Always Will (2006) - full transcript

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When you're a kid, your
friends are your world .

Danny was the first
friend I ever had.

He wasn't very athletic.

But that's kind of what
brought us together.

You need longer shoelaces.

Yeah, I know.

I met Jacob on our trip
to The Colonial Village.

Everyone thought Jake
was weird 'cause he
questioned everything.

But he wasn't weird.

He was smart.



And funny.

Once I introduced
Danny to Jacob, I had
my own little group.

And it felt great.

But even with
these guys...

some things still
seemed out of reach.

And when they
weren't around...

Don't. be. a. wuss!

Help!

...some situations still
made me feel powerless.

We played 'Don't Touch The
Ground' because it made
us feel like soldiers.

Heroes .

It made us feel
like someone other
than ourselves.

Jacob mapped out
the best moves.

I was pretty good
at executing them.



And Danny...

always messed it up .

At ten years old, you
can't imagine life
being any different .

But let's face it,

things happen...and
there's nothing
we can do about it.

When we were in
fifth grade our class
took part in a time
capsule ceremony .

The idea was to bury items
so a future generation
could dig them up
and learn about our lives .

This was the last
day of fifth grade.

Next year, middle school.

Unknown territory.

Maybe that's why
we did what we did.

They say it's hard to
let go of the past.

Well,

We were
taking it with us.

A lot happened by the time
we got to high school .

Eating paste, was no
longer one of our habits .

French became
very popular .

and summer jobs,
very rewarding.

Danny found himself
some new friends .

See, at the end
of eighth grade...

Danny and I had
a falling out .

Jacob, was the
complete opposite .

He didn't talk to anyone.

And no one knew why.

As for me, I was
somewhere in the middle .

For the most part, I just
kind of kept to myself .

but my eyes didn't.

Keep movin' wuss.

Our first day here...
Some Senior told us how
high school would be

the best years of our lives so
we better make the most of it.

Well I know
of one person who was
listening that day...

Josh Wheeler.

Hey.

Got a pencil I can borrow?

Thanks.
But I needed a #2.

[laughs]

Wheeler needed a pencil.

I needed a lot more.

How's that?

Looks good.

What happened?

Nothin'.
I fell in gym class.

And that test...

I got a C+.

Tough day huh?

Yeah.

You should take
up a sport.

Or an instrument.
Something.

Sounds corny, but
that stuff's good
for your soul.

Makes bad days
seem not so bad.

Least dancing did for me.

But you don't
dance anymore.

Who am I gonna dance with?

Your stepfather?

Anyhow, this keeps me busy.

I gotta tell you sweetie,
I really enjoy it.

It forces you to have
faith in your decisions.

Four years of college
and I never knew this was
for me until recently.

You'll find your way.

Follow your gut.

And if you can't
find your gut...

just follow me.

Hey Will.

Come on Mom.

Ok.

You just lost your dance
with one of the Rockettes.

Guess I'll just go home.

Look, it's to scale!

I know, I know, I'm
late for dinner.

Well.
Reason I'm late?

These little babies.

Tickets to next
week's playoff game.

Thing is, uh, I
could only score two.

That's ok.
You guys go.

No Mom.
You and Al should go...

Yeah Lyd.
I got 'em for you and me.

No hard feelings kid but
you know, like a date...
for your Mom and me.

I get it.

By the way, why didn't
you cut the lawn?

I was going to... but...

Your mom does
everything 'round here.

You had one job...
cutting the lawn.

Still want that
driver's license in
the spring right?

Al, he had a rough day.

Thought you said the fall.

Spring.

Older you get,
insurance rates go down.

Makes sense right?

Hey, hey watch it, I just

so, each homeroom then
chooses representatives
to be considered for King
and Queen in the spring.

Ok Seniors, time
to let your fellow
classmates know how
you feel about them.

Julie Foster.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

You're home early.

What are you doing?

Thought Al had off today?

He did.

He went over to Bob's
house to watch the game.

He works hard sweetie.

Weren't we fine...
without Al?

You were four years old
when your Daddy got sick.

I wouldn't exactly
call me runnin' between
the hospital and
day-care doing fine.

