Lullaby Page #2

I want to look at you all with

clear eyes one last time.

You can't do this.

Karen's not even here.

Her train got in half-hour ago.

Great.

We can all do this together.

Together?

You made me fly back

here to watch you die?

That's what this is?

- This is not about you.

- Bullshit, it's not!

You can't handle what I do!

I'm not here sucking up to you,

so this is what you do?

I want no part of it.

You want to kill yourself,

do it without me!

F*** you!

F***!

Hello?

Are you all right?

I said are you all right up there?

I'm gonna call for help.

I'm fine. I don't need

any help, all right?

Well, you don't sound fine.

It's okay. I'm human.

I just don't have any hair.

You sure you're okay?

Sometimes I come up

here and scream, too.

Feel any better?

Do you feel any better?

Like, did the screaming help?

Yeah, it helped.

Well, sometimes I find that

it doesn't help at all.

I think it helped.

What was it?

Nothing.

What were you screaming about?

Nothing.

Whatever. You don't

have to tell me.

I'm just some stupid kid.

Probably wouldn't

understand anyway, right?

I didn't say that.

You didn't really say anything.

Doesn't appear to be

your strong suit.

Are you sick?

No.

What are you doing here?

Is your wife sick?

I'm not married.

Don't get mad at me.

It's not like you're

not old enough.

So...

What?

Why are you here?

My dad.

How long has he got?

24 hours.

He's offing himself.

Okay, that's pretty cool.

You got a light?

Are you f***ing kidding me?

What? Am I gonna get cancer?

Have you got a light or not?

Are you even old enough to smoke?

Am I old enough to die?

Oh, I knew you were packing.

That one works every time.

So I take it it's not from smoking.

No, it's bone cancer.

I don't get it. Where does cancer come

from, anyways? Nobody f***ing knows.

Yeah, it's f***ed.

Those kids down there are, like,

so young, it's depressing.

They're young? What about you?

Shouldn't you be on your way

to homecoming or something?

Prom, Einstein.

Homecoming is in the fall.

But I doubt I'll be

around that long.

I like to pretend

it's a next form of

human evolution.

We're evolved.

We're the only ones who can

see life for what it truly is.

What is it?

Shouldn't you be with

your dad or something?

Said he's got 24 hours, right?

Yeah.

What's your problem?

I don't know.

If you think he wants

to die, you're wrong,

and if says he's not

afraid, then he's lying.

So, I'm Meredith. I'm 17,

and I'm on the 22nd floor if

you want your lighter back.

See you later, alligator.

Once the pressure equalizes

in the center of a bubble,

the strongest thing

exerting force on it

is the weight of the universe

pushing down equally.

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