The Yellow Handkerchief Page #4

Didn't wanna be away from her.

Couldn't be away from her.

She wasn't afraid...

of me...

maybe anything.

Sh*t, everybody's afraid of me.

I never hurt a flea.

I'm not afraid of you.

I get annoyed.

I don't want you to keep

being the way that you are.

Well, no problem.

I'll just--I'll change

into someone else then.

Okay.

Hey.

Why do you always do that?

I don't know.

Always open the cap like that

and everything goes all over the place?

- You got a headache?

- No, tooth.

- You need to go to the dentist?

- Yeah.

- You want me to call him?

- Yeah, okay.

It comes and goes, but...

You like me doing

all this sh*t for you, don't you?

Yeah, I do.

Been doing everything

for myself most of my life.

You want me to quit my shore job,

go back out on the rigs

and get out of your hair?

I just don't understand

why you started to change,

become dependent.

Because you're

gonna make one phone call

and cook every third day?

Geez, I wouldn't want to

make you unhappy.

You still wanna get married?

To who?

What? What's wrong?

Come on.

Why's something gotta be wrong?

I'm pregnant.

What?

It's what the blue means.

I'm pregnant.

Maybe.

Really?

But we didn't--

We never talked about it.

I know.

It's not for sure.

I should go to a doctor.

Okay.

But, God, if it is,

wouldn't that be...?

Just never occurred to me.

When will you know by?

I was going to go to Dr. Leonard.

- Just call me on your break.

- Oh, man.

- I will run up here.

- Why?

Oh, I just don't

want anybody around.

Gonna take you too long

to get back here.

You want to take the bike?

You know, we're still working

on the bridges.

I can see your yard

from up there.

Yeah.

Why don't you hoist that dirty little sail

on that crummy old sailboat...

if the doc confirms it.

You're kidding me.

No.

- Okay.

- Okay.

I'm the guy.

Yeah, you're the guy.

Look out!

Could you help me move him?

Here.

I can't drive.

Down there,

that might be a house.

Hello!

Anybody here?

What were you doing with the deer?

I told you, I grew up Native.

I was just kind of apologizing.

I was sort of saying

that your life's equal to mine.

I can't explain it.

We're gonna

need your camping things

if we're gonna spend the night here.

So what happened then?

You were just getting

to the good part, right?

It happened to people

around me all the time.

Families.

But when it happened to me,

I finally felt like

I was part of something.

We had been given that chance

late in life, and that's amazing.

And then?

Mr. Hansen?

Your wife wants to see you.

You can try again

in a couple of months.

And next time, with your history,

you should probably come in

every week, get help from us.

I had an abortion before.

That's what he meant

by "my history".

He didn't hear.

I want to talk about this.

Can we please talk about this?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Huh?

What is this?

Do you still want this marriage?

You said you never expected it

to happen in the first place,

and now you're acting

like I've taken it from you!

This happened to me, too!

I know.

And it's like you told me before,

you never thought through

a major decision in your life.

And now I know what you meant.

Ain't nothin' to talk about.

Can I have

a shot of Wild Turkey, please?

Drink up, my friend!

Drink up!

Idiot me!

I thought you wanted

to give me a clean slate.

I thought you could see my whole life

in my face and you loved that face,

if we're gonna hold ourselves

to the things that were said.

You freakin' hypocrite!

You freakin' liar,

"You could see it in my face."'

What was that, huh?

You don't know a freakin' thing

about me and my life,

and you wanted what?

Someone who'd

never been through anything,

and now you're gonna treat

me like sh*t?

You are all bullshit!

You are bullshit!

I thought you were different.

Changed.

Now the first tough thing

that happens,

and you're out the freakin' door!

The first time I really need you!

Do you hear me?

Do you love?

Do you love?

Tell me!

Get off of me! Get--

Get off of me!

Stop! Get off of me!

What the hell you doing?

Get off of her!

Brett, stop it!

Stop!

Oh, my God.

Is he dead?

He died instantly.

That poor man had children.

Little ones,

and they don't have a father now.

That was an accident.

- It was an accident.

- No accidents.

What did May do after that?

Mmm...May.

I only saw May one time after that.

One time?

Why?

I would have waited.

If somebody loved me like that,

I would have waited and waited.

You say that, but you don't know.

You had a fight.

It was an accident.

I would have waited

for years and years.

She's... cold.

Cold?

I was the one

that did this to us, not her.

How would you know?

How would you know?

You're 15 years old.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I just, I didn't think.

Sh*t, I don't know what you'd do.

Why not?

I was the one who left her, Martine.

It was me.

I was the one that left.

How are you?

I'm all right.

How are you?

Not good.

My husband put himself in prison

for something that was an accident.

That man is dead.

You want this,

and I can't figure out why,

other than the obvious.

How are the boats selling?

The same.

Listen, I didn't come here

to talk about nothing, okay?

All right.

What's this?

It's papers.

Divorce papers.

Yeah.

Did you know this

from the beginning?

That you would fail

in the marriage also?

Did you have it all set in your head,

and now you're happy,

because it turned out

the way you thought

and you get to punish yourself

Iike you wanted to do all along?

Do you realize that you punish

those who love you more?

Do you understand that?

Did you know that

you made me love you?

Did you even realize that?

Why don't you give it a chance?

This is your chance.

Her skin, I'm not over.

Her skin.

What are you gonna do now?

I'm gonna sleep.

I'm gonna sleep under the stars.

See you two in the morning.

Why aren't you saying anything?

What are you thinking about?

Hey, give me an answer.

What's wrong?

Come on, tell me.

I want to know.

Why'd you trust him

from the beginning?

I think

because I trust sad people.

I'm sad.

I didn't know that.

Do you think I should not trust him?

No, I think you should love him.

I mean,

he's as good as anyone else.

and he's f***ed everything up.

I never felt part of anything, either.

I feel apart from everything.

Why'd you really get in the car?

To try and make

someone care about me.

Well, you got that.

- Who's that?

- That's me.

And the guy next to you?

That's my dad.

I can hardly remember him, though,

because he left me

with his girlfriend

who brought me up

on the reservation.

That's who I know as my mom.

That's why I say I'm Native.

Great, so you're not.

I mean, you're adopted.

No, no. No, I'm Native.

I mean, that's--

that's all I've known.

You should start at the beginning.

So, what kind of project is this?

Well, it's a science project.

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