Life in a Day

Jasmine:
How long does a rabbit live?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Um, well that depends. If you take care of them they can live six, maybe seven years.

Jasmine:
But does the rabbit know that? He grows and eats and sleeps. He doesn't know his life is short, he just lives it. Every second means so much.

Jasmine:
Don't trees have leaves?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Trees? Ah yeah, yeah. Well part of the year, and in the spring they grow back and then they grow all summer.

Jasmine:
And in the fall they die?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah, but then they grow in the spring. It's like a cycle kind of thing.

Jasmine:
I hope I get to see it, spring... summer.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
[upon seeing Jasmine's elderly face] It's... it's okay. You're beautiful. You're beautiful.

Jasmine, 80 Years Old:
It's too late.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
[tearfully] I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. Can... can I do something for you? Anything?

Jasmine, 80 Years Old:
[last words] You already have. I've had a lifetime with the one I love. Summer must be beautiful. I wish I could see it with you.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
[embracing Jasmine] It's okay.

Jasmine, 4 Years Old:
I'm still hungry Peter.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Ah you can't be.

Jasmine, 4 Years Old:
I'm a growing girl remember?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah. You can say that again.

Jasmine, 4 Years Old:
That shouldn't be necessary.

Jasmine, 4 Years Old:
[holding a jasmine branch] What's this?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
That is called jasmine.

Jasmine, 4 Years Old:
Smells pretty. I like jasmine.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah, jasmine. That's a pretty name.

Jasmine, 8 Years Old:
When will it stop being cold outside?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
In the springtime.

Jasmine, 8 Years Old:
When is spring?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Well, spring is when uh, the snow melts and it gets warm out.

Jasmine, 8 Years Old:
[smiling] I think I'll like spring.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah. I think you will too.

Jasmine, 12 Years Old:
Where did I come from?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Uhh... well, can't say for sure. Umm... you know, somebody left you here so I could help you.

Jasmine, 12 Years Old:
But then who am I? I know about the conception process. I know I have a mother and a father.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Well... [looks at the now 12-year-old Jasmine] Oh boy...

Jasmine, 12 Years Old:
I've grown again, haven't I?

Jasmine, 12 Years Old:
You must get hungry too. I'll make us both some lunch, okay?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
I'm just... basically shooting in the dark. [12-year-old Jasmine looks at Peter with a puzzled expression] Oh that's just an expression.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
[after showing Charlie footage of Jasmine's rapid development] I have a newfound respect for you raising your kids through teething and potty training.

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
Least I didn't have to do it in a single night!

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
When I was a kid, um, I was very smart, kind of like you and uh, my parents made a deal with Concord University that if they paid for me to stay here and study here, uh, they could do some tests on me, to try to figure out why I was so smart.

Jasmine, 12 Years Old:
So you grew up here too? Just like me?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah. Yeah, you could say that.

Jasmine, 12 Years Old:
Did you grow up fast too?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Uhh...

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
How goes the battle?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Well, I'm narrowing it down from... hopeless to impossible if you want to call that progress.

Jasmine:
[looking at a rabbit in a cage] Why do they have to be in cages?

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
Well, uh because otherwise they'll just jump out and run away, honey, it's... for their own safety.

Jasmine:
Like me? Is this... my cage?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
No no no no, no no. Uh, not at all.

Jasmine:
Then why can't I go outside? I won't run away.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Well, we'll go out together, I promise. But, right now we gotta keep working.

Jasmine:
Peter, a minute for you is like a day for me.

Jasmine:
[watching two people on TV kissing] What are they doing?

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
Oh. That's called kissing.

Jasmine:
Why do they do that?

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
Well umm... when two people, uh, like a boyfriend and a girlfriend uh care about e- well, love each other, they need to show each other how they feel.

Jasmine:
Does Peter have a girlfriend?

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
No.

Jasmine:
He's handsome, he's brilliant.

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
Well, he's not what you'd call romantic, you know? He doesn't get out very much. He's been working and learning here since he was a little kid. That doesn't leave a lot of room for fun and games, right?

Jasmine:
[approaching a man playing pool] Can I play? [after effortlessly pocketing the balls and winning, smiling] It's all a matter of physics.

Jasmine:
[responding to Peter's & Charlie's frustration about AccelRate] Why not ask Mark? Why won't he help us?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Umm... Jasmine? Mark's dead.

Jasmine:
[visibly confused] I don't understand.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
He... killed himself. Took his own life.

Jasmine:
[pause] How could he do that?

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
'Cause he was afraid. He just couldn't face what happened to your mother.

Jasmine:
[in shock] He may have taken my life too...

Chief Max Reed:
[as Ed is tightly gripping Joel's jacket collar] Hey Ed. Ease up.

Detective Ed Carlisle:
Why don't you just step outside for a minute chief?

Chief Max Reed:
Why don't we both take a breather?

Jasmine:
How could Mark throw away his life like that?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Sometimes you need something to live for.

Jasmine:
Peter, I don't want to wait. If there's a chance we can have a life, I want it now.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
What if it doesn't work?

Jasmine:
Then it really doesn't matter, does it? [Peter nods in agreement]

Jasmine:
You're old.

Skate Vendor:
It's not the years, honey. It's what you do with them that counts.

Jasmine:
Did you like hockey?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah. Well, I mean, I never actually played 'cause uh, once they found out I was all smart and everything, my whole life was uh, school and... never really got to do anything else.

Jasmine:
What about all those posters on your wall? Venice, Paris, London?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
I know I know. Those are places that I'm gonna visit... someday.

Jasmine:
Can we see them together?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah. Yeah, I'd like that.

Jasmine:
You have to mean it Peter.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
[watching Jasmine skate ahead] I do.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
[at a conservatory] I used to come here and uh, study and... pretend I was in the Amazon. [chuckles]

Jasmine:
Is this what summer's like?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah. Well sort of. It's, it's uh... you know it's, it's sunny out and uh, everything's green, and it's warm and, people go on vacations and have fun.

Jasmine:
Do you ever do that?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
No, I don't. But, I'm going to. I'm gonna do it.

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
Stopped by my place for some of my daughter's things.

Jasmine, 12 Years Old:
[cheerfully] Hi Charlie!

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
[suprised by Jasmine's latest growth] And if I wait another 10 minutes, I'm gonna need to bring you *my* clothes

Jasmine:
Did you find Mark?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Umm... uh no, I didn't, umm... but I, I, I think it's alright. We... we still have some time.

Jasmine:
[worried] Do we? Something's happening to the sky.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
What?

Jasmine:
Look.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Oh, no no no, it's just getting dark out.

Jasmine:
Night. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night.

Jasmine:
[after Peter stops her kissing] Didn't I do it right?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah, yeah. Um, I... I'm s-... I jus-, I don't think we should do this.

Jasmine:
But, isn't that what people do when they care for each other? When they love each other? [Peter nods and hugs Jasmine]

[last lines]

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Thanks for keeping all this stuff for me.

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
No problem.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Umm, I'll call you when I get back. Who knows, maybe... maybe I'll just stay over there.

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
[hugging Peter] Well, you be happy, okay?

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Yeah, yeah.

Charlotte 'Charlie' Tanzi:
[sighs] Oh my god. Alright umm, I'm gonna go uh, put the stuff in the car.

Dr. Peter Hamilton:
Okay, I'll be right down.