"God damn, it`s hot." "Are you done yet?" "Early admi`s`sion`s?" "lw Leaguer`s love it." "Get`s em all wet." "All that `studying finally pay`s off, and you get to leave thi`s hellhole a year early." "Damn, what i`s it, like 95 degree`s?" "Cant wait to go to college, man." "lt`s like natural `selection." "Every hot chick you meet`s got a brain." "Not mine." "Not mine." "You never forget the `sight of a dead body but then again, I wa`s experiencing a lot of thing`s for the fir`st time." "I gue`s`s it`s ju`st part of growing up." "How many calorie`s in each `stick?" "550." "How many gram`s of fat?" "32 gram`s, but we do cook it in vegetable oil." "iii take two then." "Could I have mine extra cri`spy?" "Sure." "No problem." "lt`s not a`s hard a`s it look`s." "All it take`s i`s the extra five minute`s reading the manual after you get hired." "The way I `saw it, a`s long a`s it made it on my college application, it wa`s all worth it." "You ju`st cant count on good grade`s to get into a decent `school anymore." "Virgil and I have been friend`s `since the fourth grade, when he moved to my `school." "He wa`s the other `smart kid." "Let`s go, you perv." "Dude, did you `see the fucking rack on that?" "Man, middle-aged ho`s are the fine`st." "Thi`s i`s Han, Virgil`s cou`sin." "He`s everything Virgil`s not." "You ladie`s ready?" "I `shoot 215 free throw`s a day." "My goal i`s to beat Calvin Murphy`s record of 95.8 percent." "That`s 207 ba`sket`s." "Punctiliou`s." "Marked by or concerned about preci`se, exact accordance with the detail`s of code`s or convention`s." "To get a perfect `score on my next SAT l needed to improve my verbal `score by 60 point`s." "I picked a new word every day and repeated it over and over again." "They `say if you repeat `something enough time`s, it become`s part of you." "Punctiliou`s." "Adjective." "Marked by or concerned about preci`se, exact accordance with the detail`s of code`s or convention`s." "Oh, we could rock" "Or we could bomb" "Or we could try" "Like `super hard" "Or we could come" "Or we could lo`se" "Or we could totally totally, totally freak you I wanna `spread my dementia I wanna knock it off the line" "Give me attention" "Every day and every night" "Whoo-hoo..." "Whoo-hoo..." "Stephanie Vandergo`sh." "lt`s girl`s like her that make you realize that life`s not fair." "I `swear, I `saw her in a porn." "What are you babbling about?" "Daric Loo, academic all-`star." "But dont let the letterman jacket fool you-- it`s for tenni`s." "Hey, `so were u`sing your credit card, right?" "If we get caught, lm `saying you `stole it from me." "Nigga, plea`se." "The amoeba i`s a primitive and `simple organi`sm, which ab`sorb`s it`s prey and incorporate`s it into it`self." "Mi`s`s Vandergo`sh and Mi`s`s Nabham, i`s there `something you would like to `share with the cla`s`s?" "I thought a`s much." "Uh, Mr. Farmer, plea`se `switch `seat`s with Mi`s`s Vandergo`sh." "Now that I have your complete attention, today we will `see a movie." "It i`s entitled The Amoeba." "Lunch time wa`s club time." "Thi`s wa`s where everyone loaded up on their extracurricular activitie`s for their college app." "And, of cour`se, Daric wa`s the pre`sident of every club." "...but, being part of an ecology club, it`s important that we do." "Unfortunately, all the really worthwhile thing`s about high `school were few and far between." "She i`s right down the hall" "Well, what lm mo`st concerned about are the abra`sion`s on her arm`s and her back." "It wa`s my fault-- l fell down `some `stair`s, but I feel fine now." "Dont get me wrong." "I mean, I think there`s `some pretty fine-looking bitche`s in high `school." "lt`s ju`st that theyre all" "`so fucking `stingy about giving it up." "Dude, youre a fucking virgin." "Dude, I can get laid whenever I want to." "Any time, anywhere, any place." "Yeah, by who, your middle-aged aunt?" "No, but your mom`s been looking mighty fine lately." "Hey, `shut the fuck up." "E`specially with tho`se..." "what wa`s that thing" "`she bought the other day?" "Okay, it come`s to $482.82." "l`s your brother Carl?" "Yeah." "I thought you looked familiar." "l-lm Virgil." "I wa`s in, uh, Cub Scout`s with your brother." "Oh, thi`s i`s my friend, Ben." "Hi." "Hey." "So, uh, what are you doing the`se day`s?" "I ju`st got out of college." "Oh, what wa`s your major?" "Theater." "Theater." "That`s, that`s... I love the theater, you know." "lt`s a..." "Sign here." "That make`s you, like, a the`spian, right?" "You know, you-you have that, like, kind of an X factor, that chari`sma thing." "You definitely got it going, really." "Thank`s." "Well, it wa`s nice `seeing you again." "Yeah." "So... play`s." "Let me know if youre ever in one or..." "Hey, Virg..." "So." "Okay." "Yeah." "Yeah, cool." "Yeah, di...?" "What the fuck wa`s that?" "What?" "Youre gonna get u`s caught!" "Watch it!" "Like `she`s gonna go for you." "At lea`st I try." "That`s enough, girl`s." "We were alway`s pi`s`sed at Virgil, but we alway`s let it `slide." "We had to-- he`s like the little puppy that keep`s `shitting on the carpet." "Hey, Virg." "What color i`s the `sticker today, man?" "Wake up!" "Orange." "Give em up." "Let`s go." "Fuck you." "Hi." "Hi." "lt`s my little brother, and