Are you okay?
Yeah.
You need some help.
No.
Annie. What are you doing?
I am fine, dad.
What is the matter?
What is going on?
Annie?
Dad?
I love you.
I know.
I just want you and mom to know how much I love you.
Dad. I am sorry that I can be such a shit to you sometimes.
I do not know why I do that.
Just know that I love you. Okay.
I just really love you both.
Hey, Jay.
Hey, what is up?
Nothing. How long you are out here?
I am going to watch a movie. See if you like it.
Actually, I am going out tonight.
That person?
I like him.
I too.
I see you.
What are you reading?
The idiot (Fyodor Dostoyevsky).
Is it any good?
I do not know yet.
It is about Paul.
Hey, Jay.
Hey, Paul.
Stop.
I have an idea.
What?
It got away.
You ever played the 'Trade' game.
No. What is that?
It is people watching game.
My sister and I used to play When we were bored.
You are bored right now.
No. Shut up.
Let me finish.
Okay, how do you play it?
You start by watching the crowd.
Casually just, go by the people around you.
Okay.
Now, without telling me.
Pick a person you want to trade places.
It can be anyone, for whatever reason.
Okay. I got it.
Now, I get two guesses to figure out.
Whom you pick. In addition, why you want to trade places with them.
Okay. Good luck.
That person.
No.
Okay then. Whom you picked.
Him.
The dad?
No. The son.
I mean how cool that will be. Like you, whole life is out of you.
You know.
Come on.
It is not as you are old. You are 21
I know, but...
Look how happy that kid is.
At that age you could go to the bathroom anything time you want.
Total freedom.
Yeah.
Splashing his shirt right now.
Yeah, exactly. I can never get away with that.
Okay. My turn.
Okay.
Okay. Got it.
How about the girl in the yellow dress?
Where?
Right there.
I do not see her.
Right there.
Are you teasing me?
I am sorry, I just... I do not.
Can we go?
I am sorry, I just have to go.
If you...
Can we go back into the car?
Is there someone in there that made you want to leave.
Like an ex-girlfriend alternatively, something?
You said you saw a girl in yellow dress.
Is that someone that you knew?
No, I just felt sick. I feel better being outside.
Thanks for walking with me.
Mom knows you smoke.
Yeah but, she'll cry if she actually sees it happening.
Or she will just steal your cigarettes.
How is it going with you?
Good.
Honestly.
I do not know. He was acting kind of weird last night.
Why?
He said he was not feeling well however.
Something else was on his mind.
Have you.
No.
I know he wants to, but...
I do not know. He seemed different last night.
Do you smell that?
Like. Cherry coke, bananas nicotine.
That is my favorite flavor.
I love it.
Let us go back to the car.
That is funny.
I used to day dream about being old enough to go on dates.
Driving around with my friends in their cars.
I had this image of myself.
Holding hands with a cute person.
Listening to the radio.
Driving along some pretty road.
Up north maybe.
In addition, the trees start to change colors.
It is never about going anywhere really.
Some sort of freedom I guess.
Never old enough, the hell do we go.
Jay.
You awake.
I am sorry.
What are you doing?
I am not going to hurt you.
Do not worry.
You are not going to believe me.
However, I need you to remember what I am saying.
Okay.
This thing.
It is going to follow you.
Somebody gave it to me.
In addition, I pass it to you.
Back in the car.
It could look like someone you know.
Or it could be a stranger in a crowd.
Whatever helps it? Get close to you.
He could look like anyone.
However, there is only one of it.
Help.
Help!
In addition, sometimes.
Sometimes I think it looks like.
People you love. Just to hurt you.
I see it.
Who is it?
You get rid of it, okay.
Just sleep with someone as soon as you can.
Just pass it along.
If it kills you. It will come after me.
Do you understand?
What the fuck do you want?
Jay. I am doing this to help you.
Just to let you know, it is real.
Help!
Help me.
Never go into a place that does not have more than one exit.
It is very slow. However, it is not dumb.
