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00:00:00Hey, Ava Darling.
00:00:15Declan, what are you doing?
00:00:17That's a beautiful name.
00:00:18Ava Darling.
00:00:21Makes sense, I guess.
00:00:24Beautiful name for a beautiful girl.
00:00:27Right. Did you, like, hit your head or something, Declan?
00:00:31You do know how beautiful you are, don't you?
00:00:41You are so not good at that.
00:00:44What?
00:00:45Is that like your first kiss or something?
00:00:48Got him.
00:00:49Oh, my God.
00:00:51I can't believe she thought a guy would actually be interested in her.
00:00:55There's a reason you're a virgin, loser.
00:01:14You guys really need to find new shit to laugh about?
00:01:17Hunter, what the fuck?
00:01:21You good?
00:01:22Enough, everyone.
00:01:27Let's get to class.
00:01:29Go learn something.
00:01:33Hunter.
00:01:34Just a man I wanted to see.
00:01:36Oh, practice ran late.
00:01:46I didn't have time to study.
00:01:48Life lasts longer than the duration of a soccer season.
00:01:52You need to start thinking about your future.
00:01:55And you deserve a future, Hunter.
00:01:57I know you're better than this.
00:02:00One more F and you're off the team.
00:02:02And finally, please remember there are Narcon injectors available at the front office.
00:02:10Stay safe and study hard, students.
00:02:12Don't you know it's not enough to be smart anymore?
00:02:15You're going to have to be willing to play dirty, too.
00:02:18Is that why you keep cheating your way to valedictorian?
00:02:20Just because you're the front runner now, doesn't mean you won't have a little accident before the school year's out.
00:02:29You know, it was so easy to get you alone with my cousin this morning.
00:02:35You know, he's not afraid to beat up a girl.
00:02:38You should keep that in mind.
00:02:39You should keep that in mind.
00:03:09Ava, can I talk to you?
00:03:15It's Hunter.
00:03:16I promise you're safe.
00:03:17Why do you carry around travel-sized lotion-infused tissues?
00:03:37So I can help damsels in distress like you?
00:03:46No, I'm kidding.
00:03:46My little sister gets nosebleeds, so I just keep them with me.
00:03:51Look, I wanted to ask you if you'd ever consider starting a study group with me.
00:03:57Like, I think we'd be a good team and you could call it, I don't know, payback for helping you out earlier?
00:04:04Thanks, but no thanks.
00:04:06I can take care of myself.
00:04:09Really?
00:04:09You know, I heard what Jessica was saying to you out there.
00:04:15I could, um, I could offer you protection for a couple of those days you're always getting.
00:04:24And how would you protect me?
00:04:25I think Jessica and Declan would, you know, stop bothering you if they thought you were my girlfriend.
00:04:35But aren't you and, um, Jessica...
00:04:38Fuck you.
00:04:39No, not anymore.
00:04:40Right, but why not just friends?
00:04:46Because Jessica and Declan think guys and girls can't, you know, just be friends.
00:04:53So, you want to be my fake boyfriend for protection in exchange for me giving you all the answers to everything?
00:05:02Yeah, yeah, pretty much.
00:05:04I mean, I think it sounds like a good idea.
00:05:07Would you ever be, I don't know, interested in something like that?
00:05:10Oh, you're such a man whore.
00:05:15You know what, Hunter?
00:05:17Why don't you take your offer and shove it up your ass?
00:05:19Oh.
00:05:40You're right.
00:05:54There he is.
00:05:56My best salesman.
00:05:57I didn't come here to watch you grope your jailbait girlfriend.
00:06:10Fuck off, Hunter.
00:06:12Hey, Drew, you want me to show this kid his place?
00:06:14That fucking mouth of yours.
00:06:23I pay all your bills and you give me shit?
00:06:27You could stand to be a bit more grateful, you know?
00:06:29You're the one who came to me with that pathetic sob story about your little sister.
00:06:35Please, Mr. Carter, you don't understand.
00:06:38She's sick.
00:06:39I need the money.
00:06:41Little bitch.
00:06:42I'd kick your disrespectful ass if my business partners weren't so pleased with your numbers.
00:06:48Remember that.
00:06:48Speaking of, we're throwing a party here this weekend.
00:06:55So invite all your little high school friends.
00:06:57I want a big crowd.
00:06:59I got a new shipment of bills coming in.
00:07:01I need my best salesman to be there to push them.
00:07:05Am I clear?
00:07:06Mm-hmm.
00:07:09You told Hunter Black to do what?
00:07:25Ava, you need to go back to him, apologize, and accept the deal.
00:07:29Why would I do that?
00:07:30Because if Jessica can't mess with you outside of the classroom,
00:07:33that means she'll have to beat you for valedictorian the old-fashioned way.
00:07:36And we all know that'll never happen.
00:07:39You gotta stop with those.
00:07:45Lauren Cabot overdosed on those last year.
00:07:47Because she was partying, cutting it with other drugs.
00:07:50You don't see me doing that, do you?
00:07:53I still think there's a better way to focus.
00:07:55And I still think you should take Hunter up on his offer.
00:07:59If you hurry, you could catch him after soccer practice.
00:08:02You know what?
00:08:03It's a great idea.
00:08:06Hunter's coach should know that he's been trying to cheat.
00:08:09But you're supposed to go back.
00:08:10If you're a publisher, you should have to go back again.
00:08:10I was going to write a little bit about that.
00:08:12I was going to write a little bit about it outside.
00:08:14But I'm going to write the book about my book.
00:08:15You don't see her.
00:08:16It's like, okay, you're supposed to know.
00:08:17I'm not talking about that.
00:08:18And I'll let me know.
00:08:19I'm not talking about that.
00:08:21I can't wait.
00:08:22I can't wait for you.
00:08:23You don't see her thing.
00:08:26I can't wait.
00:08:27I can't wait.
00:08:28I can't wait for you.
00:08:29I can't wait for you.
00:08:31And I can't wait.
