End of Part 11:

CHARLES
Were drugs involved?

TYLER
No... I do appreciate the
assumption though.

CHARLES
Christ Tyler, you’ve got so much to
offer, I just don’t understand why
आप can’t focus, do something
constructive, find a purpose--

TYLER
Does a lawyer come with the
lecture?

Charles and Tyler hold a stare. Charles looks away first.

Part 13:

CHARLES
I’ll make a call. You'll get a
call. Do everything you're told.
Charles makes a note.

TYLER
Thanks.

Silence again. Neither really sure what to say या do. Tyler stands to go. Charles watches him leave. Has a thought.

CHARLES
आप came all the way down here...
आप should stay for lunch... I'll
get us a तालिका, टेबल upstairs...

Charles picks up the phone. Tyler waves him off.

TYLER
No thanks. I've got somewhere I
have to be... some other time?

An awkward pause.

CHARLES
Some other time.

INT. दीवार सड़क, स्ट्रीट COFFEE खरीडिए -- MORNING

Tyler in the same booth, same सीट surrounded द्वारा a commotion of business men and women eating lunch. His journal held open द्वारा the binder clip, he writes in stoic silence.

DIANE O/S
We should sue...

INT. HOFFMAN FAMILY घर -- LIVING ROOM -- EVENING

Quirky interior decorating, artsy, but not cheap.
Les sits motionless on a स्टूल, मल in the middle of the room. His टट्टू tail is undone so his shaggy gray mane of hair hangs over his shoulders. He holds a प्रोफ़ाइल pose for Caroline who sketches him. Tyler sits across from them. Diane अगला to him.

DIANE
...look at your face... look at
what they did to your eye. You
don't think आप have a case?

TYLER
It's just a cut, mom. It's no big
deal.

DIANE
It's not just a cut, Tyler. And it
is a big deal. आप should sue their
pants off. Les, don't आप think he
has a case?

LES
(hardly moving his lips)
Well--

CAROLINE
No talking. You're a statue.

Les goes perfectly rigid again.

TYLER
All I want are the charges gone.
Dad's lawyer's taking care of it.

DIANE
I still think you're entitled to
something else... at the very least
an apology from those brutes.

TYLER
It was a brute. Singular. And I
don't think a Municipal Judge can
issue a court order for an apology.

DIANE
Well someone should.

INT. BEDROOM -- LATER
Caroline at a drawing board in her bedroom putting the finishing touches on her sketch of Les. Tyler comes in carrying a plate of food. Caroline sees him, the food.

CAROLINE
...I’m not hungry.

TYLER
Mom कहा आप didn't eat dinner...
आप don’t need खाना anymore?

CAROLINE
I had some Cheetos after school.

TYLER
Oh? Oh good. आप had Cheetos. Here
I am worried you're not getting
enough sustenance या nutrients but,
Cheetos, yeah, they're an excellent
स्रोत of... नारंगी, ऑरेंज dust.
(setting down the plate)
Humor me.

Caroline nibbles a green bean. Tyler notices her गुलाबी knapsack. "FREAK" has been crudely scrawled in white out.

TYLER
...What’s this?

CAROLINE
It's nothing. I left my bag out
during gym.

TYLER
Did आप tell your teacher?

CAROLINE
What's she gonna do? नारंगी, ऑरेंज dust
for prints?

Caroline goes back to drawing. Tyler can tell she's upset. He watches her drawing hastily. He has an idea, smiles.

TYLER
It must feel pretty good... being a
freak, I mean. You're lucky.

CAROLINE
आप think I'm a freak too?

TYLER
Sure. I hope आप appreciate it. You
do appreciate it, don't you?

Caroline shrugs.

TYLER
Do आप even know what a freak is?
Have आप ever looked it up?

Caroline shakes her head. Tyler pulls a dictionary off her bookshelf. Turns pages until he finds the definition.

TYLER
OK. So a 'freak' can be an unusual
या deformed person, but, it can
also be a person devoted to
something so much that it's like an
addiction, such as "a car nut" or
"a news junkie" or...

CAROLINE
An art freak.

Caroline smiles. Tyler brushes hair from her face.

TYLER
But if आप ever do want a new bag,
I got a guy down at JanSport, owes
me a favor, I could hook it up.

CAROLINE
आप don't have a guy at JanSport.

TYLER
Are आप calling me a liar?
(tickles her)
Are you? Are you? Huh?

Caroline giggles. Tries to get away. Tyler pins her down, tickling until tears well.