Can I have some?
Yeah.
Listen to this,
I think that if one face by inevitable destruction.
If a house is falling upon you, for instance.
One must feel a great longing to sit down,
close one eyes and wait.
How come what may. ( Fyodor Dostoyevsky: "The Idiot" )
That is why we are drinking on the porch.
Are you mom asleep already?
Almost for sure.
She wakes up at 5.15.
That would kill me.
So.
Where is Jay?
On a date.
Your turn.
Who is he?
Somebody new.
Of course!
Your sister is so pretty. It is annoying.
Anyway, she is nice.
Is everything okay?
Do not let it touch you.
Jay!
What happened?
I do not know.
Those people are such a mess.
It was consensual.
Yeah.
And, you never see the woman before?
No.
Okay.
Have you ever been to his home?
I know where he lives, but...
I never went inside.
He said he was embarrassed where he lived.
Did she catch anything?
I do not think so.
Poor Jamie.
Apparently, he used a fake name to rent a house in the city.
The police searched the place, they cannot find him.
My God.
Breaks my heart the things he said to her.
Some weird, sick.
"I should have been a pair of ragged claws
scuttling across floors of silent seas".
And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully.
Smoothed by long fingers,
Asleep, tired or it malingers.
Stretched out on the floor, here beside you and me.
Should I, after tea and cakes and ices.
Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?
But though I have wept and fasted,
wept and prayed,
Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald),
brought in upon a platter.
I am no prophet and here is no great matter.
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
and I have seen the eternal Footman
hold my coat, and snicker,
and in short, I was afraid.
And would it have been worth it, after all.
After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me.
Would it have been worthwhile.
To have bitten off the matter with a smile.
To have squeezed the universe into a ball.
To roll it toward some overwhelming question.
Told: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead.
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”.
If one, settling a pillow by her head.
Should tell: “That is not what I meant at all;
That is not it, at all.”
Excuse me.
Hello?
Hello.
There is an old woman at school today.
In addition, she is staring at me.
It was as if she was following me.
Did you know her?
No. But she freaked me out.
I did not go back to class.
Did she say something to you?
Hugh told me that.
He passed it on to me.
He said it was going to follow me.
That is all bullshit, Jamie.
Yeah, I know.
What exactly is suppose to be following you.
I do not know.
You should tell mom what you saw.
No.
Jay. I am worried about you.
I could. Stay over tonight, If to make you feel any better.
- No. - No.
Sleep on the couch or something.
No.
Maybe just on the couch.
You should be more worry about waking up and finding Paul humping you leg.
Yes.
I choosing to ignore all these insults to my character.
Just, keep your door locked.
Look.
I am going to stay up all night. And keep an eye out for anything weird.
Nothing is going to happen. Okay.
I cannot sleep.
Not in there.
That is okay.
Just sleep here.
Are you okay?
Everything is going to be cool.
That is funny.
I have not spent a night over here since we were kids.
There is a reason for that.
Shut up.
I am serious.
It is cool spending time with you.
Yeah.
You are my first kiss.
I know.
Is that not yours?
No.
You were.
Then you kissed Kelly.
She told me.
You kiss your sisters, that is somewhat gross.
Do you remember?
The time.
That we found those porno magazines.
In the alley by Barry's pizza?
Yeah.
We are such stupid kids.
Ridiculous.
We are all sitting out on Greg's front lawn.
With a dozen, dirty magazines.
Just sprawled out everywhere. In addition, we were laughing.
And we did not realized how bad it was.
Greg's mom.
Remember her face when she came out. Saw us reading that shit.
She scooped them up so fast.
Then she called me mom.
Kel and I got the sex and talk the next day.
I got one too.
What the fuck?
Go look.
There is a broken window in the kitchen. However.
There is no one there.
Are you sure?
Yeah. I mean whoever broke it must have run away.
Maybe we should call the police.
I am going to wake up your sister. She should call.
Jay.
Jan. Can you open the door?
It is in the house.
What is going on?
