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(MESSAGE TONE PINGING OVER MONITOR)

(TIP NOTIFICATION CHIMING OVER MONITOR)

(PINGING AND CHIMING INTENSIFY)

(PINGING AND CHIMING STOPS)

-(TIP NOTIFICATION CHIMES) -(REBECCA CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(SMACKS AND GASPS) Fuck!

-(CHUCKLES) You guys. -(DETONATE PLAYING)

- (GASPS) Oh, my God. -(TIP NOTIFICATION CHIMING)

(GIGGLES SOFTLY)

(TIP NOTIFICATION CHIMING)

(CHIMING CONTINUES)

♪ Close myself off in new ways

♪ Building walls in my sleep I can't turn back

-♪ I've been reelin' for twelve days ♪ -CHORUS: ♪ Twelve ♪

SINGER: ♪ When I start to see if it gets real bad

♪ Hurt me Know you won't hurt me

♪ I'm about to detonate

♪ Pull you close And then, I'll be gone... ♪

(CHUCKLES) Sweetcake, you must be new here,

because I don't dance.

-(MESSAGE TONE PINGING) -(TIP NOTIFICATION CHIMES)

(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

Um, it's...

That's dancing, and I can't...

I don't... I don't do it.

-(MESSAGE TONE PINGS) -Thank you, Jas.

It's okay, I got it.

-(TIP NOTIFICATION CHIMES) -(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

Wow.

(CHUCKLES) You're too sweet to me.

Is it, um... is it off my wish list or...

(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

Uh, it's... Hold on.

Um, it is 500 for privates.

-(MESSAGE TONE PINGS) -Wow. Yeah. I mean, yeah, yeah.

Uh, you guys, I just added

a couple of new videos to my profile,

so please go check them out.

I didn't make them for my benefit.

I made them for yours. Okay.

(BLOWS KISS)

(MESSAGE TONE PINGING)

(PRIVATE CALL TONE PINGS)

Hi there.

(CHUCKLES) Um, how's your night going?

(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, you said... you said

that you would tell me in a private.

-(MESSAGE TONE PINGS) -(CHUCKLES)

Are you lonely? Because...

well, that's what I'm here for.

(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

(CHUCKLES)

Okay.

Um... do you want me to beg?

'Cause... (SIGHS) ...I've been...

(SEDUCTIVELY) ...I've been a really good girl.

Please, will you tell me?

(CHUCKLES)

(VAPE HISSING)

How about this?

(SHIRT RUSTLING)

If I do something for you...

then maybe...

you can tell me.

(DETONATE MUSIC PLAYING)

FEMALE VOICE: (OVER PHONE) Relax your attention.

-(REBECCA BREATHING STEADILY) -FEMALE VOICE: Focus on your breath

and open yourself to a feeling

of self-love and compassion.

And repeat the following words.

May I be safe.

(WHISPERS) May I be safe.

FEMALE VOICE: May my heart feel content.

(WHISPERS) May my heart feel content.

-FEMALE VOICE: May I be at peace. -(WHISPERS) May I be at peace.

FEMALE VOICE: And again, to yourself, repeat these phrases.

In our adult lives,

mindfulness can help us foster the skill of self-soothing.

We learn to beat the feeling that arise with compa--

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

-(PHONE RINGING) -Ugh!

(SIGHS)

(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)

REBECCA: Hi, B!

What did you say? Wait, I can't hear you. Hello?

Oh! Yes, yes, yes. I'm com--

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Fuck.

Um, I'm gonna be there in... 15 minutes.

Okay--

Um, 30, tops. I promise.

Yeah.

Okay, I love you. I'll see you soon.

Okay. Bye.

BELLA: Oh, my God.

-(UPBEAT SONG PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) -Dude, I asked Grayson

if I could give you his number.

REBECCA: No. No!

-No, no, no! -Yes!

Oh, my God. Why not?

I don't know. He seems, like, so cool.

Like... too cool for me.

BELLA: No one is too cool for you.

Like, first of all, every guy is a fucking loser.

Second of all, it's not like high school.

No, I know, I know.

I just don't want him to think

I'm obsessed with him or whatever.

BELLA: I did not say you're obsessed with him.

Okay, good, 'cause I'm fucking not.

Sounds like you're totally not obsessed with him.

Um, I would just, like, keep an eye out,

because I think he has, like, a weird thing for Asian girls.

He tried to hook up with Alex when they first met.

She's literally a quarter Japanese.

BELLA: She's half, I think.

-REBECCA: I think it's a quarter. -Okay.

I just... I'm trying to, like, introduce the new,

stop you from backsliding. Like...

I haven't... talked to Carter in, like...

a month-- like, since my birthday.

So, yeah, like a month.

What?

I believe you.

Okay. Um...

I'm late for work, so I am gonna go,

-but I, um-- -Are you serious?

-REBECCA: Yeah, I-- -I've, like, barely done anything.

REBECCA: I know, I know. I'm sorry, I just...

I... I have to go pick up these special light bulbs for Bob,

and then that's gonna be another 30 minutes,

so I'll be, like, an hour late.

I just... I have to go.

-I'm sorry. -(BELLA SIGHS)

Bet if I had a fucking dollar for every time you--

-I literally have to go to work. -Okay. Then go to work.

-I'm at work right now. -Okay. I love you.

BELLA: Okay, fine.

I'm gonna just be imagining your beautiful face.

-REBECCA: Okay. Bye. I love you. -(DOORKNOB RATTLES)

-(VEHICLES HONKING) -(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

(PULSATING MUSIC PLAYING)

WILLIAM: Becca.

-Hi. -Hi.

REBECCA: Wow.

-Um-- -WILLIAM: Uh, how are you?

(CHUCKLES) I'm...

good. Yeah, I'm... I'm, um...

I'm good. How are you?

Listen, do... do you have time?

Can we do...

Can... Can I get you a coffee or a bite?

-Just a... a bite or something? -Oh. I'm, uh... I'm sorry.

I'm late. I'm, uh... I'm actually, like, 30 minutes late for work.

-I should probably go. -WILLIAM: There's a great place right here.

Lucky King. Right around the corner, if you've never been.

(COUGHS)

(KID CHATTERING NEARBY)

WILLIAM: It's just right around the corner.

Um...

I could...

-Yeah, I could grab coffee for a second. -WILLIAM: Great. Great.

Great. What a blessing. It's just right here.

