An Autumn Summer

I got it!

- You got it? - Stop.

I quit! I quit I quit I quit!

Do that one more time and see what happens...

Boom!

You can"t even take me down, dawg!

You can"t even take me down, dawg!!

Shit!

Hi!!! Hey, dude!

What is the word?

Gimme some! Marylou!

How was the drive in? Good, really easy.

Yeah, because you slept the entire five hours.

Yeah well now I'm all hopped up.

You"re all hopped up??

So, summer good?

Nothing illegal, immoral, or unethical?

- Mary Lou! - No way!

Cody, did you see on the way in...?

I did, yes I did!

I specifically fixed that hoop

for our little rematch.

Oh, yeah? So where is he?

Yeah. Where's boy-o?

KEVIN!

Is he in town?

What are you doing in my woods?

Rah!

Oh I see you!

Oh, this.

Hey.

- Hey. - What's up?

Nothing.

Whoa! Chill! Down, boy!

Chill! Chill.

Chill?! I can't chill.

I'm haven"t seen this boy in three months,

and the first thing he tells me is to chill??

What are you doing?

Oh shit! Ah! Ha!

We"re here!!!

I missed you guys.

You guys wanna go for a swim?

- Yes, I do. - Hell, yeah.

- Yeah, let"s do it. - Yes I do...

Come on!

Let's go! Let's go!!

Thank you! Let's go!!!

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I"m doing my dish duty now before everyone gets here.

Okay, Kevin.

See, that's why you just say

"you"re welcome."

Tact?

Moo Moo Cachoo...

Mackinaw Island Fudge...

Let"s see it.

And vanilla...

Ooooo.

Stories and sundaes to celebrate our union?

Definitely.

Hey, thanks for cleaning up.

You're welcome.

Three summers ago,

we read that after

summer after freshman year.

Oh boy, I got you.

What "s he got, what" s he got?

What"s that, an encyclopedia?

- It looks chonky. - A tale from a time

long ago.

Your fave!

- No. - No?

We"re not going to finish it in a month anyway.

Aw...

We"re not gonna finish that in a year.

"The Stardust Compendium."

This is your favorite book?

Okay...

From the ages of, like, 3 to 8 and a half. Yeah.

Then he matured.

You loved that princess!

Mom.

Kev!

Cody, he used to come into our room with his little blankie

over his shoulder,

"Mommy, Daddy, read the princess."

- "The princess!" - "Read the princess!"

Oh you"re so adorable bro!

This is really cutting into the,

masculine identity I've been cultivating here.

- Oh, hey hey hey hey. - Read the princess?

Real men feel.

Please?

I"ll read 70% of the time.

Okay, okay.

Real men feel what?

Exactly.

Chapter one.

"Have I told you?"

"Have I told you this dream?"

"the bold young princess asked the quiet knight."

"A dream of fallen stars."

"The far reaches of time."

"And I dreamed what you dreamed."

"Wanted what you wanted."

"How far will we go?"

"Stardust to stardust?"

"For the stars are limitless."

"Infinite as my love,"

"everlasting,"

"and incalculable."

Okay.

Fu.

- Is it...? - Fuck...

Fuck.

My bad.

Impressive.

What?

World records are impressive.

No no no no no no.

Hey.

I knew I'd seen you here before.

In these woods? You're Kevin.

Kevin Wolf Schmidt.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Well my woodland friends call me The Wolf.

Yeah. I"ve seen you prowling.

Well, I do prowl every third Saturday

of the month when the moon is highest, so, that must

be what you"re thinking about.

Must be.

I don't know why.

I thought this place would be different.

Or, yeah, I don't know.

What would be different?

Nothing.

It doesn't even make sense.

Okay! It's like

this place doesn't even exist until you're here.

Right?

And then, it doesn't even matter

what happened or what you did, or...

See? I don't even know!

Well, it's definitely more boring

when you're not here.

Wow. Thank you.

You're welcome.

I don't care if we do 29 days of absolutely nothing.

- Nope. - Yes.

And you know what I'm going to say, dune climb at sunrise.

You're the one who can't get up at 4am!

I know! But I will!

Yeah, but I am also too lazy to get up at 4am.

We can do it.

I mean, I see no evidence why this year will be different, but

okay.

Well, I'm going to do it.

I support your endeavors.

Oh.

Oh?

The smell of electricity in the air

before a storm.

It's called pet rich or.

Can I tell you something?

Yeah.

Hhmm.

What?

- What? - Nope.

Nope.

Sshhh!

You're a wolf!

I'm wolf in discretion.

Howl.

Awwooo.

In what world is that a howl?

In discretionary wolf world.

Please.

We have very strict ordinance

ordinances.

Howl for me, little

big wolf!

Strong, sweet, beautiful wolf.

Who I may have missed just a little.

70 days.

Nine hours and

27 minutes.

Never again?

Never.