Anyhow, Al was asking
me about what colleges you
were looking at

and even mentioned you getting
your license soon.

He does care.

Yea.. About getting
me out of here.

Will.

I have something to show you.

Look what I found!

[laughs] Can you believe
I never hung this up?

Yes.

You were so cute.

Was.

That's a great picture.

And then,

your Daddy and I
used to dance to this
record all the time.

And then there was
the time I caught
you and Danny using
it as a Frisbee.

Sorry.

How is he?

Danny?
How would I know?

You see him around
school right?

Does he have friends?

I guess.
He's kinda like me.

Friends with everyone.

Why don't you call him?

Before you both go off
to college next year.

You know this whole thing
It's just silly.

life's really too short
to let trivial events ruin a
good friend ship.

You guys was so close

Dude, Danny, you're not
supposed to put your own
laces in those shoes.

This are my lucky laces

I'm askin' her.

Kelly? .
Seriously?

Seriously.

Feels like the right beat.

Why's that?

She thread my needle
twice in sewing class.

Since when was taking sewing
the right beat?

Look, Will, eighth
grade's over.

We're men now.

And I've come on to every
other girl in the school.

You should ask Julie.

Look, she's all by herself.

No way.

I don't know why the
rest of the school
doesn't see it.

She's nice.

She's smart.

She's funny.

She's so cute.

She's coming over here!

Just ACT COOL.

No, Danny, Kelly's
coming over here!

Dance with me!

It's a slow song!

Umm...wanna dance?

...Will?

Can't leave 'til ten.

Hello?

Oh.
Hey Al.

I said why don't you
go down to the basement
and clean it out so I
can start renovating down there?

This was with the mail.

These are the supplies I
need to start on the roof.

How do you have the
patience for that stuff?

What's the point?

You know what Mom?

Maybe I will...call Danny.

Danny?
You don't need that kid.

Call him sweetie.

And then mow the lawn!

Danny.

Danny.

Umm...wanna dance...Will?

I...uh, have to go
to the little boy's room.

the men's room.

Come on.

Whoa.

Come on Will!
It opens TONIGHT!

-What's up Will?
No thanks... I mean, not much...

Not here.
-What is it?

How come whenever
that guy's around,
I feel like dry heaving?

Like me with my BMX jump?

What's up Will?
Lisent to me, Party at
Chuck's after Saturday game,
and bring whoever.

Not eatin'?

Not very hungry.

Coach would flip if he saw this.
I had my three Power Bars today.

Hold than a second.

Hey man.

We cool?

Wh..Why is that?

Wait.
Coach?

You're really gonna
prove yourself Saturday.

Danny, tell me I'm
on the chess team.

Yeah, try tellin' all your
football pals you play chess.

Can I get you guys anything?

You got any Power Bars?

How can I be playing
high school football?
Nerf scares me!

What are you talkin' about Will?
You knew you might have to play.

But how could
I even make the team?

"Oh, Wheel's and I are so cool,
he got me a place on the bench"!

What are you...what
was I talking about?

Do you know how many girls
want to see you play Saturday?

I'm gonna go from being
the "best friend of the
guy who sits on the bench"

to being the "best friend of the
guy who actually plays"!

I mean it's big for me too.

Look, Danny, there's something
I gotta show you man.

Sorry man.
You should probably go.

Can you tell me?

I'd rather show you.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow man.

You want to design something,
design the basement!

Go back to school?

You're forty for God's sake.

We got a mortgage!

Will, would you please excuse us
for a couple minutes?

Yeah .

No hard feelings but go away.

Do NOT talk to him that way!

It's a stupid idea Lydia.
You going back to school.

It's selfish is what it is.

Mom.
You can't keep...

So you were with us down the
shore?

Me, Mom, Al and you?

Yes.
And you're saying you don't
believe me?

That, until yesterday,
we haven't spoken
since eighth grade?

That we didn't egg old
man Naylor's house?

I guess what I'm saying is...
I don't have those memories.

Dude.

We egged Naylors?

You did.

Mine broke in my hand.

All right,look.

The capsule.

That one you, me, and
Freak Boy took?
-Shhh.

