"[Cigarette lighter flicks]" "JONAH:" "I still have the dream sometimes." "I do." "I come home from the store and find you on my doorstep with a suitcase." "And not your entire wardrobe." "Just a carry-on, a duffel bag." "We don't say anything, but you have this look in your eye that kills me." "It just..." "And I unlock the door and let you in." "And that's it." "That's the dream." "When I wake up, I wake up happy vibrating for a few seconds with my head in the sand content." "[Sighs]" "Then it goes away, and you go away." "I really don't want to get out of bed then because it's cold out there, but I do." "I get up." "Life goes on." "[Exhales]" "Most days you never even cross my mind." "DAKOTA:" "Tell me that you love me." "My name is Dakota Skye." "I'm 18 years old, only medium-cute, and I have a superpower." "I can't fly, I can't turn invisible, and I'm pretty sure that a bullet would make me good and dead." "I don't have x-ray vision, either." "Well, not exactly." "The fact is I am incapable of being lied to." "When someone tells a lie, any lie, to me, to anyone, I know the truth, what they really mean, so there are no lies in my world, or there are nothing but." "It's kind of hard to explain." "It's like movies from other countries." "Somebody says something in French like "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?"" "And at the bottom of the screen it says..." "I don't know what it says." "I flunked French." "But I've been this way since  I guess since I was little." "Who are you?" "MAN:" "It's me, Santa Claus." "Liar!" "TEACHER:" "In this section, we're going to look at explorers." "Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492." "He was a great explorer, and really the first important figure in the history of our country." "Is Daddy gonna be okay?" "MOTHER:" "He's going to be just fine." "And sophomore year, when Jacob Barrow told me that he loved me, well, I let him take my virginity anyway." "It had to go sometime." "And to the best of my knowledge," "I've never been bitten by a radioactive spider or dosed with an overabundance of gamma rays... whatever those are." "I have no explanation." "I'm just involuntarily cursed with the truth, something people spend their entire lives looking for." "Lucky me." "ANNOUNCER:" "Dorian Wallace." "Hey." "I'm so happy for you." "I know." "I know..." "All right." "Well, see you there, okay?" "Okay." "Yeah, I'm just gonna go home and change really fast, okay?" "Us, too." "Hey, Dakota!" "Yeah?" "Congratulations." "Thanks." "You too." "So, in order to explain why I'm about to ditch my friends and drive 2,500 miles across country less than an hour after graduating high school," "I'll have to tell you a story, a story about a different Dakota Skye." "You see, every superhero has a nemesis, an archenemy." "Mine is a cute stoner boy named Jonah." "This Dakota Skye is only 17 years old." "What frame were we on?" "DAKOTA: 8." "What's my score?" "DAKOTA: 184." "What's yours?" "DAKOTA:" "Don't worry." "I think you're gonna win." "Come on." "Tell me your score." "What is it?" " DAKOTA: 42." " Ah, see?" "You're getting better, babe." "Ha!" "Take that, bitches!" "How about a kiss?" "Your turn." " What was I saying before?" " The demo." "Yes, demo." "Jacob said he's going to get it to his cousin once we get the mix done." " His cousin?" " Yeah." "The one who works at Sub-Pop." "I told you about that." "Oh, that's right." "You did." "Are you gonna come with me on Wednesday to band practice?" "Where?" "At Jacob's." " Maybe." " Maybe?" "Why not?" "I said "maybe."" " Yeah, but you meant "no."" " Jacob hates me." "He does not!" "Want to get out of here?" "KEVIN:" "Oh, God, I love you." "[Kissing]" "DAKOTA:" "Are you okay?" "Yeah?" "Are you gonna come?" "KEVIN:" "Unh-unh." "Keep going." "KEVIN:" "Oh, God, I love you." "Oh, don't move." "Oh, yeah." "[Kevin exhales]" "Kevin is a liar, but no more than anybody else." "Certainly no more than me." "[Alarm clock ringing]" "I hate Kevin less than almost anybody, and his looks don't make me vomit." "So he's my boyfriend." "And he's talented and a nice guy, and we have fun, and the first couple of times that he told me that he loved me he meant it." "At least, he thought he did." "And if he ever cheats on me, well, I'll know." ""Dearest Dakota, gone to L.A. Be back tomorrow night." "Left cash in the cookie jar." "Love, Mom. "" "Junior year is almost over, and everyone... all my friends, all the teachers..." "all they talk about is the future, about college and careers and all that shit." "I have never been able to think that far." "Beth is the worst of them." "I think she's got the next 25 years of her life planned down to the hour." "I don't think she even likes me anymore." "Well, being me, I know she doesn't like me anymore." "Why should she?" "I mean, I'm bitchy and sad and angry and distant all the time." "I'm not even sure I like me anymore." "We're friends because we have been for the better part of the last 12 years." "No other reason." "We are because we are." "So, year after year, lie after lie, it's all been building inside