00:08:33This is the thing.
00:08:34Hey, you changed your mind yet?
00:08:56No, I have not.
00:08:59Oh, what is that?
00:09:02Is that grease?
00:09:03It is grease.
00:09:04From the robotics lab.
00:09:06It's where I just was.
00:09:08Yeah, okay.
00:09:09Ava, I get it.
00:09:10All right, academics, that's your thing.
00:09:11Just like soccer is mine.
00:09:13And you know, normally I wouldn't ask you to help me cheat on anything.
00:09:16But this is temporary.
00:09:17I just gotta...
00:09:18I gotta get through soccer season into spring semester with my scholarship intact so I can graduate.
00:09:23Spring semester?
00:09:25Too late for Jessica to catch up with me.
00:09:30For valedictorian.
00:09:32Yeah, I know, Ava.
00:09:33If we're gonna be in a fake relationship, we have to discuss parameters.
00:09:42Set up some ground rules.
00:09:43Deal.
00:09:44Shall we seal it with a kiss?
00:09:46Rule number one, nothing physical.
00:09:49Well, come on.
00:09:50No, I mean it, Hunter.
00:09:52Our clothes are staying on.
00:09:54I can think of plenty of things we can do with our clothes still on.
00:09:56I mean, we have to at least kiss if we're gonna look like a real couple.
00:10:03Maybe even a few trips to the nurse's office.
00:10:05Fine.
00:10:07Which leads me to rule number two.
00:10:09No other hookups.
00:10:11If we're a couple, we're into each other and only each other.
00:10:14All right.
00:10:16Then rule number three, no catching feelings.
00:10:19I don't want you getting all lovey-dovey on me.
00:10:21No problem.
00:10:24And I think, you know, if you're gonna be my girlfriend, you gotta, you gotta look the part.
00:10:29What?
00:10:30You gonna give me a makeover or something?
00:10:31Something like that.
00:10:39Hey, Jessica.
00:10:40I heard your ex is now dating that pick-me-prude Ava.
00:10:44Like anyone would ever date Ava.
00:10:48Have you seen her?
00:10:50She dresses like a troll with a personality to match.
00:10:53Yeah.
00:10:54Total boner killer.
00:10:56Exactly.
00:10:57Damn, who's that?
00:11:01Is that Ava?
00:11:12Is that Ava?
00:11:31What?
00:11:54Are you doing charity work now?
00:11:56Nice jacket.
00:11:58It's his mom's.
00:11:59Hmm.
00:12:00Shame to see such a great outfit go absolutely wasted.
00:12:05Even with the new clothes, you're still so painfully...
00:12:09Mid.
00:12:13Don't listen to him.
00:12:15You look gorgeous.
00:12:15At least when I win valedictorian, you'll be used to my sloppy seconds.
00:12:36Adorable.
00:12:45Now, if you will please excuse us.
00:12:49Hunter and I have some very important business to attend to.
00:12:53Drew needs us.
00:12:55Right, yeah.
00:12:57Business?
00:12:57Who's Drew?
00:13:00Um, just a soccer thing.
00:13:03I'll see you later for tutoring, though, yeah?
00:13:04You're fucking lying to me?
00:13:17Fucking lying to me?
00:13:19Cody, that's enough, man.
00:13:21Yo, we don't like doing this shit to you, man.
00:13:22We don't like it, okay?
00:13:23Just pay us the money.
00:13:25Yeah?
00:13:25You know who you work for?
00:13:27No.
00:13:27Drew Carter.
00:13:28You want to piss him off?
00:13:29I promise you.
00:13:30I heard he used a knife on the last kid.
00:13:31You hear that, Hunter?
00:13:32I did hear that.
00:13:33You want to try your luck with Drew?
00:13:34No, you don't.
00:13:35You got one week.
00:13:36You got one week, okay?
00:13:39That means get the fuck out!
00:13:41What's up, sweetly?
00:13:57You guys on the road yet?
00:14:00You think you left it on my bed?
00:14:01Okay, just, um, just hang tight.
00:14:06I'll be there soon.
00:14:07Okay.
00:14:08Yeah.
00:14:22Lily, you need to eat something.
00:14:24The pills always kill my appetite.
00:14:27Hey, come eat lunch with us?
00:14:41Need I remind you, you're supposed to be protecting me from those people, not throwing me into the lion's den?
00:14:46Yeah, well, we have to keep up the ruse somehow.
00:14:48Well, speaking of, fuck her up, buttercup.
00:15:00Babe!
00:15:02Not here.
00:15:03Okay, let's go to the nurse's office.
00:15:05Let's go to the nurse's office.
00:15:35When do you think this place will be done with renovations?
00:15:39Hopefully never.
00:15:44So, how long do we have to stay in here in order to sell it?
00:15:52About an hour, I'd say.
00:15:55Is that how long you stay with girls you actually like?
00:15:58I don't bring girls in here.
00:16:00But this is, like, the prime time, like, hook-up spot on campus.
00:16:05Yeah, but like you, I actually have standards.
00:16:07Can I ask you a question?
00:16:14Are you a virgin?
00:16:17You don't have to answer that.
00:16:18I'm just, you know, I'm curious because you're a pretty girl, and I figure you could get a boyfriend, like a real boyfriend, if you wanted one.
00:16:27I'll get lucky at college next year.
00:16:31I'll find another engineering student, and he'll help me change the world for the better.
00:16:37I'll also dabble in some Regency romance novels and look like a young Timothee Chalamet.
00:16:43So the exact opposite of me.
00:16:44What about you, then?
00:16:50Plenty of hook-ups.
00:16:52No real girlfriends.
00:16:54You really a man whore?
00:16:58You want to find out?
00:17:10What if I do?
00:17:14Do you really think that line would work?
00:17:26Huh?
00:17:28It did on Jessica.
00:17:31Let me guess.
00:17:32Your situation shift ended so bad that you swore off real dating forever.
00:17:38No.
00:17:39No.
00:17:40I mean, it was bad.
