It 's a sunny day today . Everything is calm ; a flake of snow lands here and there , nothing unusual . A man carrying only a backpack reaches into his pocket , walking towards an airport . Although he is supposed to cross the crosswalk , he stops dead in his tracks . He grabs his phone ; he received a voice note in a text message . He plugs in a headphone , and clicks on the voice note entitled " Exactly as I Do " and begins to listen to it . A woman 's voice began to speak . " The person you are looking for is named Leon . I will give you his last name after . Begin crossing with your left foot . " The voice says . He does what he is told , and begins crossing with his left foot . " There is a little girl to your left looking at you . Smile at her and continue on your way . " He looks down , and surely enough , there she is . He smiles , but doesn 't wave ( If he were to wave , that would mess everything up entirely ) . The backpack on his back has minimal items inside ; a book , a toothbrush , a map , some money for food . " Immediately turn to your right and check in to your flight . " The man turns right and gets in line ; it isn 't that long . " There will be someone free in just a few seconds , pretend not to notice him . Wait a few seconds , go to the black woman instead . " " Sir , I can help you over here ! " The man says . He 's slightly overweight , and a bit older . It looks as if he has been working here for a while and he probably doesn 't have any patience for anyone anymore . He has most likely a lot of experience in the bag check - in business if nothing else . " Hello sir , checking into your flight ? " She asked . " Don 't say anything to her . Just give her the ticket . She will look at it and say - " " Now walk to the left , stick to the right side of the walkway . Buy yourself a Rolling Stone magazine ; it has the singer from Aerosmith on the front . Don 't talk to the man behind the stand ; just give him the money and leave , continuing the same way down the walkway . " Sam did everything he was told to do . The woman 's voice seemed to know what she was doing , so he continued to do as he was told . This wasn 't the first time Sam has done this . " Stop RIGHT NOW . See that gum wrapper under your feet ? Grab it , fold it nicely and put it in your pocket . You 're going to need this later . Now turn left and go into the bathroom so you won 't have to on the plane . " He goes in , walks up to the bathroom . He uses the urinal on the very right . " Hehehe . " The girl 's voice giggled . " The fat guy to your left was staring at your junk . " Sam quickly zipped up his zipper and went to the sink to wash his hands . The man previously next to him at the urinals picked the sink farthest away from Sam to avoid another awkward confrontation . " Look over at him and shake your head . I know it 's awkward and weird , but this was how I envisioned it and you HAVE to follow what I tell you to do or it 's not going to work , Sam . " Sam looked over to his right , while the fat man looked to his left and they both had weird eye contact . Sam shakes his head , and the man looks back down to washing his hands . Sam dried his hands off and left . " You still have time to kill before finding Leon . Walk across the walkway to the coffee shop ; order yourself your favorite drink . ' Can I get a - ' " " Well , sure . " The man said . The notebook was a just a notepad , where the paper was blank except for the word " Ideas " in the heading . The man looked a bit flustered . " Oh , I need to pitch ideas for a movie to my boss by the end of the day or I 'm fired . I 've got two kids and a jobless wife at home , and I need this . Do you have any ideas ? " " Hmm . How about this ? A man walks through an airport or a subway of some sort . He has a headphone up to his ear , and in the ear is a voice of a girl that uses her dreams to tell the future . This man follows her instructions word by word and does EXACTLY as she tells him . I 'll let you decide what happens from there . Call the man an Alterer and the girl the Translator . " Sam says . The man just stares at him . " Thank you , kind stranger ! " The man says , and immediately grabs his pen to write down the idea before it slips his mind . " Maybe they 'll talk about us now , Sam . " Sam smiles , and goes to the security station . He puts his backpack through , takes off his belt , his shoes , his cell phone , and walks through . The machine doesn 't beep ; the thing that he needs that 's in his shoe isn 't metal anyways . He grabs his backpack , puts on his shoes and belt , puts his headphone back in his ear , and continues to walk . There were no more stops that the girl told him to make , so he went to his gate and sat down right next to the little girl from earlier as his headphone told him to . " Do you believe in Santa ? " The girl says . " ME TOO ! " She says with excitement . Sam winks at her , but unfortunately , the little girl 's Dad saw the wink , and made him feel uncomfortable . " Okay honey , spit out your gum . " Her Dad said . " Give her the gum wrapper to spit it into . " Sam reached into his right pocket and said , " Here ! " She took it from him , the Dad nodded at him as if to say his thanks , and she spit her gum out and threw it in the trash . The plane began to board , and Sam was the first one on . He sat down , but then he was told to get back up . " Give the father and daughter the seats . " He did as he was told , and made their day entirely . In first class they would be given a nice meal and a movie to watch , which was Toy Story , exactly what the girl wanted . She was as happy as can be , and Sam got a warm feeling inside for doing it . " The flight attendant walking down the aisle is Leon . His full name is Leonard Michael Langley . Put on your seatbelt and look forward , refrain from any eye contact with the guy . He has hit his son on multiple times . Once causing him to run away , once knocking him out completely . He is another Alterer , and we need to take him down . His Translator just passed away , so he will not be expecting it . Let 's kill this fucker . For now , try to sleep . We won 't do anything until the end of the flight . " " Turn this off , and go to sleep . Don 't order a drink ; just say ' No thank you ' . Turn on the next voice note when you wake , but remember not to let anyone see that you are using your phone . ( Sam 's phone vibrated , showing him he received the next voice note ) Turn on the next ' Exactly as I Do ' RIGHT when you wake , it 's important . Enjoy your rest , Sam . You need it . " Sam almost fell asleep right away , but he didn 't dream . While he slept , Leon walked right past him , handing out drinks for all the passengers , singing along to " You 've Got a Friend in Me " on Toy Story . Sam slowly opened his eyes and reached for his phone . He put his headphone in , clicked on ' Exactly as I Do ' . " Hello Sam . Hope you slept well . It 's time ; get up to use the bathroom now . The departure is just about to begin ; Leon will be in the front of the plane . Go to the bathroom in the back , there should be someone in there . " Sam got up and waited for the bathroom . " See that cup of coffee ? That 's Leon 's . " Surely enough , it was sitting there , with a cap on so it wouldn 't spill . The girl explained that he forgot to grab it before going to the front of the plane . " Now put it in his drink . " Sam got out of the bathroom , took off the cap of the coffee cup and dropped the pill , and used a plastic spoon to stir the drink . He put the cap back on and went to his seat . They landed , and started slowly driving up to the gate . Sam grabbed his backpack from under the seat . " You need to go as fast as you can , Sam . As soon as you are about to walk off the plane , you can look back to see Leon if you want . You need to get up before everyone else does . " Leon walked to the back to grab his coffee and then go back up to the front to say goodbye to the passengers . Sam heard a sipping noise behind him . Sam did exactly what he was told , and he began to pass people , and said goodbye to both the pilot and the other flight attendant . He looked back , and there was Leon . The girl in the headphone made him switch spots with the father and daughter so if they were to figure out who was sitting there , they would not suspect Sam . He left before anyone became suspicious . He was clutching his neck with one hand , and reaching for the attendants at the front for help . He was foaming at the mouth . No one had noticed yet . Sam left the plane and started walking to the gate , where screams were made behind him . " Don 't turn around , Sam . Just keep going . Walk straight through the gate and through the door to outside and chase the shuttle to the rent - a - car place . " Sam put his hand up and waved at the shuttle so it would stop , and surely enough it did . The plan was done perfectly ; Sam did everything he was supposed to do . " Good job , Sam . I 'm proud of you . Now reach into your pocket for information on where to reach the next Alterer , your next target . We need to kill him before he meets his Translator and before he realizes he 's an Alterer . " Sam reached into his pocket and grabbed a piece of paper . On it were a few jotted notes : " Lucas Mawson He walks up to a stage , there is no light except for a spotlight on a single stool . Everything else was entirely pitch black . On the stool sat an acoustic - electric guitar , that was hooked up to an amplifier that was somewhere in the dark , or was there more than one ? Lucas walks towards the guitar and the simulations of people begin to cheer for him . It 's such a huge crowd in his dream ; he has to cover his ears . The crowd quiets down ; he reaches in his pockets for ear plugs and inserts them . He waves into the black , and the flashes of cameras begin to wave back . In his room , his radio is quietly playing soft songs . He turned it on around 9 : 00 at night to help him sleep . The song playing only has ten seconds left . Lucas stops waving and grabs the guitar . As soon as he finds his chord and is ready to strum , two flashes of light arrive from behind him , revealing his band . Before he turns around , the crowd roars . He turns . On the drums , Skyler Langley . He was Lucas ' best friend ; his partner in crime since the third