Day 13

- Come on man, you gotta redeem yourself.

- Na, I don't wanna be late,

I'm on the same shift as Sonja Meyers.

You should come by the pool man,

watch your boy put the moves

on one of the world's hottest life guards.

Can't man I got chores.

- Brutal, well don't die man.

I'll try not to.

Later man.

Later big homie.

Mom.

Rach.

Hello.

Hey.

Whoa, please don't!

Colton!

What the hell are you doing?

There's a guy mom.

- Oh, I am so, so sorry about this.

It's okay.

Hey man, my bad, I was just looking for the bathroom

and I got kinda lost.

Would somebody please tell me

what the hell is going on? - Okay, sorry.

Colton, this is Roger.

Roger, this is my son Colton.

- Hey man, didn't mean to scare ya.

What's up dude?

Roger and I met on,

we're going to Delzano's for a drink.

- Oh, Delzano's, cool, yeah, that's great.

Did you get that necklace there?

- Okay, would you just excuse us just for a minute.

Sure.

Hey dude, it was nice to meet you.

- I told him to go through the side door

'cause I know how much it upsets you

when I go out with anybody. - No, not fair.

It's not that, it's the fact that you meet these people

on a app that my friends use.

Well, what do you want me do,

wait for your dad to come crawling back?

- You know I'd slam the door in his face if he did.

But come on he smells like cedar chips.

Mom, he's wearing a safety pin on bracelet.

Okay, you know what Colton?

I'm really struggling here.

I need you to make this easier on me, not harder.

Can you just do that for me, please?

Fine.

Here.

Okay, can you just please make sure

that all the chores are done in the morning?

- Why do you want me to do all the lame crap dad used to do?

Why do you want me to be like that dick?

You know what,

if you wanna talk like an adult

you better start acting like one.

Your father was a dick for leaving us

not for taking care of this house.

Now do it, please.

God.

Dad, why we gotta varnish the chair?

We just did it six months ago.

Well son, because a man--

Shit!

Ooh, you said the S word.

Rach, not helpful.

Okay, mom's home.

She said, "To tell you when dinner's ready."

But maybe I won't.

Dammit Rach, seriously.

- You shouldn't swear, what if the neighbor's hear?

- Yeah, well we don't know them, okay,

so I guess it doesn't matter.

Just tell mom I'll be in

when I'm done with this, all right.

And hey, don't tell her about this.

Deal?

Serious, Rach.

- Colton spilled that chair stuff--

- Oh my God-- - On the patio today.

Rachel.

Take it easy.

Come on you're gonna have to start getting along better,

starting now.

Why?

Dropping her off on camp on Monday.

- The wild fire threat is too high this year

so camp is canceled.

That's too bad.

So you're not going to Barcelona then.

Oh, no, no, no, I'm going.

Listen as you know things have not been going great

around here for me lately

so I need this trip with the girls,

it's only two weeks.

It's not two weeks, Mom.

It's 16 days.

Good memory, sweetie.

You're right.

- Well Mom, what's Rachel gonna do?

Well, you're a grownup now,

and as a grownup I need you to take on this responsibility

that is taking-- - No.

Care of her and this house.

What?

Don't make this worse.

She's already upset about missing camp.

And you know what,

you're not gonna have this time together

once you go off to college,

just take advantage of it.

Take advantage of it.

Mom, you said, "I could have the house

to myself for two weeks."

16 days, dummy.

- Yeah, exactly, 16 days of me in charge

so watch it, there's a new sheriff in town.

- Stop, don't act that way towards your sister.

You know what, I am done trying to keep the peace

between the both of you anymore.

I just-- - Good.

You're excused, Colton.

Thank you.

- Don't forget to take out the trash.

- Can I have his dessert?

Sure you can, sweetie.

- Don't be lamer than you already are.

Sorry mom, but according to you I'm an adult now so.

What's with that creepy place over there, Mom?

- You mean the old place across the street.

- Yeah, did anybody ever live there,

like before I was born or anything?

- I don't think I've ever seen anyone come in or out

since we moved in.

I think it's abandoned.

- That's weird, I saw something in there last night.

I thought maybe somebody moved in.

- Oh, you say somebody's living in that place.

- No man, I saw a light in there the other night.

You ever seen anybody in there?

- Nope but some skater kids broke in a while ago.

Yeah.

Yeah, they all vanished.

Never heard from again.

- No, man I'm serious I saw a light, all right.

Light.

Yeah.

What light, Colton?

I don't know, it disappeared.

Disappeared, huh?

Cool story, Colt.

I always wanted to bust in there

and throw like a lit ass Halloween party.

Oh, and on that note, taking the boat out this Saturday.

What's your deal?

- Can't man, mom's going on a two week vacation

so I gotta babysit my stupid sister.

Dude, that's perfect.

You invite somebody over to keep you company.

They love babysitting.

Oh yeah, that's great.

Yeah, I'll invite somebody over,

my sister will be a third wheel

it'll be awesome, yeah.

Maybe she can cook for us.

Yeah, Rachel'll cook for us.

That'll be great. - Hold on, hold on.

Phone ringing.

Look my shift is starting okay.

But we gonna work on that girl situation.

Yep.

Get you a girl, bro.

Ah-ha.

What the hell?

Oh, shit.

Dammit.

Damn.

Careful sweetie.

- Maybe a few less rocks next time.

- Hey, I know this is a lot to ask

and I didn't mean for you to have to grow up this fast

but it's just the way things turned out.

But I wouldn't have asked you to do this

if I didn't really need it.

I know, Mom.

I need you to guarantee me

that you're gonna just take care of things while I'm gone.

Can I count on you?

Yes, Mom.

I'll hold it down, I swear.

I know you will.

Okay, no more backseat driving, promise.

- I could still use a few pointers.

Mom, I'm ready.

All right.

Tell him.

- Colton, I did tell your sister