazing.

But the last thing I'm gonna gonna do is

actually tell you that.

You just did.

T minus ten, nine, eight...

seven, six, five, four...

three, two, one, zero.

Ignition. Let's go.

Same time tomorrow?

Marks for me.

Tulsa, you have a visitor.

Hi.

Gotta go.

As you probably know,

I have retired from NASA.

Well, not really. I am running their

training program now.

And it's been great.

I mean getting re accustomed to living

on this planet has been a little trying.

Anyway, I am getting off track.

Since I could not spend any money on Mars,

and I was up there for six years...

It turns out I actually have a lot of it.

So I bought a ranch house

in Boulder, Colorado.

I like to ski and

the people are really nice.

Yeah it's a pretty big house.

Gets lonely at times.

Would you like to come live with me there?

Are you getting paid? To take me?

Oh, God, no.

Because I age out in a month.

Who said anything about only a month?

I wanted to go to Earth.

Not just to visit, but to live there.

Turns out people from Earth wanted

exactly the same thing as people from Mars.

And I should know, because I'm pretty sure

I'm the only one. So far.

I don't know, which is better

But here is what I do know

It's good to be home.

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