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She's Supposed To Be Here

While I'm Growing Up.

I Hate Her For Not

Thinking About That.

Oh, You Have

To Forgive Her, Sydney,

Both You And Your Dad.

Why?

For Your Own Sake.

Sydney?

I Left You A Note

So You Wouldn't Worry.

I Found It.

Malia Brought Me Back.

I Saw.

You Should Have

Told Me About It.

It Shouldn't Have Been

Some Deep, Dark Secret.

[Door Slams]

[Sobbing]

Ben.

I Kept Thinking...

That I Should Have Been

There When It Happened.

That I Should Have

Saved Her...

Stopped Her....

Something.

It Was An Accident.

Nobody's Fault.

When I Lost Her,

I Didn't Think I'd

Ever Love Anyone Again.

And Then...

I Found You.

It Didn't Seem Fair

That I Should Be

So Happy,

And She's--

Oh, Ben.

She Would Want You

To Be Happy,

You And Sydney,

Us--All Of Us.

She Would Want That.

Want To Take A Walk?

Sure.

When People Ask Me

What She Was Like,

I Make Things Up.

Fill In The Blanks.

I Have This Whole Strange

Fantasy In My Head

About What She Was Like

'Cause Nobody Ever

Told Me.

What Do You Want

To Know?

Everything.

Sometimes When

I Looked At Her,

It Took My Breath Away.

She Was So Beautiful

With This Beauty

That Came From

The Inside, Out...

Radiant,

Like You.

A Lot Like You.

You Have So Much

Of Her.

Really?

She Had A Natural Grace,

The Way She Moved...

And The Way She Laughed.

I Wish I Could Have

Known Her.

Me, Too.

Elizabeth And I,

We've Been Talking.

About The Sale?

I Thought

I Was Protecting You

By Getting You

Away From Here.

But Malia Was Right.

I Was Just Running.

Makai Is Your

Heritage, Sydney.

You Have To Decide

What To Do With It,

What You Want.

This Decision

Belongs To You.

But I'm Just A Kid.

How Am I Supposed

To Know What To Do...

What's Right?

Sometimes You Don't Know.

Sometimes You Just

Have To Cross Your

Fingers And Hope.

What About The Money?

I'd Be Lying To You

If I Told You

We Didn't Need It,

That It Didn't Matter.

Of Course It Matters.

I'll Be Teaching

The Rest Of My Career

And Never I'll Never See

This Kind Of Money Again.

But Liz Says That

That Isn't Always

What's Important.

Maybe She's Right.

Anyway,

Whatever You Decide,

We'll Be There.

We'll Make It Work.

Do You Think

We Could Stay Here?

Live Here?

There's Lots

Of Lost Memories.

Lots Of Ghosts.

Maybe That's Good.

Sydney:
Hi.

What's Up?

Are You Guys

Going Surfing?

Let's Get

Out Of Here.

It's Beginning

To Stink.

Yeah, Kind Of Like

Dead Fish.

Over This.

Let's Go.

And We're Gone.

What's The Matter

With Everybody?

Why Are You Acting

Like I've Suddenly

Got The Plague,

Or Something.

I Can't Believe

You're Here,

That You'd Show

Your Face.

Why Would You Say That?

But We Haven't Even

Decided Anything.

Gia!

Gia!

Malia!

Anybody Home?

[Hip Hop Music Plays]

How Long Have You

Been There?

I'm Looking For Gia.

Not Here.

Oh.

Well...

Ok.

Are You Ok?

I Wasn't Sure If You're

Still Talking To Me.

Are You?

That's Kind Of What

We're Doing Now, Isn't It?

What's Under There?

What Are You Working On?

Nothing.

It's Nothing.

Really?

Maybe I Should Have

Asked First.

I Mean If You

Don't Like It--

No, No,

It's Not That.

I'm Surprised,

That's All.

Malia's Been

Teaching Me To Shape,

And I Needed

The Practice,

It's Wonderful.

Thank You.

Everybody Else

Hates Me.

They Think

I'm A Traitor,

Scum Of The Earth...

Lower, Even.

About Makai?

Nothing's

Even Been Decided.

Not Yet.

Kai's Betting You'll

Grab The Bucks And Run.

