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[Darius joins Jeff and Arnau in the motel lounge bar, where Jeff has shown Arnau how to Facebook friend an old girlfriend of Jeff's]
Jeff: Here she is. Look at you, you went all rogue. What did you get?
Darius: Got his name, where he works.
Jeff: Great.
Darius: What did you guys get?
[Jeff points to the Facebook page]
Jeff: She accepted, but, uh, no photos, so I'm not really sure.
Darius: What?
Arnau: He came here to hook up with an old high school girlfriend.
Darius: [scornful] Seriously? That's what you've been doing?
Jeff: Well, I've been doing other stuff, too, but.
[Jeff takes a sheet of photos out of his pocket, with bravado]
Jeff: Maybe this will change your attitude a little bit. That's her. When she was 18, and I used to see her naked.
Darius: So?
Jeff: So I'm coming back to try to see her naked again.
Darius: I'd be weirded out if some guy tried to track me down after 20 years.
Jeff: I'd be weirded out, too, if some guy tried to track you down.
Darius: Why?
Jeff: Who would do that?
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[Jeff approaches Kenneth's house. He clearly has not done enough research, and acts like a smiling, bobbing idiot]
Jeff: Kenneth Calloway, right? Is that right? My name is Jeff.
[He extends a hand to shake, which Kenneth ignores. Jeff is grinning too much]
Jeff: Look, I saw your ad in the, uh, Classifieds. I want to know if you need a partner.
Kenneth: What's your mission?
Jeff: What do you mean, what's my mission?
Kenneth: What's your reason for going back?
[Jeff has changed from smiling maniacally to frowning]
Jeff: Oh, well, who wouldn't want to go back? It's an amazing opportunity. To go back in time, you know? See gladiators, and watch dinosaurs with my own eyes. Have sex with a pilgrim? That's all I wanted. I want to go back. It's neat. Who wouldn't want to go back, Kenneth? YOU want to go back. Why do YOU want to go back? Well, do you need a partner?
Kenneth: Can you look fear and danger in the eye?
Jeff: That's an odd question.
Kenneth: Have you ever stared fear and danger in the eye and said YES.
Jeff: Sure.
Kenneth: Get off my porch.
Jeff: Let's start over. Come on, we can be pals. Let's go back in time.
Kenneth: Man, that smile. What is that smile? You don't know pain, you don't know regret, you don't know...
Jeff: [agreeing with everything and leaving with his arms raised] Okay. Well, look, it was really nice to meet you.
Kenneth: [grimly] That's what I thought.
Alice Hung
Extended Reading