Hey Megan. Oh hey Vanessa. What's going on?
Well me and the girls are hanging out tonight at my place and we wanted to invite you.
Oh really? Yeah, I'd love to come. Can I bring Dom? No, sorry. It's a girls only get-together. No boyfriend's allowed.
Okay. All right. Well, we'll see you later.
Boo!
Stop it! Sorry. Couldn't help it. So what's going on?
Vanessa invited me to come to her place tonight?
Wait, Vanessa, like the Vanessa. Like the most popular girl in school Vanessa.
Stop it
Listen, I don't see why you want to be friends with her so much. I mean, this is the girl that in second grade
I know. I know. She smashed your paper mache turtle. Yeah, I spent two days working on that turtle.
Look, I don't have that many friends. It would be nice to make some new ones
So is it all right if I come with? No. She said no boyfriends allowed.
Figures. Well, I guess I'll just be at home mindlessly playing video games. Nothing new there.
I just don't trust this turtle killer so you'd better stay out of trouble.
It's just gonna be a couple of girls watching chick flicks and talking about guys. How much trouble could we get into?
Hey Meg. Come on in.
How hard was it to leave the boyfriend at home tonight?
Oh, not too bad. He put up a little fight but that was about it.
Oh. Dom wanted to come? Did he ever tell you about that time in second grade?
Really?
He might have mentioned it. Well one day he brought in this thing made out of paper mache
You know when you glue the paper together and stuff,? Well, this thing was so hideous
I knocked it off his desk and stepped right on top of it
He was so mad. I can't believe he never told you about that.
Yeah, it sounds pretty fun.
Where do you want me to put these?
Oh good. You brought them.
Are they for like a game or something?
No, no, no, I invited this kid Brandon over. Wait. I thought you said we weren't inviting boys.
No, I said no boyfriends allowed. There's a big difference.
Anyways, I was talking to him in school about the special kind of drink the rapper's are drinking these days. Oh
Gosh, what's it called? Never mind. Oh, I bet that's him.
Hey ladies.
So what's the name of that drink you were telling me about?
Oh you mean lean? Lean?
Yeah, lean. It goes by many different names: lean, purple drink, syrup, you know.
So what's so special about it? This.
Is that cough syrup? It sure is. It's got Codeine it. That's the stuff that'll make you feel real good but tastes terrible.
But don't worry. I got ways of making it taste better. Hey, do you have the Jolly Ranchers?
I do. They're right here. Thank you.
Isn't he great?
Hey. Got any cups? Yeah, let me show you.
Uh, where's the bathroom at? That way.
Thanks.
Hey, what are you calling me for? Shouldn't you be shoulder deep in chick flicks by now?
Hey Dom. I just wanted to talk.
Okay
What's going on? Is everything all right?
I don't know. I feel like I shouldn't be here.
Why not? What's wrong?
Vanessa invited some boys over.
What? Who?
You know Brandon from school?
She invited him?
Yeah, and some of his friends and that's not the worst part.
They're making some kind of drink I've never heard of before.
What kind of drink?
I don't know. It's why they had me stop and get those Jolly Rangers earlier.
Apparently you mix that some Sprite and some cough syrup together.
This doesn't sound like a good idea. I'm coming to get you.
No Dom! You can't!
Yeah, I can and I am right now. No, Dom stop. Don't come.
Tell me you won't come.
Okay, but you'd better text me
Okay, thanks. I gotta go. Love you. Bye.
Love you, too
Hey I got a cup here for you.
Come on Meg. You can't be the only one not drinking it. You'll miss out on all the fun.
I'm coming. I'm coming.
Hey Dom. What's up? Dude! Where's Meg?
What are you doing here?
Meg. Meg, you in there?
Meg! Meg! Come on, wake up Meg! What's wrong with her?
Looks like she passed out.
Hey, man, what are you doing? What's it look like I'm doing?
Oh, he's calling 9-1-1.
Wait, Dom, you can't. We're all gonna get in trouble. This is serious. Okay, she doesn't look good
I'm not risking her life for your stupid party. Yo, Justin. Let's get outta here.
We out!
Vanessa, what are we gonna do? I don't know.
If he does this we're all gonna get in trouble.
Yeah, my girlfriend is passed out on the floor. She was at this party . . .
You know, you can't just sit here all day the bell's gonna ring in five minutes or so.
I can't go in there.
I can't go in there!
Meg, come on. I can't. I can't stand to see the look on their stupid faces.
Who, Vanessa?
No. Everyone.
Well, at least everyone's not mad at you for getting them in trouble.
But I'm the idiot that passed out at the party.
I mean, it's bad enough that I have five days of community service and my mom is mad at me
But not doing a school and deal with it. I
I just want to forget it all.
You know, it's hard to learn from something you're trying to forget.
You made a mistake last week. I guess that means you're not perfect.
But life's not about being perfect. It's about learning from your mistakes
And you can't learn from your mistakes unless you own them first.
Do I really have to own this one? Do I really need to answer that?
No. You're right.
All right. I'm still ready to get out!
Hey! Hurry up! Mrs. Vladdlemeyer's gonna be mad if I'm late again.