Natural Selection Page #3

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When are you ever

gonna get it together?

I'm 17 years old,

for Christ sake

and I'm the one

taking care of you.

Hello, what is wrong

with this picture?

- I have difficult, you know...

But I'm trying, I don't

know what else to tell you.

I'm trying.

- If this is you trying,

I don't even wanna know what

your not trying is like.

Don't you wanna do

something with your life?

- Of course...

- then do it.

And, by the way, I don't

even like candy cakes.

Indrid,

- yeah.

- Do you think it's

crazy to fall in love?

- Romeo and Juliet fell in love.

That ended well, didn't it?

"Thy drugs are quick.

"Thus, with a kiss,

"I die, die, die."

- I'm being serious, Indrid.

- Love.

Love is supposedly

the whole driving force

behind everything that

makes humans human.

Yeah?

Without love, then what?

What would people

do with themselves?

My parents, they were

once supposedly in love.

Now, they can't even stand

to look at each other.

- It has to take some work.

Maybe it's not as

easy as it seems.

- When you get married,

you swear an oath, right?

"Till death do us part,

"I do solemnly swear,"

blah, blah, blah, bullshit,

bullshit, bullshit.

And then, uh,

a few years after, it's over.

I mean if you swear

to something like that

and then soon after it's over,

it's uh,

it's meaningless.

If love fails,

the one true, good thing

that exists in this world,

if that fails,

then what else is there to

keep you from falling apart?

Love can't save us, Ty.

- Yo, been lookin' for you.

- Why is that?

- Somethin' happened

with Samantha.

Seems pretty bad from

what Brian's telling me.

They're down by the lobby now.

You comin'?

- Uh, yeah, I just need to

take care of something first.

- What the hell's

in the bag, man?

- Just cleanin' out my locker.

- There's Samantha.

- What's going on?

- It's Wes.

He crashed his car last night.

He's in the hospital.

- What happened?

- He was racing,

lost control,

jumped a guardrail

into the woods.

- Jesus.

- They're not sure

he's gonna make it.

- It's awful.

- Well, what did you expect?

This was bound to

happen at some point.

You do stupid sh*t,

stupid sh*t is bound

to happen to you.

- Geez Indrid.

You could maybe be a

little more sensitive.

- Sensitive, sure

I can be sensitive.

I should have gone right

up to Sammy and told her

how sorry I was that her

boyfriend didn't have

the brain capacity needed to

make intelligent decisions.

I mean, the pieces were laid

out for everyone to see.

I don't get why everyone's so

shocked about what happened.

Wes knew exactly what he

was getting himself into

but he didn't listen to anyone.

And that was his choice.

Let's go.

Wanna hang at my place tonight?

I got a bunch of

gas in the garage,

we can blow sh*t up.

- Probably can't tonight.

- Oh, and why is that?

- I was thinking about

going to the dance.

- What, are you kidding?

- No, I think I'm

really gonna go.

- Is it because Paige is going?

- Well, I mean, she'll be there.

Probably just gonna swing by

and check it out, you know.

- You ever think she

might be using you?

- Using me.

For what?

- A shoulder to cry on.

I mean she started

talking to you

right after she

broke up with Matt.

You know that, right?

That's what girls do, Ty.

I mean, in order to get

their minds off their exes,

they look for rebounds.

I see her and Matt together

all the time.

- Are you serious?

- I wouldn't lie to you.

Well, let's get back inside.

I see you

dancing in the dark

I see you

- come on Bestie, get off your

butt and come dance with us.

- Not right now.

- You came here to dance, right?

You've been a bum all night.

You tear my world apart

I see you

I lose yourself in the sight

inside's a broken soul

the shadows move so smooth

like demons always do

- a little later, okay?

I'll be right back.

Take away my pain

oh, take away my pain

I see you

- well, look who finally

decided to show up.

- I'm sorry, I had a hard

time finding what to wear.

- You, uh, you miss something?

- Oh, this?

Yeah, I didn't

know how to, uh...

The secret'll work for two

I see you

how to store the rest

two hearts beat one breast

the shine on who's so smooth

like demons always do

the world is just in pain

that's screamin' out your name

and take away this pain

- What is it?

- You look beautiful tonight.

- Thank you, Tyler,

you clean up very

nicely yourself.

Will you dance with me?

- Ah.

- Come on.

Fly away

can in this place

all alone

and out of grace

reaching out

for a falling star

I don't know how

it got this far

pain surrounds us

like the sky

don't ask me

because I don't know why

but I

have

this

your kiss

- Just because you're

screwin' my sister

means you can f*** with me?

- Excuse me?

- You mess with people

because it makes you feel

like you're in control, right?

- Save me the sob story, p*ssy.

- What happens the day

when you aren't anymore?

You got your head shoved

so far up your ass,

you're blind to

the simple truth.

- And what might

that be, tough guy?

- When sh*t hits the fan,

there won't be a god damn

thing you can do about it.

- All right, guys, enough.

Break it up.

- All right, you wanna

tell me what happened?

- Shouldn't I be speaking

with the principal about this?

- Yeah, well, he's

out right now, okay?

So, you'll be talkin' to me.

- Do you even care

what happened,

or are you just following

protocol, the book?

- Look, I'm here to keep

things under control

whenever there's a problem.

- Is that what you're

implying, that I'm a problem?

- No.

I'm saying I'm here to

keep things under control.

Okay?

- Do you think your presence

makes a difference

in what goes on here?

- I would tread very

carefully right now, Indrid.

This is my office

that you're in.

You're not in a classroom

with your buddies,

you got me?

- You ever wish for

something to go wrong?

Maybe add a little

excitement to this place?

- Look, I'm not sure

what you're dealing

with right now, Indrid,

but I'll be happy to set you up

with Mrs. Delancey from guidance

if you'd like

somebody to talk to.

- Guidance.

Why didn't I think of that?

Ah, a nice chat

with Mrs. Delancey

would fix me up, right?

You think it's that simple?

- No, I don't think it's

that simple, Indrid.

I think it's a start.

- Or, maybe I could run

away from my problems.

Hide behind a desk and

hope they won't find me.

- Excuse me?

- I know about you.

Used to be a cop.

You were wounded on the job.

You were shot, weren't you?

- You don't know anything

about me or my past.

- I know that you

tried to be a hero once

and that didn't

work out too well.

- You're outta line

right now, young man.

- Taylor Reeves was my friend.

Name ring a bell?

She'd be a senior

now, just like me.

She was the one person

that made me feel like

I wasn't worthless.

She had dreams

and aspirations, but

I guess she didn't make

it this far, did she?

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