grade . On the piano … Wait . An unfamiliar face . Lucas doesn 't know who this girl is . Lucas didn 't know this , but the first step to changing dreams is knowing you 're asleep . Lucas started strumming that guitar and he played right through the notes that were playing in reality . " Liar Liar " was the song he listened to to cope with his disastrous break up that happened just a year ago with Caprice . " You 've got it all down , got it all down into a science ; breaking hearts is what you do for fun … " The spotlight leaves Lucas and focuses on a single girl in the audience . There she was , the life - ruiner . Caprice . Everybody , Lucas feels , is staring at her . Because of the song he 's playing , he 's showing the world just how big of a bitch she is . He grits his teeth . " Yeah I 'm moving on , but that 's the way it goes when you break my heart , everybody knows , don 't pull that shit again . " The simulation of Caprice begins to tear up , and stands up . She runs through all the people here to leave . Everyone is pointing , and everyone is laughing . She just continues to run . Lucas is getting what he wanted , he laughs while he continues to sing . A single drop of rain lands on his shoulder . Lucas looks up , and clouds begin to form above him and everyone in the audience . The cheering stops . Lucas looks to his left ; a tree stands tall on the stage forming over his head . What was going on ? He looks down under the tree , past all the branches and leaves , and there was a kid sitting under it with his face covered by his knees . Something isn 't right . Lucas remembered the dream entirely that next morning , and before he got ready or the day , he reached under his bed . He passed the porn magazines , past the bags of chips and candy wrappers … He got hold of his dream journal and pulled it out . He got to the first unwritten page , which was on the right page . It 's been a year since he dreamt at all , which was hard on him . Lucas used to always dream , but thanks to Caprice , that all stopped . Caprice was the exact opposite of Lucas ' ideal girl , but there was something about her that made him keep coming back . Lucas met Caprice his senior year of high school . He was new to Denver at that time , his parents had to move for work . Lucas always hated them for that , making him move from his friends before graduating high school ( In fact , it was one of the many reasons he decided to move out after graduation ) . Lucas was missing Portland , Oregon so much . That 's where he grew up , that 's where all his memories were . During the first day of senior year , Lucas kept asking his teachers if he could ' use the bathroom ' , where instead he called his friend Skyler . Portland schools started later in the year than Denver 's did , so he wasn 't interrupting anything school - related for Skyler . Of course Lucas was homesick . He sat at a lunch table in the lunch room and finished the conversation , making sure Skyler knew just how much he missed him . If ever someone said he had a man - crush , he was highly offended . By ' he ' , I mean the both of them . Lucas said goodbye , Skyler did too , and Lucas began heading back to his Government class . He passed a locker bay , and as he was passing through the second one , he heard a bunch of pencils fall straight to the ground . He looked to the right where a girl said " SHIT ! " to herself . Lucas walked over to her and kneeled down to help her out . He picked up , she picked up half . PLEASE NOTE : This was the only time they EVER met halfway on ANYTHING . She said her thanks , he smiled and nodded his head . Caprice had red hair and brown eyes . She was constantly called a ginger for a long time , although she didn 't have the excessive amount of freckles to be one . She was extremely quiet for the most part ; she had few friends and for some reason , she saw something in Lucas that day . So , to cut the story short , Caprice smashed Lucas ' heart with a hammer , and by saying that , I 'm saying it nicely . Lucas loved her , she never loved him . Lucas would walk a thousand miles to see her ; she couldn 't walk to the end of her sidewalk . But strangely enough , this was Caprice 's true idea of a relationship . Something happened to her in the past that closed her shut that she never told anyone . A relationship to her was only talking a bit to check up , to hang out once only every couple of weeks , and to have minimal physical relations . She liked to TALK about sex , but that 's about it . This pissed Lucas off royally . Lucas wanted to be as close to her as possible , but that wasn 't her . Lucas and Caprice were like two magnets attempting to connect the wrong way . When they got too close , one pushed the other away . In order for them to actually connect , one would have to flip , but neither of them were willing to flip , ever . It was about a year ago today . " No , " Lucas would probably say , " It is EXACTLY a year ago today . " He opened up that dream book and looked at the last dream he had , which was the night after the break up . He wrote , Lucas dreamt he was tied to a chair . The room was pitch black except for the light