The Black Waters of Echo's Pond Page #3

He was your best friend

and you let him drive

with 1.8% alcohol in his system.

Okay?

That's twice the legal limit.

I don't want to play this game

anymore.

You know what?

I'll never forgive you, Rick, okay?

I only tolerate you because you

were so close with Danny.

And why he chose to have you

as a best friend

I will never f***ing know.

Kathy, come on.

You gotta forgive me.

- No.

- Look, that's enough of this,

all right? Rick, look,

this sh*t has gone too far.

- Come on, Kathy.

- He shouldn't have come here.

Remember me, you and Danny

jumping off the cliffs,

swimming around the rocks

in the cove?

Remember when we used to joyride

in your dad's car,

and when we brought it back,

we had to shut the light off

and put it in neutral

and wheel it in the driveway?

- So Dad wouldn't hear it.

- Yeah.

I will never forgive you,

because you had the opportunity

to stop him,

and you didn't.

And as cruel as it may sound,

I want you to live with that pain

for the rest

of your f***ing life,

just like I have to live

with the pain of loss.

Danny was wild.

That's what we all loved

about him.

Look, man, I'm sorry, Rick,

but nowhere in the rules does it say

that anyone

has to forgive you.

Let's just get back to trying

to play this game, man.

Since we're not going

in order,

I'll go.

I'll bring back the fun.

Bring it back.

Doubles.

It's my lucky day.

I know I put another trap

out here...

somewhere.

If I have known

they were coming today,

I could have got up

this morning

and done it

when the sun was still up

instead of wandering around here

in the dark like a jackass.

I don't want some city slicker

getting caught in a trap

and having his leg chewed off...

and suing my ass.

"Thou may not have given

much thought of it,

yet whom in this room

doth thou secretly covet?"

I don't get it.

It means, who would you

like to get with?

Come on, babe,

you know it's me.

This is embarrassing. Um...

Come on, girl, just spit it out.

Fine, so I'm just gonna

come out and say it.

Josh and Anton.

Oh, Jesus.

Together?

Wait, let me explain.

Anton, because he's the sensitive,

romantic type.

And Josh, because he's

the big and strong,

take-charge kind of guy.

And I always thought

if I could have a combination

of the two,

that I would have

the perfect man.

Too bad, girl,

'cause they're both taken.

And don't you forget it.

Don't look so defeated.

It's just a game, right?

Okay, my turn.

Whoo!

Here.

"Apology is an open door,

forgiveness is a closed gate,

bolted and locked.

When unresolved,

issues still await."

Okay, Rick,

actually,

there's been something

that's been bugging me

for kind of a long time,

something that happened between

you and I that I'd like to talk about.

The morning after the new pledges

at Phi Kappa Delta

where we crashed out

and spent the night

because we were all partying

really hard,

well, I woke up on the couch

half-naked

and you were lying next to me

with your shirt off.

- Wait, wait, what the f***?

- Hey, you know,

hold on one second, okay? You don't

need to get all f***ing riled up

because you and I weren't

even together at the time.

No, actually, we were together.

Look, you got your dates all f***ed up.

Orientation didn't begin

at the beginning of the school year.

- It began in the summer.

- Let's just give Rick a chance

to explain himself before we jump

to any conclusions, all right?

- So, Rick...

- Yeah, all right.

Explain.

Explain to me.

No, explain to me

what happened that night.

I gotta admit, I was

just as confused as you were

- when we woke up next to each other.

- Bullshit.

I can't even believe that you never even

told me that this sh*t happened.

What am I gonna tell you about this for?

You're friends with the a**hole.

You know, Rick,

is there anybody in this room that has

something nice to say about you?

- Erica, please.

- Shut up, Anton.

You know, when your father died,

I thought you might actually change,

maybe get your life together,

become more mature.

But instead, you quit school

and right away start throwing

your father's money around.

And how do you show it off

to my husband?

By renting out a penthouse

full of strippers and hookers.

Erica, you've had it in for me

before we even met, okay?

But does anybody here talk about

the good things I've done, huh?

Anton ever tell you

who loaned him that cash

for that little

honeymoon of yours?

You're looking at him,

right here.

Oh, yeah?

With your father's money.

Yeah, well, my father's money

paid for that f***ing rock

on your sister's finger.

- Rick, what the f***?

- Rick.

You gotta walk away right now.

It's getting out of hand.

Okay, fine.

I'll be out of here

first thing in the morning.

Enjoy your game.

Don't let the door kick you in the ass

on the way out.

- I wouldn't worry about that one, hon.

- F***ing prick.

Well, that was fun.

Yay. I'm going to roll now.

Okay.

"Bestow a sweet peck

of innocent bliss to the person

seated beside thee,

a harmless kiss."

What is this, "Spin the Bottle"?

What's everybody

looking at me for?

Kiss him. What the hell do I care?

It's no big deal.

Hey, do it. Do it.

- Kiss him. Kiss him.

- Do it.

Kiss him,

kiss him, kiss him.

All right, I'll kiss him.

- Who wants margaritas?

- I do.

- I'll go. I'll go.

- I do.

Let's go.

Hey, guys, what was up with that

back there?

Does, like, everyone think

I'm a prude or something?

Well, you wear a T-shirt

over your bathing suit.

- You don't drink. You don't smoke.

- I have asthma.

Erica, I got you a vibrator

for your bachelorette party

and you thought

it was a back massager.

That's so sad. Aww.

Well, at least I don't crawl into bed

with perfect strangers

and pretend it's acting just because

there's a camera in the room.

First of all, B-movie is Shakespeare

compared to porno.

No, sweetie.

Shakespeare is Shakespeare.

A B-movie is porno.

Excuse me.

Well, maybe to a prude

like you.

Sh*t. This is never

gonna come out.

- Here, put this on. Give me that.

- Okay.

I'll wash it out

before it stains.

Don't let her get to you, okay?

I admire

how outgoing you are.

So what's the matter

with you and Trent?

You guys make

such a good couple.

He's been so distant lately

ever since they promoted

Robert over him.

He won't even talk about it.

Yeah, I heard him

kind of dodge that earlier.

Yeah. We've been together

for five years.

If he can't talk about his feelings

and his problems, then it's useless.

I think what you need

is a good one-night stand.

Great sex cures all.

I could never cheat on Trent

with another guy.

What about with a woman?

I don't go that way.

You should try it.

I have. It's liberating.

You keep looking.

Do you like 'em?

I was noticing

what a great job they did.

They look fabulous.

- Feel 'em.

- What?

Come on, don't be embarrassed.

They feel natural.

Come on.

What's wrong?

Rick? Oh, you pis-

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