Jack, Jules, Esther & Me Page #7

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At least Lou's is a nice person.

He is nice, Jack.

But I mean...

You can't just...

set me up with somebody else,

you know,

That's kind of a dick move.

Uh...

Hey Jules, it's Lou.

Just uh,

I wanted to see if you were...

on your way or...

Uh... still coming.

Um.

That's cool.

Oh, sorry, um.

I'm... just...

excited to see you.

Uh, Esther's is too.

You know, she's-she's here,

she's having fun.

Um...

Yeah, and-and like,

we-we-we like to see you.

We love to see you.

Uh... okay!

Um.

So.

Uh, I'll see you soon.

I'll talk to you later, I hope.

Bye!

Bad?

It wasn't smooth.

F***.

Sh*t.

Look, should we just leave?

Because... if they're

not gonna come, I mean...

I'm just really...

- Oh, I mean. No, no, no, Jack...

Jack's on his way, you know.

He's just like that.

Jules, too?

How was your year?

I mean, otherwise.

Are you serious?

It was... great.

I don't know.

You remember that girl Esther,

that you exposed yourself to?

I feel kind of bad about that.

- Yeah, well.

She's probably the best friend

that I've made all year.

How about you?

Um... I got arrested.

Twice.

Are you serious?

For buying a fake ID.

Same cop both times.

How's that even possible?

He had a mustache the second time.

- Oh my God.

No, it's not funny.

I'm sorry.

Hey.

Can I ask you a question?

Yeah, what?

Well...

In class...

I thought you were...

What?

I don't know.

Were you... looking at me?

Oh, uh.

You mean like...

Never mind.

Oh, no, yeah.

No, I... I was.

It's something I do to

help get me through class.

What?

Well, sometimes I...

I stare at pretty girls

to help me focus.

Yeah, I shouldn't have.

I'm sorry.

No, no, it's... it's fine.

It's...

I mean, I... thought it was

kinda weird at first.

But...

after I while I...

kind liked it, I guess.

It's nice to be noticed.

But...

you've liked Jules for...

a while.

Yeah...

I still think she's hung up

on her ex-boyfriend, though.

What did you write about?

Caleb.

Your half-brother,

the circus freak?

Don't make fun of him!

He made it

into Ringling Brothers and...

I don't know.

He's all I have.

Your brother and sister

are awesome.

Connor the opera singer, who's

pre-med and double majoring in Econ

'cause that's not hard

to follow.

Or Brooke, who took a year off

to help poor kids in Africa.

No, I know, that's so cool.

My sister, should be getting

wasted with her hot friends

and then helping me

hook up with them.

You know what

the crazy thing is?

I think you actually believe

all the sh*t you say.

I'd do the same thing for her.

You know, that's actually

what you should write about.

What?

- Well...

How you're kind of an a**hole.

It... It could actually probably

be kinda funny.

Just say all

the stupid stuff I do.

Well, yeah!

But you...

You talk about it

and then talk about how

it was helping you, like, see outside

of yourself and change you and...

Wow.

You should just write that.

Can you... you should...

- No.

You have to write it.

I'll help you fix it.

Seriously, type!

"I Jack, the a**hole. "

We really need to call Lou.

There's now way we're

gonna get up there tonight.

I'll text him, say we're coming

in the morning.

No. We need to call

him. I don't wanna lie.

I'm not gonna lie.

Just gonna... call him later.

Okay, promise.

So, neither of them are coming.

Jack isn't picking up.

And he said

he'll be here in the morning.

And Jules is home packing.

So she's not coming.

I have to get home tonight.

Oh, f***!

Um...

How much money do you have?

Like... ten dollars?

Sh*t! I spent everything

I had on the cab here.

Well, what are we gonna do,

because I...

I-I have to get home.

I-I-I told you that I

can't stay. - Okay, okay.

I'm-I'm-I'm... really sorry,

okay?

Can we just...

Think about this for a second?

F***!

I... told them

I was with my cousin,

but... she was having dinner

with them.

Oh, f***!

Just, tell them

you're with your friends.

You don't get it.

Okay, what don't I get?

I've been lying to my parents,

all year.

I never... told them I applied

to Willhurst.

I even put a deposit down,

just in case I won the lottery.

I thought... maybe if I got

a big scholarship but...

if you save any money at all,

you get screwed by Financial Aid.

They've done everything

for me and...

I'm not gonna, I'm not

gonna just leave them.

Oh, okay, wait.

I'm confused.

Are-are you worried about the

money or about leaving them?

I don't know.

You know what?

Let's get you drunk.

I'm serious.

"Tall Tress"]

Full lights

on a green screen

Light up like a machine,

yeah

Beep, read, hum, compute

Something's coming...

Oh, yeah!

Oh, no!

There you go!

Yes!

For you guys.

For you.

So that you're saying

they won't get it?

You're gonna go to a good school

and make more money.

Well, you can't guarantee that.

And...

I'll just... transfer next year

when I... get more money.

Or you'll chicken out again.

Oh.

Well, you do the same thing.

You've been wanting to ask out Jules for

how long...? - Oh, no, that's different.

- And ugh.

- That's totally, it's different.

How is that different?

Because... at least I tried.

Oh, your-your plan that you're

working on for two months.

Hey! That plan was

legit and you know it.

No, it wasn't.

Oh, nice shot.

Oh, how about you?

You know?

"Oh, look

at me, I go to a community college.

Oh... "

- Um...

And then, and then.

You'll be like.

- Okay.

I still work for my folks

in the bodega

with no prospects

and my b*obs are sagging. "

Oh, thanks.

- "And no dudes are macking on me. "

Thanks.

- "And I wish I had a fancier job

and some fit dudes... "

Okay, well... you make it seem

like it's so simple.

But it is.

No, it... it's not.

It is.

Because...

You see, my parents are

probably just like your parents.

They've...

worked so f***ing hard!

And my dad is always so tired!

He's not someone you would

want to piss off in the morning.

Yeah, my dad's like that, too.

Yeah, exactly!

See?

When I started at Prep-for-Prep,

I didn't want to go.

And I wanted to just stay in my room

but my dad came in and was all like:

"I don't work this hard for you

to stay home. "

But he said it in Spanish

and that sh*t was f***ing scary.

Just talk to your parents.

You know

when we were leaving the hotel.

I saw my dad

with some other woman.

Is she hot at least?

Was that really the first thing

that came to mind?

I don't know.

I thought I'll try to be funny.

Was it really a surprise,

about your dad?

My mom is beautiful.

It's not about that.

It's not...

I mean...

Can you really imagine being with

one person for your whole life?

Yes.

Seriously?

One person.

You don't want to get married?

I'll just f*** it up.

Maybe when I'm 50...

and really fat.

Because by then,

it's like, whatever.

That's really romantic.

Well, you have

unrealistic expectations.

No, I don't, I just...

I think you just have to...

have honesty.

You start with that.

I don't think it's that easy.

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