Week 5: Post Execution

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[After a while, like maybe three or four hours after the execution, Rebecca's looking for Evan. She doesn't seem like she's been crying or anything along those lines. But she does seem tired. Almost like she hasn't been sleeping that well.

She'll start by knocking on his door.]

Evan? Are you there?

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...I do, um, have an extracurricular, but it - seems kind of wrong to use it on a college application.

[But he doesn't voice quite why yet.]

No, I haven't done the FAFSA. I'm, um, I'm thinking of taking a gap year so I can work somewhere and save up for community college. Oh, but, I'm a senior.

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You said you did band, didn't you? That's... do you have a moral dilemma about band?

[She's just kind of squinting at him. That made no sense to her.]

Oh, a gap year. I had a classmate that did that. I have no idea what happened to them. But if you're worried about money, working is a good option. What are you thinking of doing?

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No, no, it's not band that I'm talking about.

[He shrugs.]

Nothing, um, nothing too big. I've never had a job, so I'd probably start in retail or something else where it's easy to get hired without, without a lot of experience.

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You can still put band on your list, even if you don't want to put the other one there. Whatever it is.

Retail is good, you don't usually have to take a test for it. Like a food handler's permit- I think you have to pay for that license too.

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...Yeah, that's a good point. You think they wouldn't mind if I'm not, not too good at it?

[He nods.]

There's, um, there's a pottery barn like a few blocks away from my house. I could try that.

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Sometimes what they're looking for is tenacity. How long have you been playing?

Sure! I have no idea what that is, but if it's close by you should try it.

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Since, um, since I was a sophomore. Is that long enough?

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That's like three years? That's not bad. Honestly though, I never worked on college admissions, so I can't help you as much as I'd like.

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No, no, you've helped a lot! Really.

[And that's said sincerely.]

But, um, I think it's your turn to ask.

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Is it? Okay. Truth or dare?

[selfinserting]

Um... How about truth again?

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What's one of your guilty pleasures?

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Oh, um...

[He thinks about it for a few moments.]

Ben and Jerry's? Does that count?

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Everybody likes ice-cream! Also you definitely shouldn't feel guilty for liking them, they're delicious.

Try again.

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They're not very healthy, though...

I guess I probably watch Netflix too much?

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That doesn't mean you should feel guilty for eating them. That's how body image stuff starts.

Like you use it to... procrastinate?

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Not really procrastinating, just... When I could be doing other things, I guess. Like - going outside.

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... Didn't you fall out of a tree? I'd probably avoid the outdoors too.

But sure, I'll take that. Your turn.

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That's not really...

[What he meant, he starts to say, but he lets it pass.]

Okay. Truth or dare?

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Truth. You seem better with these ones.

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Same question to you. The, um, the guilty pleasures one.

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Chocolate cigars after breakups until I get a stomach ache.

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I thought you said food didn't count as a guilty pleasure...?

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I said ice-cream.

Anyway, the other stuff is definitely not safe for your ears.

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How is ice cream different from chocolate...?

[But, um.]

...Oh, okay, that's okay because I really don't need to hear whatever it is, then!