Wow. (LAUGHS)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN CHINESE) -(DISHES CLANKING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(REBECCA SIGHS)

(IN ENGLISH) Wow, look at you.

What?

Look at that hair.

Oh. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Yeah. I guess it was always...

(SIGHS)

WILLIAM: You know, it's a good thing you ran into me this morning.

I was just about to write you out of my will.

-(CHUCKLES) -(CLEARS THROAT)

Hey, can I get you a baozi or something?

So...

where are you living?

Remember that big supermarket we used to shop at?

Near the library?

Near there.

But my doctor's here in the center.

And you?

Big-city girl, living out her dreams, right?

Um, I live in...

in, uh, Brooklyn. Bushwick.

But I work on East 72nd.

(CLEARS THROAT)

How's your mother?

REBECCA: She's good. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah, she's great.

You know, they have other stuff as well--

Yeah, I... I honestly...

I'm really late for work.

-I should probably get going. -Hey, hey, hey.

Before you go, can you do me a favor?

Please, I only need ten minutes.

-I'm already late. -WILLIAM: 15 minutes?

Fifteen minutes of your time.

I could really use a break right now in New York.

Please?

I can use some good luck.

My good luck charm.

-(CHINESE SONG PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) -(GAMBLERS SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

(GAMBLERS LAUGHING)

(WILLIAM SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

WILLIAM: (IN ENGLISH) Number two. Let's go. Let's go, guys.

(GAMBLERS CONTINUE SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

(CARDS SNAPPING)

(GAMBLERS EXCLAIMING)

-(IN ENGLISH) Ah! -GAMBLER 1: Come on!

(MEN CONTINUE SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

REBECCA: (IN ENGLISH) Dad, I have to go.

-Hey! Hey, wait, wait, wait. -REBECCA: I'll see you later.

(SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

-GAMBLER 2: (IN ENGLISH) William! Hey, William! -Hey, wait! Hey!

Hey, sorry. Hey.

Didn't I say you were my good luck charm?

My partner in crime?

-Wasn't that a lot of fun? -(GAMBLER SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

(WILLIAM REPLIES IN CHINESE)

(IN ENGLISH) I'm talking to my daughter here.

We should do this again.

Um... sure. Yeah.

I mean, you have my number, right?

-So just-- -Nine, one, seven, four,

-zero, zero-- -That's it. So you can just... text me,

and we'll figure something out.

-WILLIAM: I will. -Okay.

-WILLIAM: Next week. -REBECCA: Yep.

-(VEHICLE ALARM BLARING) -REBECCA: (PANTING) Fuck!

I'm so sorry.

-The trains were delayed. -BOB: Okay.

And... And I got stuck on the R in Chinatown. It was... But I went--

Give me the card. You forgot to fill up the gas.

Oh, sorry.

-(SIGHS) -Oh, my God. It must be at the--

You know what? Never mind. Just... Just cancel it.

I need you to call the power company,

but, obviously, the car doesn't need to be moved.

REBECCA: Um, wait, here,

um, for the parking ticket.

BOB: What? (SCOFFS)

(PHONE BEEPING)

AUTOMATED VOICE: Please listen carefully,

as the following menu options may have changed.

-To speak to a-- -(PHONE BEEPS)

All our representatives are currently busy.

If you'd like to hold, press 1,

or press 2 to schedule a callback at the number you are dialing from.

-(PHONE BEEPING) -(MELLOW PIANO TUNE PLAYING OVER PHONE)

-(KEYBOARD CLACKING) -AUTOMATED VOICE: Stay safe.

Never use your oven or cooktop to heat your home.

It can cause a fire or create lethal carbon monoxide gas.

(PIANO TUNE CONTINUES)

(REBECCA SCOFFS)

(CHUCKLES)

AUTOMATED VOICE: Thank you for your patience. All representatives

-are currently assisting other customers. -(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

Please continue to hold.

(PIANO TUNE CONTINUES)

(SCROLL WHEEL WHIRRING)

-(KEYBOARD CLACKING) -AUTOMATED VOICE: Sixty-two or older?

Talk to your customer service representative

about discounts that may be available for you

for your regular gas and electric service.

(PIANO TUNE CONTINUES)

(MOUSE CLICKS)

(SCROLL WHEEL WHIRS)

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

(VEHICLES WHIRRING)

(CURIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

(CARDBOARD SHREDDING)

(TRANSITIONS TO UPLIFTING MUSIC)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(UPLIFTING MUSIC FADES)

(RABBIT SNIFFING)

(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

-(MESSAGE TONE PINGS) -(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

-(SIGHS) -(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(SIGHS)

-(VIDEO CALL NOTIFICATION PINGS) -REBECCA: Hi.

Can you see me?

JAS: I can see you.

(CHUCKLES) I can't see you.

JAS: (CHUCKLES) Yeah, I... I know.

I just wanted to see your face.

Um... I'm...

I mean, thank you so much for the gift.

I... I just...

I'm really not in a position

to take care of a pet right now.

Like, I... I think my dad is sick, and my job is just...

I mean, I just have a lot of stuff going on.

And I'm not sure if it was hard to send,

but if there's any way that you--

JAS: Uh, can... can you, um, show me?

-Real quick? - (GULPS)

(JAS EXHALES IN AMAZEMENT)

Wow.

(CHUCKLES) You guys are perfect.

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES) I mean, look how sweet she is.

Do you... (CHUCKLES)

Do you think you could turn your camera on?

JAS: I can't.

Uh, but... soon.

-CARTER: Oh, my God! -REBECCA: (MOANING) Oh, my God!

CARTER: You're so fucking hot.

(BOTH PANTING)

(CARTER KISSING PASSIONATELY)

(BOTH CONTINUE PANTING)

-CARTER: Yeah? -REBECCA: Uh-huh. Yeah.

(SEDUCTIVELY) Yeah.

-CARTER: Oh, yeah? -Yeah.

(REBECCA GASPS, GRUNTS)

-CARTER: Oh! -REBECCA: Fuck.

-What? What? -REBECCA: Ow. Ow. Ow.

You hit me in the fucking eye.

Oh.

Oh, my God, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

-(PANTING) -CARTER: I'm sorry.

(BOTH PANTING)

Let me see your eyeball.

(REBECCA LAUGHS)

(ROMANTIC SONG PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)

Okay. I should go.

-(CHUCKLES) No. -(LAUGHS)

You can't go.

-(LAUGHING) -You have to stay.

