the script

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BRYCE:AllIeverwanted

wasforJuliBakertoleavemealone.

Itallbeganinthesummerof1957,

beforethestartofcondgrade.

STEVEN:Hereweare.

PATSY:Ha,ha.

-Whatdoyouguysthink

LYNETTA:Ilikethisplace.

BRYCE:It'scool.

LYNETTA:Uh,whatcolorismyroom

Justyouwait.

BRYCE:Let'sewhat'sinside.

STEVEN:Hey,comeon,buddyBryce.

Whydon't,uh,youandI

gohelpunloadthevan...

...andthewomenfolkhere

cangetinthekitchenandstartttingup.

Okay,Dad.

BRYCE:Forme,itwasthebeginning

ofwhatwouldbe...

...morethanhalfadecadeof

strategicavoidanceandsocialdiscomfort.

-Hi,I'mJuliBaker.

-Hey,hey,whatareyoudoing

Don'tyouwantsomehelp

'ssome

valuablethingsinthere.

-Howaboutthisone

-No,no,no.

ther's

probablywonderingwhereyouare.

Oh,no,mymomknowswhereIam.

Shesaidit'sfine.

BRYCE:Itdidn'ttakelongtorealize

thisgirlcouldnottakeahint.

-It'scrowdedinherewiththreepeople.

-Idon'tmind.

BRYCE:Ofanykind.

-Youwannapushthisonetogether

Bryce,isn'tittimeforyou

togohelpyourmother

Huh

Oh,yeah.

BRYCE:

Imean,nothingwouldstopher.

Iwasabouttotellhertogetlost

whentheweirdestthinghappened.

Icouldn'tbelieveit.

ThereIwasholdinghands

withthisstrangegirl.

-HowdidIgetintothismess

PATSY:Well,hello.

-Ieyou'vemetmyson.

-Uh-huh.

BRYCE:Finally,Ididtheonlymanly

thingavailablewhenyou're7yearsold.

[BELLRINGING]

However,mytroubleswerefarfromover.

TheminuteIwalked

intoMissYelson'sclassroom...

BryceYou'rehere.

BRYCE:

...itwasclear:

Schoolwouldnotbeasanctuary.

[CHILDRENLAUGHING]

Hey,Bryce,where'syourgirlfriend

BRYCE:

Iwasbrandedforlife.

Hey,Bryce,

whydon'tyouaskhertomarryyou

GIRLS[SINGING]:

BryceandJulisittinginatree

K-l-S-S-l-N-G

BRYCE:

Myfirstyearintownwasadisaster.

GIRL:

Lookatthem.

BRYCE:

Andthenextthreeweren'tmuchbetter.

Butfinally,inthesixthgrade,

Itookaction.

Ihatchedtheplan.

Sherry.

Sherry,waitup.

Hi,.

BRYCE:

IaskedoutSherryStalls.

Iwaswonderingifyouwantedtogo...

BRYCE:Tofullappreciate

thebrillianceofthisplan...

...youhavetounderstand

thatJulihatedSherryStalls...

...thoughIneverunderstoodwhy.

Sherrywasnice,friendly

andshehadalotofhair.

Atfirst,mymotherwouldn'tletme

getmyearspierced,butIbegged...

BRYCE:TheideawasthatSherry

wouldeatwithme...

...maybewe'dwalkaroundtogether,

andhopefullyJuliwouldlointerest.

ButIstillcan'tgetthehoopstillI'm16.

Oh,that'sashame.

SoMelaniewantedtogetherearspierced,

butofcourhermothersaidno.

Soshethrewafitandsmashed

herJohnnyMathisGreatestHitsalbum...

[LAUGHS]

...andshegotgrounded,sonowshecan't

cometomypajamasleepoverparty.

BRYCE:

Thingswereunfoldingquitenicely.

Whatareyoudoing

foryourscienceproject

BRYCE:Thatis,untilmysuppod

bestfriend,GarrettEinbinder...

...tookaninterestinSherryhimlf.

Iwasthinkingofshowinghowsplitends

reactwithdifferenthairconditioners.

That'sfascinating.

BRYCE:Loyaltygavewaytodesire

andGarrett,theturncoat...

...toldSherrywhatIwasupto.

SHERRY:

Jerk.

BRYCE:

Shedidn'ttakeitwell.

WordgotbacktoJuli,andprettysoon

shestartedupwiththegoo-gooeyesagain.

Onlythistimeitwaswor.

Shestartedsniffingme.

That'sright,sniffingme.

Whatwasthatallabout

Myonlyconsolation

wasthatnextyearwouldbedifferent.

Juniorhigh,biggerschool.

Maybewe'dbeindifferentclass

anditwouldfinally,finallybeover.

JULl:

ThefirstdayImetBryceLoski,Iflipped.

Itwasthoeyes,

somethinginthodazzlingeyes.

Youwannapushthisonetogether

JULl:Hisfamilyhadjustmoved

intotheneighborhood...

...andI'dgoneovertohelpthem.

I'dbeeninthevanalloftwominutes

whenhisdadnthimofftohelphismom.

Icouldehedidn'twannago.

SoIchadafterhimtoeifwecould

playalittlebeforehegottrappedinside.

ThenextthingIknow,

he'sholdingmyhand...

...andlookingrightintomyeyes.

Myheartstopped.

Wasthisit

Wouldthisbemyfirstkiss

-Butthenhismothercameout.

-Well,hello.

JULl:Andhewassoembarrasd,

hischeeksturnedcompletelyred.

Iwenttobedthatnightthinking

ofthekissthatmighthavebeen.

Imean,itwasclearhehadfeelingsforme,

buthewasjusttooshytoshowthem.

Mymothersaidboyswerelikethat.

-SoIdecidedtohelphimout.

-BryceYou'rehere.

[CHILDRENGIGGLING]

JULl:Iwouldgivehimplenty

ofopportunitytogetoverhisshyness.

Bythesixthgrade,

I'dlearnedtocontrolmylf.

ThenSherryStallnteredthepicture.

SherryStallswasnothingbutawhiny,

gossipy,backstabbingflirt.

Allhairandnosubstance.

Andthereshewas...

...e.

Theonewhowaswalkingaround

withmyfirstkiss.

Mysolutionwastoignoreher.

IknewaboyofBryce'scaliber...

...wouldeventuallyethrough

ashallowconniverlikeSherryStalls.

Ittookallofaweek.

Theybrokeupatrecess.

Shedidn'ttakeitwell.

NowthatBrycewasoutofSherry's

evilclutches,hestartedbeingnicertome.

-Hi,Juli.

-Hi,Bryce.

JULl:

Hewassoshyandsocute...

...andhishair,

itsmelledlikewatermelon.

Icouldn'tgetenoughofit.

Ispentthewholeyear

cretlysniffingwatermelon...

...andwondering

ifIwavergoingtogetmykiss.

BRYCE:

Seventhgradebroughtchanges,allright.

Butthebiggestone

didn'thappenatschool.

Ithappenedathome.

Mygrandfathercametolivewithus.

Momsaidhestaredlikethat

becauhemisdGrandma.

ThatwasnotsomethingGrandpa

wouldevertalkaboutwithme.

Asamatteroffact,henevertalked

aboutmuchofanythingwithme.

Thatis,untilJuliappeared

inthelocalnewspaper.

-Oh,eakwithyou

-What

Haveaat,son.

TellmeaboutyourfriendJuliBaker.

'snotexactlymyfriend.

'sthat

Whydoyouwannaknow

BRYCE:Now,JuliBakerdidnot

windupinTheMayfieldTimes...

...forbeinganeighth-gradeEinstein.

No,shegotfront-pagecoveragebecau

sherefudtoclimboutofasycamoretree.

JuliBakerandthatstupidsycamoretree.

ShealwaysthoughtitwasGod'sgift

toourlittlecorneroftheuniver.

Hey,omeclimbthetree

withmeandmybrothers

No,thanks.

'sfun.

-Youcaneeverything.

BRYCE:Ican't.

Mydadneedsmetohelphimfix...

...athing.

BRYCE:

That'sallIneeded.

ClimbupatreewithJuliBaker.

I'dbedraggedrightback

intothecondgrade.

BryceandJulisittinginatree.

Whydon'tyoujustmakemeeatlimabeans

fortherestofmylife.

JULl:

It'sthreeblocksaway.

Twoblocks.

Oneblockaway.

-Likethat'svaluableinformation.

-Ihateitwhenshedoesthat.

Iliketothinkthere'satleastachance

thebuswon'tshow.

Ithinkthetreelooksparticularlybeautiful

'tyou

Ifby"beautiful"youmean"unbelievably

ugly,"then,yes,Iwouldagree.

You'rejustvisuallychallenged.

Ifeelsorryforyou.

BRYCE:

"Visuallychallenged"

"Visuallychallenged"

Thisfromthegirlwholivedinahou

thatwasthejokeoftheneighborhood

Theyhadbushesgrowingoverwindows

andweedsallovertheplace.

Itbuggedmydadbigtime.

Oh,thereheis.

Thebricklayerwhothinkshe'sapainter.

Thattruck'snotuglyenoughinreallife

He'sgottamakeapaintingofit

No,hedoeslandscapes.

Sellsthematthecountyfair.

Peoplesaythey'rebeautiful.

LandscapesLetmetellyousomething.

Theworldwouldhave

morebeautyinit...

...ifhe'ddoalittlelandscaping

onthatpieceofcraphecallsayard.

PATSY:Ifeelbadforhiswife.

Shemarriedadreamer.

Becauofthat,oneofthetwoofthem

willalwaysbeunhappy.

Yeah,fine.

Butwhydowehavetobeunhappy

BRYCE:Asannoyingastheyardwas

tomydad...

...itwasnothingcomparedtohowannoying

JuliBakerwasinthattree.

JULl:

Threeblocksaway.

BRYCE:Everymorning

wehadtolistentothesound...

...ofherblow-by-blowtrafficreport.

