The OC: The Newport Project

Characters:

Ryan Attwood
Trey Attwood, Ryan's older brother
Dawn Attwood, Ryan's Mother
A.J., Dawn's boyfriend

Sandy Cohen, Ryan's public defender
Seth Cohen, Sandy's son
Kirsten Cohen, Sandy's wife

Marissa Cooper, the girl next door
Julie Cooper, Marissa's mother
Jimmy Cooper, Marissa's father
Caitlin Cooper, Marissa's sister

Summer Roberts, Seth's lifelong crush and Marissa's best friend
Luke Ward, Marissa's boyfriend
Holly, a high school girl
Holly's Father

Scene One: A dark street

Trey: I�m your big brother. If I don�t teach you this, who will? (busts the window of a nearby car with a crowbar)
Ryan: I don�t know, Trey.
Trey: Quit being a little bitch, get in! (Ryan closes his brother's door and runs toward the passenger side) Yeah, let�s go! Get in! Come on, let�s go Ryan! (Ryan looks unsure, but decides to get into the car after he sees a cop pull up behind them)
Trey: Yeah! You should see your face, man! (the cop follows and tries to get them to pull over. When they don't he bumps into the back of the car)
Ryan: No, no, no, no, no! (Trey accidentally runs the car into a wall and cops swarm around them)
Policeman: Hands up! Get them up! On the dash where I can see em. Let�s go!

Scene Two: A Visiting Room at the Jail. Ryan walks in with handcuffs on his wrists. Sandy Cohen is sitting at a table, looking through some paperwork.

Sandy: Ryan. Sandy Cohen. The court�s appointed me your public defender. (Ryan sits down opposite Sandy) You could do worse. You okay? They treating you all right?
Ryan: Where�s my brother?
Sandy: Uh, Trey is over 18. Trey stole a car; Trey had a gun in his pants, an ounce of pot in his pocket, a couple of priors. I�m guessing right now, Trey�s looking at three to five years. But Trey�s not my concern. This is your first time in lockup. I�m assuming you don�t plan on coming back. Your grades�are not great. Suspended twice for fighting, truancy three times�(in a more hopefull tone) your test scores, 98 percentile on your SAT I? Ryan, 98 percentile... if you start going to class... are you thinking about college? (Ryan laughs as if to say "obviously not") Have you given any thought at all to your future? Dude. I�m on your side. Come on, help me out here.
Ryan: Modern medicine is advancing to the point where the average human life span will be 100. But I read this article which said Social Security is supposed to run out by the year 2025, which means people are going to have to stay at their jobs until they�re 80. So I don�t want to commit to anything too soon. (Sandy laughs)
Sandy: Look, I can plead this down to a misdemeanor. Petty fine, probation. But know this; stealing a car �cause your big brother told you to, it�s stupid, and it�s weak, and those are two things you can�t afford to be anymore.
Ryan: Two more things.
Sandy: Do you want to change that? Then you have to get over the fact that life dealt you a bad hand. I get it. We�re cut from the same deck, Ryan. I grew up, no money, bad part of the Bronx. My father was gone; my mother worked all the time. I was pissed off. I was stupid.
Ryan: And look at you now.
Sandy: Smart kid like you. You got to have a plan. Some kind of a dream.
Ryan: Yeah, right. Let me tell you something, okay? Where I�m from, having a dream doesn�t make you smart. Knowing it won�t come true�that does. (the setting changes. Sandy and Ryan are now standing in front of a courthouse)
Sandy: My office will contact you to remind you of the date for your hearing.
Ryan: I�ll remember. (Ryan's mother drives her car up to the curb and gets out)
Dawn: Unbelievable! What kind of family I got, huh? What the hell did I do to deserve this family? You want to tell me that?
Sandy: Mrs. Atwood? I�m Sandy Cohen. I�m Ryan�s attorney.
Dawn: You should�ve let him rot in there. Just like his dad�s doing. Just like his brother�s gonna. Let�s go Ryan. Now, Ryan!
Sandy: I�m going to give you my card. My home number. If you need somebody, if things get to be too much, call me.
Dawn: Let�s go!
Ryan: Alright.

