Paranoid Park
Oh hey, Uncle Tommy.
Hey.
During the last week of summer,
we were downtown... one fine day.
One day, I was with Jared,
Paranoid Park.
I had heard of it, of course...
But I'd never thought of going there.
I assumed it was out of my league.
But when I said,
"I don't think I'm ready... "
Jared laughed
and said something like,
"Nobody's ever ready
for Paranoid Park."
We went to the park together
the next day.
Dude, this place is tight.
We should hit it up on Saturday.
About a month later,
halfway through math class,
there was an announcement. My name.
My name, and no others.
OK, so today I really really want to
teach you guys about buoyant force,
and... buoyant force is the force
that's exerted upon an object...
um, but... The funny thing is objects
tend to uh... differ... in shape...
Will Alex Tremain report
to the front office.
Alex Tremain to the front office.
We have objects like this,
like you see,
divided in the middle...
But an object can also... Oh.
Hey there, Alex. Come have a seat.
Hey.
Sorry I pulled you out of class.
Uh, that's all right.
So... Anyway,
I talked to your friend Jared.
He says you almost went
by the Eastside Skateboard Park
on the night of the seventeenth.
Is that right?
Yeah.
that night or...?
Did I what?
Did you drive around that night?
Um... yeah...
OK.
Did you drive... by there that night?
The park itself.
No.
Where did you go?
That night, I drove around downtown,
and got something to eat,
parked down near the waterfront
and then walked around.
OK. Were you skateboarding?
Yeah. Well, no.
I had my skateboard but...
I'm not that good
so I try to practice by myself.
OK. And... so you can give me times
for these things,
right, I mean approximately?
Yeah. Um, I went to Jared's around
seven or eight...
and then I dropped him off
at the bus station shortly after that.
And then drove around...
Oh yeah, that's something I got confused
about before 'cause...
I didn't go back to my house,
I went back to Jared's 'cause...
Jared and I planned to stay at his house
that night... originally.
OK, that's fine.
So, where was his parents?
His mom was... in Las Vegas and...
his dad doesn't live with them.
OK, so no brothers or sisters,
so the house was totally empty then,
right?
Yeah.
Did your parents know this?
I mean that...
nobody was home at Jared's?
Uh, it's not like
they cared or anything.
OK... Uh well no, that's... that's fine,
I mean... it's probably
that old trick where...
you tell your parents you're gonna
spend the night at Jared's house and...
your parents don't realize
that his parents aren't home and...
basically you get to do
whatever you want.
Pretty much, I m...
it's not like my mom cares.
No, that's fine, I used to do that.
I mean that's an old one. No big deal.
Yeah.
What is your parental situation?
What do you mean?
Well, your parents.
Are they... still together?
They've been separated
for a while and they're...
gonna get a divorce soon.
Yeah, all right.
Yeah, my parents got a divorce.
I mean... in fact I think
I was about your age.
I know it's kind of a tough thing to...
go through...
Yeah...
Uh... do you have any...
brothers or sisters?
Yeah. I have a little brother,
and he's thirteen.
OK, how 'bout a sister?
No.
Uh... how 'bout a girlfriend?
Yeah... Jennifer.
Jennifer? And where was she that night?
- My girlfriend?
- Uh huh.
She was with... just some other friends.
OK. Did you happen to call her
that night at any point?
I mean, do you have a cell phone?
No, I didn't call her and,
I don't have a cell phone.
OK. Uh... well...
Just goin' through my notes,
I'll tell you what... uh...
Let me tell you what my situation is...
I have this security guard...
and we find him deceased
on the railroad tracks.
And so we're thinking maybe he tripped,
or he fell.
But, the autopsy says he was struck
by an object.
And... we also have a witness
that says...
he saw somebody throw something over
the bridge into the river.
We happen to have that object
and it's a skateboard.
Now the funny thing is there's
some DNA evidence on the skateboard,
that puts it at the scene of the crime.
Where did you go?
I... drove around, downtown a little
to Subway and got something to eat.
OK, there's about a thousand
and two Subways.
- Which one did you go to?
- By the waterfront.
OK, and the one... over in the,
World Trade Center? That one?
Yes.
OK. What'd you get?
Turkey and ham on... Italian herb
and cheese bread, toasted...
tomato lettuce pickle olive mustard oil
and vinegar...
Did you get mayo?
No.
Gotta have mayo with that.
Mayo's sick.
Mayo's sick. What kind of bread was it?
Italian herb and cheese.
OK, you have a receipt
in your pocket for that?
No, I don't keep... Subway receipts.
OK, how much did it cost then?
Like... six something,
Subway's expensive.
Six-inch twelve-inch?
Six.
Six-inch, for six bucks,
so you must have got the meal,
then, right?
No, I just got a drink.
OK, all right...
Large, Dr. Pepper.
Who'd you eat with?
Myself. I drove by myself, so...
OK... You know I gotta cut
this short... um...
Let me give you my business card.
If you have anything to add...
I want you to give me a call all right?
- OK.
- You do that?
So, can I go back to class?
Yeah, you can. Thanks. Appreciate it.
I'm writing this a little out of order.
Sorry, I didn't do so well
in Creative Writing.
But... I'll get it all on paper,
eventually.
What are you writing?
Oh nothin', just homework.
Good day for it.
Anyway, after Jared had mentioned
Paranoid Park,
that first time,
we ended up going the next day.
It wasn't the night the police detective
was talking about, though.
But it was my first time there,
One appeal of a place like Paranoid
was the kids that skated there.
They had built the park illegally all
by themselves.
Trainhoppers... guitar punks...
skate... drunks...
throwaway kids...
No matter how bad your family life was,
these guys had it much worse.
Dude this place is tight.
We should hit it up on Saturday.
That sounds like fun.
The first problem with Jared's
plan was Jennifer. My girlfriend.
Yeah but like, you, I don't know,
you like hanging out with him better
than me it seems sometimes
and it's kind of annoying.
She wanted me to hang out
with her that night.
Don't... no. No, you cannot... no.
You can't do that.
You can't call my friends,
like... it's... no.
Jennifer was nice and everything...
but... she was a virgin.
Which meant she'd want to do it...
... at some point.
And then I knew things
would get all serious.
I told my mom I was spending
Saturday night at Jared's
so we could go to the winter sports
expo earlier on Sunday.
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