Brink! Page #2

Peace out!

[kids shouting indistinctly]

-Hey, Pete, Jordy, what's up, guys?

-Hey, Brink.

Hey, you guys look bumming.

What's going on?

Nothing nine more months

of summer vacation couldn't fix.

Did you guys hear

what happened to Gabriella?

Is she okay?

Dude, what happened?

It's awful.

-What?

-She...

It's too bad. I can't say it.

No.

I'm seeing things, aren't I?

I didn't even know she owned one of those.

It's a dress, man.

[sighs] Anybody say anything

and I'll hand you a body part.

Hey, Gab, personally, I think it's phat.

Mad cool. Right, guys?

-Absolutely. Beautiful.

-Totally.

Yeah. Okay.

Look. My mom made me wear this dress.

"Back in Peru, all the girls wear dresses

on the first day of school."

I was like, "Ma, this isn't Peru."

She says, "It is if I say it is."

[Val] Heads up!

Hey! Give me those.

C'mon, man. Give 'em back.

Why don't you get

your skateboarder friends to make me?

That was pretty dope, huh?

Oh, yeah. I'm still laughing about it.

Oh, now, that's dope.

-Val, what is your problem?

-Hey, man.

-I thought we were just messing with 'em.

-That's what we're doing.

You narc on me,

I'll know you're a bunch of wusses.

[sighs]

This is just great!

[school bell rings]

Here you go, man.

If you don't lace 'em up,

they'll probably fit you.

See, I was planning on changing

into some real clothes when I got here.

You mean you're gonna go

through an entire first day of school

wearing those for me?

Just take 'em before I change my mind,

okay?

Oh, man, did you guys see that?

Soul Skaters.

Together, there's nothing we can't do.

That's right, guys. Soul Skaters.

-Yes!

-Right!

[school bell rings]

[male teacher]

"Earthworm" is the common name

that is given

to over 1,000 different species of worms

in a class of the annelid phylum.

Earthworms are cylindrical in shape.

[Peter] Yo, man. Are we gonna

have Val on our cases all year?

I got a plan.

Brink, my man, Val's not exactly playing

with the full deck.

Let's not do anything we're gonna regret.

[shushes] Hey.

What's the plan?

[teacher] ...grow as large as 11 feet.

Imagine that.

Oh, man!

Oh, wow, I'm so sorry.

[groans]

-See ya, buddy.

-Hey, you're not finished, man.

What's his problem?

He's a Soul Skater.

That's his problem, dude.

[squishing]

Ugh!

Worms!

Is there a problem, Val?

No. I thought I saw a bug or something.

Well, get over it.

[Brink] Hey.

You know, in some countries,

worms are considered a delicacy.

-Go figure.

-[laughs]

You,

us,

right now, out back.

Fight, fight! Hey, guys, check it out!

Say, it's very nice, Val.

Have you ever thought about working

with garbage cans for a living?

Do you ever give

that mouth of yours a rest?

I don't know.

Do I?

Personally,

I just want to pound the snot outta ya.

Boomer suggested a race instead.

We race.

You win,

we stop giving you beef.

You lose...

and, man, it's like open season

on your butts.

-Deal?

-Come on.

You know there's no skating

allowed at school.

Yeah. I knew you couldn't step up.

What did I tell ya?

No heart.

[boy] Oh, burn!

Let's do it.

Brink, you'll get in trouble, man.

Dude, we're gonna have to skate

against these guys sooner or later.

Why not sooner?

Yeah. Why not?

All right, we go side by side.

When you get to the relay point,

you've got to slap the next guy's hand.

Or girl's hand.

Thank you.

Whatever. Before he can go.

Or "she" can go.

-Thank you.

-[Val] Chrissy, call the start.

Let's go.

All right, on your marks...

You don't talk much.

Get set...

I like that in a man.

Go!

Come on, Gabriella, let's go.

-Go, buddy!

-Get ready to lose the race.

Let's go!

C'mon, Boomer, you wuss!

Brink! What are you doing?

Boomer, just lay still, man.

This happened to me last summer.

You just gotta lay still and lie down.

Just don't get up.

Kimball, go get the nurse.

Tell her to bring some ice.

-Go!

-What are you doing?

Dude, I'm gonna have the nurse

take a look at it.

Brink, man! The race!

-Relax. Just relax.

-You lost the race to help me?

Brink, man, I don't get you.

Take a number.

What's going on?

Teachers! Teachers!

Nice.

[Boomer groans]

I think it's a record.

I'm pretty sure it is.

-Yo, Dad. Please.

-What was it?

Four and a half hours into the school year

before being suspended?

It's only for today.

Besides, I can explain--

Don't, wait.

I'll just read about it in the papers.

A record like this has got

to attract media attention.

Dad, Val and his crew were dissing us,

so we started giving 'em beef right back,

and then they wanted to hit it

right there.

And, clearly, we couldn't step off,

so we had to battle.

Who are you?

What have you done with my son?

God, Dad...

Don't they teach English at your school?

Wait a minute. What am I asking you for?

You haven't been there long enough

to find out.

Dad, you're not listening to me.

Sure I am.

You got dissed. You ate "beef."

Did I miss anything?

[car engine sputters]

Great!

Lovely. Just lovely.

Well, let's recap, shall we?

The car's gonna cost us $900.

The dentist called to say that if we don't

spend 300 bucks on Katie's night brace,

she's gonna have a smile

like a Picasso painting.

I called Beckman today to see

if there would be a job waiting for me

when my disability was over,

and he said

that he couldn't promise anything,

and your son was suspended from school

on his first day.

So, how was your day?

It was fine.

Sell any houses?

Uh, no.

Show any houses?

No.

Well, then, our troubles are over.

Oh, come on. Be nice.

Sorry.

It's gonna be okay.

Ralph, we have been through

much worse than this.

If you say so.

Ralph, do you remember

when you fell off that beam?

Honey, we didn't even know

if you were gonna walk again.

Yeah. I'd say that was worse.

And now look at you.

Strutting around.

You can't wait to get back to work.

All I need is my job back.

Don't worry about the money.

We're gonna be okay.

The mortgage isn't due

until the first of the month.

We'll figure it out. We always do.

Well, there was screaming

and then yelling,

and then there was crying and hugging.

It was all very Peruvian.

How did your fam deal with it, Jordy?

Well, there was sitting and staring...

and then afterwards,

there was some more sitting and staring.

I mean, for all I know, my parents

are still in the living room,

sitting and staring.

Yeah, well, Jerry handled it kinda the way

it was done at Gabriella's.

There was screaming, yelling,

crying, and hugging.

Only without the hugging.

My mother was conveniently hiding

in the next room.

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