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[upbeat music plays faintly]

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Hello, Diary. News flash.

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I, Amber Brown,
will officially be attending

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the Park Ridge Middle School fall dance.

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Three things.
One, I've never been to a dance.

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Two, what if no one asks me to dance?

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Three, is it okay to dance alone?

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- And in other news, me…
- [chuckles]

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…Brandi with an I, with no new dress,
will also be going to the dance.

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I've never been to a dance.
But I do know it's okay to dance alone.

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Can I borrow a dress?

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Sure. I only have a few.

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Ooh, uh-ooh. [laughs] What color?

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- Pink. [chuckles]
- Okay.

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- [gasps]
- [chuckles]

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[chuckles]
Can I borrow one of your dresses?

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Sure. What shape?

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Shape?

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Yeah. I buy shapes.

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I have a straight dress, a puffy dress,
a swirly dress or a bell dress.

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Swirly.

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This dress is great for dancing.

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- [chuckles]
- It twirls perfectly!

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[gasps] Whoa! [chuckles]

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[chuckles] Wow.
You created your own dance style.

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I learned it from Angry Tree Number 3.

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- [both chuckle]
- [phone chimes]

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My mom… made an appointment for me
on Tuesday at Lobe and Behold!

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What? Your mom's letting you
get your ears pierced?

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I can try to not be happy about it
if it makes you feel better?

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No, no. It's okay. Be happy.

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I'm like a movie star
'cause I wear earrings! Aha!

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Not that happy. [chuckles]

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- [shutters clicking]
- [reporters] Brandi!

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[reporter 1]
Brandi with an I and earrings! Brandi!

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Over here! Brandi with an I and earrings!

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- [reporter 2] Big smile, Brandi!
- [reporters 3, 1] Brandi with earrings!

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- [reporter 2] Brandi!
- [reporter 3] Brandi!

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[crickets chirping]

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[gasps]

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Movie-star earrings.

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I wish my mom would say okay already.

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- Keep asking.
- I do.

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And every time she says,
"Not till you're 13."

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Have you acted, you know,

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an outstanding performance
of disappointment?

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Well, yeah, I guess.

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- You begged?
- Yep.

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- Pouted?
- Yep.

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- Said, "Everyone has them"?
- Mm-hmm.

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- I used all those too.
- They worked on your mom.

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Yeah. Well, I watch a lot of movies.

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- My acting is pretty good.
- [both chuckle]

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- Can I try a belt with this dress?
- I wouldn't, but sure. Go ahead.

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Hmm. It could work,
if I get big enough earrings. [chuckles]

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Ask your mom to convince my mom
that I should be allowed

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to get my ears pierced before the dance!

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Sure, I could ask. [inhales deeply]

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But not today. Today is Monday.
Voice-resting day.

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Mom doesn't talk one Monday a month.

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Is that a joke?

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No. It's real.

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I guess it's kinda funny too.
[chuckles] And nice.

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Real nice.

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Love Mondays.

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[sighs] How do I get my ears pierced
before the dance?

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- [gasps] Aunt Pam!
- [gasps] Oh!

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Wow, you scared me.

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That must be what coffee feels like.

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[waves crashing]

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- Aunt Pam can talk my mom into it.
- Oh, yeah. Your Aunt Pam is good.

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Academy Award good.

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[chuckles]

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["All Good" playing]

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You have volleyball on Wednesday.

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And the dance on Friday.
With earrings. [sighs]

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[sighs] I heard that. And no.
[inhales] Uh…

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Can I quit volleyball?

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No. [sighs] No, it's a great way
to meet people, make some friends.

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I know all the people already, Mom.

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Hannah, Shawntay, Alima, et cetera.
All taller than me and can spike the ball.

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You should invite them over sometime.

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- As if!
- What? Friends are important.

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I have all my friends, Mom.
Justin and Brandi.

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[Sarah]
Yeah. And we love them. [inhales sharply]

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So, you've got math tutoring
at 3:30 on Thursday. [sighs]

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- And the dance on Friday! [inhales]
- Mm-hmm.

