Maybe Mason Can Help

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• downward spiral
• always been there for me
• stop by
• in a bad way

• a crush
• nip it in the bud
• pizza guy
• place

• absurd
• into

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When Jason discovered that Devan was selling all of her stuff to buy pot, she basically admitted that her failed crush on Mason was driving her to drugs. So Jason decided to nip the problem in the bud and go straight to Mason to see if he can help.

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Dialog

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Jason

Mason

Jason:  Hey, man. I just came to find you. What are you doing out here?

Mason:  Dude, I thought you were the pizza guy. He’s like 20 minutes late. I’ve been hanging out here for him. I called five times.

Jason:  Oh, wow. Well, I actually just came to find you, ‘cause I wanted to tell you about something that’s going on with Devan.

Mason:  Yeah?

Jason:  Have you seen her place lately?

Mason:  No, no. Never been to her place, actually.

Jason:  It’s kinda empty. She seems to have gotten rid of a lot of her stuff. Seems to be kind of selling it to buy drugs.

Mason:  Why? I didn’t know she was into that stuff. What’s going on?

Jason:  Well, she didn’t used to be and that’s the thing. She has…She had a huge crush on you, which you probably don’t know…yeah…

Mason:  Are you kidding me, dude?

Jason:  Yeah she did, and I think that a big part of what’s bringing on her downward spiral is that she didn’t actually…

Mason:  Dude, I had no idea. I had no idea. Uh, is there anything you think I could do?

Jason:  I don’t know. Maybe you could talk to her and just help her feel better about herself and just be like, “You know, it’s not like…I didn’t reject you or anything, I just didn’t know that you were into me…” And let her know that you think she’s cool and everything.

Mason:  Yeah, that’s going to be uncomfortable.

Jason:  Can you think of anything that would be…

Mason:  No, if I can help, dude, I’m totally there for her, but, yeah. Man. What do you think I should do? Should I just go give her a call or stop by?

Jason:  Maybe give her a call because, you know, she’s kind of in a bad way and it would probably make her feel worse if you saw her the way she is, so…

Mason:  Yeah OK. I’ll do that, man. I’ll do that.

Jason:  Alright, cool.

 

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