Wonder Page #5

(ALL LAUGH)

JACK:
Third of all,

he's actually pretty funny.

But fourthly,

now that I know him,

I would say I actually do

wanna be friends with Auggie.

At first, I admit it,

I was only friendly to him

because my mom

asked me to be nice.

But now I would choose

to hang out with him.

Like, he's a good friend.

Like if all the guys

in fifth grade

were lined up against a wall

and I could choose anyone

I wanted to hang out with,

I would choose Auggie.

Hey, what's wrong?

Go away.

JULIAN:
Oh, hey, Jack,

come sit with us.

Yeah, come on, man.

I wonder what happened.

XIMENA:
Maybe

Jack touched Auggie

and couldn't

wash his hands in time.

Jack finally got "the plague."

CHARLOTTE:

That's not very nice.

What? We didn't start it.

Where you going?

Hi. I'm Summer.

I know.

We're in the same homeroom.

You don't have to do this.

Do what?

You don't have to be

my friend.

I know Tushman talked to you.

I don't know what you're

talking about, Auggie.

I know Tushman talked

to some kids

before school started

and told them they had to be

friends with me.

He didn't talk to me.

Yeah, he did.

No, he did not.

Yeah, he did.

No, he didn't,

I swear on my life!

AUGGIE:
Okay, okay.

You don't have to get mad.

I don't like being

accused of things, okay?

Okay. I'm sorry.

You should be.

He really didn't talk to you?

Auggie!

Okay, I just--

Why are you sitting here then?

Because I want some

nice friends for a change.

Me, too.

Cool beans.

But you'll get "the plague."

Good.

Summer has "the plague."

Shut up!

So what happened

with Jack Will?

Promise you won't tell?

I got it! I got the part!

Congratulations.

Thank you. (LAUGHS)

She got it! She got the part!

Oh, my God! Bet she got Emily.

Yep.

(SIGHS)

What'd you get?

Emily's understudy.

I'm not saying poison

or anything,

but just a little Benadryl

to knock Miranda out

before the show.

Okay, enough.

Look, just learn her lines

and it'll give us an excuse

to hang out more.

We can start rehearsing

the kissing scene on page 110.

Wait. George and Emily?

There is no page 110.

So I'm thinking,

I really wanna

kiss you right now.

But I don't know

how you'll respond.

What's wrong?

I'm not an only child.

Mom?

One sec, Via.

Auggie, let's go!

I thought

you were at the library.

Er, um...

Yeah, change of plans.

Hi, I'm Justin.

I'm Isabel.

(DOOR OPENS)

Daisy threw up again.

Bucket loads.

ISABEL:
Bucket loads.

VIA:
Um, Justin, this is

my little brother Auggie.

Hey, dude!

AUGGIE:
Hey.

What's that in your case?

A machine gun?

(LAUGHS)

Er, no. It's a fiddle.

You should tell people

it's a machine gun.

That's way cooler.

You know what?

That's a great idea,

you're right.

We're on our way

to the grocery.

Mom's making...

What's it called?

Feijoada.

Feij... Mom's making feijoada.

You're welcome to stay

if you want, Justin.

Oh, thank you very much.

It was nice meeting you.

ISABEL:
Nice to meet you, too.

Psst. Oy! (SNAPS FINGERS)

Bye, Auggie.

Nothing to see here.

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

It's a gene.

Well, it's sort of two genes,

but two genes

that are identical.

And the trouble is

that both of my parents

carry the gene

at the same time, which is...

Well essentially,

he won the lottery.

Backwards or something.

And in another world,

I'd look like him.

I'm sorry for telling you

that I was an only child.

Sometimes it's nice

to hide a little.

I get it. It's okay.

(VIA LAUGHING)

(PHONE RINGING)

MIRANDA:

Major Tom, is that you?

It's so great

to hear your voice again.

Sorry, Via's not here.

I was actually calling

to say hello to you.

Good. Did you know

I'm going

to a regular school now?

No way.

Do you like it?

Yeah, I guess.

It's not as hard

as Mom's home school.

Yeah, I'll bet.

How are the kids?

Are they nice?

No. But I made one friend.

Her name's Summer.

We started

a summer names club.

Summer, August. Get it?

Good for you, Auggie.

(CHUCKLES)

Um, where's Via, anyway?

She's out with her boyfriend.

Really?

Yeah. We met him last week.

He's super nice.

I've missed you, Major Tom.

I miss you too, Miranda.

And can you tell Via

that I've missed her, too?

Well, but why don't you just

tell her yourself?

Listen, I gotta go, my mom's

calling me, but, um,

you know that you can call me

any time, right?

Yeah.

Okay, so call me any time.

I will.

Merry Christmas, Auggie.

Merry Christmas, Miranda.

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

NATE:
Get after it.

Open it. Rip it apart.

MIRANDA:
Via and I

have been best friends

since kindergarten.

MIRANDA:
Her family's always

been like my second family.

Auggie's always felt

like my little brother.

(ALL LAUGH)

How does it feel?

MIRANDA:
And for a few years

even our family's spent

Christmas together.

ISABEL:
Everybody say

"Merry Christmas"!

ALL:
Merry Christmas!

MIRANDA:
But now my dad's busy

with his new wife.

Who was his old boss.

And my mom, well, she's busy

not getting over that.

I got a job at a summer camp.

Just so I'd have somewhere

to go that wasn't home.

One day, and I swear

I didn't plan this, but...

I started playing

this little make believe game

with the girls in the camp.

I said I lived

in a huge brownstone.

On a nice street.

With my two awesome parents.

And my awesome dog

named Daisy.

And my awesome little brother

with a facial deformity.

And, oh, my God,

everyone went crazy.

"What do you mean,

'deformity'?

"What does he look like?"

Suddenly,

everyone wanted to talk to me.

And by the end of summer,

I was the most popular girl

in camp.

When I got home,

I wanted to call Via.

But she would've asked me

about my parents

and about camp.

And then I saw Via audition

for the play.

And I remembered

how cool she is.

And how I understood

why everyone in camp

loved me more

when I pretended to be her.

She used to let Auggie

hang out with us all the time.

I was the one who bought him

his astronaut helmet.

He was so into outer space.

And I wanted him to know

that the world

was bigger than his room.

And now he's out there.

And I didn't even know.

I could've helped him.

Maybe he could've helped me.

I don't know.

But I could sure use

some help right now.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

AND LAUGHTER)

(SUMMER AND AUGGIE WHOOPING)

(LAUGHS)

That was awesome!

(CHUCKLES)

Hey, look, there's Jack Will.

Let's find another hill.

You can't just keep

avoiding him forever, Auggie.

Come on, let's go!

CROWD:
(CHANTING) 9. 8. 7.

6. 5. 4.

3. 2. 1. Happy New Year!

(ALL CHEERING)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

(GRUNTING)

Thanks for the help, Daisy.

Way to put your back into it.

MILES:
What about you?

Christmas was awesome.

We drove up into the mountains

where they had the most

amazing snow I've ever seen.

It was like powder.

Nice.

What about you, Jack?

I went up Skeleton Hill.

It was the best.

AMOS:
Skeleton Hill?

I hate that place!

I know, right? I left

my old lightning sled up there

last time I was up.

It was the crappiest

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