Men, Women & Children Page #3

Look who's back for more.

I know what's been

going through that

dirty little mind of yours.

Have you been following

my instructions

like a good little boy?

Good.

Um, hi!

Hi!

Hi, what is all this?

We're doing a national

talent search for kids,

ages 6 to 16,

who have an interest in acting.

Oh.

Do you have

any performing experience?

This is, like, perfect!

The application includes

just standard

profile information.

And we are also going to want

her to write an essay

on where she sees herself

in 10 years.

Hannah knew

that her future would include

a large house with a swimming

pool in Los Angeles,

an expensive car

with tinted windows

to prevent paparazzi

from snapping photographs

as she went shopping,

and an attractive boyfriend

who would be famous,

but perhaps

not quite as famous as her.

She mentioned all of this

in her essay.

You were so pretty up there!

How cool would that be!

To, like, actually be

on a TV show?

Pretty cool.

When I think of all the

auditions and rejection

and dinners and drinks

when I lived in LA...

For you, it could be as simple

as filling out a form.

Uh...

Hey, what's up?

Um...

Nothing. I just thought I'd sit with you,

if it's okay.

Yeah...

Okay.

So that took courage.

It's no big deal.

I just came over and sat down.

I mean quitting football.

Oh.

Yeah, I guess so.

How'd you know

about that, anyway?

Seriously?

Like, everybody knows.

There's an article

and everything.

Why... Why'd you quit?

I just realized...

It didn't matter.

Well, just like that?

Do you know Pale Blue Dot

by Carl Sagan?

Uh...

I've heard of Carl Sagan.

It's just...

It's about how...

We're just made up of

billions of molecules.

Like, the same molecules

that have been around

since the Big Bang.

And they'll be around

until eventually

the universe crunches

into nothing.

I find that comforting.

Okay.

The actions of, like,

Hitler, Gandhi,

Jesus Christ, mean

absolutely nothing, then...

It's no big deal

if I don't play football.

It's no big deal

if I come over here

and I sit at your table.

There were many

other things that Tim wished

to share with Brandy.

Most notably, that his

mother had left him

and his father for California

at the beginning of the summer

and had kept in touch

mainly through Facebook.

But he resisted.

While he knew, cosmically,

that nothing mattered,

he also realized that

something about

talking to Brandy did matter,

at least to him.

And this was enough.

So, what do you think the chances

are of Timmy coming back out?

Yeah, I don't know.

His heart just didn't seem

to be into it, you know?

I'm hoping it's a phase, but

this divorce has been, you know,

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