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This is the house I grew up in.

There's a sailboat we never use.

My dad calls it the Spirit Breaker.

That's Lake's house.

He's my best friend.

That's where I broke my wrist when I was eight.

And the pole flicking I carved our names into.

This is our school.

That's my locker I can never get open.

I lay in bed at night terrorized by thoughts of this place.

It's where I can't sleep.

And if I ever do get to sleep, I just have nightmares about it.

Everyone's in a group.

Or wants to be in a group. It's a joke.

This place and everyone in it is a big shit pile floating downstream.

And all the way at the bottom, below the kids and missing jobs and shit, there's

me and Flake.

Ours is a group of two.

We can sign up for chess club, art club, lesbian club, yearbook club, drama club,

video journalism club.

Edwin, where's your book?

In my locker.

Well, what good is it doing you in there?

At times I wonder.

Did you hear me?

What's it doing in your locker?

Well, do you want to explain to the principal why it's there?

She can't get his locker open.

Is that true?

Is that really true? Oh, fuck me.

So, Miss Milo says you're not to come back into her class until you're ready

to start acting like a human being.

Do you know when that'll be?

You want to tell me what happened today?

I couldn't get my locker open.

You couldn't get your locker open?

Why does everyone repeat what I say?

Okay, and I suppose you found it appropriate to use foul language in her

class because you couldn't get your locker open. Is that right?

You're supposed to be right.

All right, just tell your parents I'm going to be in touch.

Do you hear me?

Make you a bit of a surprise.

Oh, my God.

Kids like you used to get their butt kicked when I was a kid.

They still do.

All right, can we see less of each other, please?

My mom checks the summer reading thing that we had to do, and she looked over

and she says, oh, this isn't good enough, so she's making me redo the

entire thing before we have to hand it in tomorrow. It's so fucking stupid.

He's always on my case about it.

He just won't shut up for the rest of the period.

And then in the hallway after class, he's like... What

the

fuck?

What's up now, bitch? Get off him!

Get off him!

Where you going? Where you going?

What are you going to do?

Get off me!

Fuck you!

Fuck me?

Fuck you!

Hey, hey, hey!

Knock it off!

Hey,

knock it off!

What are you going to do?

I said knock it off right now!

Hey, knock it off! Knock it off! Get off him!

Get off him!

What is wrong with you?

Go.

Hey,

hey kid, you all right?

I want everybody off the field right now.

Blake, you okay? Talk to you.

Was Roddy involved?

No, not this time.

Just the last time.

He gets blamed for a lot of stuff he doesn't do.

I know. He's such a misunderstood figure, isn't he?

How about a new friend, pal?

You ever think about that?

Maybe a friend that you haven't seen every single day since you were five.

Tim.

You know, you're grounded for a week.

You get detention, you get grounded. That's the rules.

Hey, you hear me?

Edwin.

A little more ice cream for me.

Ooh, you want to make it two?

I don't care.

Hey. Edwin, come on.

What did you teach today?

Macro.

Was it fun?

Yeah, I had fun. I like macro. I don't know. I don't know what to do. Maybe a

new school?

I'm not going to private school.

You got that right.

Yeah, well, someone new wouldn't be the worst thing for you.

Is that good, Gus?

Okay, take a napkin, please.

I think Gus is going to turn out to be normal.

Edwin, please don't say that.

He is.

You're not abnormal.

Well, I'll rush to judgment on that. Honey.

Well, I can kid around a little bit. It's not funny.

You're fine.

Your mother's right. You're not abnormal.

I'm not?

Speaking of. No, you're not.

Are you possessed?

Oh, Gus, please, just...

I got something on my butt.

Wow. What would that be? I want to see.

No. Oh, my God. Maybe later.

That's the normal you're aspiring to.

What are they watching?

TV.

Any other kids at school who don't watch TV?

You mean besides me?

Well, besides you and Roddy.

Not that I can think of.

Well, don't kids talk about shows and stuff that are on all the time?

All the time.

What about social media?

Social media?

Okay, you know what I mean.

Facebook, Instagram, whatever.

You and Roddy don't do any of that stuff.

Don't the other kids?

Yeah, of course.

Don't you feel left out?

All the time.

Welcome to Target World.

What? Who is this?

Emperor Samatar.

Oh, God.

No talking.