JULl:

Twoblocks.

WOMAN:

Thereyougo.

WhydotheycallitTheThreeStooges

-Imean,there'sfiveofthem.

-What

Well,yeah,there'sMoe,Larry,Curly,

ShempandCurlyJoe.

-Yeah,buttheyonlyhavethreeatatime.

-Yeah.

Youknow,IhateCurlyJoe.

Imean,heshouldn'tevenbeaStooge.

MAN:Listen,girl,

I'mthisclotocallingthepolice.

Youaretrespassingandobstructing

progressonacontractedjob.

GARRETT:What'sgoingon

MAN:Eitheryoucomedown...

...orwe'regonnacutyoudown.

JULl:Youguys,comeupherewithme.

Theywon'tcutitdown

ifwe'realluphere.

-Bus,bus,bus.

BRYCE:Juliwasfrantic.

Theywantedtocutdownhertree.

Icouldn'tunderstandwhy

thatmutanttangleofgnarlybranches...

...meantsomuchtoher.

JULl:Bryce,plea.

BRYCE:Ifeltbadforher.

GARRETT:Leaveher.

BRYCE:

ButIwasn'tabouttocutschooloverit.

GARRETT:

Comeon,bro.

CHET:

Whyisn'tsheyourfriend,Bryce

You'dhavetoknowJuli.

Well,I'dliketo.

Why

Thatgirlhasanironbackbone.

Whydon'tyouinviteheroversometime

Anironbackbone

She'sjuststubborn...

...andshe'spushybeyondbelief.

Isthatso

Andshe'sbeenstalkingme

sincethecondgrade.

Well,agirllikethat

doesn'tlivenextdoortoeveryone.

Luckythem.

Readthis.

Withoutprejudice.

BRYCE:LikeIneededtoknow

anythingmoreaboutJuliBaker.

Juliwasn'tatthebusstop

thenextmorning.

Orthemorningafterthat.

Shewasatschool,

butyou'dneverknowit.

-LittleJoeHe'sgotsomuchmakeupon...

-Hedoesn'tage.

BRYCE:

ItoldmylfIshouldbegladaboutit.

Imean,isn'tthatwhat

I'dalwayswanted

Butstill,Ifeltbadforher.

IwasgonnatellherIwassorry,

butthenIthought,hey,no...

...that'sthelastthingIneeded:

JuliBakerthinkingImisdher.

Iewhyyouliketocomeouthere.

Wouldyoumindexplainingit

toyourmother

JULl:

Ilovedtowatchmyfatherpaint.

Orreally,Ilovedtohearhimtalk

whilehepainted.

Ilearnedalotaboutmydadthatway.

Hetoldmeallsortsofthings...

...likehowhegothisfirstjobdeliveringhay

andhowhe'dwishedhe'dfinishedcollege.

Thenonedayhesurpridme.

What'sgoingonwithyou

and,uh,BryceLoski

WhatdoyoumeanNothing.

Oh,okay.

Mymistake.

Whywouldyoueventhinkthat

Noreason.

Justthatyou...

...talkabouthimallthetime.

Ido

Mm-hm.

Idon'tknow.

Iguessit'ssomethingabouthiyes.

Ormaybehissmile.

Butwhatabouthim

-What

-Youhavetolookatthewholelandscape.

Whatdoesthatmean

Apaintingismore

thanthesumofitsparts.

Acowbyitlfisjustacow.

Ameadowbyitlfisjustgrass,

flowers.

Andthesunpeekingthroughthetrees

isjustabeamoflight.

Butyouputthemalltogether...

...anditcanbemagic.

JULl:Ididn'treallyunderstand

whathewassayinguntiloneafternoon...

...whenIwasupinthesycamoretree.

Iwasrescuingakite.

Itwasalongwayup,

higherthanI'deverbeen.

AndthehigherIgot,

themoreamazedIwasbytheview.

Ibegantonotice

howwonderfulthebreezesmelled.

Likesunshineandwildgrass.

Icouldn'tstopbreathingitin...

...fillingmylungs

withthesweetestsmellI'deverknown.

Hey,youfoundmykite.

Bryce,youshouldcomeuphere.

It'ssobeautiful.

Ican'nedmy,um...

Ihavearash.

JULl:Fromthatmomenton,

thatbecamemyspot.

Icouldsitthereforhours,

justlookingoutattheworld.

Somedaysthesunts

wouldbepurpleandpink.

Andsomedays

theywereablazingorange...

...ttingfiretotheclouds

onthehorizon.

Itwasduringoneofthosunts

thatmyfather'sidea...

...ofthewholebeinggreater

thanthesumofitsparts...

...movedfrommyheadtomyheart.

SomedaysIwouldgetthereextraearly

towatchthesunri.

Onemorning

Iwasmakingmentalnotes...

...ofhowthestreaksoflight

werecuttingthroughtheclouds...

...soIcouldtellmydad...

...whenIheardanoibelow.

Excume.

Excume.I'msorry,butyoucan't

'sabusstop.

Hey,whatareyoudoingupthere

Youcan'tbeupthere,

we'regonnatakethisthingdown.

-Thetree

-eondown.

-Butwhotoldyou,youcouldcutitdown

-Theowner.

Why

He'sgonnabuildahou,

andthistree'sintheway.

-Socomeon,girl,wegotworktodo.

-Youcan'tcan't.

Listen,girl.

I'mthisclotocallingthepolice.

Youaretrespassingandobstructing

progressonacontractedjob.

Noweitheryoucomedown,

orwe'regonnacutyoudown.

own.

I'mnotcomingdown.

I'mnevercomingdown.

s,comeupherewithme.

Theywon'tcutitdown

ifwe'realluphere.

Bryce,pleadon'tletthemdothis.

Comeon,youguys.

Bryce,'thaveto

ittleways.

Bryce,.

JULl:

Whathappenedafterthatwasablur.

Itemedlikethewholetownwasthere.

ButstillIwouldn'tmove.

Thenmyfathershowedup.

Hetalkedafiremanintolettinghimcomeup

towhereIwas.

Sweetie,it'stimetocomedown.

Daddy,pleadon'tletthemdothis.

-Sweetie...

-Daddy,look.

Youcaneeverything.

Youcanethewholeworldfromhere.

Noviewisworthmydaughter'ssafety.

Now,comeon.

Ican't.

Julianna,it'stimetocomedownnow.

Plea,Daddy.

It'stime.

JULl:

Andthatwasit.

Imust'vecriedfortwoweeksstraight.

Oh,sure,Iwenttoschool

anddidthebestIcould...

...butnothingemedtomatter.

TEACHER:Juli

-Huh

Doyouknowtheanswer

Uh,thePeloponnesianWar

I'msurethat'stheanswer

tosomething...

...butIwaslookingforthearea

ofarhomboid.

[CHILDRENLAUGH]

JULl:Somehow,rhomboids

andisoscelesrighttriangles...

...didn'temsoimportant.

IrodemybikesoIwouldn'thavetopass

bythestump...

...thatudtobetheearth's

mostmagnificentsycamoretree.

ButnomatterwhatIdid,

Icouldn'tstopthinkingaboutit.

[KNOCKINGONDOOR]

Areyouokay

Itwasjustatree.

No,itwasn'tjustatree.

Ineverwantyoutoforgethowyoufelt

whenyouwereupthere.

Thanks,Dad.

JULl:

ItwasthefirstthingIsaweverymorning...

...andthelastthingIsaw

beforeIwenttosleep.

AndonceIcouldlookatit

withoutcrying...

...Isawmorethanthetree

andwhatbeinguptheremeanttome.

Isawthedaythatmyviewofthings

aroundmestartedchanging.

AndIwondered,

didIstillfeelthesamethingsaboutBryce

BRYCE:

I'veneverbeenahugefanofeggs.

Imean,Icouldalwaysjusttakethem

orleavethem.

Thatis,untiloneday

inSkylerBrown'sgarage...

...whenmyfeelingsabouteggs

weresolidified.

[BANDPLAYINGROCKMUSIC]

Hey,hey,.

Edna'sfoundherbreakfast.

BRYCE:Imean,ifaslimyreptile

foundthemappetizing...

...therewascertainlynoplaceforthem

inmydiet.

MATT:

Oh,man,that'ssocool.

Shedoesn'tevenhavetochew.

Imean,thinkofallthetimeyou'dsave.

BRYCE:Icould'vegonemywholelife

notknowingthatsnakeateggsraw...

...ifithadn'tbeenforLynetta.

Shehadamajor-leaguething

forSkylerBrown.

Ithinkit'sgross.

BRYCE:HeandJuli'sbrothers,

MattandMark,hadformedaband.

AndLynettawouldwatchthempractice.

MATT:

Thatissoneat.

Howaboutthat,huh,Bryce

.

So,Brycie,howdoyouthink

he'sgonnadigestthat

-Stomachacid

-You'dliketothinkthat.

Wait,goes.

[SHELLCRACKING]

Eggsovereasy.

,gross,gross.

Wait,wait.

Youhaven'tenthebestpart.

LYNETTA:

Ugh!

Gross.

BRYCE:Itriedtobecasualaboutit,

butitdidn'ttake.

Istartedhavingbaddreams.

I'dbetrappedinsideahugeegg...

...andthismonsterwouldopenhisjaws

andstarttodevourme.

I'dwakeupjustintime.

[KNOCKINGONDOOR]

Thentherealnightmarebegan.

Hi,httheover

foryouandyourfamily.

-Mychickensarelayingeggs.

-What

YourememberAbbyandBonnieandClyde

andDexterandEuniceandFlorence

-TheonesIhatchedforthesciencefair.

-HowcouldIforget

BRYCE:

ItwasclassicJuliBaker.

Shetotallydominatedthefair.

Andgetthis,herproject

wasallaboutwatchingboringeggshatch.

Imean,hereIhadalive-action

eruptingvolcano...

...andallanyonecaredabout

wasJuli'sboringchicks...