There is nothing in the house, Jay.
I saw it.
Open the door. Okay.
It is in the kitchen.
I am not going to let anything happen to you.
Open the door, in addition, we will figure this out.
There is nothing out here.
Okay.
Jay. Why do not you sit down.
I need water.
I have to need water.
Okay. I will get you some.
No. Stay here!
Is something wrong with me?
Look. Somebody broke the window,
That really happened.
However, I saw a girl in the kitchen.
Jay.
I love you.
You are okay.
You do not believe me.
Mom?
Mom is that you?
No. It is I.
Yara?
Yeah.
Do not open the door.
See. Everything is okay.
God!
Wait.
Jay.
What are you doing?
Jay. Wait!
Jay!
You could have hurt yourself.
What are you doing?
I am scared.
I am too.
We will figure it out.
You cannot tell mom.
She will freak out. Moreover, she will not believe me.
I know. It is okay.
What are you running from?
Do you see that?
I do.
It is a person.
Greg?
What is going on? You are okay.
Someone broke into his or her house.
Shit.
Did you call the police?
I do not want to go home.
Where you want to go?
I need to find him.
The person who broke into your house?
No.
Hugh?
What did he really do to you?
Okay.
Are you leaving?
No. I am getting my car.
Someone has to drive. Right?
God.
Come on at this.
What?
Is this he?
You recognize the jacket.
Lawson high school.
Somebody has to know his real name.
Hello students. It is time for you afternoon announcements.
Attention all girls interested in playing club lacrosse this spring.
There will be an informational meeting held in the LT-431, right after school today.
Final reminder for all wrestlers.
Please hand in your permission forms to Mr.Dwigans today.
Also your banquet this Sunday at 3pm. Here in the high school.
It is time again for the high school musical.
This year is amount our fourth.
Starting at 7pm to 9.30 a show.
And another performance tomorrow at 2pm and 7pm.
Tickets will be $5 for students, in addition, $7 for adults.
Hope you all have a great weekend. I will see you here on Monday.
- Do they know? - Yup.
Real name is Jeff.
Not Hugh?
Jeff Raymond.
Do we tell the police?
No.
Hello?
Hi. Is Jeff here?
Yeah, yeah he is. You want to come in.
Yeah.
Your friends?
Okay. Even though it is following you.
I can still see it.
It has not done with me either. Okay.
Like I told you.
All you can do is pass it on to someone else.
What about the fuck are you talking about?
She can do the same thing I did.
It should be easier for her, she is a girl.
Any person would be with you.
Just sleep with someone else and tell him to do the same thing.
Maybe it will never come back.
This is not real.
I swear to you. This is just some fuck up game.
Look. I am not safe either. Okay.
We should not even be in the same place. I am sorry. Your people need to get out of here.
Watch it.
If it kills her. It gets me.
It goes straight down the line, whoever started it.
Jay.
I am sorry.
I was not trying to hurt you. Okay.
Someone did this to me too. Okay.
Who did this to you?
I met a girl at the bar.
It is a one-night stand. I do not even remember her name.
I think that is where it came from.
Jeff. I do not believe you.
She might.
However, I think you are a fucking liar. What you are doing to her is some fuck up shit.
Do you people see that girl right there?
- Yeah. - Yes.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay. Good.
Jay. Listen.
Wherever you are.
If someone walking straight towards you.
However, it is walking.
If you try falling, off. You could buy yourself some time. I think.
Decide if you want to give to someone else.
Greg?
Yeah.
Your mom is not going to freak out?
She will not even know.
It is nice of you.
I love coming up here.
My dad. He...
He used to take me hunting a couple of times a year.
It is not like super nice, but..
It is cool.
Have you thought about what he said.
What?
Maybe passing it on?
I do not know.
Still like sticking around when everyone is going home.
It has been lonely.
I am right across the street you know.
I remember.
I guess I should have been nicer to you.
You people should get into the water.
You want to.
Maybe a little bit.
Come on!
My God! Help me.
Jay. What is it?