Scene Three: The kitchen of Ryan's house

Dawn: I can�t do this anymore, Ryan. I can�t.
Ryan: I�m sorry, Mom.
Dawn: I want you out of my house. I want you out!
Ryan: But Mom�where am I going to go?
A.J.: You heard your mother, man. Get your stuff and get out.
Ryan: Hey, this isn�t your house, man.
A.J: Oh, you�re a tough guy now?
Dawn: A.J., don�t. Ryan, just get out.
Ryan: Why don�t you worry about your own kids, A.J? Instead of freeloading off my mom? (A.J. gets angry and throws a punch at Ryan)
Dawn: Hey! (Ryan tries to punch A.J., but A.J. gets to him first)
Dawn: Hey!! (Ryan goes to his room, packs his things and leaves on his bike. He goes to a pay phone and calls his friends, but no one will take him in. He finally finds Sandy's card and calls him. Sandy agrees to come and pick him up. He shows up later in a black range rover.)
Sandy: Told you. You could do worse. (Ryan gets in and they drive away)
Ryan: This is a nice car. I didn�t know your kind of lawyer made money.
Sandy: No, we don�t. My wife does. (They pull into the driveway of a very expensive home)
Sandy: Um, you know, why don�t you wait here for a minute? I�ll be back. (Sandy takes the key out of the car)
Ryan: It�s no fun if the key�s in the car. (Sandy puts the key back in and leaves)

Scene Four: The kitchen at Sandy's house

Kirsten: You brought him home? This is not a stray puppy, Sandy.
Sandy: I know that, Kirsten.
Kirsten: I knew it was only a matter of time before you started bringing home felons.
Sandy: Ryan�s not a felon.
Kirsten: Did you not meet him in jail?
Sandy: Yes, technically, but it wasn�t for a felony. I mean, it was, but it won�t be when I�m done.
Kirsten: You�re endangering our home. Did you even think of Seth?
Sandy: It�s only for the weekend. Just till Child Services opens on Monday�
Kirsten: What if this is all a scam? What if he�s just using you to case the house?
Sandy: He�s not a criminal mastermind. He�s a kid who has no one and nowhere to go. When did you become so cynical?
Kirsten: When did you become so self-righteous?
Sandy: I�ve always been self-righteous. You used to find it charming. (Kirsten stars to walk away)
Kirsten: He sleeps in the pool house.
Sandy: Where are you going?
Kirsten: (sarcastically) To put my jewelry in the vault�where do you think I�m going? The boy�s going to need fresh sheets and towels and a toothbrush.

Scene Five: Night time on the street at the Cohen's house. Ryan lights up a cigarette. Marissa is also standing outside, seemingly waiting for someone.

Marissa: Who are you?
Ryan: Whoever you want me to be.
Marissa: Okay...Hey, can I bum a cigarette?
Marissa: So, what are you doing here, seriously?
Ryan: Seriously? I stole a car. Crashed it. Actually, my brother did. Since he had a gun and drugs on him, he�s in jail. I got out, and my mom threw me out. She was pissed off and drunk. So Mr. Cohen took me in.
Marissa: You�re their cousin from Boston, right?
Ryan: Right�(Sandy walks towards them from the house)
Sandy: Hi, Marissa (Marissa drops the cigarette so that Sandy doesn't see it)
Marissa: Hey, Mr. Cohen. I was just meeting your nephew.
Sandy: Oh. My favorite nephew. Ryan. All the way from Seattle.
Marissa: Seattle?
Ryan: Dad lives there. Mom lives in Boston.
Marissa: Hmm.
Sandy: So we�re all really excited about your fashion show fund-raiser for tomorrow night.
Marissa: Really? You are?
Sandy: (pause) No. (Marissa laughs. Luke pulls up in a black truck)
Luke: Come on, let�s go.
Marissa: (to Ryan) Hey, you should come by, check it out�if you don�t have other plans. See you.
Sandy: Good night. (Marissa gets in Luke's truck, gives Luke a kiss and they pull away)
Sandy: Let�s go inside. Uh, there�s no smoking in this house. (Ryan gets rid of the cigarette and they walk into the house)