my head like a snowball." "You're right, Jeannie..." "Thomas Jefferson did own some slaves." "He was, after all, a man of his times, but he treated the slaves that he owned quite well." "I used to be able to keep it in check." "When it was my folks and teachers, it seemed okay." "On his deathbed, in fact, he freed many of them." "And then boys and sex came into the picture, and with boys, more lies, with sex, more lies." "I go through weeks at a time just praying someone will actually say what they mean for once." "Like I said, it's kind of hard to explain." "BETH:" "Hey!" "Hey." "Dakota, what's wrong?" "Nothing." "I forgot to bring in your CD." "I'll bring it back tomorrow, okay?" "Yeah." "Sure." "DENISE:" "Hey, guys." "Hey, Denise." "BETH:" "So, what time tonight?" " Say, like, 5:00?" " 5:00's good." "Do you want us to bring anything?" " Soda, maybe snacks." " What are you guys talking about?" "We're studying for the S.A.T. S at my house tonight, remember?" "You said you'd come." "That does not sound like me." "The test is in two weeks." "We really need to study." "Oh, what is this?" "An intervention?" "BETH:" "No." " Let's go." " So, you'll be there?" "I don't even know if I want to go to college." "Well, we already signed you up for the next test." "That can't be legal." " So, you'll be there?" " Sure." "BETH:" "Good." "AMY:" "Come on, guys." "God, it's hot here." "Hey, little girl." "You want some candy?" "I don't know." "My mommy told me never to talk to strangers." "Oh, I guess it will be our little secret, then, huh?" "Mm, okay, if you got candy." "[Car radio blaring]" "What time is it?" "I don't know." "Like, 11:00. 12:00, maybe." " GIRL:" "Don't you have school?" " DAKOTA:" "Not until morning." "Where were you?" "Where was I what?" "Tonight." "Denise's." "Oh, I guess I forgot." "I'm sorry." "Oh, I was worried." "Why?" "Well, for starters, you're not studying, you're not sleeping, you're barely keeping a C average, it's 1:00 in the morning, and you're at freakin' Jim's." "Hey, leave Jim's out of this." "And you make a C average sound bad." "Beth, seriously, I'm fine." "I am fine." "Kev, will you please tell your girl to straighten up?" "Well, she's sitting right there." "You tell her." "All right, fine." "We're doing another S.A.T. Thing on Thursday night." "Will you please just come?" "Oh, wow." "Yeah." "That's amazing." "I got to piss." "Could you scoot?" "Thanks." "You piss more than a girl." "Well, fuck me with a stiff midget." "Yo, T!" "Holy shit, dude!" "When the fuck did you get in town?" "How did I know I'd find you assholes here?" "Broadway Danny Rose." " Hey." " Good to see you." "You too, man." "Good to see you, Terry." "GIRL:" "Oh, Jonah!" "It's been so long!" "JONAH:" "Yeah, yeah." "How you been?" " GIRL:" "Oh, good, good." " JONAH:" "Nice." "This is um... [Snaps fingers] ...uh... fuck..." "Beth, and this is my girlfriend Dakota." " Girls, I give you Jonah Moreno." " Nice to meet you!" "It's a pleasure." "Hey, Heather!" "Cup of coffee?" "Sure thing, Jonah." "Black?" "This is so weird." " When did you get into town?" " Uh, last night." " I started driving Sunday." " You drove across country?" "This kid's crazy." "Jonah's from New York." "My name is Jonah, and I'm a starving actor." "Jonah's, like, one of my best friends, too." "I thought I was your best friend." "You are, baby." "How long are you in town for?" "Tell I get sick of you fucks." "Ha-ha." "That's my boy." "I was looking to get into some trouble tonight." "You guys got to do anything tomorrow morning?" "Dude, fuck that." "I'm down." "Let's go get lifted." "We'll drop off Dakota on the way home." " Yeah?" " Yeah." " You think Bobby would be down?" " Dude, Bobby's always fucking down." "JONAH:" "Good night." "DAKOTA: 'Night." "JONAH:" "It's nice meeting you, Dakota." "DAKOTA:" "Yeah, you too." "What are you guys gonna do tonight?" "[Coughs]" "DAKOTA:" "Ugh!" "God damn it." "It's hot." "[Schoolbell rings]" "[Car horn honks]" "Hey!" "Hey." "What are you doing here?" "Kev called." "He said band practice is going really well." "He didn't want to break it off." "Oh." "Get in the car." "I'll take you over to Jacob's." "No, you don't have to do that." "It's fine." "Don't be retarded." "Okay." "[Music plays softly on car radio]" "Thanks." "So, you guys had fun last night?" "So high." "I'd never seen that look on Kevin's face until you walked in the door." "What look was that?" "Joy." "That was just stoner anticipation." "I don't think so." "Are you fucking my boyfriend?" "No!" "You have a girl back East?" "Nothing serious." "Just..." "I don't know." "No one that makes me..." "Horny?" "Happy?" "Hungry?" "No." "Plenty of that." "I don't know." "No one that makes me vibrate, I guess." "Vibrate?" "You know, when you're with someone, you just want to be filled up with this, this energy, you know, you just want to I don't know." "DAKOTA:" "You gotta vibrate." "I guess." "I know." "I don't bullshit, right?" "Not at all." "So, how long have you and Kevin been going out?" "Nine months." "That's got to be a record for him." "Me, too." "So, what's he calling the