Little Men Page #3

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- I can't.

- Why can't you?

- I gotta get home.

Watch out, Katy Perry!

Twelve minutes and 23 seconds!

From Jake's house to here

in 12 minutes and 23 seconds.

Good afternoon, Mrs. Calvelli.

Hi, Jake.

You haven't said hello, Mister.

- Hello, Hernn.

- Hola.

That's my friend Jacob Jardine,

but we call him Jake.

- Hello there, Jake.

- Hi.

- Jake, Hernn.

- So you're the grandson?

Yes, Max was his grandfather,

and his father is Brian Jardine.

The one I was telling you about.

Yeah, he's an actor.

And my mom's a psychotherapist.

Huh. So how are you enjoying

Brooklyn so far?

I like it a lot. Yeah, it's...

It's a lot more peaceful

than Manhattan,

and we have much more space.

It's great.

So are you going to be an actor?

Like your father?

I don't know.

Hernn:
Well,

you look like an artist.

The long hair, everything.

Maybe.

He'll tell us more later,

right, Jake? Go ahead.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, too.

So, that's the son.

Hey, your dad any good at acting?

I don't know. Maybe.

I thought if he was, he maybe

could gimme a couple pointers,

'cause I wanna be an actor

when I grow up.

Oh, sure, yeah, I guess.

He's not that successful or anything.

My dream is to go to LaGuardia

High School for Performing Arts.

You heard of that school?

Well, you know,

Nicki Minaj went there...

Al Pacino, but he flunked out, so...

Yeah, I think my dad applied there.

Oh, really?

Well, it's my dream school.

I've been looking around

for some theater classes,

you know, been practicing on my own.

Gonna audition next year

for the ninth grade.

It's gonna be a lot of work

and a lot of practice.

I might need a partner, okay?

- But I'm not an actor.

- That's okay, can you read?

These are some of the scripts

I'm working on.

Like Ah, Wilderness! and Pariah

by August Strindberg.

It's perfect for us to work on,

'cause it's just two guys.

You know what?

Focus on your art more,

maybe we could both go

to LaGuardia together.

Wouldn't that be great?

- I guess I can try.

- That's the spirit.

- Is Hernn your mom's boyfriend?

- That's disgusting, no!

He's a friend from Chile.

My parents are married.

They just don't live together.

- I don't understand.

- Me neither.

My dad travels a lot.

He's a nurse who works for the UN.

Where is he now?

He's in Angola, it's in Africa.

Look what he sent me.

Do you miss

having him around more?

I used to. But it's been a while now,

so I've gotten used to it.

Yeah, sometimes my dad goes away

if he's shooting a movie.

But it hasn't really happened

in a while.

Found it.

My dad said

he's gonna take me on safari,

and these are the animals

we're gonna see.

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