Dark Places

No.

What you want from me?

You escaped us quite well.

I'm impressed.

However,

you can run,

but you can't hide.

I don't know you.

I didn't do anything to you.

You will not talk your way out of this.

It is your destiny tonight

to be our gift

to Satan.

What you're worshiping, it doesn't exist.

Don't you understand?

You're living a lie

You're the lie.

Your whole world is a lie.

They want us to be forgotten,

but we shall make them remember.

Oh, don't you hate it?

Hate what?

You're out here, you're trying to be alone.

Some guy just walks over and sits down next to you.

I mean, there's 20 other benches and he decides to impose.

Do I know you?

I'm in your theology class.

I sit like three rows behind you.

I don't blame you for not recognizing me yet.

Rather unremarkable.

Well, you need to work on your confidence, then.

What's your name?

It's Jason,

and I'm working on that confidence thing.

So Jason,

why are you here?

You conjured me.

Fate.

I'm a creep, I don't know.

Must be a reason why I'm here.

You're a creep?

No, but I always feel like you have to give

multiple choices.

You don't have to.

- No? - No.

All right, then remove the creep option.

So what do you think of college?

I could take it or leave it.

What about you?

You enjoying your higher education?

Well, it's kind of my first time

in an environment like this, so.

Like what?

I was homeschooled.

Yeah, Mom and Pop didn't really trust the system,

so they kept me home.

I can't imagine you have many friends,

being home all that time.

Just the ones I made at church camp.

- Oh, geez, church camp. - Yeah.

That sounds like a party.

It was more like talking about God

and then sitting by the campfire and talking about God.

And at the end of the day,

the girls go one way and the guys go another.

Find out, I feel like I should walk away from you

before a priest chases me off.

You have nothing to worry about.

Good.

It's decided, then.

I say you and I tackle this college thing together.

I don't really have any friends, and you could be my first.

Your first?

My first friend at college,

wasn't a come-on, only looking for a friend.

Sure.

Misery loves company, right?

Right.

You mind if I take a picture, memory's sake?

Go for it.

Smile.

Hi sweetie, what's up?

Not much.

Well, you just admiring yourself in the mirror?

No, no.

I was hanging up the picture of a new friend.

Must have fell down somewhere.

Well, this place is a mess.

But I will help you to move out the dresser

if you decide to clean everything up.

I can just print another picture, it's fine.

Okay, come here.

Tell me.

Tell you what?

Tell me all about this guy.

Is he just a friend, or more, or?

I mean, you know, we just started.

We haven't really gotten that far yet.

I don't know.

I just, I might friend zone him.

- What? - I don't know.

I just, I don't wanna go through the whole thing

where we're friends and we're dating

and we fight and we break up

and then we're just not friends anymore.

So, we might be safer in that friend zone.

Look, no risk, no reward.

I know, I know, you can't win if you don't play,

blah, blah, blah.

I am not telling you to not take it slow, okay?

But just don't isolate yourself, you know?

- Okay. - You gotta enjoy yourself.

Be smart, have a good time, okay?

Okay, I won't rule it out, but I'm taking it slowly.

Okay, all right, you.

You are gonna clean this mess up,

okay? - Okay.

- All right. - I will.

Do you understand, I've worked 55 hours this week

and it's only Wednesday?

No, I don't want your thanks, Bob.

I want time off.

What's the point of having time off

if I'm glued to the desk?

No, something has to change.

This is a job, it's not ownership.

Hey,

you okay?

Yeah, wonderful.

Are you sure?

Wonderful.

I know that you don't want to hear this,

but it is time to quit that job.

You tell me how.

I don't wanna walk away.

Easy, you just turn in your laptop and your cell phone.

You don't smash it to bits.

And then you just tell him to shove it.

You know we can't afford that.

My father died at the age of 50

from a heart attack because he was

in the same, stress-filled BS kind of job as you.

I would rather see you struggle

and live than to watch you kill yourself to death.

I can't quit until Natalie's outta college.

Well, I mean, maybe she can take out

student loans if needs be.

No, no, no, no.

I don't, I want her to focus

strictly on her studies and not have

some bank loan looming over her head.

Okay, well, maybe we can do both, okay?

Let's talk this weekend and come up

with a game plan, okay?

Okay.

I love you.

You too.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

It is, Dad.

Were you paying attention to me today in class?

- Yes. - Are you sure?

Because it looked like you were falling asleep.

Come here.

There's a battle going on in this world against faith,

and it's only getting worse.

Every day, I meet someone who says there is no God.

Every day, I meet someone who doesn't want

a relationship with Jesus.

Gimme your hand.

Devil

has a tight grip on this world now

and you need to be aware of this evil.

Do you understand that?

- Yes, Dad. - Do you understand, Natalie?

Yes, Dad.

Okay.

I don't know how anyone could deny Him.

Everywhere you look, His grace is

looking you right in the face.

And no matter how much the devil tries to tempt you, Nat,

God will always protect you.

But you have to fight for Him too.

You are a warrior in His name.

Why are you here?

I mean, shouldn't you be out with your friends

having the best time in the world?

You know, college parties and the spring break.

TAs don't usually get invited to student parties.

And it's the fall.

Okay, fall.

I keep forgetting.

I'm not a student.

You look so damn young.

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Can I say something?

Of course.

I've been a college professor for many years

and I've seen them come and go,

but none of them have that, um,

it factor like you do.