...breakingoutoftheirboringshells.

JULl:

Oh,Ithinkthelastone'shatching.

WOMAN1:It'shatching.

WOMAN2:Oh,it'shatching.

WOMAN1:

Kids,comeoverhere.

BRYCE:

Buthey,.

I'veneverbeenonetodwell.

WOMAN2:

Hereitcomes.

BRYCE:Butthatdidn'tmean

Ihadtoeatherlousyeggs.

IthinkitwasverysweetofJuli

tobringusthoeggs.

Idon'tcare.

I'mstillhavingcerealtomorrow.

Yeah,howdoweknowthere'snochicks

inoneofthoeggs

Iudtoeatfarm-fresheggs

redelicious.

Yeah,well,that'sallwellandgood...

...butwhatifwecrackoneopen

andadeadchickfallsout

DotheyhavearoosterIftheydon't

havearoostertheeggscan'tbefertile.

Andiftheyhadarooster,we'dknow.

Thewholeneighborhoodwouldknow.

Maybetheygotitde-yodeled.

"De-yodeled"

-cock-a-doodle-doo'd.

Whatthehellareyoutalkingabout

Liketheyde-barkdogs.

Bryce,whydon'tyoujustaskJuli

-Idon'tthinkthat...

LYNETTA:What

-Youafraidtotalktoher

-I'mnotafraidtotalktoher.

[MIMICSCHICKEN]

Iknowyouare,butwhatamI

-lktoherandfindout.

-Bryce.

Howdoyoutellifone'sarooster

-Well,arooster'feathers.

-Mm-hm.

They'vegotthatredstuff

growingoutoftheirhead.

-Andaroundtheirnecktoo.

-Thatshouldn'tbetoohardtospot.

Although,cometothinkofit,

chickenshavetherubberyredstufftoo.

Justnotasmuch.

BRYCE:

Garrett'xpertiinroosters...

...wasthecornerstoneofourplan

toavoidcontactwithJuliBaker.

Thebalanceofwhichinvolved

spyingoverherbackfence.

-Comeon,comeon.

-.

Overhere.

BRYCE:

Ican'tethestupidchickens.

GARRETT:

Wegottagetthemoutofthecoop.

[CLUCKING]

BRYCE:

Isthatarooster

GARRETT:

No,itlookslikeachicken.

Howcanyoutell

Itjustdoes.

BRYCE:

SeewhatImeanExperti.

-Shh,shh!

-What

Juli.

JULl:

Here,guys.

Goon,thereyougo.

-Here,.

-Yeah,they'reallchickens.

-There'snorooster

-WhatdidIjustsay

Howcanyoutell

-Well,noneofthemarestrutting.

JULl:Here,comeon.

-Roostersstrut

JULl:Comeon,guys.

-WhatdidIjustsay

JULl:Here.

GARRETT:Plus,hardlyanyofthem

haveanyrubberyredstuff.

JULl:Whatareyoudoing

-'redefinitelyallchickens.

They'reallchickens.

I'mproudofyou,Bryce.

-Youovercameyourfear.

-Huh

-Youtalkedtoher.

-Oh,.

It'snobigdeal.

That'swhatshetoldyou

They'reallchickens

Yeah.

She''rebothgenius...

Ofcourthey'reallchickens.

Arooster'stionis:

Isoneofthemarooster

oraretheyallhens

BRYCE:

HensWhosaidanythingabouthens

Thenithitme.

Garrettdidn'tknowjackshit

aboutchickens.

-Doroostersstrut

-Yes,theydo.

Whatdoesthathavetodo

withanything

They'reallhens.

Well,themainthingistheeggsareokay.

It'sallttled.

BRYCE:

Notforme.

Therewasnoway

Iwavergonnaeatanything...

...thathadanythingtodo

withJuliBaker.

I'mnoteatingthem.

Well,whynot

HaveyouentheiryardIt's...

There'snotevenanygrass.

It'sallmudandchickenturds.

ella.

Doyousuppo

theycouldhavesalmonella

-It'snotverylikely.

-Whytaketherisk

Whatdowedowiththeeggs

Givethemback.

-GivethembackToJuli

-Sure.

Youtalkedtoherbefore,right

Itdidn'tkillyou.

Well,whatdoIsay

Tellherwedon'teateggs.

Uh,we'reallergictothemorsomething.

Comeon,uyourbrains.

BRYCE:

Itdidn'tfeelrighttolie.

Besides,evenaventhgraderwouldknow

thatentirefamiliesaren'tallergictoeggs.

ButIdidn'twanna

hurtherfeelingither.

Sothatleftmewithonlyoneoption.

Andthusanothernear-death

experience...

...inmyongoingsagawithJuliBaker

hadbeensuccessfullyavoided.

Untiloneweeklater.

Hi,tyousomemoreeggs.

Wow.

-Thanks.

-Didyourfamilylikethefirstbatch

Doyouevenhavetoask

atschool.

BRYCE:WhatIhopedwouldbe

aone-timeevent...

...wasjustthebeginningofalifeconsumed

withlies,intrigueanddeception.

Everymorning

I'dbeonthelookoutforJuli...

...soifshehappenedtocome,Icouldwhip

thedooropenbeforesheknocked.

Thanks.

BRYCE:ThenI'ddumptheeggs

beforeanyonenoticed.

AndwhyWhycouldn'tIjustfaceher

Whycouldn'tIjustsay:

"No,'twantthem.

Don'emtothesnake"

WasIreallyafraid

ofhurtingherfeelings...

...orwasIjustafraidofher

Now,youwannamakesureyougetit...

JULl:kfirstsuggested

hatchingeggsasmyscienceproject...

...Iwaslessthanexcited.

Thatis,untilIsawmyfirstsignoflife.

Isthatit

-That'.

TRINA:Wow.

-Itlookslikeabean.

-Itdoes.

Let'strytheotherones.

JULl:

Suddenlyitfeltreal.

Alltheeggswerealive.

Therewere,like,littlebeanbabies

insideeveryone.

Onthedayofthefair,

allsixchickshatched.

Whataretheodds

Thisyear'stopprizegoestoJuliBaker...

...forherwonderfulproject:

"AChickenisBorn."

JULl:

Iwonfirstplace.

Andthatwascool,

butallIreallycaredaboutweremychicks.

ougo,guys.

JULl:Mymomwasn'tcrazy

aboutusraisingchickens.

ButIbeggedandpleaded.

ItoldherIwouldtakecareofeverything.

AndIdid.

Where'sClyde

Clyde

Hey,'sthematter

AreyouokayAren'tyouhungry

re.

What'swrong,baby

Comehere.

Hey,you''reClydette.

Mom!

JULl:Asitturnedout,myhens

laidmoreeggsthanwecouldeat.

Atfirstwetriedtokeepup...

...butafteramonthofboiling,

fryinganddeviling...

...likethatmovieTheBlob,

wewerebeingovertakenbyeggs.

Thenopportunityintheform

ofourneighbor,,knocked.

STEUBY:

Hello,dear.

Ifyoueverhaveanyextra,

I'dbehappytobuythemfromyou.

-Really

-Certainly.

wouldbeinterestedaswell.

-Great.

-Nothinglikefresheggs.

-Thanks,.

-Youbet,.

JULl:,

myeggoverflowproblemwassolved.

dervedeggstoo.

ButIdidn'tthinkitwouldberight

tochargeher.

Shehadbeensuchagoodneighbor,

lendingussupplieswhenweranout...

...givingmymotheraride

whenourcarwouldn'tstart...

...itwastheleastIcoulddo.

Besides,ifIhappenedtorunintoBryce,

thatwouldn'tbetheendoftheworld.

Hi,Bryce.

JULl:BythethirdtimeIbroughteggsover

totheLoskis...

...IrealizedBrycewaswaitingforme.

Waitingtopullopenthedoorandsay,

"Thanks,atschool."

Andinreturn,

Igotafewmomentsalone...

...withtheworld'smostdazzlingeyes.

Thanks,atschool.

JULl:

Itwasabargain.

Untilthedayitwasn't.

Itwastwoweeksafterthesycamoretree

wascutdown...

...andIwasjuststarting

tofeelnormalagain.

Hey,nschedule.

Yeah,well,neitherrainnorsleet.

-Huh

-Youknow,themailmanthing

.

So,um,willyoustart

ridingthebusagain

Idon'tknow.

Ihaven'tbeenuptheresince...

Itdoesn'tlooksobadanymore.

It'sallclearedaway.

Well,um,Ibettergetreadyforschool.

GuessI'lleyouthere.

Seeyou.

JULl:

MaybeBrycewasright.

Maybeitwastime

Istartedridingthebusagain.

Afterall,didn'thejusttellme

hewantedmeto

CoulditbethatBryceLoski

actuallymissme

[DOOROPENS]

JuliWhatareyoustilldoinghere

Iwasjustthinking.

It'sareinfront.

dsomehelp

'lldoitlater.

Arethomyeggs

,Idroppedthem.

They'renotbroken.

Whyareyouthrowingthemaway

Don'tyouwantthem

Itwasn'tme.

Mydaddidn'tthinkitwasworththerisk.

RiskWhatrisk

Salmonella.

WhatHe'safraidofbeingpoisoned

Well,Juli,Imean,lookatyourbackyard.

It'sacompletemess.

It's,like,coveredinturds.

That'snottrue.

Icleanupaftermygirlveryday.

Wejustdidn'twannahurtyourfeelings.

Haveyoualwaysthrownthemaway

Youknow,

paymeformyeggs.

-Theydo

-Theypayme60centsadozen.

Ididn'tknow.

Howcouldyou

I'msorry.

No,you'renot.

BRYCE:

Itdidn'ttakemelongtorealize...

...thatI'dtradedinmyoldproblems

withJuliBaker...

...forawholetofnewones.

Itwasactuallyworhavinghermadatme

thanhavingherannoyme.

Thewaysheignoredme

wasaconstantreminder...

...thatI'dbeenajerk.

