To Save a Life Page #3

- Another drunk kid.

Why do I ever get the car detailed?

You know what? I'm proud of you.

Hey. Awesome.

- Thanks.

- A few too many, huh?

So, Jake, I'm curious.

What did you call me for?

Well, my friends ditched me

and my parents would freak out.

What about your girlfriend?

Speak of the devil.

She took my truck.

- Man, it's not your best night, is it?

- I'll drink to that.

I mean, yeah.

This isn't my house.

Yeah, I know.

I don't know,

I just can't stop thinking about him.

He must've been going through hell

and we let him down.

Roger came to my youth group once,

the Sunday before.

Must've been a last-ditch effort,

but it didn't work.

Hold on one second.

I'll be right back, okay?

- Hey, I'm Chris. How you doing?

- Roger.

Good to have you here.

What school do you go to?

Hey, one second. Be right back.

I missed him.

There was this kid at the party tonight,

and they wouldn't let him in

because he wasn't... He wasn't cool enough.

I mean, how messed up is that?

He wasn't cool enough?

The other guys didn't want Roger around,

so I just ditched him.

They would mess with him, make fun of him,

and I never said a word.

Yeah, I know what you mean, Jake.

But somehow we gotta own

how we treated him, you know?

You know, I was his only friend.

And I would see him every day,

walking to school, in the halls,

and I never even said hi.

So, we're both living with regrets, huh?

Anyway, you live around the corner,

don't you?

Yeah.

So, what did you mean when you said

that you weren't religious?

Well, I'm not religious

'cause that's not what it's about.

But aren't you, like, a priest or something?

You know, you should come tomorrow.

Just come find out.

I don't know about that.

Not your thing, huh?

Well, neither is leaving my family on a

Saturday night to come pick up a drunk kid.

Good morning, sunshine.

- How was your trip?

- Sorry we missed your game.

I tried to get us back last night,

but Dad had so much work.

Where is he?

- I see you were the last-second hero again.

- Yeah, Dad. It was crazy.

When Doug shot that ball,

I knew exactly where it was going to go.

One second left, I tipped the ball in,

hit the ground...

You know,

you've got a lot going for you, Jake.

Just don't get stupid

with this kamikaze ball, okay?

- Dad...

- Look, I'm just saying...

Do you know how easy it would be for you

to get hurt and lose your scholarship?

It's not like you're going to get in

any other way, huh? Not with your grades.

Just use your head, Son. All right?

- If I'm late, I'll call.

- You working on Sunday?

- You just got home.

- Somebody's got to pay the bills, kid.

What your father means is,

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