The Party by Eric Maierson
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Ken: Hey, is that the game?
Valerie: Want some?
Ken: Do I want some?
Ken: Yeah, all right. Don't Bogart that joint.
Ken: That's good stuff. Thanks.
Ken: Sometimes I get so sad.
Valerie: Why don't you go back upstairs to the party?
Ken: I used to perform.
Ken: Magic. Texas state champions, 1982.
Valerie: Wow, that sucks.
Ken: Yeah, I gave that up too. So you're like what, seventeen?
Valerie: Fifteen.
Ken: Fifteen? Wow. That's...
Valerie: Yeah, next month, I'm getting my learner's permit early 'cause my brother's like slightly retarded.
Ken: Who, Josh?
Valerie: Yeah.
Ken: He didn't seem-I mean, we were talking and he seemed...
Valerie: Yeah, I think they misdiagnosed him or something. He's just stupid sometimes.
Ken: "Just stupid." That's funny.
Valerie: Yeah, he's all right. He gets me weed.
Ken: I bet you get a lot of attention.
Valerie: What do you mean?
Ken: I mean being a dancer. Being... You know.
Valerie: You mean, like, guys?
Ken: You know if I had to do over again, go back to school-what grade are you in?
Valerie: Freshman.
Ken: If I had to do it over again, I don't think I would have listened to Wanda Kerpec.
Valerie: You like to talk a lot.
Ken: She was this girl-I was, we were-you've, you know, you've... right? You've-
Valerie: Fucked?
Ken: So anyway, Wanda, she told me I was hurting her, so I let go. Turned out later that was her thing. Wanda Kerpec.
Valerie: Yeah, I've been date-raped.
Ken: You're sweet.
Valerie: Sometimes, I just feel like I have no choice in anything. Like it's all just gonna happen anyway, so what's the use?
Ken: Sounds like my first marriage.
Valerie: Did you love her?
Ken: Fifteen, huh? Your hair looks really soft.
Valerie: You want me to be that Wanda girl, don't you?
Ken: No.
Valerie: Yes.
Ken: No. No, no, no.
Valerie: Yeah, I figured.
Ken: Yeah, you figured what, Ms. Smarty-pants?
Ken: What are you...
Valerie: Your button's undone.
Ken: Well, I can't have my buttons-
Valerie: Shh.
Ken: Hey, hey. Hey.
Valerie: What?
Ken: What are you doing?
Valerie: Having sex. What are you doing?
Ken: Valerie-
Valerie: You think my parents give a shit?
Ken: I don't-
Valerie: What? I thought you wanted to.
Ken: You're fifteen.
Valerie: You were talking like you wanted it.
Ken: I don't want "it."
Valerie: Yeah, well, neither did I. I was just doing it for your sake. Serves me right for feeling sorry for you.
Ken: Sorry for me? You think I need sympathy from a - where you going?
Valerie: I want dessert.
Ken: Well you can't go up there by yourself.
Valerie: Why?
Ken: Why? Because your parents are in there. Your parents are in there and you're high.
Valerie: It will not be the first time.
Ken: Wait, I'll go with you.
Ken: You know, I meant what I said before about you being sweet.
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