West of Her Page #5

VVERE, LIKE, SNOOPING BY MY DOOR?

- I TOLD YOU TO GO DOWN.

- I WASN'T SNOOPING BY YOUR DOOR.

I LEFT YOUR ROOM,

I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE.

WHO IS IT?

IS IT YOU?

SO I HAVE AN ALIAS.

YOU HAVE AN ALIAS. VVHICH ONE

IS IT, OR IS IT BOTH OF THEM?

WHAT-- WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

IT MATTERS TO ME.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GET--

I'M A LITTLE BIT SICK OF THIS,

BECAUSE EVERY TIME

YOU ASK ME SOMETHING,

I'M PRETTY FORWARD WITH IT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW MOSTLY

EVERYTHING ABOUT ME.

YOU KNOW THE BLUEPRINTS

AND STUFF.

[TURNS VOLUME UP]

J' ROLL ON

J' ROLL ON

J' ROLL ON, LITTLE DOGIES,

ROLL ON, ROLL ON

J' ROLL ON

J' ROLL ON

J' ROLL ON, LITTLE DOGIES,

ROLL ON.

SO THIS IS WHERE

WE'RE LAYING IT?

- OUTSIDE?

- YEP.

- OKAY, LET'S GO.

- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

YOU KNOW, I NORMALLY

SUPPORT YOU 100%,

BUT I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE

SUPPOSED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW,

STAY OUT OF AREAS

WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT SEE US.

IF YOU WANT TO LAY A TILE

ACROSS TOWN, BE MY GUEST.

THIS ONE'S GOING HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

[SIGHS]

I HATE MYSELF TONIGHT.

I'LL BE BETTER TOMORROW.

- GET A FRESH START.

- ALL RIGHT.

- JUST LET ME DO THIS, OKAY?

- OKAY.

SH*T.

SH*T!

- YOU ALL RIGHT?

-[MAN] HEY!

WHAT THE HELL?

WHAT'S SHE DOING

OVER THERE?

UM, JUST-- HER FRIEND

DIED ABOUT LIKE A YEAR AGO

OR THREE YEARS-- HE GOT HIT BYA

BIKE AND HE VVAS, YOU KNQVV--

AND SO SHE'S JUS PAYING HER RESPECTS.

- WHO'S THIS?

-[WOMAN] WHAT'S GOING ON?

NOTHING, WE WERE

DOING SOMETHING:

AND WE'RE LEAVING,

WE'RE DONE.

- ARE WE LEAVING?

- NO, WE'RE NOT LEAVING.

- YOU STAYED.

- YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGH YOU MIGHT'VE STAYED,

BUT I DIDN'T THINK

YOU'D STAY HERE.

- VVHAT'S GOING ON? - CAN YOU STOP

ASKING VVHAT'S GOING ON, PLEASE?

WHY DID YOU COME BACK?

I STILL NEEDED:

TO GET ARIZONA.

OH, OH, THIS IS

MY REPLACEMENT, HUH?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

SCREW YOU.

NO, DON' INTELLECTUALIZE IT.

DON'T MAKE

A NARRATIVE OF IT.

VVHAT NARR-- l'M NOT MAKING A NARRATIVE.

VVHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

- YOU'VE GOT TO STOP.

- FINE, I'LL STOP. F*** YOU.

I'M NOT YOUR

F***ING SCHOOL GIRL.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

HAVE FUN WITH HIM.

WATCH HIS NOSE.

IT CRINKLES WHEN HE'S LYING.

- THAT'S HIS TELL.

- THAT'S A TIC.

-[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- THAT'S REALLY SAD.

YEAH, HAVE FUN TOGETHER.

COME ON, DAN, LET'S GO.

- WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIM?

- I DON'T KNOW. COME ON.

- WHAT THE HELL?

- COME ON.

-[GIRL] WHAT THE--?

-[MAN] JUST GET IN THE CAR.

- I'M ALL RIGHT.

- I GOT THIS.

- HEY, I'M RIGHT HERE.

-l'M SORRY.

IT'S OKAY.

NO, I'M SORRY.

I'M REALLY SORRY.

JUST BREATHE.

JUST TRY TO BREATHE.

-[HYPERVENTILATING]

- OKAY, LOOK.

OKAY, HEY.

I'M SORRY.

HEY, HEY, WE'LL GO HOME,

WE'LL GO HOME, OKAY?

[RAPID BREATHING CONTINUES]

ALL RIGHT, WHAT WAS THAT?

HUH? WHO WAS HE?

YOU KNOW,

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

IT'S A FOOTNOTE,

NOT A STORY WORTH TELLING.

ALL RIGHT, BUT WHY WON'T YOU

JUST TELL ME ANY STORY?

ANYTHING?

ONE THING.

[SIGHS]

DO YOU REMEMBER THE ONE

ABOUT MY FRIEND, THE--

MY FRIEND WITH:

THE MAGICIAN GRANDFATHER?

YES.

I'LL TELL YOU A STORY

ABOUT HER, IF YOU WANT.

O KAY.

SHE'S NOT AROUND ANYMORE

SO SHE WON'T MIND.

WELL, WHAT WAS SHE LIKE?

SHE LIKED FIRE.

NOT LIKE AN ARSONIST DOES

BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE,

THE WAY IT JUMPED,

THE WARMTH, THE GLOW.

WHERE DID SHE LIVE?

IN A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SHE LIVED IN THE SORTA OF HOUSE

WHERE A FAMILY COULD GO

AN ENTIRE WEEKEND WITHOU SEEING EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW?

SORT OF LIKE A HOUSE,

NOT A HOME.

