The Odd Life of Timothy Green Page #5

Come on! Come on!

Push up the field! Push up the field!

Don't pass it!

How do you score if you pass it!

Kick it! Kick the ball!

- Mom! I'm so thirsty.

- What are you doing?

No, no, no. Get back on D. Back on D!

Come on!

I saw your car.

Didn't know the kid was a player.

What position? Striker?

Uh...

Well, he's taking a break right now.

Oh, well, I got time.

It might be a while.

You know, I'm impressed, Dad.

You never really came to my games.

No. I came.

You were always on the bench.

Come on, Luke.

Find your man. Find your man!

You got to want it!

Oh, here we go.

Come on, I want to see some fight!

To keep you hydrated, sir.

Thank you.

He's a water boy.

No. Dad,

actually, I'm working

on all aspects of his game right now.

And you know what...

COACH CAL:
Come on, Erasers.

Keep your head in the game.

MAN:
Let's go, Bobby! Let's go!

COACH CAL:
Good pass. Good pass.

(INDISTINCT CHEERING)

- All right.

- COACH CAL:
Yeah. Yeah.

Good eye! Good eye!

COACH CAL:
Talk to each other!

Erasers, talk to each other!

That's your house, Philip!

Don't let nothing in there!

That's your house!

That's your house!

JIM:
All this time, it felt like

there was something

Timothy wasn't telling us.

CINDY:
And he was spending

far too much time with that girl.

EVETTE:
Was it a problem for you?

CINDY:
Well,

they were up to something,

and we didn't know what.

(GIGGLES)

Can you teach me to do that thing?

You know, that you do with your arms

and you put your head up in the sun.

Well, first, find the light, all right?

Okay.

TIMOTHY:
Just absorb it.

Just soak it in. Think "tree."

(BOTH GIGGLE)

- Do you feel it?

- Yeah, I feel it.

Nice.

Maybe you should show your birthmark,

because people might like it.

I don't know.

CINDY:
We didn't know

what he was doing with the girl.

It was fine if he wanted to have a secret

as long as he shared it with us.

JIM:
So Cindy did

what she thought was best.

Hey!

We need to talk.

Okay, let's talk.

Well, can you wait?

Fine.

I don't think that

you're the best influence on my son,

and I want you

to tell me what you know about him.

I know a lot.

I thought so.

So you know that he's got...

You know that he's different.

Yeah. It's what I like about him.

Well, it's a hard world to be different in.

And I don't want him to be hurt.

By you or anyone. I won't let it happen.

That's good.

What is this?

He's going to be misunderstood.

Lots of people hate anything different.

I wish it wasn't this way, but

I wish a lot of things. I wish...

CINDY:
It took my breath away,

this world they created.

I was wrong

about this, this girl.

You did this?

Yeah. Timothy and I did it together.

CINDY:
I had made a mistake.

JIM:
We made lots of mistakes.

Yeah, we made mistakes

trying to fix our mistakes.

Isn't that how you know you're a parent?

(LAUGHING)

EVETTE:
You seem to forget

what the object is here.

You need to persuade us.

Tell me, what would you do differently?

We'd make better mistakes?

- Better?

- Different. New.

New mistakes.

That's... That's what we'd do.

Yeah.

COACH CAL:
Put your

heart into it, Erasers!

Smarten up out there.

Bobby.

The most amazing thing happened.

I woke up this morning

and I started to draw again.

Oh, God! It must be so nice to

have time to waste.

It was like coming home.

My three are so busy with

their second languages,

their public service work...

Oh, and their upcoming music recital.

Your presence is expected.

Let's go, Erasers! Come on!

Brenda's freaking me out.

What's wrong?

JIM:
If you're on the bench now,

you'll be on the bench of life later on.

Jim, that is your father talking.

Coach. Coach!

Put Green in!

Come on.

CINDY:
Good, Coach. Thank you.

What are you doing? No, no, no. Jim...

Put...

What's going on?

Oh, great.

Now he's going to do that again.

What?

JIM:
He's going to uncross his arms,

crack his knuckles,

then he will turn and go.

Yep.

It's fine that he did that to me,

but now he's doing it to Timothy.

Hey, Jim...

Look. Look.

Here, Grandpa Jim.

BRENDA:
You know

what I feel really good about?

Bart and I are just grateful

that our kids' school

has a gifted and talented program.

Did you know Timothy is gifted?

How so?

Well...

He always finds the bright side.

He never gives up

and he has a good heart.

That will get you into college. (LAUGHS)

- He's a great artist.

- Look where that got you.

Get open!

Brenda, I have to say, I am...

What? I'm listening.

He's musical.

- Really?

- Yeah.

What instruments does he play?

(LAUGHING UNCOMFORTABLY)

"He's musical?"

What possessed you to even say that?

She just kept bragging

about how her kids could do this,

her kids could do that.

JIM:
So Cindy's sister

has this yearly family concert

that we never seem to miss.

CINDY:
If I'd known

what she was going to pull that day,

we never would have shown up.

(PLAYING DEMURE

CLASSICAL MUSIC)

(MUSIC STOPS)

BRENDA:
Thank you. Thank you.

Brilliant.

Thank you. This year

we are going to dispense

with our traditional encore.

ALL:
Oh!

Because we have a very special treat.

Sit back and enjoy

the musical stylings of Timothy Green!

You know what?

We're running late to something.

Go ahead and do the encore because...

No, Mom, it's okay. It's fine, Mom.

Um, Timothy?

- Hey, pal.

- Hey.

It's okay.

(HITTING KEYS)

(CHIMING)

(WHISPERING)

Just get him, baby. Just go.

Just get him. Get him.

Just go get him.

(WHISPERING) Hey, pal?

(CLEARS THROAT)

(STRIKING RHYTHMICALLY)

(VOCALIZING)

All my friends know the low rider

The low rider is a little higher

(IMITATING TRUMPET)

(SCATTING)

(AUNT MEL LAUGHING)

(FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING)

MAN:
Yeah!

JIM:
Yeah!

Can we go back and do it again?

- No.

- (LAUGHING)

I don't think we'll be invited back.

But it doesn't matter

because you were great.

You rock, buddy.

It felt great to rock.

It felt great to have a kid who rocked.

- Good night.

- Good night.

JIM:
It was all you.

And us, but mostly you.

CINDY:
Hey.

- We were proud of you.

- Mmm-hmm.

Turn the lights off in five, okay?

Good night!

(SHUSHING)

We rocked!

(LAUGHING) We did.

We rocked!

You know what this means?

I think I do!

This Sunday at the championship game

our son is going to

score the winning goal.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

(CROWD CHEERING)

COACH CAL:
Whoo! Let's go!

Ha! Yeah! Let's go!

All right, way to go, Coach!

No! No!

No, no, no. No, you don't! Not this time!

- You are staying for this one!

- I can't stay.

- You're staying.

- I got lots, I got a lot...

You will not be sorry!

I promise you.

- Okay.

- All right. Come on! Come on!

Yes!

Hey, Jim, how's he going to

score the winning goal

if he's never in the game?

Good point.

Hey, Coach. Coach, I just want

to give you the heads-up.

Timothy Green is

your difference-maker today.

That is your game-changer right there.

COACH CAL:
You're kidding, right?

Do I look like I'm kidding?

If I put your son in the game,

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