Paper Man Page #6

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- What?

[pulsing hip-hop music]

Where's the cups?

Nice.

- [laughs]

- Hey, welcome to party central.

Come on in.

That's it

Hey, what's

hey.

What grade are you guys in?

Wow

oop, l'm sorry.

Somebody wants to party.

[laughs]

What's up?

Hey, come on in.

[whooping]

Let me see some lD.

l'm kidding.

[jumping hip-hop music]

Hey!

Hey, hey.

Having fun, huh?

What's happening?

[keg squeaking]

All right, line up.

Get 'em up here.

[laughing]

- Stop dicking around.

- Watch this.

[all cheering]

Drink, drink, drink!

[laughter]

Whoo, whoo, ooo, ooo!

High school for me was a time

of self-discovery.

[laughing]

There you go.

When l look back on it

though, got to say,

wouldn't want to be 17 again.

[all shouting]

- We're 15.

- Ah.

[laughter]

[cheering]

Okay.

[pulsing dance music]

- Oh, what?

[laughter]

- Come on.

[people chatting]

[dance music continues]

- l'll take you to a place

that you've never been before

Come on,

don't stop

[heavy rock music]

- Oh, sorry.

- Dude, do you mind?

- What are you doing?

- What?

- What the f*** are you doing?

What about Abby?

- What about Abby?

- You don't do this to her.

You don't do this

to that IittIe girI.

- Mind your own business,

you f***ing pervert.

- Chickenshit

- What did you call me?

- Chickenshit bastard.

- You don't talk to me

like that

Who the hell are you?

Who the f***

do you think you are?

You don't talk to me like that,

you f***ing freak.

- You think you can threaten me?

You're a chiId.

[all gasp]

- l'm a child, huh?

ls that what l am?

- Bryce, get the f***

off of him.

What are you doing?

Stop it

Are you okay?

- What's the deaI?

What's the deal here?

You f***ing him?

- Stop it, Bryce.

- SeriousIy,

are you f***ing her?

- No.

- l don't give a sh*t

He can have her.

She's f***ing crazy anyway.

Why don't you go back

to the Iooney bin

where you belong?

And take him with you.

- Get the f*** out

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Get the f*** out now!

Go!

What the f*** are you

looking at?

Get out of here.

Party's over.

- Chickenshit is an a**hole.

- Yeah.

- Great party.

- Yeah.

- l love you.

- What?

- Not in any inappropriate way,

nothing that's not,

you know, decent or

l just find when l examine

my heart

l find...

l think that there's love

there...

For you.

Yeah.

l love you.

- lt was...

lt wasn't really a looney bin.

lt was...

l mean, l was only there

for a coupIe months,

you know, just untiI I...

My parents thought..

l don't know.

l never told them.

l never told anyone.

lt was a pact

Me and Amy

were both supposed to go

into the water,

and she did it

And l swam back.

l swam back.

l couldn't

[sighs]

l don't know what we were

so unhappy about

l mean...

what could we have been

so unhappy about?

Eight

l guess you're too young to know

that you can get over anything.

- He's always made

poor decisions.

- Same with her.

- You feel helpless.

How long you been with her?

- Since she was eight

You?

- Oh, Christ

That's got to be over 40 years.

[inhales deeply]

Second grade.

- lsn't he a little old for you?

- l keep telling him that

He never listens.

- They never do.

- No.

- What's your gig?

- l've pretty much done it all.

Battled monsters under the bed,

been a cheerIeader,

confidant

These days, it's a bit of a

mystery, to tell you the truth.

You?

- l'm crazy in love with her.

- [groans]

Tough one.

- Yeah.

lt's been all right

l think she's almost done

with me.

- Good.

Great

Get out while you can.

l tell you, they open the door,

you run.

You don't want to end up

Iike me.

- Guess not

- Captain Excellent

- Christopher.

Nice to meet you.

- See you around.

[bird cawing]

- Oh.

- What? What?

What? What?

- You son of a b*tch!

You son of a b*tch!

- Don't overreact here.

- Shut up.

Don't tell me how to react

- lt's not like that

- Shut up!

What is this, Richard?

What

who is that?

Who the f*** is that?

- She's the babysitter.

- Get out

Get out

Get out!

- Hi, Lucy.

Hi, Peter.

- Hi.

Claire, we'll just be

- l didn't sleep

with the babysitter,

if that's what you're thinking.

- Oh, that's so comforting.

Why do we even have

a babysitter?

- lt's just a kegger, Claire.

That's all.

- Just a kegger?

And with whom exactIy

did you have a kegger?

- Just some kids

from the high school.

- Richard, just stop.

None of this is okay.

- Okay.

- You knew we were

coming this weekend.

Why are you doing this?

- l've been at a bit of a loss.

- That's a bullshit answer.

- l've been floundering,

and Abby has been

- What?

Abby's been what?

- A friend.

- For God's sake.

That's not a friend;

that's a child.

You have friends.

- No, l don't

- Do think that was a chipmunk

that we hit?

- l think they hibernate.

- Yeah.

- 'Cause you don't know how

to relate to other human beings.

Yeah, you isolate yourself.

- Oh, you could talk.

- What the hell is that supposed

to mean?

- You can be cold, Claire.

- Let's just maybe

get out of here.

Can we just get out of here?

Can we Ieave this area?

- What do you mean by that?

- l don't know

if it's your profession or what

[both muttering]

But it's made you hard.

- l can't

l don't accept that

- l wanted to have a baby.

- Is that what

this is all about?

- We could have had a baby,

CIaire.

Why didn't we have a baby?

- Why?

Because you are a baby!

You're an infant

You still have

an imaginary friend.

- l just wanted

a little warm thing,

something simple

I couId start with,

a single relationship with

a person that was new and pure,

where I couId be me

and they could be them,

and that was aII

that was expected.

And we could build this world

where there was someone else

other than me

to think about and be about,

the relief of being able to give

the worId to someone eIse

and just let it be theirs,

let them have their turn,

so it doesn't end with me.

- Well, that's all you.

Where do l come in?

- What do you mean?

God, you're the mother.

- Uh, l'm so sorry, you guys.

But we're gonna go.

We're just gonna go.

- B&B just anywhere?

Anywhere.

- l'm sorry.

- No, it's fine.

- No, no, no, no, no.

- We're just gonna

- Okay, l'll walk you out

- We should all go on a cruise

or something.

- Okay.

- Take care.

- All right, if we're gonna do

this, let's

all right, by the way,

what is she, like, 13, 14?

Let's at Ieast get

our facts straight, though.

Okay, it was you, Richard.

You didn't want to have a baby.

You weren't ready.

So that little fuzzy

f***ing speech

my friends had to hear

was bullshit

And now l'm

l can't

So l guess l'm the bad guy.

- No, not the novel.

Look, l'd rather you didn't

- What is this?

What is this?

- That's it

- After all this time out here,

this is it?

This?

Maybe if you'd spent

more time working

instead of f***ing

the babysitter

- No.

- You're useless.

- Yes.

- You're totally useless.

- Yes, l am.

- What is wrong with you?

- l don't know what to do

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