What did I just say?

What is it, Mr. Speaker?

He's swearing at me. Can you tell him to stop?

Leave him alone, Mr. Hanratty.

He keeps putting his hand down his pants and doing something with himself.

It's gross. The whole desk moves.

Just both of you be quiet.

1815's my ball. Come on.

Asshole. Fuckwad.

You are such an asshole.

He's such a fuckwad.

Oh, you're kidding.

He's too big, man.

You're so bad at this.

Fuck you, man.

It's your turn.

2016, game point.

Oh!

I am victorious!

Sorry to see that, gay man.

Thank you, Mrs. Penguin.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Goodbye, folks.

Good to be here.

Help me!

So,

guess who I got a call from a little bit ago?

Uh, the Pope.

No. Who?

Mrs. Penguay.

Huh. Yeah, she was surprisingly upset.

Said she found the most interesting thing on her table.

What'd she find?

Hey, cut.

Knock it off.

You don't know anything about this?

No. Hey, pal, can you get me a beer?

Oh, look at him sigh. I know he lives to serve us.

You don't have to do that.

Come on. What's your mother talking about?

I don't know.

Well, why don't you tell your father what Mrs. Penguin found on her picnic

table? I don't know what anyone found on their picnic table.

Oh, yeah? You don't? No. A severed head?

A dying weasel? I don't know.

What did you find?

All right.

Well, it was a pile of human poop.

What?

Okay, that's great. No, encourage him.

How did you know it was human?

Sorry. So you think I did it?

Yeah, you or Roddy. Because I didn't do anything.

I don't need you all worked up right now.

I'm just asking you a question.

I want pizza.

Well, we're not having pizza. Have a bite, please. Come on.

You take a dump on Penguin's table?

No.

Roddy? Or Flake? Whatever he's going by these days? No.

Who did?

I don't know. Buddy, come on. I didn't even go to her yard. I don't know who

did it, okay?

How'd it get there?

I don't... When do you guys did it? I don't know what you want me to say.

Don't lie. I'm not lying. Hey, relax, all right? We're just talking about

this. Tell her.

I didn't do anything.

What's the matter? What do you want from me? Hey, hey, hey, relax.

Hey!

Edwin!

You better be there tomorrow.

Shut up.

Come on, seriously. Have you even kissed a girl? Yeah. Do you even know what a

clit is?

I think he does.

You think he does?

Yeah. Do you know how many holes a girl has?

Yeah. You do?

Yeah.

So how many?

Fuck off.

He doesn't know. I think he does. I think he's got them himself.

Three.

Where are they?

He said three.

Where are they?

One in the front and one in the back.

And?

He doesn't know shit.

Yeah, he knows where his mom's holes are.

So I had this idea. I lifted some stuff from Pengui's garage when I took that

shit on her table.

Nice move, by the way.

The table.

What, did you get in trouble?

Of course I got in trouble. What did you think?

That's awesome.

So I got this bug powder, right?

I don't know what it's called. Roten something.

It's supposed to be, like, super toxic.

Oh, great.

Now I'm gonna get shit for that.

You're not gonna get shit for shit, Mr. Fearless. I took a pound from, like, a

20-pound bag.

I wonder who's digging me.

I'm all alone here.

It's like I'm living alone.

So what's your idea?

I think the fallout will really get

people sick.

We'll see.

Shit. How'd we get the powder into the bin? Oh my god, shut up. Just trust me,

it'll work.

Dude, that's fucked.

The pan's not gonna fit through there.

Oh.

Why don't we pour some in the baggie and leave the baggie open inside?

that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations.

It contained no threat... Where are your parents?

Movies, dinner, Canada, I don't know.

It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan...

Do you want to check out my dad's gun?

...makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned.

What kinds you got?

guns, more than one.

this one's a carbine from ww2 from ww2

that's the collision tower we're rocking

and

this one's called a nine

millimeter

New hobby you went to a gun show last week Does he have bullets

Hide them in a different place

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

What are you thinking?

I think you're thinking what I'm thinking.

You want to be like those kids at that school?

Colorado?

No.

No, they were fucked up.

I don't want to be like anybody.

What were those kids' names?

What are you, the evening news?

Do you want to do this or not?

Hmm.

I get to choose which one I use.

Well, yeah, we'll go in with all three. The 9mm will be a backup.