Scene Six: Inside of the Cohen's beach house

Sandy: So, this is where you�ll be staying, and this is the queen of the manor herself, my wife Kirsten.
Kirsten: Hello Ryan. Welcome to our home. If you need anything, Rosie here can help you.
Ryan: Thank you. Thanks very much.
Sandy: We�ll see you in the morning. Make yourself comfortable.

Scene Seven: Ryan goes inside to find Seth playing playstation.

Seth: Hey.
Ryan: Hey.
Seth: Do you want to play? (Ryan shrugs. They begin to play.)
Seth: Oh, looks like someone�s trying to be a hero, but he got a little cocky. X O X O. It�s an unbeatable combination. Oh! Oh! Oh�! What happened to your head, dude? Where did it go? I�m sorry. Did someone die? Oh, hey, do you want to play Grand Theft Auto? It�s pretty cool. You can, like, steal cars and�not that that�s cool�or uncool. I don�t know. Um�
Sandy: I see you two have met. Seth, what are you doing inside on this beautiful day? Why don�t you show Ryan around?
Seth: (sarcastically) Okay, �cause it�s so great around here. There�s so much to do, dad. (To Ryan) I don�t know, unless, what do you want to do?
Ryan: What do you guys do around here?

Scene Eight: A sailboat called Summer Breeze

Seth: I have this plan. Well, I don�t-I don�t know what you�d think but, next July, the trade winds shift west and I want to sail to Tahiti. I can do it in 44 days. Maybe even 42.
Ryan: Wow. That�that sounds really cool, man.
Seth: Yeah. Just hit the high seas and catch fish right off the side of the boat. Grill them right there. Just total quiet. Solitude.
Ryan: You won�t get lonely?
Seth: Well, I�ll have Summer with me.
Ryan: You�re going to take this to Tahiti.
Seth: (laughs) Um�no. It�s the girl the boat�s named after.
Ryan: She must be pretty stoked.
Seth: Yeah, she has no idea. I�ve never talked to her before.
Sandy: Hey, fellas. I thought we�d head over to the fashion show at about seven.
Seth: Yeah, have fun.
Sandy: Come on. It�s a whole new school year, Seth.
Seth: It�s also the same kids, Dad. Why do they even need a fashion show? Every day�s a fashion show for these people.
Sandy: Yeah, well, Ryan has to go. Marissa invited him.
Seth: Marissa invited you? I�ve lived next door to Marissa since, like, forever. Her dad almost got married to my mom even and, like, she�s never even invited me to a birthday.
Sandy: That is not true. They did not almost get married.
Seth: Eh.
Ryan: Hey, maybe Summer would be there.
Seth: That�s interesting. She is Marissa�s best friend. 7:00?
Sandy: 7:00
Ryan: 7:00

Scene Nine: Marissa's house. Two men in suits ring the doorbell.

Man: Hello, again.
Marissa: My dad�s not here.
Man: And when can we expect him?
Marissa: I don�t know.
Man: Mm hmm. Well, then, when you see your father, please remind him again how much we�d like to talk. Let me leave you another one of my cards. Have a good day. (Marissa goes up to her father's office and hands the card to him.)
Jimmy: Hey. Thanks, kiddo. I just didn�t have time to deal with those guys right now.
Marissa: Who are they?
Jimmy: Suits. Bureaucrats. �The Man.�
Marissa: But, I mean, everything�s okay right?
Jimmy: Yeah, it�s just a�just a thing with a�with a client. Nothing for you to worry about, okay?

Scene Ten: Ryan's room. He's trying to tie his tie but can't. Sandy walks in.

