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together most days.

We get pizza. Sub sandwiches...

I see.

Im just working my butt

off my city, Doing my thing in the city.

Right, down there in the Mini

Apple.

Nobody calls it the Mini Apple,

Buddy, God!

I did not know.

Hey, Im just gonna grab those

ciders. Save our lady a trip.

How chivalrous.

Mavis?

What are you doing here?

I work here.

Bookkeeping, dealing

with vendors

A better question:

What are you doing here?

-Just catching up with a friend.

-Oh catching up with a friend.

Here is the Buddy Slade!

there procuring a couple of mind-erasers

at the bar

Youre not wasting any

time, huh?

It was nice talking to you

yesterday evening.

-It was nice.

-Okay.

-Hey, Freehauf, whats up man?

-Hey!

-Congratulations on the little one.

-Thank you.

What a wonderful, permanent

commitment to make.

Its a ton of work, though, and on

almost no sleep.

Im like a zombie these days.

But so rewarding, right?

Nice to see you here, Matt. Thanks

for stopping by.

Please....

You wanna join us for a round?

I would love to.

But sadly, Ive

got work to do,

and it takes me twice as long

as an able-bodied man

- to complete even the simplest task.

- Bummer.

And I do not want to invade ...

... Meeting of your school, so ...

go Injuns

Actually, they changed their name

to the Indians in 99.

the local Fon du Lac tribe and...

I go.

Sucks what happened to Matt.

the poor guy has suffered so

much just for being gay.

Hes not actually gay.

-I am sure it is.

-No.

Didnt you call him that theater fag

all the time in high school?

Theater fag is an expression.

Well, whatever. Mercurys changed

a lot since that happened. Its way less of a hick town.

Really?

Well, we have this place. Beats

Woodys, right?

And I heard they

might be putting in a Chipotle at the mall.

I saw you got a KenTacoHut.

You know. One of those combination

Kentucky Fried, Taco Bell...

-Pizza Hut!

-Yeah.

Brilliant!

Kentacohut!

You sound like one

of your crazy characters.

How is Alan?

Allen is great! Hes good.

Yes ... yes, well.

Were not married anymore

-But ...

-Sorry, no ...

Do not feel sorry, okay.

Well, thats Allens loss.

Sucks to be Allen.

Sorry I cant hang out longer,

but Ive got to relieve Beth. She has

band practice tonight.

-Beth is in a band?

Yes.

Yeah, its just something she does

with some other moms.

Wow. Cool.

Beths the drummer

Oh my God. Embarrassing.

Actually, Beths bands

playing here tomorrow night

Why dont you stop by our house

for a hang tomorrow?

Well have dinner, and

then we can all go to Beths show.

I would love that.

This is kind of silly, but could you sign one

of those

Waverley Place books for

me?

sure

Its not for me, obviously. Its

for my niece, Kendra.

She wants to

be a writer someday.

All right. Of course.

But you know, my

name isnt actually on the books.

I mean, its on the title page if

you check inside,

but Im basically a ghostwriter.

Still a pretty big deal

compared to the rest of us.

Its so great to see you

I always feel like we can pick up

right where we left off.

Exactly.

You know what?

You look the same.

I do?

Yeah. Its like the rest of us

changed and you just got lucky.

-See you tomorrow.

Yes, nice.

All right.

Hello?

I just want you to know that what

you saw today wasnt

... what you think it was. Okay?

Oh. Youre not trying to destroy

Buddy Slades marriage?

Its way more complicated than you

could possibly ever understand.

Buddy and I have years of history between us,

and its very rich

and complex.

Yeah, sounds like its definitely

beyond my comprehension.

Dont open a new ranch until the

old one is done.

What

Sorry...my sister. Forget it.

Just so you know.

I got it, thanks!

Want to Get loaded or something?

Im Mavis.

I know. From high school.

Right.

I made you Rice Krispies squares

that one time, for your birthday.

I got your locker combination from

the vice principal and put them in your locker.

Thank you.

-Where is Matt?

Hes in his cave

Welcome to the distillery.

Are you making moonshine?

Screw you. This is aged bourbon.

You know what? Wait.

Well, try this.

It is 8 years old.

Take a breath, but not very deep,

because it is very possible ... ...

It is limited ... not ...

- Mos Eisley Special Reserve?

- "More isolated".

Its a Star Wars thing...

Cantina...

You know, let's leave that

to mature a bit more ...

... And I have another one here ...

See if you can discern.

It's oak.

- oak. Come on now ...

-Well.

Like hiding, there,

so when you drink a sip ...

-I was supposed to sip it.

Yes.

Here you are.

Woody.

Oak.

So howd the rest of your little

date go yesterday?

Good, good. It was eye-opening

Buddy... hes clearly not

happy.

he actually said that?

He implied it.

You can tell hes suffering.

He looks completely exhausted.

He told me he feels like a zombie.

I was there, and I suspect he was

being flip.

Its a pretty strong statement to make.

A zombie is a dead person,

Matt.

Im a fat geek. I know

what zombies are.

I think Buddy and I are having

very similar feelings.

The question is, whos going to make

the first move?

Im thinking it will be you.

Arent you a little old for GI Joes?

-still be wet

-Its fine.

Jesus

You make these?

I combine them, mix and match.

Im taking Copperhead and attaching

Mongols body...

What was this thing.

I did it late at night,

I was tired and drunk.

Do you ever make like, girl dolls?

Im not a weirdo.

-I need to go check on something.

-Okay.

No, no.

You must come with me.

I think this is it.

You think or you know

This is definitely his house. He

drives a Jeep Liberty.

Thats ironic. Right? Because he

has no liberty.

Youre mentally ill.

-You see this window there?

Yes.

I bet Buddys awake and

secretly jerking off or something.

Or perhaps hes caring for his

infant daughter.

The baby, the baby.

The problem that has no name.

-Can I help you find something?

Sure. Im not having a ton of luck.

Is this something for work?

No, its for a special occasion.

Not a formal occasion.

Something chic and clean,

but also a little bit edgy.

Okay. We have some adorable new

dresses that just came in.

Do you carry Marc Jacobs?

I dont think we have that one.

Im going to a rock concert with

an old flame,

and I think theres

a chance we may reconnect.

Lets show him what

hes been missing.

Hes seen me recently, so he

knows.

But his wife is seeing me in a while...

Well. Its the end of my shift,

and my son needs to be picked up at school,

so Im just going to send over another associate.

Shes up on all the trends.

Shona!

Do you have the Waverley Prep

books?

Yeah, theyve got their own

display table over there.

Wow. They must be really popular.

Actually we just have a lot of

surplus stock were trying to clear out.

They were a big thing a couple of

years ago,

And the computer says Do Not Shelve,

so...

Are you writing in there?

Im the author. Im signing it.

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