"10-86, possible 4- 17." "Baker, Henry." "3000 block of Bagley, 4- 17, 10-30." "Get back!" "I´II shoot her!" "Oh, my God !" "3-L-90." "I repeat:" "Have them respond to my location." "See anything?" "Get those cars out of here!" "I´ m a reporter." "How long have you been here?" "Domestic or drugs?" "Is that his girlfriend?" "Get out of here." "Who is it?" "Talk to me." "Get him out of here." "Go on!" "I got my passes." "Shit." "I have every right to be here." "Where´d he go?" "We no Ionger have visual contact." "That was my car." "Holy" "Having a Iittle car trouble?" "That´s a keen observation." "I can help you." "It´s the Jag ." "You want me to drive home in your car?" "I want you to take my car." "I can prove it." "Give me your card ." "I´II be in touch." "No." "Tempting, but, no." "call it generosity between two strangers." "Generosity?" "It´s a Jaguar." "That´s right." "You´ re a freak!" "You are a freak." "Besides, I got a car." "Sort of." "What?" "You like it?" "Cool blade, huh?" "Fag ." "He´s gonna kill you." "I´ve got pepper spray." "I´ m Mr. Simonet." "Welcome to the seventh grade." "You may think you can´t cross this bridge fast enough." "well, I´ m here to tell you..." "... thatisnotanoption in this class." "Lateness." "Tardiness." "What does that indicate?" "I´ m having a bad hair day?" "Perhaps what it indicates is a lack of respect." "And so I expect you to be here for me." "On time, no excuses." "Put that down." "Wait." "Now..." "... thisclassis socialstudies." "That is you and the world ." "Yes." "... it´sstillgoingtohityou right in the face." "Believe me." "What does the world mean to you?" "Come on!" "A little class participation." "Is it just this class you want to get out of?" "Your house, your street?" "Any further any of you want to go than that?" "Yes?" "The mail ." "That´s only two miles away from me." "Let me ask you another question." "Do you watch the news?" "Yes?" "No?" "Because we´ re 1 1 ." "Good point." "What´s your name?" "Trevor." "Expect?" "Of you." "What does the world expect of you?" "Nothing ." "Nothing ." "My God, boys and girls, he´s right." "Nothing ." "Here you are." "You can´t drive." "You can´t vote." "... righthereintheseventhgrade." "But not forever..." "... becauseoneday you ´IIbefree ." "But what if on that day you´ re free..." "... youhaven´tprepared, you´ re not ready..." "What if the world ..." "... isjustabig disappointment?" "We´ re screwed ." "Unless... ." "... andyouflipthemupsidedownright on their ass." "Don´t tell your parents I used that word ." "And you can start that..." "... today." "This is your assignment." "Extra credit." "It goes on all year long ." "Wait a minute." "What´s wrong with this?" "What´s the matter?" "Yes?" "It´s, Iike, so... ." "There must be a word to finish that sentence." "Someone help her." "Weird ." "Weird ." "Crazy." "Hard ." "Bummer." "Bummer." "Hard ." "How about possible?" "It´s possible." "The realm of possibility..." "... existswhere?" "In eachofyou." "Here." "So you can do it." "You can surprise us." "It´s up to you." "Atrophy." "Look it up." "... andtheirmeanings." "Any questions?" "Yeah." "No, I wouldn´t do that." "But you might just squeak by with a " C" ." "What´d you ever do to change the world?" "well, Trevor, I get a good night´s sleep." "I eat a hearty breakfast." "I show up on time..." "... andthenIpassthebucktoyou." "What´s your name?" "molly, all right." "I want molly to look up the word atrophy..." "... andtelltheclasswhat itmeans ." "No, we´ re not in Milwaukee." "Straight to hell ." "Straight to hell ." "Four tequilas." "Who´s having the fourth one?" "You are." "Not for me, thank you." "Why not?" "I promised my kid ." "I know, it´s horrible." "You guys have fun." "Wait, wait, wait." "Here." "Thank you." "What are you doing, Junior?" "What are you doing, Jun?" "What are you