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Maureen?
What's it like to kiss a boy?
It depends on the boy.
Are you talking
about anybody in particular?
I was just asking a question.
Can't anybody ask a question around here?
For starters, you let him kiss you
if you like him.
If you don't like him,
just tell him
you're not that kind of a girl.
What if you like him a lot?
Then you won't have to think about it.
It'll all come to you.
You're not telling me anything.
I need to know what to do.
Ok.
Come here.
Come on.
First, you'll have to kind of
tilt your head to one side.
That's so you won't bump noses.
Ok.
Would you loosen up?
He'll think you're scared of him.
Not that much.
Ok. Then kind of
open your mouth just a little...
uh-uh.
You wanted to know how. I am telling you how.
Look, practice on your hand, ok?
That's it. Just keep practicing.
Well, what if I forget what to do?
Just do what you feel.
If I do what I feel,
I'll burst into a million pieces
and go flying out into space.
That sounds to me
like a good way not to get kissed twice.
Maureen, have you ever liked somebody so much,
it almost made you sick?
Billy Sanders makes me sick
every time I look at him.
You know what I mean.
It's like my stomach ties up in knots
and I can't breathe
and sometimes I think I'm going to throw up.
Well, don't throw up, Dani.
Whatever you do, don't throw up.
Hey.
Thank you.
It's nice of you.
I figured you'd be out here.
I figure I'll be out here for a long time.
It sure is hot.
Sure is.
Yeah. It's going to get hotter, too.
It'd sure be nice to go for a swim.
I can't take off
and go swimming with you, Dani.
I got to make the most of the daylight.
I can go swimming after dark.
What are your folks going to say?
They won't say anything.
Ok.
How are things going at the Murphy house?
We finished framing up.
Now if we could get it blacked in
before we get a rain,
the rest of it ought to go pretty smooth.
You'll do fine. The way it looks now,
you'll pray for rain by the end of summer.
Matt: Come on, honey.
Join us at the table.
Missy: Ok.
Matt: Dani, put your napkin in your lap.
Court!
Court!
Aah!
Hey, kid.
I'm not a kid.
Sure you are.
You're my favorite kid in the whole world, though.
Come on!
Hello.
Come on.
Come on.
Court, what's wrong?
Nothing's wrong.
What did I do?
Nothing.
Just tell me what I did wrong.
I said you didn't do anything.
Have you ever been kissed before?
Sure.
Lots of times.
I'll bet.
You almost got more than kissed, little girl.
I'm not a little girl.
You are, too, Dani!
You don't know what you're doing.
One day,
somebody's going to get your cherry,
but it's not going to be me.
I wouldn't like myself for it.
[Thunder]
Dani. [Thunder]
[Baby babbles]
Dani!
Dani!
Dani!
Dani!
Dani!
Dani!
Dani!
Mama!
Mama!
Dani!
Dani!
Mama!
Abigail?
Mama?
My god!
Abigail?
Oh.
Ow!
Dani.
Where's Dani?
Get my keys.
Where were you?
What were you doing?
Call the hospital.
Tell them I'm on my way.
Get in the house!
Get inside the house now!
How is she?
I told you to go home.
Are they set up in i.c.?
Somebody tell me something.
Go home, Matt. Please.
God damn it, doc. Tell me.
Abigail has a concussion.
She's got toxemia.
Her body's not throwing off poisons. It's collecting it.
There's nothing you can do
except get in the way.
Go home.
I want you out of here now.
Daddy, don't!
Daddy!
Daddy!
[Dani sobbing]
Ma?
Just stay here.
Mom asked me to bring this stuff by.
Some homemade soup and, uh...
yeast bread, and chocolate pie.
Mom's got the world beat making chocolate pie.
Where's everybody at?
Hospital.
I'm real sorry about your mama.
I'm sorry about the way
I acted last night, too,
about the way I said everything.
You don't have to be sorry.
I thought we could still talk sometime, you know.
I figure if we can talk and be friends,
I can get you to understand.
I already understand.
Thanks for bringing the food over, Court.
That was a good supper Marie sent over.
Marie's boy bring it over?
Court?
Yes, sir.
He your swimming partner last night?
Yes, sir.
Did anything happen?
No.
Don't you mean "no, sir"?
No, sir.
Nothing happened, sir.
I saw the way you looked last night.
Did that boy try anything with you?
No, sir.
No, siree.
Not Court Foster.
Abby?
I...
I know.
I love you, too.
This...
all of this is my fault.
If I hadn't been so set on getting a son...
oh, honey.
You're not trying to take credit
for all of this by yourself, are you?
Because I seem to remember
helping out a little bit.
If I would have lost you, Abby...
mama says I can come in tomorrow
and let Maureen stay home with missy.
That's good.
Daddy...
I know you feel bad
about taking the strap to me,
but I'm not mad or anything.