Yes.

I don't know how but
it lets me...travel
back in time.

You know, this is why schools
have counselors buddy.

Seriously.

It lets me, like, revisit
a moment in the past.

Let's see:
"Friends don't let
friends drive drunk".
"Just say no".

Damn, what are the instructions
for this situation...
-Seriously. Come on.

I had to tell someone.

Look, Will.
What am I supposed to say?

You're telling me that
you don't remember being
on the football team,

being cool with Wheeler, or even
being friends with me!
And now this?

You didn't believe my
spin-the- bottle story.

That story wasn't even true.

You still didn't believe me.

Watch.

Hey man, what time's that party?

Do you think I'm crazy for
wanting to go back to school?

No. Not at all.

It's what you want to do.
It's what you should be doing.

Al should understand that.

Yeah, he will.

I think change just scares him.

He worked at your elementary
school for so long before he
finallypushed himself to go into
construction.

Then he of all people should
understand what you're trying
to do.

You know, we never saw him bust
his hump around our school.

Everyone just saw him
as that mean Custodian.

Kids'll think any
grown-up in boots and
dirty overalls is mean.

Billy Winston still
swears to me, to this day,

that Al chugged every drop
of grape juice right out of his
Superman thermos.

Every day.

You think Al even cares about
me?

Of course sweetie.

He's practically
watched you grow up.

So has old man Naylor.
Why'd didn't you just go and
marry him?

Oh yeah?

Least he gave out Halloween
candy.

Sometimes I think Al just sees
me as part of the deal.

I wish I remembered Dad.

The only memory I have
of him is sitting on the
swing out on the porch.

Your dad really loved that
swing.

He said it gave
him answers.

Why'd you put it down the
basement?

cause all it gave me
were memories...and
Al...he didn't...

This one will work.

What do you think?

I think you should take it down
and put it with your records.

Let me guess. You need to borrow
some cash 'cause you forgot it's
tator-tot Thursday again.

What?

I'm fine.

I'm glad Will.

Don't you
remember the beating
I took yesterday?

I mean, my eye!

Ummm...No.

Dude, you were right there.

Remember I hit that big guy?

Oh,Oh right. I get it. This is
you trying to prove

you can use that thing from
fifth grade to change things.

How's this? If you really do
have the ability to change the
world around you,

I mean
if I had that ability,

I'd be a BMX superstar.

And have a girl like her
cheering me on.

Hey, nurse?
Isn't it true that lice love
clean, beautiful hair?

That's what they say.

"Julie's the cleanest
girl in our class",
"I bet I have lice",
"Me too",

Dude, I'm so gonna fail that
Shakespeare test.

I can't understand
a word the man says.

Hey ladies.
-Hey.

Hey Will.

He's so cool.

It's just his attitude about
life, you know?

He just rolls with it.

I like your style Will.

You know, whatever happens next
after this place...

I hope it feels somethin' like
this.

Like what?

I don't know.

Like, safe.

Can I tell you something?

When I was in elementary school
my Mom,she used to make me wear
a plastic bag in my pants 'cause
I'd wet myself!

Hey Will. Go Will!"

Will is the man!

Hey man.

Yo. What's up?

You tell me.
You don't call me back! You
don't tell me about the party!

You talk about me behind
my back! And you don't come to
my BMX tryout!

What? When was it?
I can still go!

How'd you do?

Fine.
I did fine.

So you made the team?

Look, that doesn't matter Will.
You've really changed man.

I mean, first, you go
acting all innocent

and pretend like you
don't know anything.

And now, you're more
popular than ever.

What's up man.
I can't help people liking me!

Oh no?

Look, Danny...
-No! Take me to it.

I wanna change
some things myself!

All right. So what you do,
is you put your hands on the
capsule and you think back
to a moment in your life.

Like, a memory.

Like...Like that
time I told that girl I
had front row tickets to
the "In Sync" concert.

You lied about that?
-Yeah.

My tickets were
in the nosebleeds.

I'm not sure if
changing something
like that would really...

Okay then.

My bike jump.

Okay.

With skills, you have to

go back to when you were
young and make yourself
practice the skill.