(LAUGHING) Okay, okay.

Fifteen more minutes, and then I really have to go.

Okay, fine. 15 minutes.

And you gotta let me give you a ride back on the new Z400.

Oh, my God.

(CHUCKLES) No.

It's incredible. It's...

You're gonna freak out. It's worth every dime.

It's the best money I've ever spent in my life.

No. I just think about being squashed

like a little bug on the pavement.

Yeah, I know. But once you're on it,

you just feel the wind blowing in your hair,

and just that sense of fucking real freedom.

-(CHUCKLES) -You'll be saying different. Just promise...

Do you promise you'll let me give you a ride?

Fine. But only if I get to wear the helmet.

I've got two, dummy.

-We can both wear helmets. -(LAUGHS) Okay.

Do you think...

it would be a bad idea to get back together?

(MURMURS) I don't know.

(CLEARLY) I don't know.

-(CHUCKLES) -I feel like we'd, uh...

like we'd both have to think about it.

(SIREN WAILING OUTSIDE)

(PEOPLE CHEERING OUTSIDE)

-Yeah. Of course. -Yeah.

Um...

Okay, well...

I guess I should...

I should call an Uber.

-(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING IN NEARBY ROOM) -(KEYS JANGLING)

(BOTH SIGH)

Oh, wait. Before I forget,

-do you have the-- -Oh, my God. (CHUCKLES)

-(CHUCKLES) -Yeah. Of course.

(KEYS JANGLING)

Yeah, it's that one. Yeah.

Okay. Thanks.

Okay.

-Okay. -I hope you have the best week ever.

-(CHUCKLES) -Mmm-hmm.

And I hope I get to see you again soon?

-Yeah. -Yeah?

-Mmm-hmm. -And text me when you get home.

Okay.

Okay.

-(QUIETLY) Bye. -(INHALES) Bye.

(REBECCA SIGHS, RAPID FOOTSTEPS)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)

(PHONE BUZZES)

(SIGHS)

(INHALES)

(EXHALES)

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

(DETONATE PLAYING)

♪ Close myself off in new ways

♪ Building walls in my sleep I can't turn back

♪ I've been reelin' for twelve days

♪ When I start to see if it gets real bad

♪ Hurt me Know you won't hurt me

♪ I'm about to detonate

♪ Pull you close And then, I'll be gone... ♪

-(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) -(SONG CONTINUES OVER SPEAKERS)

(PHONE RINGING)

Hi.

BELLA: (ON PHONE) Hi, my angel.

-REBECCA: What's up? -BELLA: Well, do you wanna come out tonight?

I think we're gonna get drinks somewhere on the Lower East Side.

And then we're gonna go to Grayson's.

REBECCA: Um, who is "we"?

BELLA: It's gonna be me, Alex, and Eva.

I just have to be kind of...

-Uh, I just have to be up early tomorrow. -BELLA: Okay. Please.

It's gonna be really fun. Like, I promise.

And if it's not, you can literally go home whenever.

Like, I'll call you an Uber.

REBECCA: You promise?

BELLA: I promise you're gonna have

the best night of your life, okay?

-Okay? -Okay, fine.

♪ I'm not tryna be rude

♪ I'm just feelin' confused... ♪

-(ATM BEEPING) -(PODCASTER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER SPEAKERS)

(ATM BUZZES)

(ATM WHIRS, RATTLES)

(INDISTINCT PODCASTER CHATTER CONTINUES)

-CASHIER: How are you doing? -Hi.

Just this and a Lucky Duck.

CASHIER: I got you.

PODCASTER: ...and Griselda holding it down...

-(PHONE BUZZES) -...with that real, authentic sound.

So I'm asking you, New York, what do you think?

Are the newer artists pushing the culture forward,

or do we need to hold on to that old-school essence a little longer?

(CASH REGISTER CLICKS)

Look, hip-hop is always evolving,

and I'm here for it.

But I think we can all agree, the heart of it...

-Thank you. -...is still about the storytelling,

the lyricism, the passion.

It's that energy that keeps us coming back for more,

no matter what direction the sound is taking.

All right. Listen up...

(PULSATING MUSIC PLAYING)

JAS: (ON VIDEO CALL) Oh. (CHUCKLES) Oh. Oh, man.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

(EXHALES SLOWLY)

-Can you see her? -JAS: Yeah, I can see her.

(CHUCKLES)

What's your name?

Teddi.

(JAS CHUCKLES)

JAS: Okay. Uh, real name?

Teddi.

JAS: Teddi?

Mmm-hmm.

JAS: And... and what do you do, Teddi?

I don't do anything.

(JAS CHUCKLES)

JAS: What does that mean?

I cam, and I work, like...

a regular nothing-job. It's...

It's not interesting. What about you? What do you do?

JAS: Uh, businessman.

Business, like finance, or what type of business?

JAS: Uh, well, it's... I... I wouldn't worry about...

It's... it's boring.

What do you think, um...

What do you think I should name her?

JAS: Does she need a name?

(CHUCKLES) Of... Yeah. I mean... of course she needs a name.

Didn't you ever name your pets?

JAS: Only the ones I... I knew we were gonna keep.

Right. Well...

now that I know I'm keeping her, I should think of a name.

JAS: God!

I like you.

REBECCA: (CHUCKLES) Um...

that's really sweet.

Do you think I could...

see you? Like, could you turn your camera on?

JAS: How about if you do something for me?

Okay.

JAS: Yeah?

Yeah. Okay.

JAS: And you have to do exactly what I say.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Didn't I say yes?

JAS: Put her over your stomach.

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

(PULSATING MUSIC PLAYING)

JAS: Good.

Now... lower.

Lower.

Wow. You're doing really good.

(COUGHS)

(CHAIR SQUEAKS)

A little lower.

Hey, you want to see me, right?

(PULSATING MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(JAS GULPS AND EXHALES SLOWLY)

JAS: You two are fucking perfect.

(MONITOR PINGS)

Hi. (CHUCKLES)

JAS: Hi.

(CHUCKLES)

-(EXHALES) -(REBECCA CHUCKLES)

(MOUSE CLICKING)

(PHONE BUZZING)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

-(DOORKNOB RATTLES) -BOB: Becca, could you--

-Whoa! -Oh, my God. I'm, um... I'm... I'm... See...

-(BOB SIGHS) -(STUTTERS) I... I...

-That must have been spam. -Spam?

