Only the Young Page #5

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it'd be for him to pursue that.

For me, I would... I would like to see him

pursue a relationship with a girl who...

who definitely, uh, you know,

has the Lord first in her life.

But I don't know.

She makes him question his faith in God.

She really does.

Garrison needed to learn what it was like

to have a really crooked girlfriend...

so that he can appreciate me,

and then be sad now that I'm gone.

I guess the main thing for me was

when people in the church were kind of...

- especially people I respected were like,

"Well"... - Mm-hmm.

They believe that men are born to be leaders

and women are born to be submissive.

And, like, we're still both getting

to our own spots in that.

- I'm not exactly the most submissive person.

- Yeah.

Like, at first, when she brought it up,

people were saying things.

Not people, but, like... Well, these,

like, people that we look up to.

I was kind of, "Why do they have to stick their

nose in everyone's business, blah, blah."

I was just kind of, like,

upset about it that...

I guess I realized, you know, I'd rather

listen to them 'cause...

they're wiser than we are, obviously.

And I also didn't want it over our heads, like...

If we were gonna keep going out...

and I'd know these people we respect

weren't in agreement with it, then...

I don't know, I'd just have that

over my head, like, the whole time.

Garrison, uh...

He told me to break up with Robin.

So I thought about it.

But I can't do that to Robin.

He's so sensitive.

And... dumb.

They're all dumb.

I don't know.

I think Garrison and I are just really,

really, really good friends.

Everyone always teases, like,

"Oh, you're gonna marry Garrison," but...

I don't know if I could put up with that.

Oh, my Beastie Boys.

Oh, look at this!

A text message from Robin.

What are the odds?

The boys are back to back. I don't know.

It's the haircut.

It wouldn't be that bad.

Like, her whole plan is that, like...

if we're, like, 30, and we haven't, like, met

someone, we're just gonna marry each other.

So... I don't know.

We'll see what happens.

- Gentle Barn?

- Yeah. I do community service.

Wait. What?

Ellen DeGeneres was there,

and I wanted to say hi.

Wait. What's a Gentle Barn?

There's a lot of animals, you see,

that were treated just the way I treat you.

And traumatized... into submission.

- "Ha, ha"...

- Can I check my Facebook?

- No.

- Kristen keeps commenting...

No! No, then definitely no.

How did you do that?

- I'm good a drawing L's.

- "Skye Likes Dandelions."

- You don't have b*obs.

- She's wearing a T-shirt.

Right. I don't see the problem.

You look like a boy...

with pretty eyes.

I'll fix it.

Give him... Give him a thing

so my b*obs aren't lopsided.

Should I draw them normal or hilarious?

Oh, my gosh. Don't

give me Kim Possible b*obs.

- Oh, no.

- # Doo-doot-doo-doot # #

Oh! Stop!

Oh, my gosh, Garrison.

- Hey, when do you have to move?

- I don't know. Pappa's not even preparing.

He doesn't...

He's-He's just... Like, he's just too old.

He doesn't know what's going on.

Like, we haven't started packing. Nothing.

Watch. We're gonna get

a knock on the door...

and they're gonna, like,

repossess all my great posters.

What about the place in, uh, the...

Agua Dulce, where your cousin lives?

I can't move there. My cousin lives there.

Well, build her, like, an igloo.

Yeah, we have...

We don't even have money for ice.

Okay, out of mud.

It's, like, an adobe thing.

We can't afford to make it rain

every day, Garrison.

Okay, okay.

Just... There's a shed.

- Garrison, you're so insensitive.

- No, I'm just...

You don't know what it's like to lose your

house, Garrison, and have nowhere to go.

Like, you don't know what

it's like to, like...

have a papa that's too old to, like,

get off his feet again, you know?

Yeah.

You don't know what that's like.

You don't know how scary that is.

It's so stupid. It doesn't even matter.

It's just a stupid house.

Well, I really wanted...

I think we both really wanted to...

build a half-pipe in it and stuff.

And, like, have, like, punk shows here.

And, like, make it, like,

the coolest place ever.

But... Yeah. That's what

we wanted to do, anyway.

- I guess time slips.

- Yeah.

That's cool. 'Cause this

place is still here.

I can still go to it

whenever I feel like it.

I remember all the times

when we almost fell off this roof.

I remember all the times we did.

We did fall off the roof.

Those were good times.

Yep.

I think Garrison will be with me forever.

I mean, he's like a fungus.

He's like rust, you know?

Like the rust on this building.

You never get rid of it.

- Thank you.

- He's gonna infect my life...

- with happiness...

- Oh, good.

And joy.

- But deep inside, I'll be dying.

- We're all dying.

That's the morbid part about this.

- Is that we're all dying happily.

- Slowly.

Greatly.

- Can we die greatly?

- Yeah, I'm down.

I don't know.

We've been packing up, but slowly...

and I don't know why we've been

packing so slowly, considering...

we only have two weeks to get out,

and we have no place to go.

But I'm not packing my room, because

they're gonna have to drag me out of here.

I don't even remember

the last time I changed my sheets...

and I don't care either.

I don't know.

I guess it's hard because

they keep telling us, "Get out here"...

and then it's like...

Then we get extended

again and again and again.

And everyone's stressed out,

and no one knows when.

Now we know when, and we don't

even know if that's gonna be the when.

I've fought so hard...

through all of it.

Through everything.

I... was so hopeful.

I... was so happy.

I had so much faith...

that everything was gonna be okay.

And I waited so long

to have my dad back, and...

I wanted so bad just to...

I don't know.

I just...

I... I didn't expect this, I guess.

And I'm not the only one.

But...

I guess I just feel pretty... alone.

That's all.

- What do you want?

- Hi.

- Do I look cute?

- No.

You look adorable.

Nothing has changed.

I can see through those eyes.

See? She still loves me.

- You're making me feel sad.

- Why?

Because you're all

Negative Nelly these days.

Mmm. My name is not Nelly.

Negative...

Hey, Garrison, I'm sorry things aren't

as easy as you'd like them to be for me.

- I'm... It's not that.

- These are just difficult days, I mean.

And it's not like... It's...

Never mind.

Never mind.

Just don't find the bad side

of everything instead.

You used to always say the good stuff.

I know, I used to do a lot of things.

But now, whenever there's a good

or a bad thing to choose from...

you choose the bad thing... to say.

It seems that way.

You don't know how hard I'm trying.

I know.

You can't want to marry me. You have...

- So that's your only option.

- Okay. Okay.

Well, I mean, either way

it's gonna be my only option.

- Yeah.

- I'm never gonna want to marry you.

So it's... You know, so it's a backup plan.

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