00:17:41Like, definitely bad.
00:17:42But I think it's more to do with money.
00:17:47I'm at this school on scholarship, and if I lose a scholarship, I lose the opportunity to play in front of college scouts.
00:17:55And if I lose that opportunity, I can't go to college because, obviously, you know, I don't have a college fund, even though I work a bunch of jobs.
00:18:03But it's like at the end of the month, when the bills come in, all my money's just gone.
00:18:06So I guess my point is that I can't afford a girlfriend.
00:18:15For the record, the right girl won't care about money.
00:18:23So I just want someone who cares.
00:18:24And, you know, not to give you a bigger ego than you already have, but I think you'd actually make a pretty okay boyfriend.
00:18:35Come on, Dish already.
00:18:50Tell me what happened in the nurse's office.
00:18:52I mean, nothing, really.
00:18:57And I'd believe that if you didn't have these cute little stars floating around in your eyes.
00:19:01We just talked, really.
00:19:05But it was nice, I guess.
00:19:08You know, he's shockingly an okay guy.
00:19:11Well, I always knew that.
00:19:14What are you talking about?
00:19:16Sophomore year, my car got a flat tire in the student parking lot.
00:19:19Everyone who was there started laughing at me because I couldn't change it.
00:19:23Except for Hunter.
00:19:25He actually got down on the ground and showed me how to do it.
00:19:27Speak of the devil.
00:19:36Making myself scarce, I just realized how much I need to pee.
00:19:39I asked my teachers for some extensions.
00:19:52They were all actually pretty cool about it.
00:19:53You know, high school gets a lot easier once you realize the teachers actually want you to succeed.
00:19:59Yeah, well, they gave me all these assignments to redo for a better grade.
00:20:03How long do you think it'll take you?
00:20:05Why?
00:20:05So you can academically hit it and quit it?
00:20:07Seriously?
00:20:21You can't even pretend to be an exclusive relationship?
00:20:24This is our first fight?
00:20:27What's up, Leah?
00:20:29Who's Leah?
00:20:30You're a smart girl, Eva.
00:20:31I'm sure you can figure it out.
00:20:34Of course I got time.
00:20:35What's going on?
00:20:35Hey, still mad at me?
00:20:52Why didn't you finish this?
00:20:56That was, uh, that was due day of the rivalry game.
00:20:59It's really good.
00:21:01Holden Caulfield is traumatized.
00:21:03I always thought that just explained why he's such an asshole.
00:21:07But you went a step further.
00:21:11Yeah, I thought that's why he was protecting his sister.
00:21:14I never would have considered it that way.
00:21:17I was impressed.
00:21:19Wow.
00:21:20That's, uh, that's high praise coming from you.
00:21:22But you're lazy.
00:21:25It's honestly such a waste.
00:21:27You know, if you just finished what you started...
00:21:28You have no idea what you're talking about.
00:21:33I'm not lazy.
00:21:34I mean, I just told you how busy I always am.
00:21:38And it's not like it matters anyway.
00:21:39Like, academics isn't going to pay for my college.
00:21:42But you know what will?
00:21:44Soccer.
00:21:44So I spend my time playing soccer when I'm not trying to survive.
00:21:49Okay, okay.
00:21:50I get it.
00:21:50No, you don't get it, actually.
00:21:52If I'm not playing soccer, I'm, you know, worried sick to death about my sister helping my mom out.
00:21:57Your sister?
00:22:01Your sister.
00:22:03Leah.
00:22:03I'm an idiot.
00:22:07No, you're not an idiot.
00:22:08It's just...
00:22:09You only have to worry about school.
00:22:12Of course, you're going to be good at it.
00:22:16I'm sorry.
00:22:18For what I said.
00:22:21Okay, I, um...
00:22:22I gotta go to work.
00:22:24Do you want to come with me?
00:22:26You know, we could study there.
00:22:27Okay.
00:22:33How do you make money around here?
00:22:40I mean, there's not really anyone here to tip.
00:22:43Yeah, well, you know, soon I won't be able to make money anywhere because of those robots you're making.
00:22:47Hey, I build robots to help people.
00:22:50Okay.
00:22:51These can help visually-incured users do everyday tasks.
00:22:55See this part right here?
00:22:56It provides a color recognition.
00:22:58And if the user presses this button here, it uses a voice app to say out loud the color of the objects in their hand.
00:23:05Best of all, these can help recognize the value of money if the user wants to use cash to buy something.
00:23:11And it can even help with self-defense.
00:23:14It can really do all that?
00:23:16Well, it should.
00:23:17These are just prototypes, and I'm still working on the voice app, but it should be finished by the time the Allstate Science Fair comes around.
00:23:23Prize money's like 15K.
00:23:25Damn, I gotta get into robotics.
00:23:26The money can help expand my work, and I'll start college next year off with an edge.
00:23:33Gotta admit, this nerd shit is actually pretty cool.
00:23:37I am impressed, Ava, darling.
00:23:38Okay, um, you know what?
00:23:53I think we should make a public appearance tonight.
00:23:55Gotta make this convincing, and that means hanging with a couple of my friends.
00:23:59But, it's a school night.
00:24:02Ava, I think you'd get less shit from people if you just broke the rules once in a while.
00:24:07They have been leaving Lily alone, since she's been popping pills like every other person here.
00:24:12I'm not saying you gotta do that, I'm just, you know, maybe you should pretend to fit in.
00:24:17Come on.
00:24:19This is a party.
00:24:37You ever been to one of those?
00:24:38Does sixth grade at the arcade count?
00:24:42You just gotta show them you're one of them.
00:24:45How am I supposed to do that?
00:24:47Every time I open my mouth, I manage to insult someone.
00:24:51You know what?
00:24:52No talking on the dance floor.
00:24:55Great.
00:25:21They see a hot guy talking to me and assume it's another prank.
00:25:24Do you think I'm hot?
00:25:27You know what you look like.
00:25:31I think I know a way to make them believe we're actually dating.
