Pay It Forward2000

Eugene Simonet:
Trevor, what is it? [A beat.]

Trevor McKinney:
Are you still gonna pay it forward? [A beat.] You could say you don't have to. [Eugene gets up. A beat.] 'Cause it didn't work out. [A beat.] But I thought you still might.

[Eugene erases the blackboard and turns to Trevor. A beat.]

Eugene Simonet:
Trevor, I would like more than anything than to do that for you. [A beat.] And when I find something worthy of paying it forward -

Trevor McKinney:
I know somebody who needs something. [A beat.]

Eugene Simonet:
Trevor, you have to let me find this on my own -

Trevor McKinney:
You know who it is. [A beat.]

Eugene Simonet:
Look. [A beat.] You don't understand everything. All right? So, you do not know what you're asking.

Trevor McKinney:
Give her another chance. [A beat.]

Eugene Simonet:
I will pay it forward. I promise you that. [A beat.] But I cannot do that. [He sits down in a desk near Trevor. A beat.]

Trevor McKinney:
But that's why this is the one. [A beat.] Because it's supposed to be something hard. [A beat.] If you help my mom, even if you're still mad at her, if you helped her in a way nobody else could -

Eugene Simonet:
Did she asks you to come and talk to me about this?

Trevor McKinney:
No, she thinks you'll never forgive her, but I still think you could. [A beat.] If you wanted to do something really huge . . . for someone . . . or for a project . . . for me. [A beat.]

Eugene Simonet:
Trevor, she made a choice.

Trevor McKinney:
She said she made a mistake.

Eugene Simonet:
Well, that's the beauty of hindsight. [Trevor gets up. A beat.]

Trevor McKinney:
You don't care. [A beat.]

Eugene Simonet:
Yes, I do. [A beat.] I will always care. About you, always. [A beat.]

Trevor McKinney:
Yeah.

[He places his assignment on the desk in which Eugene is sitting. A beat.]

Trevor McKinney:
You're my teacher. [A beat] They pay you to.