DEXTER and SPENCER are walking together, waving at two departing girls. The girls are smiling and waving in return. As they disappear from view, SPENCER'S smile fades.
DEXTER: WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
SPENCER: NOTHIN'.
DEXTER: AW, JESUS. YOU'RE STILL MOPEY ABOUT LANCE! YOU'RE A FAG.
SPENCER: I'M NOT A FAG, IT'S JUST STRANGE SINCE HE'S LEFT. IT MAKES ME, IT MAKES ME THINK.
DEXTER: THINK? ALL YOU DO IS THINK.
A beat of silence.
DEXTER: WHAT, YOU THINKING OF THE ARMY, TOO?
SPENCER: NO, NOT THE ARMY. THE ARMY . . . NO, I'M JUST THINKING. I MEAN, IS THIS IT? IS THIS ALL THERE IS? HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN FRIENDS, DEXTER?
DEXTER: SINCE SIXTH GRADE, C'MON. DON'T BULLSHIT ME.
SPENCER: I'M NOT, I'M SAYIN' IS ALL. WE BEEN OUTTA SCHOOL TWO YEARS, WE'RE WORKING IN A SHIT FACTORY, WE'RE STILL MAKING FUN OF THE SAME ASSHOLES WE MADE FUN OF IN HIGH SCHOOL, STILL MESSIN WITH THE SAME NOWHERE GIRLS--
DEXTER: NOWHERE GIRLS, WHAT'RE YOU TALKIN, NOWHERE GIRLS? BECCA AND MINDY, THOSE ARE PRETTY GIRLS!
SPENCER: YEAH, BUT I MEAN, I MEAN, WHAT ELSE IS THERE?
They stop walking. DEXTER looks to SPENCER, confused, almost angry.
DEXTER: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOUR TALKING ABOUT. YOU WANT TO MOVE AWAY? IS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
SPENCER: I DON'T KNOW . . . I'M WONDERING, THAT'S ALL. I'M WONDERING IF I WANT TO MOVE AWAY OR NOT.
DEXTER: YOU GOT NO SENSE OF HOME? THIS IS HOME.
SPENCER: HOME? THIS? COME ON, THIS ISN'T HOME. THIS IS SHIT! ALL OUR LIVES WE BEEN SAYIN THIS IS SHIT. WE BEEN SAYIN' WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE. THEN WHAT DO WE DO? WE WORK IN THE SAME SHIT JOBS OUR DADS HAD AND DATE THE SAME NOWHERE GIRLS. MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I MEAN.
DEXTER repeats what SPENCER says, normally at first, then in a high-pitched squeel.
DEXTER: MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT. MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT. MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT! MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT! HEY, EVERYBODY! MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT!
SPENCER: C'MON, DEX . . .
DEXTER: FUCK IT. FUCK IT, SPENCE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR? THERE'S A WHOLE WIDE WORLD OUT THERE FOR YOU? THERE AIN'T. THERE'S MORE OF THIS. THE SAME SHIT JOBS AND THE SAME NOWHERE GIRLS, ONLY THE SHIT STORES HAVE DIFFERENT SHIT SIGNS HANGING OVER THEIR DOORS. IF YOU GO ANYWHERE ELSE, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME AS HERE. ONLY YOU'LL BE THE OUTSIDER, AND THE US OF WHEREEVER THAT PLACE IS, THE GUYS WHO ARE US TO THAT TOWN, THEY'LL HAVE YOUR GIRL. AND THEY'LL HAVE YOUR JOB, AND THEY'LL SHIT ON YOU.
SPENCER: WHAT ABOUT LANCE?
DEXTER: WHAT ABOUT HIM? YOU THINK HE'S SOME FUCKIN' HERO? YOU THINK HE'S GONNA GET A PARADE WHEN HE COMES HOME? HE'LL TAKE SOME CLASSES AT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, THEN HE'LL DROP OUT AND COME BACK TO THE FACTORY. HE'LL HAVE A MOUSTACHE THOUGH, OR A BEARD OR SOMETHING.
A beat of silence.
DEXTER: THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR GUYS LIKE US, SPENCE. ENJOY IT NOW, CAUSE IT AIN'T GONNA LAST FOREVER.
DEXTER walks off into the lights of the carnival, hands raised triumphantly. SPENCER follows him, reluctantly, his head down.
DEXTER: WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
SPENCER: NOTHIN'.
DEXTER: AW, JESUS. YOU'RE STILL MOPEY ABOUT LANCE! YOU'RE A FAG.