ThenonedayIwascominghome

fromplayingbasketballwithGarrett...

...andthingsgotweird.

CHET:Don'tbesotimid.

Comeon,youwon'thurtthem.

JULl:Likethis

CHET:Yeah,that'sit.

BRYCE:

Mygrandfather.

AllIeversawhimwearwasslippers.

Now,wheredidhegetthoworkboots

Icouldn'tstoplookingoverthere.

AndthemoreIlooked,themadderIgot.

Mygrandfatherhadalreadysaid

moretoJuliinonehour...

...thanhe'dsaidtomeinthewholetime

he'dbeenlivingwithus.

Iwasprettysure

I'dneverenhimlaugh.

AndwhatwashisdealwithJuliBaker

[KNOCKINGONDOOR]

Hi,Grandpa.

Julitoldmeabouttheeggs.

Youknow,Bryce...

...one'scharacteristatanearlyage.

I'dhatetoeyouswimoutsofar

youcan'tswimback.

Sir

It'sabouthonesty,son.

Sometimesalittlediscomfort

inthebeginning...

...cansaveawholelotofpain

downtheroad.

BRYCE:Whenitcametoholdingagrudge,

JuliBakerwastrulyimpressive.

AllweekItriedtoapproachher

atschool.

She'dalwaysfindsomewaytoduckme.

Andwhenevershewasinheryard,

Grandpawasalwaystherewithher.

Finally,oneSaturdayIsawmyopening.

Mygrandfatherhadgoneintotown

tobuysomeBengay.

Iguesstheyardwork

wasstartingtogettohim.

BRYCE:

It'slookingrealgood.

dmostofit.

I'msorryforwhatIdid.

Ijustdon'tgetit,Bryce.

Whydidn'tyoujusttellme

Idon'umb.

AndIshouldn'thavesaidanything

aboutyouryard,either.

Itwasn'tright.

Maybeit'sallforthebest.

Imean,look,IlearnedsomuchfromChet,

it'samazing.

You'relucky.

Idon'tevenhavegrandparentsanymore.

Oh.

Ifeelsorryforhim.

Hemissyourgrandma.

Canyoubelieveit

HesaysIremindhimofher.

-What

-'swhatIsaid.

Buthemeantitinaniceway.

Somethingaboutherspirit.

Yeah.

Well...

Goodluckwiththegrass.

I'msureit'llcomeupgreat.

Thanks.

IguessI'lleyouaround.

Iguessso.

[BONANZATHEMEPLAYING]

BRYCE:WhileJuli'sacceptanceof

myapologywasnotallthatI'dhopedfor...

...atleasttheeggsthing

wasfinallybehindme.

Thefirsttimeinmonths

IcouldtrulyenjoyBonanza.

Whereyougoing

andwhyyoudresdlikethat

Skyler's.

MattandMarkarebringingoverrecording

stuffandthey'regonnamakeademo.

DemoLiketheyknowhow

tomakeademo.

-Youdon'tevenknowthem.

-Idon'hetype.

-Youdon'tknowanything.

-Don'ttalktomelikethat.

-I'mlate.

-Bebackby11.

BRYCE:

hingwasbacktonormal.

Isthatgirlworkingyoutoohard

Thatgirl'snameisJuli.

And,no,sheisn'tworkingmetoohard.

You'vedeveloped

quiteasoftspotforher,huh

Steven.

No,nnafindout

whyyourfatherhastheenergy...

...tobefriendacompletestranger...

...whenhewon'tthrowababallaround

withhisowngrandson.

-It'sokay,Dad.

-No,it'snotokay.

JuliremindshimofGrandma.

OfReneeHeh.

That'sridiculous.

YouknowwhytheBakers

haven'tfixedtheiryard

Yeah,becauhe'stoobusy

withhispaint-by-numberskit.

Ifyouhadabrotherwithaverehandicap,

whatwouldyoudo

Whatthehell

doesthathavetodowithanything

Juli'sfatherhasaretardedbrother.

SowhatHe'snotthegardener,

isheHeh.

-Steven.

STEVEN:Ha-ha-ha.

Itwasajoke.

Youknow,

otherpeoplehavefamilytroubles...

...andtheymanage

tomowtheirownlawns.

Idon'tknowwheretheirpride

inownershipis.

Theydon'townthathou.

Thelandlord'ssuppodtomaintainit.

utveryextrapennyhehas

intocaringforhisbrother.

Don'ttheyhavegovernmentfacilities

forthatsortofthing

Maybetheythoughtthataprivatefacility

wouldbebetterforhim.

Eitherway,it'snotourfaultthattheir

familyhassomechromosomalabnormality.

Ithasnothingtodowithchromosomes.

WhenJuli'sunclewasborn,hehad

theumbilicalcordwrappedaroundhisneck.

Ifhe'dhadenoughoxygen,hewould've

beenaperfectlittlebaby,justlikeyourson.

Goddamnit,Chet.

-PatsyPatsy

PATSY:Leavemealone!

[DOORSLAMS]

Sorryaboutthat.

WhyisMomsoupt

Becau...

...butforthegraceofGod...

...yourmothercouldbestanding

'sshoes.

Didherbrotherhavethecord

wrappedaroundhisnecktoo

Youdid.

Luckily,thedoctorwhodeliveredyou

wasontheballandgotituntangled...

...butiteasilycould'vegone

theotherway.

-Wannagoforawalk

-Huh

Ifindithelpsclearthemind.

Whatwouldtheyhavedonewithme

Youcan'tdwellonsomething

thatmight'vebeen,Bryce.

Thewaymydadwastalking,soundslike

hewould'vethrownmeinanuthou.

No,,that'snotfair.

Youcan'tcondemnhim

forsomethinghehasn'tdone.

[CHUCKLES]

Thisiswherethattreewas,wasn'tit

Yeah.

Must'vebeenaspectacularview.

She'squiteagirl.

Someofusgetdippedinflat...

...someinsatin...

...someingloss.

Buteveryonceinawhile...

...youfindsomeonewho'siridescent.

Andwhenyoudo...

...nothingwillevercompare.

BRYCE:

Flat,glossy,iridescent

Whatthehelldidthatmean

JuliBakerhadalways

justemedplaintome.

Untilnow.

Andthewayshetalkedabout

whatitfeltliketobeupinthattree...

...tobeheldabovetheearth,

brushedbythewind.

Whoinjuniorhightalkslikethat

Thisweirdfeelingstartedtakingover

inthepitofmystomach...

...andIdidn'tlikeit.

Iwasslipping,man.

Anditwastimetogetagrip.

JULl:I'dneverbeenembarrasd

bywherewelivedbefore.

Ialsoneverreallythoughtaboutmoney.

Iknewweweren'trich,butIdidn'tfeel

likeweweremissinganything.

Thatis,untilBryceLoski

calledourhomeacompletemess.

MARK[SINGING]:What'syourname

-[SINGING]What'syourname

[INUNISON]

IsitMaryorSue

What'syourname

DoIstandachancewithyou

It'ssohardtofindapersonality

Withcharmslikeyoursforme

Ooh-ee,ooh-ee,ooh-ee

JULl:Ihadtodosomething

andIknewwhatitwas.

[SINGING]

What'syourname

[BOTHSCATTING]

[ALLLAUGHING]

-Oh,you'resoundingreallygood.

-Yeah.

We'llrecorditinSkyler'sgarage.

That'sawonderfulproject.

Speakingofprojects,Iwasthinking

itmightbecooltofixuptheyard.

-What

-Imean,howmuchcangrassedcost

Icouldplantalawn,

maybesomeflowers.

Icouldevenputupafence.

Honey,that'samajorundertaking.

-Icouldpayforitwithmyeggmoney.

-'syourmoney.

Thelandlordshouldbetheone

takingcareofallthis.

Buthedoesn'ivehere.

Anditlookssobad.

Jules.

What'sgoingon

Nothing,Dad.

It'sokay,sweetheart.

Youcantellus.

TheLoskishavebeenthrowingawaymy

eggsbecauthey'reafraidofsalmonella.

Becauouryardissuchamess.

DidPatsysaythat

id.

Butitmusthavebeen

afamilydiscussion.

Aboydoesn'tcomeupwiththat

onhisown.

-Whocareswhattheythink

-Yeah,whocares

-Icare.

RICHARD:Trina.

Let'snotgetintothis.

No,I'mtiredoflivinglikethis,Richard.

I'mtiredofhavingtotaketempjobs

justtomakeendsmeet.

I'mtiredofhavingtopushachairup

againstthewashingmachine...

...justtokeepthedoorshut.

I'mtiredofhavingtoborrow

'svacuumcleaner...

...everytimeoursbreaksdown.

Doyouthinkthisisthelife

Ipicturedforus

Sometimesyouhavetosacrifice

todotherightthing.

WealwayndupagreeingthatDevonhurst

istherightthingforDaniel.

Well,maybeweshouldstartthinking

aboutwhat'srightforus.

Ourdaughterissuffering

becauwewon'tfixupourownyard.

It'snotouryard.

Howcanyousaythat,RichardHow

We'velivedherefor12years...

...andfor12yearswe'vebeensaying

it'stemporary,butit'snot.

Thisisourhome.

Isitwrongtowannalivesomewhere

youcanbeproudof

Tohaveenoughtondyourkids

tocollege

Maybeit'stime

weconsideredgovernmentcare.

Wearenotmovingmybrother.

He'smoreimportant

thanyourownchildren

-Dad!

-Howdareyou!

Stopit,Dad!Plea,juststop.

I'na,thisisnotyourfault.

We'llworkthisout,Ipromi.

JULl:ThatwasthefirsttimeIeverheard

myparentsreallyyellateachother.

I'msorryabouttonight.

JULl:

Thatnighttheyeachcameintomyroom.

Myfathertalkedabouthisbrother

andhowmuchhelovedhim...

...andhowhepromidhisparents

he'dalwaystakecareofhim.