doing?" "You got her now." "You got her now." "You got him now." "You got him now." "What time do you get off?" "If only I weren´t married ." "He´s married !" "I´ m single!" "I´ m single!" "hello?" "Hey." "How´d it go?" "Are you there?" "Yeah." "How´d it go?" "What?" "How´d it go?" "How was your first day?" "Okay." "Trev, you got to speak up." "I can´t hear you." "You mad at me?" "Trev, what are you doing?" "Nothing ." "You find the spaghetti?" "I´ m eating it." "Good." "Come on, tell me what happened." "I got to go." "Spoon?" "Spoon." "Mom?" "Mom!" "My friend´s coming in to take a shower, okay?" "Okay." "That´s not really breakfast." "You don´t eat breakfast." "well, let´s have some." "I´II make some eggs." "I´II have some too." "You sure you won´t throw up?" "What´s that mean?" "What do you think?" "tell me what it means." "You´ re sneaking it." "I´ m not sneaking anything ." "Okay." "Wait, I´ m sorry." "You´ re right." "I want to talk." "You want to lie to me." "I don´t want to lie, I want to talk." "I´ m sorry." "I can´t find the toilet paper." "Who are you?" "It´s Jerry." "Get out!" "Get out of my house!" "Thanks a Iot." "Get out!" "Do you need money for the bus?" "No, I got it." "You said he could take a shower." "I never said that!" "You did ." "I said to let a strange man into my bathroom?" "He´s my friend ." "You can´t have a friend like that." "It´s for my assignment." "What assignment?" "You won´t get it." "Mr. Simonet will get it." "Who´s Mr. Simonet?" "Hey, I´ m talking" "He´s my teacher." "Mr. Simonet?" "Yes, I´ m Eugene..." "... Simonet." "hello." "hello." "What is this assignment?" "Excuse me?" "I have two problems." "One, I´ve no idea what you´ re talking about..." "... andtwo,Idon ´tknowwhoyouare." "Trevor." "Exigent." "challenging, testing ." "I know what it means." "Why did my kid bring a bum home?" "I have no idea." "bullshit!" "I don´t know how he interpreted the assignment." "How do you think he interpreted it?" "I don´t know." "I talk to him." "really?" "It´s not a state secret." "Yeah?" "And?" "I don´t expect them to change the world ." "You don´t expect them to change" "Excuse me." "I didn´t say that." "They make attempts." "Now and then they clean up graffiti" "This is my kid ." "You don´t know him." "tell him he can do something, he´II believe you." "And when he can´t, it´II wipe him out." "They ought to fire your ass out of here right now." "I´ m just this side of parking in the blue zone." "Jesus." "You are really something ." "Thanks." "I appreciate the euphemism." "I´ve always wanted to be something ." "Can I help you with something, miss?" "No." "I just want to know about these instructions." "Do what they say." "Pay it forward ." "Why?" "Because you´ve accepted the car." "I´II never know." "What is this?" "Come on, for real ." "I´ve got a meeting ." "I´ve got a story." "Okay?" "Look." "Listen, please!" "My ex-wife has everything ." "Okay?" "Help me out, please." "My daughter has asthma." "Her inhaler doesn´t seem to be working ." "Mr. Parker, what happened?" "My sister, she stabbed me." "We were here first." "Stab wounds first." "She can´t breathe." "She´s scared ." "I will let you know." "Somebody has to see her." "It´s never been this bad ." "Do something ." "Would you just sit down?" "No." "Wait." "That´s bullshit." "Help her right now." "Excuse me?" "Why you giving me shit?" "Ain´t you got some oxygen?" "Let me get the supervisor." "You don´t need a supervisor." "You the supervisor today." "You are the supervisor today." "You feel me on that?" "... andgethersomegoddamnair." "Come on!" "Come on, man." "Damn!" "I thanked him..." "He told me, "Just pay it forward . "" "So it´s like a pass-it-on thing, then." "You and this lowlife are in this chain of do-gooders..." "Sort of Tibetan?" "Are you in a cult?" "Cult." "The guy!" "What was the