California Scheming Page #3

I'm just not fast enough

I'm just not man enough

-Where the f*** is she?

Her phone's switched off.

-Dude, chill, man.

So is mine.

She's probably inside still,

or she couldn't find us,

and she took a cab home.

-Is your mouth feeling dry?

Let's go to a gas station

and get something to drink.

-I'm not leaving her.

She's probably looking

for us right now.

-I really need

something to drink.

Crap.

I'm out of cash.

You guys have any?

-Got like 2 bucks.

-A couple of quarters.

I gave Chloe

all my f***ing money.

F***.

-Do we have no money?

How the f***

are we gonna get back home?

-Wow.

That's so beautiful.

-It's Chloe.

Hello?

-Jason, where have you been?!

The bird is gone!

I can't find him anywhere!

-Ca-- calm down.

I can't understand

anything you're saying.

-The bird! The bird!

He's gone!

Somebody must have stolen him,

or it just escaped.

I don't know what to do.

We need to look for him

immediately.

He might still be around.

Where were you guys?

You all just disappeared on me.

-We were at the club.

Uh, we're at the lagoon now.

We looked for you all night.

You just disappeared.

-Come to my house

as fast as you can.

I need you guys

to help me find him.

-Uh, yeah. All right.

Yeah. We'll be there soon.

-How'd she get home?

- She probably took a cab.

-Right.

She got all the money.

-Guys, the bird's gone.

Look, we can be at her house in,

what, like 20 minutes, right?

Let's go.

We got to walk.

We got to speed up.

Come on.

- You can't be serious.

I'm so tired,

I don't know if I'll still

make it to my own house.

I definitely can't go looking

for an escaped bird.

By the way, is he in walking

or flying mode these days?

-It's cool, bro.

I'm just gonna walk

Hillary home,

and then I'll come meet you

at Chloe's.

- Why do you

have to walk her home?

She can walk

on her f***ing own, bro!

Chloe's mad enough about us

leaving her at the club!

We got to go!

Come on.

-Don't worry.

It's fine.

Just run.

-I'll text you later.

-He must have slipped

out of the harness.

-I don't think so.

That harness is really tight.

He probably needed help

to get out.

-Did you check with your mom?

Did -- did she see anything?

-She went to Hawaii

for a couple of days.

When I left the house

last night,

he was still sitting there.

-I mean, seriously,

why would anyone

sneak into your house

and steal the gull?

-I don't know,

and I-I don't really care.

Why is everyone

trying to get away from me?

First, you guys leave me

at that weird place last night,

and now the bird's gone.

You have to find him.

What are you waiting for?!

Leave!

- Misery

will you comfort me

in my time of need

to understand?

understand

what you understand

in my time of need

to understand

that I'm just having fun

that I'm just having fun

with you

with you

with you

- With you

-Hey, guys.

Grab a seat.

Have some breakfast.

Oh. I'm sorry.

That's so rude of me.

Uh, Nick, Jason, this is Nathan.

He drove me home last night

after you two

decided to abandon me.

-What's up, guys?

It's getting late.

I should

probably head back into town.

-Aw.

That's too bad.

I'll walk you out.

Who died?

-It's just that we don't really

get what's going on, Chloe.

We showed up this morning,

and you were a total mess

about the bird being gone,

so -- so we just spent hours

looking for the thing,

and we come back, and you're

this different, happy person

with this dude, and...

It's just f***ing weird.

-Is it f***ing weird?

Is it weird that I don't have

the right to have a good morning

'cause I'd asked some stranger

to drive me home last night?

Because you two left me alone.

-What about the guy?

Why didn't you just have him

help you find the bird?

I --

-why would I ask him?

You disappeared on me.

-Well, he got a nice reward for

bringing you home last night.

-So what?!

That's none

of your business anyway.

Just because I let someone

sleep at my house

doesn't give you two little

selfish pricks the right

to judge me.

Take it

you didn't find the bird.

Wait here.

-You all right, bro?

It's been a rough night...

Day.

We'll go home soon

and get some sleep.

My parents are

probably freaking out anyways.

-What now?

-Open it.

-Oh, my God!

-My God.

Chloe, who gave this to you?

-Nobody.

I put him in it myself.

It's Manolo blahnik.

I thought he deserved it.

-Well, where and when

did you find him?

What -- I mean, he looks like

he's been in there awhile.

-This Nathan guy

have anything to do with it?

We should kick his ass for this!

We should definitely kick

his ass for this!

-I don't think he had

anything to do with this.

You did this.

Right, Chloe?

Why?

What the hell?

-Oh, my God.

How'd that happen, Chloe?!

-My father did this to me.

He came to the house

and started a fight with my mom.

He was drunk

and threatened her with a knife,

and when I went to help,

things got out of control,

and he slipped.

-What happened?

Did you call the police?

-No.

No.

It would just make things worse.

He's getting married and doesn't

want us in his life anymore.

So we have to be very careful.

-But why the bird?

-'Cause he just stood there

staring at me,

not doing a thing.

Just...

Staring!

I hated him for that.

-Today I got a call

from Harvard-westlake.

They said you've been expelled.

They found out

you falsified report cards

to improve your grades.

For three generations,

this family

has received its education

at Harvard-westlake.

I'm not willing to put up with

your constant failures anymore.

What do you have to say

in your defense?

- I, um...

Uh, I'm really sorry.

I just...

I-I didn't want to,

but then I just...

I don't know. I...

It was like --

it was just real --

-stop talking like an idiot!

You never accomplished anything,

and you know it.

I have to go to Chicago

for some business.

In the meantime,

I'm warning you,

if anything else

happens while I'm gone,

it will make things much worse

than they already are.

-Yeah. Of course.

There won't be anything.

I promise.

-I've scheduled a meeting with

the principal when I get back.

You and I will go in there

and see

how we can solve this problem

without causing an uproar.

Get out of here.

Just do me one favor.

Don't run to your mother,

crying and complaining.

She won't be able

to help you this time.

You're so lucky

living here all your life.

How old were you

when you started surfing?

-First time I came out

was on my dad's board.

I was like 4 or 5.

And he just put me

in front of him on the board.

When he caught the wave,

we both stood up and rode it in.

A year later,

I got my own little board,

and I was in the ocean

every day.

That's when I met Jason,

and we became buddies.

-You guys seem really close...

Though, you strike me as having

very different personalities.

-What do you mean?

-I...

Just mean

that it seems like...

He needs you more

than the other way around.

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