Touched With Fire Page #6

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I do.

I just... I don't want to

not see you because of this.

You know, I don't want to lose you

for stupid reasons.

Neither do I.

- Hi, Marco.

- Hello.

- How are you?

- Hi, Marco.

- Good, how are you?

- Good.

- Hi, Marco.

- Hello.

- How you doing?

- Are you guys hungry?

- We have some...

- Oh, you've left the door open.

I'll get that. I'll get that.

It's not important.

- Yeah.

- Wait a minute.

What are you...

What's he doing here?

- Oh, we invited him.

- What are you doing here?

- Why? You weren't...

- We love you,

- and we want what's best for you.

- What's going on?

- I brought some people.

- No.

- No! Stop!

- It's fine.

- No, he doesn't get to come in here.

- Calm down.

- It's okay.

- N-N-No. Stop!

He doesn't get to come in here!

Marco, just calm down, okay?

You're a danger to yourself

and to others.

You guys need help, okay?

You're off your meds

and you're manic.

- You need help.

- No! F***ing, no!

Dad, you f***ed me!

You can't f***ing do it.

- Your family loves you...

- Dad, I will never f***ing forgive you.

I will never...

- You f***ing sold me down the river.

- I'm sorry.

very much.

Take a breath, Marco.

Okay, no, you're right.

It's okay. All right?

- Hey.

- We'll go, okay?

- Hey, sweetie.

- It's really okay.

- It's going to be fine.

- Don't touch me.

- No, no, Carla.

- Okay, sweetie, I understand.

No! No!

No, don't!

F***er!

We have to go away.

If they find us,

they'll stop us from having our child.

They won't want us to bring

a child like us into the world.

I understand.

Well, could you let me know

if you hear anything at all?

Thanks so much.

I was really worried.

This way.

We should go into the wild

where they can't find us.

We can raise a child there.

He won't have to grow up going

through what we went through.

He'll be free to live

the way he was made to be.

This is the place.

This is the place we'll raise our child.

Everything around him just as wild.

Oh, sh*t.

What are we gonna do?

- I'm gonna drive in the river.

- What?

We'll have Nature's support.

I got you.

First of all, I'd like to say

that we were very fortunate

to catch things as early as we did.

That's especially true

in light of today's news.

Carla's pregnant.

And I want everyone here

to know that myself

and the staff here at the hospital

are prepared to do

everything that we possibly can

to help her and Marco

in their transition to the outside world.

Wow, I really want to be

happy about this,

but I'm sorry, I can't.

I can't be.

We promise that

we're both gonna take our medication.

We're both responsible in the situation.

You know,

my daughter means everything to me.

And I would help you to get a job.

Thank you.

- You have your interview tomorrow, right?

- Yeah.

You know, I was thinking about that.

Do you know what

I was thinking would be cool?

Maybe I could walk dogs.

I'd be out there,

I'd be working, you know?

I'd be, the same time,

taking everything in,

the sounds, the trees,

the buildings, the...

just all of it,

sort of just absorbing all of that,

and then like,

letting that sort of be infused

into my poetry, you know?

We did tell our parents

that we were going to try

to support ourselves with...

Exactly. And that's why

I'm thinking of things to do.

I mean, I just don't know

how much you would get paid.

With the baby we're going to have

diapers and blankets

and food and supplies and school

and strollers and the rent

and, you know,

- play dates with birthday parties...

- Okay, okay.

- I mean, it's just gonna...

- Okay. Okay.

- You know?

- I know.

You're right.

She's like the cutest

little roly-poly thing ever.

- Just want to eat her.

- Wow.

She's like a...

Hey, look.

That's cool.

Hey, what do you think

if we, like, painted

like, a giant mural of Starry Night,

like, all over the walls?

I love it.

That's a great idea.

Yeah.

And then we could, like,

fill the ceiling

with all those glow-in-the-dark stars,

you know?

- Yeah.

- Like those stickers.

Yeah, and maybe we could hang some up

here, you know, like a baby-mobile.

Yeah.

And, you know what we could do?

- We could make, like, constellations.

- Yeah.

And we could, like,

invent our own constellations.

Like, we can, like,

go back and forth with it.

And, like, imagine, like... imagine

the three of us, like, all together,

publishing this, like, big book

with, like, all of the, like, illustrations

of all the different constellations.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Well, you don't seem that...

you don't seem that excited.

No, I'm really excited.

You know what I was thinking?

I was thinking that we could put

the bookshelf right there.

And then we could maybe have...

- Whoa, wait! That's perfect!

- a rocking chair right here, right?

- No, that's perfect.

- Isn't that perfect?

Hang on, I'm gonna get it.

- I love it.

- Oh, that reminds me.

Look. Look-look-look-look-look.

Remember?

- Yes.

- And.

The Bible.

- Marco. Marco.

- What?

Have you been taking your medication?

Uh...

No.

No.

I can't.

We decided that, you know,

we weren't gonna...

- I know. We did.

- gonna do anything,

you know, reckless

because I'm pregnant.

That doesn't mean

we have to take the medication.

I can get him to go back on the meds.

No, you can't.

Yes, I can.

We have to.

Carla, you can't.

If he didn't get the message

after he almost killed

the two of you in the river,

he's not going to get it.

Then what are you suggesting?

I don't see how you can stay with him.

What are you saying?

That I shouldn't have this child if...

I just want to be really clear.

Okay?

You want to raise a child

with a psychotic manic parent.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I'm Carla.

- Hi. Kay Jamison.

- Nice to meet you.

- How do you do? Marco.

- Nice to meet you.

- It's such an honor to meet you.

Well, thank you.

This is incredible.

I have to tell you,

you know, your books

have just been so meaningful to us,

and they've really helped us through a lot,

you know, both Carla and myself.

Well, I'm glad.

Thank you.

- Thanks.

- Yeah.

Yeah, so May 1 st, we're due,

and we know there's

certain sacrifices that go along

with, you know... which...

Yeah, which you mentioned in terms

of taking medication,

whether or not to take medication

or whether you

are going to take medication.

My biggest concern

is just having a child,

coming into this world,

you know, welcoming this new life...

and it sort of being

around two people who are duller

than they are used to, or...

When I first was medicated,

I was first medicated

a very long time ago.

Lithium had just come out

on the market.

I was kept at a very high dose because

that's what people did at that time,

and I did feel somewhat dead,

and I resisted it.

But I'm still on lithium,

and I don't feel in any way inhibited.

I just don't know how I'm gonna make...

how my creativity is going to be affected.

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