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Hey!

If you're around tomorrow night...

I'll be here.

Some things change your life forever.

When I was 15, those were the things I went searching for.

? What would you do if I sang out of tune? ?

? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ?

? Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song ?

? I will try not to sing out of key, yeah ?

? Oh, baby, I get by ? ? By with a little help from my friends ?

? All I need is my buddies ?

? High with a little help from my friends ?

? I'm sayin' I'm gonna get higher ? -? Try with a little help from my friends ?

? Whoa-oa-oa-oa ?

? Oh, oh, oh, oh ?

? Somebody who knows quite sure ?

? Baby ?

? By with a little help from my friends ?

? Said I'm gonna make it with my friends ?

? Try with a little help from my friends ?

? Oh, I'm gonna keep on trying ?

? High with a little help from my friends ?

? I'm gonna keep on trying now, baby ?

? Ooh, ooh, ooh ?

[ Birds chirping, squawking ]

Lake Wennahatchee.

For one week that summer of 1971,

my family and Paul Pfeiffer's

rented side-by-side cabins along its placid shores.

Damn it!

It was a place to get away

from the aggravations of modern suburban life...

I got one!

Escape from the petty, everyday competition.

[ Laughs ]

[ Chuckles sarcastically ]

Jack? Honey?

Hot dogs or hamburgers for dinner?

We're gonna have fish, damn it!

The kind of paradise

that made you wish you could stay forever.

[ Knock on door ]

Paul, let's go!

I'm coming! I'm putting on bug spray!

Well, hurry up!

That was me... Kevin Arnold.

And that August,

there was pretty much one thing on my mind.

[ Knock on door ]

Paul, come on! Let's get out of here!

Hi, Kevin.

Hi, Deb.

- Paul, come on! - Move!

Where you guys going?

None of your business.

Where we went didn't matter.

Getting away was all that counted.

Say, you boys want to do some fishing?

No, thanks, Dad.

After all, we had more important things to do.

- So, what do you want to do? - Got me.

I can't believe it.

What happened to this place?

Used to be great.

Now, look.

[ Horn blares ]

Snoresville.

Over the summer, my best friend had gained two things...

a new set of contact lenses and a new set of hormones.

You know, I could be home right now,

making time with Julie Zeller.

[ Scoffs ] You're dreaming, pal.

I'd probably have gotten to second base by now.

Oh, right. Like you'd even know what to do.

[ Scoffs ] I know what to do.

Give me a break.

Yeah? Listen.

It just so happens,

I got a certain 25-cent little insurance policy, huh?

The famous Pfeiffer condom.

Paul had been bragging about it ever since he got it in July.

Paul, not again.

It was kind of his rabbit's foot.

You know Douggie Sherman?

Well...

He picked up about two dozen of these things

in a men's room near St. Louis.

I got mine off him for 50 cents...

But suddenly, I wasn't listening anymore.

Which is kind of a good deal, if you consider the...

? Oh, yeah ?

? Everything gonna be all right this morning ?

? Now, when I was a young boy ?

? At the age of 5 ?

? My mother said I'd be ?

? The greatest man alive ?

Here it is... the red chief special.

Paul, you don't have to rub it in my nose!

[ Engine turns over ]

Whoo!

Come on. Let's get out of here.

Fact...

Sorry.

After three and a half days of hanging out,

even my best friend was starting to get on my nerves.

I wish you wouldn't put the top on so tight, honey!

Not to mention my folks.

Rather have pickle juice on your back seat, Norma?

That summer, I'd had the profound revelation

that my parents had suddenly become blithering idiots.

Thing's on tighter than I thought.

Well, maybe if we beat it against the table.

Sometimes it was as if they were speaking

a whole different language.

[ Conversing in foreign language ]

Hey, you sure you don't want some of my trout, Jack, huh?

Plenty of it.

Hamburger's fine, thank you.

Tomorrow, I'll show you how to catch some real fish.

Right, Kev?

Whatever.

All this family togetherness

was more than my adolescent soul could take.

What I needed was...

[ Horn honks ] ...A savior.

[ Tires screech ]

[ Squirrel chitters ]

? Abreakin' rocks in the hot sun ?

[ Tires screech ]

Sorry we're late.

You guys were supposed to be here three hours ago.

Yeah, well, we, um, took the scenic route.

[ Chuckles ] Tell him, wart.

[ Chuckles ] We took the scenic route.

That was Wayne's buddy Dave Wirtschafter.

Everybody called him wart.

Hard guy to look at.

