Bright Half Life Lines Part 7

(Planning the skydive)

VICKY: So if we do it, we’ll free-fall out of the plane, accelerate to maybe one hundred and twenty-five miles per hour before the parachute/

(House)

Chloe said “snow”

VICKY: She what

She said “snow”

VICKY: When, when’d she say/ “snow”

Jut when she was going down

VICKY: Just now?/

She grabbed her Peter Panda (Lexi was asleep) and she pointed to the window and said “snow”

VICKY: “Snow”, that’s difficult, that’s a hard word

I know

VICKY: “s”s, that’s hard

I wanted to get you but then

She just laid down and fell asleep

VICKY: I can’t believe I missed it (she was so tired)

Exhauseted

VICKY: She said it, she really said it?

She pointed to the window and said “snow, snow”

VICKY: Wow

“Snow”

VICKY: Snow

(Mattress store)

I like jumping on the bed

There’s the salesguy

VICKY: Erica

Duck

VICKY: Duck where

Under the covers

VICKY: You’re kidding

Yes I’m kidding

(Planning skydive)

VICKY: If we do it, it’ll be like floating

Floating?

VICKY: It’ll be like floating

(An open space)

Tree

Tree

Look at the tree

Watch the

VICKY: I’m not/ doing it

You’re doing/it

VICKY: I’m not doing it/

You’re okay, you’re okay

Let the line out

VICKY: I can’t

Slow

VICKY: What about/the tree

Slow

Yup, that’s it

It’s dipping, it’s dipping

Reel in

VICKY: Am I doing it?

The branch!

That’s it

VICKY: I’m not doing it

You’re doing it

Now, run —

Up

Up

RUN

as fast as you can

VICKY: I’m doing it?

Vicky!

You’re doing it!

VICKY: I’m doing it!

Vicky!

VICKY: /I’m doing it!

You’re doing it!

(Ferris Wheel)

Shit we’re moving

VICKY: Squeeze my hand

Talk to me

VICKY: A, b, c,

a) What’s your favorite color

I don’t know

Blue?

VICKY: b) If you had a superhero power what would it be

Flying, no, walking through walls, no that’s stupid

Telepathy, or

knowing the future

VICKY: That’s scary

How about just like a few minutes in advance

Like am I gonna die right now

VICKY: c)

What’s c)?

VICKY: Let me thing

oh

Do you think forward or do you think backwards

I don’t know what that question means

VICKY: Or do you think just “now”/

(bump)

What was that

VICKY: It’s fine

It’s malfunctioning

VICKY: It’s fine

It is

VICKY: It’s probably being fixed right now

Sing to me

VICKY: What

Please

VICKY: Sing?

Just hum or something

VICKY: You really are afraid of heights

why did you

You wanted to, and

VICKY: I know but

I wanted to be with youj

Oh, fuck

VICKY: Hey diddle diddle

Cat

fiddle

VICKY: The cow jumped

The moon

VICKY: Little dog laughed

To see such a sport

VICKY: And the dish

Spoon

(Many Years Later)

So

Lexi’s getting married

VICKY: She’s getting married

(pause)

She wants me to give her …

away

And

You’ll do the toast

(pause)

Oh

Great

VICKY: My mom asked about you

She did, why

VICKY: I don’t know

What’d you say

VICKY: I told her I thought you were fine

She said if you ever want to come for Thanksgiving now that Chloe’s pregnant and Lex’ll be married

VICKY: That’s [sweet]

Tell her thanks [but]

VICKY: That’s what I

Kelly and I go to her folks

VICKY: That’s what I said

How is your mom?

VICKY: She’s fine, cranky

She’s old.

(Planning)

If we do it, it’ll be like death, like falling out of an airplane

Why would we do that?

(fight)

VICKY: I thought we had a good life

But I collapsed