Sandy: Wow, look at that. Fits you beautifully. Where�s your tie?
Ryan: I�m not going to wear one. Open collar. It�s a good look.
Sandy: I didn�t know how to tie a tie till I was 25. Come on. Give me your tie.
Sandy: Button your top button. All right, collar up. Now, the skinny side has got to be shorter than the fat side. How much shorter, it changes tie to tie. Sometimes, it�s just a mystery. All right. So you got to hang out with Seth. How was that? Was that�? Was that all right? He�s an interesting kid if you get to know him.
Ryan: He�s cool.
Sandy: Cool, huh? All right. There we go. Turn around. Look at you. Huh? Beats a jumpsuit.

Scene Eleven: Marissa's Bedroom

Caitlin: Oh, Mom, do you like my nails?
Julie: Oh, I love them, Caitlin. Do you like my hair this straight or is it too Avril Lavigne?
Marissa: No, it looks good mom.
Julie: Oh, Marissa, you look�Oh honey, I thought you were going to where your hair down. Pulled back like that, it�s a little harsh on your angles.
Marissa: Okay. Let�s go!
Julie: It�s going to be so amazing tonight. Are you going to wear the Donna Karan tonight, Mariss? I thought it was very forgiving.
Jimmy: You look beautiful, Kiddo.

Scene Tweleve: The fashion show fundraiser

Waiter: Mushroom, leek crescent? Crab and brie phyllo? (the waiter leaves)
Seth: Welcome to the dark side. (a few women come up to Ryan)
First woman: Oh! So, you must be the cousin from Boston, hmm? I don�t know how you do it. I could just never live there. I hate the cold. (laughs)
Second woman: Do you�like Seattle? I mean, all that rain, isn�t it depressing?
Third woman: Did I hear you were from Canada?
Ryan: Yes, you did. (Ryan goes over to the bar)
Ryan: Hi. Can I get a Seven and Seven? Thanks. (Ryan starts to drink, but he turns around and sees Kirsten behind him. He hands her the drink.)
Kirsten: Thank you. I want my husband to be right about you. (The scene cuts to Seth)
Seth: Hey, Luke. What�s up?
Luke: Hey! Yeah. Suck it, queer. (Luke bumps into Ryan as he angrily walks away)
Seth: My vacation was great, too. Thank you for asking about it.
Seth: Summer�s right over there. Look. I�m sorry. Wait. Don�t look don�t look. But I mean you can look, but don�t look like you�re looking. (Sandy walks up) Hey dad.
Sandy: Hey guys.
Summer: (looking over toward Ryan) Who is that?
Marissa: Um, the cousin, the pool boy? (laughs) I don�t know.
Summer: Well, I�m going to find out.
Sandy: Is that Summer?
Seth: You know, um, I�m going to, uh, sit. (leaves)
Ryan: Way to salt his game, Mr. Cohen. (Ryan and Seth walk to the kiddie table)
Seth: Hello, Chester. Are these seats taken? Okay. (They sit down)
Seth: So, Chester, are you looking forward to your next sailing lesson? You�re making some really good strides. (pause) Okay, I�m glad we had this little chance to catch up, you know? (Marissa appears on stage)
Marissa: (into microphone) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all so much for coming. Every year, we put on a fashion show to raise money for the battered women shelter. It�s such a good cause, you guys, and we couldn�t do any of it without your support and the support of Fashion Island and all their great stores. All right, enjoy the show! (Marissa leaves. Summer walks down the runway with a multicolored dress on)
Seth: She�s got Tahiti written all over her.

