The D Train Page #9

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I needed to apologize.

- I said some things...

-Yeah, we heard them.

Look, Stace, you gotta know,

I did this. Not Dan.

It was all me.

Is that supposed

to make me feel better?

Well, can I at least come in?

I'll come out.

It's okay.

Dude, listen to me.

Last night,

rippin' you to shreds like that, it was...

It musfve been embarrassing for ya.

I'm sorry.

Well, thanks for saying that.

In LA,

I treated you like a piece of meat, man.

-It wasn't right.

-Yeah. Uh...

Thanks for that as well.

I don't wanna be doin' that.

You know, I don't wanna be that guy.

Yeah, I don't wanna be the guy I was

in that scenario.

It's just you put me up

on this pedestal' you know?

It was like...

I don't know, it was a lot

of pressure to deal with.

It kind of made me

feel like I needed to play the part.

Didn't wanna let you down.

"Play the part"?

Dan...

(CHUCKLES)

You gotta open your eyes, man.

I'm a mess.

That Banana Boat spot...

It's patheiic.

That's a national spot.

You saw my apartment, man,

l'm broke as sh*t.

I don't know f***in' Dermot Mulroney.

But I saw you guys.

I mean, he's a super

down-to-earth dude.

He's f***ing normal as hell,

but he didn't have a clue who I was.

Because we'd never met.

I'm nothing, man.

I peaked in the 11th grade.

Hang on one second.

-(HONKING)

-CAB DRIVER; Hey, Mac.

- Relax, man.

-I am relaxed.

You wanna miss your flight,

I don't give a f***.

It's on you. Your call.

Yeah.

Whafs that?

It's yours. I borrowed it.

After you f***ed me.

And you probably don't remember.

It's just a blip on your radar, but...

(SIGHS)

Keep it.

You weren'tjust a blip, Dan.

Even if I was.

OLIVER:
Take care of yourself, pal.

DAN:
Dear Grant Bark/edge,

class of '94.

Fun times last night.

Although I do apologize

for my personal life

taking center stage like it did.

That was unexpected.

Had a great DJ who, if you ask me,

got unfairly overshadowed.

Sorry about that, Tyler.

But it's funny. I brought it all on myselt

I thought if I could deliver

Oliver Lawless, I'd be a hero.

Single-handedly saving our reunion.

But we didn't need him, did we?

We didn't need the most

popular guy from high school.

We didn't need the face

of a national Banana Boat campaign.

We needed a symbol

of something more.

And I, for one, was ready to risk

everything I had for the chance to find it.

Bu! it took all this to make me realize

Oliver Lawless was inside me all along.

There's a Lawless inside all of us.

Sometimes you just gotta

give him a little nudge

and wake him up.

After! post this update and leave you

all ample time to read it,

I will be deactivating

this Facebook account.

For! am the only one in possession

of the new password.

But I shall leave you with this.

Be grateful for what you have

and you'll end up having more.

If you concentrate

on what you don't have,

you will never ever

have enough.

That's Oprah Winfrey for you

right there.

Tel/in' it like i! is.

Goodbye, old friends.

I'll see you all on the other side.

And I will forever be

your chairman of the alumni committee.

Daniel Gregory Landsman

aka

The D Train.

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