To Save a Life Page #2

It's funny. Come on, dance with me.

It's the po-po, y'all.

Get out! Get out!

- Everybody!

- Let's go!

Do you hear the police?

Come on, get dressed.

- Let's do it again.

- I'm not kidding. Let's go.

- You know you want to.

- Jake.

You know what? Screw it.

You want to lose your scholarship?

Go ahead, be my guest.

- What's your name?

- Tyler.

You live here?

- That's what she said, man. At least to me.

- Yeah, it was.

Where's my truck?

Amy?

Doug, it's Jake. Where are you?

Where am I? Me?

Yeah, I'm here. I'm at the party.

I'm not even talking to you.

Amy took my truck. Come get me.

Call me back.

Matthew, answer the phone.

Your grandma calls you "Matthew."

Hey, it's Jake, and I need a ride.

'Cause you guys left.

And I'm still here, outside, walking around.

Sober up and pick me up.

So, text me or call me. Help me.

What the hell?

I hate chick flicks.

Are you...?

Your secret's safe with me,

girly boy.

- What? Something flew in my eye.

- Right.

- Who's calling at 11:30?

- Hello?

Yeah.

All right, yeah, I'll be right there.

- Where are you going?

- Another drunk kid.

Why do I ever get the car detailed?

You know what? I'm proud of you.

Hey. Awesome.

- Thanks.

- A few too many, huh?

So, Jake, I'm curious.

What did you call me for?

Well, my friends ditched me

and my parents would freak out.

What about your girlfriend?

Speak of the devil.

She took my truck.

- Man, it's not your best night, is it?

- I'll drink to that.

I mean, yeah.

This isn't my house.

Yeah, I know.

I don't know,

I just can't stop thinking about him.

He must've been going through hell

and we let him down.

Roger came to my youth group once,

the Sunday before.

Must've been a last-ditch effort,

but it didn't work.

Hold on one second.

I'll be right back, okay?

- Hey, I'm Chris. How you doing?

- Roger.

Good to have you here.

What school do you go to?

Hey, one second. Be right back.

I missed him.

There was this kid at the party tonight,

and they wouldn't let him in

because he wasn't... He wasn't cool enough.

I mean, how messed up is that?

He wasn't cool enough?

The other guys didn't want Roger around,

so I just ditched him.

They would mess with him, make fun of him,

and I never said a word.

Yeah, I know what you mean, Jake.

But somehow we gotta own

how we treated him, you know?

You know, I was his only friend.

And I would see him every day,

walking to school, in the halls,

and I never even said hi.

So, we're both living with regrets, huh?

Anyway, you live around the corner,

don't you?

Yeah.

So, what did you mean when you said

that you weren't religious?

Well, I'm not religious

'cause that's not what it's about.

But aren't you, like, a priest or something?

You know, you should come tomorrow.

Just come find out.

I don't know about that.

Not your thing, huh?

Well, neither is leaving my family on a

Saturday night to come pick up a drunk kid.

Good morning, sunshine.

- How was your trip?

- Sorry we missed your game.

I tried to get us back last night,

but Dad had so much work.

Where is he?

- I see you were the last-second hero again.

- Yeah, Dad. It was crazy.

When Doug shot that ball,

I knew exactly where it was going to go.

One second left, I tipped the ball in,

hit the ground...

You know,

you've got a lot going for you, Jake.

Just don't get stupid

with this kamikaze ball, okay?

- Dad...

- Look, I'm just saying...

Do you know how easy it would be for you

to get hurt and lose your scholarship?

It's not like you're going to get in

any other way, huh? Not with your grades.

Just use your head, Son. All right?

- If I'm late, I'll call.

- You working on Sunday?

- You just got home.

- Somebody's got to pay the bills, kid.

What your father means is,

we're proud of you.

Yeah, I really felt that

from the one game that he went to.

- He's really busy at the office.

- Mom, just stop defending him.

- He's just...

- Doesn't get it! It's my life, not his.

- Where you going?

- I'm going to church.

Had he been there? No.

And notice how he prays to God.

My favorite part is verse eight.

He starts off his prayer

with the word "remember."

- Why would he use that word, "remember"?

- Jake Taylor?

What are you...

- What are you doing here?

- What do you mean?

You don't really seem

like the Christian type.

I'm just... I'm looking for Chris.

He's back here. It's almost over.

- So...

- Yeah.

Danny. It's so good to see you.

Tell your father his sermons just get better

and better every Sunday.

You're gonna be just like him.

- Your dad's a priest?

- Yeah, something like that.

- Jake, right?

- Yeah.

I'm Andrea. Welcome to Souled Out,

and here's a nametag.

- What is it, Rainbow Day?

- You didn't get my message?

Don't worry, you can borrow this.

- Thanks.

- So, here's the deal, guys.

We can know all this stuff,

and we can go through this book

until mullets come back in style.

- That girl freaks me out.

- Until we allow this to go through us

and change how we live,

it's a waste of time.

So we always gotta ask ourselves,

- "What are we gonna do about it?"

- Jake Taylor.

So I'm gonna wrap this up,

I know you're dying,

but I gotta ask you something first.

What would you do for $20?

Would you French kiss a dog?

How about this?

Would you take your mom to the prom?

I'd take your mom. She's hot.

Good, we know what Billy would do.

You know, we'd do all kinds of crazy things

for 20 bucks.

But what would you do for a penny?

Would you take your mom to the prom now?

French kiss that dog?

See, the crazy thing is,

is we treat people the very same way.

Some are worth our time and some we just

pass right by like they're worthless.

Last week,

I conducted Roger Dawson's funeral.

You know, some of you may not know this,

but Roger came into our youth group

the Sunday before he...

You know, it's easy to blame.

But last week, Roger took a look at his life

and he said, "I'm not worth it."

So whatever he was hoping to find here,

he obviously didn't find it.

Do we get this?

Because if we don't,

the consequences are huge.

You don't want to do this, man.

Like you ever cared.

Hey, Jake! Hey, man, you made it.

- You okay after last night?

- Yeah. Sorry I was late.

- No, I'm just stoked you're here.

- Liked your speech.

Okay. Thanks, man. I appreciate it.

So, girlfriend still got your truck?

Yep.

If you got 10 minutes,

I can give you a ride home. Is that cool?

- Sure.

- All right. Come on.

Joey! Hey, Michael. Hey, Sarah.

- Can I ask you something?

- Yeah, of course.

- Why do you think he did it?

- Roger?

I've been thinking about that myself.

I mean,

if Roger can just kill himself like that,

- what does that say about life?

- I don't know.

Things like that,

they make you kind of think, don't they?

It's just, like, I've...

I've spent my whole life

trying to be some basketball star,

and, like, what's the point of that?

My dad is successful, but he and my mom,

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