I mean, we've got to plan it, you know? We've got to plan it better than the

other thing.

Yeah, that's for sure.

I'm not just talking here, you know. I'm not just playing.

I didn't say you were.

Are you just playing?

No.

I think you are just playing.

Well, wait and see.

Have you guys been working on your photosynthesis project?

Why, I heard about that.

Roddy's mother told me about it.

I'm really looking forward to seeing that.

What have you learned so far about photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis? Some strange shit.

Hey. He can swear. No, and neither can you until you have kids of your own,

which, God help us.

You don't make the rules, okay?

Yeah, I do.

All right, cut.

We got a nice call from the vice principal today.

What did he want?

He wants us all to meet.

Mom!

Mom! So we're all going to meet.

What? I thought we talked about this.

Mommy!

Gus, what?

Mommy!

You're driving me nuts.

Don't look at me.

You don't want us to look at you.

You're okay? I'm getting very mixed messages from you guys.

Very weird. I want my Nerf ball.

Now what's the matter?

Do I just have a sign on my face today?

You got a glass head?

I remember you used to say that to me when you were little. With a glass head.

Yeah.

What am I thinking right now?

You're thinking, um... I wish they'd leave me alone.

He's thinking...

Why do you have to eat with them?

Well, great, though.

What are you working on?

Nothing.

Hey.

That's really great, Edwin.

It's my brother.

Oh, that's your brother.

That's really good.

It's a great use of color.

Yeah, keep working on that.

How's it going over here, huh?

Fine.

Edwin, listen, we have to do this world of color thing with three people in art

class. And?

Miss Arnold says you're really good.

You are.

You're a really good artist.

What are you doing?

You want time to think about it?

Yeah, okay.

Don't forget, we want you for our trio.

Tawanda wants to touch your heart.

So, there are eight doors.

I thought there were more.

Sorry. It's not like you never made a mistake.

You're a mistake.

Mother's a mistake.

Die. Wish I could do this by myself.

Why don't you?

Okay, so... We have to peel up all the doors?

Yeah, but that's the problem, dude. We have to get from there to there to there

to there, and we have to do it relatively fast.

Why don't we do something to these doors ahead of time, and we should come in

through these two?

We could do it in the gym during the assembly.

That's a good idea.

This is a good idea, Edward.

How long does it take to pull some bungee cords off of a door?

How about that heat?

I was just asking.

Why don't we put this in the door and slide it through the bars?

I thought of that. You can just slide it right back out again.

Gentlemen.

Suppose your brakes didn't work.

My point entirely.

Your parents ever try to get you interested in sports?

Music? Nah.

We tried to get Roddy excited about music.

You got me one of those pianos for, like, one-year-olds.

Do you want a real piano?

No. We'll get you a real piano if you want one. If you'll play it. I don't

want one.

Roddy's grandmother was a wonderful musician.

Was she?

She could have been a professional.

All she did was complain about her health, and she went to be like 102.

What'd he say?

What do you care?

How did I end up with a kid with no ambition?

Don't worry about the no ambition part.

You got some?

I'm working on it.

You don't look like you're working on it.

I'm working on it right now.

All right.

Dude, your dad's gonna be pissed with all this paint on the floor.

You can fuck up your skin like this if you do it long enough.

Does that sound about right, Edwin?

Yeah, sounds about right.

Well, here's what we've been noticing.

Edwin acts like he's under constant pressure.

He's either very quiet or acting out in various antisocial ways. He's very

bright. He has a very good head on his shoulders. Mrs. Arnold says he's been

working very diligently with others on his art project in her class.

I've seen his work and it's very... What art project?

It's just this sort of thing.

For a competition or something.

Okay, so the reason why we wanted to talk with you guys is we have noticed a

shift, obviously, in behavior this year.

And I guess we were curious if you've noticed anything in particular that

happened over the summer.

Was there any kind of traumatic event?

I mean, no.

Not that I know of.

No?

Okay, well, what about you, Edwin? Have you noticed anything?

No, not really.

You can't think of one thing?

I got older.

So where do we go from here?

Right. Okay, well, one place to start is we offer a program for...

Extra work with socialization.

You mean for, like, special ed kids?

No, no. It's a workshop to help those who are having difficulties, and it's

designed to build teamwork and trust.

