Paranoid Park Page #3

like my parents.

Hello?

My dad had supposedly moved out.

But he kept calling the house,

bugging us.

And my mom was

not handling it well.

And my poor brother Henry,

he was thirteen,

and he would get so worried

about stuff he'd throw up his dinner.

Couldn't handle the stress at all.

I also thought about Jennifer.

She seemed pretty determined

for us to be together. I mean...

... worse things could happen.

I just wish I'd like her

more or we had more in common.

Hey kid!

Hey! You gonna ride

that skateboard or sit on it?

I'm waiting for someone.

Wo. What's up?

You gonna ride this thing, man?

I'm waiting for somebody.

You're not gonna let me ride it.

I'm waiting for someone.

You know there's dead bodies buried here

... under the cement?

Isn't that right?

Yeah, that's true.

Come on, tell you what.

Let me ride the board,

I don't come back,

you can have the little hottie

right here.

- All right.

- Isn't she cute?

Hey... I'm Paisley, and this is Jolt.

Hey, check out Scratch.

Sweet, thanks, man.

Told you I'd come back.

Yeah, no problem.

So where you guys live?

Right here, man.

At the skatepark?

- Pretty much.

- This is our f***ing home!

How 'bout you?

With my mom.

You wanna ride a train, man?

You wanna get some beer?

All right.

How 'bout you guys?

We'll stay here, man.

He asked if I wanted to get some beer.

I didn't know about the beer,

but I really wanted to ride

a freight train.

Then later that night,

I drove back to Jared's.

I had to change out of my clothes,

they were so thrashed.

Say name and city, please.

Yeah, Tremain in Gearhart,

please.

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Happy Citizenship Day.

So, how are things with your parents?

Not that good. It's official now,

they're gonna get a divorce.

That must be hard.

Yeah well, its out in the open.

I uh... heard about you and Jennifer.

Well, I think, everyone heard

about you and Jennifer. So...

Yeah...

That didn't last very long.

Naw, it didn't.

So... why'd you break up with her?

Why was I even going out with her,

you mean.

Yeah, that's what I mean, but,

you must have liked her a little?

Well, I liked her

a little last summer...

before she decided

I was her boyfriend.

Well with all the stuff

you're going through,

I guess something

like that could be hard.

Whatever. What?

Macy... you know there's just...

everybody's parents get divorced.

There's... other problems.

Bigger problems.

Like what?

Like... people dying in Iraq...

starving kids in Africa.

Since when do you care

about starving children in Africa?

Well, you know what I mean, just...

the little problems,

they're just all so stupid.

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