Scene Fourteen: Backstage

Woman: What are you doing, putting my daughter in Calvin Klein? She was supposed to wear Vera Wang.
Costume designer: And she would if she had the chest to hold it up. It�s called puberty, honey. It�ll happen. Okay, girls, chop chop. Show time. (The scene cuts to the bathroom where Marissa is getting ready)
Woman: You're next. (Summer walks in with a couple glasses of champagne)
Summer: Look what I stole. (Marissa show Summer a bottle of liquor)
Marissa: Look what I stole.
Summer: All right! Here. (Gives Marissa some champagne)
Marissa: Thanks. (They click the glasses together and start to drink)

Scene Fifteen: Back outside at the fashion show. Marissa walks down the runway and smiles at Ryan. Luke gives Ryan a dirty look

Kirsten: She�s so beautiful, you guys.
Sandy: Coop, I think you spent more on that dress than I make in a year.
Man: That�s why we trust him with our money. I expect to die a very rich man, Jimmy.
Sandy: Well, you�re bound to be half right. (Jimmy gets an uncomfortable look on his face)
Kirsten: You okay, Jimmy?
Jimmy: Yeah. It�s just uh, just�it�s a little stuffy in here. I�m going to get some fresh air, okay? (he leaves)
Julie: Marissa wanted to wear these Prada Mary Janes, but I told her she had to wear the stiletto Manolos.
(The camera moves to the bathroom, where Ryan is leaving. Jimmy sits down in a stall and begins to sob)

Scene Sixteen: The fashion show is ending. Summer walks up to Ryan

Summer: Hey. Where you going? My friend, Holly�well, her parents are letting use their beach house as a gift, you know, �cause of all our hard work for charity. If you need a ride�or�anything. I�m Summer. (Summer leaves and Ryan goes to find Seth)
Seth: Hey, you ready to go?
Ryan: Yeah. We should, uh, go to that party at that girl Holly�s place.
Seth: Uh, yeah, no, that�s all right.
Ryan: Summer�invited me.
Seth: Really? She did?
Ryan: Us. She asked for you, actually.
Seth: Really? She did?
Summer: (calling from a jeep) Come on!
Seth: That makes absolutely no sense, but, yes, we should go. (to the people he was talking to earlier) We�re going to go with them. Thanks, guys. (They get into the jeep. Ryan watches as Marissa gets into Luke's truck)
Seth: If it sucks, we can always bail�(The jeep leaves, and the scene cuts to where it is showing up at a party. Ryan and Seth walk in)
Ryan: Welcome to the dark side. (Some teenagers are doing drugs nearby)
Seth: Oh, hey�cocaine. That�s awesome. (Scene cuts to Marissa, Summer, Holly and a few friends in the kitchen)
Summer: Is that a new purse?
Marissa: Yeah.
Holly: So cute.
Summer: Does you dad ever say no? (Ryan walks by)
Summer: Hey�look who I brought.
Holly: He�s cute. (Marissa adds more liquor into her drink)
Summer: I�m going to play him hot and cold. (Ryan looks up and sees Marissa)
Summer: You want to pee? I got to pee. (The girls leave. We see Luke with Holly)
Holly: Isn�t it, like, so beautiful? The sand, the water...
Luke: Yeah. Hey, you want to go check it out?
Holly: But�what about Marissa?
Luke: Hmm? Oh, no worries. (Ryan notices as they leave together)

Scene Seventeen: The street outside the Cohen's hosue. Kirsten is taking out the garbage, and Jimmy is walking his dog Dusty)

Kirsten: Hey, Jimmy.
Jimmy: Hey.
Kirsten: Hey Dusty.
Jimmy: Dusty, look who�s here.
Kirsten: Are you really okay?
Jimmy: Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
Kirsten: �Cause you know, you can always�
Jimmy: No, you know, I�ve just been working really hard. So, who was that�that kid that�that you brought tonight? You have a cousin from Boston?
Kirsten: One of Sandy�s clients. He�brought him home for the weekend.
Jimmy: Uh huh.
Julie: Jimmy? Honey, did you get my fro yo?
Jimmy: No. I forgot. (Julie gives him a look as if to say 'you better get it now') All right. I�ll go back.
Julie: Pistachio. Thanks, sweetie. Hi Kirsten. (Kirsten waves at Julie as she walks back into the house. Kirsten and Jimmy start to laugh)
Jimmy: You ever think this would be our lives?
Kirsten: Is Marissa back yet?
Jimmy: Oh, well, she usually stays out pretty late.
Kirsten: Seth never goes out.
Jimmy: Hmm, don�t worry. Sure they�re not doing anything we didn�t do.
Kirsten: Oh, that�s comforting.

