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Make no mistake, I'm a sociopath.

God, that sounded evil.

Let's rewind a little.

I grew up all over coastal America.

House after house after restraining order, everything just kind of blends in.

If the divorce rate is 50-50, my mom landed on tails like eight times.

So by the time I was 14, right?

I moved from seven different houses and attended six different school districts.

After a while, you don't see a point in making friends.

The Vitamin C graduation song?

Yeah, can't relate.

But then one year, all of that almost changed.

For the first time ever, I found myself in a school for two consecutive years, going on three.

And then I like started turning pretty a month into high school, so the guys hitting on you social leverage was really awesome.

The popular girls would talk to me all the time.

They were just stupid.

Like they'd always been pretty.

left out, never alone.

And when I think about it, all the thinking I've ever done was when I was alone.

I was nice about it and thought I'd always be nice about it.

Finally in one place to build a steady reputation.

And then life said fuck that.

My piece of shit gamer brother got us evicted for pirating breakbeat mixtapes.

It's like not even good music.

Anyway, so mom was crying packing up the moving boxes

and that's when she told me we're moving out of state

and I just got settled I said fuck you I'm living

with dad he's just a neighborhood down I put the boxes down

and go over knock on the door

and a gunshot my second Christmas killed himself I walked in

floor looked like a whole ass video game just blood everywhere

and get this his suicide note was stuck to the fridge

with a cookie monster magnet all he wrote on it Nicole's fault I'm Nicole by By the way, hi, what the fuck did I do to him?

Maybe I missed the office softball game?

Men are so into this revenge suicide thing. But whatever.

It doesn't matter.

Nothing matters.

I'm moving.

Again.

City, county, state.

All the same fate.

But I've always said that while leaving.

This time, it's on arrival.

Hey, so for the senior prank this year, what if we like, park their cars where we don't usually park them?

Oh my god, that is so funny!

Yeah, math class this year with Mr. Berliday, yeah like, fuck Mr. Berliday dude!

They are never funny, it's like the girls just laugh to avoid sexual assault.

Hey, yo, you new to this educational prison?

Wow, yeah, that was funny.

Yeah, I'm getting into like, humor and stuff.

Anyway, you know anyone around here?

Know where your classes are?

I mean, kinda.

There's like numbers on the doors.

I think I can figure it out.

No, no, no, no, no, no. I could show you around.

Like a school tour.

You want to do that?

You up for that?

School tour.

That sounds nicely mediocre, but I'm just going to go to class.

See ya.

Oh, yeah.

I'm Crispin, by the way.

Yeah, we should hang out sometime.

Yeah, okay.

All right, bye.

Yeah.

Oh, you must be new.

Yes, please take a seat next to Jeffrey.

Hey.

Hey, so, uh, I guess...

I guess we're lab partners, huh?

I guess.

Not a big talker, are you?

I don't know you.

Are you just chummy with everyone you meet?

Not everyone.

But if they look the type to like anime, then may as well, right?

I'm sorry, I look like I like anime.

How do I fix that?

No, no, that's a good thing.

It means you're cool and different.

And 300 pounds.

What was that?

Oh, nothing.

It was just converting British currency in my head.

Cool, see?

Well, the teacher said I'm Jeffrey.

What's your name?

I'm Nicole.

Hi.

Huh, that's a nice name.

Thanks.

Uh, so what animes do you like?

Um, can't say I know too many animes, but I'd like to learn.

Which ones do you like?

Well, I don't really like some of the ones other guys like.

Oh, so you're like really into it?

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Really hip?

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You don't like the popular stuff?

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Mmm, some are popular, but it's more the genre.

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A lot of anime is kung fu, laser beam action.

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I like the animes with the girls.

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Mm-hmm.

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So what do you like about him?

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I don't know.

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They're just really cute.

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I get crushes on them.

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Oh, you get crushes on cartoons?

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That's pretty cool.

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Thanks, yeah.

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And something else, but I should probably keep it a secret.

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Hey, hey, no. Come on, tell me.

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I don't know.

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I just met you.

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Here, let's make a deal.

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You carry the load on this science lab today, and I'll keep your secrets safe forever.