Yeah. It's crazy. I... I... I got an email,

-and I clicked a link that I thought was-- -BOB: (SIGHS) Oh.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus, uh, I... I'm gonna call Ricky to make sure

that I don't get any more of these emails.

-He did something like this before, some, what... -Yeah.

-Like a spam blocker. -Spam blocker.

Yeah. Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. Yeah, yeah.

Just be sure that link didn't give me any viruses.

REBECCA: Of course. I'm... Will do.

I'm... sorry. And...

Don't be sorry.

Just be right.

REBECCA: Yeah. I'm so... (STUTTERS)

No, I'm not... (CHUCKLES)

(BOB SIGHS)

I'm, um...

I... I will... I will be right next time, I promise.

BOB: Just finish what you're doing

and come see me when you're done.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

(DOOR RATTLES AND SQUEAKS)

-(DOOR SHUTS) -BELLA: Dude, honestly?

Like, fuck Bob. He sucks.

I can't believe he fired you for that.

I actually had this amazing idea the other day,

-which is that you should be my assistant. -(CHUCKLES)

It would be, like, easy, fun.

Like, all you would really need to do

is, like, stretch the canvases, wash the brushes.

And then you could get us matchas from Barry.

-REBECCA: Hmm. -BELLA: Where's my... yellow?

-Okay, here we go. -(COLOR TUBE CLATTERS)

Um... I don't know.

-No. -BELLA: I mean, you could always

go to a foot party.

-Like-- -Oh, my God.

BELLA: Okay.

Becca, I'm not trying to be a bitch, but, like,

you're not even really trying.

You're so arrogant sometimes.

What?

Just, like, the way that you say things sometimes,

it's like you're so sure that you're right about everything.

(CHUCKLES) I'm not arrogant.

I'm just, like... not afraid to have an opinion.

(SIGHS)

Well, how is your papa?

Ew, don't call him my fucking "papa."

BELLA: He is, though.

He's fine. I don't know.

BELLA: Are you gonna see him again?

I don't know. Maybe.

(GASPS) Hi, Milk.

Stop. Dude, stop. (CHUCKLES)

What? She likes it.

No, stop! She doesn't like it.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

Okay.

I think I'm gonna name her Spot or...

-Milk. -(JAS CHUCKLES)

Milk's a funny name.

Milk.

JAS: Can I watch you feed her?

(STEMS SNAP)

(REBECCA CHUCKLES)

Maybe... (CHUCKLES)

Maybe we could come visit you?

Reunite Milk with her dad?

(JAS GROANS)

Where do you live?

JAS: Pennsylvania.

So may... maybe it's better if I come visit you guys.

Huh?

REBECCA: Yeah. Maybe.

You... you ever been to Pennsylvania?

Mmm-mmm.

Did you grow up there?

Yeah. Yeah, I grew up in northern Pennsylvania,

but then we moved to Philly about eight years ago.

You and...

Me and my ex-wife.

-(CHUCKLES) -(REBECCA CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

We're... We're not together anymore.

It's... Yeah, it's been a little bit.

What happened?

JAS: (SIGHS) Yeah, I... Yeah, I don't know.

Uh, yeah, just time and whatever else

makes people grow apart.

Ugh. God, I wish I was there with you guys right now.

We wish you were here, too.

JAS: No, I wish I was like...

(GROANS) ...I wish I was, like, in the bed...

-(LAUGHS) -...hanging. (LAUGHS)

Um...

I should probably go.

I have to be up really early tomorrow.

Oh, come on.

-Just a little longer? -REBECCA: I just... I have to take my dad

to a doctor's appointment really early.

I just don't wanna be a total zombie.

JAS: Yeah. No, I... I get it.

I could just... I don't know.

I could stare at you guys... all night. But, uh...

-Yeah, we'll talk, and-- -REBECCA: (CHUCKLES) Fine. Okay, fine.

I'm warning you, I might fall asleep.

That's... That's fine. I'll just... I'll just watch.

And, uh... I won't say anything.

(JAS INHALES SOFTLY)

(VEHICLE HORN HONKING NEARBY)

(GAMBLERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY IN CHINESE)

WILLIAM: (IN ENGLISH) Come on, come on.

(CONVERSATION CONTINUES IN CHINESE)

(WILLIAM COUGHS)

-(IN ENGLISH) Let's go. Pair. -GAMBLER 1: Okay.

(GAMBLERS SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

(WILLIAM COUGHS)

(WILLIAM COUGHING)

WILLIAM: (IN ENGLISH) Thank you, gentlemen.

-Hey! -(GAMBLER SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

(EXHALES)

-(IN ENGLISH) Really? -(CHAIR CLANKS)

In front of my daughter?

-Dad, it's okay. It's okay. It's all okay. -WILLIAM: I got this.

You don't understand. Let me handle this.

-You don't understand. -No, I don't need it.

Fuck. Dad, seriously, it doesn't matter. Stop!

-(SPEAKING IN CHINESE) -(IN ENGLISH) I don't need it!

I said I don't need it. No, Dad!

REBECCA: (IN ENGLISH) Okay. It's okay. It's okay.

(WILLIAM COUGHING)

-(WILLIAM GASPING FOR BREATH) -(IN ENGLISH) It's okay. It's okay, it's okay.

(GAMBLERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY IN CHINESE)

-(CALM MUSIC PLAYING) -(PIECES CLATTERING)

(WILLIAM CLEARS THROAT AND COUGHS)

(LIGHTER CLICKS)

-(IN ENGLISH) Are you living alone or... -(CLEARS THROAT)

Yeah.

Got the whole place to myself.

It's nice not to have to answer to anyone.

-Like your mother. -You bet. Yeah.

And you don't get lonely, ever?

Why would I get lonely?

I'm surrounded by people.

(BIRD CAWING IN DISTANCE)

And if I ever do need company...

I got Cha.

REBECCA: (CHUCKLES) You have a cat?

Maybe you could meet him?

Hm.

Yeah.

He's cute.

(MEN SPEAKING IN CHINESE NEARBY)

-(INHALES DEEPLY) -(WILLIAM GROANS SOFTLY)

(IN ENGLISH) You know, when I was younger...

I would take the train, and...

if I saw an older Asian man,

I would go and sit down next to him

and pretend that he was my dad

and... that we were riding the train together.

(WILLIAM EXHALES)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

Uh-huh?

What?

I've seen that smile before.

What are you talking about?

Hm. I know that smile anywhere.

