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Oh, wow.

I mean, Paris has always done this to me. Ever since I was a little kid, it

makes me insane. Yeah, well, as a hip kid from Kansas who never left Hogarth

County, Paris is certainly magic.

Yeah. Yeah, what kind of answer is yeah?

I don't know, it's just... Here it comes.

This is everything I ever hoped it would be when we were fantasizing about

having our own business.

But? Just things have changed.

They've changed a lot since then.

And I'm standing smack dab in the middle of my dream and suddenly I'm realizing

that... It's not your dream anymore?

No.

Except my dream has expanded.

I find myself worrying about Braden getting into college and if Nikki's

up too fast and what's with Derek's hair.

I miss them.

I really miss them. Don't you miss them? Of course I miss them, but I'm here now

in Paris.

And tomorrow we present our line to Verdun International.

And if it goes well, AVG will launch into a whole new hemisphere.

So yeah, I miss them, but...

April, what are you doing? I'm just checking up on them, make sure

okay. Everything is fine, just like it was six hours ago when you called. Take

second. Hi.

What am I going to do with you?

What?

Got the answering machine. See, everything is fine. Or the house burned

the only thing left is my charred answering machine.

Who are you calling now?

Johnny.

Brother. Hello.

Johnny? Sorry, Mr. Durant can't come to the phone right now.

Can I take a message? Derek?

Hey, April. Derek, what are you... you doing answering Johnny's cell phone?

Johnny's in the middle of something.

What something?

Oh, just a little bit we have going.

And I just won!

Johnny, are you okay?

Hello?

Bye.

Life is good, Braden Westerly.

Hey,

you got any cold beers sticking around?

Uh, yeah. Yeah, hold on.

Cheers, buddy.

Dude, put that away.

Rock there. A deal is a deal.

Thought you weren't coming back till tomorrow. Ah, nope.

Today.

What's with the band -aid?

I dropped you off to bed.

Guess what my dinner is.

Kitchen.

Yeah, fire red crunchies and garlic popcorn.

Oh, hey, Braden, I may need your help later. I'm thinking about moving that

fridge out of the garage.

I'll be happy to take some of that action. Oh, hey, I'm Johnny. Hey, Bryce

Conley. I met Bryce up at the tournament in Los Rosados.

Yeah, you should have seen him. He might have to ring in the beach after this

game. Hey, you did it right yourself.

Yeah, I finished second.

Just a second.

When are we going to hit that fridge?

Oh, no, Bryce. You don't have to, man. I got braid. No, I love this stuff.

Really. We'll unlock it out in like five minutes. Top. All right.

Sounds cool.

Let me check on your brother first real quick. Yeah.

Should probably stash those beers. Yeah, we should do that.

Jay.

It's him.

Would you stop?

Can you sign this for me?

Looks pretty good, huh?

More importantly, was the tour still fun?

Oh, definitely.

Had a bunch of cool guys who've been showing me the ropes.

So we need to get your training back on schedule.

Of course.

But I just need a couple of weeks to thought out the shot.

Closing down for three months. Not exactly the smartest move.

What?

What? Let me talk to my manager. I could loan you some cash.

Thanks, but no.

Brayden, you put your money in the bank.

Trust me.

No, no, no, Jay. I don't think you understand.

Wavecrasher gave me $50 ,000 for a bunch of handshaking and smiling.

That's more money than my father made on the farm in one year.

Are you sure I can't help?

Positive.

I will work every waking moment in this shop until I get her out of the red.

Excuse me.

I'm looking for Jay Robertson.

That's me.

I need to learn how to surf. I need to learn now.

Let me just check the schedule.

Maybe I can squeeze you in later today.

No, now.

Now's good.

Turn around. Turn around, Isabel.

Okay, I got it. I got it.

Paddle. Paddle.

Isabel.

Hey, you all right?

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

Let me get this.

What happened?

Can you bend it far back?

Yeah. All right.