WHAT? THERE WASN' ANY LOVE IN THE HOUSE?

NO, THE PARENTS LOVED

THE CHILDREN, IT'S JUST...

THE KIND OF LOVE THA YOU HAVE TO GIVE

WHEN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN

GIVEN ANY LOVE, YOU KNOW?

I THINK SO.

AND WHEN THAT'S THE

KIND OF LOVE A GIRL GETS,

THE KIND OF LOVE SHE HAS TO GIVE IS

BOUND TO HAVE A FEVV KINKS IN IT.

SO WHAT WAS HER LOVE LIKE?

IT WAS BIG,

THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.

AND SOMETIMES:

THAT'S WONDERFUL, BUT...

IT ALSO MEANT THA THERE WERE LENGTHY PERIODS

WHEN...

BEING HIGH WAS NORMAL

AND...

SOBER WAS HELL.

IT WAS A ROUGH FEW YEARS

AND AT THE END OF IT,

SHE WAS PREGNANT.

AND...

[SNIFFS]

WHEN SHE DECIDED

NOT TO KEEP THE BABY...

ALL THAT MATTERS

IS SHE KNEW.

SHE REALLY KNEVV THAT SHE

COULDN'T BE THIS CHILD'S MOTHER.

AND THAT MADE IT ALL

THE MORE CHALLENGING

WHEN HER PARENTS TOLD HER

IT WASN'T HER DECISION AT ALL.

FROM THE MOMEN SHE TOLD THEM, IT WAS VERY CLEAR

THAT SHE VVOULD BE RAISING THIS

CHILD, THAT THE LEAST SHE COULD DC

IF SHE GOT PREGNANT WAS AC LIKE SHE MEANT TO BE.

SO SHE HAD THE CHILD AND

IT WAS A BOY, INCIDENTALLY.

- A BOY.

- YES.

BUT WHEN SHE HAD DECIDED

NOT TO KEEP HER SON,

HER LOVE FOR HIM DRIED UP.

AND FOR ALL THOSE MONTHS

HE GREW IN HER:

SHE COULDN'T FIND HER LOVE FOR HIM

AND IT SCARED HER SO DAMN MUCH.

BUT HE WAS BORN...

AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY

EVERYTHING TO HER.

HE BROUGHT ENOUGH LOVE

TO THE TABLE TO MAKE HER

VVANNA FORGET SHE'D EVER QUESTIONED

HER ABILITY TC) LOVE HIM.

I'M SO TIRED, IT'S BEEN

A REALLY LONG NIGHT.

[SIGHS]

IT WAS LIKE:

A FIRST BREATH OF AIR

AFTER BEING SURE YOU'D DROWN.

AND THAT WAS SO PERFECT.

ITS TIMING WAS SO SYMMETRICAL

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT...

I MEAN, HAD TO CONFIRM HER

BELIEF IN SOME HIGHER POWER,

EVEN IF THAT HIGHER POWER

WAS AT THE VERY LEAS DEEPLY AMBIVALENT ABOUT HER

AND EVERYONE SHE KNEW.

I...

I MENTIONED SHE LIKED FIRE.

AND THAT'S APPROPRIATE

BECAUSE...

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED

NEXT WAS FIRE.

SHE WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM...

AND WHEN SHE WALKED BACK,

SHE WAS ALONE.

HE WAS THERE, BUT...

STILL.

AND SHE DIDN'T SCREAM BECAUSE

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO...

AND...

SHE WAS MADE OF FIRE NOW.

AND SO SHE WALKED

INTO THE DESERT...

AND THE FOOTSTEPS SHE LEF BEHIND WERE ON FIRE, TOO.

AT LEAST THAT WAS

HOW SHE SAW IT.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[JANE slsl-ls]

AREN'T YOU TIRED OF BELIEVING

IN SOMETHING:

YOU CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE?

BUT I CAN DESCRIBE THIS.

WHAT IS IT? THE--

YCU GONNA TELL ME THE PICTURE'S COMPLETE?

PUZZLE'S COMPLETE?

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU'RE ALONE

IN THE DESERT VVITH A VIRTUAL STRANGER.

THEN WHAT SHOULD I BE DOING?

- I'M SORRY, I JUST--

- WHAT SHOULD I BE DOING?

[SIGHING]

YOU KNOW, YOU COULD COME UP WITH

SOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHING...

MORE AMAZING.

MAYBE.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

I DON'T KNOW. YOU TELL ME.

YOU PICK.

I DON'T CARE, YOU DECIDE, I PICKED THE

LAST TIME. DIDN'T I PICK THE LAST TIME?

I DID.

- FINE.

- YOU DECIDE.

HOW ABOUT THE FOUR CORNERS?

THAT SOUNDS LOVELY.

- YEAH?

- YEAH, LET'S DO THAT.

WHAT'S THE FOUR CORNERS?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT ARE THE FOUR CORNERS?

- VVHAT ARE THE FOUR-- -[GIGGLING] IT'S

VVHERE-- IT'S VVHERE THE FOUR STATES MEE - AT RIGHT ANGLES.

- WHAT FOUR STATES?

UTAH, COLORADO,

ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO.

J' WEST OF HER

THERE'S A PLACE I KNOW

J' NEVER HAVE BEEN

BUT I'D LIKE TO GO

[JANE]

TELL ME SOMETHING TRUE.

J' SOMEWHERE OUT THERE

I BELIEVE IN ME:

J' AND WEST OF HER

IS WHERE I'D LIKE TO SEE

I THINK... THAT I MIGHT BE

FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU.

J' WEST OF HER

THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE

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