I remember that from kindergarten.

(MEN SPEAKING IN CHINESE NEARBY)

(IN ENGLISH) What was that boy's name?

-That poopy boy? (CHUCKLES) -(LAUGHS)

What was his name?

-Graham. (CHUCKLES) -Yes!

-(LAUGHS) -REBECCA: You remember that?

Of course.

(NEARBY CONVERSATION IN CHINESE CONTINUES)

(IN ENGLISH) Hey, do you want to see a movie?

If you don't have a... date with your boyfriend.

I don't have a date with my boyfriend.

I don't know. Maybe we could go see a movie next Friday?

Great.

Next Friday.

DR. KARAS: This'll just be a quick swab,

and we'll get results back to you in about two weeks.

-Okay? -REBECCA: Okay.

All right. Can you spread your knees for me?

You're gonna feel some cold pressure.

-Okay? -REBECCA: Hm.

-(INHALES DEEPLY) -DR. KARAS: And...

Keep breathing.

(INSTRUMENT CLATTERING)

Mmm-hmm.

-And... -(BREATHING SHARPLY)

...you're all set. You can close your legs.

I'll give you a call in about two weeks with results. All right?

-Okay. Thank you. -DR. KARAS: Take care.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

-(DOORKNOB RATTLES) -(DOOR SHUTS)

-(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING) -(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)

JAS: Can you just...

tell me, honestly... about your life?

REBECCA: Yeah.

Okay.

Lately, to make myself, like,

clean my room or brush my teeth, or whatever,

I... pretend that my friend's coming over...

-(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION) -...so that I do the thing

that I know I'm, like, supposed to do, even if nobody sees.

Is that...

Is that sad? That's sad.

JAS: No.

No, I... I...

(INHALES) I mean, I think it's normal.

Okay. Uh, what... what would happen

if... if you didn't do any of that?

REBECCA: I don't know. I think I'd just be, like,

a sad dirty hermit. Um...

JAS: Well...

and what's so bad about that?

(MELLOW MUSIC FADES)

REBECCA: Yeah, I mean, I don't know, I just...

I... I feel like I'm just going to keep pretending

that my best friend is coming over later so that I, like...

wash the dishes and brush my teeth,

and, like, tweeze my nipple hair

-so people don't find me repulsive. -(CHUCKLES)

Well, I... I wouldn't find you repulsive

even if you didn't do any of those things.

How do you know I don't smell disgusting?

You've never seen me in person.

(SIGHS) I don't know.

Uh, maybe we should, uh...

I don't know, meet up... or, you know...

Mmm-hmm.

JAS: Hey, um, can...

can I ask you something?

Of course.

JAS: When... when was your last group show?

Like, a week ago.

JAS: Okay. And... And you like doing those?

(CHUCKLES) Yeah. They're fun. They're...

They're funny. They're just more consistent than privates, you know.

And what would happen if you didn't do 'em?

Why would I do that?

JAS: Oh. Yeah, yeah. I... I... I don't, uh... I don't know.

I'm just...

-(SIGHS) -REBECCA: If this is just the only way

that I'm making money right now?

Okay, well, what if I...

paid you double...

whatever you made in your group shows?

Wow. Um... (CHUCKLES)

JAS: No... No pressure, by the way.

Just... Yeah, just...

I want you for myself... you know.

Like... sort of mine.

Can I think about it?

JAS: Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, no pressure. Think about it.

Hey... will you do something for me?

Okay.

Will you pick her up by the ears?

-(CHUCKLES) -(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

(CHUCKLES)

Doesn't that...

Are you supposed to... Doesn't it hurt her? Or...

No.

No, she'll be fine.

You can trust me that I... I know what they can handle.

Yeah, you just... you just...

grab her and...

and pick her up.

Slowly. And, uh...

and just, uh...

you know, just... pick her up.

(JAS EXHALES SOFTLY)

-(INHALES DEEPLY) -(LOW PULSATING MUSIC PLAYING)

(JAS GROANS SOFTLY)

-(SIGHS) -(CHAIR CREAKING)

(BELT BUCKLE CLICKING)

-(PANTS UNZIPPING) -(RABBIT SQUEALING)

-(PULSATING MUSIC INTENSIFIES) -REBECCA: I... I...

-JAS: Oh, my God. -REBECCA: I don't think she likes it. She was, like--

-(PULSATING MUSIC STOPS) -(SIGHS, CHUCKLES) Don't drop her.

Uh, um, look... (INHALES SHARPLY)

Trust me. Okay?

I, uh... I know what they can handle.

You just gotta...

you know, pick her up... slowly.

(CHUCKLES)

(LOW PULSATING MUSIC RESUMES)

JAS: There we go.

-(SIGHS) -(RABBIT SQUEALS)

JAS: That's a good girl.

Really good.

(JAS BREATHING HEAVILY)

-(HEAVY BREATHING CONTINUES) -(BELT BUCKLE CLINKING)

(RABBIT SQUEALING)

(PULSATING MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(RABBIT SQUEALING)

(JAS BREATHING HEAVILY)

(EXHALES IN PLEASURE)

Fuck!

Uh-huh.

(CHAIR CREAKING)

(GRUNTING)

Fuck! (PANTING)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)

(JAS CONTINUES PANTING)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC FADES)

(PAINTBRUSH RUSTLING)

(PAINTING TOOLS CLATTERING)

(PAINTBRUSH RUSTLING)

I think I'm evil.

(BELLA CHUCKLES)

BELLA: Yeah, totally. You're the devil.

No, I just feel like...

I mean, I feel like if I have any power, I abuse it.

(PAINTBRUSH RUSTLING)

BELLA: Yeah, but I mean, like,

what power do you really have?

It's not like you're, like, the president or something, so like...

-Yeah. -BELLA: Totally fine.

Yeah, uh, no. I don't know.

BELLA: Ooh. Um, you have to come by the gallery later.

I need to show you the layout. It's so good.

(CHUCKLES) I can't. I, um... I have plans with my dad.

(GASPS) Oh, my God, your papa?

-REBECCA: Mmm-hmm. -That's so sweet.

Um, okay, we just need, like, two more sessions, and then we're done.

-BELLA: You are... -Mmm-hmm.

...my fucking muse.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(LOW, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Excuse me, have you guys seen William?

Have you seen William? I'm sorry. He's just...

-(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) -REBECCA: He's-- Okay. Um...

