Wristcutters: A Love Story Page #4

All right. What do you want to do?

You want to call her?

No, let's go over there.

That guy said it's

not very far from here.

Let's go, man. Let's go!

I told you, man.

You should buy her

some flowers at least.

Flowers would be nice, but l- l-

did you see the flowers in there?

Yeah.

That's not too bad, huh?

- Yeah. Desiree has some taste.

- No sh*t.

What other color could someone

named Desiree like but turquoise?

Oh, holy sh*t.

Yeah, it doesn't look good.

What happened?

She moved.

Where?

He doesn't know.

Any forward address?

Sorry, Zia.

At least we know we're

getting closer, right?

Yeah.

You deserve a drink, man.

He's sleeping.

F***er's always sleeping in the car.

What's this button do?

That doesn't work.

No, don't. Don't push that.

That doesn't-

Christ, are you seeing

what I'm seeing?

In-f***ing-credible!

What?

Look! Look! Look!

You're a genius.

Oh, it's the headlights-

Okay, Eugene. Take it easy.

It's just the headlights, man.

It's great, but it's-

Oh, that is beautiful.

Do it again, Eugene.

Yeah?

Beautiful.

Eugene, watch out!

What happened? F***.

Oh, my God.

You all right, Eugene?

Yeah, I'm fine, man.

Yeah?

Oh, my God.

What the-

Hey. Hey. Hey.

Maybe he's sleeping.

Be careful.

Hey.

Hey, man.

You on drugs or something?

Jesus.

I must've dozed off.

I think I slept on my ear wrong.

Do I look asymmetrical to you at all?

Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm Raife Kneller.

Um... don't call me Raife.

My mom used to call me Raife, and l-

Don't get me started on it.

Just call me Kneller.

I lost my dog,

and I'm just sick about it.

You haven't seen a dog.

His name's Freddy.

You'd look for him

while laying in the middle of the road.

Well, I had to take a break.

I mean, it's emotional work.

Emotio- In the middle

of the f***ing road?

Don't you think that's

a bit irresponsible?

Hey, look, it's too late, really,

to continue looking for Freddy.

You know, l, uh-

Why don't we go to my place?

Nothing really is for rent here.

I mean, it was at one time.

I rented the place

several years ago, and l-

The other thing is

it's not really a camp.

It's just a joke a friend of mine

thought would be funny.

I really don't think it's funny.

Do you think it's funny?

I don't. Actually...

Guys. Eugene, Mik, look at that.

What?

That guy was just floating in the air.

Floating?

He was. He was-

I wouldn't pay any attention to it.

It happens all the time around here.

What happens? Miracles?

Yeah, people floating in the air,

Iike, uh, people turning

stones into plants

or changing the color

of different objects.

Fixing the headlights, maybe?

What do you mean,

fixing the headlights?

His headlights have

been broken for ages,

and she fixed them not far from here

just by touching a button.

Oh. Yeah, something

small and insignificant like that.

Is that another one of your miracles?

No, that's Nanuk. She's a mute.

She does this throat singing.

She's hilarious. I'll be right back.

Nanuk, we- we have new guests.

That guy was 3 feet off the ground.

Fresh sheets, coffee, and all that.

People, Nanuk.

Nanuk will look after you.

I got some business.

Hey, make sure you

take care of my car, man.

All right, Nanuk.

I guess you take care of us.

Once upon a time,

there was a crooked tree

and a straight tree,

and they grew next to each other.

And every day the...

straight tree would look

at the crooked tree.

He would say, "You're crooked.

"You've always been crooked,

"and you'll continue to be crooked.

But look at me. Look at me, "

said the straight tree.

He said, " I'm tall and I'm straight. "

And then one day,

the lumberjacks came into the forest

and looked around.

And the manager in charge said,

"Cut all the straight trees. "

And that crooked tree

is still there to this day,

growing strong and growing strange.

Just forget about the miracles, Zia.

They don't mean a thing.

Everybody in camp

can do that but me.

Hey, give yourself a break, man.

I'm dying to do one.

Just a small one, even if it's stupid.

Here's the deal.

As long as you want it so bad,

it's not gonna happen.

The only way it's gonna work

is if it doesn't matter.

Here you go, girl.

Drink up, my man.

You know what I'm saying?

I don't know. I guess.

I don't know.

It just doesn't make any sense to me.

It will. It will.

Hey, Kneller, do you mind

if I use your truck?

'Cause we're out of logs.

Sure. You look great in that.

I know. I like it.

Zia, you wanna go for a ride?

Yeah.

Are you gonna be all right, Kneller?

Go ahead.

It's nice here, right?

Yeah.

You ever miss the things

from before you offed?

No, I don't really remember much.

I think the only thing

I missed is Desiree.

Now that she's here,

it's like the only thing I can think about.

I miss everything.

I miss my friends, I miss my dog,

I miss my family, my house, everything.

I even miss the things I hated at this point.

I don't know.

It's weird. I had this dream the other night

that I woke up in the hospital

because my- my suicide didn't work.

And while I was there, I just...

I just kind of missed this.

He's teaching her

how to open a beer with a lighter.

He's teaching her how to open

a beer with a lighter.

She doesn't even drink. Let me see.

You see?

Yeah. Yeah.

You should've seen him the other day.

He was trying to teach her

the famous basketball players names

and their positions and everything.

She had no clue what he was saying.

The secret is that

she's from way too far away

to pick up on his character.

- And half her family offed just like his.

- I know.

She doesn't live with him, though.

Holy sh*t. He caught a fish.

- Oh, my God, he's doing it.

- What?

He's changing the color of the fish.

With his bare hand,

he's holding the fish,

and he changed the color.

Oh, Zia, when are you gonna

stop being obsessed

with those silly little miracles?

I don't know.

When you stop being obsessed

with all that people in charge sh*t.

That is not the same.

Yeah, right, you know,

because you're here

by mistake or whatever.

I'm sorry, I guess I just-

I don't see how

you could possibly be-

You know what, listen, you little jerk.

I never killed myself.

I just OD'd.

All right, go.

Zia, what are you waiting for?

Come on, man.

Zia, hurry.

Ow! Sh*t.

- Hey, Zia!

- Kneller?

Float on up.

Come on, we gotta go.

Float on up.

Float?

Come on, man.

I can't.

You gonna spend the rest

of your life down there?

No, but what if l-

They're gonna be here in a second.

No, no, no. Wait! Wait for me!

Mom? Dad? What are

you guys doing here?

Where have you been all this time?

Why haven't you called us?

You're awake?

I've been thinking.

If I'm gonna find the people in charge,

I have to keep looking.

I'm not gonna find them here.

You know?

Yeah, I think you're right.

I think if I'm gonna find Desiree,

I'm gonna have to start

looking elsewhere, too.

We can't wait for Eugene forever.

Yeah, I know.

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