Let me have a look at it.

How's that for you?

I think you'll be fine. Fine. Yeah, fine.

So, what do you think, so -called?

I'm just trying to connect with my son, Danny.

Lately, I've felt like an alien life warm around him.

My ex, however, is his hero.

Took him to surf camp for three weeks in Costa Rica.

That alone moved him ahead of LeBron James.

Well, you've definitely got...

more talent.

Definitely. Yeah.

So tomorrow?

I can't bear to look.

You open it. What's the big?

The SoCal Peer Review is one of the top three most prestigious young adult lit

journals in the entire country.

Oh, well, in that case... Okay, will you just open it?

Yeah.

Dear Miss Westening... So formal.

Will you just read it?

We have selected your poem.

Are you serious?

They like me.

They really like me.

Hey, this festival thing is cool. What are you talking about?

Says you're one of the teen poets invited to read on the closing night of

three -day festival of books.

It's this weekend.

No one said that this was part of the deal. I can't read my poem in public.

What? I'm a writer. I'm not a performer.

Come on. I'm serious.

I was valedictorian at my elementary school graduation.

I fainted twice before I even made it to the podium.

And then... I projectile vomited all over Principal Cohen.

Gross.

So I'm just going to tell him that I can't do it.

Don't think that's going to work.

It's a condition of receiving the award.

Well, that went well, considering you were 20 million miles away.

No, I wasn't.

Okay, I was a little distracted. But you know, Monsieur Verdot making eye

contacts with everything on my body except my eyes. Hello, Frenchman. What

you think about the kids again?

I just can't seem to get them off my mind.

Well, Johnny is looking after them. And then there's Johnny. And what about

Johnny? Oh, it's never going to happen, that's why. The timing is never right.

Will you give me the two ships that pass in the night?

Susanna, I went to the restaurant.

Yeah, and he came to the house at the same time. That's not the universe

a statement.

So what's the next step? You tell me.

I mean, with Verdun and the business. The whole reason we're here in Paris.

Colby's working the details out in Milan this week.

And despite your mental absence in that last meeting, I think that we've got the

French connection secured. So we're off to Munich and we're still trying to work

out Tokyo.

Amy, you're the one who said we should strike while the iron's hot.

No, you're right.

I'm not doing the kids any favor if I can't make a living.

Come on.

I'm in the mood for room service.

We haven't made an appointment yet. For what?

I'm going to kick your butt in Halo 2.

It's going to have to be another time, D.

Hey.

Brayden. What up? What's up, buddy? What's going on, guys? Glad you can make

here. Couldn't let a bro drown.

Glad you set a board out of your gourd when you called.

You know how it is.

It's quiet when you get back from the tour, ain't it?

Eh, a little bit.

Little dog, I didn't catch your name.

Derek, but my friends call me Big D.

Oh, Big D. How would you like to be an honorary member of our crew?

Sure. Yeah?

All right, rock star, you're in.

Okay, who's up for lunch? Me, dude. Ready?

Absolutely. Johnny was expecting us at the sandbar.

Well, why don't you just tell him that I'm sleeping?

But... Hey, Big D.

Part of being a member of our crew means you've got to cover for your bras.

Got it?

Fine. Okay.

All right, well, you guys go get in the hot tub and I'll order some pizzas.

All right, you need some cash?

No, I'm good.

Oh, no. What are you holding? Oh, I'm scared.

Voila!

Hey, there.

Modern technology, you gotta love it.

Go ahead, say something.

Hi. Hi.

You look great.

You can see me? He can see me? Yeah.

Yeah.

Is that a Band -Aid? Ah, yeah, yeah. Just... Well, what can you say?

your youth can be a little painful.

All right, let me, let me... Hey, hey, man, watch the ball.

Hey, Aniva.

Hey, sport.

Ah, no haircut yet, huh?

It's still summer.

Ah, okay.

Hi, Aniva.

Nikki. How are you?

