The Spectacular Now Page #4

Okay, whatever.

I'm right- You're right.

I'm just saying,

you gotta live in the moment.

The moment?

I want-

I want more than a moment.

- I want-

- What?

I want a future.

And you can't do that.

Wow.

Wow.

Please just go, Sutter.

- Don't.

- Please just go.

All right.

What's up with you and Cassidy?

- I don't want any trouble.

- Tell me the truth.

Nothing's up, man.

She's moved on.

I've moved on.

- You've moved on?

- We hang out, and we have-

Okay! Come on.

We have fun,

but there's nothing going on.

I promise you.

- Can I ask you something?

- Yeah.

Why can't it be me

that she has fun with?

- What?

- Why can't it be me that she has fun with?

I'm not like you.

I don't know how to make her laugh.

Dude, you are Marcus West, man.

You're the star athlete.

You're the class president.

You are awesome!

What's the name of that charity

that you started?

The Hope Squadron.

The f***ing Hope Squadron, man!

That is awesome!

You do not need my help.

You're the man.

No, it's not the same.

The way she talks about you, man.

I want her to like me like that,

and she doesn't.

Trust me.

You don't want to be like me.

I make jokes, yeah.

But, I mean, you get sh*t done.

You're gonna change the world.

You and Cass are perfect together.

Trust me.

You're just too tense, man.

A little tense.

- You gotta loosen up. You know?

- Yeah. Maybe.

- Not everything has to be so serious.

- Yeah.

I'm just saying you can relax.

You know?

You're awesome.

Enjoy being who you are.

Live in the now.

Embrace that sh*t.

Yeah.

Hey, thanks for-

Thanks for talking to me like this.

I appreciate it.

- Absolutely, man. It's a pleasure.

- I appreciate it. I really do.

- Anytime.

- Sorry about the-

It's cooI. Good.

- They're wrong about you.

- What's that?

You're not the joke

everyone thinks, man.

Who do you think you are?

The king of Mexico?

You're not gonna jerk

your way out of this.

Aimee told me about

your little party by the lake.

- And?

- And now you're avoiding her.

- I'm not avoiding her.

- Really?

Have you seen her since the party?

Have you even called?

Why don't you get off my back

a little bit, give me some space.

I knew she got that from you.

She said the exact same thing.

- Good. Good for her.

- No, it's not good for her.

Aimee isn't like you.

She's a sweet girI.

She doesn't need you

causing problems in her life.

What Aimee doesn't need...

is you bossing her around

like she's your personaI assistant.

You shouldn't treat her this way.

Thank you. Good talk.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- What's up?

- Nothing.

What are you doing? I didn't know

you were coming over today.

I wasn't planning on coming over,

but I was driving around and I thought...

I don't care how busy I am,

I should see what Aimee is doing.

So, how are you doing, Aimee?

I'm good. I'm really good.

How are you, Sutter?

- I'm good.

- Good.

Yeah. Hey, listen.

My sister, she's having

this fancy dinner party for her friends...

and she's making me go.

- I didn't know you had a sister.

- Yeah. We're not really that close.

But would you want to go with me?

- To dinner?

- Yeah.

- Yeah. Yeah, absolutely.

- Okay. CooI.

Yeah. What time?

- Ten minutes.

- Ten minutes from now?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

So then I go

back up to the table and I say...

"Can I get you boys anything else?"

And then he says-

I'm gonna let you say it.

What did you say?

I leaned back in my chair,

puffed my chest out and said...

"You can give me

your number, gorgeous. "

That's right. And I didn't even know

that he was a big, fancy lawyer.

I just gave it to him anyway.

And I am so glad that I did.

And she hasn't worked

a day in her life since.

He's right. That's true.

Wow. You guys sure are

a breath of fresh air.

Thank you, Sutter.

It's rare to see

such a happy couple nowadays.

I feeI like everyone's getting divorced.

Well, that's not true.

Isn't it? Our parents.

Aimee's parents.

Most of my friends' parents.

- Kid's got a point.

- Thank you, Joe.

Mine didn't.

- I thought your parents were divorced.

- No.

There you go, Sutter. See?

Not everything is doomed.

My dad died.

What?

I am so sorry.

No. It's okay.

It's not your fault.

What happened?

He was a really great guy.

He just kind of had

a slight problem with painkillers mostly.

Yeah.

Kinda crazy.

He tried to stop a bunch of times.

But my sister came home one day...

and he was Iying

on the kitchen floor...

and she had to close his eyes

and everything.

It was pretty... intense.

Sorry.

That was... really dark.

Anyway, that's just-

I know that my marriage will work.

Oh, yeah?

I've thought it all out.

My husband and I

will both live on a horse ranch...

and I will work for NASA.

And he'll do something

completely different.

So that we offset each other.

You know?

We'll have some things in common...

but then we'll also bring all these

different dimensions to the table...

so that, you know,

life doesn't get boring.

I know it's gonna work.

Sounds like a dream.

I think it's good to have dreams.

Don't you?

Yeah.

- To dreams.

- To dreams.

- I wanna ask you something.

- Okay.

Did you mean what you said at the party?

What?

- What?

- You know!

- No, I don't.

- Yes.

Like, the thing about the prom

or whatever.

Yeah, of course I remember that.

Are you kidding me?

How could I forget something like that?

No, I just mean, like...

if you'd changed your mind or you

didn't want to go, I'd totally get it.

- What are you talking about?

- No, I just-

I wouldn't have asked you to go

if I didn't want to go with you.

- I know.

- I wouldn't-

I wouldn't have.

I'm just saying that I know people

change their minds.

- It's not that big of a deaI.

- Not me.

And I'm totally okay with it

if you want to not go.

I would not have asked you

to go to the prom...

if I didn't want

to go to the prom with you.

- Really?

- Really.

Come here.

Come here.

- Bye.

- Bye.

What?

Look, man. It's under controI.

What's under controI?

Did it ever cross your mind

that maybe I'm attracted to that girI?

No. No, not at all.

Yeah, that's because

you haven't really looked at her.

I'm telling you,

once you actually talk to her...

you see who she is.

I don't know, man.

She's really beautifuI.

"BeautifuI"?

This isn't you, Sutter.

- What, dude?

- You're gonna break her heart.

Well, worst-case scenario, I'm just

giving her the boyfriend experience.

That's worst-case scenario?

No way. No.

Okay, well- I don't know.

You and I both know a month, tops,

she'll be done with me.

- Then she'll move on.

- Then if she doesn't, what happens?

If she doesn't, that'll be a first.

I like you so much.

I like you.

Should we take our shirts off?

Yeah.

You go first.

All right.

- VoiI.

- You're amazing.

So amazing.

Your turn.

- I have to take mine off?

- Yeah.

Don't laugh. Okay?

Okay. I promise I won't laugh.

- Wow.

- Stop. No. You promised.

- What?

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