Strings

You ready?

Come on.

Do I have to do this?

A family wants you, Ben.

I really thought you'd be excited.

I mean, I'm almost 18, can I just stay here?

No, you can't, you need a home.

No, I don't.

Look Ben, there's four other kids there just like you.

Mr Magdalena's gonna be a great foster parent

and he's someone you can really trust,

can't you just try to give him a chance?

Okay, come on, let's go.

Sam?

Yeah.

Ben, this is Mr Magdalena.

You can call me Sam.

It's Benny, right?

Just Ben.

Right, just Ben.

Oh yeah.

Thank you.

Should be good to go.

Look, I understand this is kind of happening fast,

and it's gonna take a minute to get used to things.

Yeah.

You of course, you don't have to call me dad

or anything like that.

Yeah.

I get that you're older.

Thanks.

Well, it looks like I got everything,

you guys are all set.

Great.

Well, let's take you home.

Sure, yeah.

Hey Sam, don't worry, he'll do great.

Thanks.

I heard you got quite the record of running away.

If you don't wanna talk, it's fine.

I'm sorry, I just kind of prefer to be alone.

I get that.

My wife, Evelyn, she used to be like that too.

She also grew up in the whole foster system.

Didn't have the best experience to say the least.

But yeah, after we met, we got together,

we wanted to start a family and wanted to give back somehow,

then we thought becoming foster parents,

it's kind of the best scenario.

It's just me now though,

it's been that way for the past six months.

You're gonna love the group though,

let me tell you, those kids are a cracker.

They're a handful, but you'll love them.

And you are just in time to help us unload.

Hey Sam, is that the new kid?

Yup, this is Ben.

Hey man.

Hey, hi.

Come here.

Why don't you give him a tour, Rick,

show him around the house and all that.

Come back once you're done.

Sure thing.

So, welcome home.

Thanks.

Do you get any more bags or stuff, I can-

This is all I have.

Cool, just before we go in though,

I just need to talk to you about something,

pineapple or no pineapple?

I'm sorry?

Pineapple or no pineapple on pizza.

This is just an determine whether we make you

sleep outside for the first night or not.

Ben, it's a joke.

We're not that cruel, but we are gonna get pizza later,

I was thinking pineapples, no pineapples?

Sorry, no, no, no pineapple on pizza.

Good man, come on.

Hey, Ozzy, comes say hi to the new kid.

You're the kid who runs away a lot, right?

I guess, yeah.

Well, that's good.

Means we don't got to worry about you for long.

Jeez, Ozzy, at least pretend not to be a dick for a bit.

Hey man.

Yeah, whatever.

I mean, why?

It's nice to see a new face around here.

Plus it be good to have extra help-

We're doing just fine.

Don't mind him, Oz, he's always like that.

Oh well, don't think I'm gonna have

much trouble remembering him.

That was Morgan by the way.

Oh yeah, she seems cool.

And do not get on her bad side.

Ozzy will be the least of your problems if that happens.

Come on.

That's pretty cool, huh?

Oh, yeah.

There's a room upstairs for you.

Well.

Hey Rick.

Yeah.

Who's that?

Oh, that's just Bella, she's the new kid before you.

She likes to be alone a lot, now she's cool.

There you go.

We didn't have a mattress.

Yeah, I can tell.

You and Izzy are the only ones up here,

so it should be pretty quiet most of the time.

I'll be downstairs.

Oscar, who you texting?

I think his girlfriend.

Does he have a girlfriend?

I think he has a girlfriend.

I think his date didn't go well the other night.

Ozzy's not said anything.

Hey Ben.

Wanna join?

I just came to get a slice.

Pineapple or no?

I already asked him, he said no.

You said no?

Thought you were cool.

Hey Sam.

Hey Sam.

Hey Sam.

Hey guys.

Hey Ben, warming up to them?

Slowly.

Did Isabella come eat?

I'm not sure.

Well, if you're headed back up,

do you mind taking her a slice?

Yeah, no problem.

Thanks.

Watch your head.

Hi.

Hi.

I brought you a slice of pizza if you want it?

Oh, I'm not that hungry, but thanks.

All good, I'm sure one of them will eat it.

Most likely.

I'm Isabella, by the way.

I'm so sorry, I'm Ben.

Feel at home yet?

I feel this is the home I was always meant to be with.

Oh really?

Yeah, yeah, just couldn't be better.

Oh, we're that bad, huh?

Well, I don't know about you yet, we just met.

We did, but I can definitely tell you're lying.

It's not what I mean, you guys seem really cool.

It's just-

Hey, I get it can be weird

living with a different family, we all do.

Yeah, I actually never-

Something up there?

There shouldn't be.

You got a flashlight?

What's all this?

Not ours, whoever lived here before

must've left it behind.

Oh, just left it behind.

Did you say something?

What?

No.

Oh.

Did you hear that?

No.

It's coming from the-

What are you guys doing?

Didn't here you come up.

Did I seriously scare you?

You kind of did.

What's going on up here, guys?

That's what I'm trying to figure out.

We heard something up here, so we decided to look.

And you weren't gonna tell anyone?

Yeah, I mean, what if there was a psychopath

who's been living up here for years

and runs through the walls, eating our food

and just wants to murder us in our sleep?

What kind of horrible experiences have you had?

Okay, I'm just saying, never know.

Okay, what are you looking at?

Yeah, that's not creepy at all.

Who would want that?

I don't know.

Okay, can we actually get down though,

it smells like shit up here?

Just leave that here, please.

I guess we'll never know.

Come on.

Isabella?

Ben, what are you doing?