Not Cinderella's Type Page #6

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seat in the living room.

- Thank you for walking me home.

- You're walking on

very thin ice right now.

I don't know what it is

you're trying to prove

with Bryant Bailey but remember

he is only being nice to you

because he killed your cat.

My girls have had their

eyes on him for years

and the last thing I need is

you getting in Jayda's way

especially with prom

right around the corner.

Go do your chores.

We'll talk about this later.

- Yes, ma'am.

(phone buzzing)

Hello?

- Hey, what happened?

- Nothing I haven't

heard before.

- Well, let me know

if it gets bed.

- I'm sure everything

will be okay.

- I'm serious.

- Okay.

- Wanna walk to school tomorrow?

- I actually probably shouldn't

I have to go to Maxton's

soccer game on Saturday

and I wouldn't wanna be

grounded before then.

But, Bryant?

Thank you.

- Anytime.

- [Indy] Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

(upbeat music)

This is the moment

we've been waiting for

No hesitation oh,

we're at the door

We can feel it, we're

not stopping now

We were lost but

finally found it

Oh oh

Oh oh

Oh oh we're not stopping now

Oh oh

Oh oh

Oh oh we're not stopping now

We're not stopping now

(clapping)

We're not stopping now

We've got this time

we can be so free

Turn our dreams into reality

There's a feeling

comin' back again

There's a reason we

can never let it end

(whistle blowing)

- [Man] Maxton, are you okay?

Come on guys, let's help him.

(groaning)

(whistle blowing)

(clapping)

- You did amazing.

Is your leg gonna

be okay, though?

- Oh yeah, I think so.

I think it's probably

just bruised or sprained.

I'll put some ice on

it when I get home.

- Oh, hey, let me help you.

- Oh, thanks.

- So, besides the injury,

are you always that good?

- You know what?

Today I think I had

some extra motivation.

Thank you for coming,

watching me play.

It means a lot.

- Of course.

- You know, it's funny,

I've always liked you

but I never never thought

I'd feel like this.

I like this.

I like us.

- Come on, let's go get

some ice on your leg.

(phone buzzing)

Oh, it's you.

- Nice welcome.

So you back from

the soccer game?

- Yeah, just barely.

- How was it?

Did Clarise get mad?

- I actually don't think she

remembered I went to go study.

I snuck in through the side

door so nobody would see me.

- [Clarise] Indy, get down here!

- Oh, sorry I have to go.

Clarise is calling.

- Calling or yelling?

- Yeah, bye.

- Have a seat.

So would you like to tell us

where you really were today?

And don't lie.

- I was at Maxton's soccer game.

- So you weren't

studying after all.

And what about after?

- After?

I came straight home after.

- Really?

Because Clarise received

a call that would

seem to imply otherwise.

- Mrs. Whitman called

me and said that

she saw you and

some boy making out

in the middle of

the soccer field

right there in front

of everyone to see.

- What?

We kissed once but I

promise we didn't make out.

- Do you have any idea

how embarrassing it is

to receive a call like that?

- I'm sorry.

- I have to go into my office.

Do whatever you need

to do here, Clarise.

Deal with her.

- What?

You're not leaving me here

to handle this by myself.

What, do you want

her going around

the neighborhood

like some floozy?

- Well, with her mother

what would we really expect?

- What's that supposed to mean?

- Fix this.

- No.

Do you have something

you'd like to say?

My actions, my

choices, are mine.

So don't you dare pin

this on my mother.

My mom loved me and cared for me

and worked herself sick

trying to provide for me

and she had nothing but nice

things to say about you two

so I am done hearing how

awful you think she was.

- You don't get to--

- I know you don't want me.

I knew it the moment I

showed up to stay with you.

I was just some poor

relative who was coming

to intrude on your lives

but I was loved before this

and I know the

difference between this

and what a real family

is supposed to feel like.

I have done everything you have

asked me to do, everything,

and it is sill not enough.

Sure, Jayda and Kaitlyn

get to go on dates

and see their friends

and have normal lives

but not me.

What is it going to take

for you to see me as family?

(clapping)

- Oh, oh, missy, how

entertaining was that?

(chuckles)

- I'm serious.

- You want serious?

If you don't learn to respect

both of us in this home

you can find another

place to stay.

- And what is respect

to you, Uncle David?

Doing all the chores?

Staying away during

family events?

Living in the attic and not

having a life outside of school

until you tell me to

come make dinner for you?

Is that respect?

Because if so, what of

that have I not been doing?

- You're acting as if we're

treating you like a maid.

Oh, after everything

that we did after all

the things we changed to make

room for you in our lives.

- Do you hear yourself?

- Enough.

You will go to your room and we

will decide on a

punishment for you,

you selfish little brat.

- David!

- And let me tell you,

it will be severe.

Go now.

(dramatic music)

(sniffling)

(heavy breathing)

(sobbing)

- Hey, Indy, I can't

really talk right now.

- Sorry, did I wake you up?

- No, no, it's okay.

It's just my ankle,

my mom made me go

to the clinic to get an x-ray.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I should be, I'm

just still in a lot of pain.

Can I call you back?

- Um.

I'm having a really rough night.

It's bad here.

- Yeah?

- It's probably the

worst it's ever been.

- I'm sorry, maybe

just give your aunt

some time to cool down?

That usually works, right?

- I'm scared.

- Oh, hey, the doctor

just came back in

so can I call you back tomorrow?

- Tomorrow?

Yeah, sure.

- Okay, uh, night.

(phone dinging)

- Wait a minute.

Are you leaving?

Indy, what's going on?

- I missed up really really bad.

- Okay, what happened?

- Guess one of the neighbors

called Clarise and told her

I was making out with

Maxton at his soccer game.

- Uh, were you?

Sorry, that's not important.

- We kissed, we didn't

make out, though.

It was in front of

a group of people.

- And your aunt chewed you out?

- Her and David.

And then David made a

comment about how he thought

my mom raised me poorly

and I just lost it.

All the stuff I had

pent up just came out.

And then David said

that if I disrespected

them one more time

I'd be kicked out

and then he said my punishment

was gonna be really bad.

- So you came upstairs

and started packing.

- Yeah.

- Did you tell him how unfair

it was that you're the maid

and the cook and the

prisoner all while

they get to go out and live?

- Sort of.

Look, it was awful.

My filter was completely gone.

- So now what?

- I don't know.

- Do you need a place to stay?

- No, I'll be fine.

- Their threats aren't

going to get any better.

Look, my dad's a family

therapist and he sees

this stuff all the time, and

the problem with abusive people

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