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I swear.

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Hmm.

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Okay.

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That sounds like a fair deal to me.

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I'll tell you at lunch.

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Cool.

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I can't wait.

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Now you just sit back.

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I'll get us an A for sure.

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You did such a good job.

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I'm almost jealous, actually.

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Oh, there's nothing to it.

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I could tutor you after school or something.

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Mmm, we'll worry about that later.

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So what were you gonna tell me in class?

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Oh, about how nail polish remover can melt styrofoam.

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No, before that.

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The girls in your favorite animes?

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Oh, yeah.

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Um...

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Well, I think they're really, really cute.

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But sometimes more than cute.

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Like.. like all the way?

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Um.. well, a promise is a promise.

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I think some of them are very sexy.

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Oh, you like them that way, huh?

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Yeah, because their bodies are just so perfect.

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Uh-huh, totally.

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They are drawn so perfect.

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You don't think that's weird, right?

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No, it's perfectly normal, I think.

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Can't really check right now.

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Thanks.

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And sometimes when I'm pent up, I pause the anime at certain frames and I, you go.

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No, I don't know.

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Tell me.

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I kinda, like, you go, use my hand.

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Oh, like to completion?

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Yeah.

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I think that's awesome.

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It's so great that you do that.

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Oh, thanks.

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You're the first girl I ever told that to.

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I like you, Nicole.

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Can we talk tomorrow?

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Yeah, fuck it.

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Hey, tonight, tell those girls I said hi.

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Okay.

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Anything for you, Nicole.

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Hey, sorry, but do we have to go to a homeroom first?

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Or do we just go straight to first period?

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No, it's okay.

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Yeah, first period.

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There's no homeroom here.

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You're new?

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Yeah, it's my second day.

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I wish all schools were just built the same so it wouldn't be a learning curve every time I moved.

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Oh, are you a military kid?

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If Ho-ing's a battlefield, then yes.

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My mom divorces and moves a lot.

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Well, how do you think all schools should be built?

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Geometrically, all the same, with universal room numbering.

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Oh, and make them all just one floor.

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Two flights is confusing.

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But then how are we going to push fat kids down the stairs?

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Fuck, you're right.

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What's your name?

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Jekka, what's yours?

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Nicole, why'd your parents name you Jekka?

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Well, no, they called me Jessica, but I started doing Jekka for short.

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Also, Jessica's a name that just screams married at 20.

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Oh yeah, marriage sucks.

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Never doing it.

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Totally.

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Whenever I play Fuck, Marry, Kill, I answer Fuck, Marry, and Kill myself.

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Hey, Nicole!

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How you doing?

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Oh, fuck, I forgot.

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Do you know each other?

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No, not really.

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Of course we do!

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I met Nicole yesterday in science class.

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Then we had lunch together and talked about anime.

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Wow, Nicole, you're kinda.. less cool now.

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What?

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No, he's just making shit up!

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Anyway, I gotta get to class now.

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I'll leave you two to your anime talk.

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Thanks, yeah, we go pretty deep with it.

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How did fucking with you backfire that hard?

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What do you mean?

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Oh, nothing, sorry.

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That was a delayed response to an ex.

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The PTSD just brought it out of me.

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Cool.

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So where are you headed for class, Nicole?

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Look, it's the first day.

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No funny guys, no comedians, no bringers of the ha-ha, okay?

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This year's gym class isn't last year's gym class.

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We're gonna really buckle down on physical fitness.

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I'm fit as fuck.

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I ain't buckling shit.

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Young lady, what's your name?

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Nicole.

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You want my phone number, too?

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This is only the first class, Nicole.

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You won't be a problem all year, will you?

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No, sorry.

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Good!

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Now everybody better dress out every class!

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If you don't, it's a zero!

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Hit the locker rooms!

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I'll see you back here in ten!

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Where the hell did I put the shirt?

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Why does it even need the school logo?

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I'll just bring my own shitty shirts.

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Having trouble, Nicole?

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Um, can you- you can't be in here!

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Saw you were lagging behind.

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I thought you might need a spare shirt.

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Oh thanks.

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Stop looking.

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Now please.

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You know something?