Please help!
Help me!
What are you doing?
Jay. Please!
Stop shooting!
- What are you people doing? - Do not open the door.
What did you do to the door? We did not do that.
It is trying to come in.
There is nothing out here.
Yes. There is.
Fucking son of a...
Greg?
Greg. Are you okay?
Greg?
Jay. What do you see?
Wait! Jay. Wait!
Where is my fucking car?
Have you seen it?
Nothing.
I am waiting, looking.
It has been 3 days. I do not think its coming.
You believe me. Right?
Not just playing along.
No, I believe you. I just...
I just do not think it is following me.
Is not that a good thing?
Yeah.
How are you people?
Okay.
How is Jay?
Not great.
You had seen anything.
No.
Is it cool if I go in?
I do not think so.
She does not want to open her door.
She is just hiding in there.
Glad she is doing better.
I can have her call you later.
Yeah.
Okay.
You really have not seen anything.
Nope.
She did not make it up.
I will know eventually. Right?
That chair broke in mid air.
I mean something knocked me over and the door did not break on its own.
Look, something happened, But it is not what she thinks. Okay.
What do you think it was then?
I will see you people.
- Bye, Greg. - Bye.
Hi. This is Greg. Leave a message.
Greg! Open the door. Greg!
Greg. Watch out!
Greg does not open the door!
What the fuck? Mom.
Who is it?
Paul.
Hang on.
It is going to be here soon or later.
You could pass it on.
You did once.
Should not have.
I could.
No.
I like you too. You know.
Why did you pick Greg?
I thought he would be okay.
He was not scared.
He said to go to high school was not a big deal.
I want to help.
Do you.
Yeah. I do.
Jay?
Yeah?
Do you trust me?
Do you remember where we were. The first time we kissed.
You know where to go?
I know how to go there. You will see.
I have not been to the pool since I was 14.
Who brought you there?
Okay.
That is where I had my first beer. I threw up the whole night.
- In the pool? - No. Outside the car.
In addition, in the car.
Paul used to pee in it.
It is disgusting.
Whatever. There is chlorine.
When I was a little girl.
My parents would not allow me to go south of eighth mile.
In addition, I did not even know what that meant, until I got a little older.
In addition, I started realizing that.
That is where the city started and the suburb ended.
Moreover, I used to think about how shitty and weird that was.
I mean.
I had to ask permission to go to the state fair with my best friend and her parents.
Only because it was a few blocks past the border.
My mom said the same thing.
How long do you think it will be?
I do not know.
Are you always that bad.
My God.
It just walked into the room. It is right there.
It is here.
Right there!
Jay. What do you see?
I do not want to tell you.
Jay. I need you to point at it. Okay.
Keep your finger aim at it. Therefore, we can see where it is.
Is it getting in the water?
It is just standing there, staring at me.
It is moving.
What is it doing?
It is walking. It is just walking.
- Paul. I want to get out. - Not, just wait for it to get in.
No. I do not want to do this. I just want to get out!
- What the fuck? - Jay!
Out of there!
She is going been electrocuted.
No. It did not working.
- You okay. - Yeah.
- Did not work. - Thank god.
Jay. Look out!
- My god! Somebody help her. - What do we do?
What is going on?
Jay keep pointing at it.
It is right there.
Where is it?
Watch out. Do not get too close!
It is right there.
Here!
Where?
Here?
- Here? - Right there.
Where is it?
Jay! Come on, Jay!
- Give me your hand! - Come on, come on, and come on!
Jay!
Jay.
Do you see it?
Is it still down there?
Do you feel any different?
You do.
No.
"When there is torture, there is pain and wounds,"
physical agony, and all this distracts the mind from mental suffering,
so that one is tormented only by the wounds until the moment of death.
But the most terrible agony may not be in the wounds themselves
but in knowing for certain that within an hour,
then within ten minutes, then within half a minute,
now at this very instant –
your soul will leave your body
and you will no longer be a person,
and that is certain.
The worst thing is that it is certain.”