:25:10
Hi, Norman.
:25:12
Oh, hi, Allison.
:25:17
What's the matter?
:25:20
Same old thing.
:25:22
Grownups who act like children.
:25:25
Hey, could I walk home with you?
:25:27
No. You'd get home late.
:25:30
You mean,
your mother wouldn't like it.
:25:32
- Well... .
- Come on, Norman. Come on.
:25:37
Spend the afternoon
in the library again?
:25:40
Yeah.
:25:43
Isn't it awfully dull
going there every day?
:25:46
Yeah.
:25:48
Then why do you do it?
:25:51
I like books. Good place
to do my homework.
:25:55
Besides, where else could I go
but home?
:25:59
Go down to the water.
:26:01
Sit in the square.
:26:03
Take a walk in the woods.
:26:05
I can't.
:26:08
You know, that was a nice speech
you wrote for Mrs. Thornton.
:26:12
I'm sorry I did it now.
:26:14
Why didn't you read it yourself
instead of Rodney Harrington?
:26:17
Because I was afraid I'd cry.
:26:20
Still might cry every time I think
of Ms. Thornton not getting that job.
:26:24
You know, you just might turn out
to be a great writer.
:26:27
Norman, I hope so.
:26:30
You know, every time I touch
a book or read a story...
:26:34
...or even when I
just open the dictionary...
:26:36
...something inside of me
goes thump...
:26:40
...and my heart starts pounding,
and my stomach.
:26:46
You know, it's how people are supposed
to feel when they fall in love.
:26:50
Of course, I never have.
:26:53
I wish I could be so sure of
what I wanted to do.
:26:58
You must have some idea.