00:25:36What's that?
00:25:38Do you trust me?
00:25:45I trust you.
00:25:54I trust you.
00:26:07I trust you.
00:27:08Look at this.
00:27:10Now you're already on your second.
00:27:16Cheers.
00:27:18A trick of the trade?
00:27:21Oh, soccer's too important to be hung over all the time.
00:27:25Doesn't it get annoying?
00:27:26Pretending all the time.
00:27:28Pretending to drink.
00:27:29Pretending you're not as smart as you really are.
00:27:31Pretending you're not a total soft bee.
00:27:34Don't want my cover?
00:27:37I used to hate being unpopular.
00:27:40We get lonely sometimes.
00:27:44But at least I can never pretend to be anything but me.
00:27:49Hunter, there you are.
00:27:51Drew wants a word with you.
00:27:54Fuck.
00:27:55Right now?
00:27:56Please, don't leave me.
00:27:59Just hang here.
00:28:00I'll be back in a minute.
00:28:01Okay?
00:28:02I don't like to be kept waiting.
00:28:13I didn't know I was on the clock tonight.
00:28:15Wash the attitude, kid.
00:28:17You work when I tell you to work.
00:28:20Understood?
00:28:22Yeah.
00:28:22Now, stay here.
00:28:26My boy is coming with some dope.
00:28:28Then we're heading right back out there to push.
00:28:29I still got pills.
00:28:30I can get them all out tonight.
00:28:31No.
00:28:32Fresh shipment just came in.
00:28:34New suppliers, new shit.
00:28:37Saw it that you brought a girl, by the way.
00:28:40Pretty little thing.
00:28:42She's not gonna be a problem now, is she?
00:28:46No, she doesn't matter, no.
00:28:53Good.
00:29:15What, did the cops recruit you or something?
00:29:17Are you here to narc on us, get us all arrested?
00:29:20I'm here with Hunter.
00:29:22So that's how you've been keeping up with me.
00:29:35I'd say eat a dick.
00:29:37But we both know no guy would ever touch you.
00:29:42Hunter can dress you up all you want.
00:29:46But everyone at this party knows you'll always be below us.
00:29:50Hunter accepts me just fine.
00:29:52And he wants to touch me.
00:29:56Please.
00:29:58You barely even know him.
00:30:02Where is he?
00:30:03Right now?
00:30:06That's what I thought.
00:30:09He's already gotten bored of you.
00:30:11Gone back to his own kind.
00:30:14Where do you think you are going?
00:30:15What the hell are you doing?
00:30:24Reminding you of your place.
00:30:25No.
00:30:32Go ahead.
00:30:33Do you mind?
00:30:36I can't believe you're bleeding all over me.
00:30:38I don't want to catch whatever diseases you have.
00:30:40What the hell is wrong with you?
00:30:47Just proving a point.
00:30:50You're too delicate.
00:30:52Too weak to be with someone like Hunter.
00:30:54Ava darling, huh?
00:31:20Those high school girls, man.
00:31:25They'll get your ass in a lot of trouble.
00:31:28Which reminds me.
00:31:30Do you remember that girl that Declan started to bring around the warehouse last year?
00:31:35Lauren Cobbett?
00:31:36Yeah, Lauren.
00:31:39Sweet girl.
00:31:41Too bad she didn't know how to keep her mouth shut.
00:31:44Heard her asking way too many questions.
00:31:47And then that overdose?
00:31:52What did you do?
00:31:54All I did was offer her a couple pills.
00:31:58How was I supposed to know that she was going to be mixing them?
00:32:01Word of advice.
00:32:03Keep your shit separate.
00:32:06I would just hate to see your new girlfriend getting way over her head.
00:32:27Holy shit, that's going to take forever to move.
00:32:29You got two weeks.
00:32:31That's impossible.
00:32:32It better not be.
00:32:33Good.
00:32:42Now you get this done before the next shipment comes in.
00:32:45And there's a bonus wave.
00:32:47The powers that be are interested in expansion.
00:32:50Big time.
00:32:52And that means taking care of my guys.
00:32:55Hey!
00:32:56So you left me to hang out with your asshole friends?
00:32:58We're supposed to be dating, remember?
00:33:00I know, I know, I just...
00:33:03Because I'm keeping up my end of the deal.
00:33:05Doing all your work.
00:33:06I had to, okay?
00:33:07You just don't understand.
00:33:07Yeah, meanwhile, I just got eaten alive in there.
00:33:10I mean, look at what your psycho ex just did.
00:33:12Fuck.
00:33:13I'm sorry, Ava.
00:33:14I wish I could have been in there.
00:33:15I really do.
00:33:16Can we just go, please?
00:33:18Somewhere else?
00:33:18Anywhere else?
00:33:19Is there a problem over here?
00:33:23Who the hell are you?
00:33:25None of your fucking business, sweetheart.
00:33:29I thought you said she didn't matter.
00:33:33Oh, I know.
00:33:35I hurt you.
00:33:39Go inside and wait for me.
00:33:41You do what I say.
00:33:45Attaboy.
00:33:45We're done.
00:33:55It's over.
00:33:55What?
00:33:55No, Ava, that was...
00:33:56What the hell am I getting out of the deal?
00:33:58You won't even protect me from your own friends.
00:34:00I'm trying, okay?
00:34:01You just don't know everything.
00:34:03I know what I see.
00:34:04And it's bullshit.
00:34:07Just like one of your assignments.
00:34:09Something you start but can't finish.
00:34:12Ava, don't.
00:34:12I'm trying to...
00:34:13I'm trying to...
00:34:14I'm trying to...
00:34:14I'm trying to...
00:34:14I'm trying to...
00:34:14I'm trying to...
00:34:15I'm trying to...
00:34:16I'm trying to...
00:34:16I'm trying to...
00:34:17I'm trying to...
00:34:18I'm trying to...
00:34:19I'm trying to...
00:34:20I'm trying to...
00:34:21I'm trying to...
00:34:22I'm trying to...