he came home with all thi`s computer `stuff he cant afford." "So my mom..." "Yeah." "Do you have a receipt?" "It `started with a pack of ba`seball card`s, and then it `snowballed." "I gue`s`s it ju`st felt good to do thing`s that I couldnt put on my college application." "Be`side`s, it wa`s `suburbia... we had nothing better to do." "Our `straight A`s were our alibi`s, our pa`s`sport`s to freedom." "Going to a `study group would get u`s out of the hou`se until 4:00 in the morning." "A`s long a`s our grade`s were there, we were tru`sted." "We had it all." "Well, almo`st." "Uncap the needle." "Swab the finger with the rubbing alcohol." "Prick the finger." "Come on, Ben." "On three." "One..." "See, that wa`snt `so bad." "All right, let`s go." "Come on, now." "Good job." "Run!" "Come on, now." "Get down, get down, run, run, run." "Stay low when you make that pa`s`s." "Got to get in front of him." "In front of him!" "Dive, come on!" "Who want`s that ball?" "Who want`s it?" "Dont `stand up." "Do not `stand up." "Make two, well go home." "Hey, Stephanie." "Oh, hey, Ben." "How`s it going?" "Good." "How`s your finger?" "Oh." "iii live." "You have a Band-Aid on it." "Yeah." "lt`s a pin prick." "Dont you want to be a doctor or `something?" "If I dont play pro ba`sketball." "Arent you a little `short?" "Only the `size of your heart matter`s." "That`s corny." "What about you?" "What do you want to be?" "A cop." "Really?" "Arent you a little too `short?" "Not when I have thi`s." "Ooh." "Youre late." "Sorry." "And youre not wearing a helmet." "Oh." "Ben, thi`s i`s my boyfriend, Steve." "Steve, thi`s i`s Ben, my lab partner." "Oh, yeah." "I have `something for you." "What i`s thi`s?" "Thi`s i`snt even due until next week." "I had `some free time `so I thought that" "Were lab partner`s." "Were `suppo`sed to do thi`s together." "Give me a call." "Well meet to do the a`s`signment." "Let`s go." "Later." "lt`s amazing what the right piece of clothing can do for your image." "I knew it wa`s all bull`shit, but, hell, I wa`s milking it for all it wa`s worth." "At fir`st it didnt matter that I rarely `saw any playing time." "I wa`s part of the team." "But like everything el`se in life, you get `sick of it." "At lea`st itll look good on my college app." "Okay." "Aint no party like a Wildcat party" "Look at that a`s`s." "Yeah." "What`s up, Ben?" "Hey, Daric." "Hey, you got a `sec?" "lm trying to fini`sh up thi`s a`s`signment." "Okay." "Cool." "So, Ben, how do you feel about being a benchwarmer?" "What?" "Well, you dont get to play much, right?" "Yeah, but we all have our role`s on the team." "And what i`s your role?" "I dont know." "I ju`st hu`stle." "Well, then how come you dont get to play in the game`s?" "Well, it`s up to the coach." "Well, how do you feel about being the token A`sian on a team?" "What?" "lt`s obviou`s to everyone the only rea`son that youre on the team i`s for co`smetic one`s." "That`s bull`shit." "I bu`st my a`s`s to be on thi`s team." "But you never get to play." "So what?" "lm `still on the team." "Well, your coach couldve picked anyone he wanted to ju`st to `sit on the bench." "Maybe you `should ju`st a`sk him then." "Okay." "Awe`some." "Thank`s, buddy." "Hey, Take`shi, can you, uh, give me a few clo`se-up`s and a couple wide`s?" "Yeah, you got it." "Hi." "l`s Stephanie home?" "Hi." "Hey." "Stephanie, I ju`st want to apologize for..." "Ben, lm in three honor cla`s`se`s, and I have a 3.8 GPA." "I know and lm `sorry." "I couldnt find the trait`s to phylum chordata in the book." "Um, it`s not in the book." "It wa`s in hi`s lecture." "See?" "It wa`s la`st Tue`sday`s lecture." "...cell`s." "Thi`s one i`s more of a non-`sexual cell divi`sion." "Right." "Okay." "And that`s when mito`si`s happen`s..." "That wa`s one, anapha`se?" "Anapha`se." "And then metapha`se, interpha`se and propha`se." "You got it." "Ye`s." "Okay." "I think youre right." "Let me ju`st make `sure." "When lm right, lm right." "Youre right." "Hello?" "Hey, Steve-o." "Oh, Ben and I are working on our bio homework." "Ye`s, lm `sure." "Can you hold on a minute?" "iii be right back." "Yeah." "What?" "Do you want `something to drink?" "Are you okay?" "Yeah." "Where are you going?" "lt`s getting pretty late." "But we havent gone through meio`si`s yet." "Well, I could `stay." "Thank`s." "Uh, okay." "Meio`si`s." "Hey, Ben." "Be there for you, man, every game." "We want Ben!" "We want Ben!" "We want Ben!" "Daric ended up writing an article about me." "He even won `some kind of journali`sm award for it." "It wa`s `some bull`shit article about affirmative action in `school `sport`s to rile everyone up." "We want Ben!" "We want Ben!" "But I had to give it to him..." "The article worked." "If anyone at `school didnt know what affirmative action wa`s, they did now." "Aw `sh..." "Ben, Ben, get in." "Go on." "Get the fuck in there." "Yeah!" "Math or verbal?" "What the fuck do you want?" "So how doe`s it feel to be famou`s?" "Come on." "Whyd you quit the team?" "I wa`s doing my job." "You call that piece-of-`shit article journali`sm?" "You didnt even interview my coach for hi`s view`s." "I did." "He, uh, didnt `say what I wanted him to," "`so I didnt put it in the `story." "Fucking prick." "lt`s ju`st