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Don't take it out on me.

- Why not you?

Well, okay. You know what?

You know what? You're right.

You're right... You're

right about everything.

Angela's alive and well.

I used her,

I lied, and you win.

I'm out of here.

Have a nice life.

Just stay away from Lucy.

No, don't... You don't know anything

about me, either, sweetheart.

There's nothing

wrong with...

It's none of your business.

Yeah, well,

I'll make it my business.

I swear I will.

That's interesting,

because someone

made it their business

to notify the school

there was an

inappropriate relationship

between a student

and Sam.

You wouldn't happen to know

anything about that, would you?

It's all right.

I won't tell your friends,

even though

they'd be very unhappy.

Yeah, well...

Well, I saw them together,

Mr. C and Lucy,

having sex in the Shed.

What was I supposed to do?

Look, you may have

done the right thing,

but just be careful

where you point that finger.

I'm not Sam.

Yeah, well,

you sure fooled Lucy.

Lucy is a very confused girl.

I'm just...

What, a nice guy?

Yes.

Yeah, and I've got

a stomach virus.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Well, Reverend Father,

we hear you,

but we Americans believe with

you that even the humblest...

He's got

really great hair.

...to be free.

My fellow citizens,

Members of the House,

let us not take the

path of least resistance

in Central America again.

Hey, Campbell.

- Oh, hi.

Get us some beer?

I... I... I have to go back

to New York, yeah, so...

It's been great

meeting you guys,

and I'll see you.

(TIRES SPINNING)

(KNOCKING)

Come on.

We can take my car.

No, what I really

need now is a push.

I don't push.

Jim and Ezra are inside, but

after that rude exit of yours...

You know,

you made Sue cry.

Oh, Jesus.

I'm just saying

it'd be a lot better

if you came back

with some beer.

It'll take five minutes.

(DOOR OPENS)

Jim! Jim, wait up.

We figured it out.

We just wanted

to let you know.

It had to be Miss Little who told on them.

- We know who it was.

Who else?

- Who else?

She was jealous.

Lucy and Mr. C

were in love.

But she's not going

to get away with it.

Do you want to

hear our plan?

We have a plan.

- It's really good.

Not really, no.

- No?

Maybe later.

She's not

coming back, James.

Don't call me James.

What?

Do you think those keys you found

would open Mr. C's apartment?

Don't you want to?

No.

Maybe he meant

for us to come here.

You go first.

No, no.

No, I'll go first.

(JESUS PLAYING)

# Jesus, help me find

my proper place

# Jesus, help me find

my proper place

# Help me in my weakness

Oh, my God.

# 'Cause I'm falling

out of grace

# Jesus, Jesus

Did you find anything?

No, no.

I thought I might find this

gold necklace that I gave him.

It was a cross, but...

(CLEARING THROAT) I'm...

I'm going to go on the roof

and take a look.

You want to come?

No, you stay here.

I'll be back later.

# Jesus, help me find

my proper place

# Help me in my weakness

# 'Cause I'm falling

out of grace

# Jesus, Jesus #

Stupid.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hello?

Yes?

Oh, my God. You're never going

to believe what just happened.

This neighbor woman came in and

thought that I was his niece,

so I said, "Thanks for the coffee cake.

Really sweet of you."

Just like I thought

maybe his niece might say.

Lucy. Lucy. Lucy.

I want to see.

- No, no, no. No.

Come... Come here.

Let your passions

overwhelm your fears.

Is that what he said?

He said it to me.

Look, Lucy, you are a very,

very, very beautiful young woman.

But this would be...

A mistake?

Yes.

Is it Angela?

No.

I understand.

You're afraid to love again.

Me, too.

It hurts so much.

Even when it's right,

it hurts.

But if we were afraid of it,

it would be so sad.

We would be just

like everyone else. Sad.

I can't... I...

No, no, no.

Let's not...

Stop. Look...

Look. You're very young.

I'm 17.

(SIGHS) It's not like it doesn't

happen all the time.

Yeah, well, you know, be that as

it may, there are boundaries. We...

Actions have consequences.

We can't just

flit around saying

we're gonna keep

the dead from dying.

We can't, okay?

I'm sorry if I led you on,

but let's just come out

and say it, right?

Sam's dead.

Angela's dead.

I'm not Sam and

you're not Angela.

Okay, answer me this.

Why did Sam jump?

Perhaps he crossed

a line with you

that he couldn't

come back from.

That's not

what happened.

You can't...

No, you don't know that.

You know, it's not

really love when...

It's never a mistake.

Lucy, let's not...

Let's not do this.

You don't think

that he loved me.

I think he was confused...

- Shut up.

Just... Please.

I went swimming

once at this quarry,

and everyone was jumping off

this kind of cliff thing,

and I got in line

and jumped.

It was high enough

that I had time to think,

to think, like, "I'm still

falling, I haven't landed yet."

Do you think that

he had time to think?

I guess he did.

You think he was

thinking about me?

No.

No?

I thought you understood.

My God.

God!

Someone help!

(SCREAMING)

(DOOR OPENS)

What do you want?

Oh, my God!

Where did you find that?

It was on the roof.

Throw it.

I was wrong.

He was thinking about you.

I thought he was jumping, but he

must've been going for the necklace.

Campbell,

maybe you were right.

Maybe we shouldn't...

Don't... Don't say that.

You know, he was torn

from your life.

The ground

opened up beneath you.

What are you supposed to do, float?

That's bollocks.

You reach out

and you flail,

try and grab hold

of something or someone.

You know,

you reached out for me,

and I didn't take

your hand, and I...

You know, it's...

You need it and I need it.

And it doesn't matter how

crazy that looks on the outside.

I'm not outside, I'm...

You know,

metaphorically speaking.

Obviously, you know, I'm...

Actually...

Where are you going?

(CAMPBELL GRUNTING)

Campbell.

Campbell, what

the f*** are you doing? Hey.

(SHUSHING)

My parents.

Just... Just to talk.

We've said so much already.

We don't have to talk.

I just... Look,

I just know that I needed

to see you.

That's all I knew.

Campbell, no. Please.

Look, I'm sorry.

No, I know.

Look, I know that you would never...

- I didn't mean to...

I would never, you know...

I'm not...

I just thought that if...

That maybe I could...

If I could be whatever

you wanted me to be...

Oh, my God.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Be careful.

(SIGHS)

Look, I'm sorry, okay?

This is...

I'm going to go. Yeah.

Oh.

Are you still

going to New York?

There's nothing

there for me.

I can't stay here. Can I?

Hey, what about tomorrow?

Tomorrow?

Yeah, tomorrow, after school.

Maybe we should talk.

And we can meet at the lake.

Well, I don't

want you to feel...

I want to.

You sure?

Aren't you?

You do my

thinking for me, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

- Okay.

Okay.

(SHIVERING)

Mr. Campbell,

what are you doing?

I'm just going to my room.

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