right above him , that lit him just enough to see the rope around him . He felt duct tape across his mouth that stopped him from speaking , of course . A door opened and a bright light flashed , all he could see in the light was a silhouette figure . This black figure walked up to him , and surely enough , it was Caprice . She didn 't say a single word , but she smacked him right across the face . He whimpered , and she continued to do it repeatedly . Hitting him , kicking him … It was just a dream of pure torture . " I guess it just symbolized that being with her was torture . " He had written . He stopped reading and proceeded to write in the dream he had last night , the first dream in a long time . He jumped in the shower and used the shampoo he had stolen from a hotel the week before . Lucas wasn 't the richest person on the planet ; he was saving up to go to college . When he was done he put on his green work shirt that had a little emblem of a gas pump that said " Denzel 's Diesel " . Lucas grabbed a bowl of Lucky Charms ( he was running out ) , and watched SpongeBob on his little boob tube . He walked to Denzel 's Diesel and clocked in for work , five minutes early as always . He bought a cup of gas station coffee . It didn 't taste disgusting anymore , he got used to it a while back . His job was only a two minute walk from his studio apartment . Throughout the day , Lucas had a bored and discontent look upon his face . He didn 't do too much ; it was a slow day He finished his shift and walked home . Thank GOD his job was so close by ; he couldn 't afford a car with all the saving he was doing . He went home and called Skyler until he needed to go to sleep . They chatted about the same thing as always ; their memories together and what 's new with their lives ( Of course Lucas never had much to say during that part of the conversation ) . Lucas laid in bed , curled to his right side , and fell asleep almost instantly . Lucas opened his eyes to see rain . He was shivering cold because of it . ( Lucas had left his window open . ) There were branches above him full of orange and pink leaves that protected him from the rain . " Everything 's going to be okay . I bet he didn 't mean to . " Lucas said . He had no idea why he had just said that until he looked to his right , to see a little boy sitting , facing away from him . " Yes he did … Yes he did . " The kid said back to him . Lucas could hear sniffles coming from him . The kid turned around and stared at Lucas . His face was entirely black , as if it had been scribbled out in pen . " YES HE DID . HE FUCKING DID . " The kid said . Lucas stared off into the rain and saw a girl walking . Her face was covered in her black hair . The rain was drenching her . Lucas stood up and screamed at her . " THE RAIN WILL PASS SOON ! COME SIT UNDER THE TREE WITH US FOR A WHILE ! " She looked over and began to walk over . His dream girl wore tight skinny blue jeans and a big jacket with a hood of fur . His alarm went off . Lucas gets in the shower , throws on the green shirt , and eats another bowl of Lucky Charms . He watches a show he is unfamiliar with instead of seeing SpongeBob . The boy in the show says , " Astrid , don 't leave me . I am happiest when I am with you . I love you so much , you are everything I want and need in a girl ! " Lucas flipped the channel to SpongeBob . He wasn 't the biggest fan of teenage drama shows … Lucas brushed his teeth for the first time in a few days ( Oh the joy of living alone and not having to impress anyone ) and headed out the door . Halfway through his commute , his phone rang . He knew it was Skyler , he was the only one that called him anymore . His parents wouldn 't even return his calls . " This isn 't Skyler . " A woman 's voice said . He checked the number , and his mouth dropped . It was the number he swore he would forget … Caprice 's number . " I really called because I moved back to Portland for school . I remember how we used to talk a lot about this town . I kinda want to see you . " And there it was ; the shred of truth Lucas had waited so long to hear . He KNEW she had feeling for him somewhere in that black heart of hers . He thought moving back to Portland would be so much better for him . He said goodbye to her . That day , Lucas called himself in for work and quit . He walked to his bank , and made the choice to take out all of his money to go to college . He saved up $ 35 , 000 over the last two years , and he didn 't feel he was making a mistake by taking all of this out . He went home that night and packed everything he had . He laid in his apartment one last time after making a bowl of noodles , and closed his eyes . " YES HE DID . HE FUCKING DID . " The kid yelled . Lucas apologized once again , and then looked out into the rain , into the cold , to see the mystery girl . " THE RAIN WILL PASS SOON ! COME SIT UNDER THE TREE WITH US FOR A WHILE ! " He screamed at the girl , whose face was covered in her black hair . She again began to walk over in the same outfit . She approached the tree and sat next to Lucas . He looked over at her , and she turned to him . She was magnificent . She had hazel eyes that shined