And they do really fun stuff. They do hack it. They do hypotheticals.

How do you feel about that? Is that something that is worth a try for you

guys?

I'm fine with that. Okay. Yeah.

What about the patient?

How does that sound?

Fine with me.

Fine with you. Okay, everything's fine with you.

Well, we will try to keep an eye out for things on our end. Yeah, great.

Okay, thanks. Thank you.

It's dark.

What, do you own the railroad now?

Those are ours, too.

What, are you going to hit us with that?

Trying to fucking scare me with a rock?

Give me the sketchpads.

Put the rock down. Give me the fucking sketchpads. Put the rock down.

I was drawing some dust, by the way.

Find another place to blow each other.

You still

pissed?

You still pissed?

Here put this in your mouth.

You think we're really gonna do this?

I don't know.

Let's talk about it later.

Okay.

Man, we are such pussies.

You got money?

I'm buying something for myself.

You buy something for me, you can hang around with us.

Take off.

You heard him. Come on.

Oh, man.

Come on.

I know what I want.

So, now that kid Budzinski?

No, why? You kick his ass?

No.

Kick mine.

Look okay to me.

Would you use a pillow?

No.

Your dad's here.

Nice ride, homie.

Who's this?

Friend of ours.

You got a name?

Herman. Herman.

Seriously, what's his real name?

Herman. Herman?

Nice guy.

So you're hanging out in parking lots now?

The library's closed.

Ah, that's funny.

Get in the car. I'll give you a ride home.

What's your state?

Get in.

Can we get a ride, too?

Say bye to the homies.

You don't have any other friends?

Who else am I supposed to be hanging out with?

I don't know. Somebody at your school. It's a big school you go to. You

can't... You still getting in fights?

Fights? Yeah, fights.

What are these fights, anyway? How are they starting?

I hate that. I hate the thought of you fighting.

Well, then don't think about it.

Okay. They're certainly not fights.

Well, what are they, then?

When are we going to stop this sport, huh?

What, a week? A month?

A year? We have to wait a year?

A week?

Okay, I hope so.

That would be great for everyone.

Did you tell your mom where you were?

Yeah, I left a note.

Well, you've got some mouth on you, you know.

Sorry.

You're not going to help yourself. You're not going to make an effort, at

least.

I know you're having a hard time. A lot of kids have a hard time.

I had a hard time when I was your age. Yeah, sure you did. Oh, you don't

believe me? I just said I did. Okay, so you're the only kid who's ever gotten

beaten up. I didn't even bring this up.

Please go.

It's okay to be gay, you know?

My sister in high school, she's a lesbian alliance.

What are you talking about?

I told you.

What did you tell her?

I told her not to bring it up. Look, it was hard for my sister, too.

She says she wishes somebody had talked to her about it.

You're sitting here and calling us gay?

Look, it's not a judgment thing.

Oh, okay, okay.

And if I called you a fucking skank, would you say that that's not a judgment

thing?

I hurt your feelings.

I hurt her feelings. She calls me fucking queer and I hurt her feelings.

Forget it. No, we're not going to just forget it. Fuck you too. Hey, jizzbag,

listen to me. Don't touch me.

Tell her she's got to talk to me.

I'm not getting in the middle of this.

Somebody said bad shit about you. We tell you who it was.

I was just trying to help.

Who told you that?

Matthew Speakers?

Who the fuck is Matthew Speakers?

Shit, he's that Ninth Raider from detention. Well, what's his damage?

I... He pulled the monitors. He's playing with himself.

He's getting evil.

He said he saw you guys.

That's the only reason I believed it.

What did he say he saw us doing?

Look, forget it.

Who is he?

Point him out. Come on, who is he?

Point him out.

He's not here right now.

You know what?

Nice dining with you all.

Why get a hundred years of detention for this kid when we can just save him for a

thing? I'll kick his ass now and you can shoot him later. How are you going to

kick anyone's ass with your hand all fucked up?

I'll use a shovel. I'll use a rake. You can't use a shovel.

What the fuck do you care?

I'll use a chainsaw. Oh, okay.

Let's find him then.

Why don't you bring your rake?

Why don't you put bug powder in his mouth? That would be so fucking great.

What the fuck?

What the fuck happened to me, asshole?

Shut down. I'm sick of your shit.

