A Wrinkle in Time Page #2

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you and your husband achieved

something truly extraordinary.

What are you

talking about?

Just that there really is

such a thing

as a tesseract.

What?

A tesseract?

That's what I said.

Tesseract.

MEG:
Is... Is this

some kind of joke?

Did Veronica

put you up to this?

(SIGHS) You really don't

trust easily, do you?

Hmm.

Charles Wallace,

I'm not sure about Meg.

Give her a chance.

Okay.

You're the boss.

I better run.

Ah! Wild nights are my glory.

MEG:
Never do that again.

Never let anyone in the house

without our permission.

And please stop talking

to strangers.

CHARLES WALLACE:
I don't

talk to them, they talk to me.

MEG:
Doesn't mean

you have to answer.

CHARLES WALLACE:
Now,

that's just bad manners, Meg.

MEG:
(SIGHS) Charles Wallace.

Hey, buddy!

How's it going?

MAN:
I'm cool.

Hello, princess.

CHARLES WALLACE:
See?

Told ya.

MEG:
(SIGHS)

Yeah, be yourself.

Don't be like me.

CALVIN:
What's wrong

with being like you?

You have a pretty good arm.

Veronica.

Direct hit.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Hi. I'm Charles Wallace,

Meg's brother.

- You're Calvin, aren't you?

- CALVIN:
That I am.

What are you doing here?

I don't know.

I was doing my homework...

and suddenly

I got this feeling

that I had to come here.

Like, right here.

Is that weird?

Maybe a little.

CHARLES WALLACE:
The truth is,

you were called here.

You're good at diplomacy.

What do we need diplomacy for,

Charles Wallace?

Well, the fact that you asked

is exactly why we need it.

So what do you say, Calvin,

you wanna come with us?

Sure.

Why not?

CHARLES WALLACE:
Great.

Let's go meet Mrs. Who.

MEG:
No! No, Charles Wallace!

Charles Wallace,

do not go in there.

That house is falling apart,

it's off-limits.

He's a fearless

little guy.

(SIGHS) Unfortunately.

I told you no.

We cannot go in there.

It's not safe.

It's practically

the safest place...

in the universe.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

CALVIN:
Look.

Mrs. Who, it's me,

Charles Wallace.

(LAUGHS) Oh.

MRS. WHO:

"Life without love...

"is like a tree

without blossoms or fruit."

Gibran, Lebanese.

Calvin. Uh, American.

CHARLES WALLACE:

Mrs. Who prefers

not to think for herself.

MEG:
That's just rude,

Charles Wallace.

No. She's just evolved

past language...

so when

she needs to think...

she cheats and uses

other people's words.

It's nice how

she gives them credit.

Mrs. Who, meet my Meg.

MEG:
Okay.

Okay.

"The wound is the place where

the light enters you."

Rumi, Persian.

CHARLES WALLACE:

(SIGHS) Poor Mrs. Who.

We tired her out.

CALVIN:
I guess she was

really tired. (CHUCKLES)

CHARLES WALLACE:

She's still adjusting.

MEG:
Adjusting to what?

CHARLES WALLACE:

Sorry, you're almost,

but not quite ready

to find out.

MEG:
Charles Wallace...

whatever she is, whatever that

is, whatever all this is...

I don't like it.

You'll manage.

Come on, time to go.

Let's let Mrs. Who rest.

We'll see her again

very soon.

MEG:
Charles Wallace,

can you, um,

pass me the pepper, please?

Thank you.

CHARLES WALLACE:

So, they met in college.

She was tutoring him.

It's a great story,

actually.

CALVIN:
Oh, really?

Is that his work?

CHARLES WALLACE:

Mommy's, too.

Cool.

What's it about?

Well...

I'm mostly interested

in the small...

atoms, particles...

the unseeable energies

that move through us all.

(SOFTLY) Go get 'em.

MRS. MURRY:
Their dad

is all about the big.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

MR. MURRY:
So, what if

we are here for a reason?

What if we are not just

in the universe...

but the universe

is within all of us?

Think about

quantum entanglement.

Two electrons

once bonded together,

in love, if you will...

suddenly separated

by a galaxy...

but somehow

still just as connected.

An unbroken union

despite being galaxies apart.

MR. MURRY:
And our most

recent calculations show us

that these fields

connect us...

to other dimensions.

Dimensions outside

of the limitations

of space and time.

Imagine that. Imagine...

rather than enduring

the oppressive rules

of time and space,

we could wrinkle it.

91 billion light-years

traveled, like that.

(AUDIENCE MURMURING)

MR. MURRY:

And we don't need rockets.

We don't need spaceships.

We don't need anything.

- (SCATTERED LAUGHTER)

- To utilize a tesseract...

all you need is to tap into

the right frequency.

You just need your mind.

(ALL EXCLAIM AND MURMUR)

(ALL LAUGHING)

He wanted

to touch the stars...

unlock the secrets

of the universe...

Find its origin and...

shake its hand.

You messed up.

You were impatient.

You couldn't follow the plan.

Couldn't you see it

in their eyes?

It was written

all over their faces.

They weren't ready.

They're not...

Kate, they're not ready,

so what are we supposed to do?

We're supposed to wait

until they catch up with us?

We are on the precipice

of something spectacular!

Listen, listen, listen.

Look. Hear me out.

So, in order to be great...

it isn't enough

just to be right.

You have to actually

be great.

And we are.

So, why can't we help

the others along?

(SIGHS)

MR. MURRY:
Yes.

Or we could just

beat them up.

- Let's beat them up.

- (CHUCKLES)

Honestly, it'd be

so much fun.

- Come here. Come here.

- (CHUCKLING)

Oh, God.

(SOFTLY) I almost lost you.

I got so scared.

You crazy,

brilliant scientist.

You know,

you have great hair.

What?

No, I don't.

Please don't say that.

Okay.

(SIGHS)

I had a great time.

Your mom is insanely nice.

Your house is warm.

It smells good.

And it's full of...

I don't know what.

But it's amazing.

It's far from amazing.

My mom's upstairs in her room

preparing for yet another...

parent-teacher conference

for her delinquent daughter.

(SIGHS)

Oh, no. Not now.

Come here.

(SCOFFING)

- Veronica's your neighbor?

- MEG:
Yes.

Come here, please.

So you're embarrassed

to be seen with me?

Yeah, right.

Other way around.

She's gonna tell everybody

that you were here with me.

And I'm just trying

to protect your reputation...

so can you come here?

CALVIN:
She already saw us,

besides...

there's nothing

to be embarrassed about.

You say that now...

but you don't know

what it's like

having every move

you make...

mocked and ridiculed.

You'd be surprised.

MEG:
Come on, Calvin.

Everybody likes you.

Even the teachers.

You do everything perfectly.

(SCOFFS) Tell that

to my dad.

At least

you have your dad.

Right.

Sorry, that...

You must

really miss him.

More than anything

in the universe.

Then how about

we go and find him?

I've never understood

the point of fences.

Wait. (STAMMERS)

What are you doing here?

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

This is it, kids!

This is it!

No! Hey, no! You're

supposed to be upstairs!

(GATE OPENS)

"You need to get up,

get out, and get something.

"How will you make it

if you never even try?"

CALVIN:
I know that one.

Outkast, American.

How's it going,

Mrs. Who?

I did it, Mrs. Who.

I got them ready.

WOMAN:
And not a moment

too soon, my little warrior.

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