00:34:23I'm trying to...
00:34:24I'm trying to...
00:34:25I'm trying to...
00:34:26I'm trying to...
00:34:27I'm trying to...
00:34:28I'm trying to...
00:34:29I'm trying to...
00:34:30I'm trying to...
00:34:31I'm trying to...
00:34:32I'm trying to...
00:34:33I'm trying to...
00:34:34I'm trying to...
00:34:35I'm trying to...
00:34:36I'm trying to...
00:34:37I'm trying to...
00:34:38I'm trying to...
00:34:39Red apples only.
00:35:09Red apples only.
00:35:25What?
00:35:27Where have you been?
00:35:29Does it matter I'm here now?
00:35:32It's too late.
00:35:33I finished the test and I have to get to first period.
00:35:35Then what do you want from me, Ava?
00:35:37What is wrong with you?
00:35:39I'm just so tired of you judging, judging, judging all the time.
00:35:43Thinking you're so much better than everyone else.
00:35:45Better than me.
00:35:46I've never thought that about you.
00:35:52Lily, you're really worrying me.
00:35:57Save it.
00:35:58Worry about yourself.
00:36:07Hey.
00:36:08I, uh, I know you don't want to talk to me.
00:36:14But just so I can, you know, keep up my end of the deal.
00:36:20After the whole Jessica thing, I just want you to be able to protect yourself.
00:36:26Ava.
00:36:39I'm really sorry.
00:36:43I, uh, I, I did the reading.
00:36:45You read Their Eyes Were Watching God.
00:36:49Okay, maybe I listened to the audio book.
00:36:52But remember that part after chapter eight, like just after Joe dies?
00:36:57It got me thinking about how sometimes you don't realize you're treating someone like shit until after it's too late.
00:37:03And, you know, you wish you could have realized sooner.
00:37:06And I guess I just realized, you know, or I, I, I wish I realized sooner.
00:37:16Well, better late than never, I guess.
00:37:25Do you want to go eat lunch?
00:37:27You know, I'm going to be alone.
00:37:28And I thought maybe you are going to be alone or actually, maybe you're not.
00:37:32I'm sorry.
00:37:33I'm just going to go.
00:37:34I like that.
00:37:51What is it with all the people I care about just suddenly foregoing basic self-care?
00:37:55So you care about me?
00:37:57Don't get a big head about it.
00:38:00You're like a stray dog that looks tough, but really just wants a belly rub.
00:38:05Does this mean we can be friends?
00:38:08Sure.
00:38:09Friends.
00:38:10I don't have many friends that look at me like that.
00:38:19No, I wasn't.
00:38:20But anyways, I didn't finish your assignment, but I did tell you how to finish it yourself quickly too.
00:38:31So it doesn't take up too much time away from your soccer practice.
00:38:34Well, that's really nice of you, Ava.
00:38:35You know, I think we better get to class before we're late.
00:38:36You know, because I'm really into that kind of stuff now.
00:38:37You know, I think we better get to class before we're late.
00:38:38You know, because I'm really into that kind of stuff now.
00:38:47You know, I think we better get to class before we're late.
00:38:48You know, because I'm really into that kind of stuff now.
00:38:49You know, I think we better get to class before we're late.
00:38:54You know, because I'm really into that kind of stuff now.
00:39:24I think we better get to class before we're late.
00:39:52What's your name, Lily?
00:39:53Lily?
00:39:58Lily?
00:39:59Lily?
00:40:02Lily?
00:40:03Lily?
00:40:04Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:40:05Lily, Lily.
00:40:07Okay, come on, Lily, stay with me.
00:40:08Please.
00:40:09Oh, my God.
00:40:10God, Lily, Lily, hey, hey, hey.
00:40:15Come on, stay with me.
00:40:17Stay with me.
00:40:19Lily, Lily, Lily.
00:40:20Stay with me.
00:40:21Hey, hey, hey, hey. Stay with me, girl. Stay with me.
00:40:25Come on, please, Lily, please.
00:40:27Hey, hey.
00:40:29Lily.
00:40:34Please, send an ambulance.
00:40:35My best friend, she took something and she's not waking up.
00:40:39Help!
00:40:40Help, please!
00:40:51No, I did it.
00:41:20I got hurt.
00:41:21You got it.
00:41:22Where are you going?
00:41:39What do you need?
00:41:40Yeah.
00:41:40One second.
00:41:42I can take this.
00:41:44What do you need? I got you.
00:41:45Whoa, what the hell?
00:41:58Did you know all your friends are dealing drugs?
00:42:00What?
00:42:01I called one of their little numbers and Declan picked up.
00:42:05Lily overdosed.
00:42:07The paramedic said that she had traces of fentanyl in her system.
00:42:10Fentanyl?
00:42:11Yeah.
00:42:11That's, um, that's terrible, Ava.
00:42:15Is she okay?
00:42:17She will be.
00:42:19I just talked to her parents, but...
00:42:22God, if I would have given her the Narcan any later...
00:42:24You know, she has to go to, like, some sober high school or something and...
00:42:29I'll have no one.
00:42:34I'm so sorry.
00:42:35I had no idea.
00:42:37Uh, there's a silver lining, at least.
00:42:43I made an anonymous call to the principal.
00:42:46They're doing a drug search of Declan's locker first thing tomorrow morning.
00:43:02It's clean.
00:43:03All right, everyone.
00:43:06Boss and Lyle.
00:43:07Let's move it along.
00:43:08Back to class.
00:43:10Do you know how much my parents donated to this school when I got in?
00:43:16You'll be getting a call from them very soon.
00:43:24When I find out who did this, and I will find out...
00:43:28You are gonna pay.
00:43:45Oh, damn it.
00:43:48Gotta win it for the both of us now.
00:43:54Mom.
00:43:54When did you get out of the hospital?
00:44:00About an hour ago.
00:44:0272-hour hold let up.
00:44:03I just came to school to pick up my stuff.
00:44:07Look.