You Should

Have Heard Gia

Lay Into Him

For Saying That.

She Stood Up For Me?

Oh, Yeah. Big Time.

Sydney:
Gia!

Hey.

How'd You Find Me?

Kona.

He Never Could

Keep A Secret.

This Is Supposed To Be

My Own Private Place.

I Come Here When

I Need Time Alone.

You Know, When Things

Are Really Bugging Me.

I Don't Know,

Something About Being Here

Just Smooths Everything Out.

Tell Me You Don't

Surf That.

Malia Would Have A Cow

If She Knew.

Last Time,

It Was My Birthday.

My Dad Was

Supposed To Call

From Bali Or Australia,

Wherever The Heck He Was.

He Promised.

And For Some Dumb Reason,

I Believed Him.

So, I Waited Around,

Like, The Whole Day.

But I Guess He Forgot.

It Was My Own Fault.

I Mean, I Should

Have Known.

But Hey,

Once You're Out There?

All The Bad Stuff

Falls Away.

Did You Read It?

The Whole Thing?

Even The Part

About The Whales?

Did You See?

The Lagoon

Will Be A Preserve.

They Made Them Promise.

At Least We're Trying

To Keep What's There,

What's Special.

It's A Resort, Sydney.

Everything Will Change.

You Think The Whales

Will Keep Coming Back

Once Their Lagoon's

Filled With Tourists?

When We First Met

At Makai,

Did You Plan It...

You And Malia?

I Mean, The Inheritance,

Is That Why You

Became My Friend?

What?! Where'd You

Get That?

The Truth, Gia.

Kind Of. I Mean,

We Thought That,

You Know,

If You Got To Know

Everybody,

If I Accidentally

Ran Into You

And Got

Things Started.

But It Changed.

Hey! Sydney,

Listen To Me.

Once We Got To Know

Each Other,

It Changed.

I Stopped Being

Your Friend Because

I Was Supposed To,

I Just Did It

Because It Was Fun.

Listen--

Why? So You Can

Lie Some More?

It's The Truth.

Boy, You're Good.

Ever Consider

Going To Hollywood,

Making Use

Of That Talent?

This Isn't An Act.

God, I'm Not Trying

To Work You,

Why Would You Say That?

'Cause That's All I Hear.

Lies On Top Of Lies

On Top Of Lies.

You Weren't Exactly

Telling The Truth,

Either.

Pretending To Be

Some Big Surfer Chick.

I Never Said I Could Surf.

You Assumed.

Oh, I Get It.

My Lies Count,

But Yours Don't.

They All Knew,

Didn't They?

You Let Me Make

A Fool Of Myself

In Front Of Everyone.

You Didn't Need Any

Help Playing The Fool.

You Handled That

All On Your Own,

Like Some Stupid

Lovesick Puppy.

Kona?!

Was He In It, Too?

I Hate You!

I Hate All Of You!

And You Know What?

I Am Going To Sell Makai.

I'm Gonna Get Off

This Stupid Island,

And Forget

Any Of You Existed.

Fine! Go Back, Then.

Who Needs You!

Sydney!

James:

Everything's Ready.

Is That For Us?

Well, We Thought

A Little Toast

Might Be In Order.

It's Sparkling Cider...

In Honor Of Sydney.

Elizabeth:

Thank You.

Here You Go, Honey.

Ben:
Bo?

Thank You.

Sydney.

James:

To A Hard-Fought Decision,

And A Bright Future.

Congratulations.

You All Right?

Yeah.

All That's Left,

Is To Cross The Ts

And Dot The Is.

Malia! Gia!

Are You In There?

Hello!

Sydney?

I Didn't Expect

To See You.

I Thought You'd Be

Getting Ready To Go.

Packing.

I Had To Tell You

Myself--

You And Gia.

I Mean, There's

Still Lots Of Things

To Work Out, But--

No, Please.

I Don't Need To Know

The Gruesome Details.

But I Didn't Want You

To Hear From Anyone Else.

No, It's Ok.

You Did

What You Had To.

There's No Need

To Explain.

Probably Wasn't

Even Fair

What We Were Asking,

Yeah?

I Mean, You Were

So Young When You Left,

And You've Been Gone

So Long,

How Could Makai

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