The Spectacular Now Page #2

I'm sorry. I hate to interrupt

your Cheerio... eating.

I'm sorry, Mom.

Sometimes you remind me

so much of your dad.

All right, there's leftovers

in the fridge.

I won't be home for dinner.

Or you can call your sister.

And, Sutter?

Next time I ask you to do something-

I love you so much it hurts.

- It hurts me how much I love you.

- You know what's gonna really hurt?

Who knew dinner and a movie

would cost 30 bucks?

Pretty much anybody

who's ever been on a date.

The best part is, dude, she didn't care.

She paid for popcorn and everything.

She's just-

What?

- Did you kiss her?

- Check.

- Yeah? Did you get tongue action?

- Double-check.

- Nice.

- Thanks, man.

What do you want to eat for lunch?

I'm starving.

Aren't you eating with what's-her-name?

Sh*t. Yeah. I forgot.

I gotta tell you, Sutter.

Aimee Finecky?

It's just a strange choice

for a rebound.

Dude, she's not a rebound.

She's not. Do I look like I have

any interest in dating Aimee Finecky?

I think she's a nice girI...

whose mom makes her

deliver newspapers...

5:
00 in the morning,

six days a week, pays half the bills.

Aimee doesn't say sh*t about it.

- That sucks.

- It's bullshit is what it is.

So where do you come in?

I mean, I think I can help her out.

So, if two planes intersect,

they intersect in exactly-

Give it to me- "A," one plane.

"B," one point. "C," one line.

That's lunch, you lucky sons of guns.

Don't forget to do the homework.

Sutter. A word, please.

Mr. Keely, sit down.

I have to have a word.

- I have somewhere to go.

- Good-bye. Good-bye, Hannah.

Don't be late tomorrow, please.

Thank you. You, button up.

- What's up?

- What's up?

I noticed you didn't

turn in your homework.

That's funny, man,

'cause, honestly, I did it last night.

I filled it out-

- Do me a favor. Stop talking.

- All right.

- What's up?

- You tell me.

I only want to see you succeed.

You know that. Right?

- I know.

- If you faiI, that means I faiI.

I like my job. I like you.

I don't want to faiI.

I don't want you to faiI either.

I'm not gonna let us faiI.

I'm gonna get it together.

I'm turning that corner.

Make me believe you.

I want to believe you.

- I'm feeling smarter already.

- Let me see you answer this.

If one acute angle

is two times larger than the other...

what's the measure of the two angles?

- That's what I thought.

- That wasn't on the homework!

That was the homework!

Stay there!

We're gonna do homework together.

I love it.

That's crazy.

How fast were you going?

Like 20, 25 miles an hour or something.

- And you just jumped out of the car?

- Yeah.

What?

It was snowing,

so I didn't think it would hurt.

But it did.

That's amazing.

That's awesome.

You're such a good listener.

All right. You go.

I remember-

I think it was sophomore year.

You came to gym class

wearing the mascot head.

You refused to take it off.

Yeah, that was funny.

It was really funny.

Yeah. I mean,

what's a story about you?

- About me?

- Yeah.

I don't really have any stories.

Everyone's got a story.

Not me, I guess.

All right. So, I don't know.

What's your thing?

- My thing?

- Yeah. You know.

Everybody's got a thing.

Larry Rourke? Stoner.

Greg Jacoby is the rich kid.

What's your thing?

I'd like to think that there's more

to a person than just one thing.

You know?

- Yeah.

- Hello, Aimee.

So, he finally got here, did he?

- This is KristaI.

- Hey, KristaI. Sutter Keely.

- Nice to meet you.

- Yeah, I know who you are.

Aimee, come on. French Club.

They're waiting for us. Chop-chop.

I'm so sorry. Oh, my God,

I totally forgot about French Club.

- I'm sorry.

- No, it's all good.

Hey, did you have Mr. Aster

for geometry class?

Yeah, freshman year.

Probably thought it was pretty easy.

Kind of. I don't know.

Yeah? I'll bet you did.

Would you mind tutoring me?

He's talking all the time.

I have no idea what he's saying.

Yeah, sure. Totally.

Yeah. Just-

You can just call me and- Yeah.

Just call me.

Awesome.

It was nice meeting you too.

It was a pleasure.

See you later.

All right. Bye.

- You have great taste in bow ties.

- Thank you.

That was my favorite.

I would have bought it if you didn't.

See you at home.

Bye-bye.

- What do you think of that?

- You're getting better.

That's really good.

That's the best I've seen yet.

- When are you gonna adopt me?

- I'm sorry.

- Two's my limit on mouths to feed.

- Okay. Offer's still there.

- What were we talking about?

- Cassidy.

- Yeah.

- I liked her.

Yeah. Me too.

Kinda thought she'd be the one

to yank you out of neutraI.

NeutraI? What are you talking about?

Dan, I'm in overdrive.

What?

- Aimee!

- Shane, shut up!

- How are you?

- I'm good.

Good. Come on in.

- This is my brother Shane.

- Hey, Shane.

- He just learned that.

- Charming.

- Yeah. We can study in my room.

- Lead the way.

Wow.

This is- This is really nice.

Thank you.

I try to keep it clean.

There's a lot of stuff everywhere.

- You read a lot? You like books?

- I do, actually.

I love books.

They're mostly just science fiction.

A few mysteries.

And other things.

- That one is really weird.

- This is the weird one?

- You picked a really weird one.

- Weird is good.

I say embrace the weird.

It's really weird.

- Is this backwards?

- Yeah. It's the way that you read them.

See, you start... back here...

at the beginning.

- Yeah.

- CooI.

- Gleaming Planet.

- Planet.

Gleaming Planet.

Is that you flying through space?

No. She's just a character

from those books that I like.

- Really stupid.

- No, if you like it, it's not stupid.

What makes her so speciaI?

She's in charge of this thing

called the Neexo Ark.

And it's up to her

to escape the Dark Galaxy...

and save

the Gleaming Planet star system.

Yeah. I don't know.

I know it's odd and stuff...

but she's actually... really awesome.

She's kinda my hero.

You will be my hero if you can

help me out with this geometry business.

I have no idea what I'm doing.

- Is this the right book?

- Yes.

How much of it have you studied?

"Studied. " That's a strong word.

Angle "C" and angle "B"...

are complementary-

Complementary. Got it. Got it.

Man, you're a wonderfuI teacher,

Ms. Finecky.

- So you understand it?

- Yeah.

What I don't understand

is why I need to know this stuff.

Seriously, like, who, like, calc-

Coplanar lines and angles and stuff?

Who calculates slopes at a job?

- Aimee?

- Who needs this sh*t?

Come on out here right now, will ya.

Thought you was gonna get us some milk.

- I will.

- Do it now, for Christ's sake!

I am so sorry.

It's okay.

- I should probably-

- Yeah-

Hey, there's a party on Saturday,

and I think that you should go with me.

- Me?

- Yeah.

- What?

- Yeah, I'll come by and pick you up.

How's that sound?

Okay?

- Is that an answer or a question?

- No. It's an answer.

- If you don't want to go-

- No, I do.

I would like that.

Thank you.

- Do you want me to carry that?

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