00:44:09I know I ruined my life, but I...
00:44:11That's not true.
00:44:13It's always possible to start over.
00:44:16And you still have me?
00:44:18Yeah.
00:44:19Thanks for saving my life, by the way.
00:44:21Just don't make me do it again.
00:44:22I should go.
00:44:26My mom and dad are waiting.
00:44:28See you soon.
00:44:28See you soon.
00:44:44That was soon.
00:44:45You know what they say about snitches, right?
00:44:51I warned you, didn't I?
00:45:14I told you to keep your shit separate.
00:45:16If you didn't orchestrate the drug search, come on, bro.
00:45:18Huh, right.
00:45:21Now, if you didn't bring in that shady shipment, none of this shit would have happened.
00:45:25Fentanyl?
00:45:26I never agreed to sell that shit, bro.
00:45:28Keep your fucking voice down.
00:45:30You don't like it?
00:45:31You can leave.
00:45:33Yeah, I'll leave.
00:45:34I want out.
00:45:38That's fine.
00:45:40You can go.
00:45:41I'm not tripping.
00:45:41Just as soon as you pay me back for what you haven't sold.
00:45:47What?
00:45:49That money's got to come from somewhere, Hunter.
00:45:52You or your customers.
00:45:55I'll let you decide which.
00:45:57And don't worry.
00:45:58I'm not going to touch Ava.
00:46:00I'm letting the girls figure it out themselves.
00:46:02I don't know what you're talking about.
00:46:21And I'm getting really tired of you insulting my intelligence.
00:46:25Fine.
00:46:36I did it.
00:46:37I called in the drug search.
00:46:39Happy?
00:46:41Oh, you're not going anywhere.
00:46:44You're going to pay for what you just tried to do to my family.
00:46:48And hey.
00:46:51Maybe this will take you out of the valedictorian race, too.
00:46:53I'm going to kill you, Ava, darling.
00:47:11Come on.
00:47:12We can hang here without anyone asking questions.
00:47:24My mom and my sister are in Arizona again.
00:47:29It's better than my place.
00:47:31My parents would ask a million questions.
00:47:34I thought they trusted you.
00:47:38They do.
00:47:39But I'm never home this early from the lab.
00:47:42They'd know something was wrong.
00:47:52Why are your mom and sister in Arizona?
00:47:55Just a...
00:47:56Like a trip they go on every few weeks.
00:48:01It's because she's sick, right?
00:48:03Your sister, Leah.
00:48:04How'd you...
00:48:08How'd you know that?
00:48:12I found this in your mom's jacket.
00:48:21It's from her first hospital visit.
00:48:24I don't know why my mom keeps this stuff.
00:48:26I get it.
00:48:32Sometimes painful things are important to hold on to.
00:48:39She has leukemia.
00:48:44She's had it since she was a kid.
00:48:46And, you know, it went away.
00:48:47But a couple years ago, it came back.
00:48:49And I guess, since then, everything's kind of just falling apart.
00:48:57Like, uh...
00:48:59My mom can only work a part-time job
00:49:01because she's got to take Leah in for all of her treatment.
00:49:04So we're stuck in the Section A department.
00:49:07And, you know, I...
00:49:08I offered to drop out of school and work full-time.
00:49:12But my mom refuses.
00:49:15She says Leah's going to grow up on her and...
00:49:19You know, she's going to need a role model.
00:49:26Some role model I am, you know?
00:49:28You're a good guy, Hunter.
00:49:30But your friends...
00:49:31Your friends are psycho.
00:49:33Why do you even hang out with them?
00:49:37Loyalty.
00:49:38Nostalgia, I guess.
00:49:39I don't know.
00:49:40I mean, we were close when we were kids.
00:49:43But, you know, I guess I feel like you a lot of the time.
00:49:47You know how you said if you didn't have Lily, you'd have no one?
00:49:52Yeah, I...
00:49:53I don't know.
00:49:54I feel like I'm alone.
00:49:59Most of the time, honestly.
00:50:12Well, I guess it's good we have each other, then.
00:50:14Wait, I'm...
00:50:38I know you said nothing physical.
00:50:40What?
00:50:41When?
00:50:41Sounds like your first rule, no?
00:50:44Our deal's off, anyway.
00:50:47Oh, yeah, I forgot.
00:50:49Besides, I think we might have just broken your rule, too.
00:50:56Unless...
00:50:56You're not feeling the same things I'm feeling.
00:51:05Um...
00:51:05Right.
00:51:07Okay.
00:51:08My mistake.
00:51:09Emotions are running high today.
00:51:11You're being nice, and I shouldn't have read into that.
00:51:14Evo.
00:51:27Make signals much?
00:51:28I'm sorry, I'm just...
00:51:29I'm just really bad at talking about this stuff.
00:51:32But I promise you there's feelings.
00:51:35You make me feel brave enough to feel them.
00:51:36You make me feel brave, too.
00:51:58If you don't want to talk, that's okay.
00:52:00Why don't you show me?
00:52:06I thought you said you wanted to wait.
00:52:09Hunter,
00:52:10I trust you.
00:52:13Who knows when that will ever happen again.
00:52:19And I always want to be someone you can trust.
00:52:24Always.
00:52:24Always.
00:52:24We'll go slow, right?
00:52:49Mm-hmm.
00:52:50As slow as you want.
00:52:52And we can stop anytime.
00:52:55Okay.
00:52:57I'm ready.
00:53:07This feels good.
00:53:09I mean, it, like, tickles, but in a good way, you know?
00:53:15Should I...
00:53:16Should I take off my clothes?
00:53:17You know, because...
00:53:18Evo.
00:53:19Mm-hmm.
00:53:21Mm-hmm.
00:53:21Mm-hmm.
00:53:22Mm-hmm.
00:53:23Mm-hmm.
00:53:23Mm-hmm.
00:53:24Mm-hmm.
00:53:25Mm-hmm.
00:53:26Mm-hmm.
00:53:27Mm-hmm.
00:53:28Mm-hmm.
