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M
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John
John
Joba
John
M
John
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point
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dows.
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ts
on.
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watching everything I do ye lke 8
fucking
Pas
Is hat the wor?
fucking Nuisance,
Nice?
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the way Tepe fe you mick what Um
ing, what Pm making here, what Pm
trying todo dhen yurre mocking the way 1
speak
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snderstand?
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John
Joho
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nay why why wn?
Because you'e lke abroher to me
Whar
You're tke a brother
You're playing now
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lie, Fm mocking yu lke his boctse
{hat what brothers do,
ut you're na
Pra not kaon
Fuck of now, go an watch your
progeamie
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ook. All Fm sayings That you. Can't
fucking cook, Cant fucking de anything
with your hands,
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Nothing that needs tobe dane. You all
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flapping dry up and dawn al he cme,
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DON'T know how to use dhe and
John
John
M
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compensating wid howe fcking bands of
yours have you seen ther?
Have Lacen ty my hand?
They're ike tani rackets on the end of
acs. Like satelite aes atthe end of
Fishing rds, They're rdiulous
Okay:
Okay
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Really
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Right
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Right.
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now thats act what they ay that not the
expreson, butt did. Teleten yeas
younger afer I picked mel vp and carne
to ven wih the fc, wih he fet Twat
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John
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M
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Pmalright Alright yes Yes
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OF course.
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Then when I id eal
When you calle, thea I became ven
more wortied breathing down the pone
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you dda chink about me did you? Even for
‘minute, That Il be worrying, be dying
thinking what might happened, you
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tng I though you mat have. dont
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something that made you mad
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bonfire in ay
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John
Joba
John
Joba.
One 9
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Jeg my Focking hair T on’ want wo waste
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neon thie
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don't
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to bed at igh we foc andl chat ard cook
and eat and everyshing but think oly ow,
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people, We're ike, Imean youre egg and
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Cheese
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Yeu
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M
John
Joba
Joka
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you'd have to froze me, oily me before
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ime before we'll be
No.
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John
One 13
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ou want to get ack with me, you make a
big fir then you change your mind, and
you want to get backo you being me teddy
bears
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firing What? You think I don want you
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fucking say a word, of course I dt. You
say your plece and walk out 'm po going to
begyou Tim ne going to lower mys (0
saking wy or ating you t sty weve
alway ai, havent wef you want to got
you need to gogo. And there you wen
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John
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John
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futon you leave ou, and stay away and
ress you sound and'now Tanto
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[No, more than that thie eovering
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lke hat you want comme back inthe
normal vay yo buy me abot of wine oF
something Hk, you bay me something
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longer
‘Thought
Haven you
What Be going 239?
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How can I make i ser ike i’ normal
Distact im
But cisract him fom?
From?
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M
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John
M
Joho
M
John
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Sf me A true dept, hn, arent you? You
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rot there yet are we? You til whack off
depte
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John
Joba
John
Joba
Joho
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1 nce some straightening ou
Sound tke you've already
[Nota joke that wasnt a joke just mean T
not io now whats going on, bees is
roman this woman
You want your boyfiend’s help with the
woman yout sleping wi
Beene ely you're the only person.
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Jane you fet out get out now get Ont Mow
You don’ mean that ow you I now
1 dough we were brothers,
You sid tht but T never underwood
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‘ood!
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ck or thn we sid ad this i thin
John
Joba
Joba
Joba,
Jona
One 17
Oba
Olay
Stand further away and we migh and a
You look to diferent now
Please please
A diferent person
Pm not I'm really not
Shas,
So,
Olay
Tell me aboutit
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Lay tallow,
Iam,
Ieyeas. a weekago,
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1m trying tobe honest18 Cock
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hve you ever actualy done ating in your
life Stop falling me!
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sppowed i youd down and we'd
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vera Hke hie sting dow
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souve darted, ofcourse, Tang UP
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tou wonderflrelatonsip which as since
pase about how ona things we te
fd Ta sory to dsuson you 1 soa into
{ur recomelaon but we were not happy all,
the ne, e arly spoke to each ther
trithout dong something else and we always
John we argued al the tacking time
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sn female x chick, cow,
witha ye a wor
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Don't want. Trying nt to. Fucking DO
someting you piece of fucking ap onthe
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someting, You're small, Youve a hala
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Joba
M
Joha
Joho
Bur
Do yout understand John? A STREAM.
1 dont tink that means saying,
T want 2 RIVER!
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I
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Yee
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1 dodo things bough you the pict
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way don ind you endearing Yes you cid
snd no
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But deze’ got tobe something about me
‘wy are we sal hese, sil alg, wy do
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ke brothers which by th way ta relly
fucking werd thing to say bt astne
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expres our comtntmento each other our
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M
Joba
John
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ont find in ies Paved ote en hat
whatever we dd whatever we
1 auppose yes Tsuppose snd you're hong
‘Only tha, ye, his ehatever,
Big fucking whatever though anti?
Pointing pointing,
No. Na. Ive remembered what Twas going
tony
(Oh glorious fanfze cymbals and drum rol
here it comes,
You're not as good-looking 2 you dink,
Right
Right. Yeu Th
You're heky to have me
Okay?
ight, Well you'e probably ight
How,
And finaly some balls
Finally sent
[Now we tan chance
‘She mus be obsessed,
Thought we sid.
Se’ alyaye here, There's nodhing ean
do nothing ean do this ant my doing
aight She's jure there, Tha’ why Td’.
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M
Joba
M
Joho
John
Joka
One 21
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hin eas me be
Maybe she’s ouside right om
Lite ancy woman ent she?
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Nice bit of sir you picked up you
facking lat
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What does she want?
Sie thinks Im srighs
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‘he gai de you weat into sounds abit a
Tote to me ha you if you sce what
‘mean that you ae ct ye yes not gay at
‘at nt gay but
No Ido think I'm, no Tho I'm not Px
rot sag otherwise how would we ibe
doing snything?
Asupreme act ofthe wil?
you and Lshare everyting with you
head al the ie, lL mean you give
me a really big dick metaphorically or
cualysmetimes looking st you,
thinking of yeu coming homer You know
when Tm at work got your pesre on my2 ¢
John
Joba
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John
Joba
M
Joba
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desktop on my phone everywhere sill ow
T upp like both but tha’ okays it
that okay?
Thats
Ike both
xy John esis absolutely okay to
Yeu, Easy
But nota he sane time
Do you know what an apology i Do you
ow ast means to accep one? Tha
what you did you scepted to the case is
‘Sore and we move on
On we do Tsee how awl.
Sint the fick up, Bloody fucking fack
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big problem, she embarrass meif 1 don’
ow Thave diner with Mura and Dad and
se comes over and ar allng ori she
{urns up at work snd people wk queso.
So desl with i
‘She’ following me. Maye shel ill me.
A weleome gesture as fr se Tm concerned {
mean we musta forget Jon, we mus
forge, you fckod and et he.
ewan just a fuck
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ot just fuck?
Wel I waat tobe honest
You ied each other
‘Yes atthe time there was something
Joha
John
M
John
Joba,
M
Joho
John
M
Joho
Joha
Joba
Joho
One 2
Well maybe this Disney, maybe this is high
school the fucking musical and you're meant
to be together forever and ever John
maybe she’ ce one the one that you want
yeah? The one youre looking for then no?
No.
on
Wha?
(Ob, doyou tink?
What?
Do you think she's
Whar?
Would explain i
No fick oft
She might be
She faking fucking nt. You
Daddy
Cock
Dade
Conk
Day wl you pay with me?
How te fuck od ae yox you
Please Muriny why Daddy doing tha
IF you don’ core your fucking mouth
before I even tart counting to ten, Kick24 Cock
Jobn
John
you til your Blood rans ont il you fucking
‘mn aut of blood.
All tal. You woulda ick you wouldn't do
‘thing You' ey ye You'd want co. You'd
fat toe everything ee bt I'm sale
‘eae I know you fs, and Fim sure your
son il comet fel the same, nothing you
want ever ark ut, You're fudge all ver.
Tere eno son yes no baby
You seem wo sue but you never mentioned &
condom / in your aiement
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And was she good-looking?
She's
A hot wet ight fuck?
Sup it
Tal?
Abit
Face?
Yeah.
Pate ite thing tha’ what you ke with
eririnie
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Ad she was all Ted, No not petite, more
Ike «man relly
What?
(Quite manly suppose
John
John
Joba
Jos
John
John
Jobn
Joba
One 25
Is that supposed w make me fel bette?
Soften he blow
That she was manly?