Mymothertalkedabouthowmuch

shelovedmyfather...

...forhisstrengthandkindheart.

Whenshekisdmegoodnight...

...shewhisperedthatofallher

manyblessings,Iwasherbest.

Ifeltsorryformyfather.

Ifeltsorryformymother.

Butmostofall,

Ifeltluckyformethattheyweremine.

Iwantedtothinkthereason

Istartedworkingonmyyard...

...hadnothingtodowithBryce.

Itwasaboutmakingourhoubetter.

Afterwhathedidwiththeeggs,

whyshouldIcarewhathethought

ButIdid.

Areyoupruningthat

ortryingtohackittodeath

Hi.I'mChetDuncan,

Bryce'sgrandfather.

Sorryit'stakenmesolong

tocomeoverandintroducemylf.

Nicetomeetyou.

Soareyoutrimmingallthe

tothesameheight

Well,yeah,that'swhatIwasthinking,

butIdon'tknow.

Doyouthinkitwouldlookbetter

totakethemout

Oh,theareHicksiishrubs.

Thewillpruneupnicely.

Listen,.

CallmeChet.

Chet.

Ifyou'rehere

becauofwhatBrycesaid...

...Idon'tneedyourhelp.

Readaboutyouinthepaper.

Reneewould'vesatupinthattree

withyou.

Shewould'vesatupthereallnight.

Renee

Mywife.

Youremindmealotofher.

JULl:

Weworkedontheyardforweeks.

Andthewholetimeweworked,

wetalked.

-Rightthere

-Perfect,yeah.

JULl:Hewantedtoknowmore

aboutthesycamoretree.

Heknewexactlywhatitmeant...

...aboutthewholebeinggreater

thanthesumofitsparts.

Hesaiditwasthesamewithpeople...

...butsometimeswithpeople,

thewholecouldbeless.

Ithoughtthatwasprettyinteresting.

Istartedlookingatpeople

I'dknownsinceelementaryschool...

...tryingtofigureoutiftheyweremore

orlessthanthesumoftheirparts.

themwereless.

Ofallmyclassmates,theoneperson

Icouldn'temtoplacewasBryce.

Untilrecently,Iwould'vesaid

withabsolutecertainty...

...thathewasgreater,fargreater,

thanthesumofhisparts.

ButnowIwasn'tsosure.

It'slookinggood,b.

dmostofit.

I'msorryforwhatIdid.

Ijustdon'tgetit,Bryce.

Whydidn'tyoujusttellme

JULl:

Washereallysorry

Orwashejustsayingthethings

tomakehimlffeelbetter

ThenIthoughtmaybeIjustwantedhim

tobemorethanthesumofhisparts.

ButasIlookedintohiyes...

...thodazzlingeyes...

...forthefirsttime...

...Iwasprettysure

thatBryceLoskiwasless.

We'regoingtoinvitetheBakers

overfordinner.

-What

-Idon'tknow,Mom.

Ithinkthat'samarvelousidea.

Patsy,whatpurpodoesthisrve

TrinaBakerisaveryniceperson.

-AndMattandMarkarereallycool.

-Ihatecool.

Somethingweshould'vedoneyearsago.

Yeah,butwedidn'wecan't.

Thestatuteoflimitationshasrunout.

We'rehavingtheBakersoverfordinner.

IfthisisaboutwhatIsaidlastnight,

I'msorry,okay

But,youknow,havingthemoverfordinner

isnotgonnafixhisbrother.

It'sgoingtobeasit-downdinner.

AndIexpecteveryone

todressaccordingly.

Oh,'twejusthaveabarbecue

It'sgoingtobeasit-downdinner.

Justshootmenow.

Carefulwhatyouwishfor.

BRYCE:

Sothatwasit.

Adress-up,sit-downdinnerwithJuliBaker

wasinmyimmediatefuture.

AndthatmadeeingJuliatschool

moreuncomfortable.

Ifoundmylfstaringatherinclass.

Andthewayherhairfellback

overhershoulders...

...shelookedjustlikethepicture

inthenewspaper.

DanaTresslercaughtmewatching.

IfIdidn'tdosomethingfast,

thiscouldspreadlikewildfire.

Therewasabeeinherhair.

See,thereitgoes.

There'snobee.

Itflewoutthewindow.

BRYCE:

IconvincedmylfI'ddodgedabullet.

IhadtoputJulioutofmymind.

Keepthefocusontheimportantstuff

likeschoolwork.

Myweaknesswasunnerving.

Ineedyoursharpener.

-Youeverheardofknocking

-Hey,whatyougotthereDad'sPlayboy

Noneofyourbusiness.

-GivemybesttoMissOctober.

-Getout.

-OrshouldIsayyourbestHa,ha.

-You'redisgusting.

BRYCE:

Anotherdisasteravoided.

Mylifehadbecomeaminefield.

GARRETT:Hey,man.

-Hey.

GARRETT:Hey,man.

-Hey.

What'sthis

Whoa.

It'snotwhatyouthink.

Okay,itiswhatyouthink,

butIcanexplain.

Okay,Ican'texplain.

Canwejusttalkaboutitlater

Whateveryousay.

BRYCE:

Ihadtotalktosomeone.

WhynotGarrett

Maybehecouldhelpmegetbackontrack.

Garrettwassurprisinglynsitive

inmattersoftheheart.

AreyoufreakingmentalJuliBaker.

Youhateher.

That'swhat''tthinkIdo.

Ican'tstopthinkingabouther.

-Yougotitbad,man.

-Well,whatdoIdo

Well,yougottanipthisinthebud.

Thearen'trealemotions.

-They'renot

-Youfeelguiltybecauoftheeggthing.

Yeah,andIinsultedheryard.

,

theplaceisadumpanyways.

Herdad'sgotaretardedbrother

andalltheirmoneygoestohelpinghim.

AretardWell,shoot,

thatoughttotellyousomething.

-Aboutwhat

-AboutJuli.

Whatareyousaying

Theappledoesn'tfallfarfromthetree.

BRYCE:Icouldn'tbelieveit.

Iwantedtoyellathim.

Tellhimthathedidn'tknowJuli

likeIdid.

Butallthatcameoutwas:

Heh,oh.

-Right.

-Yeah.

,I'lltalktoyoulater.

BRYCE:Iwassuppodtogo

toGarrett'safterschool...

...butIcouldn'tbearoundhim.

He'dcrosdtheline.

Andstandingrightnexttohim

acrossthatlinewasmyfather.

Ididn'tcarewhattheythought.

IlikedJuliBaker.

JULl:Sundaymornings

arepeacefulinourhou.

Mydadletshimlfsleepin.

Mymotherletsherlfnotfixbreakfast.

Ifmybrothershavebeenoutlate

playingwiththeirband...

...youwon'tevenknowthey'rearound

tillnoon.

ButthisSunday,Iwokeupfeelingweird.

Ihadtodosomethingtoshakeoff

theconfudfeelingsaboutBryce...

...thatwerestartingtocreepbackin.

Youreallydidit,didn'tyouHeh.

-Proudofyou.

-Thanks,Dad.

-Whereyougoing

-'shisbirthday.

Iwannacomewithyou.

Oh,honey,justenjoythemorning,

staywithyourmom.

No,come.

Sweetheart,listen.

Sometimes,withDaniel...

I'mcoming,Dad.

Okay.

We'dbetterleaveanoteforyourmother.

JULl:Inalltheyears,

I'dnevervisitedmyUncleDaniel.

Idon'tknowwhy.

Itwasalwayssomethingmydaddidalone.

Wedidn'tsaymuchtoeachotheron

thedrivetoDevonhurst,butIdidn'tcare.

Ijustlikedbeingwithmydad.

Somehowthesilenceemedtoconnectus

inawaythatwordsnevercould.

Theresidentstendtothegrounds

aspartoftheirtherapy.

Ittakessomegettingudto.

They'regoodpeople,though.

Daniel

Daniel.

Richard!You'rehere!

Richardformybirthday.

WhoRichard,whoWho

WhoWhoRichard,whoWho

Daniel,Daniel,it'sJulianna.

It'smydaughter.

Yourniece.

Julianna.

-Ha,Julianna.

-Happybirthday,UncleDaniel.

'smybirthday.

Ihaveyourpictures,Julianna.

Ihaveyourpictures.

Wehaveaprentforyou.

ApuzzleApuzzle,Richard

Notjustapuzzle.

Apuzzleanda...

...pinwheel.

Apinwheel!Thankyou,Richard.

Yes.

eOutside,Richard

Youwannagooutside

Allright,we'llgoto,uh,McEIliot's.

-We'llwalkoutthereforanicecream.

-Icecream!

Oh,,no,wecan't.

Danieldoesn'tlikeicecream.

Aw.

-Idolikeicecream,Richard.

-I'monlykidding.

-Iknowyoulikeicecream.

-Ahh!

ht,comeon.

-

-Ah!

Hereyougo.

It'smybirthday.

[LAUGHING]

'smybirthday.

YoulikeitOh!

-Allright,,wait,wait.

-am.

-!

-It'.

Daniel!

Daniel!Leaveit,I'llgety...

DANIEL:Icecreamonthefloor.

Icecreamonthefloor.

Wouldyougogethimanothercone

-Yeah.

-Ineedicecream,Richard!

It'smybirthday,Richard.

It'smybirthday!

Icecream,Richard!Icecream,Richard!

Stop!Stopit!

-Ineedit!

-Stopit!Stopit!

[YELLING]

-Herewego.

-Icecream!

Aah!

-Richard!

-Okay,okay.I'vegotsomeicecream.

'sgood,Richard.

I'msosorry.

Hehasn'tdoneanythinglikethat...

JULl:I'doftenheardmyfathertalkabout

howdifficultlifewasforDaniel.

ButIneverreallyunderstoodituntilnow.

-Yeah,thereyougo.

-.

JULl:Onthewalkback,

Danielactedlikenothinghadhappened.

ay.

