Ted dreams of a nameless summer day from when the friends were fourteen, centered on the early sketches of what would become the painting. On the pier, the artist admitted he had no paints and could not afford them, prompting Joar and Ali to joke about costs until Ted suggested finding a way to get money.

The dream shifts to a supermarket parking lot where the group executes Ted’s plan: ask elderly shoppers for cart coins. Ali’s persuasive act works; Joar’s attempt leads to unwanted attention; the artist is approached by a predatory man in a car until Ali shouts “WATCH OUT!”, freezing the scene and allowing the boy to escape. After a security guard appears, they decide to enter the store with a cart to look less suspicious.

Inside, they buy a few items to mask theft hidden in their backpacks. Light banter escalates into a comic but tense exchange about tampons, with Ali scolding the boys for their ignorance. At checkout, the guard watches their bags while a cheerful cashier remarks on their pastries. Sensing trouble, they bolt, splitting directions to confuse the guard; Ali uses another “WATCH OUT!” to make him stumble. Reunited, they race a cart across traffic and down a steep hill, wipe out, and collapse laughing.

They wheel the cart to the pier and launch it into the sea with themselves aboard. Underwater disorientation turns to panic as they surface one by one, then realize Joar is missing. They spot Joar struggling; his ankle is ensnared in the coin-chain mechanism, and the submerged cart drags him down.

Ted and the artist haul Joar toward the pier while Ali swims alongside, needling him even in crisis. Between gasps and gallows humor—including Ali asking if he has a coin—they manage to free Joar. The relief and laughter crest like a “tsunami,” and the four dry in the sun, their day feeling perfect, alive with possibility as they part with a promise of “Tomorrow!”

Returning home, Ted opens the door to a creak and a muffled sob. In the dim living room, his older brother sits silently at the old piano, empty beer cans atop it. Without words, Ted understands: their father is dead.