an article." "If you really liked what you were doing, you `should have ju`st kept on playing." "And have everybody think lm on the team becau`se lm `some token player?" "Who care`s what other people think?" "Oh, yeah?" "Well, people al`so think that you gave Mr. Reid head to be the editor of the `school paper." "Well, I `still am the editor." "God." "Fuck off." "You know thi`s i`s all bull`shit, right?" "lt`s ju`st a game." "People like you and me, we dont have to play by the rule`s." "We can make our own." "Do thi`s by tomorrow, you get a fifty." "What?" "Hey, I dont ju`st a`sk anyone to do thi`s." "Cheat `sheet`s?" "lt`s ea`sy money." "Ben, it`s ea`sier than fuck." "lt`s better than thi`s `sorry-a`s`s job." "See you tomorrow." "Hey, Ben." "Hey." "Uh, lm getting my Diet Coke." "You guy`s want anything?" "Uh, yeah." "Give me a root beer float to go." "I got it." "Trig?" "Uh, yeah." "Excu`se me." "There`s no `smoking allowed in thi`s cafe." "California `state law." "Sorry." "Cant wait till I get out." "What are you majoring in in college?" "Bio." "Doing any intern`ship`s?" "No." "I know `some people." "iii give them a call." "Cool." "You like Steph." "What?" "You want to take her to the winter formal?" "l`snt that your job?" "I dont get into all that bull`shit." "Why, you a fag or `something?" "What do you think?" "Hey." "Thank`s." "Thank`s, honey." "Okay." "Okay, lll `see you `soon?" "Okay." "Which `specie`s `should we `start with?" "Um, I wa`s... thinking about the, uh, Chapter Eight." "Temerity." "Noun." "Unwi`se boldne`s`s;" "ra`sh or reckle`s`s behavior." "Oh-oh." "Nice." "Good job." "Oh, `shit." "Sorry, dude." "Hey, man." "What`s going on?" "Popcorn?" "So how much did we actually earn la`st year at the car wa`sh?" "Like $400 and `something." "So that`s only like $400." "We only got that one day to do it, `so...." "Uh, you guy`s mind if we have a moment?" "Uh, me and Ben?" "Oh." "Yeah." "Okay." "Okay, but we got to talk about thi`s." "Sure." "Thank`s." "What`s up?" "Hey." "Oh." "Sweet." "Arent you gonna check it?" "Nah. I tru`st you." "Get going?" "Yeah." "All right?" "Academic decathlon wa`s huge." "The mo`st prized entry on a college application." "Thi`s wa`s not like `some community `service club where you ju`st walk in and `sign out." "You had to earn your `spot." "Pygmy mou`se lemur." "Excellent." "Tetrahydrocannabanol." "Jer`sey, Guern`sey and Albany." "Hand`s by your `side." "Check." "Portugal!" "I didnt a`sk a que`stion." "Sorry!" "Bohemia, Moravia and Sile`sia." "Correct." "John`son." "Excellent." "Youre right." "Another language that..." "Tokyo, Japan." "Excellent." "Ahh!" "Correct." "Hey." "See you in cla`s`s." "Good job, man." "What are you talking about?" "I got my a`s`s kicked." "No, you knew the an`swer`s." "You ju`st got to get the timing down." "50 buck`s if you do it by tomorrow." "Dude, I think we got enough." "Stop bitching." "Ju`st a few more block`s." "Did I tell you?" "I got it." "Got what?" "Remember I told you I `saw Stephanie Vandergo`sh in a porn?" "Yeah." "I got it." "Shut the fuck up." "iii `show you right now, fool." "Oh, my God." "Oh..." "So youve been hanging around that Daric guy, right?" "Yeah." "l`s it true that he ha`s hi`s own hou`se?" "I dont know." "Hmm." "Han told me that hi`s parent`s dont live here." "Theyre in, like, Vancouver or `something." "So what?" "You know what I could do if I had my own pad?" "Jerk off at the dinner table?" "Ha-ha." "Your turn." "Fucker." "What?" "No hot tub?" "Well, you tell them, if they want me, theyre gonna ante up with that hot tub!" "Tracy, what are you doing here?" "Well, I can give you a `special Tracy ma`s`sage." "See?" "I told you, punk a`s`s." "No." "lt`s ju`st the uniform." "Uh-uh. lt`s got to be her." "Oh, ye`s, Tracy." "Yeah." "Work tho`se pom-pom`s." "I dare you to a`sk her boyfriend." "White dude, right?" "No." "Thank God." "Oh, yeah." "Oh, ye`s." "Shake tho`se pom-pom`s." "Ben?" "Huh?" "You think you can talk to Daric for me about doing the cheat `sheet`s?" "Mm-hmm." "Uh-huh." "How do you know about it?" "I hear thing`s." "Han told me." "Fucking Daric`s a `senior." "Someone`s got to take over when he leave`s." "All right." "The topic i`s population control, why retarded children and handicapped people" "`should be executed in order to keep the population down." "Ready?" "l`s that true?" "l think it wa`s." "Cau`se it didnt `sound like you knew it." "Make `sure your gla`s`se`s are anti-glare, okay?" "Let`s `see." "Oh..." "Decathlon practice`s were alway`s held at Daric`s hou`se." "Fini`sh it!" "Fini`sh it!" "Hi`s method`s were definitely unconventional but effective." "Beautiful." "Rock, `sci`s`sor`s, paper." "Oh, fuck." "lm `so unworthy at thi`s moment." "Ah..." "Dude." "Dude, dude, youre gonna explode, man." "Dont light that `shit." "Come on." "Oh." "Good-bye, guy`s." "Study hard." "Come on." "Oh." "Not bad for academic decathlon, huh?" "Han had a friend named Je`su`s who helped him `steal, bribe or do whatever it took to get the te`st `sheet`s for u`s." "I talked to Daric and he wa`s cool with Virgil coming on board." "Between the five of u`s, there wa`snt anything we couldnt do." "The money wa`s really good, but I dont think that`s what attracted me the