Fire's ready. [sits down with a beer]
So, if the fire's ready...
Do I have to do everything?
Well, I did everything else!
Fine, I'll cook the steaks! [storms out]
[to Mary] Don't ever get married.
Marriage takes a lot of work.
You have no idea.
[on phone with Mary] Hey, what if you and I both decided to sign up for college together next semester?
[smirks in the background] Be sure to apply for that scholarship!
Are you serious?
Sure, I'm serious. I don't know what I want to do, either, but I know I don't want to wait tables for the rest of my life.
Is that... Is that pot?
Yeah. I just need it to loosen up. This whole mother and wife gig really sucks.
Why do you always have to act like this when somebody comes over?
I don't act like this whenever someone comes over, I act like this all the time.
Right. You do act like this all the time. So when are you going to grow up?
Get off my case, will you?
You could at least help me out a little around here. It's not like I ask you to do that much.
You don't ask me to do that much? You asked me to marry you, didn't you?
[about Johnny] He's not such a bad guy, you know. He wanted to go to college, too, major in English Lit, and be a writer.
Hey. We all still have plenty of time to be whatever it is we want to be, right?
Right. [The baby starts crying from her crib] Whatever I'm going to be doesn't change who I already am: a mom.
It just seems so unfair. You make one little mistake, you know?
Yeah, I know. I made a big mistake once, too. I got arrested last year for trashing the school gym.
[laughs] Arrested? You?
Yeah. I'm still on probation.
Oh, so that's why you don't drink or smoke or anything.
Yeah, kind of.....but also because I feel so out of control, anyway--like I couldn't get my life back on track even if I wanted to. Not that I want to--I mean, it's not so bad, but it's just...
Existing. Just existing. I know what you mean. Every time I make an effort to do something, it just feels like there's so much resistance...and I give up before I even start trying.
Maybe we could help each other. Maybe we could make an effort together. Maybe we could go to college and see if anything changes. I brought the brochures--do you want to look at them?
No, not right now, I'm too out of it. Maybe some other time.
[disappointed] Yeah. Maybe some other time. [stands up]
No, don't say it like that. Don't give up on me. I need a friend.
Well, I need a friend too.
[on phone with Mary] Hey, your dad got us out. Thanks so much for getting him to help us.
You know, I was kind of surprised you called him.
Yeah, well, I didn't know who else to call. After I got pregnant, my mom told me never to call her again if I got into trouble. Of course, your dad made me promise to talk to her, and to a counselor, and whatever. But at least I didn't have to call her from jail, you know? (pause) You are really lucky to have parents who are always there for you.
Dad, please. They really are my friends. Frankie is my friend! She asked me to bring over those college brochures tonight so we could look over them, and make a plan to go back to school.
And did you?
[pause] No.
Because she was too stoned? Mary, who are you and what are you doing with these people?
[about Frankie and Johnny] They are good people. They're both working, and they're trying to raise this kid, and it's really hard...
So hard that they have to smoke pot?
[about Frankie and Johnny] If you're not going to help them, I'll help them.
How? You don't have a job, you don't have any money. You have to help yourself before you can help anyone else!
[getting angry and defensive] I DON'T NEED ANY HELP!! AND IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO DOWN TO THE POLICE STATION AND GIVE THEM THE MONEY, THEN I'M GOING TO GET DOWN THERE AND FIND A WAY TO DO IT MYSELF! I will.
[stops Mary from leaving] You are NOT going down to the station and you are not gonna ever see these people, EVER!!!! But I will go and i will talk to them and do whatever i can other than give them money.
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