Short Term 12 (2013)

Kaitlyn Dever: Jayden

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• Grace : I like your name, Jayden.

  Jayden : It's a boy's name.

  Grace : Really? I don't think so.

  Jayden : Will Smith did.

• Jayden : Why?

  Grace : My mom died, I went to live with my dad and it's impossible to worry about anything else when there's blood coming out of you.

• Jayden : Yep, I know the rules: no belts, no razors, no scissors, no fucking freedom.

  Grace : No cussing.

  Jayden : Shit, I forgot about that one.

• Grace : They're going to ask you a lot of questions. It's going to be hard.

  Jayden : I'll try to leave out the part about you breaking into that house with a baseball bat.

  Grace : Thanks.

• Jayden : Once upon a time, somewhere miles and miles beneath the surface of the ocean, there lived a young octopus named Nina. Nina spent most of her time alone, making strange creations out of rocks and shells. She was very happy. But then, on Monday, the shark showed up. "What's your name?" said the shark. "Nina," she replied. "Do you want to be my friend?" he asked. "Okay. What do I have to do?" said Nina. "Not much," said the shark, "just let me eat one of your arms." Nina had never had a friend before, so wondered if this is what you had to do to get one. She looked down at her eight arms and decided it wouldn't be so bad to give up one, so she donated one arm to her wonderful new friend. Every day that week, Nina and the shark would play together. They explored caves, built castles of sand and swam really really fast. And every night the shark would be hungry and Nina would give him another one of her arms to eat. On Sunday, after playing all day, the shark told Nina that he was very hungry. "I don't understand," she said, "I've already given you six of my arms and you want one more?" The shark looked at her with a friendly smile and said, "I don't want one. This time, I want them all. "But why?" Nina asked and the shark replied, "Because that's what friends are for." When the shark finished his meal, he felt very sad and lonely. He missed having someone to explore caves, build castles and swim really really fast with. He missed Nina very much. So he swam away to find another friend.

• Jayden : Are you going crazy?

  Grace : Probably.

• Jayden : Please don't be offended if I'm not very friendly, but I'm going to be living with my dad soon, and I don't really like wasting time on short-term relationships. So, you know, it's nothing personal.

  Luis : Wow. She seems like a really nice girl.

• Grace : Jayden, we have to do something about this.

  Jayden : Should go bash his face in with a baseball bat while he's sleeping?

• Grace : All right. Let's go see your room!

  Jayden : Here it is. Wow, it's so inviting...

  Grace : You can put whatever you want on the walls as long as it's appropriate.

  Jayden : So no pictures of penises?

  Grace : Not unless it's very scientific!

• Jayden : Don't you think that's a little too extreme?