guy´s name?" "Sorry, I´ m late for my mass wedding ." "I know somebody´s in here." "I know you´ re there." "Come out or I will find you and shoot you." "please don´t shoot." "please." "You stay right there." "If I see you move one" "please don´t pick it up!" "please don´t!" "I´ m not moving ." "please." "What are you doing to my truck?" "Let me show you." "I´ m just... ." "I´ m just going to open the door, okay?" "See?" "I didn´t ask for your help." "You been living in my garage?" "Not after tonight." "Can I come around and ... ." "You stay right there!" "please, I don´t like guns." "What is going on with you and my son?" "He wanted to help somebody." "He gave you money?" "Yes, ma´am." "That´s his savings." "You think you can keep it?" "I can lick it." "You ever been on the street?" "My mom took us pretty close." "... that´swhenyouknowyou´ ve messed your life up." "... I ´IItakeit ." "Even from a kid, I´II take it." "I can´t mess up again or I´II be dead ." "I appreciate that you´ re trying to pay back Trevor" "I´ m not allowed to pay back Trevor." "I know you want me to go." "I´II go." "What´s paying it forward?" "That´s me." "And that´s three people." "So I do it for them..." "... thentheydo it for three other people." "That´s nine." "And I do three more... ." "That´s 27, so" "AII right, all right, all right." "A little articulation, please." "Yes?" "I think it´s a good idea." "Shawn?" "It´s stupid ." "Adam?" "It´s the honor system." "People blow off the honor system." "So what?" "Just because you do." "Look that word up in a minute." "Like a perfect world?" "So?" "So what put this idea in your head?" "Because... ." "Everything sucks." "He talked to you about this?" "We´ve had our discussions." "But you don´t have to worry..." "... becauseI´ IItellhim we can´t talk no more." "No, don´t do that." "Would you Iike a cup of coffee?" "Yes, ma´am." "Okay." "... soshehungup." "I´ m going to put up a website in Chinese." "The goal being to knock the Earth off its axis." "Yeah." "Thank you." "Sit down." "... andthatwasthe assignment." "... I wouldcallthat..." "... admirable." "Add variegated ." "I want you to go home" "Hey, Mr. Simonet." "hello." "Were you just being nice?" "About what?" "About my idea." "Teachery?" "BuIIshitting ." "Do I strike you as someone falsely nice?" "No." "You´ re not even really all that nice." "What?" "What happened to your face?" "Did you draw the short straw today, Trevor?" "Go and tell them that´s what I said ." "tell who?" "I´II see you tomorrow." "It´s more product." "Who is it?" "It´s Trevor." "I´ m looking for Jerry." "Jerry´s not here." "When will he be back?" "He´s not coming back." "Now get out of here." "Jerry?" "Get out of here!" "please come out, Jerry." "... andnow,allthat´sgone ." "I gotta go." "hello." "hello." "Come in." "Trevor´s not feeling good ." "I´ m sorry." "What´s the matter?" "Just a tummy ache." "Do you want to come in?" "Sure." "Thank you." "Sit down." "Thank you." "It´s a very beautiful home." "Thank you." "Have you lived in Vegas your whole life?" "Yeah." "Mrs. McKinney, I didn´t ask to see you." "well, Trevor said you did ." "Yeah and he gave me a note from you..." "... whichyoudidn´twrite." "He gave you a note from me?" "Oh, God, that´s horrible." "He´s been so" "Don´t elaborate." "It´s not personal ." "I´ m used to this." "Would you stop?" "Can we just rewind here a Iittle bit?" "Then why did you come?" "Because you came to the school ..." "... totalkto me aboutyourson..." "... andI behavedlikea" "An asshole?" "Sorry." "Is that too trailer-trash a word?" "How´s " rat bastard " sit with you?" "It´s pretty good ." "" Dickhead " ?" "Oh, I Iike that." "Look, I´ m" "I made all this food ." "It´s just sitting here." "I really don´t know who else to talk to about him." "This is good ." "Thanks." "I don´t understand ." "This is