Natural Selection Page #2

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- You made me look

like an a**hole

the other day in class.

- Yeah, well,

that's what you are

so you shouldn't

be too surprised.

- Well, good luck

tryin' to find someone

willing to put up

with your stupid sh*t.

Maybe if you would grow up

and stop acting like a child,

someone would actually

want to be with you.

Don't cry, okay?

No one's around to care.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

- Ex-boyfriend?

I'm sorry, that's

none of my business.

I'll leave you alone.

- No.

Please stay.

It's nice to have

someone to talk to.

It's my fault for

putting up with it.

He'll never change.

Some things never

change, I guess.

- Some people never change.

- I'm just stupid.

- No, you're not.

Don't say that.

One day you will find

someone who will treat you

the way you deserve

to be treated.

- Well, well, well.

What's goin' on here?

- Indrid this is Paige,

Paige this is Indrid.

- Hi, Indrid.

- Ah, so, takin' a

break from tutoring

the borderline failures

at the library, are we?

- I have to get to class.

Thank you.

- It's me,

I'm out with a friend.

I'll be back later.

Just thought I'd let you know.

Don't wait up.

- Hello, miss Evans,

this is Beverly from

Dr. Martin's office.

I'm calling to make

sure that you were aware

that your interview

was today at 4pm.

I apologize if there

was a misunderstanding.

Please call us

back to reschedule.

Thank you.

- Party tonight.

Get your things, let's go.

- Dude, what time is it?

- The night is young, Ty.

Saddle up.

- I don't know if

I feel like it.

- Gimme a break.

You need to get out more.

- Okay, just give me a minute.

I'll be right back.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I'm Indrid, a friend

of Tyler's from school.

- Where is Tyler?

- He's in his room

getting ready.

How long have you lived here?

- Excuse me?

- This room,

it's so plain.

Some bright colors

would definitely

add some life to this place.

- Yeah, I've been thinking about

doing something

like that, maybe.

- Perhaps some photos,

family photos,

be a nice touch also,

don't ya think?

What do you do all day?

- That's really none

of your business.

- Well, it was really

nice meeting you.

- Tyler, where are you going?

- Out.

Oh, and by the way, might wanna

check the answering machine.

Seemed pretty important.

- Chug it, chug it.

No, f*** it, f*** it, man.

- Hey, I didn't think you

were the partying type.

- I really don't

party, to be honest.

- Hi, Indrid.

- Hi.

Hold this will you?

I have to take a piss.

- So, how ya been?

- Good.

- Paige, oh.

Well, well.

Isn't this cute.

- Matt, please this

is not the place.

- Oh yeah, oh yeah, okay

well then what is the place?

What is the right place, huh?

What the hell are

you doin' here?

- Matt, stop.

- He's a big boy.

He can speak for himself.

Can't ya, big boy?

You don't belong here.

- Come on, Tyler,

let's get outta here.

- What the hell is

your problem, dude?

- You're my problem.

- Matt, stop it, please.

- You just can't

take a hint can you?

- All right, come on, come on.

You okay?

- Yeah, I'll live.

Thanks for savin' my ass.

- No problem.

Maybe if you wouldn't

invest your time in girls

that are taken, this

could have been...

- wait, you told me

that she, she was...

- I'm just messin'

with you, man.

- Get out of here.

- See ya later.

- See ya.

Let me do it like

this, like this

hold the piece from a

girl like this, like this

- Chris, what the hell,

get out of my room now.

- Turn this tasteless sh*t off.

- You got a lot of nerve, dude.

- I'm not a dude.

- Okay, smart ass.

- Can you ever just keep

your mouth shut, for once?

You always just kinda put in

your two cents, don't you?

- You talk big for such a

little guy, you know that?

- Well, what are you

gonna do about it?

- Okay, that's enough.

The both of you.

Indrid, get out

of here, get out.

- Today should be interesting.

Do you think Matt will try

to start any sh*t today?

- I wouldn't put it past him.

Be sure to sit with your

back against the wall.

- Dude, what the hell, stop.

- Not so tough now, are ya?

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Come on, man, gotta go.

- Easy now, come on,

come on, come on.

- Come on, I'm here to

help, come on, come on.

- I don't need your help.

- All right, get back to

class, come on, show's over.

Come on, get back to class.

What happened?

All right, I won't

keep you long.

I just gotta fill

out this report

and then, send you on your way.

Have a seat.

- Did you always

do school security?

- No, not always.

I used to be a cop, actually.

- So how did you

end up doing this?

- Well, I quit the

force a while back.

At the time it seemed

like the best thing to do.

My wife hated it anyway.

- Why'd you quit?

- I had a close call one night

when I was out patrolling alone.

- Close call?

I'm sorry, that's

none of my business.

- No, that's okay,

don't worry about it.

It's been a long time since I

talked about it, that's all.

It was a home invasion.

Guy was attacking a woman.

Little, young daughter.

He had a gun.

I tried my best to talk some

sense into him, you know,

but, things deteriorated

pretty quickly, you know.

- What happened?

- People got hurt.

- Many characteristics

of an organism

are inherited and carried

through the generations.

Some characteristics

are chosen for.

These characteristics

become abundant.

Ones chosen against

become rare, even extinct.

Life on earth has been

constantly changing.

But if artificial selection

is capable of

making such changes

in a matter of a thousand years,

what must natural selection,

operating on a scale

of billions of years,

be capable of?

The mechanism of evolution

is natural selection.

- So, what are your

first thoughts?

Do you agree, disagree?

Yes?

- Well, it depends on

what you believe, I think,

considering evolution

is a theory, right?

- Do you have something

to add, Indrid?

- Fact, evolution

and natural selection

are facts.

- Can you explain?

- Stronger traits

of living organisms

will ensure it's survival

through the generations

while the weaker ones

will be bred out over time.

It's simple.

It's the world's way

of perfecting itself.

Survival of the fittest.

It's why we're here today.

If you're alive, it's

because something has decided

for you to be alive.

- Like god.

- God, has

nothing to do with it.

- Paige.

Paige,

- yeah.

- So I'll see you here

tomorrow, same time?

- Yeah, of course.

See you then.

- Yeah?

- I went grocery shopping.

- Congratulations.

- What are you drawing?

I bought you candy cakes.

- Why didn't you go to your

interview the other day?

- Tyler.

- I really don't wanna

hear any more excuses.

How many more interviews

have you missed?

- Tyler, I honestly,

I just forgot.

- Yeah, you forgot.

Of course you forgot.

You're always

forgetting something.

Or maybe you just

got another migraine,

maybe that's why.

- Tyler, why are you

always attacking me?

- Why am I...

Are you kidding?

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