00:53:29Mm-hmm.
00:53:30Mm-hmm.
00:53:31Mm-hmm.
00:53:32Mm-hmm.
00:53:33Mm-hmm.
00:53:34Mm-hmm.
00:53:35Mm-hmm.
00:53:36Mm-hmm.
00:53:37Mm-hmm.
00:53:38Mm-hmm.
00:53:39Mm-hmm.
00:53:40Mm-hmm.
00:53:41Mm-hmm.
00:53:42Mm-hmm.
00:53:43Mm-hmm.
00:53:44Mm-hmm.
00:53:45Mm-hmm.
00:53:46Mm-hmm.
00:53:47Mm-hmm.
00:53:48Mm-hmm.
00:53:49Mm-hmm.
00:53:50Mm-hmm.
00:53:51Mm-hmm.
00:53:52Mm-hmm.
00:53:53Can I say something?
00:54:15Has anyone ever stopped you from saying something?
00:54:18Hey, you like that about me.
00:54:20No, I do.
00:54:21What do you want to say?
00:54:24I'm really starving.
00:54:32Okay, why don't we go on a real date then?
00:54:37See a show and go to a dinner.
00:54:41A show?
00:54:42Okay, like a movie at the discount theater.
00:54:45Are you getting all lovey-dovey on me, Hunter Black?
00:54:48Are you saying yes?
00:54:50I'm saying, of course.
00:54:53Of course.
00:54:53Okay, I admit, when you said dinner, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind.
00:55:15Not that I mind an affordable option.
00:55:20It's just, this is where you work and I don't want your mind to be on work all night.
00:55:24Trust me, my mind's going to be on something else.
00:55:31I just have to drop something off.
00:55:33Something I should have dropped off a long time ago.
00:55:35All right.
00:55:37Are you okay?
00:55:39You seem nervous.
00:55:40No, I've just, I've never been on a real date before.
00:55:44Can I just come with you?
00:55:54Do you still trust me?
00:55:57I still trust you.
00:56:00I still trust you.
00:56:27Hey, who's there?
00:56:50Hey, who's there?
00:56:50Jesus, dude.
00:57:07You scared the shit out of me.
00:57:08What are you doing here?
00:57:08What are you doing here?
00:57:08Hunter?
00:57:28Where are you?
00:57:38Drew was worried you'd do something stupid.
00:57:45Told me to watch the place.
00:57:48I guess he was right.
00:57:53Ava.
00:58:02Please, let me, let me explain in the car.
00:58:05I tried giving you the benefit of the doubt, but of course you were involved with this.
00:58:08The whole time.
00:58:09Ava, we can't be here right now.
00:58:10Did you sell them to her?
00:58:12The drugs slowly overdosed on?
00:58:13No, I didn't.
00:58:14I promise you I didn't.
00:58:16As soon as I found out the pills had fentanyl in them, I stopped.
00:58:18That's why I'm here.
00:58:19I'm giving everything back.
00:58:21Ava, I can't do this shit anymore.
00:58:22I don't want to do this shit anymore.
00:58:24You showed me that I can be better.
00:58:26Ava.
00:58:30I want to trust you.
00:58:32You still lied to me.
00:58:36Okay, I'm not asking you to trust me right now.
00:58:37I'm asking you to give me a chance to prove that you can.
00:58:40Because I love you, Ava.
00:58:46Don't.
00:58:47Don't say that if you don't mean it.
00:58:48I mean it.
00:58:52I love you too.
00:59:05As long as I have you, I don't care what happens to me next.
00:59:17You know what we have to do, right?
00:59:19We have to go to cops now.
00:59:20Look who we have here.
00:59:27Two for the price of one.
00:59:36I told you I wanted out.
00:59:38You really thought it was going to be that easy?
00:59:39I, I, I, I, where do you think you're going?
00:59:49Hey, let her go.
00:59:50Trust me, that next shot won't be in the air.
01:00:11To the warehouse.
01:00:18Now.
01:00:22One shot to navigate the navigate.
01:00:24Keep in there, lay, burn it down.
01:00:31Whoa.
01:00:33Hold, Hunter.
01:00:34What the hell is wrong with you guys?
01:00:37This is crazy.
01:00:38No, this is survival.
01:00:42Look who it is.
01:00:51Hit her, baby.
01:00:55Ava.
01:00:56That's my girl.
01:00:58Tie her up.
01:01:03Hunter.
01:01:05Fucking let her go.
01:01:06Inside.
01:01:07Now.
01:01:17Come on, man.
01:01:18Don't do this.
01:01:23Declan, you killed Lauren.
01:01:26Her OD wasn't an accident, man.
01:01:28He's a monster.
01:01:29I know.
01:01:31You know what he...
01:01:33Aren't you fucking angry?
01:01:35Of course I'm fucking angry.
01:01:36What am I supposed to do about it, huh?
01:01:38If they go down, they're going to take me down with them.
01:01:41Shit.
01:01:49Shit.
01:01:54We have to do something.
01:01:56They can't pull this shit again.
01:01:58Don't worry, baby.
01:01:59I know just what to do.
01:02:00You're afraid, aren't you?
01:02:16Fuck off.
01:02:17You are.
01:02:18You're always afraid.
01:02:19You're always afraid.
01:02:21Not just now.
01:02:23That's why you have to crawl and scrape and bite for power every chance you get.
01:02:29Deep down inside, you're more afraid than anyone else.
01:02:32And now you've shacked up with this psycho.
01:02:37Just because you don't have to do this, you can still...
01:02:39I said shut up!
01:02:41Gaggar.
01:02:42Ava's a good person, Declan.
01:03:06She doesn't deserve it.
01:03:07She saved me, man.
01:03:09She showed me that I'm not alone.
01:03:12That's what I thought, too.
01:03:14About Lauren.
01:03:17Thought I finally found someone who had my back.
01:03:22I really loved her.
01:03:32You know, these are the pills your friend Lily took.
