Here on Out

Can I get an espresso, please?

Thank you very much.

Hello, no, it's delicious. Thank you.

Oh, my God!

Hey! Oh, it's so good to see you.

- I know. - I didn't know you're in town.

Oh, yeah, just for a couple weeks.

And I have a few minutes. Can I sit down?

Oh, yeah, please.

I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. How's life?

It's good, um, life is good.

Were you as not ready to graduate as I was?

Oh, my gosh, no, it flew by.

Yeah, but knowing you, you already have a five-step plan for conquering the world.

What are you up to?

Um, no, I...

I'm waiting to hear back from a, uh, journalism fellowship in New York.

Oh, which one? I have a friend with the Times .

Oh, wow. No. Um, it's called LifeStars .

You probably haven't heard of it.

It's, um, it's an online publication.

I'm probably not gonna get it, anyway.

No, I mean, you will be running that place in less than a year.

Um, what about you, though?

You're, uh, you're going to London?

You have a coding job or something? I saw on Facebook.

Yeah, complex systems analysis.

It's... it's with a startup but I'm so excited, but absolutely terrifying.

No, that's... that's incredible. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Oh, shit. I'm sorry, I have to go.

Yeah, okay.

I feel bad we haven't kept in touch.

Yeah, I know. I'm so sorry.

No, it's not your fault. We've both been bad.

Yeah. But we'll have to fix that and we have to hang out before I leave, okay?

- Yes, definitely. I'll text you. - Bye.

Hi, uh, can I get a large popcorn

and a little bitchboy who won't leave early every time we go out, please?

I told you I had to work early.

Dude, you missed it.

That party was off the chain, okay?

Are people still saying that?

I mean, high schoolers do.

Them kids go hard, okay?

Can't get emphasis on kids.

Yo, did you see Tasha Hendrix last night?

- Oh, my God, that body just looks so... - Seventeen.

I mean, yeah. But did you see her?

You're so gross.

Oh, come on, dude. I mean...

Okay, five years is not that big of an age difference, right?

I mean how far apart are your parents?

Exactly the same age.

We've literally had this conversation before.

Really?

Damn.

They look good.

Yo, did you hear that Bradley is moving to Austin too?

No way!

Totally forgot about that guy.

Yeah, probably because he stopped doing parties.

- Yeah, well I don't blame him after how the last one ended. - Oh, true.

Yo, why haven't we given your sister more shit about that?

I wouldn't do that, dude. She's still pretty butthurt over it.

Come on, that was four years ago.

Yeah, it was probably the worst night of my life.

Dude, it's one of the coolest things about you.

No, it was not cool.

You should have seen my dad's face when he picked me up at the police station.

It was a nightmare.

Well, on the bright side, you're over 21 now, so clubs won't really be an issue.

I know. It's just that was right after high school graduation

and if right after college graduation, I do the same thing,

I just get trashed again, it's like I didn't learn my lesson, you know?

Don't give me that symbolic shit. We're celebrating.

I'm sure Barbara will get trash with me.

I would not count on that.

You don't mind that I invited her, do you?

Oh, no, not at all. More the merrier.

Plus, childhood friends say a lot about a person.

Oh, yeah? Did you learn that in the one psych class you actually went to?

Ha-ha.

It was kind of weird to see her again. It's just been so long.

That's what happens. Distance makes distance.

- Deep. - Yeah, I thought so.

This is her neighborhood.

How's Stepford Wives ?

- Hey, Fran. - Hey.

- Hey, you must be Lauren. - Yeah. I've heard so much about you.

Sorry, I claimed shotgun.

Oh, don't worry about it.

We can swap seats at Marcos.

Yes, Marcos. Is that place still even open?

I don't know, I guess we'll find out.

Point is, I had a good time.

You always have a good time.

Thanks.

into a movie?

Nope.

- Why not? - Manager's cracking down.

- Weak shit, dude. - Alright.

