Complicity Page #4

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I'm talking about.

Dwayne.

Hey. Hey, wait up, man.

Hey. Man, we're friends,

you know.

We gotta work this thing

out together.

Don't you get gangsta

with me, dog.

You confused.

I ain't your friend.

That's football.

On the field I got your back,

but I don't got your back when you beat down

some kid so you can feel better about yourself.

Don't force us, man.

I'm not forcing anybody

to do anything.

Do you see

what's going on here?

Don't you understand?

Our lives, our futures,

they're on the line here.

I do.

'Cause I'm the nigga you're ready to throw

to the cops to save your own punk ass.

I know what's on the line.

It's been that way all my life.

I'm out.

[ Kim ] Let him go.

We gave him his chance.

You got to be kidding.

We can't just

blame this on him.

Then who? You?

I'm not gonna let that happen.

Dwayne. Dwayne, wait up, man.

Hey, we gotta... Hey,

we gotta stick together, man.

Why?

Y'all can stay together.

But I'm not getting any more

involved in that crazy sh*t.

I mean, if we don't... if we don't figure

something out, then none of us have a future.

That's for damn sure, 'cause I'm looking

at my future, right here, right now,

and I don't like

what I see, Kurt.

It wasn't my fault.

I don't believe that

that was some accident.

That house has got nothing

but hate going on,

and that kid was a target

for all of it.

But you don't

understand that, do you?

[ Scoffs ] Oh, damn.

Now I don't owe nobody nothin'.

You hear me?

Nobody.

F***.

I thought...

I thought we were friend...

[ Wind Whistling ]

[ Door Closes ]

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

[ Kim ]

I knew he wouldn't come back.

All right.

We have to

get our story straight.

I can't do this.

Yes, you can, and you will.

[ Door Closes ]

Maybe Dylan

was tellin' the truth.

You come on to him.

He's not interested.

So you say he raped you.

It's not the first time a b*tch

points a finger at a guy.

But y'all go crazy on that kid.

No questions.

Not one!

- She calls rape... Pow!

- [ Gasps ]

The kid's guilty.

That's what I don't understand.

Y'all got so much hatred

in your hearts.

- I just wanted...

- Save it.

Just save it.

So then why did you come back?

[ Dwayne Sighs ] I don't know.

[ Mica ]

All we care about is ourselves.

- What about Dylan?

[ Kim ] Wait a minute, Mica.

Kim! Enough! No one wants to hear

it anymore. It doesn't matter!

I'd never seen anybody die before

except on TV or in movies.

But in there...

That's what real death

looks like.

And we all have to live with

that for the rest of our lives.

Even you.

We can't just

leave him in there.

[ Sniffles ]

I'll go get you a sweater.

[ Women Speaking, Muffled ]

[ Mica Breathing ]

[ Static ]

[ Sniffling ]

[ Sobbing ]

Does it matter what happened?

You didn't deserve this.

[ Sobbing ]

I should have helped you.

Forgive me.

[ Sniffling ] Forgive us.

[ Water Running ]

[ Dishes Clink ]

[ Lacy ] None of you

knew him like I did.

He was so sweet...

and gentle...

and funny...

even when everything

around him was so horrible.

He used to sneak into

my garage at night.

And I'd give him blankets.

Just anything to get away

from the madness at home.

Sometimes we would

just lay there.

For hours.

And not say anything.

[ Sobbing ] But the closer that we got...

the worse I treated him.

And I don't know why.

[ Sniffles ]

I just couldn't stop myself.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

No matter how shitty I was...

he would take it.

And...

he told me he loved me.

And I laughed at him.

[ Inhales ] I wish that

I could take it back.

I tried.

But when I saw him at school,

he just avoided me.

He was angry all the time.

I didn't even know

who he was anymore.

[ Kim ] Now you know.

You're lucky to be rid of him.

F*** you!

F***ing b*tch!

He'd be alive

if it weren't for you.

He'd still be alive

if you hadn't stabbed him!

- We're goin' to jail.

- Shut up!

Stop it! We are all going to jail.

You know that, right?

- All of us!

- No, we're not.

I am scared,

but I'm not stupid.

[ Sobbing ]

It's not gonna be okay.

Nothing ever is going

to be okay ever again.

And you can't fix that!

Don't you understand that?

[ Dwayne ] Just stop it,

all of you.

Cryin' and arguin' about who's to blame is

not gonna change anything that happened.

You asked me why I came back?

Because we're all to blame.

[ Gasps ]

That's God's simple truth.

The boy is dead.

I'm about saving my ass,

and that means yours too.

[ Gasps ]

What are we gonna do, man?

We are going in there

and gettin' rid of him,

then gettin'

the hell outta here.

Nobody here knows nothin'

about that kid.

He was at the party,

and nobody's seen him.

You got it?

Then, we take him north.

They'll never find him.

Yo, come on. Let's go.

Let's go!

Is this what we should be doing?

This isn't right.

Anybody have a better idea?

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

Like it or not,

we're all complicit.

You want to survive this?

F***.

[ Gasping ] Not those.

Yo, Shannon, hurry up

with those towels.

- Use these.

- [ Breathing Heavily ]

We'll get through this.

We have to.

Where do you want this?

Hold on. We got to

get this cleaned up first.

Hey, Shannon,

where's the garbage bags?

Over there.

[ Glasses Clattering ]

[ Bag Snaps ]

Mica, give us a hand.

You two get that party mess cleaned up.

[ Gasping ]

Everybody, listen up.

From now on,

things are gonna be different.

You're gonna treat me

with some goddamn respect.

And you're not gonna

laugh at me ever again.

None of you.

[ Bottles Clattering ]

- Hey, let me do that.

- Stop.

You f***ing idiot!

I just f***ing cleaned that up!

Now look what you've done.

[ Gasps ] Give me some

goddamn paper towels.

I didn't mean to mess up.

Yeah, but you did, didn't you?

Hurry up!

Here.

[ Dwayne ]

Do you have any tape?

Duct tape?

[ Kurt ] Right over there.

By the stove. Top drawer.

What now?

Nothing.

We go back to our lives

like nothing ever happened.

You get up, you go to school,

whatever.

Can we trust them?

[ Scoffs ]

[ Dwayne ]

Mica, get the shower curtain.

[ Sniffling ]

Give me that!

[ Dwayne ] Come on. Come on!

Let's go! [ Clapping ]

Yo, get his legs.

[ Groans ]

- Got him?

- [ Grunts ]

Watch it.

[ Wind Whistling ]

[ Whimpering ]

[ Shannon Whimpering ]

It's gonna be light soon.

Kurt, get your car.

Be cool, man.

[ Panting ]

[ Inhales ]

[ Sobbing ] No.

It's okay.

It's okay, Shannon.

[ Inhales ] Come on.

[ Sniffling ]

Kurt's right.

Right about what?

About me.

I smile...

and pretend that

everything's perfect.

Do what's...

expected of me.

It's all a lie.

My life feels

like... a dream.

So... far away

from anything real.

[ Chuckles ] And now this?

I can't go back anymore.

I can't pretend.

We will never

go back to how we were.

You've never lived a lie?

You've always been true

to yourself.

We all lie.

We do what we need to.

We lie to ourselves,

choose to lie to our friends.

Because we're not happy

with who we are.

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