Fuck you.

Roddy? What's going on?

Fuck!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, alright, whoa, hold on. Roddy?

Roddy, no!

Get out of my house!

Get out of my house!

Get out of my house!

Fuck you!

Hey, we hear you and Roddy thought you were in Thunderdome.

I don't know what that means.

Why do you think the mother called us?

Are you all right?

Buddy.

Want me to clean you up?

You're dressed already.

I couldn't sleep.

Again?

Okay, well, come downstairs. I'll make you some breakfast.

You have 45 minutes to complete your test.

It'll start when I say go.

Really good work, you guys. Thank you.

Wait for this to go on the contract.

Gotta think of the name, guys. Think of the title, yeah.

What are you doing down there?

I'm resting.

Is it comfortable?

Yeah, more or less.

Model rocketry.

Want to see?

No.

Mr. Edwin.

Hey, can I talk to you a second?

No. I know, I hate to bother your fine dining experience.

Come over here for a second.

This is good.

Hey,

so I wanted to check in and see how you're feeling about this socialization

workshop.

Come on, man.

It's not going to be that bad.

You guys are giving it a shot.

The bonus is, during school, she gets the best of class anyway.

All right, here's the deal, Edwin.

The feeling is, you can't go on like this, man.

You can't. The fight, the headaches.

Something pretty extreme needs to happen.

Eat your lunch.

You gotta help me with this kid, Budzinski.

Who is this kid?

You ever wash this shirt?

My mom does.

You ever wash those pants?

So are you gonna help me? Help you what?

With Budzinski.

I just need help with a plan.

A plan?

Just hide behind a bush and hit him with a stick.

That's the plan?

He's a seventh grader. Take his candy. Push him down the sandbox.

I went after him with a wiffle bat.

A wiffle bat?

He took it away from me and beat me with it.

Hey, man, it happens.

No, it doesn't.

Not to anybody else.

Hey, my ass kicked all the time. Are you kidding?

Maybe I'll just get my dad's gun.

What? We'll see what he does then.

Don't be an idiot.

That'll teach him not to fuck with me.

Of course he can fuck with you. You're like two feet tall.

You can't just get a gun.

Just leave me alone.

All I know is someone's got to do something.

Hello?

We got a problem.

Don't hang up, fuckhead.

Hello? I'm still here.

We got a problem.

So I hear.

You already know?

You just fucking told me.

So what's the problem?

Our pal heard me.

He told me he's getting a gun and going out for that kid he hates.

No, I don't think he's bullshitting.

I'm thinking... He'd screw it up for the both of us.

That certainly is the type of shit that always happens to us.

So what'd you tell him?

I told him he couldn't just get a gun.

What'd you say?

Hey, we talked.

Didn't say anything.

Huh.

I think we gotta talk to him.

Who are you talking to?

I gotta go.

I gotta go.

What's wrong?

Is that Roddy? Is that your mom?

Yeah. Has she been listening this whole time?

No.

Jesus Christ, call me back, asshole.

Yeah?

So you and Roddy worked things out?

Yeah.

Thinking that you should go away somewhere for your dad's birthday.

Like somewhere cool and... I don't know. How does that sound?

Sounds good.

Sounds good?

Okay.

So, where do you want to go?

The lake.

Yeah, where we used to spend summer.

The lake?

That's great. Yeah, the lake. Okay.

Oh, that's going to be... Let's take the sailboat.

We haven't taken it out for so long.

You and your brother used to just have so much fun.

That's such a good choice, hon. Okay.

You can leave the door open.

It's the kid in the blue sweatshirt.

Him?

What do we do now?

Exactly.

Hey, see you guys later. Oh, don't forget about that game Wednesday. We

need to win this.

Working on some construction?

What do you want?

So listen, you know that kid Herman?

About your size?

Yeah. We're thinking, what...

We watch out for him sometimes. He's such a doofy little shit.

You got that right.

Yeah, he can really be a pain in the ass sometimes.

Yeah, you got that right, too.

We were, uh... We were hoping you could cut him some slack next few weeks.

Why should I?

Because if you don't, we'll kick your ass.

I'll kick your ass, bitch.

Is the whole seventh grade fucking nuts?

Get out of my yard! Mom!

Get out of my yard, motherfucker.

We tried to ask you nicely, dude.

