Better Luck Tomorrow Page #6

his house

if we paid him a hundred bucks.

His parents had left for Tahoe

a day earlier.

I still thought it was

a bad idea,

so the guys and I

made a compromise.

All I had to do

was be the lookout.

Hey.

Hey.

They're right around back

in the garage.

I'll be in there in a sec.

F***!

What's up, fellas?

So you got the cash?

Of course.

Got my gun?

This...

is your wake-up call.

For your mommy and daddy.

F***!

Get the gun!

Get the gun!

Han, get the gun!

Sh*t!

Oh, God.

F***!

Don't!

Ben.

Ben.

Ben!

What the f***?

We didn't agree to this.

This is going to cost you extra.

We're going to have to get rid

of the body.

What do you mean?

Jesus, what about

your backyard?

No way.

I promise no one

will ever know.

$300.

Come on, guys, dish it up.

Sh*t!

You guys got any money?

Virg?

Here. 150.

I'll get you the rest tomorrow,

all right?

F*** no.

You pay me now.

Here, three hundred.

Can I have

the wallet too?

F***!

Oh, sh*t.

He's still alive.

Someone hold him up.

Virg, please, hold him up.

It's going to be okay, Ben.

It's going to be just fine.

Oh, f***.

You got him, Virg?

Yeah.

All right.

Hold him up.

Hold his head up.

Hold it up. Tilt

it back, okay?

Okay.

Let me open his mouth.

All right.

It's going to be fine, Ben.

It's going to be just fine.

Oh, sh*t.

Just hold him down.

Just hold him down.

Christ!

Virg, it's okay.

Listen to me.

Just hang on, okay?

It'll be just fine.

Just hang on!

Just hang on to him!

Whatever you do!

I'm holding him!

Jesus f***ing Christ!

Just hang on!

Just hang on!

Whatever you do,

just hang on!

It's okay.

It'll be okay.

It'll be okay.

It'll be okay, Virg.

It'll be okay, Virg.

Okay, Virgil, just

a few more seconds.

Just breathe.

Just hang on!

Hang on.

Are you all right, Ben?

It's okay, man.

Shh. Shh.

Ben.

Hey, Stephanie.

Hi.

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.

Are you okay?

I'm just mad at Steve.

For what?

He totally stood me up.

I know he hates these things,

but still...

All right, everybody!

Let's get crazy!

It's almost New Year!

Ten...

Ten, nine, eight...

I guess neither of us

are getting a kiss tonight, huh?

...five, four, three, two,

one!

I-I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to...

No.

Don't apologize.

I need to talk to Steve.

Uh, well, uh, guys are waiting.

Thanks, Ben.

Happy New Year.

Aw, sh*t.

Ben, will you take him

out of here?

Aw, f***!

F***, man!

Get the f*** out

of here.

Jesus, would you help us, please?

F*** it.

Ah, Jesus.

You clean that sh*t up, man.

I knew what I had to do.

Of course,

the right thing to do

was to call the police

and tell them everything.

It was right...

but it didn't mean it was easy.

Yo, Virg, I'm here.

Let's go, man.

Stop jerking off; let's go.

Yo, Virg,

stop f***ing around, man.

Open the door.

Virg!

Open the f***ing door, man!

I said open the door!

Virg! Open

the f***ing door, Virg!

Virg! Virg!

Han said Virgil

had called him over

to watch some new porn.

I guess Virg just didn't have

enough balls to do it alone.

Open the f***ing

door, Virg! Virg!

F*** you, Virg!

Open this f***ing door!

So... what,

is he going to be retarded,

or something?

Ben, get him the

f*** out of here

before I kick his ass.

Come on, Daric.

Come on.

Wait, Ben, you think Virg

is going to talk?

No. What if he does?

Dude, what

are we going to do?

Nothing.

Okay. Let me think.

Why did you write

that article about me?

What?

The newspaper article.

Why did you write it?

What are you talking

about, man?

I'm trying to f***ing think here.

Wait.

Do you think Han

will be with us?

Later, Daric.

Ben... I'll call you later.

Nice.

You haven't seen

Steve, have you?

Steve?

Get in.

He's been gone

for a couple days,

and he's got everyone worried.

Are you worried?

Yeah, but you just never know

what Steve's up to.

Ben, thanks for putting

up with this.

What?

The whole thing

with me and Steve.

You know how you make decisions

that lead to other decisions?

Yeah.

Then you realize

you don't remember

why you made those decisions

in the first place.

Yeah.

When I saw you

on New Year's Eve,

I knew there was only one

right thing to do.

For the first time in my life,

I don't know

what my future will hold.

I don't even know what

the other guys are going to do.

All I know is that

there's no turning back.

You said you had

no place to go

While standing

in the doorway of our home

And I'm here waiting to see

If you've come and found the key

I went and put it where it used to be

But I'm not waiting on eventually

No, I'm not waiting

Are we only scraps

Of everything we hoped

that we could be?

And I'm not waiting on eventually

No, I'm not waiting

Build your house from scraps

Make a home out of laughs

Build your house from scraps

Make a home out of laughs

And laugh

And laugh

And laugh

And laugh

And laugh

And laugh.

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