new band?" "[Snickers]" "Brookhaven Three." "Aren't there four people in his band?" "I don't know." "I don't get it, either." "Well, I'm glad to see he's still playing." "Yeah, they sound pretty good, actually." "But don't tell him I said that, because I'm trying really hard to appear apathetic." "We were in a band in high school." "Did he tell you that?" "Dude, up until the other day, I didn't even know you existed." "Well, we sucked." "I sucked." " Really?" " Yeah, believe me." "I do." "[Rehearsing loud rock music]" "Stop." "Dude, stop." "Jacob, stop!" "What, are you deaf?" "KEVIN:" "Dude, are you fucking deaf?" "I'm sorry." "Fuck." "Well?" "That sucked." "Yeah, I know, dude." "It's our second go at it." "We'd be better if our fucking drummer could keep up with the beat." "You guys know any covers?" "I mean, maybe you could get some wedding gigs." "[Giggles]" "Oh, keep laughing over there, Dakota." "You'll be laughing real hard when I'm balls deep in groupies!" " Oh, we got a show on Sunday." " I'll be there." "Fuck, yeah, you'll be there." "You guys want to hear some better shit?" " Do you have anything better?" " Fuck you." "Say yes." "All right, bitches." "Try to keep up." "That means you." "[Drummer leads introduction]" ""Dearest Dakota, at the conference until Friday." "There's cash in the usual spot, and I love you." "Mom. "" " What are you gonna get?" " I don't know yet." "I don't know what I want." "You're gonna get the chili cheeseburger plate and the vanilla Coke..." "that's what you always get." "That's not true." "Yes, it is." "You always think you're gonna get something different, but when Heather comes over here you still say" ""chili cheeseburger plate and a vanilla Coke"...every time." "Well, maybe tonight I'll get something different." "JONAH:" "I used to love this place more than my own home." "You guys still like it here?" "Dude, it's Jim's." "You?" "Yeah, sure, I guess." "I don't know, man." "You can't even smoke here anymore." "HEATHER:" "Hey, kids." "You're eating with us tonight?" "Yeah, I want hash browns." "And a chocolate shake." "And how about you, special guy?" "Chili cheeseburger?" "Vanilla Coke?" " Uh, yeah." " HEATHER:" "Amazing." " De Niro?" " Biscuits and gravy." " Can I get a fill-up on the coffee?" " Absolutely." "Be right back." "Thank you, Heather." "Love that girl." "Good night." "Good night, Dakota." "DAKOTA:" "Good night, uh..." "[Motor revs]" "Okay, Skye, there's got to be a logical explanation." "So, he hasn't lied once in the two days that you've known him." "This doesn't mean anything." "He'll lie soon enough." "I'm sure he's just like the rest of us." "Ambulatory is to Mobile as Fruitful is to:" "Nefarious, Fertile, Munificent, or Pernurious?" "Fertile!" "Good." "Okay, Dakota..." "Hmm?" "Intrepid is to Valorous as Multitudinous is to:" "Prostrate, Flagrant, Plethoric, or Static?" " Are you speaking English?" " Come on." "Try it." "I don't know any of those words." "Okay." "Well, just think of their relation to each other." "Intrepid is to Valorous as Multitudinous is to..." ""B."" "No, sorry." "It's "C."" "Damn it all to hell!" "I'm not fit to live among men!" "Dakota, you just have to try and study..." "Um, maybe we should take a break, okay, and we'll pick this back up at Denise's later." "Thank Christ." "¶ I want to touch I want to kiss ¶" "¶ I want to feel so close to this ¶" "¶ Is there any way That someone could feel the same ¶" "¶ If I promised them everything... ¶" "You look like shit." " Yeah." "I'm okay." " What did you guys do last night?" "Just fucked around." "Smoked a little pot, went to Noel's, played some video games, whatever." "We were just hung out and stayed there last night, you know?" "His floor is, like, crazy uncomfortable, though." "It sucks." "Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun." "Whatever." "Hey, I can't stay out late tonight, all right?" "I got to study." "That's cool." "Fuck this." "Time to get this guy to lie." "So, do you watch a lot of porn?" "A sizable amount, I guess." "Why?" "'Cause I was over at Bobby and Noel's, and they were watching this porn about these Asian girls and a dildo that can only be described as epic, and it was really gross." "They said that they knew that, though, that they thought that it was gross that they watched it because it was funny." " They're lying." " No shit." "Really?" "Porn is purely functional." "It's not entertainment." "It's functional?" "Yeah, porn has a singular purpose in its existence." "It's a tool, an aid, a catalyst in the act of pleasuring yourself." "Jerking off for guys is so casual." "It's like, you know, we don't want to be bogged down coming up with some sort of scenario or something." "Pop in a video, open a magazine, stream it online... bam, done, on with the rest of your day." " What?" " Nothing." "So, how often do you do this?" " Lots." " Oh." "Who has time to be embarrassed?" "[Kevin sings quietly to himself]" "Oh, shit." "Dude, did I play you guys our new song yet?" "[Demo plays]" "Yeah?" "The son-of-a-bitch doesn't lie." "What kind of a guy doesn't lie?" "This is