JULl:Ontheridehome,

mydadtoldmethatUncleDaniel...

...udtolivewithhimandMom

beforewewereborn.

Butafterawhile,itbecametoodifficult.

Whenwegothome,

everythinglookedthesame.

Butitwasn't.

Beforetoday,Danielhadalwaysbeen

justanametome.

Nowhewaspartofthefamily.

[DOORCLOSES]

[RICHARDSIGHS]

-Hey.

-Hey.

How'ditgo

I'mgladIwent.

I'mgladyouwenttoo.

Trina,it'sSunday.

Whatareyoudoingmoppingthefloor

PattyLoskiinvitedusoverfordinner

Fridaynight.

RICHARD:

Shouldn'tshebemoppingherfloor

Ordidsheasktoborrowours

[CHUCKLES]

Nervounergy.

-Didsheinviteallofus

TRINA:Yes,shedid.

EvenourfriendSalMonella

Richard.

Why,afteralltheyears

Well,shesaidshefeltreallybad

thattheyhadn'tinvitedusbefore...

...andapparentlytheywant

togettoknowusbetter.

Andyouwannago

Well,sheinsisted.

AndIthinkitwouldbereallynice.

Allright.

We'llgo.

JULl:Iwasn'ttoothrilledaboutdinner

withtheLoskis...

...butIcouldeitmeantalot

tomymother.

[BELLRINGS]

Atschoolthenextday,

Icouldn'temtoconcentrate.

MythoughtskeptrunningbacktoDaniel.

Iwonderedwhatmygrandparents

hadgonethroughhavingasonlikehim...

...whenrealityinterrupted.

-BryceLoskilikesyou.

-What

He'sgotabigcrushonyou.

Whatareyoutalkingabout

BryceLoskidoesnothaveacrushonme.

Oh,yeah

Inscience,Icaughthimstaringatyou.

Hesaiditwasbecautherewasabee

inyourhair.

Isthatthelamestcover-uporwhat

Maybetherewasabee.

Theonlybeeyou'reattracting

isB-R-Y-C-E.

I'mtellingyou,

thatboyislostinloveland.

-Comeon.

-Where

IsawhimsneakingoffwithGarrett.

Comeon.

GARRETT:Areyoufreakingmental

eher.

BRYCE:

That'swhat''tthinkIdo.

Ican'tstopthinkingabouther.

GARRETT:Yougotitbad,man.

BRYCE:WhatdoIdo

GARRETT:

Yougottanipthisinthebud.

-Thearen'trealemotions.

BRYCE:They'renot

GARRETT:

Youfeelguiltybecauoftheeggthing.

BRYCE:

Yeah,andIinsultedheryard.

GARRETT:

ceisadumpanyways.

BRYCE:Herdad'sgotaretardedbrother

andalltheirmoneygoestohelpinghim.

GARRETT:Aretard

Well,thatoughttotellyousomething.

BRYCE:Aboutwhat

GARRETT:AboutJuli.

BRYCE:

Whatareyousaying

GARRETT:Theappledoesn'tfallfar

fromthetree,myfriend.

BRYCE:Oh,.

GARRETT:Yeah.

BRYCE:

I'lltalktoyoulater.

GARRETT:

Okay.

I'ht...

It''sfine.

JULl:

Anditwas.

Becaunowmyconfusionwasgone.

IwassureInolongerliked

BryceLoski.

Mom,areyoutryingtomaketheBakers

feeltotallyworthless

Iwantittobenice.

-Andwhyaren'tyoudresd

-I'mgoing.

BRYCE:

IwantedtolookgoodforJuli.

ButIdidn'twanthertothink

thatIwantedtolookgoodforher.

Itwasafineline.

Averyfineline.

[DOORBELLRINGS]

PATSY:

Bryce,they'down.

Coming!

Hey,comeonin.

PATSY:Comein,comein.

-Theregoesthewaistline.

I'mgladyoucouldmakeit.

Lynetta,Steven,company'shere.

LYNETTA:Coming!

-WhatisthisHomemadepie

Yes,it'specan

andblueberrycheecake.

Let'stakethemtothekitchen.

-Hi,guys.

-Hey,lookinggood.

-Thisismydad.

-Hi,I'mLynetta.

-Hi,nicetofinallymeetyou.

-Nicetomeetyoutoo.

-Myboysaretellingmethat...

STEVEN:Hey,bigguy.

Hey,you

Weshould'vedonethisalongtimeago.

Comeonin.

Thisisacoolplace.

Yeah,it'sallright.

Comeon,I'llshowyoumyroom.

MATT:

Yougottahearthisnewsongwewrote.

MARK:

It'ssogood.

Hi.

Youlooknice.

IheardyouandGarrett

makingfunofmyuncleinthelibrary.

AndIdon'twannaspeaktoyou.

Notnow,notever.

CHET:AndIsayyoucan.

RICHARD:Butwhatyou'reproposing...

...wouldrequireaperpetual-motion

machine,soit'snotpossible.

Ifyouhadtwooppositechargedpoles

withaneutralconductor...

BRYCE:

Perpetualmotion

HereIwas,dyinginside,andthey

weretalkingaboutperpetualmotion.

AndhowdidJuliknow

aboutallthatstuff

Comeon,everybody,dinner'sready.

Lynetta!

Dinner!

Juli,canItalktoyou

Itwaswrong,whatGarrettsaid.

Iknowit.

Didyouknowitwaswrong

whenhesaidit

dtopunchhim.

Butwewereinthelibrary.

Soinsteadyoujustagreedwithhim

andlaughed.

Yeah.

Thenthatmakesyouacoward.

BRYCE:IhadtositacrossfromJuli

foranentiredinner.

Mydadwasright.

Weshouldhavebarbecued.

Ijustwanttosayhowwonderfulitis

tohaveyoushareamealwithus.

Mayitbethefirstofmany.

[COUGHING]

Wrongpipe.

Well,wecouldn'tbehappier.

Wearejustallsothrilledtobehere.

Juli,youdidareallynicejob

onyouryard.

sabighelp.

STEVEN:

Yeah,Iknow.

Yougottatellmeyourcret.

Ican'tgethimtodoathingaroundhere.

-Steven.

-Ikid.

[TRINALAUGHS]

I'mtellingyou,theneighborhood

isreallycomingtolife.

Imean,thatnewhouistakingshape.

Whichone

Youknow,theonewheretheycutdown

thatbiguglytree.

BRYCE:Iwantedtosaythatalotofpeople

likedthattree,butIdidn't.

Ididn'twanttogoagainstmydad.

Somepeoplethoughtthattree

wasthejeweloftheneighborhood.

Yeah,well,

there'snoaccountingfortaste.

So,Matt,Mark,Mark,Matt...

Youguysare,uh,gonnabe

graduatingsoon,huh

Yeah,thankGod.

Youdon'tlikehighschool

-Youkidding

STEVEN:No.

Highschoolwasthebesttimeofmylife.

-Notforus,no.

-Yeah,we'vehadenoughofthatscene.

Ah.

Socollegeisprobably

outofthequestion,huh

No,it'sapossibility.

They'veactuallybeenaccepted...

...atveralplacesalready.

-Yes,theyhave.

Really

Well,that'sgood.

But,um,

we'regonnagivemusicashotfirst.

-Really

-Oh,theyareverytalented.

Oh,theirbandisreallyboss.

Theydidabunchofdemos

andthey'rereallycool.

Thanks,Lyn.

WhenStevenandIfirstmet,

hewasplayinginaband.

Youplayedinaband

Hewasawonderfulsaxophoneplayer.

-llplay

-Well,l...

Well,ifyouwant,

youcancomejamoutwithussometime.

Uh,you...

No,Imean...Heh.

That'snotmeanymore.

PATSY:Haveyouboyverperformed

infrontofanaudience

MATT:

Alotoftimes.

BRYCE:ThemoreMattandMark

talkedabouttheirmusicalexploits...

...thequietermydadgot.

Hetriedtoplasteronasmile

nowandthen...

...butunderneathheemedreallysad.

Butmyparentsdidn'tlikehimatfirst.

Republicansfoughtlikecrazy

againsttheNewDeal.

BRYCE:Therestoftheevening

waspainlesnough.

Butthroughitall,

Julididn'tsayawordtome.

Neverevenlookedatme.

Untilshewasabouttoleave.

I'msorryIwassoangry

whenwefirstcamein.

Ithinkeveryonehadagoodtime.

Yourmomwasreallynicetoinviteus.

Seeyou.

BRYCE:

Herapologymadethingswor.

-Hey,waitforme.

BRYCE:IknewIwasn'tforgiven.

ItwaslikeIwasn'tevenimportantenough

toholdagrudgeagainst.

Well,Ithinkthey'readelightfulfamily.

ThoboyswerenothinglikeIexpected.

Ithoughttheywereveryniceyoungmen.

-Hoodlums.

-What

Howyouthinktheycanafford

allthatrecordinggear

Steven,plea.

Youcan'tjustmakeanaccusationlikethat.

Don'tbesonaive,Patsy.

Doyouknowhowexpensiveitis

torecordademo

They'reprobablystealinghubcaps,

forchrissake.

Youaresuchanasshole.

Whatisthematterwithyou

Gotohell.

Don'tyoutalktomelikethat.

Steven,stop!

STEVEN:

Nobodytalkstomelikethat...

...inmyownhou!

PATSY:Stop!

BRYCE:I'denmyfatherangrybefore,

butthiswasdifferent.

AsIlayinbedthatnight...

...Ithoughtabouthowmydad

alwayslookeddownontheBakers.

Andhowhe'dcalledthemtrash

'spaintings.

AndnowIrealized

hewasjustmadathimlf.

Butwhy

Julicalledmeacoward.

Wasitpossiblemydad

wasacowardtoo

Ididn'tknow.

Whatdifferencediditmake

JuliBakerwasoutofmylife.

Or,moreaccurately...

...Iwasoutofhers.