Um, excuse me, have... have you seen William?

-(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) -Okay. Okay. Um...

Um... Sorry, I... Have you seen... Have you seen...

-(MAN SPEAKING CHINESE) -(IN ENGLISH) Do you guys know...

Do you guys know... Oh, I'm sorry.

Do you know... Do you know where William is?

(SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

REBECCA: (IN ENGLISH) Excuse me. Excuse me, I'm sorry.

Do you know where William is?

He was supposed to meet me here.

GAMBLER: No, I haven't seen him.

-(SIGHS) -(PIECES CLATTERS)

(GAMBLERS SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

(TENSE MUSIC FADES)

(CURIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

(CURIOUS MUSIC ENDS)

DR. HOFFMAN: (IN ENGLISH) She's a beautiful bunny.

Where'd you get her?

REBECCA: Some pet store in Chelsea.

-Really? -(INSTRUMENT CLATTERS)

That's a rare breed.

Usually you don't see them in pet stores.

REBECCA: Yeah, it was, um, a boutique pet store.

Like, they had all the inbred kind of animals.

Like the Persian cats

and the French bulldogs with the, like, smushed faces.

-DR. HOFFMAN: Ah. (INHALES) -(PHONE BUZZES)

Okay. Well, Milk is exhibiting signs of shock.

Shock?

DR. HOFFMAN: Yes. So, typically, we can tell

when rabbits go into shock

by their body temperature, which drops significantly.

That's why her ears felt so cold.

And her gums are also quite pale,

which is another indicator of shock.

Has she undergone any stress recently?

Um, no. No, nothing that I can think of.

Okay.

Well, shock can also occur

due to a loud sound or sudden fear.

So it's possible she might have heard something jarring.

Yeah. Um, they're doing construction

in the apartment next to mine,

and so something must've, like, slammed, or...

Okay, well, we're gonna get some,

uh, liquids in her through an IV,

and then we'll keep her here for monitoring

for a couple of hours.

Okay. Thank you so much.

-DR. HOFFMAN: Yeah. -Um...

(DR. HOFFMAN SCRIBBLING)

Is... Is she gonna be okay?

DR. HOFFMAN: Hard to tell.

It's rare, but it is possible

for rabbits to die from shock.

I'm not saying that to scare you.

I just want you to be aware of every possible outcome.

(LOW, PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

-Okay. Thank you. -DR. HOFFMAN: Yeah.

(PHONE BUZZING)

-(PHONE BUZZING CONTINUES) -(PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(REBECCA SIGHS)

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(PHONE CONTINUES BUZZING)

(REBECCA SIGHS)

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(MONITOR PINGS)

(MONITOR CHIMES)

(CHAIR CREAKING)

JAS: What's wrong? What happened?

(PHONE BUZZES)

-What-- -REBECCA: Um...

She... um...

(PHONE BUZZES)

She died.

(CHAIR CREAKS)

-Who? -(REBECCA SCOFFS)

JAS: (STUTTERS) What?

(STUTTERING)

What happened?

What do you mean, what happened?

I... I... I mean, how did she die?

You made me... pick her up--

JAS: No, no, no!

No, I... I... I didn't make you do anything.

You did whatever you wanted to do.

-Are you fucking kidding me? -JAS: No, I'm not fucking kidding you!

-I didn't reach through the screen... -REBECCA: Oh, my God.

-...and force you to do anything. -Fuck you!

This is a fucking transaction, okay?

-(PHONE BUZZING) -I pay you

to play pretend.

That's what this is.

-All right? We both know that. -Mmm-hmm.

-(PHONE BUZZING) -(INHALES)

Uh...

(CLICKS TONGUE)

-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. - I can't do this right now.

-I have to go. (SNIFFLES) -JAS: No, no, no, no. Please.

No, no, no, no.

-Hey, hey, hey. -No, it's okay.

-No. Please? Hey-- -I... I... I just... I have to go.

(PHONE BUZZING)

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

-(SIREN BLARING) -(BUS HORN HONKING)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

MAN: Cross your arms.

Do you believe Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior?

WILLIAM: Yes.

MAN: Do you promise to follow Him for the rest of your days?

WILLIAM: Yes.

MAN: I baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.

(MUFFLED SLOSHING)

(WATER SPLASHING)

(WILLIAM GASPING)

(WILLIAM COUGHING)

(WATER SPLASHING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER NEARBY)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)

BELLA: Becca?

Oh, my God!

-(LAUGHS) Hi! -BELLA: There's my angel girl.

Oh, my God. The painting's... genius.

I... I literally would give you...

-BELLA: Thank you. -...my firstborn for one.

I don't need your firstborn.

Just pay me back for dinner, and then we're good.

-(BOTH LAUGH) -Okay. Hey. Congrats.

-The brush strokes? Are you kidding me? -BELLA: Thank you.

-Thank you. -They're impeccable.

I was trying to do something different with it,

-but I think it works. -Oh! Like, beyond.

-This is huge, babe. -BELLA: Thank you.

ROMY: Congrats, babe.

(CHUCKLES)

Wait. Is it, um...

-That's... It's me, right? -Yeah.

I mean, can't you tell from the bunny and the bangs?

No, totally. I just... I guess I thought that, um...

'Cause we did all those portraits...

-Mm-hmm. -...so I... I thought that it was gonna be like...

-I don't know, I guess more-- -Oh, yeah, yeah.

No. That was the original plan.

But then, when you, like, flaked in the last two sessions...

-REBECCA: I'm sorry. -...honestly, I freaked out.

But then I kind of improvised,

and I think it turned out better.

'Cause now it's like... deconstruction of the feminine identity

in the style of Marlene Dumas.

REBECCA: Oh. I don't know who that is. But--

ALEX: Girl, it is giving deconstruction.

-It is giving feminine-- -BELLA: Oh!

-ALEX: It's so good! -Oh, my God.

ALEX: It's so good. Congratulations.

Thank you. Um, wait, do you know each other?

-This is Alex. -No. Hey! Hi!

I think we might have met a couple of months ago.

-Mm. Okay. -But, hi, I'm Becca.

ALEX: Hey.

What's going on?

Girl, you let a guy fuck you once,

and then all of a sudden, he's like addicted to you.

-BELLA: Yeah. -ALEX: Obsessed with you.

-I think he's a sex-- -Bella?

-BELLA: Yeah? -I think I'm gonna go.

-BELLA: What? You just got here. -I think I'm gonna go.