brightest in the pouring rain . In her hair she had a small blonde streak , and she wore minimal makeup ; just the way Lucas liked it . This was Luca 's ideal girl . He stared at her for what seemed like forever , and then the clouds began to go away . The sun came out , and it stopped the rain . The day became almost as beautiful as the mystery girl , who was playing the piano in his earlier dream . " It 's for Skyler , " Lucas was staring at himself in the mirror . " Caprice can go die . This isn 't for her , it 's for Skyler . " Lucas ' day consisted of brushing his teeth , and checking in a room for a hotel in Portland . This was all at about five in the morning . By six , he had his U - Haul truck all packed up and ready to go . He drove for twenty whole hours , buying shit coffee along the way at multiple Denzel 's Diesels . He didn 't stop at all for those twenty hours to sleep , just to fill up his tank or pee ( drain his tank ) . Truth be told , Lucas enjoyed driving , and he had purchased a bunch of CD 's to help him on his journey . He conveniently picked the hotel closest to Skyler 's house ; it was only a ten minute walk . As soon as Lucas got up , he showered and walked to Skyler 's house . On the way there , he came across a Denzel 's Diesel , and applied for work , giving his cell phone as his primary number . He got to his friend 's house , thinking of all the memories the two of them have shared . Skyler and Lucas have been friends since the third grade . In fact , before he stopped dreaming entirely , Lucas dreamt of the first time they met . Lucas was sitting with his mother , father , and little sister . They were watching a movie that most parents would feel uncomfortable with if their little children were watching it , but whatever , it was only The Matrix . " Lukey , let 's go outside ! " His little sister requested . He continued to watch the movie seeing as he was so interested in it ( well , not really , he just loathed his little sister ) . He ran outside and waited for his little sister to come out , but she always took forever putting on her shoes and picking out her outfit . He sat at the curb for a good few minutes . Lucas and his family shared a big house at the bottom of a hill , quite a steep one , in fact . He put his hands up to his face due to sheer boredom . Just then , a basketball rolled down past him extremely fast . Lucas chased the ball . He got to it and began to run back up the hill to return the ball to its rightful owner . He passed three houses up the hill until he found a basketball hoop above a house 's garage . Lucas didn 't see anyone outside , so he ran up the stairs to the porch where he dropped it off . Lucas began to walk back down to his house . He reached the end of the driveway , where a voice behind him said , " HEY , WAIT ! " Skyler 's house looked older than it did back then to him . A basketball laid on the front yard , it was the same they played with that first day and every day after . Lucas grabbed it , and began shooting it in the hoop . He did this for a good ten minutes until the blinds from the window above were pulled up . Skyler ran all the way down to his front porch , jumped down that , and tackled Lucas with a gigantic bear hug . That day consisted of Lucas and Skyler catching up ( which didn 't take that long ) and making plans for the night . Lucas decided he just wanted to go home for the night . " Lucid dream . It 's where you know you 're sleeping . It allows you to let you do what you wanna do , have people say what you want them to say … Works great if you want to have a sex dream , you get to pick who you 're screwing . " It wouldn 't be Skyler if he didn 't turn everything he talked about into sex . " In lucidity , you 'll probably realize you 're still in bed . Get up , and try to flip on your light or look in the mirror . Your lights won 't work ; you won 't be able to see your reflection . " Lucas was eager to try it , so he said goodbye for the night . He ran to the hotel , and into his room . When he checked his clock , it was only 4PM , so he killed his time ordering in pizza and watching TV . His day finally came to a close , and he turned off his television . Lucas laid staring at the ceiling and slowly closed his eyes . His body wanted him to transition to his left or right side , but he didn 't . Laying there made him more and more uncomfortable , but he got used to it . He slowly became extremely tired . Have you ever had a time during a school morning where you had to wake up , so you dream you get dressed and make yourself breakfast ? It feels so real ; your mind takes over and makes your thoughts so vivid … But then you wake up and FUCK . You 're late to school . Lucas slowly began to fall into lucidity and got up out of his bed in his dream . He was in his hotel room , and he walked towards the television . He pressed the ON button , but no luck , it didn 't turn on . He then realized , he wasn 't awake . This wasn 't real . He walked to the wall and touched it , but his fingers slipped through . He then pushed his whole hands into the wall . The wall made waves as if it were made out of rubber or water . The hotel hall