Innocence

Hold on one second, I gotta take off my necklace.

Whoo!

Mom!

Lena! Lena! Lena!

This is it.

Hey, it's from Natalie.

"Welcome to your new home."

That's sweet.

Sorry.

I didn't mean to get you all wet.

That's fine, I'll dry.

Tobey, where are you?

Over here, mom.

Beckett, at last, you're here!

Hi Natalie.

Welcome to your new home.

Now I wanted to get you your Hamilton uniform,

which I think...

oh, good, it's just exactly the right size.

Beckett, have you met my son Tobey?

Hi.

Hey.

I thought I heard voices.

Hey Tobey, good to see you.

Hi Miles, how are you?

Thank you so much.

It was my ex-husband's.

So how's the draft?

What draft?

The publisher won't wait...

Can't sleep?

It never gets dark here.

Isn't that great?

I like the dark.

You know, Hamilton is a really good school.

We're lucky Nat could get you in.

I know it's hard, Beck, but this will be good for us, you know?

It's like a fresh start.

Okay, dad.

Aren't you coming?

I don't want to embarrass you.

You go on, have fun.

Welcome to Hamilton, Rebecca.

I am Ms. Neal, your principal.

It's Beckett, not Rebecca.

Beckett, of course.

Ladies, I'd like to introduce Beckett Warner.

Say Hello.

You can take that seat in the back.

Thanks.

So... we need to talk about what's happened to our heroine.

Sunday?

Um... devirginated.

And so...

So she's without value to her family.

Very good... Any other ideas?

Hey, new girl.

You might want to be careful.

I'm Jen.

Beckett.

So what brings you to Hamilton?

I just moved to the city.

Is it job or divorce?

My mother died.

Oh... I'm sorry, that sucks.

You dropped this.

Everything's gonna be alright.

Let's just go to my office and we can talk about it.

Beckett?

I'm afraid our garden is closed for renovation this year.

Sorry.

It's okay.

Why don't you come with me?

Come on.

Come on.

This is our founder's parlor.

Hello.

Beckett, come in!

She's a Hamilton mother and a member of our board of trustees.

How do you do?

And this is Vivienne Carpenter.

She's in charge of the upper school.

We were just talking about your dad.

Her father is Miles Warner.

Natalie's publishing his new book.

Yes.

I am such a big fan of your father's.

We read his last one... it had beautiful poetry in it.

Oh! Beckett?

Are you alright?

Honey, you alright?

Yeah, I just feel dizzy.

Let me take you to the nurse's office, ok?

Yeah?

Come with me.

Pamela will fix her right up.

I heard about her mother.

So sad.

Pamela, I think you made a mistake.

That's a rectal thermometer.

Well, then it's in the right place.

You're fine.

Thank you, Sunday.

No, I'm sick.

Help me.

Out.

You heard her, Chloe, out.

I'm going, I'm going.

Everything is going to be fine, ok?

Come on!

Careful, we're all sick here.

Hey Chloe, wait up.

Would you like to come through?

You want to hop on?

So you're the new girl, huh?

You can call me Pamela.

Beckett.

Why don't you lie down?

How are you feeling?

I'm fine.

Just a little bit dizzy before.

I like your necklace.

Thanks, it was my mother's.

Have you eaten today?

Yeah, probably not enough though.

Alright, under your tongue, that's it.

I remember my first day here as a student.

It was a very long time ago.

It gets better.

Alright.

Well, looks fine.

I think you're tired.

Why don't you stay here, lie down for a while,

and I'll come back and get you.

Thank you.

Lena! Lena! Lena!

It can be quite challenging, but I think it's also quite a gift.

We like to think of ourselves a little like a family.

Well, that is exactly what she needs right now.

What are you doing here?

Hey, honey.

Your nurse called me.

We thought we'd let you sleep for a while.

You okay?

Yeah.

Thank you again for staying with her.

It was fine, I was working late anyway.

Miles!

Natalie!

Beckett, how are you feeling?

Much better, thank you.

Hi, I'm Ms. Lawrence.

Nice to meet you.

Beckett, hello.

Pamela, you ready?

We were just looking for you.

Get home safe.

This is the Hamilton Alumni Book Club.

Ladies, shall we resume?

It's one way to get your blood pumping on a Friday night.

You better make your escape while you can.

Thanks again.

It was a pleasure to meet you.

Your nurse seems nice... for a school nurse.

Dad...

Hey!

What are you doing?

Come back here!

What is it?

We'll get it on Monday, honey.

No!

Help me.

No, no, no... No!

Beckett!

Oh my God.

Beckett, mind if I come in?

Oh, hi.

I wanted to see how you were doing.

Fantastic.

I found this in my office.

I thought you might be missing it.

Thank you.

Your father, he mentioned that the police had been here again.

Yeah, I told them that I had seen Sunday cutting herself.

I should have... I should have said something earlier.

Beckett, she had been suffering for a while.

It was me who should've done more... not you.

Pamela brought us some dinner.

You hungry?

A little.

Beckett told me that you were also a Hamilton girl.

I was.

When did you realize that it was your vocation to heal teenagers?

This is really good.

Well, I was studying botanical medicine in Paris,

where, incidentally, I read part of your first book.

Why not the whole book?

Distracted.

How?

I fell in love.