really starting to get on my nerves." "[Demo continues]" "Hey, I can have Kevin take me home." "Not this shit again." "[Motor revs]" "What?" "Do you got anywhere to be?" "Enigmatic is to Inscrutable as Surreptitious is to..." "Not really." "Why?" "I haven't hiked up Papago since I was a kid." "One time me and Kev came up here after school, and we fell asleep, and then a park ranger comes, closes the place down, right?" "I talk to much, don't I?" "No, I don't mind." "You, on the other hand, are a woman of few words." "No, I talk." "Yeah, but you don't say much." "Nothing personal." "Prove it." "Passions, goals, turn-ons, turn-offs?" "All right." "My turn-ons are cigarettes, '70s punk, boys with rings in their lips, and long, pointless walks up rocks." "Three for four." "Turn-offs?" "Pretty much everything else." "Yeah, I get that." "Give me an example." "Here, I got one." "All my friends can talk about are the S.A.T. S, right?" "About "college is this" and "my future that."" "I mean, fucking shit, like, do I really have to go to college?" "Like, what if I want to knit fucking baskets or fucking... or wait tables at Jim's or something?" "I mean, do I really have to get a higher education for that?" "Like, what degree do you suggest I get for that?" "I mean, Jesus-fucking-Christ, man!" "Oh, shit." "Are you, like, a Bible nut or something?" "You can talk, can't you?" "Yeah, well it sucks." "It does suck." "What did you get on your S.A.T. S?" " Like 1350 or something." " Oh, my God!" " Honest." " I believe you." "All right." "Come on." "Are you hung over today?" "I was this morning." "Really?" "What did you guys do last night?" "Got real high and went to a bar." "That's it?" "Talked to a couple of girls who blew us off for these Abercrombie-model dudes who said they had coke." "Now, don't worry." "Kev was a good boy." "No, he..." "He can talk to who he likes." "Sure." "He played me the demo." "It was good." "Yeah, it's really good." "It was good the first time I heard it." "It was good the hundredth." "He's really proud of it." "Almost makes me sorry I quit our old band." "How far down do you think that is?" "I don't know." "Far." "Huh." "What?" "Okay." "All right." "Imagine you threw yourself from here, all right?" "Your, your wife leaves you, your stocks bottom out," "Beatles break up." "You know that already happened, right?" "Yeah, whatever." "So, imagine you take it upon yourself to jump." "DAKOTA:" "Okay." "On the way down, which way would you rather be facing?" "You're a weird guy." "I get that." "No, but really, I mean, would you rather be looking back up at the sky, no idea when the end is gonna hit?" "Or would you rather go face-first, aware of the moment when everything cuts to black, knowing that this second is your last?" "Face-up." "Face-up?" "Yeah, just kick back and enjoy the ride." "I'd want to see it coming." "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'd want to see it coming." "Thanks for the ride." "You ever get the urge to just..." "get in the car and drive?" "I mean, nowhere in particular, just to take control of your life for a moment?" "You know, to make a choice, even if that choice is to not make a choice?" "I don't drive." " Right." " Good night." "'Night!" "[Car door slams]" " Hey, Dakota?" " What?" "Never mind." "Come on!" "I hate that!" "I really hate that!" "I hate it when guys do that!" "They want you to know they want to say something, but they're too afraid to actually say it, and then try to bait you to ask them!" " I'm sorry." " Do you wanna say something, Jonah?" "Yes." "What is it, then?" "Well, what is it?" "I can't tell you." "Why not?" " Because I can't." " Ugh, fine!" "I want to tell you that I like you." "But I can't tell you that, can I?" "I want to tell you to forget about him." "He's a great guy, the best, and he's my brother in everything but blood, and you two are good together, but I still want to tell you to tell him to fuck off and to be with me." "I want to tell you that since the moment I met you" "I can't even get your face out of my brain." "But I can't tell you that, that all I want right now in the world is to take you away with me." "No him, no here, no this." "Just us." "If just for a day." "You know?" "But I can't tell you that." "I mean, you can't make me." "I mean, what kind of a person would I be if I went and told you something like that?" "I'd appreciate it if if you didn't tell Kevin what I didn't say." "Of course not, because..." "you didn't say it." "No." "No, I didn't." "Good night." "Good night, Dakota." "Who does he think he is saying those things, or "not" saying those things?" "Seriously, who does something like that?" "Does he think he can just make up some speech that I'm sure he's practiced over and over again in the shower and I would just..." "I would just?" "Seriously, who does something like that?" " So, you ditched us again last night." " Yeah, I guess I did." "Denise almost had a fit." "Denise is to annoying as Dakota is to doesn't give a fuck." " We were worried." " What, Mom, am I grounded?" "Jesus Christ, you can be a mean little