The Boy Next Door Page #3

You know what I mean.

I don't mean it like that.

This was great.

What do you think she made?

I bet you it's cookies.

I'll get it.

You want any coffee?

Yeah, I'll have some if you are!

Noah! What's up?

Hey, man, you're back.

How was the trip?

Hey, Dad, this is, uh, Noah.

Remember, I've been

talking about him a lot?

Hey, nice to meet you!

I feel like I know you,

he talks about you so much.

Told me about the alternator

you put in the truck.

Oh, actually,

Kevin helped out, too, so...

- Yeah?

- Yeah, I did.

Yeah. It was so cool.

I had no idea

you could do that yourself.

That's what friends are for.

Hey, Mrs. Peterson.

Hey, Noah.

Wow, looks perfect.

You tell them what

happened this weekend?

What happened?

Oh, there was a big

thunderstorm up here.

You guys didn't get it up there?

No, beautiful,

dry as a bone at the lake.

Well, it got pretty wet here.

Wow.

You know what, big day tomorrow.

First day of school.

It's getting kind of late.

But it's, like, 8:30.

No, no, no. Actually, I gotta get going.

It's a big day tomorrow.

I'll walk out with you,

Mr. Peterson.

Oh, I'm going to stay

around awhile, thanks.

Well, you know,

I'll walk out with you, Noah.

Yeah, come on.

Uh, do you want to take

a cookie for the road?

I love your mother's cookies.

They're great, right?

Nice to meet you.

Yeah. You, too, pal.

Nice kid.

You know, we need to figure out

what we're doing here, Garrett.

What do you mean?

I mean, we're in limbo here

and maybe, you know,

it's just time to move on.

I'm not seeing her anymore.

But you might as well be,

because I'm always going to think you are

and I don't want

to live that way.

And you shouldn't want

to live that way, either.

Hey, it wasn't about her.

It was about us.

Okay? We were broken.

We both checked out.

I'm not saying what I did was right,

it wasn't.

It was...

It was stupid.

Smart people do dumb things.

They make mistakes.

Haven't you ever made a mistake?

Don't throw our marriage away

because I made a mistake.

Don't file. Not yet.

Just take...

Take some time.

All right.

Come on.

Welcome, everybody,

to the start of

a brand-new year.

This year, we are studying

Homer's Iliad and its themes.

The first one we'll be studying

is the wrath of Achilles.

Mrs. Peterson.

Principal Warren,

what a nice surprise.

Good news.

I've approved your request

for Noah Sandborn

to join your class.

"No man or woman born,

coward or brave,

"can shun his destiny!"

I think it was Achilles

who said that, right?

Wait!

Ed?

Wait!

Wait a second.

This is a class for AP juniors,

Noah Sandborn

is a transfer senior, so...

I'm confused.

Your transfer request

said, yeah,

that he'd be an asset

to the class.

This was your email.

That's right. Thank you.

Have a great year.

Hey!

Stop following me!

I'm not following you, Claire.

I live next door.

Kevin!

Yeah?

Did you send an email

from my account

to Principal Warren?

No, why?

Because somebody did.

It sounds like

you've been hacked.

You should really

change your password.

You know, I'd be happy to help

you out with that, if you want.

No, thanks.

Hey, you ready to go?

Yeah!

Kevin!

Noah, can you give us

a second, please?

You can wait for him outside.

Yeah, I'll be down in a minute.

Oh, sure, yeah.

Mom, that was really rude.

Why'd you do that?

He's here way too much.

You're the one who

told him he could be

and he's coming

to dinner tonight.

No, your dad's

coming to dinner tonight.

So, why can't he come, too?

I want it to just be

the three of us, okay?

Okay, yeah.

Okay.

All right.

I'll see you later, then.

My Uncle Bob was

a tail gunner in Korea,

and a sergeant in Vietnam.

Tough old dude.

Now he's laying

in Valley Memorial,

hoping the transplant takes.

Here, you got that?

Thanks.

Your dad seems to be

around a lot now, huh?

Yeah, I guess.

Like a dinner and a camping trip

can just make you forget about

how he walked out on you.

Yeah, it's so predictable.

A guy hits middle age,

and suddenly

staring death in the face.

You know, tire around the waist,

hair in the drain,

cock that just

won't stand up anymore.

He wants to feel alive again.

He wants to feel that rush,

you know, he felt

when he was our age.

So, he picks up

a younger woman and poof!

Whole new life.

Go ahead and aim.

Almost.

Little better, right?

Yeah. Here,

switch with me real quick.

Then the guilt sets in.

Because he basically just left

the first kid in the dust.

So, he tries to bribe him.

With things.

Like computers.

Wow.

You follow me?

So, what's up?

How's school?

It is what it is.

Tell him about

your computer class.

He's learning how to

write his own software.

Like father, like son.

That's cool. We can

do some stuff together.

I dropped it.

What?

I dropped it.

It was boring.

Going out for boxing now.

You're going out for boxing?

You don't like boxing!

How would you know?

How would you know?

Seriously, how would you know what

I like and what I don't like?

Am I missing something here?

Yeah!

Okay. You've been missing it

for nine months, Dad!

You just can't come back in here

and expect to pick up,

like nothing happened!

All right, Kevin, that's enough!

No! Mom, he's gotta

hear this! Okay.

Life's been happening, Dad.

You know what, Mom,

I got homework to do.

Kevin, wait.

At least finish your dinner!

Let him go.

He just probably

needs some space.

Here we go.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey, uh, how was

dinner with your dad?

Let's just take a break,

all right?

No, keep going!

Come on, talk to me.

Dinner?

God, I was a jerk, okay?

I feel really bad about it.

No! No! Dude, that's good.

It means he knows

you're onto his bullshit.

We just have to hope that

your mom doesn't fall for it.

Can't let her, uh,

be his meantime girl.

What's that?

You know,

someone he screws in the meantime.

Hey, uh, come on.

Someone he screws

in the meantime?

Yeah. Put your body

into it, there we go!

Kev! Take it easy, Kev!

Calm down!

Easy, easy! Kev!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Kev! Kev!

What do I do?

What do I do?

God damn it!

Where's your pen?

Where's your pen?

Sh*t!

Kev. Kev, I got it!

What do I do with it?

Oh, my God!

Where do I put this?

Shove it in the leg!

Is it working?

You good?

Oh, my...

Are you all right?

Oh, my God.

You're not dying

on me today, okay.

God! Get over here!

Garrett's coming on

a little strong,

don't you think?

What makes you think they're from Garrett?

Did you read my card?

Would I read your card?

"Please give me

another chance."

What? It's a thin envelope.

Ugh.

Tell me you're not going to.

I'm thinking about it.

Oh, no. No, no, no.

Oh, I know! I know.

Let's tell him

to take his cookies

and shove 'em right up his ass.

You know what?

Enough with the cookie jokes.

We've all done things in our lives

that we wish we wouldn't have.

You know what?

Maybe you should start

worrying about yourself

for a change.

It's way more fun

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