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INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

HAROLD is in bed. JANE comes in from the kids bedroom.

HAROLD
Is everything okay?

JANE
Yeah. He just had a really hard day at school. There’s this kid picking on him. Hey. I was thinking. I think i would like to have another one.

HAROLD
Really? We talked about this. We both wanted one.

JANE
Yeah. One…Good one.

HAROLD
Wait? You don’t like Timmy?

JANE
No. I like him just fine. I probably even love him. But I think we can do better.

HAROLD
I mean, he can be a bit of a dork sometimes, but.

JANE
Let’s face it. If you were in 4th grade with him, you would have beat him up. We always promised ourselves we would be cool parents. And we are. But our kid. Our kid is way not cool. We’re doing everything we can. I think it’s time to move on.

HAROLD
You want to get rid of him?

JANE
No. I just don’t want to invest any more time. It’s a lost cause. We have both known that for a while.

HAROLD
I think you are being really harsh on Timmy.

JANE
I don’t think you are being harsh enough. Imagine for a moment he wasn’t you child and you didn’t have to care about him. Imagine he was just sitting there on the side of the road with a wounded knee. Would you stop…

HAROLD
Damn it. You’re right. He sucks. You’re right. Let’s have another one. And if he turns out better than…we’ll see what happens. Maybe he can go live with my mother.

JANE
Oh. I was hoping you would say that. I didn’t want to sound like a jerk.

TIMMY (OFF STAGE)
Mom!

JANE
Let him cry. He needs to learn.

HAROLD
Yeah he does.