Less Than Zero Page #5

whatever it takes.

I'm in the tub.

It's beautiful here.

Five or six people.

Come on up.

I'm not gonna leave.

Let me get back to you.

Listen, leave Julian alone.

Well, merry Christmas

to you, too, Clay.

You heard me.

You need a hobby.

Bustin' your butt

for Julian is a waste of time.

I know.

I'll get the money.

I'll sell my car,

whatever it takes.

You've seen Julian recently?

- You'll get what he owes you.

- You're right. I will.

And you know something?

It's got nothing to do with you.

Now, listen to me.

I am not the problem here.

Julian is.

I've been patient.

I let it slide.

You know how much he owes me?

Anybody else would have cut him off

a long time ago.

Julian's dead.

Forget about him.

I'm telling you that

as a friend.

I'm not your friend, and I'm tired of

your bullshit. You leave Julian alone.

Don't deal to him, don't give it to him,

don't f***ing go near him.

I'll get the money.

You just leave him alone, a**hole.

Who the f*** do you think

you're talking to, pal?

Whew!

How do you feel?

My head feels like

a frozen pineapple.

- Are you OK?

- Yeah.

Got a stogy for me?

Cool.

Mm.

Where's Clay?

He went home.

Oh, it's Christmas.

Yeah.

Merry Christmas.

It's not gonna

happen again.

It's over.

Thank you for

taking care of me.

Anytime.

You look great.

Oh.

We had fun, didn't we?

I mean,

some of the time we did.

Yeah.

We did.

Yeah.

Dad.

Dad.

What do you want?

Just a couple minutes.

My God, you look terrible.

I was wondering

if I could stay at home tonight.

I would love to wake up

and know where I am.

It'd be a nice change of pace for me.

I can't do that.

I wouldn't ask, except that my options

are kind of limited right now.

Julian, we've been

through this a hundred times.

No, 101, actually.

You conned your way through rehab.

You lied.

You stole.

Look what you've done

to our family.

I just need you to be my father

for one goddamn day

and just help me.

Can't you tell when

I'm telling the truth?

No.

Trust was the first thing

you ruined.

Yeah.

OK, I'm gonna go.

There's this guy I owe

a large sum of money to.

I know that's a big surprise,

but I'm gonna try to work it out.

I'm gonna try to do something

right for once. I mean it.

I just want you to wish me luck,

whether you believe me or not.

Julian.

Can you stay clean

for one week?

For one damn week?

I'll do everything

I can to help you,

but I need you

to help me, too.

I could try.

You all right?

I just got here.

Rip did this.

Blair, it's Markie.

Just checking to see if

you need a ride to the Springs.

See you at Trends. Bye.

[Beep]

Hi, it's Julian.

I'm gonna talk to Rip,

settle some business--

Better late than never, right?

Anyway, I'm outta here.

Merry Christmas,

and thank you for last night.

Both of you.

I mean it. Bye.

[Beep]

What are we gonna do?

Find him.

Bring him back.

It won't make any difference.

He'll just start all over again.

Not if he leaves.

Julian would be better off

somewhere else.

I'll take him with me

if I have to.

Don't look so surly.

Julian's in the back.

How you doing?

You look great.

Welcome.

It's been a long time.

Hello, Julian.

Hi.

I missed you.

Mmm.

- I got to talk to you.

- Sure.

Have a seat.

OK, just for a minute.

I gotta get back into town.

Basically, uh--

It's over. I'm quitting.

I'm not gonna work for you anymore.

I'm not buying.

I'm gonna clean up.

I'm probably going back into rehab.

I'm just gonna get

my life under control.

Julian, who the f*** do you

think you're talking to?

You're a junkie.

You're not gonna quit.

- I'll get your money back.

- When?

I don't know. I'm talking to my dad.

I'm gonna work it out.

I just know I can.

You look so sincere

when you say that,

but I've heard

all this before.

What are you telling me

that's new?

Julian, make an effort.

Give me a new excuse, at least.

I've heard this sh*t before!

The difference is

that I mean it this time.

Good.

Are you ready to

work for me tonight?

No, I'm not.

Julian, where you been hiding?

Rip, how long have

we known each other?

We've been friends.

Yes, we are friends,

aren't we, Julian?

Yeah.

For a long time.

Please don't make me do this.

I can't do it again.

I think you'd be surprised

at what you can do, Julian.

I'll be back in a few seconds.

# Let's swim to the moon, uh-huh #

# Let's glide to the tide #

That's a really cool tux.

Yeah!

Where'd you get it?

- Your dad?

- My mother!

- Hey, guys.

- Clay!

- Have you seen Julian?

- Not yet.

- How about Rip?

- He's probably at the hotel.

- What?

- He's got a suite.

- Where?

- Laurel Palms.

All right, thanks.

I'll see you later.

# ...River on a #

# Moonlight drive #

Rip is over at the Laurel Palms.

Julian might be there.

I hope not.

Stay here.

I'll be back.

Be careful.

I love you.

# Let's swim to the moon #

# Let's glide to the tide ##

USC won't let him in because

he's a heroin addict.

Blair, where's your tux?

Oh, we just drove out.

- I don't know these people.

- Maybe they're from Palm Springs.

Nobody's from Palm Springs.

Frank Sinatra.

Oh, darn.

The party was

better last year.

Kim, here.

I think it was

exactly the same.

Rusty pipes.

Hi.

Ohhh.

Hey, what is this?

I thought this was all cool.

Hey.

Who the hell are you, man?

Make me understand, Julian.

I really want to understand.

No, you don't.

- You look like a f***in' whore.

- Rip made me do that. I had no choice.

Sh*t, man, you did it to yourself!.

F***in' run away.

That's what you're really good at.

I'm not coming after you.

- You don't know!

- Well, tell me!

- Forget it!

- Get in the car.

- Leave me alone.

- Are you gonna go back to Rip? Hide?

- I wanna know what you're gonna do now.

- I don't know!

Come with me. Leave with me.

I'll take you back to school.

There's no reason to stay in L.A.

- It's over. Let's go.

- Do I look like I'm ready for homework?

# How low can you go? #

Hi.

Hey!

What a waste.

Oh, man, what a waste!

Well, call a plumber.

Nice ride there.

Yeah, it is nice.

You all right?

I'll be right back.

Just wait here, OK?

I'll be one minute, OK?

# I can't get your love #

# I can't get attraction #

# I only get a little

psychotic reaction #

- Did you find him?

- Yeah, he's in the car.

You don't have a clue

what you're getting into.

This is not recess, and I'm sick

of playing f***ing games with you.

Everyone is accountable!

Now tell me where the f*** Julian is

so I can get back to business.

- Is that what you call it?

- Where is he?

Why don't you

just leave us alone?

Why don't I check the car?

B*tch!

Stop! Leave him alone!

Stay out of it!

Clay, come on!

No!

Come on! Come on!

Clay!

I'm all right.

Wow!

What a party.

You have enough gas

to get to college?

Ha ha ha!

I love you guys!

Julian?

I'm all right.

I just got this uncontrollable urge

to fall down.

Oh, let's walk with one another.

I just want you to know

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