Is everything okay?

All right, Nikki, even thousands of miles away, I can tell that there's

something wrong.

Well, I had a poem selected for a teen literary journal, and I got an award for

best newcomer. Well, Nikki, that's great. That's wonderful.

I'm really proud of you. And they want me to read my poem in front of, like,

everybody who's anybody in the poetry world.

Wow. I can't do it. Nikki, you can do it. I gotta go, Aniva.

Wait a minute, Nikki.

Is she really that upset?

She's pretty freaked, yeah.

Hey, Johnny, by the way, thank you for staying at the house and taking care of

everything. Oh, happy to.

I mean, Jay's freaked. Plus, it's familiar there.

Oh, tell Susanna that I'm in her room.

The hell you are!

Or else you expect me to sleep. Ava's room?

Fine. I needed a new mattress anyway.

Bye. Got to open up shop here, so... Oh, right, of course.

Well, I'll see you soon.

Well, we'll do this again, same time, same station.

Gotcha.

What did this come from?

Violent electronics.

You bought it?

No. It was on sale.

Staring us right in the face.

You could resist it.

How much on sale?

Seven G's.

She's going back right now. You know that, right? Jay, come on.

Brayden, your aunt would kill me if she knew. I've been working hard. I can't

treat myself.

Besides, my manager said it wasn't that big of a deal. Well, with Ava gone, I'm

in charge of you, all right? Not Sam.

I want it out of here, Brayden. Jay, come on.

He's not a discussion.

I want it out of here. I want it out of here now.

Man, do we have a blast.

Hey, Brad, you want to take a quick walk?

Sure.

Bro, about that whole thing with the TV, man.

Listen, none of us have ever made the kind of coin that you're making right

It's true.

Right?

We all know what you're going through.

Busting your ass out on the tour.

You come home, everybody's breathing down your neck.

Yeah.

It sucks.

That's your bro.

I want to help you avoid some of the crap I want.

Guys like Jay, you can't let him tell you how to live your life.

He's going to hold you back.

Got that?

You thought mice were thrice as nice?

Thanks, Mark.

I think we're going to just grab a seat, Nick.

My hopes, my dreams.

Hi, I'm Nikki Westerly. I'm here for the rehearsal for Teen Poet. Oh, yeah?

Nikki, wondering where you were?

Loved your entry. Kind of an Anne Saxton meets Queen Latifah.

Thanks. I'm Emily Hellings. This way.

We thought the rehearsal would be an excellent chance for the writers to get

taste of what Sunday will be like.

Right. See, I wanted to talk to you about that. Um, I don't think I can do

don't understand.

See, me and crowds, we don't really make them.

There isn't a single writer I know, and I know almost all the great ones, who

don't have butterflies in their stomach before they read their work.

Right, see, these are more like hornets. It's going to be fine. Come on. My

heart was cold as ice.

Our final teen poet today is Nikki Westerly. Please welcome her.

Humiliated.

That about sums it up.

Nikki, these things happen.

You don't understand how bad it was. You weren't there.

Usually I can fix these things, but it looks like I've sort of lost my magic

touch. Johnny, could you go get her, please?

Yeah, oh yeah, of course.

Oh, just so you know, Jay put out a little fire with Brayden.

Which was?

Well, it seems that Braden went out and bought a $7 ,000 television set. He

what? Which Jay made him return.

Um, I better go find Nikki now.

Bye -bye. See you.

What? Everything's going to be booked.

Okay, we'll see what we can do.

Are you kidding?

Jay's just looking out for you.

He treats me like a child. Oh, come on. He does not.

I started from scratch when I moved out here a year ago, and it was not easy.

But I've come a long way. I've made something of myself.

You have.

And Jay's proud of you.

I'm proud of you, Kansas.

Thanks.

Is it everything you thought it'd be?

Sort of.

Sort of?

I sort of had this idea that I'd be sharing it with you.