You were scared,
worried about mama and the baby.
I know that.
And I'm just awfully sorry for what I did.
And for everything.
Hey, Court!
Hey!
Hey yourself.
Still want to be friends?
I'd still consider it.
Well, I was just wondering
where you do your best considering.
Aah!
I don't have a suit.
Ha! I won't look.
Yee-haw!
Friends, ok?
Friends.
Ok.
You can look now.
And what makes you think I'd want to do that?
You did in the water.
I did not.
You could've fooled me.
Ow.
Court...
I want to know you.
You do know me.
I want to know you more.
I want to know you all I can.
What do you want to know?
I want to know...
your hopes.
My hopes.
Well...
I hope your *** get bigger
and your butt fills out.
Court!
Seems like it always comes to this,
doesn't it?
Have you kissed a lot of girls?
Not a whole lot.
I want you to be the first boy
to ever kiss me.
I thought you'd been kissed
so many times.
How was that?
Perfect.
Dani?
You like that boy of Marie's a lot,
don't you?
But you know you're not old enough to date.
Yes, sir.
You want to see Court, do it right.
Invite him over here to the house.
I'm not saying you can't go to the pond anymore
or that you can't go there with Court.
Just bring him around once in a while
where I can get a good look in his eyes.
Yes, sir.
All right.
Good to see you, Court.
Good to see you, too, Mr. Trant.
How's your mama?
She's fine.
She got a job at the shirt factory.
That's good. She always was a good worker.
Yes, sir.
Dani tells me
that your wife's doing better.
That's right. Better every day.
Well...
you kids have a nice time.
I'm going to see Abby.
Your sister will be here shortly.
You can sit down if you like.
Sure.
What's the matter with you?
Nothing's the matter.
I'm letting you kiss me.
Weren't you supposed to let me try first?
[Car approaching]
Hi there.
Hi.
Let me help you with those things.
Thank you. I'd appreciate that.
You must be Court.
I've been meaning to come by
to visit with your mother and say hi.
I've been busy getting ready for school
that I didn't get around to it.
I promise I'll do it.
Tell your mother that?
Sure. She'll be glad to see you.
Thanks.
Any time.
You can set these things down,
and I can put them up.
You must be Maureen.
I forgot to say that, didn't I?
You two can go back to whatever you were doing.
I can handle this.
Court, you want to go walking?
Why don't you two do that, and, uh...
I'll have dinner ready
by the time you get back.
You're welcome to stay for supper
if you'd like.
Isn't he, Dani?
Sure.
Great.
That's fine. I'll set the table.
Show me where the things are.
I think we ought to have supper
in the dining room,
don't you, Dani?
Whatever.
Court, the last time we saw each other,
we were both running around in our diapers.
I'll bet that was a sight.
Mama says I used to beat you up regularly
with my sand pail.
I wouldn't try that these days.
Everybody dig in.
I, uh, imagine that you work up quite an appetite
handling the farm all by yourself like that.
It's a lot of work.
I can't imagine having the guts
to tackle a job that big.
Yeah, well, sometimes I wonder
if I've bitten off more than I can chew.
I bet you'll do just fine.
[Clunk]
Are you ok?
Sure.
I'm just fine.
Well, thanks for dinner.
You're welcome.
It was nice meeting you.
Good night.
Oh, good night, kid.
Court seems real nice.
He kiss you yet?
All the time.
Is he a good kisser?
He's all right.
***.
Hey.
I was just going down to the pond.
You want to go?
I've got work up to my eyeballs
and no end in sight.
There's nobody to tell me how to do it.
It all depends on me.
I can't play whenever you want to.
You don't have to sound so hateful.
I don't have time!
Sorry I took your time.
Maybe if you were a little bit older,
you'd understand.
If I were older, I could do everything,
couldn't I, Court?
I love you, Court.
Don't.
Don't love me now
when things are so mixed up.
I've got more
than I can say grace over right now.
You look real nice.
I think I'll go out for a little while.
You going over to the Trants' again?
I might.
I saw Maureen at the hospital today.
That girl sure is turning out.
You see Matt,
you tell him to holler at me
if he needs anything.
Yes, ma'am.
Ok, guys, let's go!
Get out. Come on.
I'll see you later, ok?
My, my, my.
Night-night.
Ok, we're going to go night-night.
Oh, there we go.
There we go.
[Car door opens]
Here's your doll.
[Knock on door]
Court.
Hello.
Hi.
Dani is at the hospital
if you want to run on down and visit with her.
I don't think so.
It, uh, sure was a nice day.
Yeah.
Looks like it's going to be
a nice night, too.
Looks like. Yeah, looks like.
[Radio static]
I'll sure be glad when I can leave this place
and take you with me.
Why don't you go home
and get some sleep for a change?
I'll see you in the morning.
Call me if anything happens.