You know?

Got it.

Think back to the memory.

This is crazy!

And you're a liar!

Dude!

This is crazy!
And you're a liar!

This is crazy!

And you're a liar!

Things are really
screwed up, Will!

Sup' superstar?

Where's it at man?

Where's what?

You know every one of our moves.
Playbook, Where's it at?

I don't know what
you're talkin' about.
Step aside.

You did fine, Charles.

But the highest grade
gets the English Award.

Is it true Charles'
old man flipped on him?

Charles is going through
a tough time right now.

He'll be out for awhile.

And that's for Simms!

Psst.

Psst.

"Ill deeds are doubled
with an evil word".

"Tis slander whose edge is
sharper than the sword".

Your pal Will's been talkin'
smack about you man.

So I spoke to an
advisor at the college
downtown today.

They said that with my
undergraduate degree,

I could apply in the spring
and start classes in the fall.

Four nights a week.
Two years.

Two years and I'm done!

Oh, you'll
definitely get in!

You know, Al, once I get my
driver'slicense, I could
really help out around here.

Let mom focus on her stuff.

Here we go.

Me. Me. Me.

It's Probably why Danny
left steamin' outta
here the other night.

Probably sick of that talk.

By the way, Danny's father
called earlier today.

Said something about maybe
doing some work in their
basement in the spring.
Some cement work.

I'll call 'em tomorrow.

Maybe I'll ask Danny myself
why he's no longer pals
with the kid the whole damn
school seems to love.

About the classes...

Look Lydia, next fall's bad
timing.

Some college for this one
is gonna be digging into
our pockets big time.

You know, I have savings for
Will.

You know that.

Oh, yeah. I forgot.

No hard feelings Lyd, but
we don't need that money.

We're okay without it.

It's not gonna work.
You not being here every night.

Mom...

You know, He's probably right.

With loans and stuff.

I've no business getting
involved in a career so late.

I could just keep it a
hobby, like dancing...was.

Mom, you're starting
to sound like him.

Guess I'm just a
little confused.

Well don't be.

Follow your gut.

And if you can't
follow your gut...

Being the person I am now
has made Al different.

He's threatened by me.

I think he's
jealous of me.

But you've always
been this way.

As long as I've known you.

What are you saying?

Nothing.

Don't you guys have
anything in common?

Yeah.

Mom.

No matter what
I change, I still can't
get the guy to like me.

Screw that.

I wish Danny and
I were still cool.

Hey Wheels!

Hey man, what's up.

I'm real sorry.

How you feeling?
-Better, thanks.

Hi Julie.

Hey. Hope you feel better.

Thanks.

I'm real sorry man.

No problem man.
Took it for the team, right?

See you at practice bro.

Kinda heavy on the
apologizing, don't you think?

I...just feel bad.

Don't feel so bad.

Looks like he's getting
back to his old self.

Betcha' a guy like that is a
real softie on the inside.

I gotta go. I'm late for work.

What?

I wish I remembered what that
felt like the first time.

Yearbook!

I gotta go.

Will, Will we're late for
practice. Let's go!

No man is an island!

Every man on this
field has a job to do!

To stick to the
man next to you!

To stick to this pact!

To never change it!

To let it dictate
your actions!

...This is a bond we'll
always have.

Always stick together!

...and Jacob, if
you, like, ever get
weird or something...

Guys, I think
I hear my Mom!

How do I have the...?

We need to talk.

When we were in eighth grade,
my brother broke his leg.

He missed his entire
last season of baseball.

I don't remember an accident .

That's because there never
was one .

That you'd remember...
or anyone else for that matter .

Because it's not the eighth
grade you remember it as.

It was the eighth grade
I made for myself .

Like you're doing
now with high school.

I know Will.

I know because
I did it too.

And my brother got
hurt 'cause of it.

But he's okay now?
-Yeah.

Because I changed it.

I needed to.

Summer after fifth
grade, I discovered
the same thing you did .

I was friends with everyone.

Felt completely safe.

Until one day...

You remember that awful
summer camp my parents
used to send me to?

Well, my secret weapon
didn't work outside my
house and suddenly...I
was on my own.

