Critical Nexus Page #7

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The mall's back that way.

See, it's my mom's

birthday and she's sick

and I thought if I could

sneak off to the mall

and buy her an nice gift, it

might make her feel better.

You know that's really

nice, what you're doing.

That's a nice gun

you have there.

Yeah?

You ever had to use it?

That is something you don't ask

a police officer, young lady.

Have you ever...

- worn it to bed?

- What?

I mean, have you ever wanted to

bury up to the hilt in some girl

and pull the trigger?

(GASP) What?

Ahh!

(MUSIC)

(GROANING)

(MUSIC)

(CAR DRIVING)

(LAUGH)

Man,

I don't believe what I'm seeing.

I'm a bit surprised myself.

Hey, you want a drink?

I'm working on a bottle

of Black right now.

- I guess so.

- Alright.

(LAUGH)

- It's good to see you, Johnny.

- Come on in.

Wow

So what do I owe the

pleasure to anyway?

You want in on my new start-up,

right?

No, I think I'm all

done with the web, man.

I, uh, actually I need something else,

Johnny.

Dude, it's gonna be hot.

Nothing but chicks f***ing and

fighting and fisting, man.

No, man, I think I'm

all done with that.

Listen,

um... I think I might be in deep sh*t.

I'll give you a thousand

right now if you...

if you can do me a huge favor.

Serious.

How deep are we talking about,

man?

Thanks.

Well,

I'm looking at disappearing down south

for a few years, you know.

I need you to make me 21.

Aw sh*t, man.

I've been out of that

business for a long time.

I don't know.

It's a lot harder

than it used to be.

I can get you something

that would work

on the Andy Griffith show, but

I don't know about Dragnet.

Will it get me

across the border?

Across the border?

Hell of a lot easier ways

to get across the border.

(LAUGH)

Speaking of which,

remember Cancun?

(LAUGH) Oh sh*t.

That was some crazy sh*t.

It was man.

Hey, hey,

what was that chick's name that we

double-teamed down

there? You remember?

I was just trying to remember

her name the other day and

I'm like, "What the f*** is

her name?"

- Amanda.

- Yeah! F***, Amanda!

That's right!

(LAUGH)

I was like thinking it was

Lori or something, but I knew

that wasn't right.

Amanda, God.

Oh, that was nasty.

But listen, bro.

I didn't come back here to

talk about the old times,

I...I need your help,

man.

Yeah, yeah.

That's right. Mark

Miller, the choir boy.

I got you in my sights now.

Let me tell you

something, Mark.

There ain't no God.

So,

you are just wasting your time,

worrying about

all that sh*t you did.

And if there was a God,

he made you who you are.

And all those girls would have

turned out one way or another,

no matter what

the f*** you did.

How much and how long

to get me something

that'll work on Dragnet?

Couple days.

Probably about...

10 grand.

I gotta call in the big guns.

10K?

I don't have 10K, man.

(LAUGH)

God, isn't that something?

The guy who used to

always tell me what to do

with my money doesn't have 10K.

Ah, now I got this big house,

and you ain't got

a pot to piss in?

I have 6 million.

6 million, but I can't

get at it right now.

Someone locked me

out of my account.

Who could have locked

you out of your account?

Someone with enough pull

to lock me out of my

account, Johnny.

Well then you're in

deep sh*t, amigo.

I said that already.

Give me a few days.

Hey.

Can I stay here

in the mean time?

You got a lot of f***ing nerve.

The way sh*t went down.

(PHONE RINGS)

Oh sh*t.

Hello.

Everything's fine,

except my daughter's missing.

What?

Now why are you

telling me that?

If you can follow him,

why can't you follow her?

Alright, listen.

If... if you get her back

we can maybe make

some kind of...

Then f*** you!

(PHONE SLAMS)

I remember at this party one time,

it was late

and we had all told

our parents that we

were spending the

night with each other.

And some of the boys

were trying to get us to

take off our shirts

and flash them.

I wondered why I couldn't.

In your head,

you've always got the voice saying,

"Yes or no, yes or

no."

If I keep myself hidden,

then I belong only to myself.

But why is that so?

Why isn't my body more mine

if I have control over it?

Doesn't my choosing make it so?

Look.

It's so sexy.

This is such bullshit.

What do you want?

Even if it's right

in front of you,

and you can grab it and

put it in your mouth,

you can't do anything with it.

You take off my clothes,

you strip my skin,

you pull the muscle

back from my bones

and you suck the marrow

and what's left?

We're just chemicals

and neurons.

Why does this have to be

such a big f***ing deal?

And BX,

stop f***ing emailing me.

I can't stop you from watching,

but I will not interact

with you anymore.

You're not the director,

you're just the audience.

And, um, MX, whoever you

are, you don't know me.

You don't know where I am and

you don't know where I'm going,

so if you think you're going to

be my knight in shining armor,

you've got a big

surprise coming.

- Hey, wake up!

- Jesus!

Oh, I'm awake. How

long was I asleep?

Why were you talking to Cheryl?

Huh?

You said that Cheryl told

you I lived in Kansas City.

Yeah, we bumped into each

other in an airport and

I asked about you.

- Which one?

- Which what?

Which airport?

How the f*** should I know?

(TELEVISION)

LaGuardia.

It was LaGuardia.

Must have been when she was

visiting her Aunt Judy.

It's funny, she didn't mention

anything about

running into you.

Why would she, Johnny? I

can't imagine that seeing me

in an airport bar registers

on too many people's lists

of exciting life events.

Why do you think she was

being so secretive about you?

Did you f*** her?

Yeah. On the baggage

claim carousel.

Give me a break.

Then why didn't she

mention anything about it?

Come on, man, you're being a

little paranoid, aren't you?

Look, to be honest, I have no

idea why she didn't tell you

about running into me.

But I'm sure she wasn't

being secretive.

Now what makes you so sure

she wasn't being secretive?

Alright, fun's over man. How

much you had this morning?

No more than

usual, I'm alright.

Old Johnny can

handle his liquor.

Speaking of which, man,

remember that night

we drank all that tequila

at Bad Brad's place?

Huh? That was the

night

you drank that whole

bottle in 3 minutes.

Now that was a crazy

ass night, bro!

Yeah.

(LAUGH)

I remember that.

I remember a lot of things.

I remember...

I used to mention your

name sometimes and

Cheryl would get this

little smile on her face.

I used to always wonder if there

wasn't something going on.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

Cheryl and I never had

anything.

Sh*t, man,

I wasn't even that attracted to her.

Yes, you were.

Remember when I met her.

You and I were together out at

Dash's and as we were leaving,

you said, "God, I

wish I could take that

chick home and f***

her."

And you didn't even know that

she had given me her number.

What the f*** are

you talking about?

Sh*t, man, this is

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