mo`st." "Okay, okay." "They got lucky." "But, you know, there i`s no rea`son a team of that caliber `should be able to beat u`s." "God." "Mary!" "Where`s your tie?" "I mean, our pre`sentation ab`solutely `sucked." "We looked like idiot`s." "Rich, privey fuck`s." "Pre`s`s the button." "Wait till the que`stion i`s a`sked." "Were getting locked out and we cant even an`swer the que`stion." "God!" "Ben." "Fucking twinkie." "American hi`story `speciali`st." "The an`swer wa`s 1973, not 76." "How many more, Ben?" "Would you `shut up?" "I told you guy`s not to come." "Woo!" "So how`s Stephanie?" "Virg." "Stephanie Vandergo`sh?" "lm going out with her Friday night." "I a`sked her out la`st week." "Doe`s `she know it`s a date?" "Why?" "Want to lay `some money down on it?" "Yeah." "How bout an even hundred?" "Okay, you got it." "Fucking A." "You motherfucker." "Thi`s i`s fucked." "Hey, Daric wanted u`s to `see it." "You know `she ha`s a boyfriend." "Well, thi`sll teach that fuckhead to keep hi`s mouth `shut." "Oh, fuck." "l`s that the guy from the privey `school?" "What doe`s he think he i`s, `some Chine`se movie `star?" "Hi, I am Chow Yun-Fat." "Hi. l-l-l thought I wa`s gonna be fucking your girlfriend tonight." "l-l gue`s`s not." "I gue`s`s I better go home and `stroke my`self really good." "Let`s go." "Really, really good." "Ahh!" "Hey, hold on, lm ju`st getting `started." "Get the fuck off my car." "Ow." "Damn, dude." "Dude, you got to tell Stephanie her boyfriend`s boning `some white chick." "lt`s none of my bu`sine`s`s." "What the fuck are you talking about?" "You tell her and you get bonu`s point`s." "lm not gonna be `some rat." "Be`side`s, I dont even know for `sure." "Come on, Ben." "Look..." "Thi`s... i`s for buddie`s." "So?" "And thi`s i`s where he had hi`s hand`s... which i`s for lover`s." "God!" "Get off me!" "Am I right, Han?" "Daric, where you going?" "Mm." "Oh, `sh..." "Yo, fuck her, man." "Let`s go drink." "Hey!" "Shit." "No, Daric!" "Who`se party i`s thi`s?" "Su`sie Berk`s." "Are we invited?" "You dont need an invitation." "Ju`st hear about it and you go." "Theyre all fucking drunk, anyway." "So, i`s everyone buzzed?" "Yo, can I have a light?" "Thank`s, dude." "Let`s go around back." "Hey, how`s it goin?" "Ah...!" "Now lm gonna throw up." "Hey, what`s up, boy`s?" "I think they have..." "bible `study`s next door, right?" "Oh, `shit, no, look at thi`s!" "lt`s the Chine`se Jordan!" "Hey, `so, what`s up, man?" "Where`s all your fan club at, man?" "lm going to go check on Virg." "Yeah, what`s up, `shithead?" "Are you going to `step up?" "You know, you got to play a real `sport to wear that jacket." "Yeah, fuck him up, Brian!" "Want your mom?" "Huh?" "You want the cop`s?" "Youre what?" "Youre what?" "lm `sorry, lm `sorry!" "What?" "!" "lm `sorry." "Shoot him in the face." "Shoot him in the face." "If I ever `see any of you and your fuck jock friend`s again, lll fucking kill you!" "Back off, man, back off!" "You want `some of thi`s?" "!" "Back off, man!" "Ben, come on!" "Back off!" "Come on, Ben!" "Come on, Ben!" "Fuck you, man!" "Screw you!" "Let`s go!" "Fuckin A, that wa`s better than `sex." "Ju`st `shut the fuck up." "Did you `see the look on that guy`s face?" "You put the fear of God in him, man." "The fear of god`s." "I went jihad on hi`s a`s`s, man." "You `see thi`s blood on me, man?" "lt`s not my blood." "Did you `see hi`s face when we worked on him?" "It wa`s like..." "Fuck, man, when you pulled out that gun, it wa`s fucking awe`some." "That wa`s, like, boom!" "Right in your face." "He probably pi`s`sed him`self right then in front of all hi`s homie`s." "Not me, man." "I wa`s going off." "I felt `so..." "I felt like `surging through my body." "How `smooth wa`s that?" "Man, you had fucking ball`s!" "That wa`s fucking `smooth!" "The next minute, the gun wa`s right in hi`s face, and I wa`s going off-- ah, yeah!" "Shit." "If my dad find`s out, he`s going to kill me." "Man, lm going to juvie!" "By Monday, the word had `spread and pretty much everyone knew about it." "I wa`s `sure the cop`s were gonna come and get u`s that morning... but it never happened." "Meeting today at 3:00." "Why?" "We have to do thi`s chem te`st." "lt`s a big one, about a hundred `student`s." "Guy`s..." "Hi, guy`s." "Hey." "Hey." "Ben, can I talk to you?" "Yeah." "He`s fuckin whupped already." "What`s up?" "I ju`st talked to Steve." "Yeah..." "What?" "He `said youre taking me to the formal." "Youre fucking with me, right?" "He `said that you guy`s agreed to have you take me to the formal." "He did a`sk, I didnt agree." "The whole thing wa`s pretty weird." "You `should have at lea`st told me." "Well, he`s your boyfriend." "I didnt want to get involved." "Ben, that`s what friend`s do." "God, I dont believe thi`s." "Why do I alway`s get `shit on?" "You know, Steve, he`s the one that need`s to `stop..." "Ben, lm ju`st trying to under`stand thi`s." "lm out of here." "What the fuck?" "!" "Woo!" "What?" "The formal?" "Oh, what, got a hot date with Barbie that night?" "Look, lm not gonna `say anything, all right, it`s none of my bu`sine`s`s." "I ju`st think `she de`serve`s better." "Youre probably right." "A`s our reputation grew, `scam`s `started coming to u`s." "U`sually through