To Write Love on Her Arms Page #5

- Okay.

- Thank you.

- Let's take a ride.

- Okay.

Come on.

Can you believe

he still drives the same stupid truck?

Sean is a janitor now. He's a real winner.

- Take the first one?

- No.

Take it.

Come on, we're not doing this.

- Take it!

- This is stupid. No.

- I'm not doing this. I wanna go back, please.

- Hey, Renee.

You need this. You don't even understand

how bad you need this.

I don't need this. I don't need this.

I don't need this.

He took you from us.

He took you from everything.

Stop!

Please, I can't. I can't right now.

Please. Just forget it.

It was a long time ago.

You don't have to...

Thank you.

I've got something for you.

I got this at three months sober.

It's your watch thingy.

Here, look.

No way.

"God, grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change,

"the courage to change the things I can

and the wisdom to know the difference."

You have to wind it every day.

It's a little reminder

to take it one day at a time.

You're like my fairy godmother.

Did you just call me a fairy?

Yes.

Don't say it. Don't say a word.

- Love you.

- Love you too.

- How you doing?

- Better.

Good. Welcome back.

In our local hero report,

one young man is making a difference

in the lives of young people in crisis.

Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story

about a local girl, Renee Yohe,

who was suffering from addiction,

depression and bipolar disorder

and got clean with the help of her friends.

He posted her story on Myspace titled

"To Write Love On Her Arms"

and it quickly went viral.

Remembering her scars,

he printed the unusual logo on T-shirts

to raise money for her treatment.

Friends in bands

started to wear our T-shirts.

You know, they were really

generous with their platform.

Then something crazy

and unexpected happened.

Thousands of young adults found the page

and wrote about their own struggles

of depression, addiction and isolation,

and an online community was born

and became a legitimate social movement.

Jamie now runs the nonprofit organization

that is committed to helping others

with similar issues worldwide.

Renee Yohe has become a role model

for many young people

and will be speaking at an event

this Friday in Orlando.

You know, most people are celebrities

before they go into rehab.

Next week no one will care. Don't worry.

Well, if this is McKenna's doing,

I'll skin him alive.

Did you give him this?

No, no. That's a story

he'll have to tell you.

Oh, boy.

Yeah? You ready for this?

I don't know.

Six months is not a long time.

Thanks, Doc.

Hello.

Renee...

Sorry, we didn't know if the surprise

was appropriate or anything.

What's going on?

- It's like so intense.

- I know.

I have a manager now

and we're playing some shows

- and I really want you to come because...

- Shut up. Oh, my God!

Dylan's a pro.

Where's McKenna?

He's taking a break sort

of from everything.

What do you mean?

His band fired him.

- No way.

- Yes.

But he'll be back in a few days.

- He's just sorting things out.

- Okay.

Is it my fault?

- No, no, no.

- 'Cause he was babysitting me?

- No.

- Yeah, it is.

- No. I would seriously tell you...

- Hi.

I'm going to go make out with your dad.

You want some sobriety cake?

- It's so good.

- Is it?

This is my second piece,

but I ate the first one in hiding.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I'm good. It's just a little weird.

- I know.

- You know what I mean?

'Cause what are we celebrating, that I'm...

It's like, "You're normal, yay, party!"

Well, if you don't want anybody

to be here right now,

- we can get them out.

- Oh, my God, Jess. Jess.

Renee!

Hey!

Hi!

I'm so proud of you.

- Thank you.

- How are you feeling?

- Much better.

- You look amazing.

Thanks for all your notes

and sending me letters and all that stuff.

Of course, of course, of course.

We have so much to catch up on.

- It has been a whirlwind!

- I know.

I want you to come down to the office,

I want you to see everything that

you've created and what's happened.

It's beautiful.

That'd be great, yeah, I'd love to.

Maybe respond to a few e-mails, yeah?

Sounds good.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

Babe, come meet Renee!

Hi.

It's so nice to finally meet you!

Renee, this is Amanda. She's my girlfriend.

She's down from New York

for the show on Friday.

Yeah. Jamie talks about you all the time.

He's so proud of you.

And I can't wait for the event on Friday.

It's going to be amazing.

Are you looking forward to it? Are...

Well, anyway,

it's nice to finally meet you,

and I can't wait for Friday, and...

And we've got to catch up.

- It's like it happened overnight, you know?

- Yeah, yeah.

We've had this office

for a couple months now.

In this room we put some of the letters

from, you know, our followers.

Hey, Renee.

- Hey.

- Hey, babe.

That's cool.

They write to us, you know.

They just want to have a voice.

Yeah.

Come on in.

These people just want someone to talk to,

someone to hear them.

Yeah.

And they feel safe with you.

So just click on the messages.

- Andvoil.

- Yeah.

- You okay?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Be right across the hall.

- All right.

I can't do life anymore.

I just want to die.

Everything's so messed up.

I don't have friends like you.

Why are you so special?

I'm writing this 'cause

nobody knows about the scars on my chest.

Who am I supposed to tell?

Hi. My...

When I was 12, my dad molested me.

Okay.

It's the only time that I agree.

I know. It was so embarrassing.

You know what,

would you at least put on your robe

before you run for the paper every Tuesday?

- Yes. Yes.

- Yes?

Then the band will play

and I'll introduce you.

And then you speak.

Have you written something up?

- About what?

- Your story.

It's kind of a personal story.

Don't you think?

Hey, guys, would you mind helping me

put the T-shirts in the van?

You got a sec?

What's going on?

What... Why did you write this?

For you.

For me? Really? How... All this is for me?

Yeah.

I'm sitting at the airport

and I can't stop thinking about you.

You and these five days.

I just started writing and writing,

and my heart poured out and it was beautiful.

And it was about you.

So then why didn't you just send it to me?

Because I thought about Zeke,

and I thought about all the people,

all the people

who were in similar circumstances

and I wanted people to know

that recovery is possible.

What if I'm not recovered?

What are you talking about?

Talk to me. This is...

This is me, all right, you know?

Put all this aside.

Do you need to go back to rehab?

No. I'm fine.

Renee, we can pay for it.

I'm fine.

- I just am nervous. Just nervous.

- Yeah.

All right. I'm here if you need me.

- Hey! Hey.

- Hey!

How are you feeling?

I just wanted to see you

and talk about some...

It's a bit of a mess. Just hang on a sec.

I'm just going to clean up.

I've been... Had the... Find some...

So you got fired, huh?

- What's that, sorry?

- You just got fired

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