JULl:AsIwasgettingdresd

fortheLoskis'dinnerparty...

...Ifoundmylfstaringatthepainting

myfatherhadgivenme...

...andbecamefuriousalloveragain.

Brycehadneverbeen

afriendtome,ever.

Hehadn'ttakenmysideaboutthetree...

...he'dthrownawaymyeggs...

...andhemadefunofme

atmyuncle'xpen.

Whenmymothercalled

thatitwastimetogo...

TRINA:

Juli,let'sgo,we'relate!

JULl:Iwentoutwitheveryintentionof

tellingherthatIwasn'tgoingtotheLoskis.

ocheckmyhair

reallyquicklyonemoretime.

-Yourhairisperfect.

-Really

JULl:

Butshelookedsohappy...

...andshe'dgonetosomuchtrouble

overthepiesthatIcouldn't.

Ooh!Oh,mygosh.

Oh,God,whatadisaster.

,holdone,andyouholdthis.

-Idon'twannaholdit.

-Iwon'thaveyouholdit.

Let'sgo,boys.

JULl:Butthatdidn'tmean

IhadtobenicetoBryce.

AndIdon'twannaspeaktoyou.

Notnow,notever.

JULl:

Itfeltgoodtotakecharge.

Ifeltstrong,incontrol.

ItoldBrycewhatIthought...

...andIwasdeterminednottotalktohim

fortherestoftheevening.

Atdinneritstruckmethatweweresharing

amealwithagroupofstrangers.

We'dlivedacrossthestreet

fromtheLoskisforyears...

...butexceptforChet,

Ididn'tknowthepeopleatall.

ascleanandsmooth

ontheoutside...

...butitemedliketherewassomething

rottenburiedjustbeneaththesurface.

Bytheendoftheevening,

allIfeltwasdetached,neutral.

Nofireworks,noleftoveranger...

...noflutters,nothing.

Seeyou.

JULl:

Iwenttobedthatnightfeelingpeaceful.

-Youokay

-Yeah.

IwasgratefulthatIhadthefamilyIhad.

Anditfeltgoodtonolongercare

aboutBryceLoski.

BRYCE:ThedinnerwiththeBakers

hadtakenitstollonme.

Thentheannual

schoolfundrairarrived...

...andIfoundmylf

withawholenewtofproblems.

IwasaBasketboy.

Tofullyappreciatethehumiliation

ofbeingaBasketboy...

...youneedtoknowthatthechonfeware

auctionedoffinfrontofthestudentbody...

...tothehighest-biddingfemales.

Yes,technically,eachofus

comeswithalunchinabasket...

...butlet'snotkidourlves.

Thiswasabeefcakeparade.

Thereheis,myidol.

Oneword,you'readeadman.

No,man,I'mrious.

Listen,youwon'tbelievethis.

What

Twoofthehottestchicks

arefightingoveryou.

-Whatareyoutalkingabout

-SherryisbreakingupwithMitch.

SheandMelanie

arehavingabiddingwaroveryou.

Idon'tcare.

Areyounuts

SherrydumpedMitchbecauofyou.

You'remyidol.

BRYCE:Ascomfortingasitwas

tobeGarrett'sidol...

...itdidn'tdiminishthehorror

ofbeingBasketboynumbernine.

Andmyonlyhopewasthatagianttornado

woulddestroytheschoolbeforetheevent.

Itwasalongshot.

Welcome,everyone...

...tothisyear's

MayfieldBoostersClubAuction.

Onceagainwearepleadtoprent...

...20ofMayfield'sfinestyoungmen...

-Bryce,Bryce,Bryce.

-Whatareyoudoinghere

-Juli'sinthethirdrow.

-So

-Soshe'sgotawadofcash.

-Bullshit.

-Bull-true.

Isawhercountingitbyherlocker.

McCLURE:

Andnow...

...pleagiveabigMayfieldSchool

welcome...

...toyour1963Basketboys.

BRYCE:

JuliwithcashWhatdidthismean

Wasitpossible

shewasgonnabidonme

Firstup,wehave...

...RaymondHughes.

Raymond'sonthechessteam...

...andhishobbiesincludestampcollecting

andtheyo-yo.

Remember,whenyoubid...

...you'llnotonlybegetting

...

...you'llalsobeenjoying...

...alovelychicken-saladsandwich...

...andwhatlookstobe

atastybeandip,and...

me,oniondip.

Andabigsliceofcherrypie.

Okay,whowillstartthebiddingat$5

BRYCE:Thusbeganthebidding.

McCLURE:Anybody

BRYCE:OrinRaymondHughes'ca,

thelackofbidding.

Verygood,herewego.

-Five.

McCLURE:Sold.

-Tendollars.

McCLURE:Sold.

-Fifteen.

McCLURE:Sold.

r10

GIRL1:Ten.

GIRL2:Ten.

GIRL3:Ten.

-Peanut-butter-and-bananasandwich.

GIRL4:

Fifteen.

Soldfor$15.

NumbereightisEddieTrulock.

Eddieisamemberofthedebateteam.

BRYCE:NowonlyEddieTrulock

stoodbetweenmeandtheauctionblock.

Iwasn'tinterestedinhishobbies

orwhatwasinhisbasket.

McCLURE:Let'sstartthebiddingat$5.

BRYCE:AllIcouldthinkofwasJuli.

McCLURE:Anybody

BRYCE:Whatifshedidbidonme

Whatifshegotinabiddingwar

withSherryandMelanieandlostout

McCLURE:

Nobidders

BRYCE:Iwascontemplatingthehorrors

ofthiswhen...

JULl:

Eightdollars.

McCLURE:ollars,

that'r10

BRYCE:

JuliBakerwasbiddingonEddieTrulock

McCLURE:Okay,8goingonce.

BRYCE:HowcouldshebidonEddie

McCLURE:Eightgoingtwice.

BRYCE:Howcouldshebidonanyone

SoldtoJuliBaker.

[APPLAUSE]

NextisBasketboynumbernine,

BryceLoski.

BRYCE:IknewIwassuppod

tostepforward,butIcouldn'tmove.

McCLURE:

Stepup,Bryce,don'tbeshy.

,ha.

Brycelikestoplaybaball.

-Fivedollars.

McCLURE:Oh,well,waituntill...

-Ten.

McCLURE:Oh.

Well,itappearsthebiddingisunderway.

-Fifteen.

-Twenty.

SHERRY:Twenty-five.

MELANIE:Thirty.

-Thirty-five.

MELANIE:Forty.

-Fifty.

McCLURE:Oh,my.

...

Fiftygoingonce.

Fiftygoingtwice.

SoldtoMissSherryStallsfor$50.

Anall-timerecord.

Oh,theboosterswillbeverygrateful

forsuchagenerousdonation.

BRYCE:

It'sstrange.

HereIwas,havinglunch

withthehottestgirlinschool...

...andIwasmirable.

We'regoinguptothelake.

Mydadhasacabinthere...

...andyougetthemostoutrageoustan.

BRYCE:Becaulessthan20feet

awayfrommewasJuli.

MyJuliwithEddieTrulock.

She'slaughing.

Whatwasshelaughingabout

Howcouldshesitthereandlaugh

andlooksobeautiful

Bryce,areyouallright

What

Whatareyoustaringat

Nothing.

Lunchisreallydelicious,Bryce.

Bryce,didyouhearme

Thisisareallydeliciouslunch.

Canwenottalkabouttansorfood

Well,whatdoyouwannatalkabout

Idon'tknow,perpetualmotion

Doyouknowanythingaboutthat

Perpetualwhat

BRYCE:Idon'tknowwhatcameoverme.

ItwaslikeIwaspossdorsomething.

-Juli,Igottatalktoyou.

-What

What'sgoingon,Bryce

Whatareyoudoing

Bryce,stopit.

BOY:

Bryce,youdidn'tevenmakeittofirstba.

GIRL:

I',ha.

Juli!Juli!

Juli,alk

Juli!

-What'sthematterwithyou

-Leavemealone,Garrett.

Yougetadatewiththefinestgirl

oncampusandyoublowitforJuli.

-Youwouldn'tunderstand!

-Icompletelydon'tunderstand!

We'retalkingaboutJuliBakerhere.

Nightmareneighbor,know-it-allnuisance.

Thecoop-poopbabe.

Shutup!

Hey,haveyouflipped

What'sthematterwithyou

Youknowwhat,ifyou'regonnabelikethis,

Idon'tneedtheassociation.

-Well,good,becauneitherdoI.

-Yeah,neitherdoI!

BRYCE:AsIwalkedhomewiththedirty

dishesclankinginsidemypicnicbasket...

...allIcouldthinkofwasJuli.

AndIrealizedGarrettwasright

aboutonething:

tely.

[KNOCKINGONDOOR]

TRINA[OVERPHONE]:

Hello

Oh,,there

TRINA:Oh.I'msorry,Bryce.

Julidoesn'twannatalk.

[DOORBELLRINGS]

Plea,eher.

I'msorry,Bryce.

ButI'mafraidshe'slockedherlf

inherroom.

BRYCE:

Itriedtogotobedearlythatnight...

...butIcouldn'tsleep.

Iwatchedherhoufrommywindow

forhours.

Ihadtofindaway

toshowherhowIfelt.

JULl:Mondaymorning,

asImademywayintoschool...

...Iwasdecidingwhich

oftheEverlyBrothersI'drathermarry...

...whenDanaTresslerforcedBryce

backintomybrain.

tisout.

Thereheis,numbernine,yourmaindish.

BryceLoski'snotmymaindish.

-Oh,you'restickingtoyourdiet.

-It'snotadiet,Dana.

-I'moverhim,okay

-I'mgladtohearit.

BecaurumorhasitSherry's

alreadystakingherclaimonhim.

SherrySherryStalls

Oh,tisup.

[GIRLSCHATTERING]

JULl:Thatafternoon,Ifoundmylf

obssingabouttheBasketboyauction.

Icouldfeelmylfbacksliding

aboutBryce.