Brayden, we've already had this discussion. I know, but I can't accept

can't be together because of a couple years age difference.

But we can.

I shouldn't have even brought this up.

But Brayden, you'll always have a strong friendship.

Doesn't that mean more than anything else?

Yeah. Yeah, I can.

Listen to me.

There's a place reserved for you in my heart.

And I'm never going to tell you that what we felt for each other wasn't real.

Time's on our side here, Brayden.

Never know what's happening.

So?

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

It's not relaxing to picture myself sitting in a blank void of nothingness,

listening only to the beating of my heart. Really?

Not for sure that wouldn't work.

This is pointless.

As soon as I imagine myself standing in front of a huge crowd, numbering more

than a hundred water.

I need to face the facts.

I'm not going to be able to read my poem in public.

And so goes my hopes of having a literary career.

That's what you want to avoid.

Oh, Danny.

Oh, a house surf camp.

Fun, I guess.

Uh, Danny, this is Jay. Jay, Danny.

Jay's my surf coach.

Nice to meet you, Danny.

I can actually ride a wave.

Granted, it is on my stomach.

Get out there. Show them what you can do.

Tell you what, my man, you're pretty lucky.

I couldn't even get my mum to kick a soccer ball around with me.

Hey, look at her out there.

Hey, you think she's pretty bright?

Sure.

You don't even want to watch your mom?

Not really.

tell me this was the right idea.

Ava? Just say it.

Fine. You were never going to be any good to me until you got this out of

system. It was the right idea.

Thank you.

You owe me, big time.

I know.

And Ava?

Yeah? If you are smart, you will finally look Johnny in the eye and you will

tell him... Susanna, I'll call you when I land.

American Sunday on mobile.

Sorry. One wonders what it is they have to talk about.

Incessantly. Actually, I'm trying to get home to my kids.

Children, is it? Yeah.

Two boys and a girl.

In my day, mothers stayed at home with their children.

Well, I'm sure many things have changed since then.

Yes, indeed.

Everything out of Paris was booked solid, so I'm flying from Heathrow to

Los Angeles.

I've never been to the States.

Tell me, is it true that one can be murdered whilst taking a casual stroll

the park?

I'm sorry, I'm afraid we got off to a really bad start. I'm Ava Gregory.

Thomas Linfield.

Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

Our apologies.

Due to an electrical problem in Croydon, the rails are shut down temporarily.

We don't expect a long delay.

Indeed. It'll be four hours at least.

Four hours? Are you sure? Quite certain.

I'll miss my plane.

This will never do.

Where are you going?

To hire a car.

Wait. Is there any chance... I mean, I know I have no right to ask you this,

would you... I mean, could you...

find it in your heart. What are you trying to say?

Could you please give me a ride to the airport?

I have an appointment which cannot be missed.

Please?

It is on the way to Heathrow.

So that means?

But Harry, Mrs. Gregory, we don't want to miss your plane.

Hey, ladies, can I get you to drink? I'll take a bourbon and soda. You got an

ID?

Uh, it's in the car.

Just make it a cola.

Six colas.

Six colas. Six colas. All

right, who's the hottie?

Oh, she's a good friend.

How good?

Wait a second.

I don't want to talk about it. Hold on.

Hey,

Brayden. Hey, what's going on?

Boy, grab one. Thank you.

Thanks.

Wait, sweetheart.

This is diet.

If I promise to be really good, can you hook me up with a regular?

Sure, sweetheart.

Thank you so much.

She's smoking, man.

Did she give you a little welcome home gift yet?

Dude, it's not like that. Yeah, right.

Come on, man.

She's got it for you.

Big time.

Big time.

I know these things.

So you tapped out, right?

Here's your soda.

I

was

in service my entire life.

Third generation.

A butler? Please.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

I wouldn't expect a foreigner to understand.

Domestic service is a respected profession in this country.

My wife and I lived on the Matthews estate until I retired two years ago.

So you're married.

