Heritage Falls Page #2

Had the obstacle course, the wall!

Whoo!

Man.

But you knew what you was doing.

Team building.

You know how to build teams.

See, this thing you got going with Evan,

you two been trying to prove

something to each other for far too long.

He'd never go for it.

Just get the women involved.

They'll make it work.

Talk to him.

So you, uh,

you reading anything good?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah? Whatcha reading?

You wouldn't get it.

Wouldn't get it?

Come on. Give me a shot.

Gargantuan the Destroyer.

Mm.

Gargantuan the Destroyer.

- Yeah, it's awesome.

- Yeah?

You know,

you should broaden your horizons

and sell some comics at the store.

It'd be dope.

Yeah, well, you know, all dopeness aside,

we're called Southern Scribes,

not Southern Pop Culture,

so it's a bit of a, you know...

- Their loss.

- It's just a...

A different demographic, you know.

So, uh, how's school going?

It's fine.

Yeah? It's just... It's just fine?

It's fine.

Did you take your exams?

How'd they go?

I'm done.

You're done with what?

You're done with your exams?

- It's nothing.

- What do you mean, it's nothing?

- It's nothing.

- It doesn't sound like nothing.

Come on, talk to me.

Dad, I quit.

You quit?

You quit what?

- Yeah, I quit school.

- You quit school? Ugh.

You quit?

Hey, Heather!

Dad, look, college is not for me, man.

I'm gonna join a folk band.

We're called Three Pronged Toe.

Three Prong Toe? No, no.

Yes, I am.

- No, you're not. You're finishing school.

- Dad, I...

- You're gonna finish school first.

- No, I'm not.

- Yes, you are!

- I'm 19, man. I'm on my own.

You're on your own?

Okay, you know what?

You're a real man, right?

Real men finish things, OK?

Real men don't quit.

Real men finish things like...

school, for example. All right?

So here's what's going to happen.

You're gonna go to school on Monday,

and you're going to take your exams,

and you're gonna finish them.

And if you fail anything,

you're gonna take summer school.

- No one goes to summer school anymore.

- I don't care!

Dad, I know

what I want to do with my life.

I want music, not books.

I'm not like you, man.

Stop with the "man" thing, all right?

Stop it, knock it off! All right?

I'm your father.

Yeah, I'm your father.

- Dad.

- What?

- The noodles!

- What?

Oh!

Aww!

Hey, look... Hey!

- This is...

- We're talking about Markie.

- I know.

- He will come around.

It has nothing to do

with coming around, OK?

He's... He's...

Did you hear what was doing?

He's talking

about quitting school, Heather.

He doesn't want to go to school.

He wants to leave

with Three Pronged Hang Nail, whatever...

- It's Three Pronged Toe.

- Whatever it is.

Three Pronged Toe.

And if you would just

calm down and talk to him...

Hey, look,

I am totally calm, all right?

I was calm talking to him, I'm fine.

I'm fine.

No, no, no, no. You didn't...

You talked at him.

You did not talk to him.

- There is a difference.

- I didn't... Look...

Who is that?

It's your mother.

Oh, no. Oh, no, no. Don't...

I don't want to talk to her.

She's gonna talk about the party,

it's all gonna be about the party.

I don't want to talk about...

I don't even want a party.

Is this how you

want Markie to treat us?

Markie's not gonna treat us that way.

No! Don't...

Don't pick... Don't... Don't...

Hello? Yeah, I'm home for now.

Why do we still have a landline?

This is ridiculous.

It was in the bundle.

Yeah, of course,

I'm coming to his party.

Hey, hey! I'm not here.

Yeah. No, yeah, he's here.

Yeah, he's been here the whole time.

Yeah. All right.

Yeah, love you, bye.

It's for you.

Hey, we're not done talking

about that thing that we were

talking about, OK? All right?

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

No, no, no.

Don't give me that look.

You know what?

You should appreciate that I want to be

a part of your life.

OK? You know what? I'm a rarity.

Yeah, you're a real gem.

I am a real gem.

Hey, Mom!

It's me.

Oh...

Hey, Dad.

Trouble with your boy?

Kids.

Mmm.

Um... Oh, hey!

Congrats on the thing last night,

by the way.

Yeah, sure. Thanks.

- Guess you were tied up, huh?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm sorry we couldn't make it.

We had a, you know,

inventory at the shop last night.

And we had to stay

on top of that, so, you know.

Yeah.

Look, um...

like to have

your birthday at our place.

Yeah, I kind of figured.

Mean a lot to your mother.

Unless, you know,

you got inventory.

Okay, look,

no candles and no singing.

And nobody but family, that's it.

- Just family.

- Yeah.

Just the family.

Got it. See ya then.

Yeah, I'll see you then.

Bye.

Three Pronged Toe...

They're here.

You got this, Coach.

Hey, big bro!

Hey, Harv!

Happy birthday!

Thank you!

Yeah.

You know you should've gone.

I had inventory

at the store, it was...

Mm-hmm. I'm sure.

Oh, it was terrible.

- Mm-hmm.

- Busy.

Cheer up! Tonight's about you.

- Great.

- Hey!

Hey, little buddy.

So, everything good on your end?

I've got it covered.

And what about Markie?

He's unfortunately

and unexpectedly free at the moment.

Wow, you're going for it, huh?

Yeah, we're going for it.

Wait till you hear the name.

Oh, yeah,

just wait till you hear that name.

There they are!

Hey, Grandpa.

Hey, Markie.

Still wearing those elf pants, huh?

They're skinny jeans.

On some people.

It's good to see you, boy.

Good to see you, too.

Junior, where's your man scarf?

Ha. It's...

How old are you today?

Old enough to stop being called Junior.

Hey, come on, everybody inside.

Food's gonna get cold.

Food!

Ow, what?

- Be nice.

- I'm being nice.

You gotta be nice.

Happy birthday, son.

Hmm. Thanks, Mom.

I'm proud of the man

you've become.

Hey, is Dad losing weight?

Eh, just stopped

eating donuts with Joe.

Why did he retire?

Ask him.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

Now, will you

try to have a good time?

I'm having a great time.

Have a good time.

See that smile, my boy.

How's that?

- OK, get in there. Go!

- OK.

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

Which nobody can deny

No candles and no singing,

that was the...

Which nobody can deny,

Nobody can deny

Which nobody can deny...

Okay, okay, okay...

What'd you wish for, old boy?

I wished that my son

would graduate college.

Well, never let my schooling

interfere with my education.

Mark Twain said that.

Ah, good try, kid.

I'm with you, Markie.

I wish I'd taken some time off.

Taken a gap year.

You wanted to backpack Europe,

remember?

Yeah, I do. I do remember that.

But I never did do that.

Well, I'm just saying, you know.

Markie probably

feels like you did back then.

Well, yeah, yeah.

I'm just saying that Markie wants

to quit school, so...

Hey, what is that the old man

used to say about quitters?

I didn't raise no quitter.

That's right, boy.

- Evan.

- What?

How about we open some presents?

- How about that?

- Good idea.

Oh, open Dad's first.

- Okay.

- I was kind of hoping that...

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