First Kid Page #4

out of trouble

till I get bumped

to Eagle."

Did--did I get

that right?

I should've

never said that.

I was angry with you.

You make me look

stupid at my job.

You throw a snake on me,

you sneak out

the white house.

But I should never

have said it. I'm sorry.

Come on, Luke, you got

a pretty good life here.

You're the First Kid.

Why would you

want to run away?

I can't go out.

I never see my parents.

I don't have any friends.

I've never kissed a girl.

That would do it.

I understand.

That would make me

run away myself.

I'm sure you didn't

have to live like this

when you were a kid.

You were lucky.

Oh, I see.

You're the only one

who has some problems

in life.

Let me tell you

about myself.

When I was your age,

I lost my father in Vietnam.

My mother had

to work 2 or 3 jobs

just to take care of me,

so I was always

by myself.

You're the lucky one.

You got both your parents.

Yeah. I see them

every night on the news.

No. That's your Booty

you've been seeing

on the news.

Did you laugh?

Did--did I see a laugh?

There's hope, people.

There's hope for this man.

See, it's not that bad.

Say we go upstairs,

go in the kitchen,

get something to eat

and talk like two men.

The kitchen's closed.

I'm double-o Simms.

I can get to any kitchen.

How come you had trouble with

those guys at your table today?

They only want to be friends

with me because of my dad.

How do you figure that?

'Cause everyone does.

So how do you know when

somebody likes you for you?

I guess I don't.

- Simms?

- Yeah?

You know that kid

that hit me today?

Yeah, vaguely

I remember that incident.

What took you so long

to get there?

Oh, man. You know, I usually

wear a size 36 underwear,

but somebody gave me

some 34s in the store,

so I had a little

wedgie thing going on,

so I'm standing

like this and...

I'm sorry, OK?

It'll never happen again.

I promise you that,

'cause I'm your partner--

double-o Simms,

all right?

I need an insurance policy.

A tracking device.

Illegal?

No, no.

The word is "covert".

You want the subject

to know or not?

Not.

Well, here's

the best stuff I got,

and all of it is "covert",

so don't arrest me, Sam.

So take one, my brother.

Let's see what you got.

Yeah, OK. Wait a minute.

See, this is cool.

This is the kind of stuff

I'm talking about.

The agency doesn't even

have this stuff yet.

That's 'cause they don't

have me no more.

You're the best, man.

I want you to know that.

Now, Mr. genius,

where's the transmitter?

If I told you that,

I'd have to kill you.

Now, here's

the tracking unit.

Works off the global

positioning satellite system.

Now, I modified it,

of course.

I like this.

Sam, don't forget

to recharge it, OK?

Cool.

Can--can I charge this

with my ATM card?

My dad works for

the government, too.

"Does he?"

Cool.

Say, Luke, dinner time.

It's all PG-rated stuff

on there, right?

This the only guy

you chat with online?

Yeah, I guess.

He's just my online pal.

You know, another kid.

And he doesn't know

who you are,right?

Yes, Simms.

I just had to check, man.

Make sure you're listening.

Look, I got you something.

No, no, no.

Stand up and lean over.

I want to put it on you.

Spent all that money,

I want to see how it looks.

Come here. Had to get

a night job to pay for that.

Well, what's it for?

Because I like you.

Yeah, thanks.

Thanks a lot.

All right!

What's up, my man?

How you doing?

Oh, hey, mongoose 12,

what's up with this?

Little cat online,

I need you to check him out.

OK, we're really

backed up down here.

Is this really a priority?

No, man, but I really

need the help.

All right, I'll get

to it when I can.

- Thanks, man.

- Yeah.

Luke! Luke!

Are you busy tonight?

No, no. Not that busy.

A bunch of us are

going to the movies.

Do you want to come?

I guess I can't.

- Oh.

- Thanks, anyway.

OK. I guess

I'll see you Monday.

Bye.

B-bye!

Want to see a movie?

Man, we get any movie

playing in any theatre, right?

Take it back to the crown,

watch it in the private

screening room,

no lines, no big-head family

sitting in front of you

if you can't see the screen.

Sound good?

Yeah. It'll be

a barrel of laughs.

Luke! Luke!

I didn't say you could

come in here! OK? Leave!

What's going on, man?

What's this?

I see what's happening.

I had one of these.

You gonna run away, huh?

Wait a minute,

wait a minute.

No peanut butter

and jelly?

Man can't live without

peanut butter and jelly.

Look, I don't

blame you, man.

Must be tough

living in a fishbowl.

I know one thing-- running

away is not the answer.

When I was 13, I didn't

want to hear that, either.

So what are we gonna do?

You know,

I'm gonna regret this.

I am. Simms, you're

gonna regret this.

I know this.

I'm gonna lose my job.

Then I'm gonna be

running away

'cause I'm not gonna

have a place to live,

I can't pay rent

but I'm gonna do this.

Know why? 'Cause

I care about you.

I hope you know how much

trouble I could get in.

One day when you're old,

you'll go, "Simms,

you were the man."

I'm willing

to take you out...

Under two conditions--

first of all, you got to

make the pinky promise--

it's the deepest

promise two men can make.

No. The pinky.

Look, there you go.

You gotta get out

more often, kid.

First of all, you got to

promise not to tell anybody

about what we're doing, OK?

Number 2--

you have to promise

not to ever run away

while we're out there.

All right?

Yeah. I promise.

All right.

So where

are we gonna go?

Want to see

what's happening?

We'll hang out with

some other kids,

see what you've

been missing.

Got one problem, though.

Now, I know how to

get us out of here.

I just don't know how

to make 'em believe

that we're still here.

I do.

Luke!

I'm sleeping.

Get out the bed--

wait a minute.

What's going on here?

Luke!

- Leave me alone.

- I'm in here!

I knew it was gonna happen.

Your brain's been sucked

into the computer, man!

"Parent guard 2."

Oh, I get it. Luke!

I said go away!

Luke!

I'm not hungry.

Very nice.

Where'd you get this?

I picked it up off

the kid Internet.

So, how you gonna

get me out of here?

Don't worry.

It's in the bag.

This is really stupid.

You look stupid.

It's OK. It's all right.

Hey, guys.

Hey, Dash! I forgot--

didn't I ask you

to do something?

No, sir.

- Are you sure?

- Yes, sir.

Then go get the car.

Well, where's Luke?

Leave me alone.

He was sleeping until

you just woke him up.

Well, who's that?

This is-- this is

his friend Reggie.

Hi, Luke's friend Reggie.

I said go away.

They had a little argument.

It's OK, man.

Could you go get

the car, please?

His mother just called.

I got to get the boy home.

He has a medical problem.

Whatever you do,

don't say anything.

OK...

I'm sorry.

Get in here!

So you're a friend

of Luke's, huh?

I didn't think

he had any friends.

Hey, did you fill

the car with gas?

Yes, sir.

OK.

Do you... like Luke?

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