About Alex

I've been in

search of stones

Making up the pavement

of less traveled roads

Mining for treasure

deep in my bones

That I never find

Went looking for reverence

Tried to find it in a bottle

And came

back again.

High on

a hash pipe...

Ben.

Your page's set?

Mm, yep.

Almost.

Jesus, Alex.

Hello?

Yes, this is him,

but I'm at work.

Used to have a freshman

roommate named Ben, but

that asswad hasn't

called me in ages.

What?

And no one was there?

He was...

Alone?

Yeah, of course he was alone.

That was stupid.

Yeah, I can probably

get up in a couple hours. I just

need a little bit of time

to get out of here.

Well, he's gonna be okay.

That's the most important thing.

Okay.

I gotta take this.

Hang on a sec.

Babe?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Just got to the office,

I'm gonna leave from there.

Oh and the answer,

well how could I miss

Something as simple as this

Did the hospital say when

they'd be able to release

him?

Said it might be tonight.

Might be in the morning.

Do we call them?

Because I feel like if we...

I called them already.

There's nothing else we can do.

Yeah.

Just keep straight.

Babe?

Mm?

I got the fellowship.

Wow.

Wow.

Yeah, I know.

When were you going to tell me?

What do you mean?

I'm telling you now.

Yeah, h-how long

have you known?

I found out yesterday.

Yeah, I mean, it's, it's

great for you, right?

It's a great opportunity.

- Yeah

- Yeah.

It is, but...

And then about us

moving out there.

I think we've had this

conversation like fifty times.

I can't just quit my

job and move to LA.

Sarah's train should

be getting in.

Okay.

I'm gonna stay here.

Josh!

Hey.

Hey, Sarah, uh, hi.

Hi.

It's good to see you.

Oh, yeah, it's good

to see you too.

Have you talked to Alex?

No, but I can't wait to

ask that f***er what the

hell he was thinking.

Um, you're not actually

going to say that to him,

- are you?

- Why not?

Because he's fragile and

that's not appropriate.

How do you know?

When was the last time

you talked to him?

That's what I thought.

What do you want to do, Sarah?

You wanna just tiptoe

around the whole thing?

Pretend like nothing happened?

No, no, I think we should...

I think we should make

him feel safe and...

Oh, okay.

Loved, and...

Yeah, and I think he's

going to think that that's

bullshit, and I think he's

going to see right through it.

Sarah!

What?

Josh!

Hey.

Hi!

And you!

We didn't even know

whether to expect you or not.

No, well...

Where's Isaac?

Is he up here yet with

the new lady friend?

Is that happening?

With the who?

Isaac's bringing someone?

Yeah.

His girlfriend.

I didn't know he

was seeing anyone.

It's recent.

She's 22.

No she's not.

Mhmm.

Is she?

What's wrong?

It's not like she's 11.

Calm down.

Okay, first of all, you're

disgusting, and second of

all, um, why does Isaac

think it's appropriate to

bring a date to...

How is it inappropriate?

I was this close to

bringing, I was this close

to bringing a date, and she

canceled at the last minute.

She had a thing.

Hi.

It's okay that

I'm coming, right.

Yeah, of course it's okay.

You said you wanted to

come, I said it's fine.

Of course it's fine.

Wait, what?

No, I didn't say

I wanted to come.

I said that I wanted to

be there for you if you

wanted me to be there.

Why would I tell you to

come if I didn't want you

to come.

I am so sorry, but we're

out of premium-class

vehicles.

Could we interest you in one

of our more affordable models?

Yeah, yeah. That's fine.

Anything with

wheels is fine. Thanks.

I shouldn't be here.

Babe...

I.. I wouldn't have

said you should come...

I'm just saying it's

an objective truth.

Japanese are the most

wacked-out people on earth.

Oh my God, you're like

an 8 year-old racist.

An 8 year-old racist...

Look, you cram that many

people on an island, it's

like a throbbing inbred

hothouse of cultural miasma.

Frankly, I'm surprised

they don't have more fetishes.

Oh sh*t.

Ben Ben!

You came.

Against my better

f***ing judgment, I came.

Get the f*** over here.

How you doing?

Ben, get my back here please.

We're not just going to

pretend with Alex like

nothing happened here, right?

What are you going to say?

"Hey Alex.

Interesting choice

to commit suicide."

Thank you, Ben.

Excuse me.

- Hi!

- Oh my God...

I can't believe that you

have her side on this.

Hey, hey, hey.

There are no sides.

Let's just let

this be about Alex.

Right?

And speaking of which, I

think we should watch him.

What?

What, do you want to

set up like a monitoring system?

Yeah. Kind of, but it'd be

casual.

You know, tag in, tag out,

have somebody with him at

all times.

How about you go first.

You want to start?

This is ridiculous.

No it's not, Josh.

This, this is ridiculous.

- Is this not ridiculous?

- I Googled it.

You what?

I Googled it.

Case in point.

I'm gonna get some air.

Is there not air in here?

You came.

Of course I came.

How you feeling?

I'm good.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

I mean I, you know, considering.

Um, Alex look, about the call...

Don't, no no.

Don't tell me that we're having

a party in honor of my suicide.

Attempted suicide.

Geez, if it were a suicide

we'd both be wearing suits.

Can't treat it lightly, okay?

Maybe we should get

him a muffin basket.

I'm serious, the

first 48 hours...

Alex!

- Hi!

- Hey.

Jesus, Alex.

If you wanted to see all

of us, you could've just

shot us an email.

Wow.

We were going to pick you up.

Oh, no, don't worry about it.

This was...

Easy.

Well.

Do you need anything?

Do you want to sit down?

Um, I'm good.

- You're hungry?

- No.

Do you want me to

make you a sandwich?

Um...

No, I uh, actually I

think I'm going to go get

changed.

I feel a little gross,

you know what I mean?

Um, I'll keep you company.

Excuse me.

Way to act normal, by the way.

Way to be an a**hole.

Real nice, just...

Sandwich, what, you want

to offer him anything

else?

So why'd you leave LA?

Um, I don't know.

I, I just, you know the

acting thing was only

going okay, and the city's

a f***ing soul killer.

Yeah, I was running out

of cash, my mom was in

f***ing Bali, my dad left me

this, and you were, you know...

We kind of lost touch.

What I was going to say

outside, when you first came...

Hey, the world's

got enough people.

You have to

explain yourself, too.

Josh is still an a**hole.

If he's going to be like

this all weekend, I swear

to God...

He's just dealing

with it, you know.

In his own way.

And shouldn't Isaac know

there's no such thing as a

+1 to a friend's attempted

suicide weekend thing?

It's not a f***ing Bar Mitzvah.

You know you sound like Josh.

Oh my God, you're right.

Ugh...

How are you?

How are you and Ben?

We're fine.

Okay, so, not so good fine.

What's going on?

Hey?

I'm late.

How late?

Late late.

Does Ben know?

Nope.

Hey.

Hi.

How you doing?

Good.

You need anything?

No, I'm still fine.

What?

Here.

Hey, where's the

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