California Scheming Page #2

Had a lot of walkouts, so...

That's that.

-What now? You -- you

gonna shop somewhere else?

Nick, the...

The bank has given us a day

to move out of this house.

-So I'll have to go

to another school.

What about my friends?

Really, really sorry

about this mess, Nick.

I just don't know

what else to do.

-Yeah, it's okay.

-What do you think you're doing?

It's a bird, not a kite.

Stop it.

You're hurting it.

-Get the f*** out of here,

Mary poppins!

Who do you think you are,

telling me what to do?

-You can't just take a bird

and treat it like it's a toy.

Leave him alone.

-Get...

If I were you,

I'd get the f*** out of here,

or you might end up

on this leash.

-Whoa, whoa.

What's going on here?

-Mary poppins over here

is trying to tell me

what's right and wrong.

-I'm always interested to know

what's right and what's wrong.

-No. I'm not claiming to be

an expert on morality.

But I do know that nobody has

the right to torture an animal.

-I'm not torturing him.

I'm teaching him how to fly.

-Why is he on a leash?

-We found him a couple days ago,

injured.

We didn't want him to get away,

so we put him on a leash

till he stopped trying to fly.

-You do realize that doesn't

make much sense, right?

Watch.

-Hey.

Now that you've helped him

learned to fly again...

You're gonna set him free,

right?

-Not yet.

I still have big plans for him.

-Where exactly

is your house on birdview?

-Oh, it's not my house.

I-I mean, I live there,

but with my aunt and Uncle.

My mom just died, and it's been

pretty overwhelming for my dad,

so my aunt suggested I come stay

out here with them for a bit,

get away.

So here I am.

Wow, I'm sorry!

I don't know

why I just told you all of that.

-I'm sorry about your mom.

- Oh.

-So, where are you

originally from?

-Uh, Boston.

I haven't met

too many people yet.

I basically spend my days with

my 9- and 11-year-old cousins

or on Facebook

with people back home.

This is me.

-Find me on Facebook.

I'm Nick behrle.

It's b-e-h-r-l-e.

- Okay. Cool.

Uh...Thanks.

-Yeah.

-Hey, guys.

What's happening?

-What's up?

-Nothing.

Uh, Nick just told me

he brought home Mary poppins

this afternoon.

-Name is Hillary,

and she seems okay.

Yeah. She told she's just

out here for a couple months.

Actually, her mom just died, so

she's trying to cope with that.

-Well, maybe Hillary

should be a little more cautious

when it comes

to other people's business.

-Yeah, and it'd also help

if she didn't dress

like she was amish.

-Don't be a dick, bro.

-What did you do

while you drove her home --

like a little amish handy?

- Yeah.

Totally.

-Can we talk

about something else?

-Yeah.

We were wondering

if you want to go to a concert.

There's this new club

down in venice.

You want to go?

-Why not?

Sounds fun.

-Great.

So, uh...

How's our bird doing?

-Yeah. I just put him

on the balcony for the night.

Somehow I thought

it'd be way more exciting

to have a sea gull on a leash.

-Yeah, I hear you.

So, when are you gonna,

like, let him fly away?

-Nick, why don't you ask

your little amish princess

if she wants to come with us

tomorrow?

-You serious?

-She can't be that bad.

She, uh, deserves

a second chance.

Besides,

poor thing lost her mother.

She must be so vulnerable and...

Alone.

-Just make sure

she wears something different.

-I can ask.

-I got to go.

I'll see you tomorrow.

-Okay.

-Well, well, well.

What a surprise.

Haven't seen you in a while.

Listen, before I forget,

I spoke to your father today,

and he wanted me to tell you

that you are no longer invited

to his wedding.

-What?!

What are you talking about?!

I-I just got the invitation.

I was looking forward to going

to New York for a couple days,

hang out with my friends.

-Well, I don't know

exactly what happened,

but, as you know, your

soon-to-be-stepsister, Danielle,

goes to the same school

as your friend lily.

Apparently, lily

did such a marvelous job

of bullying Danielle that

she had a nervous breakdown,

and she refused

to go back to that school.

Obviously,

the $100,000 in tuition

for the rest of the school year

that your father paid

is not going to be reimbursed.

Make matters worse, your father

has to shell out an additional

$100,000 for the new school.

It didn't take a genius

to figure out

that you were behind all this.

So, your father's pretty upset.

He decided to keep Danielle

close and not you.

If you think about it,

it kind of makes sense.

I mean, why should

he just have a new wife

when he can replace his

screwed-up daughter with an...

Innocent, preppy,

straight-a student?

It's a clean cut!

Get used to it, Chloe.

Listen, I'm gonna go to Hawaii

tomorrow for a couple of days.

If anything comes up,

you can just pay people

with the checks

in the magic box, okay?

Look.

Take one of these.

It'll keep you

from getting upset.

Come here.

Come on.

-How long are we staying

this time?

- Hey.

-You should get us some drinks.

And you come with me.

-Where are you going?

- I can tell

by the size of your eyes

-So, what can I do for you guys?

-We were hoping

you could set us up for tonight.

-Ever read this book?

-Yes.

-How many are in your party?

-Uh, four.

-Check out chapter five.

-Give him it back.

- I can tell

by the size of your eyes

-Thanks again.

-Hey.

You owe me 50 bucks.

I guess you don't remember us

from last week.

I thought at least you'd

remember the lovely Hillary.

-I don't know

what you're talking about,

but you owe me 50 bucks.

-Hillary,

tell him how old you are.

-Um, 15.

-Well, that's good for you.

But I got 50 bucks coming to me.

-You probably thought she was 18

when you were making out

with her, huh?

Thanks, Dave.

You're always the sweetest.

-I didn't know you were friends

with those kids.

That girl was hotter than hell,

dude!

-Shut the f*** up, idiot.

- I try running away

I'm just not fast enough

-What was all that about?

-Well, thanks to Hillary,

we have a little present.

- My own friends

hate my guts

-Let's go.

- So what?

who gives a f***?

-I think I was just part

of a drug deal.

What is this?

-I think it's ecstasy.

-Wow.

I haven't done that before.

Have you?

-No.

But I like to smoke pot

from time to time.

And we did some pills

with Chloe.

-She's quite an influence

on you guys.

Pretty impressive.

Do you go to the same school?

-No. We just started hanging out

with her last week.

-Really?

I would have guessed you'd known

each other for years.

You guys seem so tight.

- My

my own friends

-So, what are we gonna do

with these?

- I really don't know.

- ...don't give a sh*t

-You want to split one?

- Will I fly high?

-Promise me you won't leave me

alone the rest of the night?

-I promise.

-And one more thing --

I really want you

to teach me how to surf.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Done.

-Yeah?

-Yeah. Absolutely.

-Okay.

-All right.

- 'Cause I'm a fool

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

- ...running away

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