Hey, remember, we're leaving early tomorrow.

- How early? - Real early.

So, what exactly is outdoor education?

I'm so glad you asked.

Okay, so you know, in middle school when you would go to those big parks

- with high ropes and obstacles and stuff? - Yeah.

And by the end, you'd overcome some tough obstacle as a team

in an enriching and natural way led by a team of fun and hip counselors?

Sure.

Well, you are talking to the hippest and funnest new member of Colorado Springs Outbacks.

It's camp. She's a glorified camp counselor.

An outdoor educator at an outdoor education facility.

Is that it?

No, that's the guest house.

We never really used it much.

Is somebody living there?

I don't know.

My parents have been trying to sell it forever. Maybe they finally did.

Ah, here we are.

It smells the exact same.

Oh, this place is creepy.

Hey, nana was eccentric.

When was the last time you guys came up here?

Um, ninth, maybe tenth grade. I don't know.

But Hal and I used to bring friends up here like every summer.

And still think this place is creepy?

My friends, you mean me and Terry.

Remember that one time when we tried to bring Anna?

- My God, that was a nightmare. - Yeah.

Hal?

- Yo, what up Fran, Fran? - What the hell are you guys doing here?

What are you doing here?

Spending a weekend with my friends.

Well, I'll be darned, I guess we double bugged.

No, Hal, you guys cannot stay here.

We're not leaving.

Hal, I've been planning this trip for ages.

Uh...

Okay, okay, look, relax, Francis the Radio.

How do you know Hal?

He visited Francis, sophomore year.

I... I don't know, he seems pretty cool.

Yeah, but when he and Terry get together, they can kind of be a lot.

I brought sparklers.

Yo, Francis the Radio.

- You saw what I did there? That's good, okay. - Kind of...

What's the deal?

They're staying.

- Hey, Barb. - Hal, hey.

You must be Lauren.

And you must be the infamous Terry.

They call me T-unit.

Yeah. No one calls him T-unit.

Hey, Lauren.

Hey, Hal.

Uh, I'm sorry to rain on your guys' parade or Francis' parade, at least.

Uh, she'll cool off. It might help if you guys don't pull shit like that though.

- Fair. - I'm gonna go check on her.

Yeah, good call.

Can you believe him?

Francis, it's totally not a big deal.

No, I mean, first, they show up here

and then they pull that stupid thing with the masks.

Yeah, but come on, that was nothing new.

Yeah. Well, you would have thought that they would have grown up by now.

Francis, look, you've... Calm down, okay? Just look at me.

No, I know, it's just annoying because I had this whole plan for the weekend and...

Now it's gonna be a little different and that's okay, right?

Look, you can either be upset about it and sulk away the weekend

or you can try to be nice and maybe we'll end up having a great time.

I doubt that.

Come on, didn't you guys say you came here all the time together?

Yeah, when we were kids.

And it was kind of fun, wasn't it, Barb?

I mean, come on, we had a good time.

Francis.

- Yeah, we had fun. - Look, there you go, problem solved.

I am excited to be back.

Ooh Barb, we have to go camping at Black Ridge Rock.

Oh, mm-hmm.

And, Lauren, you can teach everyone along the way

about everything you learned in your botany class.

Okay, you know what, that class was awesome

and I'll have you know that tree identification

is the most important part of conservation.

- Did you just pick that up or... - No, actually it was our motto.

We all got it tattooed on our butts.

- Barb, do you want to see? - No, Ma'am.

Alright, I'm gonna go check out the house. You wanna come?

Uh, no, I'll be down in a sec.

I'm really glad you're here.

- Yeah, thanks for inviting me. - Yeah, of course.

I'm sorry about all of the drama.

I was really looking forward to you and Lauren getting to know each other.

Sorry. Um, one second.

Uh, email sent.

Okay. Okay, don't worry about it. It's fine.

Hey, have you heard back from that website yet?

Oh, um, no, I haven't.