Change of Plans Page #5

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You, too. Hey, I checked out your music.

It's pretty cool.

I really like the acoustic stuff.

- Thanks.

- Keep up the good work.

- Yeah, you too.

- Bye.

- Can we just go?

- Okay.

He promised me he'd be here.

He never breaks a promise.

- I'm going to kill him.

- It's not good to kill.

- Thank you, Kaleb, I'll remember that.

- You'd better remember.

All right. Hey, guys.

Lighten up, take a breather.

Bet you can't do this.

Don't pretend like you're not impressed there.

Watch this.

Hello?

Okay, Javier.

All right, all right, just calm down.

What... The police?

Okay, tell them we're going to be

right there, okay? All right.

What's the situation?

Not good.

Jordan! Jordan! Jordan, wait.

He's my brother,

I should be the one that goes. Why you?

Because I need you to stay here

with Kaleb and Sung Lee.

He's my family, not yours.

Javier is our responsibility.

You think you know my brother

better than I do?

Jordan, I didn't say that.

What I am saying is that right now,

you're in charge of this house

and two young children.

I need you to do this for us, please.

We're going to get through this.

It'll all turn out, you'll see.

- Hold it. Hold it.

- We're responsible for Javier Solarte.

It's all right, he's free to go.

We just got to finish a little paperwork, okay?

Excuse me. Hey, I'm Christine.

I was with Javier.

All those guys say Javier started it,

but he didn't.

They teased him about playing football.

They're just jealous 'cause he has way more

talent than them, especially Danny.

- Who's Danny?

- Quarterback.

He's totally insecure because

the coach is so impressed with Javier.

What, the football coach?

Oh, yeah, he really wants Javier

to play on the team.

- I would never do that.

- Hey, never say never.

- Understand what I'm saying?

- Yes, sir.

I want you to get in the car.

Thanks.

What happened?

Everything is okay, it's nothing serious.

- Are you hurt?

- It's not mine.

Take it off. I'll wash it.

- Jordan, you don't have to...

- I want to! That okay with you?

Hey, hey, look at this.

Let me show you something.

Look. Jordan Solarte, date of birth.

Sixteen, sweet 16.

This is a huge deal.

I'm going to throw her a party

and you know what?

I'm going to win this girl's heart

if I have to jump out of her cake to do it.

So what I want to know is

are you going to be there for it

or are you going to be in the service again

flying jets?

Look, if I take this job,

I'm not gonna be traveling all the time,

and if I am, I'll be back on the weekends

to make up for it.

Weekends, nice.

So, I'll just put my life on hold.

Sal, it's going to work out.

Dorothy is going to find a family

for these kids

and we're gonna get

back on with our lives, okay?

Look, you know,

I don't know much about this parenting thing,

but I know these kids,

and kids need a male role model

or a father figure.

Especially those two boys, they...

They need to see how to be a man,

how to do man stuff.

Like, right now.

- Okay. Okay.

- Okay what?

Man stuff it is.

- Hey, Babba.

- Hey, city slicker.

Jeff. Guys, this is Jeff Burton.

- Here's some friends I want you to meet.

- Hi.

- How we doing?

- All right, and you?

- Good to see you.

- You must be Jason Danville.

- How are you?

- Nice meeting you.

Nice to meet you guys.

Hey, guys, this guy's the real deal.

He drives racecars.

I'm a dad, too, so I'm pretty happy about that.

He took first place 21 times.

Hey, man, you know, I've been lucky, all right.

- Thank you.

- Hey, junior.

Here are some hats.

Here you go, fellows,

hope you have a great time.

- Thank you.

- Nice meeting you.

Have a good time. I'll see you.

All right.

Hello, I'm looking for a cake.

Something like, you know,

kind of a big, big rectangle, this tall.

Something like that?

Cool. Thank you.

Attention shoppers,

the store will be closing shortly.

Please take your items to the cashier.

Get some streamers, maybe some balloons.

Hey, it's a zebra, huh?

Zebra, zebra, please get better.

Zebra, zebra, you're okay.

When I was a little girl,

I had to write a paper in school

about an imaginary character

named Roxy the Midnight Hairdresser.

And in your sleep, she comes to visit you,

and she lands on your head

and she does a little dance.

When you wake up,

you have a fancy little hairdo.

You like that? Okay, you ready to go to sleep?

Okay.

Zebra, too.

No!

Cheater.

You don't play as well as you think.

You're going to be sorry

you even thought that.

Offense, the essence of air power.

A stupid cow leads her calf near the road.

Peace through strength,

victory through devastation.

The frog never hops in daylight for nothing.

What does that mean?

No idea.

All right.

Okay, you maybe played once or twice.

Every night with my dad.

He was really good and way faster than me.

What else did you do with him?

You know, stuff.

What kind of stuff?

We used to hike a lot.

He'd show me different plants and...

He taught me about all kinds of things.

For example?

Like the right way

to eat seasonal grasshoppers

or how to ride a donkey backwards

by pricking its tail with a thorn.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Sounds like he was a wonderful man.

He must have been a great father, I'm sure.

He was.

Good night.

Good night, Jordan.

Hi, come on in.

Sorry to come so early.

- Hello, Dorothy.

- Hi.

What I have to say can't wait.

Where are the children?

They're having breakfast.

I'll be quick about this.

- About what?

- Family Services has stringent guidelines

on guardianship and foster care.

We take our responsibilities very seriously.

Yeah, we know that.

You said parenting wasn't in your playbook,

and clearly you were right.

I just finished reading a police report

on Javier fighting.

Another incident like that

and the agency will remove

the children from your custody.

Sorry to come so early, but it had to be said.

Don't listen to her.

We're doing fine.

Are we?

- Coach.

- Pleased to meet you.

Welcome back.

Danny, come on in here.

Do a little peacemaking. Shake his hand.

Tasey, get on in there.

Javier, these are your colors.

Wear them with pride.

So, you're into music, eh, Kaleb?

I like to play on the drum.

My teacher told me the sound of the drum

is like the beating heart.

But for me, with this sound,

I can forget all the bad things

that happened in the past.

Dude, that's my kind of music.

I was thinking we'd start on the A to G.

Think, you know, Stevie. Ready? Let's hit it.

One, two, three! Whoo!

Faster.

That's my guy.

No, thank you.

- Look, see, that's from China.

- Oh, it sure is. It's beautiful.

Should we skip? Skip, skip, skip.

Thanks, thank you.

- Kids? You brought kids?

- Yeah. This is Sung Lee and Kaleb...

That's real nice. Now listen, sweetie,

you can't bring kids in here.

Relax, Klay, it's just a sound check.

- Anyway, the joint's closed.

- It's all good, man.

- Exactly.

- No, it's not good, it's not all good.

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