Maya sat in her preschool class as the clock was ticking away. Standing at an easel she was painting a beautiful vase of pink roses sitting in the middle of the room. A cheerful pink piece of construction paper was clipped to the board. Taking easy strokes, she was painting an outline of her latest master piece. "Why are you only using one color for?" asked a tall blond-haired boy. "Don't you know your other colors?"

"Yes, Skylar!" she remarked turning her head away from her painting. "They are red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, black, white, and pink."

"All I see is a green vase with roses with green stems," he teased putting his hand in black and white paint. "Let me help you make it better." He put his hand prints on her painting that she spent the last half hour on.

"Skylar! I was working hard on that for my aunt," she yelled as he pushed her down. Black and white hand prints were on her new pink top and jeans. "Why'd you do that for?"

"I felt like it! Skylar yelled and got everyone's attention. "Paint fight!" All the students headed towards the cups of paint and started to throw paint across the room.


Meanwhile, Kimberly took a seat a table next to Tommy, Billy, Kat, and Aisha in the youth center. She had just been practicing gymnastics routines. "I'm sorry things didn't work out when you met that gymnastics coach," Aisha said when Ernie brought each of them a milkshake. "I know you would have been great."

"I know," Kimberly answered putting a straw into her milk shake. "I had been wanting to meet Gunther Schmidt since I was a child. But, I felt like I needed to be there for my sister. She's been having trouble with her husband for a long time."

"I thought that she auditioned for parts in movies," Billy mentioned as he watched Rocky and Adam teach their karate class. "I remember that she tried out for parts in plays, movies, and television shows."

"She did," Kimberly answered looking at the clock. "Katy had been wanting to be an actress for a while. The last time she auditioned was awhile back and she hasn't heard anything yet."

"Where are you going?" Kat asked when Kimberly and Tommy got up from the table.

"It's almost 3:30, I have to take Kim to go get Maya," answered as she walked out of the youth center. "Her car is in the garage."


Tommy drove up to Angel Grove Elementary and parked. He wanted in the car while Kimberly walked into the school. She noticed that Maya was covered in paint and her teacher was standing next to her. "Ms. Hart, your niece is horrible," scolded Ms. Waldeck turning to face Maya. "She started a paint fight."

"It wasn't me, it was Skylar," Maya cried wiping her eyes. "He put his hands in black and white paint. He ruined my painting and pushed me down."

"-see she's lying!"

"Ms. Waldeck, I didn't throw any paint. He grabbed a can and told everyone to have the paint fight," Maya pleaded looking down at her shoes. "I got under a table to stay out of the paint fight."

"I don't want kids like her in my school! I've never seen such as horrible child!" Ms. Waldeck screamed shaking her finger in Maya's face. "Skylar is a well behave kid and doesn't do things like that!"

"Ms. Waldeck, we've told you about Skylar bullying Maya several times," defended Kimberly lifting her niece into her arms. "I think you are taking this way too far!"

"I don't want that girl in my classroom!" shouted Ms. Waldeck turning around and walking back to her room. "Please don't bring her back!"

Kimberly carried Maya to Tommy's truck and took a seat in the back. "What's wrong?" Tommy asked turning around noticing Maya was covered in paint. He watched Kimberly help her put her seat belt on. "Did she have a bad day or something?"

"Skylar started a paint fight and put all the blame on Maya," Kimberly answered as she was shaking with anger. "And Ms. Waldeck kicked her out of preschool. What else could go wrong?"

"Is mommy going to be mad at me?" Maya asked looking up into Kimberly's face.

"No, of course not," Kimberly promised putting her arm around the little girl. "Why don't we go get you cleaned up and we'll take you out for ice cream?"


Kimberly, Tommy, and Maya walked into the Nighthawk diner and took a seat. Katy was on break and was sitting at a table eating, she looked like she had something very important on her mind. "I thought you were going on a date with Tommy to the beach," Katy asked as Kimberly, Tommy, and Maya took a seat.

"Maya had a rough day at school," Kimberly began as another waitress came to take their order. "Skylar started a paint fight and put all of the blame on Maya. Ms. Waldeck doesn't want her back in her class."

"I know, I got a call from the school and I was told all about what happened," Katy sighed as Kimberly ordered a strawberry milkshake for her and Maya. "I talked with the principal and we're going to try to get her moved into another preschool class on Monday."

Kimberly noticed that Katy had a piece of paper sticking under her tray. "What's that-"

"-it's a letter telling me to come to call backs tomorrow," Katy started watching her sisters mouth drop open. "I don't know if I'm going."

"Katy, this is a once in a life time opportunity," encouraged Kimberly as Maya was taking a sip from their milk shake. "This has been your dream job since you were a small child."

"Kim, I know but I've never gotten a call back before," she started to explain. "I'm just auditioning for a small role since I wanted to see if I liked acting. But, I auditioned before Kermit left."

"Katy, you need to at least try," Kimberly began feeling Tommy take hold of her hand under the table. "If you don't try, you'll never know-"

"-but you didn't train with that gymnastics coach," Katy reminded as Tommy looked over her letter. "I don't want to take advantage of you. I know what you gave up for my daughter. "

"Katy, I felt like you and Maya needed me more than the gymnastics coach. Yes, gymnastics is important to me but it's not my whole life," Kimberly explained as Maya wrapped her arms around her waist. "I felt like I needed to put you and Maya first. Maybe one day, I'll get another shot to train. If not, I'm okay with that too. But, that wasn't a paid job. If you make the audition, you'll be paid for being in that movie-"

"-I already have a job-"

"-Katy, I know that you do. But, are you happy with this job?"

"I would have liked to have gotten a better job, but everywhere else that I applied at never got back with me," she confessed watching Tommy hand the letter to Kimberly. "This is just a small role-"

"-Katy, it doesn't matter if it's a small role or a lead role," Kimberly assured her looking up from the letter. "What matters is that you got called to go to a call back. You need to try. If you get the part, you'll only have to be on set for the scenes that you are in. You'll have a chance to see if you like being actress. If you like it, I know you'll have a successful career. You'll be able to get better parts as you progress."

"Were you going to make gymnastics your career?" Katy asked when Kimberly handed her back the letter.

"I'd like to become a PE teacher and be a gymnastics coach or open my own gymnastics studio and teach gymnastics to younger kids," Kimberly confessed taking hold of her sister's hand. "I'd also like to start a family, if Tommy and I are able to."

"I would like to give Maya a better life style and be able to provide her with more," Katy smiled watching her daughter coloring on a kid's menu. "I'm off tomorrow anyway and I think I will give it a shot."