Wish I Was Here Page #7

- So sick.

- Mmm...

Okay, attendance.

- Grace.

- Here!

- Tucker.

- Here.

- What's your name?

- Anthony.

Anthony's here, too, Dad.

All right, Anthony.

Welcome to our classroom.

Now, kids, unless

you're on the Autobahn,

you're never gonna get a

car like this up to speed.

So in a city like LA,

it's really about what it sounds like

when you floor it from a full stop.

Yes, but, kids, we're on

Robertson Boulevard.

So there will be no flooring it

from a full stop, will there be?

- No, sir.

- Thank you.

Did I scare you?

I thought if I ever

saw you here alone,

you'd be putting a

pillow over my face.

I looked.

You're lying on the

only two in the room.

I've been watching the paramedics

come and go for the last half-hour.

And every few minutes

they race in at full speed

doing everything they can

to save someone's life

and then a few minutes later,

they all walk outside

and smoke cigarettes.

You never really think about

death until you're here.

Chemicals pumping into your veins

while you watch Maury Povich.

I'm unclear which one

is killing me faster.

Can I offer you some saline?

I'm glad to see you're

keeping your sense of humor.

What else am I supposed to do?

Eventually things get tragic enough

and they circle back to comedy.

Yeah.

You know, I don't think

I ever told you this,

but when I lost my sister, you were

the most helpful person to me.

- Really?

- Yeah.

I mean, I'm glad if I was, but I

don't even remember what I said.

You said,

"Nothing in life will call upon

us to be more courageous

"than facing the fact that it ends.

"But on the other side of

heartbreak is wisdom."

I said that?

Yeah.

That was good advice.

And now here I am,

a shiva waiting to happen.

Well, the wisdom that came out for me

was that the things left

unsaid stay with us forever.

I wish nothing more

than if I could tell my

sister how much I loved her

and that I always idolized her.

But we never said those things.

We just weren't like that.

And suddenly one day she's gone.

And I have all these things to say,

but no one to say them to.

Both my boys know how I feel.

Are you sure, Gabe?

I told them I wanted to retire.

I lied.

They pushed me out.

'Cause I wasn't keeping

up with technology.

Don't let anyone push them out.

Have you told them this?

What is this?

Is this an intervention?

Did you come here to tell

me how I failed as a father?

No!

Not at all. You've raised

two incredible boys, Gabe.

They may not have quick answers

or awards on their mantles.

In fact, neither one

of them has a mantle.

But they're incredible,

with big, sensitive hearts.

And right now they need to know

how much their father loves them.

Barbara used to help you with

the hard part of parenting, right?

She made everyone around her happy.

She just brought out the best in me.

I think if she were here right

now she'd tell you that

your boys will remember this

time for the rest of their lives.

It will shape who they are as men.

You're gonna make a great

matriarch one day.

I already am a great matriarch, Gabe.

At least I'm working on it.

Today, we are going to Mr. Miyagi

the sh*t out of this fence.

Who's Mr. Miyagi?

Mr. Miyagi is an older Asian man

that taught me many life lessons.

The point is I'm sick of

looking at this fence.

Today we're gonna fix it.

Tucker, where's your drill?

- It's under my pillow.

- Please go get it.

- Whoo-hoo!

- Okay, Grace, come up here.

Hop on the diving board.

Okay.

You are going to recite this poem

while Tucker and I work on the fence.

Then we'll switch.

This is weird.

Think of it as a prayer you're

not expecting anyone to answer.

All right, Tuck, good.

Come over here. Put the drill down.

We're gonna use it later

when we put 'em back up.

Come over here with this crowbar.

And the point is to jam it in

here and then use your leverage.

Slide your arms down. Yeah!

Oh! You're a natural at this.

Next up, we're gonna

re-plaster that pool.

"Something there is that

doesn't love a wall

"That sends the

frozen-ground-swell under it

"And spills the upper

boulders in the sun

"I let my neighbor

know beyond the hill

"And on a day we

meet to walk the line

"And set the wall

between us once again

"Before I built a

wall I'd ask to know

"What I was walling in or walling out

"And to whom I was

like to give offense

"Something there is

that doesn't love a wall

"That wants it down"

Hey.

- That's a load of colors.

- Uh-huh.

What's going on back there?

I'm comforting you.

You've been going

through a lot lately.

Thank you, baby.

I really need to be

comforted right now.

Good night all the moonlight ladies

Rock-a-bye sweet baby James

Deep greens and blues

are the colors I choose

Won't you let me go

down in my dreams?

And rock-a-bye sweet baby James

Where are the kids?

They're plastering the pool.

Aidan!

I'm on a break.

They don't deserve a break.

They need to work harder.

This is the little hand that took

so long to plaster anything.

I missed you.

What do you mean you missed me?

I've been right here.

No, you haven't been.

I haven't seen you in a while.

But I'm glad you're here, Mr. Bloom.

I am Khaleesi, Queen of the Dragons.

You are Khaleesi

and I am the brown guy who died.

I can't remember my name,

but I think it might be Drago.

This is awesome.

I've never heard of post-sex

role-playing, but I like it.

I have to tell you something,

and I don't want you to go crazy.

What?

It's all under control,

but I just feel like it's

something you should be aware of.

Sarah, what?

You know that guy Jerry

that I share my cubicle with at work?

Yeah?

He's been acting kind

of inappropriate lately.

Is he, like, trying to

touch you or something?

No, no, no, nothing like that.

It's more like doing stuff like

making his penis talk.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Honey, honey, calm down.

Well, did you talk to

Human Resources?

I talked to my boss and he

told me to sing Hakuna Matata.

Are you...

Where does he live?

I'll go f***ing talk to him.

I don't need my husband

to come to my rescue.

I can handle this.

I feel like I should, like,

I have to talk to him.

I wanna f***ing kill him.

You can't.

I can't believe you're just

telling me about this now.

Honey. I told you I didn't

want you to go crazy.

Hey, hey. Hi, George.

Hey, Dad.

Yes.

Hey. Oh, your lips

are so chapped, Dad.

Here's some ice.

George is slacking on you.

There you go. There you go.

Much better. That feel good?

Remember when that ice cream truck

would come around

when you were little?

Yeah.

You and Noah would hear

the music and light up.

And the three of us would chase

after him till he stopped.

Were there fireflies?

I can't remember.

Dad, you know there's no

fireflies in Los Angeles.

I wanna remember it with fireflies.

What was that I always

used to get? I forgot.

Your favorite was the toasted almond.

- Toasted almond.

- Yes, sir.

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