Not Cinderella's Type

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(light music)

- [Indy Voiceover]

My life was perfect.

I had an incredible

mom who loved me.

I was her princess and she

kept me safe from everything.

The only pain I ever knew was

when I tripped and skinned

my knee but my mom was always

there to make it all better.

Dad left before I was

born so it's always

I actually believed that

until two years later

when I learned what

pain really was.

The day my mom left, too.

(grunting)

- That funeral was way too long.

She didn't do

squat with her life

you think that they could've

shortened all that talk.

- I'm hungry.

- Oh, I know, the

food was terrible.

Let's go see what we

have in the fridge.

And here's your room.

Our neighbor's grandmother

died so they gave us her bed

so you be sure to be grateful.

- Okay.

- I know it's a

little plain right now

but tomorrow morning

we'll talk to Uncle David

and see what he

thinks about letting

you decorate a little

bit, how's that?

Won't that be nice?

- Okay.

- Look, I understand

that your mom just died

but I will not have

you moping around.

You will have chores

to do and you'll

be expected to help

around the house.

- Okay.

- And you will be

keeping this room clean.

You're 10 years old, there's

no excuse for messiness.

- Okay.

- All right, well, we will talk

about your chores

in the morning.

Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

(door slamming)

(light music)

(alarm beeping)

- Well, Mrs. Wiggins, we

can't stay in bed all day.

Time to get up.

- Mom, my phone screen cracked.

- Well honey, get a new

one right after school.

- Kaitlyn, you want it?

- Ew, no.

(thudding)

- Can I have it?

- Indy, hurry up.

I have an early

morning meeting today.

- Sorry, I...

- [Clarise] Bye, girls,

have a great day.

- [Kaitlyn] Oh, I'm going

shopping with Jayda after.

- Okay, have a great time.

Good morning, Mrs. Whitman.

- [Indy Voiceover] This is life.

Every school has their

social stereotypes

like the band geeks, the

jocks, the underachievers,

I guess I fit in with the

too-normal-to-classify kids.

Certainly not with

the popular crowd.

I'll leave that

to Bryant Bailey.

Ugh, so annoying.

Some girls throw themselves

at Bryant all the time

and I really don't

understand it.

Jayda and Kaitlyn especially.

But there's a lot I

don't get about them.

That one's Bryant's

sister, MacKenzie.

I don't know her but

she seems decent.

At least she has a reason

to be around Bryant.

- So some of you haven't--

- [Indy Voiceover] Moving on

then, it's class after class.

History,

English,

and P.E.

Ugh, how I hate P.E.

And I get this every day.

They get to eat out

every day but Clarise

never gives me money for that.

- [Maxton] Hey, Indy.

- Hi.

- [Indy Voiceover]

And that's Maxton,

he keeps me sane, as

best friends should.

(bell ringing)

And that's my life

day in and day out.

Isn't it grand?

I mean, it's not perfect

but whose life is?

(alarm beeping)

Sometimes I wonder

what it would be

like if Mom were still alive.

With her I felt my

life was perfect.

- Well, this is awful.

You must've learned to

cook from your mother.

(laughing)

- [Indy Voiceover] But

after she died I didn't

expect that to stay the same,

but I also didn't

expect it to get worse.

- [Kaitlyn] Come on,

Jayda, we're gonna be late.

- I'm coming.

(Mrs. Wiggins meowing)

(tires screeching)

- [Indy] No!

- I'm so sorry.

(crying)

I didn't mean to,

I didn't even s...

I'm so sorry.

- [Jayda] It was fabulous of you

to stop by the

other day, Bryant.

- Yeah, you should

come by more often.

- I didn't stop by,

I hit Indy's cat.

- I totally forgot about that.

(giggling)

- Hey, Indy.

- Stop, he's gonna see me.

Is he looking?

- Yeah, he's coming this way.

- Indy.

- Let's go.

- Wait wait, I need

to get my stuff.

Wait.

(Bryant sighs)

(bell ringing)

- Bye, Bryant.

- Bye, Bryant.

- [Dr. Bailey] And

there's my son.

Hey, Bryant.

- Thanks for stopping

by, Dr. Bailey.

I'll get those sessions with

the students

scheduled right away.

- Thank you.

- So, how'd it go?

- Great, great, yeah,

I've got several patients

that come to this

school and now I can

hold counseling

sessions here without

them missing too

much class time.

- Cool.

- Speaking of which,

shouldn't you be

off to class yourself?

- Yeah.

Indy.

- What's going on?

- That's her.

The one who owned the cat.

- Oh.

- Yeah, she's avoiding me.

- Yes, I see that, yeah.

Hey, it'll be all right.

She'll eventually hear you out.

- All right, see ya, Dad.

- Are you ever gonna

let Bryant apologize?

- Can't run and talk

at the same time.

- That's not an answer.

- Why should I?

It would only give him

a clear conscience.

- Yeah, and you're above that

whole forgiveness nonsense.

- Right?

Wait, no that's not--

- [Maxton] Oh jeez, oh.

You all right?

- Karma hates me.

What are you doing here?

- Being a gentleman

and helping you up.

- Little heads up next time.

- Sorry.

We still have class.

- Hey.

Are you just gonna

keep blowing me off?

- What more do you expect?

- I just wanna make

it up to you one day.

- The best way to make it up

to me is to leave me alone.

- Wait.

Please forgive me, Indy.

- Before you killed my cat

you hadn't even said two words

to me and now you

expect me to be nice?

No, Bryant, I won't forgive you.

That cat was the last

gift I got from my mom

before she died so

please leave me alone.

I don't want your pity.

- [MacKenzie] All right, Dad,

it's your turn to cook tomorrow.

- Already?

- No takeout though.

- Why not?

- Yeah, why not?

- Because we need to

eat a little healthier

and that's your

cop out every time

it's your turn to cook.

- Hey, I'm the doctor,

I say it's healthy.

- You're not that

type of doctor.

- What's up, Bryant?

- Just thinking.

- Everything all right?

- That girl that

I told you about.

- [Roni] Oo.

- What's her name?

- Okay.

Shoo shoo, both of you.

- [MacKenzie] Sweet, all right.

- The one with the cat?

- Yeah.

Indy Zimmerman.

Not sure I'm ever gonna

be able to apologize

without her throwing

something at me.

The cat was a gift from her

mom before her mom died.

- Zimmerman, Indy.

Or is it Cindy?

- I--

- She lost her mother a

few years back, right?

- I don't know when.

How do you know?

- Okay, have a seat.

Come on.

Maybe if you know a

little bit more about her

it'll help you apologize,

be a friend for her.

- [Clarise] Indy, get down here!

Indy, what is taking so long?

Get down here now.

- No.

- Cindy Ella Zimmerman,

if you don't get

your butt down here this second

you'll be grounded again.

(footsteps)

What is wrong with you?

It is not a holiday, there

is no breakfast downstairs,

David has work, the

girls have school,

and I have people coming over

for a presentation at three.

Remember?

- Oh, my head is killing me.

- Ugh, so you expect

us to eat cereal?

- I'm sorry, I just don't

feel very good right now.

- Ew, you look awful, too.

Maybe I don't want

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