bitch." "What?" "I mean, honestly, we're just trying to help, and..." "Yeah, I know that." "I'm sorry." "What makes you think that you're so much better than the rest of us?" "Ah-ha!" "The key dilemma in any young superhero's life..." "Does she reveal her identity to the world or does she keep it a secret, assuring her security but also her alienation?" "BETH:" "Hello?" "Look, I don't know, all right?" "You're just... you're way ahead of me, that's all." "I don't..." "I don't think about the future much." "Why not?" "Because... there's nothing I can do about it." "There's nothing you can do about it." "It is what it is." "I don't know why I even bother with you anymore." "Because in the third grade we made each other friendship bracelets." "You'd be surprised how much this stuff is actually true." "Say you were gonna jump off of a building, all right?" "I'm sorry, why would I do that?" "Just imagine that you're gonna jump off of a building, okay?" "No." "Why would I do that?" "I don't know." "Whatever." "The band breaks up." "We've broken up, like, a thousand times." " Okay, maybe I break up with you." " Well, that's not gonna happen." "Say it was your dick in a motorcycle accident." "[Whistles] Yeah." "Okay, I'm with you." "Shoot." "All right." "So, you're gonna jump." "Would you rather land face-down or face-up?" "What does it matter?" "Dead is dead." " God, does it have to be my dick?" " But it does matter." "Face-down, you're facing the end, you'll know the exact moment that you're gonna hit the ground." "Face-up, though, you can just kick back and enjoy the ride, enjoy it while it lasts, and let the end sneak up on you." "[Sighs]" "Face-up." "Face-up?" "Wow, you're really, like, fucking up my high." "It's, like, whoa!" " I'm sorry." " That's okay." " Want some?" " No!" "Sorry." "No!" "No!" "[Dials phone number]" "[Cell phone rings]" "Hello?" "Hey." "Hi." "Um..." "Come over." " No." " No?" "!" "What do you mean "no"?" "I mean no." " First you're..." " Listen, there are rules." " I can't just..." " And now you're just gonna...?" "Oh, wow." "Okay, whatever." "That's fine." "No." "No, no, no!" "[Silence]" "I'll be there in 10 minutes." "[Disconnects phone]" "Oh!" "Drive." "I said "drive."" " Where?" " I don't care where." "Just... far away." "¶ If you had just one ¶" "¶ Let me be that love ¶" "¶ If you have lots of others ¶" "¶ Please let me be ¶" "¶ Please let me be one ¶" "¶ Let me be one ¶" "¶ If you like undressing ¶" "¶ Please let me find out ¶" "¶ If you like large intestines ¶" "¶ Please let me find ¶" "¶ Please, please, please Let me find out ¶" "¶ Let me find out ¶" "¶ Or if you're gone For weeks on end ¶" "¶ Crazy situations ¶" "¶ And don't know Why you drive through cars ¶" "¶ In dirty, foreign towns ¶" "¶ Please let me find out ¶" "¶ If you shield your eyes ¶" "¶ For glory every time ¶" "¶ And drag your mouth to smile ¶" "¶ And sickness is your cover... ¶" "Why did we stop?" "Couldn't drive any further." "That's a big fuckin' hole." "That's a Grand fuckin' hole." "JONAH:" "We always find ourselves looking down on things." "I think that's a thing for us." "Why is that?" "DAKOTA:" "Well, it's our obvious superiority above all others." " Sorry." " For what?" "I don't know if that was the right thing to do." "In fact, I know that was not the right thing to do, but I wanted to, anyway." "What are we gonna do?" "I don't know." "This is pretty bad." " This is so bad." " Yeah." " I just feel like..." " I know." "Hey, how about this?" "How about let's just pretend like this is all a dream, okay?" "Okay." "And nothing that we say or do counts in the waking world, and out there, I mean, we might be horrible people, but right here in our dream, you and me, this is all okay." " Just for today." " Just for right here and right now." "You know, eventually we're gonna have to wake up from this dream." "Yeah, but not right now." "Not for a little while, anyway." "So, I think I'm falling in love." "Involuntarily blessed with something people spend their entire lives searching for." "Lucky me." "Are you tired?" "Tell me again why you don't drive." "Uh, I don't have a license." "Why not?" "Because I always had a ride." "And you don't have a cell phone because...?" "Somebody might call it." "You know, something just occurred to me." "We've been gone almost 24 hours." "Aren't your parents gonna freak?" "My mom's out of town." "And your dad?" "My dad died when I was little, so..." "I think we're in the clear." "JONAH:" "I'm sorry." "It's okay." "It's cancer." "It happens." "I guess..." "If you say "I guess that explains a few things", you lose a testicle." "I wasn't gonna say..." "I don't date older guys looking for Daddy." "I don't." "I'm not looking for a father figure." "I have a dad." "He's just not here anymore." "That would have really put me in my place if I would have said anything." "I'm sorry." "I just..." "Kevin just always..." "Never mind." "[Sighs]" "[Traffic passes]" "[Door opens, closes]" "Told you." " You want the tour?" " Yeah." "Mm-hmm." "Kitchen, dining room, den, living room..." "Hold on." "Follow me." "Hallway." "Oh, goodness!" "My