Jack the Bear Page #4

The kid came home and found her

She's barely alive There must be

a square yard of pill bottles in that place

- Dexter, is your mom sick?

- No

She's just not moving

I knew right away, when I saw Dexter

coming home from school with his lunch pail.

He looked like an angel or a girl...

his face all soft

and rosy and sweet.

My mom's dead

Did you hear

about Dexter's mom?

Yeah

Dylan, no! Dylan

You wearin' those

to school or what?

The weeks went by, and fall came...

with cold mornings,

like in Syracuse.

Things had started to change. There was

even a girl at school who started talking to me.

Hi, Jack

Hi, Karen

She was what my dad

called 'a long drink of water. '

I wanted to tell you that I really liked

what you wrote for the poets' corner

I thought it showed great sensitivity

- It did?

- Yeah

Thanks

I figured I was really lame, because I knew...

there was something I should do about

the situation, and I didn't know what it was.

Would you like to come to my house

for some Hungarian goulash

Friday night

at about 6:
30 pm?

Sure

Oh

Great

- Yes! She said yes!

- All right

- So I told her goulash

- Great I'll make my famous goulash

- Really?

- Of course

Maybe we should invite somebody, so it's not just

her surrounded by three men What do you think?

- Who?

- I don't know Maybe Peggy

I know it was stupid,

but I found myself wishing...

Mom could somehow fly back

into the world.

It's up to you, Jack

Whatever you want

- Yeah No That'd be great

- Great This is great

- Should I button it?

- We're casual tonight, right?

- So you're saying I shouldn't button it?

- It looks good like that

- Only you need a sweater It's raining

- I don't have any sweaters!

- What time is it?

- You got plenty of sweaters.

- Dad, I have to leave

- Relax. Try on a sweater.

- Nothing goes!

- This goes

I have to get out of here I'm taking this

- That's good. It's clear. It doesn't clash.

- I'm going, okay? Good-bye

Don't you want me to iron that for you?

Aren't you interested in what I'm gonna wear?

What am I gonna wear?

- Would you like a V8 juice?

- V8 juice? Sure

- You must beJack.

- You must be Mrs Morris

- Karen should be right down

- Okay

I was afraid

they were gonna ask about my family...

and I'd have to tell them about Mom.

There you go, Jack.

Thank you

And then they'd have

to say, 'We're sorry to hear about that. '

And then I'd have to say,

'That's all right. You didn't know. '

And then there'd be that awful silence

where there'd be nothing else to say.

- So, Jack, tell us about your...

- Hi, Jack.

Hi

- What happened here?

- Nobody knows

They just showed up one day

Hi, Dad This is Karen

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes