Young Adult Page #2

Wait, are you not joking?

My God, man,

I get it people wont understand,

But, you know, but things like this happen.

In real life happens ...

Usually they happen in

slow-motion.

They get divorced,

they reconfigure.

Societys

okay with that

if you take your

time like a emotional glacier.

-I am 37 years old!

-Mavis ...

I would keep all this to

yourself.

I would find a therapist

a professional.

-Matt ...

- oh boy ...

Do not you get it?

love conquers all.

Havent you

seen The Graduate?

Or, I dont

know, anything?

Oh. A taxi.

Yeah, we called it Mavis, hey?

The Buddy Slade has life.

A life? Ha.

No, he has a baby, and babies

is boring.

Having spent the summer outside

the bubble of waverly prep,

Kendal looked around at her fellow

students, thinking:

did I really get that much better, or did

everyone simply get worse?

why was Ryan spending so

much time with this dumpy new girl?

Mavis, I'm Jim.

do you have any pages?

I trying to help you,

but I ...

Oh! No, no! I dont need

those

-Oh, youre going to want to try the popcorn shrimp!

- No, I'm not.

Two Hard Jack ciders Please.

Hey you!

Wow. Great to see you.

So! This is a midweek surprise.

I ordered us a couple

of Hard Jacks.

I havent had one

of those since college.

I know, too.

But I thought to drink

to remember the old days.

Basically I do not drink recently ...

During the pregnancy

of Beth ...

Beths nursing our

girl, so I thought Id, you know,

show some solidarity.

Right.

So are you still at General Mills?

-Yeah, Ad sales now.

My dad is still there,

so ...

so we have lunch

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,

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