room!" "How did we get in here?" "Do we have to wake up yet?" "JONAH:" "I can't do this." "DAKOTA:" "But we already are." "We can't." " I know, but I want to." " Oh, God." "So do I." " We can't." " We can't." "[Jonah sighs]" "[Telephone starts ringing]" "Hello?" "KEVIN:" "Hey, where have you been all day?" "I've been studying at Denise's." "You comin'?" "What?" "What do you mean, "What"?" "To the show." "Hello?" "Oh, yeah!" "Of course!" "Fuck, yeah, of course." "Can you do me a favor?" " Yeah, sure." " Do you have Jonah's number?" "Yeah, yeah." "I got it somewhere." "All right, well, could you give him a call for me, then?" "Okay." "All right." "Cool." "Well, hook up a ride with him to get here," " because I'm already at the show." " Okay." "Bye." "[Disconnects phone]" "[Jonah sighs]" "I guess it's time to wake up." "Yeah." "¶ My heart beats more slowly ¶" "¶ But you're not here to hold me ¶" "¶ Baby, it can be so lonely ¶" "¶ Is it any wonder why I love you ¶" "¶ You're beautiful, so beautiful ¶" "¶ They're jealous, so jealous ¶" "¶ You're beautiful, just beautiful ¶" "¶ Is it any wonder why I love you ¶" "[Instrumental interlude]" "¶ My heart beats more slowly ¶" "¶ But you're not here to hold me ¶" "¶ Baby, it can be so lonely ¶" "¶ Is it any wonder why I love you ¶" "¶ Oh my heart beats more slowly ¶" "¶ But you're not here to hold me ¶" "¶ Baby, it can be so lonely ¶" "¶ Is it any wonder why I love you ¶" "¶ You're beautiful, so beautiful ¶" "¶ They're jealous, so jealous ¶" "¶ You're beautiful, just beautiful ¶" "¶ Is it any wonder why I love you ¶" "Thank you, thank you." "We are Brookhaven Three from Scottsdale, A-Z." "[Cheers]" "I've got a little surprise for you guys, tonight." "Dakota, come up on stage." "Yeah, that's you." "Come on." "Let's go." "I'm gonna do a cover for you guys of a song you probably never heard before, but you're gonna hear it now, so enjoy it." "Jake..." "¶ Some days I feel affected ¶" "¶ And it all disappears ¶" "¶ The rain and clouds Above my head ¶" "BOTH:" "¶ And it all disappears ¶" "¶ I'd understand it If I could grab it ¶" "¶ Another wish on my list ¶" "BOTH: ¶ One more day We've made it through, now ¶" "¶ Got my list, got my list ¶" "¶ One more day We've made it through, now ¶" "¶ Got my list, got my list ¶" "¶ Got my list ¶" "¶ Some days I feel protected ¶" "¶ And it all disappears ¶" "¶ Breathe as two But think as one ¶" "¶ And it all disappears ¶" "¶ I'd understand it If I could grab it ¶" "¶ Another wish on my list ¶" "¶ One more day We've made it through, now ¶" "¶ Got my list, got my list ¶" "¶ One more day We've made it through, now ¶" "¶ Got my list, got my list ¶" "¶ One more day We've made it through, now ¶" "¶ Got my list, got my list ¶" "¶ One more day We've made it through, now ¶" "¶ Got my list, got my list ¶" "¶ Got my list ¶" "¶ Got my list ¶" "¶ Got my list ¶" "[Cheers and applause]" "Well?" "What can I say?" "Motherfucking rock star." "Fucking straight, dude." "JACOB:" "We're out." "DAKOTA:" "You guys did a really great show." "Peace, brother-man." "Good show, dude." "KEVIN:" "Jim's?" "BETH:" "Hell, yeah!" "Can you give me a ride?" "JONAH:" "Yeah." "BETH:" "Thanks." "Let's go." "I didn't know you could sing." "I can't." " Beg to differ." " So, what were you doing today?" "Huh?" "I can't remember the last time you said you were studying, with Denise, no less." " Yeah, I was studying for the S.A.T.s." " Oh, look at that." "My little braniac." "What about you, punk-ass?" "I must have left you, like, 500 messages." " L..." " HEATHER:" "Hi, guys." "What'll it be?" " Coffee." " Coffee." "Coffee." "Well, damn." "I'll get a chili cheeseburger and a vanilla Coke." " Of course you will." " Thanks." "What were you saying?" "Where were you today?" "Um, I went and I was..." "Kev, you were so good out there tonight!" " Yeah?" " Yeah." " Thanks." " Yeah." "You rocked the house, dude." "Yeah, make you sorry that you quit the old band?" "Oh, hell no!" "Don't believe this motherfucker for a second!" "You didn't quit the band!" "We kicked him out because he sucked!" "Bad?" "Bad?" "On a scale of 1 to 10, he was, like, negative 142." "I thought you said you quit the band." "KEVIN:" "Hey, yo, Terry!" "What kind of douche-bags come to Jim's at 2:00 in the morning?" "This some S.A.T. Study group?" "Nerd." " TERRY:" "Later, guys." " KEVIN:" "Have a good night, Terry." "JONAH:" "Later." "'Kota, do you need a lift?" "KEVIN:" "No, I'll take her, man." "BETH:" "Um, could I get a ride home?" "JONAH:" "Uh, yeah." "BETH: 'Night, guys." " KEVIN:" "Can I come inside?" " DAKOTA:" "No, not tonight." " Why?" "Your mom home?" " Yeah." "No." "I mean..." " Then, what?" " I have school in the morning!" "Oh, come on." "I'm still so amped up from the show, from the concert." "Come on!" "Don't you want to fuck a rock star?" "Yeah." "I hit that shit last night." "Like I fucking care if I pass that stupid class." "Just stayed home and played video games." "Right now I'm really just trying to concentrate on my work." "Same as ever." "I don't get it." "He didn't quit the band." "They kicked him