36 years.

Today is our anniversary.

I would have never asked for a ride if I had known that. She will understand.

Love taking in stray dogs, etc.

Quite the sentimental type.

Unlike you.

Never saw any sense in it, frankly.

Ah, and here we are.

When first we met, she worked in the kitchen.

Just a little bit of a thing.

There you are, Corinne, my dear.

Happy anniversary.

She was much younger than I.

Or so I thought.

Not until she passed did I realize we were just a few years apart.

Strange, don't you think, to take such vanity with you to the grave?

Do you think when you're young you have all the time in the world?

But it all passes far too quickly for my taste.

I wonder, would you mind giving me a moment?

Oh, oh, no, of course, of course.

See you, see you later.

Thanks, fellas, thanks.

Johnny here. Hey, it's Ava. Hey, is it true that you're coming home early? I'm

trying.

Johnny?

Are you there, Ava?

When I get home, there are some things that we need to talk about.

Things? When I get home, okay?

Uh, okay.

And Johnny?

Yeah?

Uh, see you.

Shall we?

Sure. Tell me, who is it you keep talking to on that mobile phone of

husband?

Not yet.

Steve?

There, come. Give me a message and I'll call you back.

I can't stop.

There you are, Peter.

Hey, you're not still sweating that Erica girl, are you?

Dude, don't worry about her.

Now she's worth worrying about.

Come on, player. Let's see you play.

How you doing?

Great.

I didn't catch your name.

Whitney.

Wait.

You're the guy from the wave pressure ads in the magazine.

Yeah, that's me.

You into surfing?

No.

I'm into surfers.

Whitney, what are you doing? Oh, hey, Trevor.

Who's this guy?

Why are you talking to my girl?

You ask too many questions.

Oh, this is real funny.

Yeah, well, nobody here is laughing.

You cool, bro?

Yeah, I'm cool.

Trevor, let's go.

See you around, bro.

I'm hanging up my surfboard.

Danny didn't even care that I was trying to learn to surf.

Back to the drawing board.

Guess I'm doomed to a life of trying to impress boys.

Maybe that's the problem.

What do you mean?

I'm sure you'll find ways to connect with your son, but you can't force it.

Otherwise you'll just end up chasing your own tail.

But I saw you out in the water. You can't tell me that you weren't loving

doesn't matter.

Well, does surfing make you happy?

Yes. Then?

That should matter to you.

What are you doing?

My job.

Um, I don't get it. You, my dear, have a passion for surfing.

And without me screaming it in your ear, you might just give up on it.

And I can't let that happen.

But this is your specialty.

Westernly, I'm on the clock, and as you can see, it's a little crazy.

And where's your boyfriend been? He hasn't worked all week.

Cameron's got family stuff going on. Amber, I am running out of time. What is

with you, Nikki? This is so not a big deal. Yes, it is.

You were the walrus. You ran for school president.

Yes, but those don't count.

Those didn't mean as much to me as this does.

I guess I don't understand.

Writing is who I am.

It's what I do.

I can't just blow this off.

Well, there is one thing.

Well? Nothing.

What am I supposed to feel?

Relaxed. Confident.

Courageous. At least, that's what my mom says.

What did you put in this? A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

Mostly apricot brandy.

Alcohol.

You gave me alcohol?

Just enough to take the edge off.

The ginkgo biloba will balance it out.

At least, that's what my mom said.

Remember what I told you. When the wave comes, we'll get onto it. Use the board

to spring up.

Be decisive.

Don't panic.

And just let the wave take you where it wants to take you.

Okay.

Okay. All right.

Here we go. Come on.

Let's go.

You all right?

Yeah. Oh, this is so much fun.

Told you, surfing is great.

No, I mean, you.

Us, here.

We're having a lot of fun together.

Uh, I don't really think it's a good idea to mix business with pleasure. Oh,

okay.

So, again?

Careful. Okay.

Nikki, are you okay?