Scene Eighteen: The party. Seth walks into the bathroom to find two girls and a guy together in the bathtub

Seth: Wow, I�m sorry. I should really learn to knock incase there�s a threesome going on in the bathroom. (Seth closes the door and then goes out to get a beer)
Guy: First keg! Everybody get naked! (laughter. Ryan is standing alone and Marissa walks up to him)
Marissa: Hey.
Ryan: Hey.
Marissa: So, what do you think of Newport?
Ryan: I think I can get in less trouble where I�m from.
Holly: Hey Coop! It�s your turn to deal.
Marissa: You have no idea. (she walks to her friends. The camera moves to Seth by the keg)
Seth: I fixed the keg. Fine, more for me. (The camera moves back to Ryan. Summer walks toward him. She is obviously drunk)
Summer: Look�who I found. (She spills her drink)
Summer: (laughs) Oops. I�m wasted. (She starts to hang on Ryan) So, what�s your name anyway?
Ryan: Ryan.
Seth: Ryan, you got to come um�what are you doing?
Ryan: (attempts to push Summer away) Hey um�
Summer: Excuse me?
Seth: What are you doing? I named my boat after her.
Summer: What? Eww�who are you?
Ryan: It�s not what you think. She�s a little bit drunk, okay?
Summer: Come on, Ryan. (Seth pushes Ryan and starts to walk away. Ryan runs after him)
Ryan: Seth�Seth Seth!
Seth: Don�t touch me! You know what? Why don�t you go back to Chino? I�m sure there�s a really nice car in the parking lot that you could steal. (Seth walks toward the beach)
Summer: Chino? Eww. (as Ryan goes back to the party people whisper and stare. Meanwhile, Seth is on the beach and decides to throw little pieces of wood angrily onto the bonfire. A couple guys walk up to him and push him)
First guy: Go home, geek.
Second guy: Who invited you? (Ryan sees that trouble is brewing and comes to help Seth)
Seth: You guys really wouldn�t hurt me, because that would be so cliché. (They pick him up) I guess you�re fans of the cliché.
Guy: Shut up.
Ryan: Hey hey! Put him down! Put him down.
Seth: (the guys are holding him upside down) Hey Ryan. What�s up?
Ryan: Put him down.
Luke: Hey, what�s up, dude? You got a problem?
Ryan: You tell me. (A fight ensues)
Luke: Welcome to the O.C., bitch. This is how it�s done in Orange County.

Scene Nineteen: The Cohen household. Ryan and Seth are both quite bruised

Seth: Well, I�I don�t know what to say�except that you totally had my back out there. We�re, like, in a fight club or something. I don�t know. You know what I think? Ryan, I think that if you were to teach me some moves, I think that we could totally take em next time. That�s what I think. Give them some of that (kicks), you know what I�m saying? And a little bit of that and that (kicks twice). What do you think about that? (They clasp hands) Yeah. Oh also, that wasn�t exactly the way that I first planned to talk to Summer, but I am now on her radar. Do you think I should tell her about Tahiti? Do you?
Ryan: Not yet.
Seth: That�s what I thought. That�s what I was thinking. I wanted to make sure, we were on the same page.
Seth: Quite a little night we had there. I�m not going to forget it. Ryan, I�m not going to forget that one. (Seth falls asleep. Ryan hears noise from his room. He walks out on the balcony to see Marissa, passed out, being carried home by some of her friends)
Summer: (laughs) I can�t believe her.
Girl: I swear to God, she is so retarded sometimes.
Summer: Shouldn�t her boyfriend be doing this?
Girl: He�s so worthless. (They start laughing)
Girl: (whispering) Coop, where are your keys?
Summer: How are we going to find her keys? (she looks through Marissa's purse) I can�t find her keys.
Girl: We can�t wake her parents. Her dad�ll go ballistic.
Summer: I know, I know. (Summer stands up and starts to leave)
Summer: Bye, Coop. Call us. (Ryan goes to Marissa and tries to help her)
Ryan: (whispers) Hey. Get your keys. (He can't find her keys either, so he takes her into the Cohen house and lays her down on the bed)