summer school?" "Why do you think Trevor stopped talking to you?" "I don´t know." "He seems mad ." "Seventh grade is difficult, but he seems happy at school ." "Maybe I´ m wrong ." "Maybe it´s fine." "How much do you see him?" "As much as I can." "How much is that?" "I got two jobs." "Right." "I meant that." "Couldn´t have just been a question." "... outsideofschoolthatmightbe bothering him?" "I don´t know." "I´ m going to have to consult my spirit guides here." "You tell me Trevor´s withholding from you..." "Divine why?" "You always talk like that?" "Yes." "You go to some big fancy school?" "Yes." "Think you could stop rubbing my nose in it?" "Is there a father?" "He doesn´t live here anymore." "I don´t know where he is." "I know what that´s like." "Arlene, I´ve called you five times." "Bonnie." "No, listen." "This is Eugene Simonet." "You´ re not supposed to date for a year." "It isn´t a date." "No, I´ m Trevor´s teacher." "We´ re having a conference." "We´ re done." "Were done." "How could you do that to me?" "Write a letter to him, sign my name?" "I did something good and you don´t know it." "Honey, listen." "You only like people you can get drunk with." "You´ re waiting for him to come back." "No, I´ m not." "Yes, you are!" "No, I´ m not!" "Your father´s not getting his foot" "That´s what you always say." "I mean it now." "You always mean it." "You don´t even know I´ m in the house." "That´s not true." "It´s true." "I Iove you." "I Iove you." "I´ m doing the best I can." "Don´t Iove me." "I hate the way you look." "Trevor, you need to stop." "I hate that you´ re my mother." "Trev, I´ m going to come in, okay?" "You said that an hour ago." "Do you understand my kid is missing?" "What time do you think he took off?" "I don´t know." "I´ m sorry to do this to you." "Bonnie wasn´t home." "The cops wouldn´t come." "And my friends are all drunks." "It´s okay." "And so am I ." "I´ m a drunk too." "Where are you going?" "Got enough?" "Come with me." "I´II get you a ticket." "I´II get you a ticket, you son of a bitch!" "Honey, are you okay?" "... asI amforwhatIdid toyou ." "I didn´t drink." "I wanted to, but I didn´t." "You got no reason to trust me..." "... andI knowyoudon ´twanttohear any more promises..." "... soI ´m justgonnatellyou the truth." "I have a problem." "I have a really bad problem." "I´ve got to stop." "And if you can be with me on this..." "... thenI thinkmaybeIcan." "If you just..." "... trya Iittlebitand help" "You´ re still here?" "I hope it´s okay." "He´s asleep." "Good, okay." "How did you know where he was?" "Listen" "You´ re welcome." "No, you don´t have to." "Thank you." "You´ re welcome." "Wasn´t quite worth it, was it?" "No." "Have dinner with me?" "Okay." "I understand ." "Good night." "Good night." "No, it´s like three favors, player." "You got to do three." "I´II do the other two here for my folks." "A Iot of brothers need favors in here." "But who told you to do it?" "It´s like this idea I got." "You gonna put this on TV?" "How did you come up with an idea like that?" "Man, it´s like... ." "And it´s like..." "... I justthought,Iike,boom !" "It didn´t start with anyone else?" "No, nigger." "That shit came from here." "The shit came from my head ." "I can´t lie." "I been through some heavy-ass shit." "But not no more, because it changed me." "And I´ m changing this place, man." "I mean, people are listening to me." "People are staying clean." "Yeah." "Yeah, no doubt." "I feel you." "No doubt, dog, no doubt." "The thing is, Sidney..." "I think you know who." "That bitch?" "She a Iying-ass bitch." "She makes a pretty good case, though, Sid ." "That old crusty bag lady?" "This is all from me." "AII from my heart, dog ." "Sidney, it doesn´t matter if you got it from the lady or not." "You´ re the one paying it forward ." "Oh, the parole board ." "The parole