Say, I have a fun thought for tonight.

How about a campfire?

Sounds good to me, Mom.

Oh, no.

Sorry. We're going to be at the drive-in tonight.

But, hang on. Did he say...

Yeah. At the drive-in. "Planet of the Apes."

Great. We'll come with you.

You must be joking.

[ Car backfires ]

Okay, so it cost us 15 bucks plus gas.

At least we'd found a place to hide out for the night.

Get out.

Tell 'em, wart!

Get out!

[ Laughs ]

And there you had it. We'd hit bottom.

[ Car backfires ]

Okay. We're here to stay.

We were stranded at a drive-in

with no car, 50 cents in our pockets,

and no place to go but... "Planet of the Apes."

And then it happened.

I knew that truck.

I knew that girl.

And I knew what I had to do.

Let's go talk to her.

Are you crazy?

We don't even know her!

Great.

Mr. condom-in-his-wallet was afraid of locals.

Look, Paul, you're the one who said you wanted to meet girls.

[ Inhales deeply ] Okay.

What do you suppose happened?

Air leak. She died in her sleep.

You don't seem very cut-up about it.

It's a little late for a wake.

She's been dead nearly a year.

That means we've been away from earth for 18 months.

Our time.

Okay. All I needed was a snappy opening.

You, uh... Got another cigarette?

Sorry. Bummed this one myself.

Oh.

Been away from earth for 2,000 years.

You can have a drag of mine if you want.

Still can't accept it.

Time's wiped out everything you ever...

My goal was to appear

like I'd been doing this my whole life.

We can't get back. It's still just a theory.

[ Coughs ]

You don't smoke, do you?

Nothing will grow here.

Oh. Uh, sometimes.

You shouldn't. It doesn't flatter you.

Oh? What about you?

I shouldn't, either.

The thing is, for some reason,

I couldn't breathe.

So... Where are you from?

Here.

Where... the drive-in?

[ Chuckles ]

About a half a mile from here.

I'm Kevin.

And this is Paul.

Hi.

Hey. Cara.

Hey, Cara.

You want to hang out, or you want to go?

Whatever.

I think my brother wants to split.

Well, it was nice talking to you, Cara.

Yeah.

And maybe we'll see you around.

Yeah. Maybe. [ Engine turns over ]

And that was it.

Except that in that brief wrinkle of time,

I knew beyond a doubt that something had happened...

Something big.

Hey!

If you're around tomorrow night...

I'll be here.

I guess she knew it, too.

The next day seemed to last about 11 centuries.

Kev, you want me to bait a hook for you?

No, thanks, Dad.

No matter how I tried,

I couldn't get that girl off my mind.

We're going back tonight.

What?

You don't think I'm actually gonna go back there, do you?

Come on. We'll all hang out.

Yeah, right.

[ Sighs ]

Maybe she has a friend.

A friend?

Sure, it was underhanded, but absolutely necessary...

Considering the circumstances.

[ Horn honking ]

Hey!

Hi, Cara!

How's it going?

All right.

Uh, my brother and a bunch of us

were thinking about going down to the lake

to hang out.

You want to come?

Sure. Sounds great.

[ Clears throat ]

Oh.

You think you have a... a friend or someone

who maybe wants to come along?

Yeah.

Maybe Lori.

Lori? That's great!

Sure. Love to go.

Well, folks, only five minutes till showtime.

Let one of our friendly

snack-bar personnel service you...

Fantastic.

I'll meet you out back.

If I could just grab my associate

for one quick second here.

[ Cash register dings ]

So, what do you think?

I'm not going. No way on earth.

Kev, I'm your best friend.

I'll do anything you want me to do.

But, please, don't ask me to do this for you.

It was the heartfelt cry of a dear and trusted friend,

so I really had no choice.

See ya!

Night, Paul.

[ Engine turns over ]

It was true I hardly knew these kids

and I'd just met this girl

and I had no idea where I was going.

Seemed to me, that was exactly the point.

Nice night.

Yeah.

That night, I felt a million Miles

from everything I'd known before.

I'm starting high school in the fall.

Me too.

Stinks.

Yeah.

Maybe thing will pick up when I get my license.

That's what I'm hoping... a little mobility.

You should come up and visit me.

I'd like that.

The thing is, even though I'd just met this woman,

I felt like I'd known her my whole life.

Hey, Cara!

You want to go, or you want to hang out awhile?

Leave us alone, Billy.

He watches out for you, huh?

The guys around here are idiots, you know?

Yeah.

And the summer guys...

