A Walk in My Shoes Page #4

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Yeah, okay.

Hey, Cindy.

- Menu?

- Oh, no. Just the usual.

Flop two, over hard! Gorgeous Two!

I saw you last night.

You were outside that apartment building

holding that baby.

- You were there?

- No, I was just driving by.

Yeah. A lot of excitement, huh?

Must be hard doing what you do.

Well, you know,

you get these messed up parents

and the kids pay the price.

You know, they get shuffled from place

to place never knowing where they're going

or who to trust.

And you know, most of the time,

these messed up parents get the kids back,

and then it just starts all over again.

I mean, it just comes with the territory,

you know.

There's good parents out there, too,

but I just don't get called

when people are doing the right thing.

And, yeah, sometimes it bothers me.

Not all the time,

but now and then, you know.

You wouldn't be human

if it didn't get to you sometimes.

You got a point there.

Means you're a good man.

Fry two, let the sun shine!

Excuse me.

- Who am I tutoring today?

Dana Fahey. Calculus.

- Yo, Cameron.

- All right, I'm out of here. H-E-R-E, man.

- Hey.

- Hey, Justin.

Calculus, huh?

Yeah, I just don't get it.

I mean, I'm up, like, half the night

trying to figure it out, you know, but...

Don't sweat it.

It's one of the few things I'm good at.

I get so stressed out about school,

sometimes I can't even sleep, you know?

Yeah, you're not alone.

Turn that thing off! I can't think!

- No way! I'm at Level four.

- Mikey!

- Hey.

- Hey, Mom.

You got off work early.

Yeah, apparently, they didn't need me.

No work, no pay.

I'm sorry.

Well, guess what we're having for dinner?

Let me guess... I'm reaching here.

Scrambled eggs.

I bet it's not.

Tagliatelle alla Bolognese

with thyme and Grana cheese.

Told you she whacked her head.

It's a symbolic first course

of Italian cuisine,

characterized by egg tagliatelle

and a sauce popularly called

ragu alla Bolognese.

- Wow, Mom, you win the lottery?

- I wish.

No. A cop came in today.

He's nice, really nice.

He tipped me $20.

- Wow!

- And so, tonight, we are celebrating.

You know, you could have

paid the cable bill with that.

You don't need TV,

you need to write a paper.

And to do that, you need energy from food.

Energy, huh? That simple?

Justin, look,

if you need help with the paper,

just ask me, okay? Any time.

It's too personal.

Oh!

Hello.

Mrs. A.R. Kremer. I didn't...

Yeah. It's funny.

I didn't realize...

You see somebody every day

and you never really get to know them.

No, you don't.

So, how can I help you?

I'm so sorry, Cindy, but it's my job.

I have to deliver this.

You know, it's nothing personal.

Eviction notice?

You're giving me an eviction notice?

And according to the paperwork,

you've ignored three previous notices,

so it's a 24-hour-to-vacate notice.

- Now? We have to leave now?

- Twenty-four hours.

I wish there was something I could do.

Good night.

I really appreciate you taking us in like this.

You sure you don't mind

sleeping in the garage?

No. I prefer bare cement.

Makes me nostalgic

for the good old Shock and Awe days.

I doubt that.

- How long you been out of the military?

- About 15 months.

So you like doing this kind of work?

Mostly.

But I have no idea what I really want to do.

Girlfriend? It's the mother in me.

I just got back from Iraq

and Rachel, my girlfriend,

she decided to drive over

to my folks' house after work.

Guy ran a red light and hit her head on.

Wow!

I'm sorry.

I don't know.

If only I had borrowed my mom's car

and picked her up.

Got to go, Mom. Let's go.

Okay. Just get in the car. I'll be right there.

Well, thank you for taking us in.

- What's going to happen to us?

- I don't know.

Hey, you don't have to worry.

It's going to be okay. I have a feeling.

- Me, too.

- You do? What's your feeling?

It's our house.

What's going to happen to my friends?

I've lived here all my life.

I miss my dad.

Come here, Mikey.

It's hard. It's really hard.

You're a little slow.

Do you know how long it took Michelangelo

to do the Sistine Chapel?

As a matter of fact, I do.

Oh, the family next door,

they lost their house.

So I told them they could

stay here for a while. If that's okay.

Very okay.

Anyway, I was thinking

that maybe I can give you a hand.

What?

Do you want one of my old T-shirts

to cover your...

No, no, no. No worries.

But I like this.

Watch out Giovanni Hidalgo. Let's paint!

So, where are you from?

Here, there, everywhere.

- Brothers or sisters?

- Big family.

- Do you play basketball?

- No.

The first time I touched a basketball

was yesterday.

What about... What about boys?

- You must have tons of botfriends.

- Not really.

Really?

You must be doing something wrong.

- Is that so?

- Yeah.

Maybe you don't get the subtleties

of human relationships

or the nuance of male psychology.

Hey, well, maybe you can help me.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Romance 101.

If you want to get a guy,

you got to make him feel like a guy.

You don't shoot three-pointers,

you let the guy shoot three-pointers.

And even if you're smarter

or more talented than the guy,

you let the guy think that

he's smarter and more talented.

Wow, that's amazing.

I would have never figured that out.

- You're a pretty incredible guy.

- Well, I know a thing or two.

So where did you learn

all this delicate psychology stuff?

Marines?

You know

what my favorite time of the year is?

Christmas.

When my dad was alive,

we used to put lights all over our house.

- Me, too. We had about a million.

- We had two million.

My dad says Christmas

is all about miracles.

I don't believe in that stuff anymore.

That's so unfair!

You so caught me off guard.

Your garage is so cool. It's like a big store.

Should we use all colorful ones

orjust bright ones?

Let's use every single one.

- Every single one.

- Yeah.

You sure your mom won't mind

if I borrow these?

I'm not going to ask her.

That way I don't get in trouble.

They're not even plugged in.

Wow.

So, you have to find

the value of K, right?

Oh!

God.

I feel like such a loser

coming here every day.

Well, we don't have to come here

from now on.

- Seriously?

- Yeah. No, we can do it anywhere.

I get credit no matter what.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

What was that about?

- What was what?

- Cameron!

- Oh, nothing, nothing.

- Nothing!

- No, nothing. Just solve for X.

- Okay.

Okay, right back to the problem.

Come on. Come on.

All right! Coming through!

Hey, we're a team, remember?

We're your best friends.

We're your brothers.

I don't know what the big deal

about this paper is, but figure it out.

Dude, you have no idea.

Then don't come around here anymore.

Can't hit threes from the sideline.

It just ticks people off.

Whatever, man.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

It's about being a soldier.

I mean, what was it like in combat?

Please. I need to know.

Confusion, fear.

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