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You're feisty.

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I like that in my female students.

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I got a feeling you like something else in your female students too.

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See?

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You just snap back like that.

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I like it.

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It's sexy.

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You are saying this to a 16 year old in the girls locker room.

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Come on.

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What's age?

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Look at you.

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You're mature enough.

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The gym teacher's trying to fuck!

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Honey, quiet down there!

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I need this job!

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He won't get his hands off this minor ass!

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Oh my god, what are you doing in the girls' locker room?

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Were you really grabbing some minor ass?

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Minor as in underage?

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I think my ass is pretty major, to be honest.

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I've been at this school for 15 years!

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No one will believe you!

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The security cameras will.

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I knew installing those spy cameras would screw me over!

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This might sound fucked up, but I'm almost happy our gym teacher was a pedophile.

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I'm definitely happy our gym teacher was a pedophile.

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Do you see all this cool shit we bought?

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Yeah, the settlement money is pretty nice.

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My mom was like, oh, it's hush money.

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I'm like, whatever.

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The media wouldn't pay us nearly this much.

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Who needs morals when you have designer?

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So, it's been a few months since we moved.

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How's school going?

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Like academically or socially?

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Everything.

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Anything.

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Honestly, it's going pretty good.

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Oh, that's great to hear.

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I know moving schools can be hard.

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And if I cared, it absolutely would be.

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But mom, I figured out that if you just don't engage with other people's emotions or desires, nothing's a burden.

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Excuse me?

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Like, I'll put it like this.

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Anytime a guy asks for my company, asks me out, asks for anything, and I make decisions entirely for myself, not concerned with their feelings, there's no stress.

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Honey, that sounds a little mean-spirited, don't you think?

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Yeah, well, what's the alternative?

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Being used to do shit?

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People, especially men, are the perfect pawns when you don't give a fuck about them or whatever they want.

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I won't argue.

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I'll just hope you learn how to interact like a human being when you're a senior.

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So you're telling me it's a requirement for women to be pushovers or were sociopathic?

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What the fuck happened to feminism, mom?

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Nicole, I don't know any woman who actively considers feminism.

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We vote and work.

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It's just a fun thing to say.

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Okay, well fuck feminism.

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I'm starting Nicole-ism.

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Nicole-ism?

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Yeah, the main concept is girls removing all emotional attachment from anyone.

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I'm sure you'll meet a nice boy soon and you'll be all over this.

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How could I meet a nice boy when all men are just rapists and pedophiles?

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Is fucking kids nice, mom?

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This conversation is over.

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And so you see, the aperture actually gets wider the lower the f-stop gets.

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Did I really forget my eyeliner?

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Ahem.

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Ahem.

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Did you really need that cough like that?

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It's kind of annoying.

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This isn't cosmetics class, Nicole.

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I know that.

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So pay attention to the photography lecture in photography class.

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I'll be done in like two seconds, just calm down.

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Now, Nicole?

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Okay, fine.

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Wonderful.

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As I was saying- You can't talk like that to her!

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I can talk any way I like, Jessica.

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That's not my name.

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See?

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You don't respect any of the girls.

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A guy could just whip his dick out in here and you just politely say, That's enough.

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You're on thin ice right now.

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You're on your fourth wife right now because you couldn't make it as a photographer.

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I heard it was only three.

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That's it.

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Both of you have detention this afternoon.

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Great.

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I feel like I see you two every week now.

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Swear to God, it wasn't even our fault.

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What she said, except for the swear to God part.

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I like to think God isn't keeping tabs on 17-year-old girls.

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Oh, so in your spiritual worldview, God only keeps tabs on fully matured women?

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Yeah, Miss Lin, back the divine ass up.

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Enough!

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When it comes to repeat offenders, it's no longer a them problem, it's a you problem. And?

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Yeah, I really don't see what you're getting at.

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Would either of you like to explain to me why you're in my office from photography yet again?

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Nicole?

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What?

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Yes, Nicole, do tell.

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He didn't already tell you?

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Oh, he did.

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I'm just curious to hear your side of the story.

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And Mr. White said?

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Said you were talking out of turn with extreme vulgarity.

