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THERESA. She’s a really sweet kid. JAMES. Yeah. She reminds me of my daughter. In some ... in certain ways. THERESA. Erin? JAMES. Yeah. Good memory THERESA. Oh god. I never forget stuff like that. I mean, about people that I ... people that I find interesting. (Pause.)
My ex-boyfriend ... I like totally memorized his entire life. I’d bring up some girl he kissed in high school and he’d be like: “Who?” and I’d be like: “Lopie Grossman, you made out with her twenty years ago” and he’d be like — Jesus. That’s actually her name. See? I still remember. JAMES. That’s amazing. THERESA. It’s actually horrible. (Pause.)
Breaktime.
I’m like haunted by these ...
Theresa is alone, drinkingfrom her Nalgene. The door opens. Its Schultz. He sees her, sees that she’s the only one in the room, and then dans away, shutting the door behind him. Theresa sighs. The door opens again. It’s James.
THERESA. Hi. JAMES. Hi.
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JAMES. So are you and Schultz...? THERESA. Oh. No. Yeah. No. JAMES. Huh.
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JAMES. ... That was intense. THERESA. Yeah.
THERESA. We were. For a litde while. I mean, we went out on a / couple of— JAMES. Yeah. I mean, I knew that.
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THERESA. You got / pretty — JAMES. I got kind of worked up. THERESA. I mean, I think that s great. Maybe that’s what Lauren needed. JAMES. Yeah.
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THERESA. That was a ... I feel like such an asshole. It was a mistake and now ... and now things are really weird. I shouldrft be talking to you about it.
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