It's all quiet on the westerly front.

I'm okay.

What time is the poetry reading?

Seven.

But you should go without me.

And you should tell them that I know why the catchphrase sings.

Get up, girl. We've got work to do.

Wesley's got the ball. What's he going to do? What's he going to do? Bring it,

son.

The crowd loves that.

You can't go weak when you're dunking on a Bryce man.

He's right. It's true.

Do you guys want to head back to the house? Yeah.

Hey, Jay.

What's going on, Derek?

Brayden, I need to talk to you.

Alone.

What's wrong, Jay?

Brayden, it's fine. Come on.

I'm with my friends right now.

Listen, I heard what happened with Erica.

Are you going to call her to apologize?

No.

Or what?

I'm going to be in my room.

I think Brayden's old enough to make his own choices.

I don't remember talking to you.

We've got an extra room with a pad. Maybe you should come stay with us for a

while, Brayden.

Yeah. I think that's a good idea.

You're making a huge mistake.

It's a deuces, Jay.

We're leaving.

It's about four sticks a foot. Check out the left door.

Hey, show Danny your new moves. Danny quit surfing.

What?

Why? His dad.

I guess the surf camp wasn't as fun as it was cracked up to be.

He even put his surfboard up in the attic.

Oh, kids.

You can never quite predict what they're going to do next.

It's like surfing.

You have to adjust to the waves you're given.

which is why I'm here to schedule our next lesson.

Jay, it was like dancing on water.

Wow.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

I guess I've done my job.

And your advice about me doing what makes me happy, you were right.

You know, about that, look, I know what I said, and we don't really know each

other that well yet, but I was thinking that if

we were to get to...

That's

pretty much what I was thinking.

So, tomorrow...

Maybe we can find some coffee. No, no, no coffee.

Okay. I'll put the sunglasses.

What?

Ow. Great night.

Make it go away.

What is going on here?

Did... Do I smell alcohol?

Nikki.

Nikki, did you get drunk?

What? Were you thinking? This is not like you at all. It's my fault.

I was trying to help.

And we'll be calling your mother to tell her what a huge help you've been.

I can't do this, Johnny.

What are you talking about?

It would be so much easier if I could just sit in my room and write poems and

then put them in my closet for the next 50 years.

Nikki, that would be easier.

When life gets hard or scary, you can't take some magic pill or drink alcohol to

get through it.

You take a breath.

You take a very deep breath.

You put your head down, and you blow ahead.

You saw what happened last time. Hey, don't quit.

Linda Blair's got nothing on you. Nikki, if you don't do this, if you let this

chance just slide by, I'm telling you, you're going to be kicking yourself for

the rest of your life. Trust me. There you are, Nikki.

Hi, Emily.

Your poem has generated quite a buzz. Some of the entries were leaked to the

Internet. Everyone's totally psyched about the new voice from Playa Linda.

Really? Mm -hmm. You ready?

Oh, yeah. She's ready.

You're going to do fine.

I am completely stunned.

Yeah.

There she is.

Hey, guys.

Hello.

I didn't know you were coming.

Oh, Bryce invited me. Yeah, I knew my main man wouldn't mind.

Of course not.

So, Whitney, we're throwing a big party, but our pad tonight, Braden's going to

be staying with us for a little while. You must be so psyched, Braden. I am.

so psyched.

Yeah.

We're all psyched.

Thanks for dinner, bro.

Definitely.

Bye.

Bye.

Next teen poet is Nikki Westerly.

My poem is called Brightness.

Two lights, the brightest lights in my life, went out of sight, fell down a

hole, went dark as coal.

And I cried till my eyes went dry.

In dark air, in despair, I made a promise.

I made a swear to those lights that I would persevere,

that I would hold them dear.

I said goodbye, then opened my eyes.

I saw a glow.

It lifted me from my low.

I had a new fight.

Then there were two new lights.

Boy, did they shine bright.

Thank you.