board ." "Oh, snap, yo." "You good, man." "It´s like a carrot for the mouse and shit." "hello." "Oh, hello." "Did you know I worked here?" "No, I didn´t." "really." "Just dropped in for a Iittle game of craps?" "No, I Iike that coffee shop." "They have good food ." "Yeah, they got good pancakes." "Yeah." "fluffy." "I get off in an hour." "really?" "Yeah, really." "If you wanted, maybe... ." "If you were hungry, we could ... ." "We could, if you were, if you want to..." "... eatsomething..." "... sometime." "Give me a seven iron, please." "Yes, sir." "May I help you?" "I am not stalking the governor, Jordy." "Shit." "Chandler." "I want to talk to him, Jordan." "Your questions piss him off." "Is that why I got the bounce?" "He won´t talk to you." "tell him I´ m a candygram." "Stop it." "That can´t be right, can it?" "You really had this, you´d have used it." "What do you want?" "Four million dollars." "I´ m kidding, man." "Relax." "A phone call ." "I just need a phone call ." "They kept me 40 minutes over." "Did you call him?" "What?" "Wear this." "I got to take a shower." "What?" "I smell horrible." "Let me just wash under my arms." "Are you sure?" "Yeah, I´ m sure." "Don´t interrupt him in the middle of a sentence." "Am I supposed to raise my hand?" "Get me my shoes." "Those sandals." "No, these." "I´ m not wearing those." "They´ re too sexy." "You´ re late." "You owe him." "I owe him?" "Who are you?" "Go." "If I take a bus, I´II be another hour late." "Oh, my God !" "Oh, my God ." "You´ re just about... ." "You´ re the greatest son in the world !" "Okay, you have to go." "Here, here." "Go, go." "Lock both doors!" "I will ." "I Iove you!" "Love you too, Mom." "I respect you!" "They kept me late at work..." "... andthenIgot onthebusto go home and change, which was stupid ." "I´ m sorry, but I was all the way" "You´ re right on time." "I´ m sorry." "Minding my own." "Wasn´t doing nothing to nobody." "I was just on my way to church." "And one of them, man, was real black." "Like Ali on them bitches." "I was like... ." ""What´s up, nigger, what´s up?"" ""We going to kill you, Crip. "" "I was like, "You can ´t catch me, Blood. "" "... that´swhenIraninto this old lady." "That´s who you want to know about." "Shit!" "Hey, you in trouble?" "What?" "Get in." "Get in?" "Come on, get in." "Shit!" "What are we doing?" "Whatever we want." "Damn!" "Shoot." "I smell better than you do." "Yeah, all right." "AII right, so what?" "What you want?" "Don´t matter..." "... becauseyouain ´tgoingtodo it ." "You damn right about that." "Shit." "Hey, not in my car." "Shit, not in my car." "Oh, my bad ." "My bad ." "Son of a bitch." "You paid it what?" "I didn´t hear that." "Oh, my ass ain´t good enough, huh?" "Now you gonna tell me." "You gonna tell me." "What I really want to know is why?" "Why did you pay it forward?" "You´ re not supposed to date for a year." "They´ re not dates." "Seven dinners." "What are they?" "He doesn´t know many people." "He likes her." "So?" "He fixed your TV remote." "Don´t you got to pee?" "Look." "I need a smoke." "Yeah." "Over there." "So has he kissed you?" "No, no, no, no." "Does he want to?" "Sometimes I think he does." "He can´t really want to or he would´ve." "Do you want him to?" "I don´t know." "It´s just taking forever." "Is that bad?" "It´s pathetic." "well, good night." "Do you want to come in?" "And stay?" "Come in." "Trevor´s inside the house." "well, he sleeps like the dead ." "I don´t want to make it any harder for you." "Okay." "I can´t." "I´ m sorry." "No." "I don´t mean I can´t." "It´s just... ." "What?" "This is complicated ." "Is that what you think it is?" "It´s okay." "How could you ever think that?" "What?" "What is it?" "... soyoucansellastory for$300." "Do me a favor." "Don´t change the locks on me, okay?" "Chris?" "What are you hoping this´II