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I'm doing better in math.
Can we stop tutoring?

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[Sarah] Uh, no! So,

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Thursday math tutor at 3:30,
then we're having dinner with Max.

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I will drop you off at your dad's

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after the dance on Friday.
[inhales deeply]

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Actually, you were supposed
to be at your dad's this weekend,

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but I signed us up
for the pancake breakfast

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- at Saint Juliana's on Sunday.
- [sighs]

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So, best if you just stay here.

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[country-western music playing]

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[scoffs] Can I have a day?

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A day? For what? What do you mean?

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To choose for stuff I want to do.

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I don't wanna serve
at the pancake breakfast.

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Why not? It'll be fun.

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- Plus a really nice way to make some--
- Don't say it.

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Good morning, sunshine.

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[both] Morning.

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[door closes]

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Rays. Rays of sunshine, both of you.

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- Whoo-hoo.
- [door closes]

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- [phone chimes]
- Here's your dress back.

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[Pam] I didn't end up wearing it.
Way too big.

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[Sarah] Remind me
to lend you a smaller size next time.

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- [Aunt Pam] Please.
- Good morning, Pam.

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- Good morning, Max.
- Pam.

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Max.

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So, did you guys get married
and all moved in,

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- and I wasn't invited to the wedding?
- Pam!

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What? He's just here all the time, Sarah.
I mean, geez, every day.

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Can you blame me? You're all so welcoming.

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Amber, for your first school dance,

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- I got you a little gift.
- Ooh.

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Aw!

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[gasps] Earrings! Wow, I love them!

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Pam, you know that Amber
doesn't have pierced ears.

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Well, then it's time to get some?

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Uh, thank you, but we have an agreement.

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No makeup or earrings
till she's a teenager.

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Yeah, you are a natural beauty,
just like your mother, Amber.

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- You don't need either.
- That's true.

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- [Max] Mmm.
- Whose side are you on?

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- Not mine.
- Yours, Amber Brown.

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Always your side.

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Listen, you don't need makeup or earrings,
but you want 'em.

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And I think a lip-gloss smile
would look fabulous flanked in gold.

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[chuckles] Come on, Mom. Please?

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Lip gloss and pierced ears.

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I don't appreciate the ambush.

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Sarah, girls get pierced ears,
they wear makeup, they go on social media,

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- they get tattoos!
- What? Tattoos? What?

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- I have a tattoo.
- Course you do.

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Why are we even talking about tattoos?
Just stop.

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Because Amber's an artist,
and tattoos can be a great work of art.

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No, that's-- that's not why. [stammers]

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- I'm not helping.
- Pam.

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Sarah, I'm just thinking,
all things considered,

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you must be so relieved that the only
thing Amber is asking for is--

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Pierced ears, Mom. That's all I want.

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- I know babies who have pierced ears.
- Exactly!

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I know a 3-month-old
who has diamond earrings

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- and a Gucci purse.
- [scoffs]

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- I have pierced ears. What?
- [others] Of course you do.

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- [Sarah] Sticking to "no" here, guys.
- Mom.

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- What about a tattoo then?
- Knock it off, Pam!

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Come on, Mom. Please?

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- I'm old enough to shave my legs.
- [sighs]

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I shave my legs.

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- I'm a weekend cyclist.
- Okay. [chuckles]

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Mom, if Justin were here,

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he'd probably be getting his ears
pierced with me.

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- [chuckles]
- But he's not here.

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So, I'm alone, without a best friend.

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And now it's my first school dance,

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and it couldn't be more perfect timing.

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I have a reason, a need,

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a right to wear these great earrings
from Aunt Pam.

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You know, you're a fantastic artist,

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but you might wanna consider
trial attorney

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- as something to fall back on.
- Amber, no.

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- No pierced ears till you're 13.
- [sighs]

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Hopefully your mom's not on the jury.

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- [inhales sharply] Put the nuts over here.
- [Amber sighs]

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Okay. Well, if I ask Dad,
and he says yes, maybe?

