Louder Than Words Page #5

Hey, will you leave

your mom alone?

She takes long enough without

you distracting her.

We gotta go.

I-I'm ready.

Shh. Don't tell.

Pinky swear.

Listen, you gotta get

over this thing.

I, uh...

I got us tickets to see an

otherwise concert.

And rob really wants to come

with me, but I...

I'd be pretty pissed if I have

to go with that clown.

I know you got a crush on him,

but I got that ticket for you,

so...

You do what you gotta do, okay?

Hey, what's up?

Nothing much.

Oh, wow.

What?

Nothing.

I think your mom's been

looking for that.

MARIA:
Boys are so immature.

Oliver called Amy a

freakazoid today.

Real subtle, Oliver.

[ WINCES ]

I mean...

It's so obvious he likes her.

Why doesn't he just tell her?

Wouldn't it be easier if people just

said exactly what they were thinking?

But I guess then I'd have

to do it, too.

Maybe it's not that easy.

[ RESPIRATOR PUMPING ]

You looking for something?

My long-lost innocence.

Ask your mother.

Maria?

Hi there. Did you finish

your homework?

Yeah.

Why doesn't daddy talk more?

Did you just try to talk to him?

Yeah.

It's just... it's

just who he is.

It doesn't mean that

he's angry at you.

Duh. Why would you

even say that?

Because when we were

first married,

he wouldn't talk to me

all that much,

and it kind of scared me.

Why?

I know...

Sometimes...

I'm...

MARIA:
I'm gonna tell daddy to

talk to you more.

No. No, no, no, honey. No,

don't.

Thank you anyway, but don't...

don't mention it, okay?

Daddy has a lot on his mind.

Okay.

What's okay?

Nothing.

You're a good girl.

You're the best girl.

We got the diagnosis.

The DNA is consistent with a

strain of rabies

found in silver-haired bats.

The bite itself would

barely leave a mark.

It might well have occurred

while she was sleeping,

which would explain why

you wouldn't know.

But I don't understand,

because you said

the chances were 160

million to one.

That statistic is accurate.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

So?

You see, once there's

symptoms of rabies,

there's nothing more

anyone can do.

Now, her eyes are no longer

reacting to light.

We've given her two eegs,

which are the... the

brainwaves test,

standard protocol before

removing life support.

Removing life support?

Yeah.

Do you, um, have a room where

I can go and cry?

We don't really have

any private...

why don't I find you an office?

MICHAEL:
We should go see her.

[ CRYING ]

[ RESPIRATOR PUMPING ]

MARIA:
I knew you were there.

I knew you were all there.

DOCTOR:
We're ready.

So who would like to

be in the room?

Last summer, mom smelled

smoke in the house.

Of course she blamed me.

She was giving me the

third degree,

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