An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars

about where we order. 460 00:32:17,582 --> 00:32:19,812 Sorry. I'm just stressing. 461 00:32:20,752 --> 00:32:22,379 Tomorrow I start up with Josie again. 462 00:32:23,188 --> 00:32:24,621 And that's a bad thing? 463 00:32:24,689 --> 00:32:26,054 I don't know! 464 00:32:26,124 --> 00:32:28,684 I mean, Josie treats me like a baby. 465 00:32:29,694 --> 00:32:32,492 Oh, honey, I know how hard this is for you. I know. 466 00:32:32,931 --> 00:32:36,924 You've always been my strong-willed, hard-charging little girl. 467 00:32:37,168 --> 00:32:38,658 (KISSING) Mmm! 468 00:32:39,371 --> 00:32:41,965 You were even born... Say it with me. 469 00:32:42,140 --> 00:32:43,801 ...two weeks early. Two weeks early. 470 00:32:44,576 --> 00:32:47,841 Just ready to get out there and take on the world. 471 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,081 Not anymore. Now I can't seem to do anything right. 472 00:32:52,884 --> 00:32:54,977 And there's another thing. 473 00:32:55,754 --> 00:32:56,880 There is? What? 474 00:32:58,556 --> 00:33:01,389 Having a tutor, Mom, it's embarrassing. 475 00:33:03,662 --> 00:33:04,651 What's so funny? 476 00:33:04,729 --> 00:33:07,425 (LAUGHS) No, no, nothing, nothing. It's just, 477 00:33:07,499 --> 00:33:10,161 you know, honey, you and I are a lot alike. 478 00:33:11,569 --> 00:33:12,831 How? 479 00:33:13,038 --> 00:33:16,371 Well, we both feel like we should be 480 00:33:16,441 --> 00:33:18,204 able to handle everything on our own. 481 00:33:18,677 --> 00:33:22,943 And sometimes we go too far, and things sort of get off balance. 482 00:33:23,782 --> 00:33:25,647 You know how, when you're on the balance beam, 483 00:33:25,717 --> 00:33:28,311 if you lean a little too far to the right or the left you fall off? 484 00:33:28,553 --> 00:33:30,418 That's only the first thing we have to learn. 485 00:33:30,789 --> 00:33:32,484 Oh, okay, Little Miss Expert. 486 00:33:33,124 --> 00:33:35,592 Well, that's the point. It's the same in life. 487 00:33:35,827 --> 00:33:37,419 You have to have some balance. 488 00:33:37,529 --> 00:33:40,726 Like, why do you think I left the bank and opened this coffee shop? 489 00:33:41,566 --> 00:33:42,658 Um... 490 00:33:42,734 --> 00:33:44,099 You like coffee? 491 00:33:44,869 --> 00:33:49,499 Yes. And, I needed to get some balance in my life. 492 00:33:50,141 --> 00:33:52,837 I needed to be my own boss. 493 00:33:52,977 --> 00:33:53,966 Yay, me! 494 00:33:54,079 --> 00:33:58,277 And also, I needed to be there for you guys after school. 495 00:33:58,717 --> 00:34:01,811 And I thought I could do it all on my own, 496 00:34:02,987 --> 00:34:06,923 be there for the twins, take you to practice, be home to make dinner. 497 00:34:08,693 --> 00:34:09,853 It was overwhelming. 498 00:34:11,830 --> 00:34:14,799 And your grandma came to me, and offered to help. 499 00:34:14,866 --> 00:34:16,663 And guess what? What? 500 00:34:17,335 --> 00:34:19,462 I was embarrassed. 501 00:34:19,537 --> 00:34:22,370 Embarrassed to admit I couldn't do it all on my own. 502 00:34:24,409 --> 00:34:27,469 But your grandmother taught me something. You know what that is? 503 00:34:28,413 --> 00:34:29,471 What? 504 00:34:30,048 --> 00:34:32,016 Nothing wrong with needing a little help. 505 00:34:42,460 --> 00:34:44,052 Thanks for meeting me again. 506 00:34:44,496 --> 00:34:47,693 Look, I know that Mr. Wu forced you to come here 507 00:34:47,766 --> 00:34:48,755 and you don't want to be here. 508 00:34:48,833 --> 00:34:51,825 But, can we at least try to make the best of it? 509 00:34:52,804 --> 00:34:53,896 Um... 510 00:34:54,406 --> 00:34:55,498 Okay. 511 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,640 Great. So, let's start with science, probably. 512 00:35:01,846 --> 00:35:03,746 (SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 513 00:35:07,452 --> 00:35:09,647 All righty then. So, science... 514 00:35:10,021 --> 00:35:11,420 I better go look for another book! 515 00:35:14,159 --> 00:35:15,148 McKenna... 516 00:35:23,101 --> 00:35:25,001 (SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 517 00:35:37,615 --> 00:35:40,675 Oh, I just need to find a book about oceans for science class. 518 00:35:44,489 --> 00:35:45,820 Whoa! 519 00:35:45,890 --> 00:35:47,152 (ALARM RINGING) 520 00:35:47,859 --> 00:35:49,019 Uh-oh. 521 00:35:52,464 --> 00:35:53,453 (SIGHS) 522 00:35:53,731 --> 00:35:54,720 (WHISPERS) Thank you. 523 00:36:00,705 --> 00:36:03,265 Oh, well, guess we'll have to try again Thursday. 524 00:36:03,641 --> 00:36:05,438 Not if you spend the whole time hiding again. 525 00:36:06,444 --> 00:36:07,433 What? 526 00:36:07,745 --> 00:36:10,475 Look, I get it that you're embarrassed to have a tutor, 527 00:36:10,548 --> 00:36:13,073 but this is not gonna work unless you give it a chance. 528 00:36:13,251 --> 00:36:15,651 So, I hope