You Can Count On Me

Why do they always put braces on teenage girls

at the exact moment when they're most

self-conscious about their appearance?

I don't know

Tom

I see him

Tom! Jesus!

Tom!

Hello, Amy

Hi, Darryl

Amy, would you tell the kids you'll be right back

And, shut the door and step outside...

talk to us for a minute

Okay

Be right back, you guys!

You're not supposed to go out, Amy

She's going to smoke a cigarette

Rudy, come on, I'm really late! Come on

How was school?

Stupid

Why do you say that?

We're supposed to write a story

for English homework. But they didn't tell us

what it's supposed to be about

What do you mean?

I mean, they didn't tell us what it's supposed

to be about. They said do whatever you want

Well, what's wrong with that?

I don't know, I just think it's unstructured

Well I'm sure you'll think of something

If you can't, I'll help you

Okay, here... Don't forget your backpack

It's not a backpack, it's a knapsack

Then don't forget the knapsack

Hey, Give me a hug. Okay

Guess who's been asking for you?

Oh no, really? Is that his car?

Oh yeah

Yeah, come in

Mister Everett

Oh yeah, Brian

Brian, hi. I'm Samantha Ann Prescott

I'm the lending officer

Yeah, hi. Hi. How are you. Have a seat

I am so sorry I was late

Yeah, we missed you before...

I got held up...

Believe me, it's nothing I make a habit of

I'm sure it's not

Actually, would you get that door for me, please

So I always run out at 3:15 to meet him...

then run real quick over to the sitters house

Anyway, Larry never seemed

to mind about it, so I was...

just hoping you'd feel the same way about it too

Well, Samantha, I realize that Scotsville...

is not exactly a major banking center

No, it's not

No, I know it's not

But it's kind of a personal challenge to me to see

what we can do to bring local service up to

the kinds of standards that we'd try to meet

if we were the biggest branch in the state

Now, that means I don't want anybody

running out at 3:15 or 3:30 or whenever

the bus happens to come in that day

So is there anybody else who can

pick up your son after school?

Does your husband work in the area?

Ahh, no. Rudy Sr. Isn't on the scene

so to speak

Well, I can give you a few days

to make some other arrangements. But...

Well, Brian...

I understand what you're saying

and I think it's great. I do

Because there's a lot of things around here

that could use some attention. Believe me

But I've been meeting this bus

every day for 3 years now

And it really does, it takes 15 minutes

And if I take the time out of my lunch hour...

Well, I'd prefer if you would

make some other arrangements, Okay?

I'll do my best

So, how old's your son?

He's eight

That's a terrific age

You got a letter from Uncle Terry

What?

What room is he going to stay in?

He can stay in the little room

You know what, he's not going to live here

He's only coming here, to stay for a little while

And it's okay if you don't remember

him because

you were only six the last time he was here

But I think it'll be nice

if you got a chance to know each other

Don't you think?

Rudy, would it distract you

if I put on some music?

No

Did you think of a story?

Uh-huh

What's it about?

My father

What... What about your father?

It's just a made-up story about him

Can I read it when you're done?

It's not very good

Don't say that

Anyway, Bob, it's kind of this adventure story

Rudy's father is a secret agent...

or something, working for the government

And it made me feel kinda weird. Because

I've never said much to him about Rudy Sr

Because I don't know what to say

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