They say crash victims --people who lose a limb--that they can still feel their missing arm or leg, even after it's gone. It's called phantom pain, right? Well, suddenly, I had this horrible thought. What if high school went away but the feeling of it didn't? I mean I didn't feel joy... or sorrow... or anticipation. Things were going so well, but all I could feel was.... was dread.
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OK, OK, OK. Here's--here's my speech. This is the big speech from Noel. Uh... you mustn't leave this school. Why? Here's why. Because this is--this is a life struggle. This is fate, this is a challenge. I-if you turn away from this now, you will -- and I promise you this -- be confronted by the same issue five years from now. Or ten. All right? You'll be--you'll be the fancy doctor with--with the fancy practice. You'll--you'll be married... and you'll have like four phone lines in your home. And then, boom, it'll--it'll grip you like a blast of freezing cold air. You know, "what--what the hell is my life?" And you'll be able to trace it back to this instant. This--this very moment, when that geek R.A. gave you these four words of advice, "stay in New York, or perish". Five... six words.
I guess, I'm learning little by little that we decide what our lives are gonna be. Things happen to us. But it's our reactions that matter. I just want you to know, I think you've made a really great choice. And I can't wait to hear what happens.
It's funny. Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can pretty much change your life forever.
Is it possible to be just friends with someone I have these sort of immoderate feelings for?
So you have no intention of buying knives?
LLewis
[hesitates as he shiftily moves his eyes] No.
Or killing your roommate?
LLewis
[pauses longer with more shifty eye movement] No.
I gotta be honest here, Lewis. I wish you were more convincing.
[about her adoptive parents] What they don't know. What I haven't told anyone... that I found out my birth mom's name last year and she lives in New York.
Is... I mean that's not why you came here.
They'd be really hurt if they found out.
I won't say anything.
I know.
God, I feel all grown up.
Me too.
Years from now, Ben will look back on college and remember Felicity Porter: as that obsessive girl with frizzy hair who not only followed him across country, but then just began randomly sending him information about herself, as if he'd ever asked for any.
Well, if you can live with that, then you're okay.
[about the freshman mixer] I hate these things. A room full of junior high insecurities.
Did you get what you wanted?
Inorganic chemistry.
You got that and you're happy?
Last year, at the same party, three people showed up naked.
Whoa... I'm going to be wearing clothes to this party.
Okay, does everybody like Ben? And I'm not asking that rhetorically.
I replaced your stupid apple.
With a tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter?
It tastes so much like butter.
Have you seen Felicity?
She's probably in Noel's room, getting some.
Getting some what?
A little R.A. ass, or whatever.
What?
She's doing the R.A.
Felicity?
I know. I didn't think she had it in her either.
You think I'm dating Noel to get an appliance?
I think you're dating Noel and getting an appliance.
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