bolded — mitty
italics — river

hey river! what's up?

hey mitty. i was just wondering
how everything is with you

ugh, i'm fine. everyone asks
that. i'm a big boy now, river,
i can take care of myself

i know you can, but i'm your
big sister; it's part of my job
to worry about you

it really isn't though. how's everything
for you?

oh, i'm fine. i came home for a bit
so i'm in my old room.

really? how are mom and dad?

they're great. miss their little baby,
but what's new? oh! remember mrs.
jerles? well, she's finally retired

i wish she did that before we got
to high school

same. mom's making hamburgers
with dip tonight

really? lucky. i really need to find
some of that french onion dip, it's
been too long without it

that's what i was thinking! oh -
and dad's thinking of finally
retiring himself

that's nice. what does mom think?

she's fine with it, i guess. you know
she wants him to hold out for a couple
more years but he's just done. wants
to get out of that company and everything

yeah. have you found a new publicist
and manager yet?

not yet. i'm not really sure if i will.

what?

*sighs* i'm just, i'm not sure if i
want to come back to hollywood
and everything

just because some people
don't like you?

i think you mean that
everyone hates me.
really, it'll be better
for everyone. i can go
back to college and
the media world will be
rid of me. i'll make new
accounts, delete the ones i
have up, and make them
private so that only you
and a few others
can follow me

you really wanna do this?

oh, i don't know. i love
acting, i do, but
there's so much with it
that i just got
so caught up in and now
everything's in ruins. i don't
think anyone would even
want to hire me as a client

talk to roman mitchell. maybe he'll
take you, and i can talk to my manager.

thanks, but no thanks. i'm
still not even sure that i want
to go back to everything.
and if i do, nobody'll like me
and i won't even be casted in
anything no matter
how many times i apologize
or try to change

well, keep me posted on all of that. i
don't want you to acting because of
people, you love it too much, but if
it's really what you want...

thanks, mitty. maybe i'll go into
psychology, you know how much
i loved that course i took in high school.
but i don't know, i've just got to think
about it some more before i decide
anything.

(honey! dinner's ready!)

hey, i gotta go.

okay. bye, river.

bye, mitchell.

i hope you go to hell just
for that