be?" "You know, something that clears a check." "Are you sure that´s all?" "Bye." "Who´s there?" "Do you look down on me?" "What?" "Do you look down on me?" "No." "I don´t talk like you." "I haven´t read the stuff you read ." "That´s not pertinent, and you know it." "Don´t talk to me like that!" "Why?" "Why, because you think you look like shit?" "Is that what they are?" "Yes." "well, you look good to me too." "Okay, so?" "So I´ve never been here before." "Okay, so you´ re scared ." "I´ m scared too." "... butIwantthat with you." "More than I´ m scared, I want that." "You don´t see me." "My life... ." "My life is familiar." "My life is... ." "It´s manageable." "It´s manageable." "Every day." "I have a thing I do every day." "It´s all I´ve ever known." "And it´s a routine and as long as I have that..." "... aslongas Ihavethat ,I´mokay ." "If I don´t have it, I´ m lost." "It´s what I have." "It isn´t." "Is it what you want?" "Yes!" "I don´t believe you." "Okay." "That´s the best I got." "It´s not about you." "Yes, it is!" "Something´s been offered to you here and you don´t want it." "Maybe you´ re scared to get rejected ." "I can´t reject you." "You´ re too quick for me." "You didn´t call me a fag, did you?" "Look what I found ." "Give me that!" "That´s my asthma spray!" "Shut up!" "Stop it!" "Stay still !" "Stop!" "Help me!" "Hold still !" "Stop!" "Hey, McKinney." "Come here." "Let´s hang out." "Help me, please." "Screw it." "Come on." "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "You cut my class." "It´s been four days." "What´s been four days?" "I don´t know." "Neither does she." "Hey, what´s the matter?" "Pay it forward didn´t work." "I couldn´t even do it." "I was gonna help Adam." "Help Adam do what?" "Not get beat up." "But I crapped out and I let him." "I let him get beat." "No. you didn´t." "You didn´t let him get beat." "It happened ." "Sometimes there´s nothing we can do." "It´s not fair." "I know" "No." "You don´t know." "You should call my mother." "You could do something if you wanted ." "What´s gonna happen?" "What do you mean?" "He´II come back." "Who will come back?" "Hey, who will come--?" "Your dad ." "Your dad will come back?" "And ..." "... whatwillhappenwhenhe comes back, Trevor?" "will he hurt you?" "will he hurt her?" "Not if someone´s there..." "... insteadofhim." "Trevor, it´s..." "Is the world just shit?" "No, it isn´t." "You did good work." "Look at me." "I´ m proud of you, Trevor." "I´ m proud of you." "And anyway, for what it´s worth..." "... I ´m gradingyouontheeffort, not the result." "I don´t care about the grade." "Come in." "Trevor!" "It worked !" "Oh, God ." "Does he always get up early?" "What?" "He just saw me." "It´s okay." "I´ m his teacher." "Now you have to pay it forward too." "Eugene!" "You should still call me Mr. Simonet." "You had a sleepover." "Go back to bed ." "Why?" "It´s too early and I got to get to school ." "No, it´s a Sunday." "It´s a Sunday?" "It´s a Sunday?" "Stay." "Mom will make breakfast." "will you take care of him?" "I´II call you later." "Don´t be a stranger!" "You like him?" "Lady, come on." "Go away." "I´ m not going to hurt you, lady." "Here, take it." "It´s a nice thought but it´s not what I want." "What are you doing?" "I´ m not going to hurt you!" "Oh, my God ." "Listen to me." "What are you doing?" "What do you care anyway?" "Because I owe somebody a favor." "Not me." "Why not you?" "You know, a minute ago..." "Oh, please." "Go away." "Trust me." "I´ m not worth it." "Why is that?" "For God´s sake." "Come on, tell me." "Why are you not worth it?" "Trust me." "You wouldn´t understand ." "Have a cup of coffee with me." "What?" "Do me a favor." "Save my Iife." "Get him, get him!" "Off the ropes!" "He missed him!" "He´s dead !" "Come on, bleed, dude." "Give him a DDT ." "What?" "It´s gonna be a DDT ." "Drop him on his ass!" "I´ m worried about you." "That´s the DDT ." "Hear me?" "He´s dead !" "He can." "He has to get a chair." "A chair?" "slow motion." "Trevor, when did you become so violent?" "I don´t want to be splattered ." "It´II be your birthday present to me." "Leather bound ." "No, I´ m getting you 51 crackling volumes." "Hi, Arlene." "You can´t stay here, Ricky." "I know." "But I did it." "You did what?" "It´s the truth." "Where you been?" "What does it matter?" "I knew I had to change." "well, you´ re stronger than me." "Can you just stop for a minute?" "please?" "Can we just sit down and talk?" "God ." "I´ m sorry." "What are you doing here?" "please don´t talk to me like that." "I wish you luck." "I feel like I´ve got to give him a chance." "A chance?" "A chance for what?" "To change." "To try to make up for lost time." "Yeah, he promised to try." "What should I do?" "Be smart." "He´s his father." "He impregnated you, Arlene." "In what other way has he been a father?" "What do you mean?" "He never touched Trevor." "Oh, that´s right, only you." "What did Trevor tell you?" "Enough." "Christ!" "What is it with women like you?" "Is that something you tell yourself?" "" It´s okay he beat me. "" ""Trevor´s okay. "" "... andhe´sprayingthatitwillstop!" "How do you know?" "I know what I´ m talking about, Arlene." "... andmymother,she always took him back." "I never understood it." "... becausehe beggedand hecried." "Ask me what happened after he came back." "Did he hurt you?" "Not for long ." "By 1 3 I was gone." "I ran away." "So one night I did ." "What happened?" "He was there, drunk as usual ." "Only this time, I wasn´t the same." "I was 1 6 years old and I was no Ionger afraid of him." "And when I Iooked him in the eye..." "And I´ m standing in front of the house." "I´ m screaming for her to come out." "She doesn´t." "She can come with me now." "I don´t see it coming ." "A minute, five minutes, I don´t know." "I don´t understand ." "And then I see it." "I see..." "... this..." "... thisgascan." "This red gas can from his truck." "And he looks at me one last time..." "... andhelightsamatch." "And the Iast thing I remember..." "... andI ´IIneverforgetit..." "... werehiseyes." "His eyes, because they were filled with this..." "... immense..." "... satisfaction." "I´ m so sorry." "Don´t tell me how sorry you are for me!" "tell me how you´II stop it happening to Trevor." "Ricky would never do that." "Oh, Jesus, Arlene." "He doesn´t have to." "AII he has to do is not love him." "Jeez!" "What´s going on?" "What´s going on?" "I´II tell you what´s going on." "What are you doing?" "What´s it look like?" "You can´t do this." "My son won´t talk to me." "I told you I wasn´t gonna make him talk to you." "You could get a job." "That´II be the day." "This is our house, our bed ." "You´ve been drinking ." "Kiss me." "What´s your problem?" "I want you out." "Don´t tell me how to talk to anybody." "I´ve had enough." "You want me out of the house, I´ m out!" "Sorry." "I think I made a mistake." "Everybody makes mistakes." "AII right, bring them up." "Thank you." "carefully." "Thank you." "Careful ." "Did you get rid of your hiccups?" "Told you holding your breath would work." "Thank you." "Careful ." "Thank you." "Very nice." "Give me that one." "Thank you." "Thank you, thank you, thank you." "Trevor, what is it?" "Are you still gonna pay it forward?" "You could say you don´t have to..." "... becauseit didn´tworkout." "But I thought you still might." "Look..." "... youdon´tunderstandeverything." "AII right?" "So you do not know what you´ re asking ." "Give her another chance." "I will pay it forward ." "I promise you that." "But I cannot do that." "But that´s why this is the one." "Because it´s supposed to be something hard ." "But I still think you could ." "If you wanted to do