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I'm sorry, honey. He said no.
He agrees with me.

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I'm sorry, sweetheart.

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I, Amber Brown, own these ears.

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These are my ears.

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Probably the only thing in my life
I have any control over right now.

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My parents share custody of me,

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back and forth,
schedule my life to the minute.

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Can I at least have custody
over my own ears?

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- [protesters clamoring]
- [drums beating]

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[clamoring continues]

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[dog barking]

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[phone rings]

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[Justin] <i>Hey.</i>

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Hey.

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Hey. Is it time for our meeting?

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Yeah, 6:00 p.m. on the dot.

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[sighs] Hmm.

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Oh, you wanna see my dress for the dance?

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<i>Yeah, looks nice.</i>

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Phew, I am so glad I'm not there.

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Just sweating thinking
about having to be at a dance,

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or ask someone to dance.

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I'd dance with you.

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Thank you. But… [stammers]
…I wouldn't have the nerve to ask you.

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To ask anyone.

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I'd ask you.

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Cool. That's cool.

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[scoffs] You may wanna see
how he dances first.

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Start time is officially 6:01 p.m.

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"How do Amber and Brandi look cool
at their first school dance?"

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Meeting now comes to order.
Any suggestions?

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Dangling earrings?

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Really? That's what I'm wearing.

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My mom got me a pair.
Small little dream catchers. So cool.

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[smacks lips]
I will have bare, naked ears.

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Okay. That word makes my face very red.

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Like, [stammers] it's burning right now.

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All right. Moving on.

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[Amber] <i>I've never been to a dance.</i>

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I've been to a wedding.

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Oh, it doesn't matter what we do.
It's exciting. We're going to a dance.

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I'm so excited. This is so exciting.

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- A dance. We're going to a real dance.
- [chuckles]

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- Yeah.
- Brandi,

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sometimes I think you're
the person version of my real feelings.

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Wait, but you won't be here.
Sorry, Justin.

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Yeah. Sorry, Justin.

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[Brandi] <i>Wish you were here.</i>

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Me too. [inhales deeply, sighs]

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But relieved. [sighs]

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Well, we'll send you photos
from the dance.

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Keep your phone on at all times.

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<i>Ba-later.</i>

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Ba-later.

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- Oh, where are you going?
- To Brandi's.

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- Not till you empty the dishwasher.
- I'll do it when I come back.

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But you were supposed
to do it this morning.

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- You also forgot to fold the laundry.
- I didn't forget. I--

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Excuse me?

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- [groans, sighs]
- Honey,

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before you go to Brandi's,
I need you to empty the dishwasher.

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[Amber groans]

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Can I ever just make a decision
for my own life?

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Uh, you are 11.

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And yeah, yeah,
you make lots of decisions.

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Like the way you're behaving
right now is a choice.

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- [Amber scoffs]
- And it's not okay, this attitude.

239
00:12:15,195 --> 00:12:17,697
All I did was ask you
to empty the dishwasher, honey.

240
00:12:17,781 --> 00:12:20,825
Yeah, and to not have pierced ears
and join the volleyball team.

241
00:12:20,909 --> 00:12:23,954
Serve pancakes and be better at math
and make more friends!

242
00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:26,790
Wow, that's-- that's been brewing.

243
00:12:27,749 --> 00:12:30,919
Careful, you don't wanna break something.

244
00:12:31,002 --> 00:12:34,130
[sighs] You're so controlling sometimes.
[sighs]

245
00:12:34,714 --> 00:12:36,216
What?

246
00:12:36,299 --> 00:12:37,926
- Um--
- Are you talking about me?

247
00:12:38,009 --> 00:12:39,302
- No.
- No?

248
00:12:39,386 --> 00:12:41,930
Yes. Maybe.

249
00:12:43,723 --> 00:12:45,850
What i-- What is going on with you?

250
00:12:45,934 --> 00:12:50,397
[sighs] Brandi's getting her ears pierced,
and I'm not.