SPENCER: I'M NOT A FAG, IT'S JUST STRANGE SINCE HE'S LEFT. IT MAKES ME, IT MAKES ME THINK.
DEXTER: THINK? ALL YOU DO IS THINK.
A beat of silence.
DEXTER: WHAT, YOU THINKING OF THE ARMY, TOO?
SPENCER: NO, NOT THE ARMY. THE ARMY . . . NO, I'M JUST THINKING. I MEAN, IS THIS IT? IS THIS ALL THERE IS? HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN FRIENDS, DEXTER?
DEXTER: SINCE SIXTH GRADE, C'MON. DON'T BULLSHIT ME.
SPENCER: I'M NOT, I'M SAYIN' IS ALL. WE BEEN OUTTA SCHOOL TWO YEARS, WE'RE WORKING IN A SHIT FACTORY, WE'RE STILL MAKING FUN OF THE SAME ASSHOLES WE MADE FUN OF IN HIGH SCHOOL, STILL MESSIN WITH THE SAME NOWHERE GIRLS--
DEXTER: NOWHERE GIRLS, WHAT'RE YOU TALKIN, NOWHERE GIRLS? BECCA AND MINDY, THOSE ARE PRETTY GIRLS!
SPENCER: YEAH, BUT I MEAN, I MEAN, WHAT ELSE IS THERE?
They stop walking. DEXTER looks to SPENCER, confused, almost angry.
DEXTER: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOUR TALKING ABOUT. YOU WANT TO MOVE AWAY? IS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
SPENCER: I DON'T KNOW . . . I'M WONDERING, THAT'S ALL. I'M WONDERING IF I WANT TO MOVE AWAY OR NOT.
DEXTER: YOU GOT NO SENSE OF HOME? THIS IS HOME.
SPENCER: HOME? THIS? COME ON, THIS ISN'T HOME. THIS IS SHIT! ALL OUR LIVES WE BEEN SAYIN THIS IS SHIT. WE BEEN SAYIN' WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE. THEN WHAT DO WE DO? WE WORK IN THE SAME SHIT JOBS OUR DADS HAD AND DATE THE SAME NOWHERE GIRLS. MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I MEAN.
DEXTER repeats what SPENCER says, normally at first, then in a high-pitched squeel.
DEXTER: MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT. MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT. MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT! MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT! HEY, EVERYBODY! MAYBE LANCE HAD IT RIGHT!
SPENCER: C'MON, DEX . . .
DEXTER: FUCK IT. FUCK IT, SPENCE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR? THERE'S A WHOLE WIDE WORLD OUT THERE FOR YOU? THERE AIN'T. THERE'S MORE OF THIS. THE SAME SHIT JOBS AND THE SAME NOWHERE GIRLS, ONLY THE SHIT STORES HAVE DIFFERENT SHIT SIGNS HANGING OVER THEIR DOORS. IF YOU GO ANYWHERE ELSE, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME AS HERE. ONLY YOU'LL BE THE OUTSIDER, AND THE US OF WHEREEVER THAT PLACE IS, THE GUYS WHO ARE US TO THAT TOWN, THEY'LL HAVE YOUR GIRL. AND THEY'LL HAVE YOUR JOB, AND THEY'LL SHIT ON YOU.
SPENCER: WHAT ABOUT LANCE?
DEXTER: WHAT ABOUT HIM? YOU THINK HE'S SOME FUCKIN' HERO? YOU THINK HE'S GONNA GET A PARADE WHEN HE COMES HOME? HE'LL TAKE SOME CLASSES AT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, THEN HE'LL DROP OUT AND COME BACK TO THE FACTORY. HE'LL HAVE A MOUSTACHE THOUGH, OR A BEARD OR SOMETHING.
A beat of silence.
DEXTER: THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR GUYS LIKE US, SPENCE. ENJOY IT NOW, CAUSE IT AIN'T GONNA LAST FOREVER.
DEXTER walks off into the lights of the carnival, hands raised triumphantly. SPENCER follows him, reluctantly, his head down.
VIEW 5 of 5 COMMENTS
krista:
Bunnies...fertility, sexuality, abundance. Welcome to spring. Which I feel is quite marvelous...
frank_castle:
damn damn damn, there is 201 moves/series with the characters named dexter arrrgggghhhh onward to spencer maybe just maybe he is less.........damnit there is more spencer characters then dexter ones, damnit if it just let me look for four character names in one search, cause you did say two girl names, you are just mean, a mean mean man, this going to bug me for awhile thank you, THANK YOU