Je`su`s." "There they are." "What I liked about it wa`s that we were in control." "If `someone came to u`s about doing a `scam and we didnt like them, wed ju`st tell them to fuck off." "Having that kind of power quickly became an addiction." "What`s up?" "How`s it going, man?" "What`s going on?" "How are you doing?" "Man, not too bad." "Thi`s i`s Peter." "So, what`s up?" "Peter`s got a `sweet deal." "The `school`s getting in all new computer part`s next week." "So?" "So theyve got to `store them for a while until they can in`stall them." "Peter`s got the `school code`s." "Can they trace the code?" "No, it`s all the `same number for everyone." "What about that fucking family that live`s in the trailer guarding the `school?" "That`s me and my dad." "He`s out by 10:00." "lt`s ea`sy." "I dont know." "Sound`s too ea`sy." "Dude, I guarantee." "No offen`se, I dont give a `shit about your guarantee." "Me and Ben checked it out." "Seem`s legit." "Han, think you can `sell thi`s `shit off?" "I can alway`s `sell the `shit off." "Well think about it." "Peter, let`s go." "You got the phone?" "Uh-huh." "Ah, God." "Fuck." "lt`s clear." "We had the run of the place." "Rumor`s about u`s came and went fa`st and furiou`s." "One had u`s linked with `some Chine`se Mafia." "And it wa`s fine with u`s becau`se it ju`st put more fear in everyone." "Along with that power came greed." "It ju`st made `sen`se to expand our bu`sine`s`s into drug`s, putting the law of `supply and demand into practice." "I think our teacher wouldve been proud." "Whoa." "Let me `see thi`s thing." "Fuck off." "lt`s got no name brand on it." "Aw...!" "Shit." "Sorry, Virg." "Fuckin dick." "Stop crying." "lt`s a piece-of-`shit CD player anyway." "Fuck you!" "Here." "Now you can buy three of em." "I `soon learned that along with an image, came maintenance." "I needed `something to help expand my day`s." "lt`s literally a full-time job ju`st to make people believe who youre `suppo`sed to be." "Four cheat `sheet`s a day, the drug`s, the `scam`s-- between thi`s and all my club commitment`s, I couldnt even `start my homework until 1 :00 a.m." "We were making `so much money, we couldnt `spend it fa`st enough." "If it wa`s for `sale, you could bet we tried to buy it." "l`s that enough?" "Mm-hmm." "All right." "Hey, Tracy." "Thank`s, it`s all there." "Thank you." "So, what are you guy`s?" "A club." "Oh, like a math club or `something?" "We partied every weekend and hung out with different crowd`s." "lt`s funny, the more notoriou`s we became, the more invitation`s we got." "We didnt know half the people we partied with... but they knew u`s." "Quixotic." "Adjective." "Extravagantly ideali`stic;" "unpredictable;" "unreali`stic or imaginary." "Shit." "You look like `shit." "Fifty." "Oh, yeah." "Here`s the number for that intern`ship I wa`s telling you about." "Thank`s." "Yeah." "You want `some?" "You happy, Ben?" "lm `seriou`s." "You happy?" "I dont know." "Fuck." "That`s the mo`st truthful thing ive ever heard." "At lea`st you have a choice." "Youre not happy?" "lm very happy." "l`snt it obviou`s?" "I have everything." "Loving parent`s, top grade`s, lw League `scholar`ship`s, of cour`se, Stephanie." "Of cour`se." "Right there." "That`s it." "lm `so fucking happy I cant `stop it." "Why not?" "lt`s a never-ending cycle." "When you got everything you want, what`s left?" "You cant `settle for being happy, that`s a fucking trap." "You got to take life into your own hand`s." "Do whatever it take`s to break the cycle." "That`s what it i`s, breaking the cycle." "Youre fucked." "I enw you." "What?" "What?" "What?" "What?" "It wa`s my 1 7th birthday." "No `shit, man." "Fuck, man." "I dont want to touch that." "I dont want to touch it with my hand`s, man." "There he i`s." "Hey, a`s`s-wipe, youre the one that organized thi`s Keep the Beach Clean `shit and youre late." "I need to talk to you guy`s." "Grab a bag." "Where`s Han?" "Sleeping." "What`s up?" "Thi`s better be fucking good." "I want out." "Out of what?" "I cant handle thi`s anymore." "Look, I woke up and my `sheet`s were covered in blood." "Well, why dont you `stop" "ODing on that `shit, you fuck?" "Yeah, too much of that `shit will get to you." "I dont want to do it anymore." "All of it." "Fuck, Ben, `stop being a pu`s`sy." "Whatever, Virg." "So i`s that it?" "Yeah, I ju`st... I ju`st want to concentrate on my own `stuff." "Hell, I wa`s thinking the `same thing." "Give it up?" "Yeah." "Fuck it. lt`s like a job, man." "The only rea`son I did it wa`s for you guy`s." "What are you `saying?" "Have you two lo`st your fucking ball`s?" "Fuck it." "Han and I will do it." "Right, Han?" "lt`s all your`s, man." "We got to talk." "Ju`st `shut the fuck up." "More money for u`s." "lm gonna call Je`su`s right after thi`s." "Organize thi`s `shit." "Well..." "Happy birthday, man." "Thank`s." "We all chipped in." "Pretty cool, huh?" "Je`su`s Chri`st!" "Shit!" "Fuck!" "Hey." "Temperance." "Noun." "Signifying `self-re`straint or moderation in action and `statement." "Hi, Stephanie." "Hi." "You need help?" "lm okay." "You know, I hate doing tho`se S`s." "The curve`s make it tough, but I know a trick." "You work it in`side out." "See?" "So, what`s thi`s I hear about you, gang`ster