out." "Why didn't I know that?" "I have to do something about this." "I can't tell when he's lying." "He could have been lying this whole time." "Hey, Chris." "It's Chris, right?" "Okay." "So, I've been poring over these things all night, and I've learned two things." "One, despite all non-scientific knowledge, an intense dose of radiation won't kill you." "It'll just make you big and green and cranky." "And two, every superhero has a weakness, something that brings them down with the rest of the mortals." "Maybe that's it!" "Maybe Jonah is my archenemy, the one being out there that can nullify my superpower." "Has our heroine finally met her match?" "Find out next month in..." "[Telephone rings]" "[Sighs]" "Hello." "Take that, bitches!" "What's my score?" "DAKOTA: 140." "And what's yours?" "DAKOTA: 56." "God, you suck!" "Bowling's my favorite non-sport." "So, are we gonna do this all night or what?" "Do what?" "Bowl?" "Not talk about this." "About the other night." " Yes." " Yes, what?" "Yes, we're gonna not talk about this all night." "I think I'm in love with you." " What?" "!" " No, fuck that." "I'm absolutely, positively in love with you." "I said I love you." "How do I know?" " Well, for starters, I just told you." " Yeah, but how do I know?" "I guess you're just gonna have to trust me." "You see, that's it." "I don't know how to do that, trust you." "Excuse me?" "Ugh." "I don't know how to do that." "That's the problem." "I guess I thought that I would have earned it by now." "Don't you see?" "That's the problem." "I..." "How do I know?" "It's really hard to explain." "It's not that hard." "[Sighs]" "Fucking hell." "I've known him since I was 9." "He used to steal the lunch money from the kids who stole mine, and we'd go buy fireworks." "First car I ever drove was his." "Lit my first cigarette." "Had a lot of firsts with him." "Now, it's the first time I've ever tried to steal anyone's girlfriend, so guess it fits that I go through that with him, too." "Do you love him?" "I don't know." "Do you love me?" "If I knew the answer to that," "I'd probably know the answer to the other." "You're right not to trust me." "Look what I'm doing to my best friend." " It's not that I don't trust you, it's just..." " No, no." "It's cool." "I understand." "Let's go." " Where are we going?" " Home." "It's late." "Aristocrat is to lmperious as Supplicant is to:" "Cowardly, Awkward, Servile, or Arrogant?" "Give me the choices one more time." "Cowardly, Awkward, Servile, or Arrogant?" "Servile?" " Very good!" " Fuck, yeah!" "Bring on the bull-shit, S.A.T. S!" "I'm-a fuck them up!" "So how's Jonah?" "I don't know." "You'd have to ask him." "Uh-huh." " What?" " Nothing." "Let's trade secrets." "No." "I'll tell you a secret, then you tell me one." " No." " Come on." "It will be fun." "Like we're at a slumber party." "Okay." "I'll go first." "Bookstores make me have to go shit." " What?" "!" " Yeah, I don't know what it is." "I can't be in a bookstore for more than, like, 15 minutes before I have to go." " That's disgusting!" " Oh, come on!" "Maybe it's some repressed Barnes  Noble trauma deep in my childhood, but it happens without fail." " I sit next to you in English!" " Okay." "Your turn." "No!" "Come on!" "That was really embarrassing!" "You have to give me something." "Dude, that is your own damn problem." "One of many, it seems." "I know about you and Jonah." "What about me and Jonah?" "That you were together all day Sunday and then lied about it." "Bookstores?" "Seriously, I was joking about that." "I'm perceptive, you know?" "I can tell when people are lying." "Come on." "Let me just be your friend for once." "I'd really like to." "He likes me, and I like him." "More than Kevin?" "Different than Kevin." "I understand." "Jonah is a good guy." "Have you guys...?" "No." "Kind of." "Almost." "But it doesn't matter, because all I have to do is wait a few more days, right, and then he'll be gone, and then the decision makes itself." "Only if you let it." " You want to know what I think?" " No, not really." "You need to make that decision for yourself." "Don't take the easy way out, or you'll regret it." "Well, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna end up regretting something when this is over, no matter what I do." "The only thing that bugs me more than when Beth shares secrets is when Beth is right." "This is a decision I have to come to myself." "I can't just ride this out and accept the default answer." "Predictable doesn't always mean boring." "Lust doesn't always mean love." "Near doesn't always mean close." "New doesn't always mean exciting." "Different doesn't always mean better." "Far doesn't always mean distant." "Knowing everything doesn't make you wise." "Knowing the truth doesn't make you superior." "Knowing your problem doesn't solve it." "Sitting between your past and your future doesn't mean you're in the present." "What did you think?" "Sucks." "Yeah." "I'm leaving." "Going home." " When?" " Now." "What do you mean, "now"?" "Now, like this minute." "I can't be here." "Please don't go." "I don't want you