Space Warriors Page #2

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and an irrevocable trust.

What's that I smell?

It's nothing special,

- [ding ]

- just some homemade lasagna.

Wow. I didn't know

it was a special occasion.

Good weekend with your dad?

You know,

they gave him a new car.

He was doing such a good job,

they wanted to move him

up to management

for much more money,

but he said that he wanted

to continue to work in research...

So in lieu of a raise,

they leased him a car.

He told me.

Did I mention I'm going to do the lawn

bright and early tomorrow?

You can build a roof,

paint Tom Sawyer's fence.

You're not going to Space Camp.

Come here, sweetie.

All right, this is the last time

we're gonna have this conversation.

What happened

when you were three?

Dad got fired.

Because of a big fight over...

A return heat shield.

And if they'd listened to him,

he could have saved all those people.

Maybe. We'll never know.

But what I do know for sure

is that I've watched

two space shuttles explode,

and on one of them,

I lost my aunt.

Now, no son of mine

is gonna enter a competition

where the first prize is a ride

on the next space project.

But, Mom,

we're not going to win.

The other teams are older

and totally experienced.

And when you do win--

because you are that smart--

you will be the only kid

who can't go to space

'cause his mom

doesn't want him to.

Totally.

You know what needs work, kid?

Your lying.

Jimmy! How long are you

gonna keep your dad waiting?

Right there.

- HEY-

- HEY-

You want to do the right thing here?

Well, don't I always?

Please don't make me the bad cop

on this Space Camp thing.

I won't.

I promise you.

- Thanks.

- Sure.

JIMMY:
So my parents said no,

but I couldn't let my dreams go

so easily.

Facing potential

lifelong grounding and more,

I decided to take matters

into my own hands.

All I needed was a few

old voice mails from my dad

and a really smart phone.

[ Recording ]

Apologize for what?

Sally, we had an agreement.

Sally, we had an--

Sally, we had a--

Sally, we had

an agreement.

[garbled voice plays]

Sorry it doesn't fit

into your schedule.

Sorry it doesn't fit into y--

Sorry. I'm sorry--

for this late notice.

Sally--

VOICE MAIL:
I apologize

for the late notice, Sally.

I finished work

ahead of schedule.

If it's okay with you,

I'd like to pick Jimmy up this Monday

at 10:
00 for our camping trip.

Let me know.

That's odd.

I can't remember the last time

he said, "I'm sorry."

Well, I mean, if you have something

for me to do, I'll stay,

but I'd love to go.

Actually, this trial is gonna take up

most of my time next week,

so if you want to go...

Amazing how things

just work out sometimes.

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