-Yeah, I know. -ALEX: Oh. What?

-Yeah, I just... I have to be up super early. -BELLA: Not tonight--

-Okay. Oh, my God, she always pulls this... -No.

-..."I need to be up early" bullshit. -You shouldn't go.

-REBECCA: No, I-- -Every single time.

It's fine. If you have to go, you can go.

-It's fine. You can go. -ALEX: No. No.

I feel like you should come to the after-party.

-BELLA: Oh, yeah. -ALEX: Yeah, she should come.

Oh, sorry, I didn't mention it

because I just figured you wouldn't wanna go.

-But we're doing, like... -No, you should come.

-...a little after-thing. -Yeah. Yeah.

-It's, like, at my dad's place... -BELLA: It's at her dad's place.

...on the Upper East Side.

-And he's in London right now... -BELLA: It's so cute.

...so we could just get, like,

-super fucked up. -I'm getting wasted.

-We're gonna get fucked up, bitch. -You know I'm getting blackout.

-Fucked up. -And then do you think I can

-just, like, sleep over? -Yes. You can crash there.

-BELLA: And then... bagels. -And then, bagels in the morning.

-BELLA: I was gonna say we need to do that. -I think... I think I'm...

-We have to. -I think I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go.

-BELLA: Okay. It's fine. -ALEX: Oh, really?

-Yeah. Uh-- -BELLA: Not gonna be fun,

-it's all good. Just go if you have to go. -REBECCA: Okay.

Um, do you have any

-of my "little cigs"? -I do.

-REBECCA: It was so nice to-- -BELLA: 'Cause we... when we share a pack...

-REBECCA: Bye. -...um, it's, like... I'm, like,

I need you to hold it.

-(SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS) -(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

Hi, guys.

(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

Yeah, I know it's been a minute. And I missed you guys.

(MESSAGE TONE PINGING)

Hi.

(MESSAGE TONE PINGING)

Yeah. Oh, do I seem like I'm in a bright mood?

I mean, I'm... I always am when I'm with you guys.

(MESSAGE TONE PINGING)

What kind of business inquiries?

You can just DM me.

(MESSAGE TONE PINGING)

(PHONE BUZZES)

(MESSAGE TONE PINGING)

(MESSAGE TONE PINGING)

No.

Oh, I missed you, too.

(EXHALES)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(PEOPLE CHEERING ON TV)

(WILLIAM COUGHING)

(SPORTS COMMENTATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER TV)

-(WILLIAM BREATHING SHAKILY) -(PEOPLE CHEERING ON TV)

COMMENTATOR: And that's a defensive blocking foul, folks.

That's number 10's third foul of the night,

-and the seventh team foul. - (WILLIAM COUGHS)

COMMENTATOR: Up to the free throw line...

(COMMENTARY CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

(SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

(SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

(IN ENGLISH) Cold?

WILLIAM: Very good.

I just have poor circulation.

Hm.

Foot soup.

To promote circulation.

There's herbs.

I'll get you some.

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

Okay.

(WILLIAM SIGHS)

-(FEEBLE BREATHING) -(ECG BEEPING)

(REBECCA SNIFFLES)

-(SNIFFLES) -(WILLIAM BREATHING SLOWLY)

(COMMENTARY CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

(SORROWFUL SONG PLAYING)

(SNIFFLES)

-(SONG CONTINUES) -Okay. Thank you so much. Bye.

MAN: Hey, watch out.

-REBECCA: Oh. Sorry. -Hey, I said get out of the way, yellow cunt.

(TRAIN WHOOSHING)

(SONG FADES)

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(MESSAGE TONE PINGS)

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(VIDEO CALL NOTIFICATION PINGING)

(MONITOR DINGS)

Hi. (CHUCKLES)

Hey. Um...

(CLICKS TONGUE) ...I'm sorry about, um...

Don't apologize. It's...

Don't.

What are you, um...

What are you doing this weekend?

Uh... (CHUCKLES)

Let's see, I have to, uh, prep for work,

-um... next week, and-- -I wanna see you.

I... I'm coming...

I'm coming to see you tomorrow.

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES) Okay.

Are you messing with me?

No. No, no, no, I'm being serious.

Don't mess with me.

No, I'm not. I'm... I'm...

I'm coming to see you tomorrow.

Just give me your address. I'll be there.

Okay. Um...

Okay, we can meet. There's a, uh...

There's a... There's a gas station off I-95 in Edgeley.

What... What time are you coming at?

Well, I'll be there, like, um...

probably 2:00 p.m.

Um, okay.

Well, uh, yeah, I... I guess, um...

Just text me if you need anything.

-(CHUCKLES) Okay. -JAS: Okay. (CHUCKLES)

Okay, I'll see you tomorrow.

JAS: All right. I'll see... Yeah, I'll see you then.

(UPBEAT SONG PLAYING OVER STEREO)

(URINE PATTERING)

(UPBEAT SONG CONTINUES PLAYING OVER STEREO)

(SIGHS)

(CAR DOOR OPENING)

(COUNTRY SONG PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

(CASH REGISTER BEEPING)

CASHIER: I can't accept this.

MAN: What are you talking about, my man?

CASHIER: I checked it. It's fake.

MAN: You think I would give you a fake bill?

I have money. What the fuck would I need to do that for, man?

CASHIER: I don't know why you would. But you did.

'Cause this is not real money.

-MAN: Fuck you, man! -(BOTTLE CLANKING)

-JAS: Hey, hey, hey, come on. -CASHIER: Hey, fuck you, man.

-MAN: Fuck you, too, clowns! -CASHIER: Fucking broke-ass.

-MAN: Motherfucker. Fuck you! -(DOOR SLAMS)

-CASHIER: Sorry. -JAS: It's all right.

(EXHALES)

(GAS STATION DOORBELL CHIMES)

(CAR ENGINE TURNS OVER NEARBY)

-Hey. (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) -(REBECCA CHUCKLES)

Hi.

JAS: (SIGHS NERVOUSLY) I, uh...

REBECCA: Oh, my God. Wow. Thank you.

-Um... -Uh, just take the price tag off. (CHUCKLES)

REBECCA: Oh. (CHUCKLES)

JAS: I'm sorry.

REBECCA: Uh...

(LAUGHS)

What's your name?

Yeah. Uh, John.

Hi, John.

JOHN: Did I see you in there?