boy?" "Oh, God, that`s `such old new`s." "Rumor`s have it you guy`s did a number on Ryan." "Do you believe them?" "Let`s put it thi`s way, there`s al`so a rumor that I am in a porno." "Oh, yeah, ive `seen it." "Shut up." "Yeah, I have." "Really?" "Yeah." "So the `shooting arm i`s perpendicular to the body?" "Mm-hmm." "Bend your knee`s and follow through." "l`s that it?" "lm hungry." "Excu`se me, `sir." "There`s no food allowed in the `store." "Oh, uh, lm `sorry." "lm hypoglycemic and I ju`st need a little `something to get my blood `sugar going." "I ju`st got a couple more bite`s left." "Okay." "You think you can get away with anything, dont you?" "No." "Well, yeah, if youre clever enough." "You `sound ju`st like Steve." "You dont like him much, do you?" "Speaking of Steve, um, you `still need a date for the formal?" "Are you a`sking?" "Well, if youll go with me." "Oh, yeah." "Holy `shit." "I gue`s`s I wa`s clever enough, thank you very much." "A week later Han got `su`spended from `school for di`stributing cheat `sheet`s." "It appeared that Virgil`s new po`sition a`s head of the outfit had gone to hi`s head." "He wa`s babbling to `so many people about it, the `school had to do `something." "The funny thing wa`s," "Han didnt really care that he got `su`spended." "I think it ju`st gave him yet another excu`se to beat the crap out of Virgil." "Hey." "Hey." "You look great." "You look great." "Jinx." "Two for flinching." "Ow!" "Here." "Thank you." "Jeez." "So, do you know your real parent`s?" "Do you want to?" "My parent`s I have now are my real parent`s." "I dont know." "Maybe when I get older." "I `still have to find out who I am." "Yeah." "You `sound `so mature." "That`s what my therapi`st tell`s me, at lea`st." "Thank`s for a`sking, though." "Between the line`s, the di`sgui`se" "Of the love of a butterfly" "Do you wi`sh whatever itche`s I have `seen fi`she`s fly, why `should I believe it?" "Swing wide, butterfly lt`s a `stone`s throw to the in`side" "Of a preciou`s thing" "Between the line`s, the di`sgui`se" "Of the love of a butterfly" "Between the line`s, the di`sgui`se" "Of the love of a butterfly" "Swing wide, butterfly" "Swing wide, butterfly..." "Uh, I had a wonderful time." "Thank`s again." "Yeah." "All right, que`stion `six:" "name of the large`st commercial tran`sport jet." "Virgil!" "The Space Guppy." "Where the fuck i`s he, man?" "Je`su`s." "Hey, open up, man." "Where the fuck you going, man-- on a honeymoon?" "No, man;" "I got my acce`s`sorie`s." "Yeah, what, your anal intruder?" "No, my lubrication." "Youre ju`st `so dry, Daric." "Dont `slam the trunk either, man." "Hey, yo!" "Motherfucker." "A`s we headed off to Vega`s for the decathlon national`s," "Stephanie wa`s all I could think about." "I finally decided that there were two thing`s I could do-- go on agonizing over Stephanie, or ju`st `say fuck it and have fun." "Vega`s `suck`s." "Hey, turn that down." "The `sound i`s the be`st part." "Oh, yeah!" "Ben, Virgil, I want you to meet Rachel." "Hey." "Hi." "Youre Ben?" "Yeah." "What are you `studying?" "Um... econ." "Econ?" "Yeah." "Brother, today i`s your lucky day." "What?" "Yeah!" "Whoo!" "Go get em." "All right, `sweetie, here are the rule`s." "No ki`s`sing, and I alway`s lead." "Come on, `sweetie." "How wa`s it?" "How wa`s it?" "Oh, you bad, bad boy." "That i`s `so di`sgu`sting, man." "Come on, man." "Actually, it wa`s..." "incredible." "I ju`st couldnt believe I had finally done it." "It wa`s `such a relief." "I had prayed every day up until that moment that I would have `sex before I died." "Thank you." "Dude, man, wa`snt `she awe`some?" "Wa`snt `she awe`some, man?" "Mmm..." "Dude, what the fuck?" "Here you go." "Fuck!" "God damn it!" "Your little friend pulled a gun on me." "Calm down!" "Shut up, Virg!" "Fuck you." "Look, thi`s i`s more money than we owe you." "Fuck all of you." "What the hell are you doing, Virg?" "Are you crazy?" "She `said `she wanted to play rough." "You want to play fucking rough?" "!" "Stop it!" "Put the gun down!" "I want to play rough." "Virgil, put the gun down." "Put the gun down." "Virgil, put the gun down." "What do you think now, hot`shot?" "Virg, put the gun down." "Get the fuck off me." "The morning after I lo`st my virginity, we won the national title." "I dont `sell that `shit no more." "That`s cool." "How have you been?" "Havent `seen you `since the..." "Formal." "Right." "Hey, by the way, I never got a chance to thank you for taking Stephanie." "She `said `she had the be`st time." "Maybe you can take her to all the `school function`s." "You `should try it." "You might like it." "lt`s all a `superficial, bull`shit wa`ste of time." "Yeah, you mentioned that." "I have a propo`sition for you." "Actually, for you and your buddie`s." "Look, that`s all in the pa`st." "Li`sten, you guy`s are definitely going to like thi`s." "lt`s too `sweet." "No, thank`s." "Well, give me the other guy`s digit`s." "I thought we were friend`s." "That ha`s nothing to do with thi`s." "There`s going to be a lot of money involved." "You already got all the money you need." "Change." "I dont give a `shit about the ca`sh." "lt`s what weve been talking about." "lt`s time to break the cycle." "What?" "Li`sten, thi`s i`s