She's Too Young Page #4

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I don't know.

I'm sorry.

Is there anything else

that we should know about?

I don't think so. I don't know.

You guys seem to know more than I do.

Were you gonna tell us

that Dawn has syphilis?

She told me that in confidence.

I can't broadcast stuff like that.

Okay.

How about that the school

is asking kids to get tested?

Well, they didn't ask me.

Did anything happen

between you and Nick?

No. God.

All right.

You know, pretending something didn't

happen is not gonna make it go away.

- Nothing happened.

- Sweetheart, if something's going on...

...don't shut us out.

We wanna help you, not judge you.

There's nothing, okay?

Get in line, slut.

Hey, man, syphilis.

- Name, please.

- Rebecca White.

Okay, Rebecca.

You can go with Nurse Johnson. Next.

- Hey, Becca. The "Big S," baby.

- You're gross.

It's not what you said the other night.

- That it?

- Yeah, except for a couple of no-shows.

The kids whose parents

wanted to do this privately.

- Let's see how many.

- Am I too late?

- What's your name?

- Hannah Vogul.

Did you get a note?

Trust me, I belong on the list.

Okay. Why don't you go with

Nurse Johnson. She'll take care of you.

Okay.

So, Beatrice, we received the results of last

week's blood test, and you have syphilis.

I'm just gonna roll up your sleeve, hon.

Now, this shot will stop the virus

in 10 to 14 days.

Now, Heather, if there's anyone else

that needs to be tested...

...you have to give their names.

You'll be completely anonymous, Steven.

Susan, this vaccination will stop the

virus for now, but unless you're careful...

...you can still contract

the disease again, okay?

It's just sex. I mean, it's just something

we do with boys, like dancing.

Do you have any feeling for those boys

you dance with?

Sure. I mean, sometimes I have

a lot of feelings, but they don't last.

And do those boys have

any feeling for you?

For about a minute.

- But you keep doing it anyway?

- Yeah.

And I'm the most popular girl

in ninth grade.

Okay, let me ask you this:

Say you had a little sister...

...and she asked you whether

she should start having sex.

What would you tell her?

I'd tell her to wait.

So do you enjoy it?

Sometimes. Like, with oral,

it makes me feel wanted.

- Okay.

- And if the guy's nice...

...I might let him do other stuff.

Yeah?

Only if he's really nice.

I don't know.

I thought Nick was really nice.

This is really stupid.

But I don't know.

Then it was just like, it's good...

...because it was a thing

I had to get past.

Why do people think it's a big deal?

It's just oral. So you do it,

or they'll find some other girl who will.

Yeah, but then they're just like...

They dump you anyway, you know?

What's the point?

- It's totally pointless.

- Really.

Okay.

Okay, you can do it like this.

- Or...

- Yeah.

...like this.

- Okay.

This is Nick's favorite.

- I can't believe you know all this stuff.

- I'm a 14-year-old sexpert.

- Cheers. Put it on your college application.

- I will. I will.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Gensler.

Oh, my God.

I can't. I can't tell them

because they're gonna hate me.

She freaks if I get a B on a test.

Yeah, I know.

But you're gonna have to tell them.

Just tell my dad for me,

and then he'll just tell her, please?

This is gonna have to come from you.

I don't know what's worse.

That I screwed up, or that they think

I'm too perfect to screw up.

Hey. Get back to your room, Dawn.

I'll deal with you later.

- Oh, my God.

- I am so sorry, you guys.

They got into the liquor cabinet.

I'm so sorry.

She's thrown up

a couple of times already.

- Ginnie, I'm sorry you had to deal with this.

- No, I'm sorry.

Here.

- I'm so disappointed in you, Hannah.

- Not now, okay.

I was in high school once,

but I didn't get drunk.

Ground me, cancel my allowance.

Just please stop talking.

I trusted you.

Who defends you all the time?

You go out and do this to me?

What are you thinking?

God, I hate it when you do that.

Here. Take this.

She's going to school tomorrow.

I don't care how bad she feels.

Let her sit in class with a headache.

She'll think twice before doing it again.

- Bill.

- And don't "Bill" me.

You all right?

It hurts. Even my hair hurts.

So, what was this, Hannah?

Was this just a big, dumb experiment?

"Let's see what it feels like

to really get drunk. "

Mom, don't worry about it.

That was my last drink until I'm 30.

What is going on with you, Hannah?

I don't even know who you are anymore.

Mom, I don't really wanna do this

right now, okay?

Can we talk in the morning?

Okay.

Mom, I have syphilis.

- What?

- I said, I have syphilis!

Oh, my God, Hannah.

Yeah, I bet you never dreamed

I'd screw up like this, right?

- You sound proud of it.

- Well, I feel like a complete idiot...

...but it's not like I went looking for it.

- You had sex with Nick?

No, I didn't have sex with Nick Hartman.

It was just oral, and it was just one time.

- Oral sex is sex, young lady.

- Fine. So I made a mistake.

- You certainly did.

- So, what are you gonna do?

You are coming home right after school...

...and you will spend your weekends

with your parents.

What happened to letting me

make my own mistakes?

You can make little mistakes.

I'd like to try to keep you

from making the big ones.

No.

I'm sorry.

This is breaking my heart.

Yeah, well, it's breaking mine too.

You know, it used to be when a girl

refused sex, she had society on her side.

Now culture's screaming, "Just do it. "

They say yes to be part of the crowd.

- And the lying? Is that part of it too?

- That has nothing to do with sex.

That's about independence.

Now she's learning to

make decisions for herself...

...so she feels the need

to keep things from you.

What are we supposed to do?

Well, you give her boundaries.

I already give her boundaries.

She's not gonna like it,

but you make them tighter.

You can pretty much count on that.

Good. It will help.

But don't be afraid if things

get worse before they get better.

Now, I am organizing

an informational meeting...

...for the parents about all of this.

- I'd like to help.

- Okay.

But unfortunately, in my experience,

very few parents will show up.

- I can talk to some people.

- I should warn you:

Talking about teen sex is a great way

to turn your friends into enemies.

I'm so concerned

about our girls, Kathleen.

In my home, sex is still a private matter.

I'm not prying, Kathleen.

I could never make a spectacle

of my daughter's mistakes...

...by discussing them in public.

But this meeting is important.

If all these kids in school from all

these different families are in trouble...

...then it is a community issue,

a community problem.

- I'm fighting this in my own family.

- How?

Well, teaching abstinence, censoring

their movies and music, for one thing.

Don't you think it's a little late?

This is a toxic culture,

and it's poisoning our kids.

Have you ever listened to those rap lyrics?

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