Red Hook Page #3

THERE'S ONLY FOUR

MORE DAYS LEFT, HUH?

OKAY, GREAT.

(voices overlapping)

CAN I...

(voices overlapping)

(chuckles)

GAVIN.

GAVIN.

WANT TO PULL UP A SEAT?

I'M OKAY. I'M JUST-I'M GETTING

A HEAD START ON SOME READING.

I CAN BE YOUR CLIFF NOTES

IF YOU WANT.

AH.

(laughs)

(playing "Anything But Ordinary"

by AnnMarie Milazzo)

HEY:

HEY...

I'LL BET THEY DON'T HAVE

THIS IN THE SUBURBS.

NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE DON'T.

KINDA WISH I'D GROWN UP

IN THE SUBURBS.

SPEND 18 YEARS

IN NORTH CAROLINA,

AND YOU JUST WANT MORE.

JUST THE PAIN THAT COMES

FROM LOOKIN' BACK

BORN, BUT NOT FOR LIVIN',

AS OUR MOTHERS...

HEY, UH,

DO YOU KNOW WHY:

THERE ARE-SO MANY

NEW YORKERS ARE DEPRESSED?

NO.

IT'S 'CAUSE THE LIGHT AT THE END

OF THE TUNNEL IS NEW JERSEY.

(laughs)

YOU MOVE FORWARD,

AND I MOVE DESPERATELY

IT'S STARTING TO RAIN.

AND THE NOISE DROWNS ME

YEAH, THE DREAM...

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN...

I WAS UP AT SCHOOL

IN THE BRONX.

... FOOLIN' MYSELF,

JUST LIKE EVERYBODY...

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN...

I CAN'T IMAGINE

LIVIN' ANYWHERE ELSE.

(thunder rolls)

MY BROTHER DIED HERE.

IT'S LIKE

HE'S BURIED HERE.

ORDINARY...

I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I DON'T USUALLY LEAD OFF

WITH THAT ON A FIRST DATE.

OH, REALLY?

NO.

NICE.

YOU SEEM KINDA MORBID

AND TWISTED, TOO.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YEAH, DEAD SIBLINGS HAVE,

UH, THAT AFFECT ON YOU.

DID ANGELA TELL YOU?

YEAH.

SHE KINDA TOLD EVERYBODY

ABOUT YOU BEFORE YOU GOT HERE.

NICE.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE I

IF I TOLD YOU THA I'M KINDA GLAD SHE DID?

AND THE NOISE DROWNS ME

YEAH, THE DREAM

HASN'T FOUND ME A WAY

DON'T WAN TO BE FULL OF MYSELF

JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE

IT'S GETTING HARDER...

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I DON'T KNOW.

TO BE ANYTHING:

BUT ORDINARY:

DO YOU WAN TO HOLD MY HAND?

I DO.

UM, THIS.

DO YOU WANT SOME-

SOME SORT OF BACON?

YOU WANT SOME?

CHICKEN?

(chuckles)

FRIED RICE?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

(gunshot, screaming)

(breathing heavily)

MONEY!

DOWN! DOWN!

(screaming)

DOWN! DOWN!

OH, MY GOD!

DOWN!

(cash register dings)

FASTER! FASTER!

(gunshot)

(screaming)

DOWN!

(gun c*cks)

(gunshot)

(screams)

(breathing heavily)

(cell phone rings)

(cell phone rings)

MOM.

(ring)

IF I TELL HER:

WHAT HAPPENED...

(ring)

THEN I'VE LOST.

YOU DON'T HAVE

TO GO HOME.

(ring)

YOU'VE LOST IF YOU

NEVER LEAVE THIS ROOM,

AND ANGELA:

NEEDS HER SPACE.

(ring)

HI, MOM.

NO, I'M FINE. I'M FINE.

YEAH, IT'S GREAT.

I LOVE NEW YORK.

YEAH, I-I EVEN

BOUGHT THE T-SHIRT.

(laughs) YEAH.

LISTEN, I HAVE

TO GO, THOUGH,

BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S

A NEW STUDENT BARBECUE,

SO, UM, I'LL TALK

TO YOU LATER, OKAY?

YEAH, YEAH.

TELL-TELL DAD

I SAID HI.

I LOVE YOU, TOO. BYE.

WHAT? YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY

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