Hi, Mom. What's up? Okay, I'm calling the police if you two don't get out of

my yard. Go. Call the police. Call the fucking National Guard.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. You don't talk to me like that. What are your names?

I'm Ed Gein.

Tell the police Ed Gein was here and he wants your son. Get out of my yard. You

inside.

Let's go.

Now he's really going to go after Hermie.

We've got to figure out the doors and move up our plan.

I know.

We should do it during the next assembly.

I think there's one in the gym on Friday.

Then there's something wrong with my tooth.

You could see it in the news afterwards.

The two murderous juvenile delinquents

and their whatever plan.

You wish it out on me, I'll shoot you myself.

I got it.

A wedge.

What?

What the fuck's with you? Am I doing this alone here?

What?

Wedges.

To seal up the doors, we use wedges.

We do it from the outside.

One of them brings a little hammer, bang, we drive it under the door.

No one from the inside can open them.

God.

I can't believe I didn't think of that before.

I can't believe even you didn't think of them.

So does this mean we can do it on Friday?

He's just going.

Do we know how much kick these guns have?

Don't hold it like a faggot and you'll be fine.

I'm not gonna hold it like a faggot.

Then you'll be fine.

Look, you better go, dude.

What about the thing with Hermie?

I don't know. We gotta stall him. Let me think about it.

Where's Gus?

Being a sleepyhead.

So, you want to hear my plan?

Plan?

What's your plan?

We go to the lake this weekend.

It's supposed to be in the 70s, so the water should still be warm enough for

you guys to swim.

Take the sailboat.

You know, just like old times.

Sounds like a good idea.

Yeah?

Well, I say we pick your father up after his lecture on Friday and just go

straight from there.

When's his lecture end?

Like 10 or so.

Friday? Yeah.

It's Friday.

I got to school.

Well, we'll take you out early.

It's like a get-out-of-jail-free card.

Come on.

I mean, unless you're dying to stay in school.

Are you excited?

You're getting me late, hon. Come on.

Are those lights on for you?

What happened to your eye? Walk into somebody's boner?

No.

So did we tell you we talked to Bud Zinke?

Oh, he told me.

Did he do that?

Son of a bitch.

Come on, talk to that little prick.

Just don't talk to him anymore.

Well, he can't just keep beating on you.

Don't worry about me.

I'll figure it out myself.

She'll listen.

We got this plan, but it's going to take some time to set up. So it's going to

have to start next week.

You in?

In what?

In on this thing. You want to get back at him or not?

Whatever.

Congratulations.

So exciting.

Thanks.

You know, if you win the regional prize, you get your name in the paper.

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to see your name in the paper?

Yeah.

Well, did you ever think it might happen?

Yeah.

Well, go tell your parents.

It's a really big honor.

You know, I mean, just to get this far.

It's great that it was a group project, too.

I guess.

Yeah.

Okay. I'll see you later.

Hey!

Hey!

What the fuck?

What'd you say?

It's my ball.

Well, what did you say to me?

They don't fucking believe...

You're

just gonna steal my fucking ball?

What?

It's not even mine!

It's my little brother's!

You hear me?

You fuck!

Oh.

These old guys.

These are about ready to go out, aren't they? Leave them.

I think we can try to find you another pair like them. They're fine.

Why are you crying?

Hey. It's my turn.

Really?

Okay. Let me see.

Open your mouth.

Let me look.

I can't tell if you won't let me look at it.

It's on the bottom.

Okay, I'll be back in a minute, okay?

Please, go get ready for ball.

Edwin?

I'm under here now.

Are we sleeping under the bed tonight, or?

Just along here a minute.

Can I ask you a question?

What's going on?

Nothing.

Well, you know, I'm talking to a bed here, hon, so there's obviously

something wrong.

Hurt my face.

What'd you do?

I rubbed it too hard.

Honey, come.

Evelyn, come on. Come out, please.

It's okay.

What is?

Whatever it is, you know, I... I know that sometimes you just can't handle

stuff. It's too hard.

I can handle it.

Please don't go getting all mad, okay? I'm trying to talk to you. What are...

What are you mad for?

You're just a little guy.

You should...

Wes, please come up and just eat some cereal.

Ah, that's a nice way to start the day.

Don't make fun of him, though. I'm not making fun of him. I'm just commenting

on our happy home.