01:03:35The same pills that caused the OD, you saved her friend.
01:03:42Too bad she isn't here to return the favor.
01:03:47Wait, what?
01:03:49What are you doing?
01:03:50I'm doing what needs to be done.
01:03:54Drew, you can't do this again.
01:03:56And why not?
01:03:58I got away with the last song.
01:04:02Please, Declan.
01:04:04Don't let him hurt Ava.
01:04:06Don't let them hurt Ava like they hurt Lauren.
01:04:18Do you have a better idea?
01:04:20I'm going to have a lot of fun making sure you choke this down.
01:04:33Baby, her!
01:04:37Are you ready for Rex to shoot her?
01:04:39Did you kill them?
01:04:45They're just electrocuted.
01:04:46Unconscious.
01:04:47Well, I have to kill you.
01:04:49Jessica, please.
01:04:50Please, please don't do this.
01:04:51You don't have to do this.
01:04:52Jessica, please.
01:04:52Jessica, please.
01:04:52Hunter.
01:04:53No, no, no, no.
01:05:00No, no, no, no, no.
01:05:03Ava, no, don't do this to me.
01:05:18Come on, baby.
01:05:19Don't do this.
01:05:21Don't do this to me.
01:05:25Hunter, what are you doing?
01:05:28Yeah, 911, I need help.
01:05:36Cops?
01:05:36Hunter, you can't do that.
01:05:37I don't fucking care.
01:05:39I'm at 5246 Pine Lane.
01:05:42You got to hurry.
01:05:42Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
01:05:50Go, get out of here.
01:05:51Come with me, man.
01:05:53If they find you, they'll arrest you.
01:05:54You'll go to jail.
01:05:57Yeah, would you have left Lauren?
01:06:06Run.
01:06:08Run!
01:06:08Run!
01:06:12Don't do this to me.
01:06:17Come on, don't do this.
01:06:35There she is.
01:06:37You flew in for my graduation?
01:06:42Great speech.
01:06:45Wasn't a dry eye in the house.
01:06:47They're all just impressed because I got shot.
01:06:50Can I see the scar?
01:06:54Went straight through.
01:06:56Didn't even hit a nerve.
01:06:58Doctor said it was a miracle.
01:07:00You're such a badass.
01:07:03And a total genius.
01:07:05So, how about we talk about the elephant in the room?
01:07:13Why haven't you seen Hunter?
01:07:15I heard he just got out of prison.
01:07:18He knows you gave the science fair prize money to his family, right?
01:07:23I'm assuming someone told him.
01:07:25Are you mad at him?
01:07:28No.
01:07:29He gave up everything for me.
01:07:31Of course I'm not mad at him.
01:07:33He saved my life.
01:07:36More than that, he probably saved a bunch of lives.
01:07:39You know, his testimony sent Drew and Rex away for life.
01:07:42And Jessica got ten years.
01:07:44And his cooperation got him a shorter sentence.
01:07:47So you pay him back by completely ghosting him?
01:07:51I didn't know what to say.
01:07:54It's been six months and you always know what to say.
01:07:57How have you not figured out what to say?
01:07:58I don't know, because thank you for saving my life.
01:08:02I'm sorry I ruined yours.
01:08:04Doesn't exactly have a romantic ring to it.
01:08:08So you do still like him.
01:08:13Hunter's got a lot going on.
01:08:15He hasn't seen his family in six months.
01:08:18I'm sure I'm the last person he's thinking of right now.
01:08:21I'm pretty sure that's not true.
01:08:22I should go.
01:08:29I can't even be alone for five minutes without my parents sending out a search party.
01:08:33So, last day of school tomorrow.
01:08:35We still on for our annual tradition of rom-coms and cookie dough.
01:08:40Chocolate chips, Heath Ledger, and no bras.
01:08:42Who needs drugs when you've got action like that?
01:08:46Kidding.
01:08:46I love you, you know.
01:08:51I love you too, Lils.
01:09:01I've got good news and even better news.
01:09:04I've got good news and even better news.
01:09:16Lily?
01:09:27Lily?
01:09:28Lily?
01:09:33Hey.
01:09:36What are you doing here, Hatch?
01:09:40I'm gonna kill Lily.
01:09:42Please don't.
01:09:43She was actually a really good winged woman.
01:09:44Apart from her wanting me to sing you a Frankie Valli song.
01:09:49I thought it was a bit too much.
01:09:50And, you know, I can't sing for shit.
01:09:57You look good.
01:10:00So do you.
01:10:04Eve, I'm so sorry.
01:10:06Like, I know I don't deserve your forgiveness.
01:10:08Look at me.
01:10:09What?
01:10:10You saved me, honey.
01:10:13You saved me.
01:10:15No, we saved each other.
01:10:17If it wasn't for our fake relationship, I never would have gotten out of that life.
01:10:22You're welcome.
01:10:26So, what now?
01:10:28Are you gonna re-enroll next fall somewhere, or?
01:10:31I actually managed to get my GED while I'm in prison.
01:10:34What?
01:10:35Yeah.
01:10:35That's incredible, Hunter.
01:10:36That's incredible, Hunter.
01:10:36Mm-hmm.
01:10:37Well, the smartest girl I know taught me how to study, so it wasn't too hard.
01:10:41Mm-hmm.
01:10:43I think I'm just gonna do some independent study next year, reapply to colleges at the end
01:10:47of that.
01:10:48And I can do that from anywhere, so.
01:10:51You know, things are actually looking good for my life.
01:10:53But there's still this one thing I feel like I'm missing.
01:11:01That's where you come in.
01:11:02You know, I could really use a good tutor.
01:11:04That could work.
01:11:11Really?
01:11:13Because I could really use a boyfriend.
01:11:22So come here already.
01:11:24Yeah, I just wanna be forever, girl.
01:11:28Yeah, I just wanna be forever, girl.
01:11:32I'm off the ground, no one can stop me now.
01:11:38Yeah, I just wanna be forever, girl.
01:11:42Red Dragon.
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