Yes, sir.
I will.
[Music plays]
Thanks.
So, do you like Elvis?
Sure.
Who doesn't?
Dani absolutely adores him.
Well, she did until you came along.
You...
pretty well shot Elvis out of the saddle.
I can't believe
my little sister is grown-up enough
to have a boyfriend.
It's not quite exactly like that.
I mean...
it's more like we're sort of buddies.
Just... real close buddies.
Does Dani know that?
I tried to tell her.
You like her a lot?
Of course I like her.
I mean, she's...
special.
Oh.
Yeah, she, um...
she is that.
But what if I met someone else...
someone special in a different sort of way?
Someone...
she's my sister.
If you... need a friend,
I make a pretty good one.
A friend's not what I need right now.
[Telephone rings]
You better go.
[Ring]
[Ring]
Daddy! The hospital called.
Mama's having the baby.
All right. I'm on my way.
Ok.
I'm glad you're the one here with me.
Me, too, mama.
You're not frightened?
No, mama.
Good.
Are you scared?
Not a bit. I've done this before,
remember?
Aah.
Lord, Court.
[Baby crying]
Hope you ordered a girl, Abigail.
I know someone who's going to be mighty disappointed.
Matt had his heart set on a boy.
Want me to put it back?
God, no.
Court!
Hey, Court! Where are you?
Court!
We've got a girl!
She's just the tiniest thing
and perfect all over,
except she's baldheaded.
And I was there for the whole thing.
They didn't actually let me go in,
but I was there.
It was beautiful.
Anyway...
I couldn't wait to tell you about the baby.
And I wanted to apologize
for the last time I saw you.
I was being unreasonable.
But when two people
really care about each other...
well, when two people really care...
they try to understand things,
even when it's hard.
Don't you think so?
Yeah.
Sure.
Well, I'll see you, ok?
Yeah.
I never thought I could feel this way.
It's like,
I've been waiting
for you to come back and find me, and...
now I'm afraid it'll all go away.
I'm not going anywhere.
Come on, Dani.
Unlock... door.
He's unlocking it.
Daddy's going to open it.
Come on, missy.
Let's put the baby to bed.
Maureen!
Maureen!
Where could she have gotten off to?
She knew we'd be back about noon.
[Giggling]
I love you.
I love you, too.
I have to go.
What are we going to do?
Don't think about that.
We have to think about it.
Not yet we don't have to.
Yes, we do. I have to go.
I'll see you later.
Court, come on.
Stop it.
You're going to make me late.
Dani, I need to talk to you.
Maureen!
Maureen, can you get in here, please?
Where have you been?
The baby's home.
All right, boys.
Got to take your brother his lunch.
He forgot it again.
Boy can't remember his name these days.
I want you to sit there, eat your lunch,
and no messing around, you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Yes, ma'am.
Court?
Court!
Court!
[Moaning]
Baby boy.
[Sobbing]
Court?
Go away, Dani.
Go away, Dani!
Go away!
Daddy!
Daddy!
Dani?
Daddy!
Daddy!
Daddy!
Dani, what's the matter?
What's the matter?
It's Court.
What?
The tractor...
it's Court.
Help!
Abby!
Abby!
No!
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Dani...
I'm sorry.
We didn't mean to hurt you, Dani.
I love you...
and I need us still to be close somehow.
I don't want to be close to you anymore, Maureen.
I don't ever want to be close to you again.
Mama?
Mm-hmm.
I don't want to be at church today.
Can I go with daddy, please?
All right.
Mama, I loved him.
I don't know how to stay alive without him.
I know.
I'm sorry.
Oh.
I'm so sorry.
You know, Dani...
you and Maureen
are going to be sisters for a long time.
Don't ask me to forgive her...
because I can't.
You've got a right to grieve, Dani.
You got a right to be hurt.
But if you get so wrapped up in your own pain
that you can't see anyone else's,
then you might just as well dig yourself a hole...
and pull the dirt in on top of you,
because you're never going to be much use to yourself...
or anyone else.
You don't know what she did.
I know enough.
I know hating your sister
is not going to bring Court back.
Maureen's been good to you all your days.
Remember that.
She's hurting bad right now...
hurting as much as you.
Maybe more.
[Echo of Dani] Hey!
[Echo of Court] Hey yourself!
You ready?
Just hold on, ok?
1...
2...
3...
go!
[Sobbing]
It's ok.
It's ok.
It's ok.
Dani: Maureen...
is it always going to hurt this bad?
Mama says it won't.
I hope she's right.
I hope so.
You know...
sometimes...
I think that nothing's ever going to make sense again.
Maybe life's not supposed to make sense.
Doesn't that scare you?
Yes, it does.
I wish I could still talk
to the man in the moon...
don't you?
It would be nice.
Maureen?
What?
Will we always talk to each other?
Always.