Not Cinderella's Type Page #2

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you spreading around

whatever disease

it is you've got.

Especially since I'm doing a

presentation on essential oils.

Okay, all right,

we'll have cereal.

We'll just have the

girls hide the mess

and you can deal with it later.

Hey, isn't this Jayda's shirt?

- There was a stain on it,

she said she didn't

want it anymore.

- Well, you didn't

work very hard

to get this out in the laundry.

Get it out and get

it back to Jayda.

(whistle blowing)

(crowd clapping)

- Hey, Maxton.

- Oh, hey, what's up?

Do you need something?

- Uh, yeah, I was

just looking for Indy.

Do you know where she is?

She wasn't at school today.

- I think she's at home.

She text me earlier that

she had a killer headache.

- Oh, that makes

sense why she's not

at your game too, then, huh?

- No, that's actually

pretty normal.

Her aunt and uncle

are kind of strict.

- Oh.

- You still trying

to talk to her?

- Uh, yeah, yeah.

- I'm sorry, dude,

Mrs. Wiggins was--

- Wiggins?

- Her cat.

- Oh.

- Yeah, anyway.

Special cat.

- Yeah, I got that.

All right, thanks, Maxton.

- Indy loves company,

her room is up here.

Indy, are you there?

I've got something

that will cheer you up.

How are you feeling, sweetheart?

- I'm actually a lot

better now that I slept.

- Hey.

- What in the world

are you doing here?

- Look who it is.

It's the boy who killed your cat

and he wants to apologize

and he has a present for you.

Isn't he the sweetest?

- Very.

- Well I still have

guests downstairs, so.

So sweet.

- What are you doing here?

- I knew you'd say no so I

just came without asking.

- Caught that part.

What do you want?

- I'd like us to be friends.

- No.

- Look, do you have something

against guy friends?

- Of course not,

Maxton's my best friend.

Look, I know you're only trying

to be my friend out of pity

and I don't want that,

I want genuine friends.

- Well, I'm genuinely

worried about you.

Can't that be a start?

- You are no more

worried about me

than my aunt and uncle are.

What's in the bag?

Smells good.

- This?

Just a little peace offering.

- Food?

- Captain Jack's famous burger.

- You're kidding.

- And there's fries as well.

I knew I'd get on your

good side eventually.

- Don't push it, I'm starving.

Why are you here?

- Well besides feeling

bad about, you know,

hitting your cat, I--

- Murdering.

You murdered my cat.

- Besides feeling bad

about murdering your cat

I don't know why I'm here.

I just feel like this is where

I need to be so here I am

and maybe you need me.

- Great, now I'm just terrified.

- Just hear me out.

- This has absolutely

nothing to do with me.

If you need to come

here to feel better

about killing my cat then sure,

placate yourself

and show up I guess,

but to say that this is for me?

That's where I'll

call you on it.

If this had anything to do with

me you would leave me alone.

- Okay.

You're right.

Maybe I need you.

Look, can we just go

on a walk or something?

- Why?

- Fresh air.

- I don't think I

can, I have chores.

- Well, Clarise said

that her party's

not gonna end for

another hour so.

What if I had you back by then?

- Fine, but we have to hurry.

I love being around flowers,

they remind me of my mom.

I remember she always used

to have lilies at our house.

They're her favorite.

- [Bryant] Do you

miss your mom a lot?

- [Indy] Of course.

It's kind of a weird

question to ask.

- No, it's because I wanted

to tell you something.

There's no easy way to say

it so I'm just gonna jump in.

About five or six

years ago my dad came

home from work pretty late.

There was an accident and he was

behind the car that got hit.

The lady driving the

car was hit by a truck

and then she swerved

into oncoming traffic

and was hit again by a semi.

- Stop.

- He was the one who called 911.

And he didn't say

how bad it was,

only that she was dying

and that she wasn't gonna

make it to the hospital.

So he sat there and

he held her hand

and he just let her talk.

- Please tell Cindy that I

love her and she's my princess

and no matter what I'll

be with her always.

(coughing)

- I remember.

I remember a guy coming up

to me before the funeral

and saying those exact words.

I had no idea it was your dad.

- When I told him that

I had hit a girl's cat

and her name was

Indy, he asked if your

name was actually

Cindy Zimmerman.

- Only my family

really knows that

but Cindy Ella, that's

what she named me.

- He mentioned that she used

to call you her

little Cinderella.

- She was quite the romantic.

- He did everything he could

to take her mind off the pain

and he told me that

he could just see

and feel how much that

she cared for you.

- I know that.

I never doubted that.

- I'm so sorry, Indy.

- It's fine.

Bad things happen to people.

It's just the way the

world works, right?

- Yeah, but, there's

more to it than that.

- Like what?

- Well yeah, bad

things happen but

it's how you learn from

those things and those trials

and how you help others

learn that defines you.

- Sounds way too deep for me.

- So, Jayda and Kaitlyn

are your cousins, right?

- Yep.

- And Jayda's the

senior and Kaitlyn's

a sophomore like you, right?

Or did I mix that up?

- No, you're right.

- They just pretty much

leave you alone up here?

- I actually prefer to be alone.

Hint hint.

- It is different than

the rest of the house.

Aren't there any other rooms?

- Well, the master

bedroom's on the first floor

along with some studies

and a guest room

and there are four bedrooms

on the second floor.

- So, let me get this straight.

There are six actual bedrooms?

- Well, the girls turned

one of them into a playroom.

- And a guest bedroom.

- Clarise always has that

ready for her guests.

- So why not put

you in the toy room

and move the toys elsewhere?

- I really don't mind.

What are you doing?

- I know, I'm nosy.

One question.

Where are all your

dolls and stuff?

- My dolls?

- Well, yeah, your

cousins have so many

they needed an

extra room for 'em.

Where are yours?

- I guess I really

never had many.

Mom enjoyed experiences

more than things.

- Okay, but you were 10.

I mean, I expected at

least to see a teddy bear

or something on your bed.

Or maybe even things

of your mom's.

- Well the funeral

expenses were too high, so.

- So?

- So we had to sell

a lot of stuff.

- Really?

- Yeah.

The only thing I got to

bring with me was my cat.

- Hey, Indy, mom said

Bryant Bailey is here.

So you are here.

- [Bryant] Yep.

- So, Bryant, what

brings you here?

How are you doing?

- I'm good.

I was just talking to Indy.

- About what?

- Death.

Is Clarise done with

her presentation yet?

- Yes, thankfully it just ended.

So what are you doing

tomorrow night, Bryant?

We're having a few friends over

to hang out and watch a movie.

You wanna come?

- Sure, that sounds fun.

- [Kaitlyn] Jayda, mom

said that Bryant's here.

- He is, we're in the attic.

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