to." "Yeah." "I know." "That makes two of us." "But I think you're trying to make a decision, and I'm gonna make it easier on you." "I'm eliminating myself as a choice." "So, a great fucking movie, or what?" "It sucked!" "What the fuck?" "Are you deaf, dumb, and blind?" "That movie was amazing, dude!" "Kev, I'm gonna head out of town tonight." "What the fuck?" "Why?" "I got to get back... stuff to do." "Why didn't you say some shit earlier, dude?" "We could have planned a party or something." "I know." "It's cool." "I'm with the only people I want to see." "Dude." "All right, bro." "KEVIN:" "Well, good seeing you, man." "JONAH:" "You too." "I love you, bro." " You too." " All right." " Bye." " Bye." "[Quietly] I'm sorry for coming in and fucking up your life." "See you later, kids." "Well, I guess I know where you'll be if we ever break up." " What?" " "What?"" "A couple more seconds in that hug, and I'd have to fucking drop-kick his ass." "DAKOTA:" "You're stupid." "Shut up." "You know, he's a really good guy." "I like him." "Me, too." "Come on." "Let's go." "Did you notice something funny about Jonah tonight?" "Like how?" "I don't know." "Like, he looked all, like... sad." " Yeah, I suppose he did." " Yeah." "I haven't seen that look on his face since we asked him to quit the band." "I thought that you kicked him out." "Kicked him out, asked him to quit." "Same thing." "Whatever." "DAKOTA THINKING:" "Same thing." "Whatever." "Want to go bowling?" "Not really." "[Clears throat]" "Want to go back to your place?" "My mom came home today." "DAKOTA THINKING:" "Same thing." "Whatever." "What?" "I know that I have to make a choice, regret it or not." "I choose to be alone." "I choose to jump face-first, to not just kick back and enjoy the ride." "I choose neither my future nor my past, but my present, my now." "So, it turns out senior year sucked a little bit less than junior year, and Beth is still, well, Beth, still obsessed with college and careers and all that shit, but we're friends again," "not because we are, but because we actually like each other." "There are even times when I don't mind being able to see through all the bullshit." "I mean, what the hell am I supposed to do, you know?" "It is what it is." "And there are a lot of liars out there." "Now I'm just starting to do something about it." "Same thing." "Whatever." "Those three stupid words that Kevin said to me that night managed to drive a spear right through the middle of my entire world view." "What if there's no black and white in this world, no good and no evil, no right and no wrong?" "What if there are no lies  and no truth?" "What may be a lie to one person may be completely true for another." "Beth tells me this is called relativism." "I don't know." "Sounds like an S.A. T. Word to me." "All I know is my headache's gone, my friends seem to like me again, and, well, I'm happy, involuntarily endowed with something people spend their entire lives searching for." "Lucky me." " Shouldn't you be studying?" " Mom, I'll be fine." " Remember, keeps your hands at..." " 10 and 2, Mom." "I know." "There will probably be a few trick questions on the test." "Mom..." "Your father would have been a much better driving instructor." "I like the one I had just fine." "Well, I tried." "And you succeeded." "ANNOUNCEMENT:" "Now serving B52." " Is that you?" " No." "You know, you never did tell me why this sudden urge to get your license." "I got sick of relying on people for a ride." "Well, I don't want you driving at night." " Okay." " ANNOUNCEMENT:" "Now serving B21." "Oh, that's me!" "Wish me luck, okay?" "Remember to put your seat belt on." "Okay." "Close enough." "My name is Dakota Skye." "I am 18 years old, only medium-cute, and I have a superpower." "Okay, maybe a little cuter than medium." "¶ Somehow ¶" "¶ I'm leading someone else's life ¶" "¶ I cut a star down ¶" "¶ With my knife ¶" "¶ And right now ¶" "¶ I still see the way the moon ¶" "¶ Plays this tune ¶" "¶ Though our lights died ¶" "¶ My hands shake ¶" "Every superhero has a nemesis." "¶ It's every day ¶" "Someone that negates her powers and brings her down amongst the mortals." "¶ Then came you ¶" "¶ And as you ¶" "¶ Keep your picture ¶" "Someone that makes her no more than human." "¶ Then came you ¶" "¶ When I'm lost ¶" "¶ Look at my picture of you ¶" "¶ And somehow ¶" "¶ I'll make tonight our own ¶" "¶ Show you every way I've grown ¶" "Sometimes I think I made him up," "And I reached out through the ether, through the haze, and tapped him on the shoulder and said," ""Hey, please, come wake me up."" "¶ I'll learn the parts and play along ¶" "¶ If you let me ¶" "Every superhero has a nemesis." "¶ My hands shake ¶" "Mine is a cute stoner boy named Jonah." "¶ My knees quake ¶" "¶ It's every day ¶" "¶ The same way ¶" "¶ 'Cause then came you ¶" "¶ Then there's you ¶" "¶ I keep your picture ¶" "¶ In my worn-through shoes ¶" "¶ Then there's you ¶" "¶ Then came you ¶" "¶ When I'm lost ¶" "¶ I look at my picture of you ¶" "¶ If you let me ¶" "¶ I'll show the world to you ¶" "¶ Yes, if you let me ¶" "Tell me you love me."