251
00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,692
I just wanna go to Brandi's, okay?
[sighing]

252
00:12:57,654 --> 00:13:00,073
Done. Can I go now? Please?

253
00:13:00,156 --> 00:13:01,533
Yes. Yes, you may.

254
00:13:01,616 --> 00:13:04,578
[sighs] Thank you. [sighs]

255
00:13:06,955 --> 00:13:08,665
- [sighs]
- Hey. [stammers]

256
00:13:14,504 --> 00:13:16,506
- Everything okay?
- Yeah.

257
00:13:16,590 --> 00:13:18,550
Nah. [chuckles]

258
00:13:19,593 --> 00:13:22,012
- [both sigh]
- [Max] Hmm?

259
00:13:22,095 --> 00:13:24,431
I can't stand it when she doesn't like me.

260
00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,225
[Max inhales sharply]

261
00:13:27,309 --> 00:13:28,727
[sighs, clears throat]

262
00:13:28,810 --> 00:13:33,690
You know, [clicks tongue]
you gotta love your kids enough,

263
00:13:33,773 --> 00:13:37,736
so that they really dislike you
at times, by setting boundaries.

264
00:13:40,196 --> 00:13:41,531
Mm-hmm.

265
00:13:42,365 --> 00:13:44,034
It's not actually that easy. So…

266
00:13:44,117 --> 00:13:46,494
[laughs] Is this
about the ear-piercing thing?

267
00:13:46,578 --> 00:13:49,205
For sure. And everything else that I,

268
00:13:49,289 --> 00:13:53,710
her controlling, strict,
not-cool mom does.

269
00:13:53,793 --> 00:13:55,670
Wait, did she say those things to you?

270
00:13:57,005 --> 00:14:00,842
It's not about what she actually said
that bothers me. It's her attitude.

271
00:14:01,676 --> 00:14:04,721
I could hear her thoughts much louder.

272
00:14:04,804 --> 00:14:06,806
And she just-- She can't stand me.

273
00:14:06,890 --> 00:14:12,103
She cannot stand me right now.
It hurts. [sighs]

274
00:14:12,187 --> 00:14:14,773
Okay. Don't fall for that. Steady now.

275
00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,733
- What?
- [chuckles]

276
00:14:17,317 --> 00:14:19,819
I di-- I did the same thing to my mom.

277
00:14:19,903 --> 00:14:22,781
My sister was worse.
She was off the charts at Amber's age.

278
00:14:23,657 --> 00:14:24,908
What'd your mom do?

279
00:14:26,493 --> 00:14:30,872
A real softy. She caved.
She gave in every time.

280
00:14:31,414 --> 00:14:33,917
And that made you like her more?

281
00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,669
Yeah, absolutely.

282
00:14:35,752 --> 00:14:38,630
[sighs] I can't really understand
what you're trying to say now.

283
00:14:38,713 --> 00:14:40,465
- This is not helpful.
- I'm saying

284
00:14:40,549 --> 00:14:45,637
it made me love my mom but not myself.

285
00:14:49,057 --> 00:14:52,352
Yeah. I-- I think it's important
to allow a kid

286
00:14:52,435 --> 00:14:54,062
to not like you at times,

287
00:14:55,063 --> 00:14:59,818
so that in the long run
they can love themselves.

288
00:15:02,737 --> 00:15:05,991
So, no pierced ears?

289
00:15:06,074 --> 00:15:07,784
No, stay the course.

290
00:15:07,867 --> 00:15:09,578
-'Cause I love her.
- Yeah.

291
00:15:09,661 --> 00:15:10,954
And she hates me.

292
00:15:11,037 --> 00:15:13,582
- Exactly how it should be.
- [chuckles] Yeah.

293
00:15:16,251 --> 00:15:19,546
My mom does the same thing.
She's always making lists, like,

294
00:15:19,629 --> 00:15:24,718
"Take time to breathe, listen to music,
dance like no one's watching." [scoffs]

295
00:15:25,468 --> 00:15:27,971
It's a little different
than my mom's kind of list.