And being on my own scared me.

Why doesn't the capsule
work outside your house?

I wanted an explanation too
so I did a little research.

'Course you did.

Turns out the capsule was
given to our school

by the
family of James Cooley.

Cooley was some
theorist in the 1950's.

He believed if you were
in the right environment
and had the right tool,

memories could physically propel
you back to certain
moments in your life.

They tell us all
this at the ceremony?

Just check out the
bottom of the capsule.

What I do know is
what we brought home
was a tim capsule.

And our homes are
places we've lived
in our whole lives.

Places that stayed the
same, while we changed.

Maybe we can only
change the past from the
one place that's seen
us live it..

You know.

Had I not just experienced
twelve years of school in six
weeks,

I'd be laughing
at how crazy you sound.

It's no joke Will.

Yeah.

Danny's mad 'cause of it.

Danny should be the
least of your worries.

That capsule let me
plant the seeds I knew
would start to grow
through middle school.

And they did.

I had it all.

No regrets.

Until that day...

Steven had his
accident 'cause Mom had
him out looking for me.

And he had to rush
to baseball practice.

Didn't you just...

Yeah,

Yeah I did.

I went back to earlier in the
day when I said goodbye to him.

Only this time,
I stayed home.

Two weeks later.

He took a fastball
in the face.

Went blind in one eye.

Whoa.

But what's
that have to do with
everything else?

Guy who threw it...

...had an issue with
someone I was dating.

Who?

His girlfriend.

Every time I
tried to change something,
something else went wrong.

And the guilt I felt
over what happened to my
brother was too much

so... I went back to the
moment right before
I discovered what the
capsule could do...

...and walked it
right out of my shed.

Out of my life.

Only I couldn't bring myself
to get rid of it,

'cause of you, me, and Danny.
'Cause of our pact.

You know, silly kid stuff.

I just knew I needed to
get it out of my hands.

So you put it in mine?

I buried the capsule in your
basement never thinking you'd
make the same discovery, Will.

Yeah, too late.

Thanks for burying your
problems under my roof!

That was just the
beginning of my problems.

By placing the capsule in
your house on that day,

it made it impossible
for me to get back to the
present.

What?

Think about it.

That capsule's our ride.

And I got rid
of it mid-trip.

By taking the capsule away from
myself in fifth grade,

it means I would no
longer have It in eighth.

Couldn't return from the
trip staring down at the
thing like always

'cause the capsule was no
longer in my possession.

But that would mean that...

you were stuck in fifth grade.

Man, I remember that walk.

Knowing I'd have
to re-live those three
years no longer as a
King but -- as a nobody.

You have no idea what it's
like to experience the
same three years you've
already been through.

Knowing everything
that's gonna happen

and then watching as it does.

Always being one step ahead
of fate.

So when we all started sixth
grade for the first time...

It was the second
time for me.

Which is why you
shut us all out.

I had to.

I was afraid
of what I knew.

Wait.

If you were re-living
those three years,

every change I made
must have been obvious.

And you still ignored me?

I'm sorry Will.

If I tried to talk to
you about what you were
doing, tried to stop you,

it would have played some part

for better or for worse, it
still would have factored in.

That's one thing I did
learn from all this.

And what if you resisted?

Huh? Got upset!

You don't anger
someone who could take
it out on your fate.

Can't imagine what
you went through.

If you're not careful Will,

you won't have to imagine it.

And Danny?

Sometimes, you just
gotta let people make
their own decisions.

One more thing.

How'd I do?

Those years you spent
altering your life?

You were a nobody Will.

Just Like you were before
all this.

But we were friends.

Think about me, Will.

And stop changing
anything else.

Tomorrow night,
you and Julie stop
here for pictures.

I know Mom.
I already told her.

I gotta go.
Ok, sweet heart.

Prom tomorrow?

I told you, one week
before my admissions
interview.

Maybe I'll go back
to school too.

This way, we can
all forget about our
responsibilities.

Yeah, maybe I'll
be an Astronaut.

Limo will be at
your house by six.

Already told me that babe.

And we'll get our
pictures done as soon
as we get to the prom.