was so long on the outside of the room . Lucas ' arms , legs , and torso all went through the wall , and the hall was empty and cold . His face peered through and looked to his left . He made Astrid appear at the end of the hall , and he walked over to her . The lights were off , the only light came from the doors to the outside at each end . " You found me . " She said back . Right as he began to start a conversation with her , he slowly began to realize he was just talking in his sleep . This new idea of lucidity was so fascinating to him . Lucas knew that this would be good for him ; it was the first time he smiled to himself in a long time . " Apparently we look a lot alike . The girl in front thought I was you . Hey , I met someone on the walk here … Come in , come see him . " " Hey , uh … Lucas , why don 't we go eat up at the front ? They 've got cereal and coffee . What say we go out drinking tonight ? " Skyler suggested . It didn 't exactly sound like a bad idea . " My friend 's got the hook - up . We 'll just go to his house ; it 's not terribly far from here . Caprice can come with us ! " " Say , you just came along a shitload of dough , right ? " Skyler asked , already knowing the answer . Caprice 's eyes lit right up , but that wasn 't exactly a surprise . Skyler chuckled . " I 'm not in the eighth grade anymore , buddy . Weed got old . I meant maybe you should buy some snacks for the night . " He grabbed a napkin and started writing down directions to the party , and gave them to Lucas . Caprice had a discontent / pissed off look , but went with Skyler . Lucas showered up and walked to Denzel 's Diesel to buy some chips and verify his application , killing two birds with one stone . He grabbed all the stuff , and passed a girl picking out chocolate . She was kneeled down . He accidentally dropped a bag of chips ; it hit the girl in the head . She handed it back up to Lucas without looking . She was a very skinny girl … She wore nice tight jeans and had long black hair . " You caught me . " This girl said back . She looked up , and looked exactly like his dream girl . He must have been dreaming . " This must not be real . " He told himself . The cashier helped Lucas out , and told him he was hired . Lucas told him he could start working tomorrow . Lucas grabbed his bag and turned around to the girl . " I 'm Astrid . " She said back . She smiled and gave him a slip of paper , which he found out contained her number as he walked back to the hotel . That night , Lucas brought the grocery bags to the house he was instructed to go to . Caprice sat on the curb , as if she was waiting for him . " Hey , I got you a drink to start your night ! " This was Lucas ' fork in the road . Inside of this cup was hard , HARD liquor . This was part of Caprice 's plan to get back with Lucas . He would be so drunk that it wouldn 't have taken Caprice very much convincing to have Lucas take her back to the hotel room so they could have sex . " Hey . " Lucas burped . The rest of the night was extremely blurry to Lucas , there were so many strange things going on . · He saw a bunch of old friends . · He saw Skyler dance on at least five girls . · He saw Skyler get slapped by three other girls who saw him dancing with others . · He saw Caprice run her hand up his leg to his crotch . · He felt an erection coming on . · He felt tongue action with Caprice . Caprice 's plan was working out perfectly ; she was sober as a bird . Skyler was wasted … This was the fork . He could 've stayed sober . They walked to the hotel , where Caprice was holding Lucas up since he couldn 't walk straight . He had a massive erection showing through his pants . Caprice walked him to the door , while Skyler walked himself to his car . Lucas grabbed the card to get in , while Skyler put his keys in the ignition . Lucas and Caprice went inside around ten o ' clock , and Caprice began to tear her clothes off . " I … Need … To shower … " Lucas said to himself . He stumbled into the bathroom unconsciously and locked the door behind him . Caprice tried to come in , which aggravated her . He turned the shower on and stepped right in without taking off his clothes . The water wasn 't even warm . He passed out , while Caprice slammed on the door repeatedly . It was raining . Lucas was in a large field , full of tall hills . He looked down at his feet , to see he was wearing Buzz Lightyear shoes . He began walking , and had no control over the direction he was walking . " Father of mine , tell me where have you been ? I just closed my eyes , my whole world disappeared . " Lucas sat down and saw that a kid was already under the tree . There was a pool two blocks ahead of Skyler . He put his head on the steering wheel , and fell asleep , still driving . Tears were falling down from his face . He opened the driver window without realizing it . The kid was sitting with his face buried in his knees , crying . Lucas sat next to him , the kid turned away . " Everything 's going to be okay , " Lucas said . " I bet he didn 't mean to . " " YES HE DID . YES HE FUCKING DID . " Skyler screamed and looked at Lucas . He had a black eye and a bloody nose . Someone had struck him .