My Life as a Dead Girl2015

Kim:
[Brittany enters and closes the door] Hey, how was your first day?

Brittany:
Uh, overwhelming. [puts bag down]

Kim:
Thanks for calling and letting e know that your friend, what's his name, Zach? That he was bringing you back.

Brittany:
Yeah. Of course. I didn't want you to worry.

Kim:
I got a call from the school today. They said you walked out of your history class during a quiz.

Brittany:
I didn't know a single answer and I sorta panicked. But, um, it's all cool now 'cause Zach is tutoring me. He's really smart, actually; he - he wants to be a lawyer.

Kim:
Good. Uh, there's also some confusion about your old school. They contacted Central and there's no record of you ever attending there. [Brittany looks caught in headlights] I need you to be 100 percent honest with me.

Brittany:
[nods, uncomfortable] Okay.

Kim:
Why didn't you want us to know where you really went?

Brittany:
[scoffs a bit to have time to think] Oh, um... because, uh... [sighs] I didn't go to high school. I haven't gone to school in five years.

Kim:
Oh, you mean you were home schooled?

Brittany:
Uh, not really. [sits on stairs] My foster parents just... just didn't put me in school. [shakes head]

Kim:
You mean they just left you home all day?

Brittany:
I helped take care of the other kids, mostly. Some of them were too little for kindergarten and...

Kim:
[incredulous] My God! Nobody from the state ever checked up on that?

Brittany:
Uh, I guess not. So, basically [stands up] I'm just - I'm pretty far behind.

Kim:
Well, it's just reprehensible. You know, first thing in the morning I am gonna call the agency, I'm gonna report-...

Brittany:
No, no, no! Please don't. Please jus-just don't report them or anything. Please.

Kim:
Honey, what they did is not right.

Brittany:
I know, but I just... I just want to close the door in Portland forever, please?

Kim:
Okay, okay, I - I won't.

Brittany:
Look, and now that I'm here with you and Uncle Donnie it's like a whole new beginning. Today was the first time I felt like a normal kid in a really long time.

Kim:
[affected] Okay. I understand.