Little Birds Page #3

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out of the oven too early.

Mom.

Please, Mom.

Lily, what are

you doing here?

I figured it out. We're gonna

take Hogan's truck to L.A.

No way. He's never gonna notice. It

just, like, sits here all the time.

Shh. Hey, Lily.

You here

to unload some hay'?

No.

Well, I hear worlds

good for the soul.

My soul's beyond repair.

Think about it.

I see that charm school

is really paying off.

She don't mean it.

She just doesn't

like living here.

Well, one day she'll realize

ifs just geography.

Where's the furthest

you've ever been?

Bora Bora Bora Bora.

No way.

I found work

on a freighter.

We docked there

and I decided to stay.

Was it amazing?

I got a job at a resort

where this mangy dog

and her pup would hang

around begging for food.

The guest complained,

so the manager sent me

and this other guy, just

a local, out to get 'em.

The mother, she trusted

humans, so she was easy.

But her pup, she was

a slippery little sucker.

We couldn't get her

no matter how hard we tried.

We were supposed to take her

out to the bigger island,

about a 20-minute boat ride.

My co-worker wanted

to get home for dinner, though.

His wife was making

a Poisson Cru.

So he threw the dog off the

boat about halfway there.

Oh, my God!

That night

the whole island

could hear

that pup howling

and crying

for its mother.

I traveled halfway

across the world

to find out

that people are

dumb and cruel everywhere.

I could've just stayed home.

I went

to Aunt Bonnie's.

You weren't there.

Did you change your mind'?

I can't, Lily.

I can't do that

to Hogan.

Fine.

What's so great

about L.A. anyway?

Ifs not here.

Where are you going?

I don't know.

Can I come'?

No.

You're ugly.

So'?

So don't go walking around here acting

like you better than everybody else.

I don't. You told my brother you

was going to burn down my house?

No.

Liar.

I'm gonna ask your ass again.

Did you tell my brother you

was gonna burn down my house?

Don't look at that c*nt.

Look at me! Look at me.

No, I didn't say that.

Next time I see you

I'm gonna stab you in

your little frizzled head.

Thanks a lot.

What was I

supposed to do'?

I'm leaving tonight.

How?

I'll wait by the bar and get some

trucker or methhead to drive me.

Are you stupid? That'll get you

dead in a ditch somewhere.

Yeah, well,if I stay here, Shawna's

just gonna kill me anyway,

so, what's

the f***ing difference?

I knew you'd

come through.

You're my best friend, stupid.

F*** you!

Woo!

What the f***?

it's fine.

Did you just fall asleep?

Ifs three in the morning.

You're such a baby.

Fine, Lily,

why don't you drive?

Oh wait,

nobody taught you how.

You don't have

to be a b*tch about it.

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