ButwhyshouldIcareifSherrylikedhim

Ishouldn'tevenbethinkingabouthim.

Ihadtoriabovethis.

BryceLoskiwasnolongerinmylife.

[CLUCKING]

Onthemorningoftheauction,

Iwasonedge.

Ifoundmylf,withoutevenknowing

howithappened,staringatmyeggmoney.

Ineededastrategy.

Itwassimple.

IfIleftmymoneyathome,

I'dleavetemptationwithit.

Mystrategysufferedatback

.

STEUBY:

Julianna.

Julianna.

Hello,dear.

I'msosorryit'stakenmesolong

togetthistoyou...

...butIkeepmissingyouinthemorning.

,Idon'twantthat.

Youdon'thaveto...

Don'tberidiculous.I'mgonnapayyou.

-I'mgoingtopayyou.

-Idon''twantit.

Yeah,Iwantyoutogoout

andbuyyourlfsomethingfestive.

,ha.

-.

-Bye,dear.

-,Idon'twantpedalpushers.

-No,'lllookgreat.

[SIGHS]

It'sokay.

It'eal.

JustpretendlikeIdon'thaveit.

Ihearyou'replanningtobidonBryce.

WhatWhotoldyouthatNo,I'mnot.

Someonesawyouwithawadofcash

thismorning.

-Howmuchdoyouhave

-It'snoneofyourbusiness.

AndI'mnotbidding,okay

Idon'tevenlikehimanymore.

Oh,that'llbetheday.

It'd,

'tcare.

Andnow,willyouallgive

abigMayfieldSchoolwelcome...

...toyour1963Basketboys.

JULl:

IcouldsayIdidn'tcareallIwanted...

...buteingBrycewalkout

inhisjacketandtie...

...holdingthatpicnicbasket...

...tmyheadspinningagain.

Fifteengoingonce.

JULl:Theauctionemedtoflyby.

-Fifteengoingtwice.

SoldtoMacyTaylorfor$15.

JULl:BeforeIknewit,

EddieTrulockwascalled.

NumbereightisEddieTrulock.

JULl:

WhichmeantBrycewasnext.

McCLURE:

Eddieisamemberofthedebateteam.

Andhishobbiesincludefishing...

...andmodel-airplanebuilding.

Whowillgiveme$5

-Whyisn'tanyonebiddingHe'ssonice.

-Exactly.

McCLURE:

Nobody

Eightdollars.

McCLURE:

SoldtoJuliBakerfor$8.

JULl:

Howdidthishappen

WasitbecauIfeltbadforEddie

OrwasitbecauIcouldn'ttrustmylf

withBryce

AsImademyway

tothemulti-purporoom...

...Icontemplated

thestartlingturnofevents.

HereIwas,abouttohavelunch

withEddieTrulock...

...whiletheboyImoonedover

forhalfmylife...

...wasgoingtoshareameal

withmymortalenemy.

Iwannathankyouforbiddingonme.

Itwastouch-and-gothereforawhile.

No,llbefun.

-Ihearyoulikebuildingmodelairplanes.

-Yeah.

MyfatherandIjustfinished

adein1955.

MiG'sfirstsupersonicfighter.

Trickybecauthecockpitwasrecesd...

JULl:

ItriedtogiveEddiemyfullattention.

Butitwasdifficult,

becauBrycewasrightbehindhim.

Eddiewassayingsomething

aboutintakevalves...

...whenoutofnowhere,Brycestoodup

andmarchedstraighttowardsme.

Hey,Juli,Igottatalktoyou.

Whatareyoudoing

JULl:

me.

AllmylifeI'vebeenwaitingforthatkiss.

sway.

Ipedaledhomesohard,

Ithoughtmylungswouldburst.

TRINA:

Julianna

Julianna.

[KNOCKINGONDOOR]

Honey

What'swrong

Ican't.

Sweetheart...

...youcantellme.

Brycetriedtokissme.

Hedid

Inschool.

Infrontofeverybody.

[DOORBELLRINGS]

Mom,pleadon'tgetit.

It'sprobablyhim.

Sweetheart...

...maybeyoushouldtalktohim.

Ican't.

Ican't.

[RINGING]

JULl:

Brycewouldn'tleavemealone.

Hekeptcallingonthephone.

Andknockingonthedoor.

Heevensnuckaroundthehou

andtappedonmywindow.

BRYCE:

Juli!Plea,Igottaeyou!

Comeonout,justforaminute!

JULl:Whydidn'theunderstand

thatIjustwantedtobeleftalone

BRYCE:

Plea!

JULl:

Aftertwodays,Brycestopped.

AndIthoughtitwasfinallyover.

Then,oneafternoon,

Iwascomingintothefrontroomtoread...

...whenIheardanoiintheyard.

[SCRAPING]

Hey,what'shedoing

Juli,impermission.

PermissionPermissionforwhat

He'sdiggingahole.

RICHARD:

Itoldhimhecould.

JULl:

Butwhy

RICHARD:

Itoldhimhecould.

JULl:Itwastortureeinghim

digupmygrass.

Howcouldmyfatherlethimdothis

BryceknewIwastheretoo.

He'sgone.

Atree

He'splantingatree

Isita

JULl:

Ididn'treallyneedtoask.

Icouldtell

fromtheshapeoftheleaves...

...andthetextureofthetrunk.

Itwasasycamoretree.

BRYCE:Whenshewalkedoutofthedoor,

IthoughtbacktothefirsttimeIsawher.

Howcouldanybody,ever,

havewantedtorunawayfromJuliBaker

JULl:

Helookedatmewiththoeyes.

Thoonceagaindazzlingeyes.

AndIknewthatBryceLoski

wasstillwalkingaroundwithmyfirstkiss.

Buthewouldn'tbeforlong.

Aswestoodthere,

Irealizedthatalltheyears...

...weneverreallytalked.

Doyouneedsomehelp

Yeah.

JULl:

Butthatday,westarted.

BRYCE:

AndIknewwe'dbetalkingforalongtime.

REINER:

Let'sdoitfromthebeginningagain.

YoureadyAndaction.

McAULIFFE:

Juli,canwetalk

CARROLL:What'sgoingon

REINER:And...

[McAULIFFE&CARROLLLAUGH]

REINER:

Oh,God.

Oh,God,herewego.

CARROLL:Thescenewherewe'redoing

theBasketboything...

...wherewealmostkiss,

thatonewassohard.

Bryce,whatareyoudoing

Mm...

,ha!

AndthenIleaveHa,ha.

REINER:

God.

Yougottaberiousaboutthis.

Youcan'tbegigglingduringthis.

CARROLL:.

McAULIFFE:Sorry.

Can'tbeGiggleville.

-Serious.

REINER:Let'ling.

CARROLL:

It'ssuppodtobewe'retalking...

...andhecomesupandtriestokissme.

wait

untilhegotthereandthenI'mlike:

Oh,itwassoembarrassing.

REINER:

Andaction.

Juli,Igottatalktoyou.

McAULIFFE:

Wedon'tactuallykiss.

It'sanearkiss.

Itrytokissherandthensherunsout.

IwaskindofconfudwhenIreadthat.

Becaushewantedthekiss

theentiretime,thenwhenItrysheruns.

CARROLL:

Hegetsupand,like,walkstowardsme...

...andsays,"CanItalktoyou"

Andhegrabsmeandhegoeslike:

AndthenIhavetorunaway.

Butwekeptlaughing.

[BOTHLAUGHING]

CARROLL:

Itrippedonthecloth.

,mygosh.

Itwassohardtokeepastraightface.

Itwassoembarrassing.

Justturnaround.

CARROLL:

Thatwassoweird.

Ithoughtthesniffinghairwasweird,

whenIhadtosniffhishairinonescene...

...butthatwasreallyweird.

Thatwasreallyfuntofilm

butitwasreallyawkwardaswell.

ThenMadelinewastryingtonotlaugh.

-Whyareyousmiling

REINER:Cut.

-Whatareyoudoing

-I',ha.

CARROLL:

Itwassohardnottolaugh.

IhadtohaveCallan...Hewasoffcamera.

I'mlike,"Turnaround!"

Whatareyoudoing

Stop.

-Ha,ha.

REINER:Andcut.

McAULIFFE:Oneofthekids,

whoplayedEddieTrulock...

...whoendedupbeingchonbyJuli

attheBasketboything...

...hetoldMadelineandIthatmylook

whenIwastryingtokissherwaslike:

Showhimyourface.

[ALLLAUGH]

Youe...comingtowardsyou

andyou'resuppodtoberious.

-It'stoofunny.

MAN:Okay,picture'sup.

McAULIFFE:IhadtorunoutafterandI'd

staythereforabitaftershe'drunaway.

Andwehadallthereallynice

extrakidsoverthere...

...andtheyweresaying,like,

"."

Bryce,stop.

BOY1:Bryce,youdidn'tevenmakeit

tofirstba.

GIRL1:

Hey,Bryce,I'llkissyou.

BOY2:Nicejob,make-outartist.

GIRL2:Hello,loverboy.

REINER:

.

od,Cal.

SometimesRobwillyelladirection,

like,"Tryitlikethat!"

Becauhe'sintheotherroom.

Iwaslike,"We'renotgonnakiss,right

We'renot,right"

Thenwedidthesceneandhe'slike:

"Okay,Callan,thistime

Iwantyoutoactuallykissher."

REINER:Cal

-Yes

REINER:Onthistime,

Iwantyoutoreallykissher.

-No,I'mkidding.

MAN:He'skidding.

-Ha,ha!

MAN:What

CARROLL:

Myfacedrained.I'mjustlike:

AndIlookedatCallan.I'mlike,"What"

Itwassofunny.

Theygotmereallygood.

-Oh,sscary.

-Ha,ha.

-Goodone,Rob.

CARROLL:Whoputyouuptothat

Butthesadthingwas,

mymomanddadputhimuptoit.

Oh,ssoembarrassing.