A Walk in My Shoes Page #6

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- Go, go, go!

...68 to 66.

- I got it!

- Hey, you know what?

- What?

I love basketball. Go! Go! Go!

Come on, now! I got help! I got help!

- We're number one!

- We're number one!

I got help! I got help!

Nice pass to Martinez.

Puts it up...

Oregon City back up by two.

What a ball game here tonight!

Trevor passes inside to Mclntyre,

rejected by Oregon...

I got that!

Steal by Jones!

- Set it up!

Justin! Justin!

- Justin!

- Shoot that, Justin!

He's trying to

go ror a full three at the buzzer.

He did it!

Adams wins the district championship.

We did it! That's what I'm talking about!

Yes, Justin! Yes! That's State! That's State!

Trish, you get an A.

Believe me,

not everyone learns their lesson.

I'm so proud of you.

Everyone is so proud of you.

Who? Who's proud of me?

Who are you?

No.

Oh, great, the icing on the cake of my day.

Mrs. Fahey? It's Cindy.

- I'm Justin Kremer's mom.

- Yes, your appointment was at 4:00.

- You're going to need to reschedule.

- I know.

- I'm sorry we just got busy at the diner.

- I've got a class.

I apologize. I couldn't get out here. Please.

Yes, well, you're the one who called

for the meeting.

I'm begging you, please.

If Justin doesn't pass this class,

he doesn't get to play basketball.

- Look, I have 181 students...

- If he doesn't play basketball...

...178 of them turned in their papers.

Justin was warned.

Not once did he come to me...

He's got homework. His job, basketball.

Basketball.

- Basketball...

- It means everything to him.

Please, just give him one more chance.

Don't you get it?

Be in charge. Be the mother.

Be the mother.

Mrs. Kremer!

Wait.

Yeah?

I shouldn't have treated you the way I did.

- Look, we're tired, we're all beat up.

- No, no, no.

No, wait, wait, it was wrong of me,

and I am truly sorry.

Yeah, well, I've got a little kid at home alone,

so I'm gonna need to reschedule, all right?

Why don't you let me drive you home?

Please? It's no trouble and we can talk...

Come on.

- I don't mind, truly.

- All right.

- Great.

- You know, Justin's a good boy

and he's smart.

He's got this great heart

and he's just really, really having

a really hard time since his dad died.

Believe me, I understand not having

enough time for your family.

Especially you, all by yourself. It's a lot.

Oh! It's right there.

You just passed it.

Oh.

- Huh! Cute house.

Yeah.

I'm not sure how much longer we'll have it.

What's going on here?

It looks like they sold the house.

New neighbor?

- I guess.

Listen, Cindy...

I know Justin has a lot to deal with.

And I have been really tough on him,

but I want to keep pushing him

because I know he can do the work.

Yeah. I know and I really appreciate it.

I really do.

'Cause I haven't been pushing him.

And I wanna help Justin.

Like that paper,

I can totally help him on the paper.

- Good. Great.

- I can.

So thank you for listening.

I haven't been listening.

I mean, really listening,

really hearing people's feelings,

especially my own family.

I think I've been pretty selfish.

Hmm.

Mom, come on.

We don't still need to meet, do we?

No, I don't know, do we?

- I don't think so.

- No.

Thank you, thank you. I'll see you again.

Bye. See you soon. Bye.

- Hi, honey.

- Bye.

Come on, Mom, hurry up.

Awesome wheels.

It would be great for off-roading.

Imagine the engine on this thing.

Hey.

- Hi.

- You like trucks?

I love trucks. My dad really liked them, too.

Hmm. No.

- Hi.

- Hi, Cindy, I'm Jake.

- Nice to meet you. Yeah.

- Nice to meet you.

Are you moving in next door?

- Hey, Mom.

- Hi, honey.

Don't worry, I'm studying.

Dana?

Mom, please, I'm trying my best.

What do you think about

dropping calculus?

- Seriously?

- Seriously.

Why not do something you enjoy?

Something that's fun, like...

Like dancing? Really?

Oh, thank you, Mom.

Hi, honey. What are you doing up?

I am waiting for you.

You know the money we've been saving up

to go to Italy?

Well, I met a woman today.

Actually, her son is in my class.

Let me get that.

And they're good people.

They're really, really good people.

And I don't know, but I just feel like

maybe... Maybe I know them

or maybe I've been where they've been.

I don't know what I'm talking about.

- What?

- Nothing. Go ahead.

I just feel like I want to do something.

Really help.

Help them, at least.

What do you think?

Whatever you want to do, it's okay with me.

I love you.

So, do you want to tell me about your day?

- You want to hear about my day?

- I do. Everything.

Everything? Okay, you got time for that?

For you, all the time in the world.

- I almost forgot.

- What's that?

Delivery guy brought this. I signed for it.

What is it?

- I don't believe this.

What is it, Mom?

What?

It's a year lease. For this house.

Someone donated a year's rent for us.

- Who?

- I don't know.

It's an anonymous donor. I mean, this is...

Three days ago we were evicted,

and then Jake took us in,

and Justin finished his paper,

scored that winning shot for Dad.

It's a miracle.

Really.

I got to go.

- Jake, thank you so much. Thank you.

- Thank you.

Come here.

Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Bye.

- Bye.

- You take care of yourself.

- You, too.

- Bye, Jake.

- Bye.

Hey, Justin.

- What's up?

Semper Fi.

Always faithful.

- Bye!

- Bye.

Okay, all right. Everybody get in the house.

Come on, let's go.

I call the big room.

No way.

No, first we need

to rearrange the furniture.

How come, Mom?

Jake's cute, but he's no designer.

You know it's not safe for a girl

to hitchhike these days.

You're worried about me. I like that.

I have a feeling

you're not surprised to see me.

You got that right. Anonymous donor?

I had nothing to do with that.

That was somebody else.

You had no hand in that?

You know what I've never had?

Soft ice cream.

- You're joking, right?

- No, I'm not.

I knowjust the place.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

You like?

Very much.

Mmm.

Mind if I share a small observation?

Go ahead.

So, my truck breaks down

and you have the fuse,

you offer me a job,

but then you do all the work.

And I save a family?

Come on,

we both know it was you the whole time.

Some kind of a plan, right?

It was you, too, Jake.

Justin needed a soldier,

he needed someone who had been there,

- someone who understood.

- But no coincidence, right?

Good! Yeah.

You know, maybe, sometimes

things just happen for a reason.

Life isn't so much a puzzle as it is a plan.

So, tell me the truth.

You first.

About Rachel, your girlfriend.

You told Cindy that she was the one

driving the night that she died.

But it was you, wasn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, I lived, she died. That's...

And you've been

driving around this country

trying to run away from it,

and that really hasn't worked

out for you, has it?

Not until you got out of your own head

and you helped someone else.

It's funny how that works out, isn't it?

How, when you help someone else,

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