Waiting for Forever Page #3

[Sighs]

Was I a nice little girl?

Oh, for heaven sakes,

why would you even ask me that?

You were the most wonderful,

clever, bright,

happy, happy,

happy little girl that ever was.

And you haven't changed a bit.

[Miranda Groans]

Are those bugs getting to you?

Because they're certainly getting to me.

- Let's go inside.

- Okay.

[Gasping]

[Train Passing]

[Train Passing]

At least I know where to find you.

Susan's making dinner.

Kids want to see you. Get in.

[Gasping]

What's wrong with you?

I don't know.

You don't know?

- Nothing. It's okay. I'm fine.

- Mm-hmm.

I just gotta make sure

that you're real children.

It's very important with juggling.

Not- Not little goblins

or anything like that.

The child here is not real.

It's an alien.

- [Giggling]

- [Laughing]

All right. Okay.

Really. I'm gonna- Whoa. Whoa.

- Higher!

- Okay.

- Yay!

- [Giggling]

- [Sizzling]

- Food!

- Ooh! Ooh!

- Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

- Oh! Oh!

- [Splash]

[Both Laughing]

[Girl] He gets paid 40 bucks.

Isn't that right, Uncle Will?

We're gonna have to get Q-tips,

because I said "ducks."

- I get paid in little fuzzy baby ducks.

- Ducks?

- [Quacking]

- Wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait.

Is that really true, Willie?

- Do you really make $40 a day?

- Uh, on a good day.

Wow. See?

- [Boy Chuckling]

- Yeah?

How much you paying in tax

on that $40 that you're making?

Come on. You've gotta be kidding.

Really, Jim?

What? I'm just curious. Does he pay tax

on the money that he makes?

What's wrong with that? Should I?

You don't need to pay any income tax.

Okay?

Want some dessert?

Maybe you'd like a cup of coffee

or tea or something like that?

- Yeah.

- That's the solution...

to the problem, Will.

You just don't worry about it.

Problem? What problem? I mean,

where's the problem?

He- He doesn't have a problem.

He doesn't have a problem.

He doesn't have a home.

Hey, guys. Eat your salad.

Please. Thank you.

He doesn't have a job. I have a home.

No. A room in some

fleabag motel is not a home.

Doesn't have any clothes.

Doesn't have a car.

- I had a car.

- You had a car?

Yeah, but I hated it, 'cause I always

had to put it somewhere.

Yeah. Life is tough,

having to put that car somewhere.

Aren't pajamas clothes?

[Chuckles]

Can I tell you something right now?

There's nothing like 'em.

Just-Just feel 'em. Feel 'em. Yeah.

- They're soft.

- [Girl] It's so soft.

They're cheap. And your legs-

Your legs-

They're just as free as a bird.

Just comes out of nowhere.

- Oh, yeah!

- Oh, Uncle Will!

Kids. Go inside. Go.

[Girl] Aw.

Go play. Come on.

Give us a couple minutes.

Come to me.

- No?

- [Giggling]

You remember that TV show?

What TV show?

You remember. It was that,

um- that news show,

where you said that guy was Will.

Anyway, Willie, so listen.

There was this news program, okay?

And there was this guy who had this cat.

Now, all day long,

he had to check the refrigerator...

to make sure that he didn't

put the cat inside of there.

- The refrigerator?

- That's right, Will. The refrigerator.

- And the cat?

- That's right, Will. The cat.

He was nuts.

[Susan] Hey. You know what?

He wasn't nuts. He had a disorder.

Yes, Will. A disorder called F'ing nuts.

Now, as soon as this lunatic closed

the door, he had to open it again...

to make sure that the cat wasn't inside.

All day long, right? He was doing this.

He was opening, closing, opening, closing.

And he talked about it-

Talked about it very clearly.

Like it was a very reasonable

thing for him to do.

Because who knows?

Maybe the cat could have

gotten in there, right?

Before he saw it.

Before he closed the door.

And so Susan leans over to me,

and she says,

"That guy"-

She says, "That's your brother."

Hmm? She says, "That's Will with Emma.

He can't help it."

And you know what, Willie?

She's right.

She's right.

Okay? You talk like following

this woman around everywhere...

is something that makes sense,

but it doesn't.

Okay? It doesn't make sense. It's called

stalking, and it's against the law.

And I want you to stop telling my kids

that life is nothing

but a bowl of cherries...

and that everything is just peachy,

okay?

What life is, what isn't-

that's my area. All right?

I'll handle that topic with my kids,

if that's all right with you.

Our mother said "peachy."

I remember it. She used to say,

"If this isn't peachy,

I don't know what is."

Jimbo says "peachy."

Willie, how did this whole thing start?

I don't know.

For a while, uh,

after the train,

I'd come back here in the summer,

and I'd see her.

And then I- I stopped coming back.

Um- But we'd write.

Then that stopped.

So, when she went off

to college in Oregon,

I just-

I just went to Oregon.

And when you follow Emma, how-

how often do you actually see her?

It doesn't matter.

It's just being around

where she might be.

That's plenty.

I, uh-

Here.

I think it would be best for everybody

if I just went back to Joey's.

[Father] I don't know whether I'm dying

or I'm not dying.

I just- I don't understand why you

find the topic of death objectionable.

- I don't find it objectionable.

- Yes, you do.

I can see it in your face you do.

He's joking. Can't you tell he's joking?

[Sighs] You know, before you leave,

do you think you could

take your mother aside

and explain the concept of punch lines?

See, jokes have punch lines. Me

talking about being dead- no punch line.

- Me dead- big punch line.

- [Laughs] You're too much.

Isn't he too much?

[Sighs]

So, honey, tell us about everything.

Tell us. Just tell us.

Mmm, everything, like what?

Oh, uh, you know, California,

the show, Aaron.

How's- How's everything with Aaron?

Eh-

Oh, no. You're not having problems?

Not really. I don't know.

Sometimes things just get complicated.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Well, sweetheart,

you know what you have to do?

You have to just-

[Whistles] un-complicate them.

[Sighs] I am hating this. [Chuckles]

- Hating what?

- [Sighs] Hating this.

This moment. This moment in my life.

You have no idea how I detest this.

[Cutlery Clinks]

Richard, that is not acceptable.

You haven't seen

your daughter in, uh, what,

over two years.

And she's traveled

3,000 miles to see you,

and you make a comment like that.

No. That's- I don't know why. Why?

Because I was joking, Miranda.

That was a joke. Just a little joke.

What the-

You were hating it too.

I know you were. I could see it.

[Sighs]

So how is Aaron?

- [Chuckles]

- [Giggles]

[Air Blowing]

- That's cool. You have enough covers?

- Yeah.

- You want another pillow?

- I'm good.

All right.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

I had that same thing once, Willie,

when I couldn't breathe.

- You did?

- Yeah.

I was maybe six.

I got lost in this great big store-

a department store or something.

Everything was really high up.

I didn't know where I was.

I didn't know where to go.

Couldn't find my mom or my dad.

All these strange faces

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