Like the Winter Formal.
And the Junior Prom.

What's up guys!

Hey Wheels.

You goin' to Phil's
party or the after-prom?

After prom?

What, with thirty
parents and chaperones
hanging out?

Soon as that DJ calls
last song I'm in my car,
rolling down to the shore.

What, no last dance?

My last dance is on the
beach under the stars.

Sounds kind of romantic.

Yes Will.
-JFK.

That's a good answer
but I'm sorry,
you're incorrect.

Wow.

-Will.

One wrong answer around
here and you're meat.

I know you're no stranger
to "Senioritis"...

...but your hard work
has finally paid off.

Your grades are such that
we as a school...

want togive you a scholarship to
help you out your freshman year
of college.

Congratulations!
-Thnak you.

Mom?

Why did he...?
-When I saw you that day in
fifth grade...that last day at
the ceremony,

I looked at you and I like
knew that you were going to
be in high school in a flash.

Meeting Al at that
moment, was like I was
being handed the support
I...I really needed.

Wait. Fifth grade?

I thought you met Al when
I was in middle school.

We started dating then.

But we met that last day.
At that ceremony.

We didn't talk much
but, yeah, he was there.

The way he let you
kids take turns sitting
in that little crane.

You all got such
a kick out of it.

I really thought I saw
something in him that day.

It was like we shared
the same needs.

I swear, he was so different
then. He was kind...caring...

But he's really changed.

And I guess I have too.

I mean there are things I want
to do with my life.

Things I really
wished I had done.

Your Daddy always encouraged
me to go back to school for
something creative.

You should.
Don't let Al stop you.

I thought meeting him
that day was fate...
working in my favor.

But now I just realize if
it wasn't me, it would've
been somebody else.

Maybe that's the
fate of it all.

Had we not met that day,
and he always reminds me
of this,

he probably just would have
moved down south and worked
with his brother.

Wait. I didn't know he planned
to move down south.

He was supposed to fly
out the next morning.

That ceremony was actually
supposed to be his
last day at your school.

He said he couldn't
leave until he came
back and saw me.

Sometimes I just
wonder who he would
be with had he gone.

Would he be happy?

You would.

Mom?

Yeah?

Al once told me I held you back.

Never.

I know Mom.

Life's got a funny way
about it, huh baby?

And there's just not a
thing we can do about it.

One more day.

Feels like I could
stay here forever.

Ever wonder how
this happened?

What do you mean?

Us.

Lying here.

You ever wonder how in another
time, another place,

you'd be sharing this
moment with someone else?

Wanna know what I think?

I think whatever's
meant to happen, does.

I mean fate throws you into the
moment...

you just gotta
choose to go with it.

Just know that I fell
for you a long time ago.

What's this doing in our house?

Will, you guys stole
from the school?

So it all started with this.

You were a bad
kid then too, huh?

He's not a bad kid, Al.

I'm gonna turn this
into the school
right after work.

Your actions do
have consequences!

Al. Wait.

No, Lydia!
He's gonna learn!

This isn't how I raised him.

You?

Like I don't have
a say in this!

I raised him
from the start!

Exactly.

To think, they actually
reward crooks like you.

After years of putting
up with the guy, you're
taking a stand now? Why?

'Cause things
got a lot worse.

So let him turn it in. What's
the worst the school could do?

I need it back Jacob.

Why?
-For one more..

You kidding? After everything we
talked about you're actually
thinking about...

What is it?

Jacob, I'm asking
you to believe me.

I need to make
one more change.

I need to.

Come on, Be home.

What makes you
think he'll care?

Holy...

Al's got somethin'
on him, Danny.

He found the capsule...

The capsule! Here we go again...

Danny, will you
just listen to me?

I need the capsule
for one more thing.

I need it to help my Mom.

Look, I'm not saying
things will be better...

but if school plays out the
way it was supposed to...

who knows, maybe
we'd be okay.

Come on man.
What do you say?

Will you help me?

I'm here aren't I?

When I should be
hiding in a corner.

Come on man.
We gotta help him.

You know,
I think Nintendo's still
on pause from the last
time you were here dude.

Where you been?