296
00:15:28,054 --> 00:15:31,516
Oh, this cat is so cute.

297
00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,185
[hammering]

298
00:15:34,269 --> 00:15:35,687
Wonder what they're building over there.

299
00:15:35,770 --> 00:15:39,190
- I don't know. I hope it's a mall.
- [both laugh]

300
00:15:40,317 --> 00:15:42,444
[Brandi] Let's see. One, two more pavers.

301
00:15:42,527 --> 00:15:44,404
Brandi,
why do you still have unpacked boxes?

302
00:15:44,487 --> 00:15:46,865
My mom says I'm a procrastinator.
[chuckles]

303
00:15:46,948 --> 00:15:48,325
What does that mean?

304
00:15:49,075 --> 00:15:51,912
I can tell you later.
Help me finish making this path.

305
00:15:54,748 --> 00:15:56,958
[sighs] I just can't take it anymore.

306
00:15:57,042 --> 00:16:00,253
It's either a list of what I have to do
or a list of what I can't do.

307
00:16:00,837 --> 00:16:02,589
It's called a mom list. [chuckles]

308
00:16:02,672 --> 00:16:05,217
- I think I need an Amber list.
- Mm-hmm.

309
00:16:09,054 --> 00:16:11,097
Why are you making this path anyways?

310
00:16:11,181 --> 00:16:14,226
So I can visit the tree.
It gets so muddy when it rains.

311
00:16:14,309 --> 00:16:16,019
I don't wanna ruin my shoes.

312
00:16:17,062 --> 00:16:18,647
Wait, you visit the tree?

313
00:16:18,730 --> 00:16:20,941
Yeah. That's why I have these chairs here.

314
00:16:21,024 --> 00:16:26,154
Come on, sit. Relax, breathe.
Visit the tree.

315
00:16:27,739 --> 00:16:30,533
Hmm. I guess it is
kind of nice visiting the tree.

316
00:16:30,617 --> 00:16:32,494
[sighs] I love these chairs,

317
00:16:32,577 --> 00:16:34,871
but sometimes they
make me a little carsick.

318
00:16:34,955 --> 00:16:36,998
[inhales sharply]
Can I just sit on this box?

319
00:16:37,082 --> 00:16:38,333
- I might've emptied that--
- Oh.

320
00:16:39,084 --> 00:16:41,461
- [both laugh]
- Oh, my gosh.

321
00:16:41,545 --> 00:16:43,672
- Are you okay?
- [grunts]

322
00:16:43,755 --> 00:16:46,091
- [laughing]
- [sighs]

323
00:16:47,217 --> 00:16:48,426
[phone chimes]

324
00:16:50,220 --> 00:16:51,763
Oh, my mom texted me. [chuckles]

325
00:16:51,846 --> 00:16:52,931
What'd she say?

326
00:16:53,014 --> 00:16:54,474
I mean, I was just there.

327
00:16:55,433 --> 00:16:57,644
"Don't forget you have
math tutor homework to do.

328
00:16:57,727 --> 00:16:59,563
And be sure to clean up your room."

329
00:17:01,064 --> 00:17:03,817
[sighs] I'm just so tired
of being controlled.

330
00:17:04,316 --> 00:17:05,443
Didn't she hear me?

331
00:17:05,526 --> 00:17:07,529
I just said that out loud in our kitchen.

332
00:17:08,321 --> 00:17:11,658
[sighs] I wonder how my mom
would feel if I didn't hear her.

333
00:17:12,324 --> 00:17:14,785
Or listen to her,
like she doesn't listen to me.

334
00:17:17,162 --> 00:17:18,998
There's only one way to find out.

335
00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:22,294
- What, you mean not listen to my mom?
- Yeah.

336
00:17:22,377 --> 00:17:24,588
Like, wear headphones around the house.

337
00:17:24,670 --> 00:17:26,131
Or turn up the TV.