You didn't find his ball? No.

You look outside. You look outside?

Mm-hmm.

He said he looked all over. I looked all over.

I know, hon. It's not the end of the world. Yes, it is.

How are you doing?

I'm good.

You look great.

And the Oscar goes to Gus.

So sad.

I think I know where his bowl is.

Really? Where? You got it?

Flake borrowed it, I think.

Flake, of course. Yeah, I'll just get it back.

That's good news.

Yeah. Things are looking up for you, Gus.

I'll get it. Promise.

Big brother coming through.

Hey, the assembly is tomorrow.

Um, I gotta go to the dentist after school, so I'll call you after dinner.

My mom thinks we're gonna be getting braces in the next few months.

I don't think that's gonna work out.

You okay, Edwin?

Yeah, I got sick.

Yeah, that's what I heard.

You okay?

So, um, what's the class doing?

I gave them an assignment.

I'm sorry I'm missing it.

Okay, well, I just wanted to check on you.

Um, excuse me.

Do you have any other colors?

That's all I got. That's all we got.

It was his ball, Pink. He says it wasn't. It was.

He's losing his mind.

He says it was, honey.

Are you there?

Are you alright?

You're panting. You sound like a dog.

I'm scared.

Don't wuss out on me.

Do you hear me?

I'm not wussing out on anyone.

Shit, dude. Are you crying?

No.

No. Dude, we got a lot to do tonight.

How soon can you come over after everybody's asleep there? 1? 1.30?

Yeah.

Which?

1.30.

Alright.

Come to the gate.

You have a fight with Roddy?

Just wanted to see if you wanted to play volleyball.

Hey, well, I packed a bag for you for the trip tomorrow. Let me know if I

missed anything.

Don't worry, your dad's going to know they're missing.

I locked the cases back up and I left the pistols, so...

This is really heavy.

Hold it farther up with that hand.

Do you want to trade?

Yeah, maybe.

You want a tube? I brought you some.

Go ahead.

You ever worry you might shoot all the wrong people?

You wanna know what I think about?

How in...

Something terrible happened somewhere.

And there's all those flags and flowers and candles and

pictures of people who died and pages of sayings and poems.

All that shit lined up for months.

Are you kidding me? They haven't fixed this shit?

What's your candle?

1743.

What are you doing?

Is mommy up?

No, mommy's sleeping.

Here.

You go to sleep too.

Okay.

You like your Nerf ball?

Yeah, this one's pink.

Don't be sad.

That's what everyone says.

Why does everyone say that?

I just get so mad sometimes.

Is that your ear?

Mom says it's still bothering you.

It hurts.

How about now?

No.

Okay.

Go to sleep.

Good night.

Good night, guys.

Great little guy, you know that?

Yeah.

Oh, he's adorable.

Hey, wake up.

Let's go.

Hey, gosh, you are so out.

Hey, I have some errands to run this morning.

I won't be by the school until a quarter to twelve or so.

Hey, be where I said today, okay? Don't make us come all around the building

looking for you.

I won't.

Where's dad?

Oh, he went in early to practice his thing.

Tell him I said good luck.

Hey. Hi.

You're going to go to the bathroom, all right? You're going to wait there until

the bell rings. Do not go out until the bell rings. Go to your locker, get the

duffel, bring the whole thing to the door, all right? I will take care of the

wet. Do not go in until you see me at the duffel door, all right?

We're going to go at the same time, all right? Do not go before I go. Go when I

go, okay?

Okay?

Edwin, what are you doing?

I'm going to be so late here.

What's your combination?

41723.

Whatever.

You're going to be late.

Okay,

I'm not ready to look. I'm sure you are as well.

Because today is not the end. It is the beginning.

And visually, many of you performed with the best of your abilities for three

years, and some of you are like the children of God.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, my God.

Oh, no!

Every weekend in the summer, we used to take this little dumpy sailboat out onto

the lake.

It looked like a dog dish with a mast.

And this one time, we gave this guy and his kid and a sunfish a tow.

I got to be the guy who threw the rope when we were close enough to them.

I remember when we got home, telling my parents how great I thought it was.

I remember my mom agreeing with me.

I remember the kid's face as we bounced through some waves.

I remember how happy he was.

And I thought, good for you, kid, like I was his dad.

Good for you.