something huge..." "... forsomeone..." "... formyproject." "For me." "She made her choice." "She said she made a mistake." "well, that´s the beauty of hindsight." "You don´t care." "Yes, I do." "I will always care about you, always." "Yeah." "You´ re my teacher." "They pay you to." "You got it?" "Yeah." "I ain´t saying a thing till I get one more." "You know, I thought you might feel that way." "No, no." "Later." "I got my places." "Places where I live." "Anybody who knows me..." "... knowswhereto fine." "Hi, Mom." "What are you doing here?" "I wanted to see you." "I drive by your house." "I know." "He´s big ." "Yeah." "What are you doing here?" "Are you gonna try to put me somewhere?" "No." "Then what do you want?" "I want to try to do something ." "AII the things..." "... whenI wasakid ." "The booze..." "... andthemen." "What happened to me when you weren´t looking ." "I know we´ re all weak." "No, not you." "No, I´ve been weak." "Here´s the thing ." "I forgive you." "Yes." "You can´t live with me." "Who would want to?" "Can I see him?" "Not drunk." "You´ve got to be sober if just for two hours." "Yeah, I can do that." "Okay." "Then I´II come and find you." "Okay?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Why´d you do this, Arley?" "She told me why." "... forthreeotherpeople." "Happy birthday dear Trevor" "Happy birthday to you" "And many more" "What´d you wish for?" "He can´t tell you or it won´t come true." "Can I have some napkins?" "Here you go." "I´II get it." "Mom?" "Why?" "I don´t have anything to say about anything ." "How you helped her." "I´ m doing a story." "You can´t." "That´s private." "Social studies?" "It´s his birthday and it´s a bad time." "I´ m sorry" "No, I´ m sorry." "Pay it Forward, the movement, reached L.A." "Come on." "The movement?" "Yeah." "Your son had something to do with this?" "I really appreciate this, Mrs. McKinney." "It´s up to him." "Ready, slugger?" "I guess." "Here you go." "Up here, please." "Just like you´ re getting a haircut." "You been interviewed before?" "No." "This is for you." "Hi ." "How are you?" "Ready to go?" "I guess." "AII right, let´s go." "AII right, great." "Okay, we´ re on?" "... TrevorMcKinney." "Trevor, you must be pretty proud of yourself." "No." "So you´ re not proud at all?" "I don´t know." "I guess." "But that was just for the effort." "Stuff I did, it didn´t work out." "You´ re here." "Yeah, but" "I don´t know." "I tried real hard ..." "... butnothingreallyhappened." "My mom´s stuff worked ." "She talked to my grandma." "Kind of made up with her." "It was really hard for her." "And I had really missed her." "... becauseof my mom." "Because she was so brave." "... tothinkthingscan bedifferent." "The world´s not exactly..." "... shit." "... evenifthey´rebad..." "... tochange." "And they kind of give up." "When they do, everybody" "They kind of lose." "Hi, Arlene." "And I´ve become one." "I won´t." "I don´t want to spend another second without you." "See you around ." "AII right, see you later, guys." "Let me go!" "Stop it!" "Who´d you tell?" "I didn´t say anything ." "Help!" "Stop it!" "Trevor!" "Come here." "Let me go!" "Cut it out!" "No!" "Get out of my face!" "Punch him!" "Come on!" "No!" "Leave him alone!" "Someone get an ambulance!" "I guess it´s hard for some people who..." "... areusedto things the way they are." "... evenif they´rebad ..." "... tochange." "I guess they kind of give up..." "... andwhentheydo..." "... everybodykindofloses." "These moments make you sorry to report anything." "In Phoenix, we ´re checking..." "... isconnectedto thismovement." "It´s hard." "You can ´t plan it." "You have to watch people more." "... becausetheycan´talways see what they need." "You can fix erson." "I can ´t ask for that." "Sure you can." "Why not?" " Wouldn ´t work." "Why?" "I already blew out my candles."