Scene Twenty: Seth's pool house in the morning. Seth and Ryan are sleeping on two dfferent couches. Marissa has left

Kirsten: Thank God. (Seth gives a tired wave) What happened to your face?
Seth: Mm. I got into a fight.
Kirsten: With who? Why?
Seth: I don�t really know. I don�t really remember. Um�I was really drunk. Yeah, I think I still am a little bit.
Kirsten: Let�s go. House. Now.
Seth: Later! (As they go outside we see Sandy taking a surfboard from his car)
Sandy: Oh, honey, you should have seen the waves coming in. Six foot, and it was going off.
Kirsten: Seth got into a fight.
Sandy: He did?
Kirsten: This is what happens when you let someone like this into our house. When we let out son hang out with criminals.
Sandy: Well, at least he has someone to hang out with. Don�t salt his game, honey.
Kirsten: What the hell does that mean?
Sandy: I-I�It�I don�t know. I just know that I�d rather have Seth hanging out with Ryan than some trust fund kid from around here who only cares about getting a new Beemer every year. There�s a whole world outside this Newport Beach bubble.
Kirsten: You don�t seem to mind living in this bubble.
Sandy: I know there�s something else out there. You remember when we were 22? What�d you say? You said you�d never be like your parents. You�d never have their life.
Kirsten: I was 22. I stank of patchouli and I lived in the back of a mail truck.
Sandy: And you were fun. And rebellious, and�and�you married me.
Kirsten: I can�t. I�m sorry. I don�t want this kid in my house anymore. (She goes back inside.)
Sandy: Where is he supposed to go?
Kirsten: He has a family, Sandy. It�s not up to you to decide whether or not they�re good enough. (The camera moves to the kitchen, where Ryan is sitting. Kirsten walks in)
Kirsten: Look, Ryan, I don�t mean to play bad cop. It�s nothing personal�(Ryan walks over to the stove) is that bacon?
Ryan: I usually make breakfast at my house. My mom�s not much of a cook, so�
Kirsten: I�m sorry. You seem like a really nice kid.
Ryan: It�s okay. I get it. (he starts to get his things) You have a really nice family. (Ryan leaves the kitchen and walks to Seth's room, where he knocks on the door) Hey, man.
Seth: (turns over) Hey.
Ryan: Hi. So�I gotta jet.
Seth: You�re leaving? So�hmm�so, what�s up?
Ryan: I got to go back. Try to figure some stuff out back home.
Seth: Okay Well�cool. Or�not cool, but, you know�what I think I mean. (Ryan holds out his hand for Seth to shake)
Seth: Come here. (hugs Ryan) I�ll come down to Chino. You know, I�ll visit you and you can show me your world. Or your hood or�
Ryan: All right. (He turns to leave, but Seth stops him.)
Seth: Wait a second. Just wait one second. Hmm. (He walks over to his desk, grabs a map, and hands it to Ryan. We see that it�s a map of the Pacific Ocean.) Maybe there�s some place you want to go. It�s pretty good for ideas. (Ryan slaps Seth in the face with the map)
Seth: Ah! (Ryan laughs and leaves the room)

Scene Twenty-One: Sandy and Ryan leave Sandy's house. Marissa is standing outside, and Ryan watches her as they leave

Ryan: So, thanks. For everything.
Sandy: I�m going to make sure everything works out, Ryan. (Ryan gets his stuff and goes up to his house)
Ryan: It�s okay. I can take it from here. (Ryan walks in to find that everything is gone. The only thing left is a note on the table)
Sandy: Come on. Let�s go. (They leave as everything fades to black)