going to better everyone involved." "Ju`st tru`st me." "Ben, did he tell you what thi`s i`s all about?" "No." "Fuckin rich boy." "Let`s talk out`side." "Steve, thi`s i`s Virgil..." "Hey." "...and Han." "David, right?" "Daric." "Sorry." "How`s your `stroke?" "My `stroke?" "You guy`s want `something to drink?" "Yeah, lll take a beer." "Beer." "Okay." "Have a `seat." "iii be right back." "What`s up with that guy?" "Stroke?" "Hey, by the way, congrat`s on winning the national`s." "Thank you." "What happened to you guy`s?" "Too many fre`shmen." "Their fuckin brain`s froze in the `semi`s." "What are you going to do?" "The `streak had to end `sometime." "So, why are we here?" "Youre looking at it." "What?" "We do my parent`s hou`se." "Yo, that`s fucked up." "Why?" "lt`s none of your fuckin bu`sine`s`s." "Okay." "Let`s go, guy`s." "Everyone need`s a wake-up call." "I love them." "That`s why lm doing thi`s." "I love them." "That`s why lm doing thi`s." "That dude`s fucked up." "Let`s do it." "Let`s fuckin do it." "No." "No." "Were not gonna rob anyone." "Everyone need`s a wake-up call." "That`s what he `said, right?" "Let`s fuckin give it to him." "Look, that `shit i`s ju`st weird." "Oh, yeah, it i`s." "Were gonna play along for a while, and then were gonna teach that fucker a le`s`son." "Virg, dont you `see the way that guy talk`s to you?" "That dude doe`snt even think youre on the `same level." "Think about it." "What about you, Han?" "That rich motherfucker want`s to puni`sh hi`s own family?" "Why?" "Becau`se Mommy and Daddy wont pay enough attention to him?" "And you." "He think`s youre fuckin dickle`s`s." "No?" "Well, why el`se would he let you take hi`s girlfriend to the formal?" "No." "No!" "Well ju`st rough em up a little bit." "Mo`stly... well `scare the `shit out of him." "Dude, thi`s i`s brilliant." "After we fuckin beat the `shit out of him, we could turn him in to the cop`s for con`spiring to rob hi`s own family." "Exactly." "Oh, yeah!" "Ooh." "Come on, guy`s." "I dont know." "Come on!" "Let`s do it!" "Yeah." "ltll be fun." "All right, man, lm ju`st doing thi`s" "`so you dont fuck thi`s up, all right?" "Yeah." "Yeah!" "No, I cant." "Thi`sll be our blueprint." "Let`s `start on page three." "By the way, lm going to need a gun." "I know. lm working on it." "Can I get one of tho`se `semiautomatic`s?" "ltll co`st you." "Ju`st take it out of my `share." "No." "Well need the money up front." "All right." "Ju`st let me know how much." "No problem." "Steve wa`s meticulou`s." "He had mapped out each of our path`s for the robbery." "He made u`s do it over and over until he felt we got it." "I ju`st dont know what Stephanie found `so attractive." "So..." "At all!" "...Han, you think you can break in?" "Fuck, yeah." "That`s it." "I cant handle it anymore." "I aint going to the meeting tomorrow." "Shut up!" "Look, we all have to do it, or itll ju`st fuck it all up." "Well, I `still aint going!" "Dude, why?" "Cau`se Chri`s`sy`s throwing a party tomorrow." "Why dont we ju`st invite him to come?" "He`s the one who `said we `should get to know each other." "Whatever." "You think hell `show?" "Who care`s, man?" "At lea`st we dont have to `sit through all that bull`shit." "I cant wait till thi`s i`s all over." "You watch." "ltll all be worth it." "Be right back." "Hey, Steph." "Hey, Ben." "Where`s Steve?" "I dont know." "He told me to meet him here." "He`s on time a`s u`sual." "Hey." "Whoa. l`s it real?" "Ju`st got it done thi`s morning." "What doe`s it mean?" "lt`s my Chine`se name." "Why you guy`s hiding out from everyone?" "Hey." "Hey." "Hello." "Hey." "Yo, D-Rock!" "l`s that a new tattoo?" "Yeah." "You gonna `show me?" "Later." "When did you get it?" "Thi`s morning." "You all right?" "Hey, Steph." "What up, man?" "Hi." "What up, dude?" "So thi`s i`s where the A`sian`s hang out." "Yup." "Library wa`s clo`sed." "Hey, youre a funny guy." "For an Oriental." "He`s been drinking." "Hey, Daric, where you going to go to college next year, man?" "I ju`st turned in my app`s la`st month." "What about you?" "Ah, itll be an lw League for `sure." "I dont know which yet." "You already got in?" "Yeah, of cour`se." "Youll have to excu`se Steve." "He get`s cocky when he`s drunk." "Only when he`s drunk?" "Excu`se me, guy`s." "Too much te`sto`sterone." "Did I `say `something?" "So, thi`s i`s like the I love Stephanie fan club." "You know, Daric, youre a pretty cool guy." "I cant believe Steph thought you were a `stalker or `something." "Yo, whatd you think of her friend?" "What friend?" "The one `she brought to mini golf." "All right." "Yeah. l`snt Steph the be`st?" "You want a drink?" "Yeah, whatever you get." "All right." "Ben?" "lm good." "Thank`s, D-Rock." "Anytime, Stevie-boy." "Why you hang out with him, Ben?" "He`s got `something up hi`s a`s`s all the time." "He`s all right." "Yo..." "Steph`s the one." "Steph`s the one." "You were right." "She de`serve`s to be treated better." "lm going to treat her better." "I owe it all to you, man." "Thank you." "Steve, youre wa`sted." "Thank`s, man." "Okay." "Youre welcome." "Youre welcome." "All right." "iii be right back." "Okay." "All right." "Thank you." "At that point, by the look in Daric`s eye`s, I knew it wa`s on." "It wa`s New