Chalk It Up Page #8

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Computers, actually.

You hearing

will be this afternoon.

This afternoon?

"When nothing goes right...

Go left."

It's procedural.

- That signal the end?

- Mm-hmm.

Okay.

What do you want?

Cali.

Thank goodness.

Why is the office taped off?

I need to get

my sign in and log book

so that I can

prepare for my case.

Oh, what, you need my help?

Yeah, can you come unlock this?

Um, I'm sorry.

I can't.

Because I am stuck here

editing my personal statement

for my interview this afternoon.

Oh, my gosh.

I am so sorry, Cali.

Oh, I meant to do it,

I totally did.

I don't know what happened.

I do.

You forgot about everyone else

and did exactly

what was best for you.

Just like you did

with the gymnastics team.

How 'bout I come by and...

Cali?

Why does everyone hang up on me?

Ugh!

Look, this isn't about rugby

or the gymnastics team.

And I'm, I'm really

sorry about your team.

But I need a character witness.

I need someone

to tell them that I'm smart

and that I didn't have to cheat.

Right. Well, you'd think I

could help you with that,

but, see, the girl that

I know who is smart

stopped using her brain her

brain in class like a week ago.

Good luck with your case.

Cali, good luck

at your interview.

I forgot my lucky handcuffs.

Hug?

Inappropriately assisting

fellow students

with papers, lab reports,

and assignments,

and accepting unauthorized money

for her services.

Do you understand

the charges against you?

Yeah, I do. It was based on

their parents' gross income.

Not what you charged.

The charges against you.

Oh.

Yes, yes, I do.

- And how do you plead?

- Not guilty, your honor.

Oh.

Your majesty.

Your high...

I don't know.

Your Dean York.

Sorry for the rough

treatment, miss Lyons.

You understand.

It is my honor to be here.

I have been looking forward to

this day since I entered Greene.

Yes, it does seem

that you've been busy.

Practicing

your covert operations

as a gymnastics coach.

- How do you...

- We're the CIA.

I got a "c" on the paper,

and she charged me

30 extra dollars

just to rewrite

the introduction.

A "c"? I've never had

a student get a "c."

And she kicked me out

of the office.

Wait a minute.

I remember you.

I didn't even look

at your paper.

Okay. That's all for the witnesses.

That's all.

The defendant

will now take the floor.

The question is whether I

betrayed the academic code

at Greene university.

I will prove to you

that in no way

did I assist the students

in accessing data

they couldn't have found

on their own.

I had my own thing going on

and knew nothing

about gymnastics.

But, then I remembered

Brenda Thompson.

Agent 1954 to 1996.

Who knew nothing

about the Sinhalese people

before she was assigned

to go undercover

with her tribe in India.

And within two years,

she became their leader.

So, in essence,

all I did was lead the students

to the correct resources

for each assignment.

Resources that are

freely available.

Right under their

smart little noses.

Noses like Todd's.

And now she knows

that five minutes late

means 500 leg lifts.

I can't even go

into the gym anymore.

It's just...

It's just too many memories.

I'm sorry.

Could we get Janice in here?

Just like that, he left.

And I thought some

stupid boy at Greene

was gonna change my life.

And you know who did?

A team of gymnasts.

All the work and sweat and tears

we put into the classroom.

And the best education I

receive was at a little gym.

It's like your

creepy cat poster said.

"If we all work together,

we all win together."

The unsettling trip

down memory Lane aside

and your insult

of my cat poster,

notwithstanding,

as the undergraduate Dean

of Greene university,

I announce this case

dismissed.

- Okay?

- Okay.

You know,

our greatest glory is

not in never falling,

but in rising

every time we fall.

Cali, I was wrong.

College isn't about

meeting your husband.

It's about meeting

your best friends.

- Peace out.

- Later.

Whoa!

Hey.

I messed up.

I'm truly sorry about your team.

Right now I have to find Cali.

Cali?

Cali?

Found me.

Cali.

I'm sorry.

You've done everything

you could to help me,

and I didn't do the one thing

you asked me to.

I'm a terrible friend.

And a teammate.

Not as terrible as I am

at interviewing.

What happened?

What can I do?

How can I fix this?

They won't find

a better recruit.

No, apple.

You can't fix this.

But...

Ahem.

Cali Lyons.

Mm-hmm.

Of course.

Just tell me when.

They said that...

Crying showed an emotional

commitment to a team

that surpassed the personal

awareness of a recruit

with five times my experience.

They want me to start

training with the CIA.

- Because she's so cool.

- I know!

Ladies.

I know I don't deserve

a second chance.

I asked you to be great

and then I abandoned you.

But there is one more

competition.

And we're actually

supposed to host it

because

we're the newest members.

The Ivy league throwdown.

And I think

I know how to win it.

Why should

we do anything you say?

Yeah, I mean,

Cali is the only one

who ever really coached us.

And didn't dump us.

Yep, that's true.

You know...

I think apple

has learned some hard lessons.

Maybe we should give her

another chance.

And besides, I was just copying

other coaches.

I think apple

can actually get us

where we need to be.

So, what do you say, guys?

Let's do it.

And let's get out of the pit.

- Yes, please.

- Let's get out of, uh...

Out of here.

It's really hard.

nothin's gonna hold

me back

been waitin'

for a long time

one life to live,

and it's all mine

nothin's gonna stop me

nothin's gonna hold

me back

been waitin'

for a long time

one life to live,

and it's all mine

hard work pays off

see the fruit of my labor

when I make it to the top

hold me in the jaws

until my motivation's lost

'cause I'm never gonna,

never gonna stop

and they could bring

the roadblocks

but I'MMA beat 'em

and everyone

who said I couldn't do it

I don't need 'em

'cause it's my time,

I feel it in my soul

I got one life to live

and I'MMA reach my goals

it's grind time

nothin's gonna stop me

- Come on, Angelina! You can do it!

- Let's go. Come on.

You can do it!

Yeah, Courtney!

Mom? You'll never believe

what's happening.

You were able to get

the gymnastics team reinstated,

and now you're competing

at the Ivy league throwdown.

Which you actually

have a chance of winning.

- How did you know that?

- I came.

- You're here?

- I came.

I didn't say I'm still there.

You know

there's four whole events?

Yeah, I competed

when I was little, too.

It was the same thing.

Your team looks great, apple.

All right, apple, you're up.

I'm... proud of you.

Wow, mom.

You don't know what it means

to hear you say that.

But your hair looks terrible.

The front braid

was so last spring.

Okay...

- Come on.

- She said she's proud of me.

Attagirl.

there's a part of me

that wants to let go

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