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tomorrow, Josh?

No choice.

Cool, see you tomorrow.

Sh*t!

Joshua N. Harvest.

How's it going?

Alexander Weller,

you can call me Alex.

You can call me Al.

So, welcome to your

court-ordered counselling.

This should be fun.

All right, so let's see here.

You are... a DJ.

Like, electronica

and stuff like that?

That's cool.

I heard that DJs

are the new rock stars.

I read that somewhere.

I prefer Whitesnake myself.

New York!

I was born in New York.

Queens, to be exact.

We left when I was 5, so I don't

really remember much of it.

What would you like

to talk about?

Nothing.

You got me for an hour.

We got to talk about something.

You like soccer?

Football?

Do you like pizza?

He's going for it,

and he gets fouled!

No, no, that's a flop!

That's a flop!

That's not a foul, ref!

That's a flop!

That is a flop!

Sh*t, man, no, no, no.

You know what?

That's... that's time, anyway.

Hey, do you mind signing

that book before you go?

Same time tomorrow, or...?

Uh, yeah, sorry, kid.

Court order, otherwise I'd just

tell you to stay home.

Personally, I don't think

there's anything wrong with you,

but hey, there's another game

tomorrow.

So, works out pretty well

for both of us, I think.

- Hi, you've reached Kerry.

- Leave a message.

Or, you know, send me a text

like a normal person.

Bye!

Hey, buddy.

Come on in, have a seat.

Pizza?

You hungry?

This game is gonna suck.

Messi's out.

Hamstring.

Is this all we're gonna do?

Watch games?

Yeah.

I'm not gonna get in trouble

or anything?

Get it back to him!

Ahhh!

No!

No, he wasn't outside!

Oh!

All right, maybe he was.

Why do you like soccer

so much?

You're not even, like,

Latin or anything.

Why do you gotta be Latin

to watch soccer?

It's the most popular game

in the world,

biggest in Europe

of all places.

And I am half-Latin,

actually.

American father,

Argentinean mother.

How'd you end up at

this dead-end place, then?

Commit a crime and this

is your punishment?

Yeah.

Yeah, something like that.

You gonna let me watch the game?

Dinner's ready,

you want some?

I'm all right.

Some kid from school

dropped this off for you.

Want me to give you a ride?

Hey, Josh!

What are you wearing?

A tuxedo.

You gonna dance?

I don't dance.

But you like music!

Doesn't mean I dance.

My sister's over there.

They're about to do a dance.

They always do a dance for

the whole school to see.

They're not very good, though.

Yeah, you said that.

You want to meet her?

I think you'll like her.

No, I'm good, thanks.

Is this for real?

Buddy, you mind if I step in

real quick?

Uh, yeah, go for it.

Hey!

That music I've been listening

to, it's you, isn't it?

Hey, man, great music

Friday night.

Josh, right?

Hey, so my friends and I

are wondering

where we can get

some of your music?

It was pretty tight!

Nice stunt you pulled

Friday night.

I'm only going to say this once,

leave the dance team alone.

You hear me?

Oh, you mean Mary.

Yo, teacher coming!

I swear, I dropped it

around here somewhere.

You got to help me

find it, Josh!

It's my lucky coin!

Please!

Thanks.

I got your back.

- We did not fight the enemy;

- we fought ourselves.

The war is over for me now,

but it will always be there

for the rest of my days.

Joshy boy!

Yo, what's going on, man?

How's Kansas?

I'm not in Kansas, man.

What?

Never mind.

How you guys doing?

Good, buddy, you know!

Just at the club.

Yeah, sounds like it.

Hey, how's Kerry?

I haven't heard from her.

I've seen her around,

but we don't really talk much

since you left.

Look, I got to go, man.

I'll call you tomorrow,

all right?

Don't have too much fun

out there.

Good morning, everybody!

Please make your way

to your seats.

Give me your attention.

We want to hit the ground

running.

We've got a lot of ground

to cover today.

We're going to start

where we left off.

Excuse me, Mr. West?

Josh, principal's office.

Oh!

Quiet!

The rest of you, then,

your attention this way, please.

I'm going to ask you

a bunch of questions,

see who was paying attention

last time.

Have a seat, Josh.

Says here you wanted

to see me?

I did.

Give me a second.

Gulf War, the picture

you're looking at.

It was a pretty rough war.

Yeah, I can imagine.

No, you can't.

Okay, I'm all done here.

Josh, this school prides itself

on a couple things,

including a pretty solid

football team.

Been that way for years.

The one thing it doesn't pride

itself on is its dance team.

It places last nearly

every year.

It's come to my attention

they just had their first

victory in seven years.

They used a song you were kind

enough to mix for them.

Ah!

No, thanks.

You haven't heard my proposal

yet.

Look, I'm not interested,

and you can't make me, right?

So, can I go now?

You may.

Oh, come on!

Get it, get it to Nabor!

Come on, oh!

Goddamn it!

How come you like soccer

so much?

I don't know.

I just do.

It was all I knew growing up.

That, and war.

What do you mean "war"?

My dad, he was in the army.

Is that why you joined?

Yeah.

Military father, huh?

What was that like?

Your dad, he...

He a good guy?

He was a... disciplined guy.

What about you?

Was your dad around?

Did you read my file?

Yeah, kind of.

So, you're living with him

now, right?

Yeah, and no.

No, he wasn't around.

He left before I was born.

Oh, that's gotta suck.

You gotta totally be loving

living with him then, huh?

Hey, you smoke, right?

What do you mean,

like, cigarettes?

No, no, like...

Yeah, I do.

Why, you want some?

No, no, I'm uh...

I am done with that.

I used to smoke a lot

when I was in Iraq.

I used to smoke just to calm

my nerves down, you know?

You see a lot of crazy sh*t

over there.

Sleepless nights,

nightmares, stuff like that.

They call it post-traumatic

stress disorder in my field.

So, what's that got to do

with me smoking?

Just wondered what it is

you're trying to pacify,

you know, inside, that's all.

You don't have to live the war

to live at war,

you know what I mean?

Uh, just a second!

What's up?

You don't have to stop smoking

on my behalf.

Just don't burn the house down,

okay?

Some friends of yours are here.

No, thanks.

No, please, just hear us out!

You heard we won

last week?

First time in, like,

seven years.

Yeah, and Josh, we know it's

'cause of that song you mixed.

Honestly, we were just...

Like, transformed!

I can't.

Come on, just mix some songs

for us!

We'll keep you out of

the spotlight

if that's what you're afraid of.

I'm not afraid of anything.

Then, come on! It'll just be,

like, one night a week.

That's all, till we find the

right moves to the right beat.

Yeah.

Okay.

Great!

Um, can you see if you can do

something with this?

Hey, can you put Mama's pills

by the sofa, please?

I already did.

Okay, can you please

take the trash out?

But it's your week.

I know, but can you just

please help me out today?

Fine, whatever.

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