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Well, yeah, you would too if he was groping you all over mid-lecture.

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Excuse me?

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Yeah, what?

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Mr. White is a pervert and he's been pulling this shit for, like, years now.

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Really now?

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Oh, you don't believe me?

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Your friend Jessica here was there too and also seems quite surprised at your claim.

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Well, she's just in shock from years of abuse, right?

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You could call it that.

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Uh-uh.

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I see what's going on here.

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Just because I'm an openly feminist woman in power doesn't mean I'll believe any girl who walks in with a last-minute accusation.

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Well, I guess you're just a non-feminist woman in power

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because I'm catching ours left and right from this fucking guy and you don't even believe me.

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Oh, would you like me to call your parents then?

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It's so serious, they should know too.

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Don't you agree?

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Oh my god.

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Uh, you know, yeah, do it.

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I'll be in the back room then.

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What are you doing?

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Not getting in trouble.

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What if she calls my parents too over this shit?

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I don't want to deal with this, Nicole.

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Relax, I'll just tell everyone he threatened to kill you if you squealed.

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This isn't Juliard, I can't fake that.

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Look, she probably won't even call yours anyway, don't freak out over it.

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Let's hope you're right.

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I'll take it to court if I have to.

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Nicole, why was your principal on the phone telling me you may or may not have been sexually assaulted?

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Oh, that.

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Uh, it was probably just an April Fool's prank.

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It's October.

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No, yeah, I know that.

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It's actually school pride week where we just do the holidays all fucky.

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Thursday's Rosh Hashanah.

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Could I pass for Jewish?

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What bush are you beating around here?

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Okay, fine.

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My photography teacher was getting really touchy-feely with, uh...

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Touchy-feely where?

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Where did he touch you?

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My essential areas.

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Are you being serious with me?

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If not, you're in big trouble.

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Well, in that case, Mom, I wouldn't joke about this.

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His fingers were like in.

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I believe you, sweetheart.

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Oh, awesome.

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You rock, Mom.

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So what's for dinner?

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But if this really happened, I'm not very fond of your principal's dismissive tone.

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I never thought we'd have to do this at a school so nice, but I'm calling a lawyer.

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No way, you're actually gonna do something about it?

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Aren't we broke?

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Oh, I just tell you that so you never ask me to buy you things.

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This is serious.

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Wow.

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I mean, you know good lawyers?

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I've been married eight times.

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I'm well connected.

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Well, good.

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Let's pin Mr. White in his child-molesting ways.

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How exactly does he even isolate you?

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There's so many people there as it is.

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Isolate?

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I don't get it.

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Well, he has to get you girls alone somehow to have his way.

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Oh, yeah.

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Um, you know, he just does it right in the middle of class.

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You're joking.

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Yeah, just grabbing titties with no shame.

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He threatens to kill us if we tell anyone.

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That is un-fucking-believable.

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I know.

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There's like 29 of us, so that's a whole lot of killing.

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You know what?

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I'm just seeing red right now.

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I will spare no expense to make sure this pervert's under the jail.

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So, Nicole, in your own words, what happened at school on the day of the 18th?

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Yeah, okay, so I'm just doing my makeup in class, not bothering anyone or anything, and Mr. White had a huge problem with that.

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I see.

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Go on.

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His face was totally calm while he proceeded to flip the whole desk over.

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And it's an art class, so the table's huge, big enough for four kids.

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Really, now?

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Yeah, he grabbed me to a standing position, getting right behind and grinded against me.

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In front of all the students, too.

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Then his hands started massaging my breasts.

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It was so...

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Wait, I'm sorry.

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One hand on both of them.

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Yeah.

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I hope the jury notes these logistical inaccuracies.

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Well, see, I'm a tiny 17-year-old miner, and his man hands were more than big enough to wrap around half my body.

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Fine then, continue.

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So then he's poking his tongue all over my neck and whispering things?

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I'd rather not repeat.

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You're under oath now, Nicole.

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Huh.

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Well, you asked for it.

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He called me his voluptuous teen property and said my sexual willingness would pull a fine ransom on the black market.

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Alright, alright, enough of this.

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No, this is hard.