-Oh-- -JOHN: In... in... Or I thought I did,

-and then you left? -Yeah. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

JOHN: Why... Well, why didn't you say hi?

I guess I just imagined meeting you, like, not...

I just imagined meeting you like... this,

in the parking lot.

Well, um...

(CLICKS TONGUE) ...I don't know. Do you want to go somewhere that's...

not a parking lot? (CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES) Um... sure.

I'm not gonna force you to go anywhere.

I don't wanna... I don't wanna do that.

(CHUCKLES) Okay. Um, yeah, yeah. Let's go.

JOHN: Uh, that's my truck.

We're gonna have to walk there, if that's all right.

-Yeah. -(BOTH LAUGH)

-JOHN: You look really nice. -REBECCA: Thanks.

-JOHN: Shut the door. -(DOOR SLAMS)

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

(STEREO CLICKING)

-(LOUD ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER STEREO) -(GASPS)

Oh, my God. (LAUGHS)

-(LAUGHS) -REBECCA: Sorry.

-(THUDDING ON SCREEN) -(WOMAN 1 SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ON SCREEN)

(WOMAN 2 SCREAMING)

(MAN LAUGHING MANIACALLY ON SCREEN)

(WOMAN 2 CONTINUES SCREAMING)

WOMAN 1: No, Sam!

-(MAN GRUNTS) -(SMACKING)

(BOTH WOMEN SCREAMING)

-(SMACKING CONTINUES) -WOMAN 1: No! Sam, no! Please, no!

-Please stop! No! -(WOMAN 2 SCREAMING IN PAIN)

WOMAN 1: Sam, please help me. Sam!

-(WOMAN 2 SCREAMING) -WOMAN 1: Oh, God!

-(MAN GRUNTING) -WOMAN 1: Sam, please!

-(MAN LAUGHING SINISTERLY) -(WOMAN 1 PLEADING)

-(SMACKING) -(WOMAN 2 SCREAMING)

WOMAN 1: No! Sam, please help me!

-(OBJECT RATTLES) -(BOTH WOMEN SCREAMING)

(EVIL LAUGHTER)

-(SMACKING CONTINUES) -(BOTH WOMEN SCREAMING)

(EVIL LAUGHTER)

-(MAN LAUGHING SINISTERLY) -(BOTH WOMEN SCREAMING)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)

-(UNSETTLING MUSIC FADES) -(WOMAN 1 CRYING, SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(CRYING)

(MOTORCYCLE WHIRRING NEARBY)

(SNIFFLING)

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

(ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC CRESCENDOS)

(MUSIC ENDS)

-(CAR HORN BLARES) -(GASPS SOFTLY)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE)

(SORROWFUL SONG PLAYING)

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

-Psst, psst, psst, psst. -(FOOD CLATTERING)

REBECCA: I put its food out,

but it's fucking hiding from me.

I have to finish up here 'cause no one else is gonna do it.

Um, are you coming to the... funeral?

(ENVELOPE RUSTLING)

(INDISTINCT BUDDHIST CHANT PLAYING)

(STATIC NOISE)

(WOMAN MOANING ON VIDEO)

(MOANING CONTINUES)

(SONG FADES)

(UPBEAT POP SONG PLAYS)

(UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)

(SENSUAL POP SONG PLAYING)

(HIP-HOP SONG PLAYS)

(UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)

-(LAPTOP TRACKPAD TAPS) -(MUSIC STOPS)

(KNOCKING)

BELLA: Yeah, I'm coming!

(DOORKNOB RATTLING)

-REBECCA: Hi. -Hi.

(REBECCA SIGHS SOFTLY)

BELLA: I'm sorry I'm not ready yet.

-REBECCA: No-- -I'm still, like, fixing my hair and stuff.

-REBECCA: I know. -I just thought you would be...

-REBECCA: Late. -...late. Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

I know. I'm... (CHUCKLES)

Um... this is...

-(SOFTLY) Yes. -REBECCA: Sorry.

-How is she? -Oh, my God, she's amazing.

I've been feeding her... a lot of snacks.

-Thank you so much for taking care of her. -Of course.

She has gained 15 pounds,

but I think it's fine.

I'm sorry about last week.

I... I hope that you're not mad at me.

I'm not mad.

BELLA: Okay, 'cause I should have told you about the painting.

But, like... you're always late.

-And then I tried to call you and, like-- -I know. I know. I'm sorry.

Okay. Becca, it's, like, so hard to be a good friend to you

when you don't tell me what's going on.

Like, I can't even help you

-because I don't even know. -I know. I know. I'm sorry.

The other day, when I was cleaning out my dad's apartment...

I found a bunch of VHS porn tapes,

and one of them was labeled,

"Teenager Piss Orgy."

Oh, my God.

-Ew. -(CHUCKLES)

Did you watch it?

-(LAUGHS) -(CHUCKLES)

Duh.

REBECCA: Do you think...

that's why I'm, like...

a secret freak?

BELLA: Honestly, on the scale of secret freaks, like,

barely a pervert, okay?

And also, like, Trevor's dad

was basically addicted to porn,

and he's pretty much a fossil. So it's fine.

(SOFTLY) Okay.

(IN NORMAL VOICE) I think Carter gave me HPV.

BELLA: You're kidding me.

I wish I was kidding.

-BELLA: I'm gonna fucking kill him. -No.

I am going to snap him like a twig.

-No, it's okay. (CHUCKLES) -I've been waiting to do it for years.

-It's okay. It's okay. -Oh, my God.

(SOFTLY) I'm sorry about your dad, B.

(SOFTLY) It's okay.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

MAN: Man, I'm so sorry.

REBECCA: No. It's okay. Thanks so much for coming down here.

He would've really, really appreciated it.

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN CHINESE)

(TRAIN RUMBLING)

(WHEELS SCREECHING)

-(TRAIN RUMBLING) -(PHONE BUZZES)

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

FEMALE VOICE: (ON PHONE) Relax your attention.

Focus on your breath,

and open yourself to a feeling of self-love

and compassion.

In our adult lives,

mindfulness can help us foster the skills of self-soothing.

We learn to meet the feelings that arise--

-(PHONE CLICKS) -(RECORDING STOPS)

(STEADY BREATHING)

(MOANS SOFTLY)

(MOANS)

(MOANS)

(STEADY BREATHING)

(SPOON CLINKING)

-(CAT PURRS) -(CLATTERING)

(SERENE MUSIC PLAYING)

(AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYING)