The story began in the summer of 1957, the summer of 1st grade|It all began in the summer of 1957, before the start of second grade.
We're home|Here we are.
What do you think of this place? I like it a lot|What do you guys think
? color is my room? Do
n't worry|Just you wait.
Let's go in and see Hey Bryce|Let's see what's inside. Hey, come on, buddy Bryce.
you and I go help unload the van
and the womenfolk here can get in the kitchen and start setting up.
Okay Dad. Okay, Dad.
For me that means I'm here For me, it was the beginning of what would be
A five-year career of anxiety and avoidance|more than half a decade of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.
Hi, I'm Juli Baker. Hey, what are you doing?|Hi, I'm Juli Baker. Hey, hey, What are you doing?
Want my help?|Don't you want some help?
No. There's some valuable things in there.I'll
just move this one.How about this one ? No, no, no.
Run home. Your mother's probably wondering where you are.
It doesn't matter my mom knows where I am she let me come over|Oh, no, my mom knows where
It 's crowded
in here with three people . I don't mind.
Let's push together?|Of any kind. You wanna push this one together?
Bryce, is your mother still waiting for you to help?|Bryce, isn't it time for you to go help your
mother
? her.
I can't take it anymore. Then something weird happened|I was about to tell her to get lost when the weirdest thing happened.
I couldn't believe it|I couldn't believe it.
I was holding the hand of a strange girl |There I was holding hands with this strange girl.
How did I get into this kind of trouble? Hello|How did I get into this mess? Well, hello.
It seems you already know my son|I see you' ve met my son
I had to do what a 7 year old boy had to do|Finally, I did the only manly thing available when you're 7 years old.
But there was a whole bunch of troubles waiting for me|However, my troubles were far from over.
As I walked into Miss Yelson's classroom|The minute I walked into Miss Yelson's classroom
Bryce? You were here too|Bryce? You're here.
Obviously|it was clear:
Can't escape her clutches even at school|School would not be a sanctuary.
Hey Bryce, where's your girlfriend?|Hey, Bryce, where's your girlfriend?
I was branded for life.
Hey Bryce Why don't you propose to her?|Hey, Bryce, why don't you ask her to marry you?
Bryce and Juli sitting in a tree|Bryce and Juli sitting in
a
tree My first year in town was a disaster.
Look at them. Look at them.
And the next three weren't much better.
It was like this until the sixth grade, and I finally stopped sitting still. But finally, in the sixth grade, I took action. I
thought of a big trick|I hatched the plan.
Sherry|Sherry.
Sherry wait a minute|Sherry, wait up.
Hi Bryce|Hi, Bryce. Heh.
I attacked Sherry Stalls|I asked out Sherry Stalls.
I was wondering if you wanted to...|I was wondering if you wanted to go
The beauty of this trick is that|To fully appreciate the brilliance of this plan
Sherry Stalls is Juli's thorn in the eye|you have to understand that Juli hated Sherry Stalls
but I can't figure out why|though I never understood why.
Sherry was nice, friendly and she had a lot of hair.
My mother never let me get my ears pierced and then I desperately begged her|At first, my mother wouldn't let me get my ears pierced, but I
begged
lose interest.
She still won't allow me to get my ears pierced until I'm 16|But I still can't get the hoops till I'm 16. What
a shame|Oh, that's a shame.
Minani wants to get my ears pierced too|So Melanie wanted to get her ears pierced,
but her mother wasn't a fuel efficient lamp|but of course her mother said no.
She threw a rage at home|So she threw a fit
Smashed the Johnny Mathis Greatest Hits album|and smashed her Johnny Mathis Greatest Hits album
and got grounded|and she got grounded,
can't even come to my pajama party|so now she can't come to my pajama sleepover party.
Things were going pretty well|Things were unfolding quite nicely.
What were you going to do with your science experiments?|What are you doing for your science project?
Until my so-called best friend Garrett Ernder|That is, until my supposed best friend, Garrett Einbinder
started taking the idea of Sherry | took an interest in Sherry himself.
I wanted to show all kinds of conditioners | I was thinking of showing how split ends react
how to fix split ends | with different Hair conditioners.
It's amazing|That's fascinating. As
the old saying goes
up to.
Asshole|Jerk. Of course
she was very angry|She didn't take it well.
As for Juli|Word got back to Juli,
and she started up with the goo-goo eyes again.
And pretty soon she started up with the goo-goo eyes again.Only this time it was worse.
Started sniffing me| She started sniffing me.
You heard me right she sniffed me|That's right, sniffing me. What
a plane?|What was that all about?
would be different.
I hope that when I get to junior high school|Junior high, bigger school. I
don't have to be in the same class as her anymore|Maybe we'd be in different classes
to end my nightmare completely|and it would finally, finally be over.Meet
Bly The first day I met Bryce Loski, I flipped.
His eyes fascinated me|It was those eyes, something in those dazzling eyes.
We pushed together Right?|You wanna push this one together?
That's when they just moved next door to my house|His family had just moved into the neighborhood
I went over to help them move things|and I'd gone over to help them.
I was in the car for just 2 minutes|I'd been in the van all of two minutes
His dad asked her to help his mom|when his dad sent him off to help his mom.
I knew he didn't want to leave|I could see he didn't wanna go.
So I chased after him|So I chased after him to see
and asked him if he could play for a while Entering the house|if we could play a little before he got trapped inside.
The next thing I know, he's holding my hand and looking right into my
eyes.
My heart stopped beating|My heart stopped. Has
this moment come?|Was this it?
Is it time for my first kiss?|Would this be my first kiss? I
didn't expect his mother to come out. Hello| But then his mother came out. Well, hello.
And he was so embarrassed, his cheeks turned completely red.
I lay in bed that night and kept dreaming about the first kiss I went to bed that night thinking of the kiss that might have been.
I knew he was attracted to me I mean, it was clear he had feelings for me,
just timid Yu to show love|but he was just too shy to show them.
My mother said boys were like that.
I decided to help him overcome his fears. So I decided to help him out.
Bligh Bryce? You are here too|Bryce? You're here.
I will do my best to help him release himself completely|I would give him plenty of opportunity to get over his shyness.
I learned to restrain myself in sixth grade| By the sixth grade, I'd learned to control myself. I
didn't expect to kill a Shirley Stalls halfway along the way|Then Sherry Stalls entered the picture. Sherry Stalls
is a long tongue woman who can do her best |Sherry Stalls was nothing but a whiny, gossipy, backstabbing flirt.
Long hair and short knowledge|All hair and no substance.
And she was...|And there she was
Holding hands with Bryce. My Bryce.
The one who was walking around with my first kiss. The one who was walking around with my first kiss.
I decided to ignore her according to Bryce's character |My solution was to ignore her. I knew a boy of Bryce's caliber
one day I would realize how shallow Sherry is |would eventually see through a shallow conniver like Sherry Stalls.
As I expected they broke up a week later |It took all of a week. They broke up at recess.
She didn't even look at her weight|She didn't take it well.
Since Bryce got rid of Julie's clutches|Now that Bryce was out of Sherry's evil clutches, kinder
to me too|he started being nicer to me.
Hi Juli Hi Bryce|Hi, Juli. Hi, Bryce.
He was so shy and so cute
The scent of watermelon permeates his hair|and his hair, it smelled like watermelon.
I was blown away|I couldn't get enough of it.
I've been immersed in this charming fragrance for a whole year|I spent the whole year secretly sniffing watermelon , looking forward to when my first
kiss will come|and wondering if I was ever going to get my kiss.
Life started to change|Seventh grade brought changes, all right.
But the biggest change wasn't school|But the biggest one didn't happen at school.
It happened at home|It happened at home.
My grandfather moved in with us |My grandfather came to live with us.
Mom said he missed Grandma too much to be so lost|Mom said he stared like that because he missed Grandma.
But how could he trust me|That was not something Grandpa would ever talk about with me.
As a matter of fact, he never talked about much of anything with me.
That is, until Juli appeared in the local newspaper.
Can Bryce talk to you? Anything?|Oh, Bryce. May I speak with you? What?
Take a seat child|Have a seat, son.
Tell me about your friend Juli Baker|Tell me about your friend Juli Baker.
Juli isn't exactly my friend|Juli. She's not exactly my friend.
Why?|Oh. Why's that
? Suddenly asking this?|Why do you wanna know?
Juli Baker in The Mayfield Times|Now, Juli Baker did not wind up in The Mayfield Times
|for being an eighth-grade Einstein
. It's because she's leaning on a fig tree|No, she got front-page coverage because she refused
to come down|to climb out of a sycamore tree.
Juli Baker and that stupid sycamore tree.
She thinks that tree|She always thought it was God's gift
|to our little corner of the universe.Hey
Bryce come and climb the tree with us?|Hey, Bryce. Wanna come climb the tree with me and my brothers?
No thanks|No, thanks.
Bryce. Come up here. It's fun. Bryce. Come up here. It's fun.
I can see the whole world I don't have time|You can see everything. I can't.
My dad asked me to help him fix...|My dad needs me to help him fix
things|a thing.
Pull it down|That's all I needed. I'd be dragged right back into the second grade .
Bryce Climbing the treetops with Juli | Bryce and Juli sitting in a tree. I'd rather eat green beans for the rest of my life | Why don't you just make me eat lima beans for the rest of my life. Three blocks away |It's three blocks away. Only two blocks left|Two blocks. And the last one|One block away. I really can't stand someone like her when I take myself seriously|Like that's valuable information. I hate it when she does that. Wish the school bus would strike someday|I like to think there's at least a chance the bus won't show.
This tree looks particularly beautiful in this light, are you right?|I think the tree looks particularly beautiful in this light. Don't you?
If by "beautiful" you mean " unbelievably ugly, "
then I absolutely agree|then, yes, I would agree.
You don't have a good eye and I feel sorry for you|You're just visually challenged. I feel sorry for you. Your
eyes are not so good?|"Visually challenged "?
Your eyes are not very good?|"Visually challenged"? Is
n't her house also the laughing stock of the neighborhood?|This from the girl who lived in a house
dared to say that about me?|that was the joke of the neighborhood
? They had bushes growing over windows and weeds all over the place. My dad was so upset about it. It bugged
my dad bigtime
.
When you are a great painter|The bricklayer who thinks he's a painter.
That truck's not ugly enough in real life?
Do you still have to frame the painting?|He's gotta make a painting of it?
Other people's landscape paintings are popular in the market|No, he does landscapes. Sells them at the county fair.
Everyone praises him|People say they 're beautiful.
Landscapes? Let me tell you|Landscapes? Let me tell you something.
If he could clean up the yard|The world would have more beauty in it
|if he'd do a little landscaping on that piece of crap he calls a yard.
I feel bad for his wife for marrying such a dreamer|I feel bad for his wife. She married a dreamer.
The conflict between dream and reality has to be endured by someone|Because of that , one of the two of them will always be unhappy.
Yeah, fine. But why do we have to be unhappy? Comparing
Julie Baker to a tree all day| As annoying as the yard was to my dad
her yard wasn't really that annoying|it was nothing compared to how annoying Juli Baker was in that tree.
And three blocks away|Three blocks away.
Every morning we had to listen to the sound
|of her blow-by-blow traffic report.
There are two more|Two blocks.
There you go.
Why do they call it The Three Stooges?|Why do they call it The Three Stooges?
There's five of them?|I mean, there's five of them. What
? And Curly Joey|Well, yeah, there's Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp and Curly Joe.
Yeah, but they only have three at a time. Yeah.
I hate Curly Hair Joey, he's not a stooge|You know, I hate Curly Joe. I mean, he shouldn't even be a Stooge.
Girl, I'm going to call the police|Listen, girl, I'm this close to calling the police .You
are trespassing and obstructing progress on a contracted job.
What's wrong? You better come down by yourself|What's going on? Either you come down
Or we'll cut down the tree, you hurry up|or we're gonna cut you down. You guys, come up here with me.
They won't cut it down if we 're all up here. The car is coming Juli is crazy|Bus, bus, bus. Juli
was frantic
.
I couldn't understand why that mutant tangle of gnarly branches
was so important to her Bryce please|meant so much to her. Bryce, please.
I feel sorry for her Leave her alone|I felt bad for her. Leave her. But I wasn't going
to cut school for this|But I wasn't about to cut school over it.
Let's go buddy|Come on, bro.
Why don't you think of her as a friend Bryce?|Why isn't she your friend, Bryce?
You'll understand when you really get to know Juli|You'd have to know Juli. I
really want to know her|Well, I'd like to.
Why?|Why?
That girl has an iron backbone.
Why don't you invite her to play at home?|Why don't you invite her over sometime? Have a backbone
?|An iron backbone ? Is that so?|Is that so? She's been stalking me since the second grade|And she's been stalking me since the second grade. This kind of girl is hard to come by|Well, a girl like that doesn't live next door to everyone. Lucky them. Look at this|Read this. Let go of your prejudice|Without prejudice . Baker. Juli didn't wait for the school bus the next morning|Juli wasn't at the bus stop the next morning. She was not seen on the third day|Or the morning after that. I don't know how she got to school|She was at school, but you'd never know it. Little Joey? He's got so much makeup on He doesn't age. Little Joe? He's got so much makeup on He doesn't age.
I told myself I should be glad about it | I told myself I should be glad about
it
But still, I felt bad for her.
I wanted to say sorry to her but then I was gonna tell her I was sorry, but then I thought, hey, no
that's the last thing I needed:
Make Juli Baker think I'm thinking of her|Juli Baker thinking I missed her.
I know why you like it here|I see why you like to come out here.
Can you enlighten your mom?|Would you mind explaining it to your mother?
I loved watching my father paint | I loved to watch my father paint.
More like chatting with him while he was painting | Or really, I loved to hear him talk while he painted
. I know him better|I learned a lot about my dad that way.
He and I talked about everything|He told me all sorts of things
like how he got his first job delivering hay
How he wanted to finish school|and how he'd wished he'd finished college.
Then one day he surprised me.
What's going on with you and Bryce Roski?|What's going on with you and, uh, Bryce Loski? What 's the
matter? It's nothing|What do you mean ? would you even think that? It's nothing|No reason. It's just that you all day|Just that you talk about him all the time|talk about him all the time. Do I?|I do? I don't know|I don 't know. Maybe I'm attracted to his eyes|I guess it's something about his eyes. And his charming smile|Or maybe his smile. What about other people?|But what about him? What? You gotta think about it The overall effect of the painting|What? You have to look at the whole landscape. What does it mean?|What does that mean?
A painting is by no means a simple piece to complete|A painting is more than the sum of its parts.
A cow is just a cow|A cow by itself is just a cow.
The grass is only covered with grass and flowers|A meadow by itself is just grass, flowers.
And the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light. But
you put them all together
Unexpected results can be obtained|and it can be magic.
I didn't really understand what he was saying until one afternoon|I didn't really understand what he was saying until one afternoon
|when I was up in the sycamore tree. trying to pick up
a kite The scene became more and more charming|And the higher I got, the more amazed I was by the view. The refreshing breeze was blowing on my face|I began to notice how wonderful the breeze smelled.
Mixed with the fragrance of sunshine and wild grass|Like sunshine and wild grass.
I couldn't stop breathing it|I couldn't stop breathing it in
|filling my lungs with the sweetest smell I'd ever known.
Hey, you found my kite. Bryce
, you should come up here. Bryce, you should come up here.
It's so beautiful.
|I can't. I sprained my, um,
I got a rash|I have a rash.
I fell in love with this place from that moment on|From that moment on, that became my spot.
I could sit still for hours Jing enjoy the world|I could sit there for hours, just looking out at
the world.Some days the sunsets would be purple and pink.Some days the sunsets would be purple and pink.And
some days they were a blazing orange
instantly filled the horizon with sunsets|setting fire to the clouds on the horizon.
In such a magnificent sight|It was during one of those sunsets that my father's idea
I finally came to a realization|of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts
|moved from my head to my heart.
Sometimes I wake up early just to watch the sunrise| Some days I would get there extra early to watch the sunrise.
One morning I was making mental notes
how to describe to my dad|of how the streaks of light were cutting through the
clouds The scene|so I could tell my dad
there was a noise from below|when I heard a noise below. I'm sorry|
Excuse
me. I'm sorry you can't stop here This is the school stop|Excuse me. I'm sorry, but you can't park there. That's a bus stop.
What are you doing up there?|Hey, what are you doing up there?
Come down and we're going to cut down the tree|You can't be up there, we're gonna take this thing down.
Cut down this tree? That's right, come down | The tree? Yeah. Now come on down.
Who approved you to cut down the tree? The owner of the tree|But who told you, you could cut it down? The owner.
Why?|Why?
and this tree's in the way.
Come on, girl, we got work to do.
You can't cut it down. You can't cut it down. You just can't
.girl, I'll call the police if you don't come down|Listen, girl. I'm this close to calling the police.You are trespassing
and obstructing progress on a contracted job.You are trespassing and obstructing progress on a contracted job.
|Now either you come down, or we're gonna cut you down.
Go ahead. Cut me down.
I'm not coming down. I'm never coming down.
Bryce, come up and help me|Bryce. You guys, come up here with me.
They won't cut it down if we're all up here.
Bryce, please don't let them cut down trees|Bryce, please don't let them do this.
Please|Come on, you guys.
Bryce please, you don't have to climb high|Bryce, please. You don 't have to come up this high. Just a little ways.
Bryce, please. Please.
Everything has been blurry since then. What happened after that was a blur
. The crowd gathered around|It seemed like the whole town was there.
But I kept insisting it wouldn't move on|But still I wouldn't move.
Dad came over later|Then my father showed up.
He persuaded the firemen to fight Climbing up the stairs|He talked a fireman into letting him come up to where I was.
Baby let's go down|Sweetie, it's time to come down.
Daddy, don't let them chop down trees|Daddy, please don't let them do this.
Sweetie Daddy, look.
You can see the whole world from here. You can see everything. You can see the whole world from here.
Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are not as important as my daughter's safety|No view is worth my daughter's safety. Now, come on.
I won't go|I can't.
Julianna, don't be petty|Juliana, it's time to come down now.
Please, Daddy. Be
obedient|It's time. It's
over|And that was it.
I was in tears for two weeks|I must've cried for two weeks straight
. I worked so hard in school|Oh, sure, I went to school and did the best I could
feel that life lost focus|but nothing seemed to matter.
Julie? Huh?|Juli? Huh?
Do you know what the answer is?|Do you know the answer? The
Peloponnesian War?|Uh, the Peloponnesian War?
That might be the answer to a question|I'm sure that's the answer to something
but I'm asking about the area of the rhombus|but I was looking for the area of a rhomboid.
Somehow, rhomboids and isosceles right triangles
don't seem so important.
I started riding my bike to school just to avoid that sad place|I rode my bike so I wouldn't have to pass by the stump
where once stood the most beautiful fig tree in the world|that used to be the earth's most magnificent sycamore tree.
But No matter how hard I try I keep thinking about it|But no matter what I did, I couldn't stop thinking about it.
Are you okay?|Are you okay?
A tree|It was just a tree.
It wasn't just a tree|No, it wasn't just a tree.
I hope you can keep the good times in the treetops forever in your heart|I never want you to forget how you felt when you were up there.
Thank you dad| Thanks, Dad.
I wake up every day looking at this painting|It was the first thing I saw every morning
It also accompanied me to sleep every morning|and the last thing I saw before I went to sleep.
Until one day I saw It I no longer have tears in my eyes|And once I could look at it without crying
I realized a deeper meaning|I saw more than the tree and what being up there meant to me.
My worldview started to change slightly | I saw the day that my view of things around me started changing.
I couldn't help but ask myself if my feelings for Bryce were the same?|And I wondered, did I still feel the same things about Bryce?
I've never been a big fan of eggs. I've never been a huge fan of eggs.
Neither liked nor hated them. I mean, I could always just take them or leave them.
But that day at Skyler In the Brown's garage|That is, until one day in Skyler Brown's garage
I got my egg disgust ingrained|when my feelings about eggs were solidified.
Hey guys, Edna's breakfast has fallen out|Hey, hey, hey. Guys. Edna's found her breakfast.
Slimy, squishy animals love food|I mean, if a slimy reptile found them appetizing
I'm sick of thinking about it|there was certainly no place for them in my diet
. Oh, man, that's so cool.
She doesn't even have to chew. She doesn't even have to chew. I mean, think of all the time you'd save.
Blame my sister Lynetta|I could've gone my whole life not knowing that snakes eat eggs raw had to come to Skyler Brown to discuss league matters|if it
hadn't been for Lynetta. I
never wanted to watch a snake eat an egg in my life|She had a major-league thing for Skyler Brown.
That was disgusting|I think it's gross.He
made a band with Juli's brothers Matt and Mark|He and Juli's brothers, Matt and Mark, had formed a band.
Lynetta would watch them practice|And Lynetta would watch them practice.
That was so neat.
What do you think, Bryce?|How about that, huh, Bryce ?
Yeah. Neat.
Brycie, how do you think he's gonna digest that?
Stomach acid? like to think that. Wait, don't make any noise. The
show begins|Wait, everybody quiet. Here he goes.
That's called eating eggs|Eggs over easy. It
's so disgusting I want to vomit|Gross. Gross, gross, gross.
Wait, wait. You haven't seen the best part. Likes and
dislikes|Gross.
I tried to be calm but it didn't work|I tried to be casual about it, but it didn't work 't take.
I started having bad dreams. I started having bad dreams.
I'd be trapped inside a huge egg
. And this monster would open his jaws and start to devour me.
Fortunately, I can wake up in time every time|I'd wake up just in time. I
didn't expect the nightmare to come true|Then the real nightmare began.
Hi Bryce, I brought you some eggs|Hi , Bryce. I brought these over for you and your family.
What did my chickens start laying eggs?|My chickens are laying eggs. What?
Remember Abby and Bonnie and Clyde
Decker Stuynes and Florence?|and Dexter and Eunice and Florence?
The ones I hatched for the science fair. How could I forget?
Juli Baker is always so classic|It was classic Juli Baker. It was
easily the center of attention|She totally dominated the fair.
Her subject was watching the boring egg hatching process|And get this, her project was all about watching boring eggs hatch.
Mine was a live simulated volcano|I mean, here I had a live-action erupting volcano , but
everyone was obviously more interested in Juli's chicks|and all anyone cared about was Juli's boring chicks
|breaking out of their boring shells.
Oh, I think the last one's hatching.
It's hatching. Oh, it's hatching.
Kids, come over here.
Well I lose It was given to her|But hey, she won. I lost.
I was completely ignored|I've never been one to dwell.
Hatched|Here it comes.
But I won't eat the eggs she brought|But that didn't 't mean I had to eat her lousy eggs.
This girl Juli is so nice and brought us eggs|I think it was very sweet of Juli to bring us those eggs.
I won't eat it. I'll still have oatmeal tomorrow morning|I don't care. I'm still having cereal tomorrow.
How can we be sure the egg is not half hatched|Yeah, how do we know there's no chicks in one of those eggs?
I used to eat farm-fresh eggs when I was a kid and it was delicious|I used to eat farm-fresh eggs when I was a kid. They were delicious.
Of course the freshly laid eggs were delicious|Yeah, well, that's all well and good,
but what if we crack one open and a corpse? dead chick falls out? Do they have a rooster
?|Do they have a rooster ? |And if they had a rooster, we'd know. The whole neighborhood would know. Maybe they got it de-yodeled. Change the voice?|"De-yodeled "?
Just cut the vocal cords off|You know. De-cock-a-doodle-doo'd.
What the hell are you talking about?|What the hell are you talking about?
Like they de-bark dogs
Bryce, why don't you just ask Juli?|Bryce, why don't you just ask Juli? Why don't you ?
|I don't think that What?
You dare not talk to her? I do n't dare to talk to her|You afraid to talk to her? I'm not afraid to talk to her. I think you don't dare
|I know you are, but what am I?
Bryce|Okay. Just talk to her and find out. Bryce.
How would you identify a rooster?|How do you tell if one's a rooster
?
There are red cockscombs on their heads|They've got that red stuff growing out of their head.
They also have red hairs on their necks, so it should be easy to identify them|And around their neck too. That shouldn't be too hard to spot.
Come to think of it, chickens have the rubbery red stuff too.
Just not as much.
Garrett's expertise in roosters
He could keep me from confronting Juli Baker directly | was the cornerstone of our plan to avoid contact with Juli Baker.
We sneaked into her backyard | The balance of which involved spying over her back fence.
Hurry hurry hurry hush |Come on, come on. Shh. Shh.
Right here|Over here.
I can't see the chickens|I can't see the stupid chickens.
Gotta get them out of the cage|We gotta get them out of the coop.
Is that a rooster?|Is that a rooster? It
doesn't look like it|No, it looks like a chicken. How
do you know?|How can you tell? Right? What is an expert|See what I mean? Expertise. Shh, shh! What? Julie|Juli.
Here, guys.
Come out and eat|Go on, there you go.
Come and eat, yeah, it's all chickens|Here, guys. Go on. Yeah, they're all chickens
. Have to say it again?|There's no rooster ? What did I just say?
How can you tell?|How can you tell?
. Here, come on. Roosters
know how to swagger? Come on, Roosters strut? Come on, guys.
Don't ask if you don't understand?
Saw the ones with red cockscombs|Plus, hardly any of them have any rubbery red stuff.
What are you doing? It
's definitely all chickens|What are you doing? Yeah. They 're definitely all chickens. They're all chickens.
So proud of you Bryce|I'm proud of you, Bryce.
You overcame your fear. Huh?
You talked to her oh yeah|You talked to her. Oh, heh. Yeah.
It's no big deal.
Did she tell you that? All chickens?|That's what they
're
all chickens
But the point is |A rooster's a chicken. The question is:
Are those chickens hens?|Is one of them a rooster or are they all hens?
Hen? Who told me about hens?|Hens? Who said anything about hens?
I suddenly got the hang of it|Then it hit me.
Garrett didn't know jack shit about chickens.
Do roosters walk with their heads held high? Of course they do|Do roosters strut? Yes, they do.
Does it make sense to ask this question?|What does that have to do with anything?
Then they're all hens|They're all hens.
As long as the eggs are okay|Well, the main thing is the eggs are okay .
Don't bother|It's all settled.I
don't think so|Not for me.I
couldn't touch it|There was no way I was ever gonna eat anything
with Julie Baker|that had anything to do with Juli Baker.
I don't want to eat eggs|I'm not eating them. Why
?|Well, why not?
You haven't seen her yard|Have you seen their yard?
Mud is chicken manure|There's not even any grass. It's all mud and chicken turds.
Salmonella?|Ew. Gross. Salmonella. |Do you suppose they could
have salmonella?
Why take the health risk?|It's not very likely. Why take the risk?
What about the eggs?|What do we do with the eggs?
Give them back|Give them back
? Give them back? To Juli? Sure.
You talked to her anyway and didn't see you lose any flesh|You talked to her before, right? It didn't kill you.
Then how am I going to tell her?|Well, what do I say?
Tell her we don't eat eggs in our family|Tell her we don't eat eggs.I'm
allergic to eggs or something|Uh, we're allergic to them or something.
You can't think about it|Come on, use your brains.
It's not good to lie|It didn't feel right to
lie.Besides, even a seventh grader would know the
whole family You can't be allergic to eggs at the same time|that entire families aren't allergic to eggs.
I don't want to hurt her either|But I didn't wanna hurt her feelings either.So
I can't do it|So that left me with only one option.
And it also saves me from |And thus another near-death experience
with Juli Baker in person | in my ongoing saga with Juli Baker had been successfully avoided.
Until a week later | Until one week later.
Hi Bu Les, I brought you some more eggs|Hi, Bryce. Brought you some more eggs.
Wow|Wow.
Thanks. Did your family like the first batch?
Do you even have to ask? See
you at school. Great. See you at school.
Thinking of never ending troubles|What I hoped would be a one-time event I
didn't expect but let myself go|was just the beginning of a life
became a series of lies|consumed with lies, intrigue and deception.
Every morning I have to watch out for Zhu Li|Every morning I'd be on the lookout for Juli
before she knocks on the door|so if she happened to come,
open the door|I could whip the door open before she knocked.Thanks
| Thanks.And
then sneak the egg Tossed|Then I'd dump the eggs before anyone noticed.
Why? Can't I just show her off?|And why? Why couldn't I just face her
? t I just say:
Thank you, I don't care about your eggs being fed to snakes|"No, thanks. Don't want them. Don't need them. Give them to the snake"?
Was I really afraid of hurting her feelings
or was I just afraid of her?|or was I just afraid of her?
Now you have to make sure...|Now, you wanna make sure you get it
Bru When Mrs. Brubeck first suggested hatching eggs as my science project
I wasn't really interested|I was less than excited.
Until I saw the signs of life for the first time|That is, until I saw my first sign of life.
Is that this?|Is that it?
Yeah that's the embryo wow|That's the embryo. Heh. Wow. Looks like a pea right|It looks
like a bean. It does.
A few|Let's try the other ones.
I felt it at that moment|Suddenly it felt real.
Every egg was alive|All the eggs were alive.
There were baby peas in it|There were, like, little bean babies inside every one.
On the day of the fair, all six chicks hatched.
Isn't it a dream?|What are the odds?
This year's winner is Juli Baker|This year's top prize goes to Juli Baker
and her subject is|for her wonderful project:
The Birth of a Chicken|"A Chicken is Born. "
I won first place|I won first place.
Of course I'm happy but I care more about where the chicks stay|And that was cool, but all I really cared about were my chicks. It
's dinner time, babes|There you go . There you go, guys.
My mom wasn't crazy about us raising chickens.
But I begged and pleaded.
Did it|I told her I would take care of everything. And I did.
Where's Clyde?|Where's Clyde?
Clyde?|Clyde?
Clyde what happened to you?|Hey, Clyde. What's the matter Are you okay ?
Are you okay? Aren't you hungry?
Come on. Come here. What's wrong, baby?
Let me hug|Come here.
Hey, you're not Clyde. You're Clydette.
Mom | Mom!
As it turned out, my hens laid more eggs than we could eat.
A At first we wanted to increase the demand|At first we tried to keep up
but after eating boiled eggs, scrambled eggs and omelettes for 1 month|but after a month of boiling, frying and deviling
like the movie "Transformation Monster" Then we couldn't do it. Like that movie The Blob, we were being overtaken by eggs.
It wasn't until Mrs. Steuby visited our neighbor. Then opportunity in the form of our neighbor, Mrs. Steuby, knocked.
Hello Yeah dear|Hello, dear.
If you have any extra eggs at home I want to buy some from you|If you ever have any extra, I'd be happy to buy them from you.
Really? Of course it is|Really? Certainly.
And Mrs. Helms wants to buy it too|And I happen to know that Mrs. Helms would be interested as well.
Great. Fresh eggs are so nutritious|Great. Nothing like fresh eggs.
Thanks, Mrs. Steuby. You bet, dear. Bye. Thanks, Mrs. Steuby. You bet, dear.
Bye
. I finally solved it|my egg overflow problem was solved.I
realized I should give Mrs. Loski some eggs too|Then I realized that Mrs. Loski deserved eggs too.But
I didn't want to take her money|But I didn't think it would be right to charge her.
She has a very good heart|She had been such a good neighbor, and
she was always generous every time we were missing something|lending us supplies when we ran out
the last time the car broke down, she even gave her mother a ride |giving my mother a ride when our car wouldn't start
I should have repaid her|it was the least I could
do.Besides, if I happened to run into Bryce
, Couldn't have been better|that wouldn't be the end of the world.
Hi Bryce|Hi, Bryce.
By the third time I brought eggs over to the Loskis
I noticed Bryce was waiting for me every time|I realized Bryce was waiting for
me.Waiting to pull open the door and say,
"Thank you Juli school"|"Thanks, Juli . See you at school."
And I'm so fortunate | And in return, I got a few moments alone,
enjoying the soulful gaze with him|with the world's most dazzling eyes.
Thank you Juli See you at school|Thanks, Juli . See you at school.
It was a good deal|It was a bargain. It
didn't last long|Until the day it wasn't.
Two weeks after the fig tree was cut|It was two weeks after the sycamore tree was cut down
and I was just starting to feel normal again.
Hey Juli was on time|Hey, Juli. Right on schedule.
Yeah, rain or shine|Yeah, well, neither rain nor sleet .What ?
Like a postman|Huh? You know, the mailman thing?
Oh yeah|Oh. Right.
Will you still ride the school bus in the future?|So, um, will you start riding the bus again?
I can't say since last time...|I don't know. I haven't been up there
since It doesn't look so bad anymore. It's all cleared away.
Well, um, I better get ready for school.
Guess I'll see you there.
Bye|See you.
Maybe Bryce was right|Maybe Bryce was right. It was time for me to
think about riding the bus again|Maybe it was time I started riding the bus again.He
sent me an invitation| After all, didn't he just tell me he wanted me to?
Could it be that Bryce Loski misses me?|Could it be that Bryce Loski actually misses me?
Julie you haven't gone yet?|Juli What are you still doing here?
I was thinking about things|I was just thinking.Today
is garbage collection day The garbage trucks are in front|It's pickup day. The cans are in front.I
know I need help?|I know. You need some help?
No. I'll do it later|No. Maybe I'll do it later.
Are those my eggs?|Are those my eggs?
Yes I dropped them by accident|Yeah. Yeah, I dropped them .Not broken|They 're
not broken.
Why are you throwing them away?|Why are you throwing them away?
Don't you want them?
wasn't me. My dad didn't think it was worth the risk.
Risk? What risk?|Risk? What risk?
Salmonella|Salmonella.
What? of being poisoned?
Juli, look at your backyard is a mess|Well, Juli, I mean, look at your back yard. It's a complete mess.
Chicken shit everywhere|It's, like, covered in turds.
What Yes I clean up every day|That's not true. I clean up after my girls every day.
We just didn't want to hurt you|We just didn't wanna hurt your feelings. I just
threw it all away?|Have you always thrown them away ?
Mrs Steuby and Mrs Helms keep paying for my eggs|You know, Mrs. Steuby and Mrs. Helms pay me for my eggs.
12 eggs 60 cents|They do? They pay me 60 cents a dozen.
I didn't know|I didn't know.
How could you?|How could you?
I'm sorry|I'm sorry.
No you wouldn't|No, you're not.
Soon I realized |It didn't take me long to realize
my preconceptions with Juli Baker|that I'd traded in my old problems with Juli Baker |
for a whole set of new ones.
I'd rather have her come to trouble me than be sulking alone|It was actually worse having her mad at me than having her annoy me.
She ignored me|The way she ignored me was a constant
reminder Jerk|that I'd been a jerk.
Then one day I was coming home from playing basketball with Garrett
and things got weird.
Don't be so useless you won't hurt them|Don't be so timid. Come on, you won't hurt them.
Like this? That's right|Like this? Yeah, that's it.
My grandpa| My grandfather. He always only wears slippers|All I
ever saw him wear was slippers.
Where did he get those work boots?|Now, where did he get those work boots?
t stop looking over there.
And the more I looked, the madder I got.
My grandfather had already said more to Juli in one hour
than he told me More than all the words I've ever lived|than he'd said to me in the whole time he'd been living with us.And
I never saw him laugh|I was pretty sure I'd never seen him laugh.He
and What was Juli Baker doing?|And what was his deal with Juli Baker?
Hi Grandpa|Hi, Grandpa.
Juli told me about the eggs|Juli told me about the eggs.Bryce
|You know, Bryce
One's character is set at an early age.
I don't want you to lose yourself like this|I'd hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.
What does it mean?|Sir
? Be honest child|It's about honesty,
son.Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning
may save you a whole lot of pain down the road.Julie
Baker also Vengeful | When it came to holding a grudge, Juli Baker was truly impressive.
I was approaching her all week | All week I tried to approach her at school.
She avoided me in every possible way | She'd always find some way to duck me.
And whenever she was in her yard, Grandpa was always there with her.
Finally my chance came on Saturday|Finally, one Saturday I saw my opening.
My grandfather had gone into town to buy some Bengay.
I guess he was overworked by fixing the yard|I guess the yard work was starting to get to him.
It's beautiful|It's looking real good.Thanks
all to Chet|Thanks. Chet did most of it.
I'm sorry What I did|I'm sorry for what I did. I can't understand why you didn't tell me
Bryce
I don't know I'm stupid|I don't know. It was dumb.And
I shouldn't have said anything about your yard, either.It
wasn't right|It wasn' t right.
Not really|Maybe it's all for the best.
I learned so much from Chet, I learned so much from Chet, it's amazing.
You're lucky|You're lucky .my grandparents are gone |
I don't even have grandparents anymore.I feel so
sorry for him|I feel sorry for
him.He misses your grandma so much|He misses your grandma.
Do you believe it? He said I reminded him of your grandmother|Can you believe it? He says I remind him of her. What
? That meant he was talking about character | But he meant
it in a nice way. Something about her spirit . m sure it 'll come up great.Thanks acceptance of my apology was not all that i'd hoped for time in months I could truly enjoy Bonanza. Where are you going and why are you dressed like that?|Where you going and why you dressed like that? Skyler's|Skyler's.
Matt and Mark will bring recording equipment|Matt and Mark are bringing over recording stuff
to make a demo|and they're gonna make a demo.
How professional do you think you are|Demo? Like they know how to make a demo demo.
You don't know people at all|You don't even know them.
There's no need for this kind of person I know very well|I don't have to. I know the type.
You don't know anything don't talk to me like this |You don't know anything. Don't talk to me like that.
I'm going to be late and I have to be home by 11. I'm late
. was back to normal.
That
girl's name is Juli. And, no, she isn't working me too hard.
You are very kind to her, right?|You've developed quite a soft spot for her, huh?
Steven|Steven.
Patty, I just want to know if your father has excess energy|No, Patsy. Just wanna find out why your father has the energy
would rather go to a stranger|to befriend a complete stranger
would not play baseball with your grandson|when he won't throw a baseball around with his own grandson.
It's okay, Dad. No, it's not okay.
Juli reminds him of Grandma|Juli reminds him of Grandma.
You mean Renee?|Of Renee? Heh. That
's ridiculous|That's ridiculous.
Do you know why the Bakers haven't fixed their yard?|You know why the Bakers haven't fixed their yard?
paint-by-numbers kit.
What would you do if you had a brother with a severe handicap
?|What the hell does that have to do with anything?
Juli's uncle is congenitally retarded|Juli's father has a retarded brother.
So what? Didn't let him fix the yard | So what
? He's not
the gardener, is he? people have family troubles
but they can mow their own lawns and they manage to mow their own lawns.
They're still homeowners I don't know where their pride in ownership is.
They rent the house they don' to own that house.
The landlord's supposed to maintain it.
Mr. Baker put all his savings to take care of his brother|Mr. Baker puts every extra penny he has into caring for his brother.
The government is not Will there be relief?|Don't they have government facilities for that sort of thing?
They think his family can give him the best care|Maybe they thought that a private facility would be better for him.
Anyway, his family's genes have Question|Either way, it's not our fault
|that their family has some chromosomal abnormality.
It has nothing to do with chromosomes.
When Juli's uncle was born,
he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck.
If it wasn't for lack of oxygen |If he'd had enough oxygen,
he would grow up as healthy as your son|he would've been a perfect little baby, just like your son.
What the hell, Chet|Goddamn it, Chet.
Patipati Leave me alone for a while|Patsy? Patsy? Leave me alone!
Sorry|Sorry about that.Why
is Mom so upset?|Why is Mom so upset?
Because|Because
thanks to the grace of God|but for the grace of God
Your mother has to share the same illness as Mr. Baker|your mother could be standing in Mr. Baker's shoes.
Uncle's neck was wrapped around his neck too?|Did her brother have the cord wrapped around his neck too?
It's you|You did
. Your doctor who delivered you was experienced | Luckily, the doctor who delivered you was on the ball
Untangling the umbilical cord in time|and got it untangled
if you're a little careless it's doomed|but it easily could've gone the other way.
Go for a walk? What?|Wanna go for a walk? Huh
? Sober up|I find it helps clear the mind.
What would they do if misfortune happened to me?|What would they have done with me?
We can't predict what hasn't happened|You can't dwell on something that might've been, Bryce.
Look at my dad's posture|The way my dad was talking,
probably throw me in a mental hospital|sounds like he would've thrown me in a nuthouse.
Don't say that it's unfair to him|No, no. Now, that's not fair.
You can't put him on a trumped-up charge|You can't condemn him for something he hasn't done.
This is where that tree was, wasn't t it?
Yes|Yeah.
The view from above must be amazing|Must've been a spectacular view.
She's a good girl|She's quite a girl.
Some of us get dipped in flat
Some people will be successful|some in satin
and some will be outstanding|some in gloss.
But every once in a while you
find someone who's iridescent.
This moment|And when you do
understand the beauty in it|nothing will ever compare. The
mediocre is brilliant?|Flat, glossy, iridescent?
What the hell does that mean?|What the hell did that mean?
Julie Baker originally Inconspicuous in my mind|Juli Baker had always just seemed plain to me.
It didn't change until this moment|Until now.
When she talked about the wonderful feeling of being in the treetops|And the way she talked about what it felt like to be up in that tree
away from the ground and the breeze is blowing|to be held above the earth, brushed by the wind.
Which junior high school student would say such a thing?|Who in junior high talks like that
? This kind of feeling|This weird feeling started taking over in the pit of my stomach
I hated this feeling|and I didn't like it.
I couldn't be more wrong | I was slipping, man.
It was time to wake up in time | And it was time to get a grip.
I was never unhappy with what happened to my family | I'd never been embarrassed by where we lived before.
I also never really thought about money.
Although we weren't rich, we didn't feel poor. I knew we weren't rich, but I didn't feel like we were missing anything.
That is, until Bryce Loski called our home a complete mess.
* What's your name? * * What's your name? *|* What's your name? * * What's your name ? *
* Mary or Sue? *|* Is it Mary or Sue? *
* What's your name? *|* What's your name? *
* Can we be together? *|* Do I stand a chance with you? *
*I've never been this way*|* It's so hard to find a personality *
*fascinated by others*|* With charms like yours for me *
I had to do something I knew exactly what to do|I had to do something and I knew what it was.
*What's your name? *|* What's your name? *
You guys sing great|Oh, you're sounding really good. We
'll record it in Skyler 's
garage thinking it might be cool to fix up the yard. What? Grass seeds shouldn’t be expensive, right?|What? I mean, how much can grass seed cost? I could plant a lawn, maybe some flowers. I could even put up a fence. Honey, that's a major undertaking. I could pay for it with my egg money. No, that's your money|No. That's your money. The landlord should be the one taking care of all this.
But he doesn't act. It's us who live here|But he doesn't. And we live here. The yard
looks so bad. going on? Nothing, Dad. It's okay, sweetheart. You can tell us. The Loskis have been throwing away my eggs . Worry about salmonella|because they're afraid of salmonella. Because our yard is a mess|Because our yard is such a mess. Did Patsy say that?|Did Patsy say that? Not Bryce's| No. Bryce did. But it must have been a family discussion. A boy doesn't come up with that on his own . What's our business?|Who cares what they think? What's our business?|Yeah, who cares? But I care about Tina|I care. Trina.
Don't take
it
personally having to take temp jobs just to make ends meet. having to
put the chair on the washing machine | I'm tired of having to push a chair up against the washing machine to
find a way to close the door
I'm tired of having to borrow Mrs. Steuby's vacuum cleaner every time our vacuum cleaner
breaks down|every time ours breaks down.
You think that's what I want Life?|Do you think this is the life I pictured for us?
Sometimes we have to sacrifice to do the right thing|Sometimes you have to sacrifice to do the right thing.
We all think Devonhurst is the best fit Daniel's|We always end up agreeing that Devonhurst is the right thing for Daniel.
It's time for us to think about it for ourselves, too|Well, maybe we should start thinking about what's right for us.
We can't let our daughter suffer because we won't fix up our own yard.
It's not our yard.
How can you say such a thing Richard? Where is your conscience?|How can you say that, Richard? How?
We've lived here for 12 years
|And for 12 years we ' ve been saying it's temporary, but it's not.
This is our home Wrong?|To have enough to send your kids to college? It's time to consider choosing government relief|Maybe it's time we considered government care. We can't leave my brother alone|We are not moving my brother . Children are still important?|He's more important than your own children? Dad, tell me again!|Dad !
I'm sorry Julianna, it's not your fault|I'm sorry. Julianna, this is not your fault.
We'll find a solution I promise you|We'll work this out, I promise.
That's my first time |That was the first time
I saw my parents fighting each other|I ever heard my parents really yell at each other.
I'm sorry about tonight|I'm sorry about tonight.
They all came to my room one after another|That night they each came into my room.
My father talked about his brother and how much he loved him
and how he promised his parents he'd always take care of him.
My mother said she loved my father|My mother talked about how much she loved my father
|for his strength and kind heart.
She kissed me good night|When she kissed me good night
in I whispered that of all her many blessings, I was her best.
I felt sorry for my father.
I also feel sorry for my mother|I felt sorry for my mother.
But more importantly, I was lucky to be their daughter|But most of all, I felt lucky for me that they were mine.
I felt determined to clean up the yard|I wanted to think the reason I started working on my yard
has nothing to do with Bryce's words|had nothing to do with Bryce.
I just wanted to make this home a little warmer|It was about making our house better.
Since he could throw me away The eggs delivered|After what he did with the eggs,
why should I care what he thought?|Why should I care what he thought?
But I still care|But I did.
Are you trying to prune or cut wood?| Are you pruning that or trying to hack it to death?
Hi I'm Chet Duncan Bryce's grandfather|Hi. I'm Chet Duncan, Bryce's grandfather.
Sorry for taking so long to say hello|Sorry it's taken me so long to come over and introduce myself.
Nice to meet you|Nice to meet you.
Are you trying to trim them level?|So are you trimming all these to the same height?
Yeah that's what I thought but I don't know how to start|Well, yeah, that's what I was thinking, but I don't know.
Do you think it would look better to take it out?|Do you think it would look better to take them out?
It's the yew shrubs that will keep getting prettier|Oh, these are Hicksii shrubs. These will prune up nicely.
Listen to me Mr. Duncan|Listen, Mr. Duncan.
Just call me Chet|Call me Chet.
Chet | Chet.
If you're here because of what Bryce said | If you're here because of what Bryce said
| I don't need your help.
I'm in the paper See the report about you|Read about you in the paper.
If Renee is still there, she will sit with you in the treetops|Renee would've sat up in that tree with you.
She could sit on it all night|She would've sat up there all night.
Renee?|Renee?
My wife|My wife.You remind
me of her automatically|You remind me a lot of her.
the yard for weeks.
We chatted while we worked|And the whole time we worked, we talked.
Are you okay? Okay|Right there? Perfect, yeah.
He wanted to know more about the sycamore tree. He wanted to know more about the sycamore tree
. Very clear|He knew exactly what it meant the
whole being greater than the sum of its parts. About the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Not that great|but sometimes with people, the whole could be less. I thought it was interesting|I thought that was pretty interesting. I started looking at people I'd known since elementary school Wondering them|trying to figure out if they were more or less than the sum of their parts. Chet was right. Chet was right. A lot of them were less.
Of all my classmates, the one person I couldn't seem to place was Bryce.
If only I would have said it with absolute certainty|Until recently, I would've said with absolute certainty
that he was greater, far greater, than the sum of his parts.
But now I wasn't so sure. What
a beautiful yard Julie Well done|It's looking good, Juli. Nice job.Thanks
all to Chet|Thanks. Chet did most of it.I'm sorry for what I did.I'm
sorry for what I did.
Don't understand Bryce|I just don't get it, Bryce.
Why didn't you just tell me?|Why didn't you just tell me? Was
he really sorry?|Was he really sorry?
To make myself feel better?|Or was he just saying these things to make himself feel better?
So I was thinking maybe he's good|Then I thought maybe I just wanted him
|to be more than the sum of his parts.
But as I looked into his eyes|But as I looked into his eyes
those dazzling eyes|those dazzling eyes
|for the first time
I was pretty sure Bryce Roski wasn't that good|I was pretty sure that Bryce Loski was less.
We're going to invite the Bakers over for dinner|We're going to invite the Bakers over for dinner.
What? I don't know Mom|What? I don't know, Mom.
Good idea| I think that's a marvelous idea. Patty
for what reason? | Patsy, what purpose does this serve
?
Matt and Mark are really cool. I hate cool. It's
long overdue to invite them over|Something we should've done years ago.
Yeah, but I haven't asked and now I can't invite them|Yeah, but we didn't. And now we can't.
The statute of limitations has run out.
We're having the Bakers over for dinner.
If it's because I said something wrong last night, I'm sorry, okay?
But, you know, having them over for dinner is not gonna fix his brother.
It's going to be a sit-down dinner.
And I expect everyone to dress accordingly.
?|Oh, God. Can't we just have a barbecue?
It's a dinner party|It's going to be a sit-down dinner.
Kill me|Just shoot me now.
Careful dreams come true|Careful what you wish for
. So that was it.
A dress-up, sit-down dinner with Juli Baker was in my immediate future. Even
more so when I saw her at school I was at ease|And that made seeing Juli at school more uncomfortable.
I found myself staring at her in class. I found myself staring at her in class.
And the way her hair fell back over her shoulders
she looked just like the picture in the newspaper.
Dana Chesler caught me looking She|Dana Tressler caught me watching.
If I didn't do something fast, this could spread like wildfire.
There was a bee in her hair
.See, there it goes.There 's
no bee.It
flew out the
window.I convinced myself I'd dodged a bullet .I
had to put Juli out of my mind.
Keep the focus on the important stuff like schoolwork.
But I was too timid . weakness was unnerving.
I need your sharpener|I need your sharpener.
Haven't you learned to knock?|You ever heard of knocking?
What are you looking at! Dad's Playboy?|Hey, what you got there? Dad's Playboy?
None of your business.Give
my best to Miss October. Get out.
Or say hello to you? Are you disgusting | Or should I say your best? Ha, ha. You're
disgusting
. life had become a minefield.
Hey man hey|Hey, man. Hey.
What's this|What's this?
It's not what you think
. is what you think, but I can explain.
Okay, I can't explain. Can we just talk about it later?
Whatever you say.
I have to find someone Let's talk | I had to talk to someone.
Why not Garrett maybe he could wake me up | Why not Garrett? Maybe he could help me get back on track.
Garrett was surprisingly sensitive in matters of the heart.
Are you crazy? Juli Baker. Are you freaking mental? Juli Baker. You hate her.
That's why I don't think I hate her|That's what's weird. I don't think I do.
I'm always thinking about her|I can't stop thinking about her.
You screwed up what should I do ?|You got it bad, man. Well, what do I do?
You gotta nip this in the bud. These aren't real emotions
. Fake?|They're not?
You feel guilty because of the egg thing. You feel guilty because of the egg thing.
Yeah, and I insulted her yard.
Yeah, of course .
It's not her fault. Her dad's got a
retarded brother He healed|and all their money goes to helping him.
Mental retard? Fuck you should see something|A retard? Well, shoot, that ought to tell you something.
What? Juli's|About what? About Juli.
What are you saying?
Tree How far can a falling apple fall? The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
I don't believe it. I want to curse him. I couldn't believe it
. Get to know
Juli
| Tell him that he didn't know Juli like I did
.
Okay I'll go to you later|Right. Um, I'll talk to you later.
I was supposed to go to Garrett's after school|I was supposed to go to Garrett's after school
but I didn't want to be with him| but I couldn't be around him.
He'd crossed the line. He'd crossed the line.
And with him was my father. And standing right next to him across that line was my father.
I don't care what they think | I didn't care what they thought.
I liked Juli Baker | I liked Juli Baker.
Sunday mornings are peaceful in our house.
Dad sleeps Wake up
naturally
_
to where they are | you won't even know they're around till noon. But this Sunday, I
woke up feeling weird
Confused|I had to do something to shake off the confused feelings about Bryce
|that were starting to creep back in.
You did a great job|You really did it, didn't you? Heh
.Proud of you. Thanks, Dad .
Where are you going? To see Daniel today is his birthday|Where you going? To see Daniel. It's his birthday.
I want to go too|I wanna come with you.Baby
enjoy this morning stay with mom|Oh, honey, just enjoy the morning, stay with your mom. No dad I
wanna go|No, Dad. I wanna come.
Baby listen|Sweetheart, listen
.
Come Dad|I'm coming, Dad.
Okay|Okay.
We'd better leave a note for your mother.
I've never visited Uncle Daniel in all the years , I'd never visited my Uncle Daniel.
I don't understand why dad always goes alone I don't know why. It was always something my dad did alone.
We didn't talk much on the way to Devonhurst |We didn't say much to each other on the drive to Devonhurst,
but I didn't mind|but I didn't care.
I just liked being with my dad|I just liked being with my dad.
Sometimes silence was for us|Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way |that words never could.Let the sick man tend the lawn is one
of the treatments|The residents tend to the grounds as part of their therapy.Someone
It takes some getting used to but they're good people|It takes some getting used to. They're good people, though.
Daniel?|Daniel?
Daniel|
Daniel.Richard! Here you are|Richard! You're here !
Richard is here for my birthday|Richard for my birthday.
Who is she? Richard who is she|Who? Richard, who? Who? Who
is she Richard who is she|Who? Who? Richard , who? Who?
Daniel Daniel She is Julianna my daughter|Daniel, Daniel, it's Julianna. It's my daughter.
Is your niece|Your niece.Juliana
|Juliana. Julianna
Happy Birthday Uncle Daniel|Ha, Julianna. Happy birthday, Uncle Daniel.
Ha-ha-ha. Richard. It's my birthday.
I have your pictures Juliana I have your pictures, Julianna. I have your pictures.
We have a present for you. We have a present for you. A
puzzle? A puzzle Richard De|A puzzle? A puzzle, Richard?
Not just a puzzle|Not just a puzzle.There
are puzzles and...|A puzzle and a
pinwheel|pinwheel.
Pinwheel! Thank you Richard|A pinwheel! Thank you, Richard. That's
great|Yes. Orange. Go outside? Let's go
outside Richard|Orange. Outside? Outside, Richard? , we'll go to, uh ,
McEIliot's.
We'll walk out there for an ice cream. Ice cream!
't.
Daniel doesn't like ice cream|Daniel doesn't like ice cream.
I like ice cream Daniel I'm just kidding|I do like ice cream, Richard. I'm only kidding.
I know you like ice cream!|I kn
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