Year`s Eve." "Je`su`s `said we could u`se hi`s hou`se if we paid him a hundred buck`s." "Hi`s parent`s had left for Tahoe a day earlier." "I `still thought it wa`s a bad idea," "`so the guy`s and I made a compromi`se." "All I had to do wa`s be the lookout." "Hey." "Hey." "Theyre right around back in the garage." "iii be in there in a `sec." "Fuck!" "What`s up, fella`s?" "So you got the ca`sh?" "Of cour`se." "Got my gun?" "Thi`s... i`s your wake-up call." "For your mommy and daddy." "Fuck!" "Get the gun!" "Get the gun!" "Han, get the gun!" "Shit!" "Oh, God." "Fuck!" "Dont!" "Ben." "Ben." "Ben!" "What the fuck?" "We didnt agree to thi`s." "Thi`s i`s going to co`st you extra." "Were going to have to get rid of the body." "What do you mean?" "Je`su`s, what about your backyard?" "No way." "I promi`se no one will ever know." "$300." "Come on, guy`s, di`sh it up." "Shit!" "You guy`s got any money?" "Virg?" "Here. 150." "iii get you the re`st tomorrow, all right?" "Fuck no." "You pay me now." "Here, three hundred." "Can I have the wallet too?" "Fuck!" "Oh, `shit." "He`s `still alive." "Someone hold him up." "Virg, plea`se, hold him up." "lt`s going to be okay, Ben." "lt`s going to be ju`st fine." "Oh, fuck." "You got him, Virg?" "Yeah." "All right." "Hold him up." "Hold hi`s head up." "Hold it up." "Tilt it back, okay?" "Okay." "Let me open hi`s mouth." "All right." "lt`s going to be fine, Ben." "lt`s going to be ju`st fine." "Oh, `shit." "Ju`st hold him down." "Ju`st hold him down." "Chri`st!" "Virg, it`s okay." "Li`sten to me." "Ju`st hang on, okay?" "ltll be ju`st fine." "Ju`st hang on!" "Ju`st hang on to him!" "Whatever you do!" "lm holding him!" "Je`su`s fucking Chri`st!" "Ju`st hang on!" "Ju`st hang on!" "Whatever you do, ju`st hang on!" "lt`s okay." "ltll be okay." "ltll be okay." "ltll be okay, Virg." "ltll be okay, Virg." "Okay, Virgil, ju`st a few more `second`s." "Ju`st breathe." "Ju`st hang on!" "Hang on." "Are you all right, Ben?" "lt`s okay, man." "Shh." "Shh." "Ben." "Hey, Stephanie." "Hi." "Happy New Year." "Happy New Year." "Are you okay?" "lm ju`st mad at Steve." "For what?" "He totally `stood me up." "I know he hate`s the`se thing`s, but `still..." "All right, everybody!" "Let`s get crazy!" "lt`s almo`st New Year!" "Ten..." "Ten, nine, eight... I gue`s`s neither of u`s are getting a ki`s`s tonight, huh?" "...five, four, three, two, one!" "l-lm `so `sorry." "l didnt mean to..." "No." "Dont apologize." "I need to talk to Steve." "Uh, well, uh, guy`s are waiting." "Thank`s, Ben." "Happy New Year." "Aw, `shit." "Ben, will you take him out of here?" "Aw, fuck!" "Fuck, man!" "Get the fuck out of here." "Je`su`s, would you help u`s, plea`se?" "Fuck it." "Ah, Je`su`s." "You clean that `shit up, man." "I knew what I had to do." "Of cour`se, the right thing to do wa`s to call the police and tell them everything." "It wa`s right..." "but it didnt mean it wa`s ea`sy." "Yo, Virg, lm here." "Let`s go, man." "Stop jerking off;" "let`s go." "Yo, Virg, `stop fucking around, man." "Open the door." "Virg!" "Open the fucking door, man!" "I `said open the door!" "Virg!" "Open the fucking door, Virg!" "Virg!" "Virg!" "Han `said Virgil had called him over to watch `some new porn." "I gue`s`s Virg ju`st didnt have enough ball`s to do it alone." "Open the fucking door, Virg!" "Virg!" "Fuck you, Virg!" "Open thi`s fucking door!" "So... what, i`s he going to be retarded, or `something?" "Ben, get him the fuck out of here before I kick hi`s a`s`s." "Come on, Daric." "Come on." "Wait, Ben, you think Virg i`s going to talk?" "No." "What if he doe`s?" "Dude, what are we going to do?" "Nothing." "Okay." "Let me think." "Why did you write that article about me?" "What?" "The new`spaper article." "Why did you write it?" "What are you talking about, man?" "lm trying to fucking think here." "Wait." "Do you think Han will be with u`s?" "Later, Daric." "Ben..." "iii call you later." "Nice." "You havent `seen Steve, have you?" "Steve?" "Get in." "He`s been gone for a couple day`s, and he`s got everyone worried." "Are you worried?" "Yeah, but you ju`st never know what Steve`s up to." "Ben, thank`s for putting up with thi`s." "What?" "The whole thing with me and Steve." "You know how you make deci`sion`s that lead to other deci`sion`s?" "Yeah." "Then you realize you dont remember why you made tho`se deci`sion`s in the fir`st place." "Yeah." "When I `saw you on New Year`s Eve, I knew there wa`s only one right thing to do." "For the fir`st time in my life, I dont know what my future will hold." "I dont even know what the other guy`s are going to do." "All I know i`s that there`s no turning back." "All I know i`s that there`s no turning back." "You `said you had no place to go" "While `standing in the doorway of our home" "And lm here waiting to `see lf youve come and found the key I went and put it where it u`sed to be" "But lm not waiting on eventually" "No, lm not waiting" "Are we only `scrap`s" "Of everything we hoped that we could be?" "And lm not waiting on eventually" "No, lm not waiting" "Build your hou`se from `scrap`s" "Make a home out of laugh`s" "Build your hou`se from `scrap`s" "Make a home out of laugh`s" "And laugh" "And laugh" "And laugh" "And laugh" "And laugh"