Suck It Up Page #4

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Hey.

Mmm.

No, that's all right.

It's okay.

Wait-- wait.

What--

faye,

you all right?

Yeah...

- Are you okay?

-Yeah, um...

Uh-huh.

You know, we don't

have to do this.

Sh...

She-- stood still...

And he--

he spun around...

He took a spill and--

--she--

fell down.

She stood--

still,

and he spun around--

she took a spill...

And he fell down.

Sh--

they stayed apart,

they wouldn't dare

admit they were

the perfect pair.

Hey?

Did you wanna come back to bed?

You know

the raven twist rhymes?

Mm-hmm.

My mom used to read them

to me when I had bad dreams.

You share so easily.

Nothing embarrassing

about comfort.

Did you know

Ronnie's brother died?

Garrett, yeah.

Yeah, I met him a few times.

He was my boyfriend.

Ex-boyfriend.

He broke up with me a year ago.

When he found out he was sick?

When he found out he was dying.

Their mom...

Died of cancer

when they were little and...

Garrett...

Remembered watching it

destroy their dad.

So...

He didn't want me to see it.

His dying.

Or at least that's what

he told me.

Like I couldn't

handle it or something.

Could you?

I went on my first date

in a year on April fool's day.

This guy from

my psychology class.

Billy. Billy dejario.

Yeah, he told me my hair

was like sunshine, so...

I got a Margarita with him.

It was going well.

You know? It was going

surprisingly well.

And at a certain point he...

Got up, I think,

to get a second round

or something, and...

I...

Noticed that I'd missed

a call from Garrett.

F***!

F***!

A year of nothing...

No contact. Crickets.

And then...

I'm on my first f***ing date

and now you call?

What? To--

like...

Summon me? What for? What?

So you can...

It's, uh...

Say goodbye?

"I'm sorry"?

No.

I already said goodbye, and...

Your apology is nothing.

Now you know how it feels.

The silence.

And I never called him back.

He died three days later.

Talk about "the silence,"

you know?

And I guess that's something

that I have to live with.

And...

You know,

the lesson is like, always

tell your loved ones you

love them when you

have the chance.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

But...

I gotta say...

I'm living with it, and...

It makes me really happy

to know that one

of the last things he did

was call me

and I didn't answer.

Faye!

Got any snacks?

--Mmm...

Faye, are you home?

You giving me

the silent treatment

because I shirked

your fun schedule?

Ah!

Hi, guys.

Hey, what did Dina bring us?

We're so hungry.

Eggplant parmesan.

Ugh!

Where have you been?

Oh, I ran into these guys.

Yeah, we, uh, bought a 24-pack,

finished it in 48 minutes.

F***ing destroyed!

Yeah, and then I invited people

for the Canada day party.

--People?

All the people

in all the land.

Yo, why isn't it working?

Batman.

Hey, do you want some lemonade?

Shamus made it.

It's really fresh.

Yeah, sure.

Mmm.

What?

Does anything

taste a little bit...

Odd about that lemonade?

Maybe, like...

Something special.

What is it?

Ronnie, what is in this?

Weed?

- Mdma.

Ronnie, I have my Skype

interview in half an hour.

- Oh, sh*t!

Why would you do that?

Well, uh, I didn't know that

your Skype interview was today.

Well, when in doubt,

don't f***ing drug me!

Faye!

Faye, maybe we could help.

Hi, faye.

I'm Sarah Martin.

I'm Dean of edge cliff academy.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, Dean Martin.

Is that-- is that

what you go by? Dean Martin?

Faye?

Excuse me? Faye?

Uh... okay...

We're just gonna...

Um, tell them

it was bad service.

We can't jut tell them

it was bad service.

Th-th-they're not idiots.

It's-it's-it's gonna be fine.

No! It's not gonna be fine.

Do you really think that?

Or do you just

always play dumb?

Because not all

of us are content

living at home

and mowing lawns.

Some of us are going places.

And I'm going places.

I need to go places.

I-- I needed that job, Ronnie.

Phew!

F***!

Absolutely.

Okay.

I completely understand.

Thank you.

Thank you. Yeah.

Great. Have a--

what'd they say?

If I go to Vancouver,

they might give me

another chance, but...

No promises.

That's great.

That's really great.

I'm gonna take

the first bus back.

Bus doesn't run on weekends.

So Monday then.

Faye?

Don't eat

the party snacks.

I'm not.

Damn it!

Is that Dale?

Why is Dale here?

I don't know.

I didn't invite him.

Who just shows up uninvited?

Yo, red. You got a hose?

What is the raft for?

There you go.

Grab her hair for leverage.

Grab her hair for leverage.

There you go!

That's what Dale taught you.

Gotta roll her over.

Get her in the deep end.

Get her down in

the ground down there.

Bring 'em out.

Okay. It's food.

It's made out of eggs.

Scrambled eggs.

No...

It's like, uh,

you bake it in the oven.

Uh... it's like a frittata

but with crust.

Uh, there's

a little bit of ham,

some spinach, and nice feta.

Come on.

- Time's up.

I must pee.

It was quiche. Quiche!

Quiche? What's quiche?

Is that like a breakfast pie?

-Oh, hey.

-Hi.

You wanna flip that one?

There's another

57 seconds left.

- Oh, timer, okay.

I think it's burnt.

Oh...

Damn it!

How'd you know that?

Because I'm a man.

Sometimes I feel like I need

to remind people of that.

My lady.

Lookin' pretty good

in that hat. It's hot.

This hat.

Any hat.

I nailed it!

Hey.

Sorry, I came in

to use the bathroom.

It's right there.

I know.

How did you

meet Garrett... again?

He was a candy monster.

Just like you.

I know.

We had a thing.

A thing?

Nothing serious.

You're crying.

Do you know who I was to him?

I don't think I do.

I can't...

I can't imagine

how you're feeling right now.

Kind of looks like you can.

No...

That's all yours.

Hola, senorita.

I'm making you margs...

Whoa, you're fast.

Okay, it's kind of gross,

but I like where you're going.

Hey, hey, what's the matter?

What's the matter?

F*** off!

F*** you!

One of Garrett's

random friends?

Random friend.

Alex is not random, Ronnie.

She's f***ing grieving.

-I know. I know.

-Yeah.

I know you know.

That's why you were

being so weird.

Well, faye, he asked me

not to tell you.

So, what was I supposed to do?

Just throw him under the bus?

Didn't you think that

that might help me?

That it might help me

to know that.

No, no, of course

you didn't because...

You don't think

about other people.

We all bend over

backwards to help you,

but it would never cross

your mind to help any of us.

Oh... oh! I don't ask anybody

to help me, okay?

I don't need your help.

Yeah, well, that's great

because

you'd be on top.

Oh! Okay.

Whoa, whoa... you okay?

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa...

Don't touch me!

- Hey!

-Like old times.

Uh... what's different

from an hour ago?

I don't want to,

and you don't even know

what you're doing, okay?

Oh, i-- I know what I'm doing.

You don't, okay?

Screw you, shamu!

- Ow!

- -Oh, sh*t!

- Are you okay?

- -F***!

Whoa! Occupied.

- You okay?

- -Don't.

Pardon?

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