Long story.

Maybe you should
go distract 'em.

You know how much I
hate talking to the guy.

Remember that Fourth
of July picnic...

Actually no.

Oh. Right.

Keep an eye out for my
guinea pig.

He escaped a few days ago.

-What's his name?
"Hamster".
-"Hamster"?
"Hamster".

You named your
guinea pig "Hamster"?

'Course I named my
guinea pig "Hamster".

Why didn't you just
call him "Guinea Pig".

GUYS!

Hey Al, need a drink or
somethin'?

Hey Danny, how you doing?

Beautiful.

Guys, you need to hurry!

Whoa.
That's floor reinforcement.

You know how long it's
gonna take to get your
feet through all that?

That's why we're not gonna
risk going through it.

Ahhh! My leg!

Don't look at me.

That actually happened.

Way to go Hamster!

So...now what?

Now I'll go back to the
day of the ceremony.

I'll take the capsule
from the teacher's lounge
and...I'll get rid of it.

...just don't put
it in my shed.

Trust me.
I'll really get rid of it.

It'll never be buried.
It'll never be dug up.

The ceremony will
be canceled and
Al's flight won't.

But what if you take the
capsule, hold it for a
day, and then put it back
in the teacher's lounge?

Al will still make
his flight and the
ceremony will happen...
just a day later.

I can't change the
choice of digging it up.

It's me going against
two kids who won't want
to lose their past.

Even if I know not
to doesn't mean
you two won't.

I can change a lot of
things, but I can't
change human nature.

It's a chance
I can't take.

You know, the whole time I
was doing this, I ignored
the fact that what I was
doing was wrong...

until I saw you hurt...

and I spoke to you.

But what Al's
doing to my Mom.

How he's breaking
her spirit.

Makes doing this one more
time, actually feel right.

But if you take this away
from us...won't that...

But college in
the fall, Julie...

A memory I'll always have.

It just happens to be the price
for making Al one too.

Look, I know Julie.

I mean, I know who she is.

And I know how
we are together.

And who knows, maybe when we
get back to this day,

and things are fresh...
I'll get to know her the
right way.

Hey, my bike!

Doesn't matter does it?

I sucked anyway.

See you in the
next life guys.

Gotta go do some homework.

Where you goin' with that?

Come on Wheeler, you
have to let me go.

Hey, isn't that what
we're burying today?

What are you
doin' with it?

Come on Wheeler.
Please!

No.

Gimme.

Keep movin' wuss!

I know Julie.

I mean, I know who she is.

And I know how
we are together.

Maybe when we get back to this
day, and things are fresh,
I'll get to know her the right
way.

Hey guys.

Hey man, d'you hear?

I wasn't supposed to say
anything but it's cool now.

What?
-Julie.

She left.

Her and Wheeler. Just picked up
and rolled outta here.

Soon as their
names were called.

Someone said they were
talkin' about eloping

or something crazy like that.

King and Queen.
Off to find their Kingdom.

This was
Wheeler's Kingdom.

Just went to
find a new one.

Think they're scared?

Who knows?

Nothing any of us
could have done.

Sometimes you gotta
let people make
their own decisions.

I guess you could say my
high school experience
was unlike any other .

But that would be unfair.

'Cause everyone
tastes the insecurity.

The heartache.

Somewhere along the way .

I still speak to
Danny and Jacob.

But not that often .

Do I think about
high school?

Sure.

Do I think about Julie?

About what we had?

Yeah.

Sometimes out of nowhere.

Excuse me, Will?

Hi!
-Hi.

I can't believe this.

We went to high
school together.

You won't remember me.

I had glasses...and my
hair was a lot longer.

I was a transfer student.

It was rough.

But you were always
a really nice guy.

When was I...that
way to you?

Always.

You just always
were, no matter what.

Right.

What did you say
your name was again?

Oh.
Jennifer.

Jennifer Cooley.

Like I said,
things happen .

And when they do...you
gotta let 'em.

What may seem like a big
deal at the time...may
only just be wet cement.

It's okay to let your
feet touch the ground.

People may not remember the
things you do and say...

but everyone remembers
how you made them feel.