338
00:17:26,631 --> 00:17:28,884
My dad does that when my mom's talking.

339
00:17:30,719 --> 00:17:36,057
No, wait. What if--
What if I didn't listen?

340
00:17:36,850 --> 00:17:38,560
Like, about what?

341
00:17:39,352 --> 00:17:41,521
Like, about getting my ears pierced.

342
00:17:43,481 --> 00:17:45,525
Dun dun dun.

343
00:17:49,112 --> 00:17:51,865
Ah, see, make sure your decimal
is in the right place.

344
00:17:52,949 --> 00:17:54,618
Okay.

345
00:17:58,121 --> 00:18:02,459
- Do you have a daughter?
- If you add 142.000…

346
00:18:03,293 --> 00:18:06,922
[chuckles] Yes, I do. Samantha's eight.

347
00:18:08,006 --> 00:18:10,342
- Does she have pierced ears?
- Amber.

348
00:18:10,425 --> 00:18:12,594
[chuckles] Since she was a baby.

349
00:18:13,094 --> 00:18:15,430
Could you say
that just a little bit louder?

350
00:18:15,513 --> 00:18:16,723
- I heard.
- [chuckles]

351
00:18:16,806 --> 00:18:18,850
[phone rings]

352
00:18:20,602 --> 00:18:22,354
Hello? Yeah.

353
00:18:23,813 --> 00:18:24,940
Oh, hi, Lucy.

354
00:18:25,023 --> 00:18:28,568
How's the whole
gym-turning-into-a-disco going?

355
00:18:30,153 --> 00:18:34,324
Oh, uh, yeah.
Yeah, we could-- we could be chaperones.

356
00:18:34,407 --> 00:18:35,700
- What?
- [Sarah] Yeah.

357
00:18:35,784 --> 00:18:39,329
Just put us both down.
Sarah Brown and Max Dayton.

358
00:18:39,412 --> 00:18:42,832
- No, not Max. Dad.
- Shh.

359
00:18:42,916 --> 00:18:45,168
- [tutor] Okay, Amber. We're almost done.
- [sighs]

360
00:18:46,545 --> 00:18:50,674
This is our last one.
Focus on the problem.

361
00:18:51,258 --> 00:18:53,593
Oh, I am. [sighs]

362
00:18:54,094 --> 00:18:57,806
<i>Yeah, had to call.
I hit level ten on Zero Gravity Infinitum.</i>

363
00:18:57,889 --> 00:18:59,558
That's great.

364
00:18:59,641 --> 00:19:01,351
[coins rattling]

365
00:19:02,394 --> 00:19:03,562
What are you doing?

366
00:19:04,312 --> 00:19:05,564
Growing up.

367
00:19:06,273 --> 00:19:07,524
Huh?

368
00:19:07,607 --> 00:19:09,818
- [Amber] <i>Yeah.</i>
- We're 11.

369
00:19:09,901 --> 00:19:11,778
Exactly. We're not kids anymore.

370
00:19:13,655 --> 00:19:15,156
Feel like I am.

371
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,243
But looks like you have enough money there
to get your own car.

372
00:19:18,326 --> 00:19:20,495
Is that all Christmas and birthday money?

373
00:19:20,579 --> 00:19:22,163
Plus my money from dog walking.

374
00:19:22,789 --> 00:19:24,457
Must've been some big dogs.

375
00:19:25,333 --> 00:19:27,002
- [Brandi] Here you go.
- Thanks, Brandi.

376
00:19:27,085 --> 00:19:28,962
<i>Happy you reached level ten. Ba-later.</i>

377
00:19:29,045 --> 00:19:32,674
- Ba-later.
-<i>Hello, Justin. Ba-later, Justin.</i>

378
00:19:32,757 --> 00:19:33,758
[Amber chuckles]

379
00:19:35,427 --> 00:19:36,720
["Big Big Hearts" playing]

380
00:19:36,803 --> 00:19:38,221
Okay.

381
00:20:12,172 --> 00:20:14,591
["Big Big Hearts" continues]