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Keep going.

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This is quite the imagination you have, but really people?

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Are we going to believe this charade when the schools show no other evidence of misconduct from its faculty?

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You have a lot of explaining to do.

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We'll wait.

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so just because no one said anything means it isn't happening you all have internet

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and texting now surely it would have gotten out even

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if someone did say something who's better connected the 16 year

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old girl who doesn't hang out at the local sports bar

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or some dipshit with a whistle who knows 12 synonyms for quarterback.

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And what's the implication here?

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Men listen to other men.

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Male teachers, male superintendent, male security guards, male everything.

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Male everything.

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However, a female principal?

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When you look like Miss Lin, you could be governor, let alone principal.

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Are you telling the jury she's only in that position because of the physical favors she can offer as a woman?

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No, it's not a woman thing.

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It's a she's attractive thing.

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You think ugly bitches get handouts?

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Could we please show the jury a faculty headshot of Principal Lin?

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What the fuck does this have to do with anything?

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You're in the court of law.

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Please act like it.

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You're beating around the bush.

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The gym teacher has asked me out like three times since I've been here, and the counselor gives every girl a lecture on normalizing pedophilia.

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Now surely you don't believe this?

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Oh, let me read the last few texts from Coach Colby then.

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Hey, sexy, you up?

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How deep is your throat?

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I want to murder my wife and shower you in the life insurance payout.

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And they still have this guy?

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Why is he able to be on the payroll?

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Settle down!

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Mr. Colby was fired and incarcerated months ago promptly after a few reports!

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You just said no one ever reported anything like five minutes ago.

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Damn it!

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Oh, Coach has texted me again.

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Hey honey, just got out of jail.

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Good news, they're giving me my job back so we can still hang out.

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Oh goodness.

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Nicole, you've been my hardest cross-examination yet.

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Oh, well you've just been a bitch in general.

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Go iron your Mickey Mouse tie.

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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Guilty!

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It's been about a year since the trial.

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We won $500,000 in the civil suit and I immediately dropped out and moved to LA.

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Dressing nice and maintaining my new expensive drug habit is cool, but the school's tax dollars paying for it is so hot.

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I met another Nicole while I was out here.

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She's kind of famous.

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Class of '09 - Ending 1”. This video has 524 sentences and 3495 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:21. The speaker talks at a natural 156 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 122 of its 524 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
feminism noun	/ˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/	A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in…
locker noun	/ˈlɑ.kɚ/	A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work…
lecture noun	/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/	A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
ahem	/əˈhɛm/	The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat.
feely adjective	/ˈfiːli/	Tending to feel things by physically touching them.
homeroom noun	/ˈhoʊmˌɹum/	A classroom where school pupils of the same age gather for registration, or for other purposes that are unrelated to class content.
touchy adjective	/ˈtʌt͡ʃi/	Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
buckle noun	/ˈbʌkəl/	A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the…
isolate verb	/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/	To set apart or cut off from others.
prank noun	/pɹæŋk/	A practical joke or mischievous trick.
threaten verb	/ˈθɹɛt.n̩/	To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
tab noun	/tæb/	A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
feminist noun	/ˈfɛmənɪst/	An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.
crush verb	/kɹʌʃ/	To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
academically adverb	/ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk.ə.li/	In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
calm down verb	To become less excited, intense, or angry.
dress out verb	To change one's clothes to prepare for outdoors activities, such as physical education; to be wearing clothes appropriate for such activities.
drop out verb	To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.
figure out verb	To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
get out verb	To leave or escape.
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go over verb	To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
grow up verb	To mature and become an adult.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

You don't like the popular stuff?
Young lady, what's your name?
You won't be a problem all year, will you?
He didn't already tell you?
No way, you're actually gonna do something about it?

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The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've ever done · I've always said · I've been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are drawn · were just built · should be built

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 143 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, oath /ˈoʊθ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: crush /kɹʌʃ/, charade /ʃəˈɹeɪd/, gunshot /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/, implication /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
Long words — get the stress right: feminism /ˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/, academically /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk.ə.li/, mediocre /ˌmidiˈoʊkəɹ/, implication /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like feminism, locker, lecture.

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