You learn pretty much to stay away from.

Oh.

My brother hates that I smoke.

Do your parents know?

Sometimes it's like they're speaking a different language.

You know?

Yeah. I know.

We were so much like each other.

I could feel myself missing her

even while I was with her.

I'm not supposed to trust you, you know.

So... Do you?

Yeah.

Let me.

I thought you were gonna light my cigarette.

Nice night.

Yeah.

And it was.

? Imagine me and you, I do ?

? I think about you day and night ?

? It's only right to think about... ?

Over the next few days, I did my best

to be a good son to my Dad, to my family.

Hey, Kevin!

? If I should call you up, invest a dime ?

But somehow, something kept calling me away.

I got to go, Dad.

? Imagine how the world could be so very fine ?

? So happy together ?

? I can't see me loving... ?

Cara and I had found something

no two people had ever found before...

Each other.

? Baby, the skies will be blue ?

? For all my life ?

We talked about everything... almost everything.

Will I see you tomorrow night?

Sure!

? The only one for me is you and you for me ?

Of course.

? So happy together ?

Trouble was, I was running out of nights, and fast.

? How is the weather? ?

? So happy together ?

I guess somehow, I just kept hoping something would happen.

[ Ida screams ]

And then it did.

Look. Alvin.

Alvin, look at this.

What is this?

What is this? Look what your son has.

- Oh, my gosh! My wallet! - Where did you get this from?

What is this?!

I got one!

Guess you could call it a red-letter day.

I got one! Huh?!

Here we go!

Eat up.

The fish smells great, honey.

Aren't you all proud of your father?

Yeah. We've got fish for days. [ Chuckles ]

Yeah. We've got fish for days.

Of course, I was more than glad

to be there for Dad's moment of triumph.

Well, I got to run.

Honey? Run where?

To the drive-in. You know, with Paul.

Afraid not, honey-bunch.

The Pfeiffster's not going anywhere.

Mr. Rubberhead's grounded for life.

[ Laughs ] - Wayne!

Look, Mom, I just have something I have to do, okay?

Wait a minute.

You know why I brought the whole family up here?

Because I thought it might be nice

for the whole family to spend a little time...

Together.

I caught that fish so we could all enjoy it...

Together.

And since this is our last night,

I thought we'd [Sighs] spend it with each other...

Together.

- But, Dad... - Kev!

I mean it.

Part of me knew he was right.

But another part of me knew something more.

I can't stay, Dad.

- Kevin, sit down! - Why?

Because I say so, and I'm your father.

There it was.

My whole life, they'd been his final words.

I'm sorry.

I'm going.

[ Door opens, closes ]

[ Jackson Browne's "Jamaica Say You Will" plays ]

That night, huddled in that cab,

we put the whole world behind us.

I didn't know what would happen when I got home.

It didn't matter.

You like this?

Sure. Whatever.

? ...In the tall grass where the shadows fell ?

I had to be with Cara. I had to hold her.

I just couldn't bring myself to tell her...

I was leaving.

So... What do you want to do tonight?

? The evening bell ?

? Jamaica, say you will ?

You're leaving, aren't you?

[ Sighs ]

- ? Help me find a way ? - Yeah.

? To fill these empty hours ?

That's too bad.

? And say you will ?

I'll miss you.

? Come again tomorrow ?

? The daughter of... ?

What's wrong?

Nothing's wrong.

I'll miss you, too.

[ Sighs ]

Look...

We can still see each other.

I mean... I get my license in a few months.

I could... You know...

- Drive up... - Yeah.

On weekends.

Yeah.

? Jamaica, say you will ?

I think I got to hang out with my brother tonight.

I was losing her.

I guess I knew I had to, but...

Don't be like that!

Sorry.

? And stay until ?

Look, I want to stay. You know that.

You've got to know that... more than anything!

But there was nothing more I could say

except...

I'm sorry.

I'm not.

? Jamaica was a sweet young one ?

? I loved her true ?

? She was a comfort and a mercy through and through ?

? Hiding from this world together ?

? Next thing I knew ?

? They had brought her things down to the bay ?

? What could I do? ?

? Jamaica, say you will ?

? Help me find a way ?

? To fill these sails ?

? And we'll sail until ?

I wanted to stay there in that night

more than anything I'd wanted before.

But I knew I couldn't.

I was 15.

I slept under a roof my father owned

in a bed my father bought.

Nothing was mine...

Except my heart

and my fears

and my growing knowledge

that not every road was going to lead home anymore.

? ...our waters have run dry ?

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