Yes
You haven idea
No,
1 dont even believe that you would anyway
Isthis ler
Na
{mean sexual etings just don’t work he
that Manly? What? Big hand? Shoulder?
Rie
Maybe it'll more complicate than
Maybe for you iti, Yes, maybe you's the
rom complicated sex being tat ever
‘nied: Bec eos sectn te the
‘ame level of problem fr most people
Tean tl
Yes.
And now she's folowing you
Yes.
Lot of time on her big manly hands has
she?
IdoJobo
M
John
Jobn
Joba
Is she unemployed?
Maybe.
or
OF course
She's reired.
1a sat there, a herein tat coffe shop
icing her she bad eave me alone and it
ned auc she wasn fllowig me, uti
jstre see each theron de way to werk
fd and 1 fi you know
(Ob so fucking helpless.
Wael, Fknow wit you're implying with that
boys thats ow it fl, hat Thad these
feeling and a least Pm not hiding it rom
you and there was nothing I cold do
xcept fk her
Yes
gun
Yes back to her place and
‘What te you? Mos pople seem to come
together prey wel, their atoms hold, and
you can look a them and go a, thar my
nate Steve tha’ the queen, but You you
don't seem to have grown coherently
You a cllecon of things that don't
You're a spaw
You don't ad wp
Kiss me
Joho.
M
Joba
One 27
Why should I that’s the one thing Lhave n0
intention, no reaton todo abedatly no
you've cheated on me twice and wth
ftoman and dont know i thas worse, and
ot js witha woman wh somnetannie
She iat
With some all manly steange thing if wee
honest we've uncovered th fei of youre
foeNNeanderal women, and youve done it
twice, you've putin her ensierable
tmariiland more than once go exploring
dhe extensive rainforest she's got hidden
down there, you've spathed fraud and
now you come back and you wat me 0 Ks
orgie me
Forgive you? No No No No No,
Please
Thank you
‘Away, unforuatelyJo, fr me, aay
And I hepe you reali wiat that mean
Tat ican tat Lil always be hls
unhappy beeane Thave a feling that
long as we're together you wil always do
this tome, you wil let ae dowa, wand me
up, cheat and Head fal aed cock hing up
Tike this, and then you'll wonder why tease
you why Tm alway going at you, beng
Frcanie well its the ony way
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Jobn
John
Joba
John
M
Joba
Joba
1 don Anove
Wel
Buc we are
Yes
1 mean Pi not ging anywhere,
Olay.
But you hae to make a dedkion you prick
‘Ae you going to sme again?
Whar?
You looked like you were about to
No,
(Okay. Sony Lut thought
Take yo
Forme
Okay
Thank you
And theres.
Why?
Because Fun about to make & dein for
you in your favour, and T want o remind
Iryeal of what we have, hat we ae 80
are want fo fook ata of you and
remind myself at Llve al of you even the
fat its because Think that's the big
fiference between you and her “Ta
John
M
John
Jobn
One 29
‘Tm fascinated by her ana mean Think
she's us. wow! You know
Jb why dost you tell your mum all iy,
‘she'l be pleased you've meta nie gi afer
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Goon, take it of
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youve proved er right
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looks really tight I'm ging o touch it
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ehink
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No, NoI think
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Joba
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ike an elephant
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John
Jobe.
Joho
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1 chink we mas ve quite oery Tbope you
don’ think this sscary bie se you offen
fn the way to work, on the eb, then
walking up towards the square. recogaise
yous T tink
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faces, ther’ cern people you sway ce
there's this one guy Tsu must've Deen
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oat, white make you kaow Hike gtk
Yeah yeah
And Pd see him ery morning and what he
‘wes wearing was lke fuck you tothe wesld
you know? and coun he looked bic pid
but Tove the fact he didnt care
Yeah
ved that, bu then one day he got on the
tube, and he wae dierent, bea hada
haieat~and was wearing relly normal
normal boring Topman cloths, everything
tout bin had become lie everyone ele,
fever noticed hm aga fier that
he dlisippeared, Sony that wa story
wasn? You did’ ak for story did yo,
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Busy wih what? Work sit?
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work but no w
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Two weeks ago
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was horile I mean i ike a, sncthes
world nov, sea like anceher time, but.
‘you spend all dat Sine sharing your ie
‘lds someone eee, and you dont mis them
because they arent physically there, you
rss them because theyre aot a your head,
hen you waich lm you dant watch it
‘wth tiem any mor, einkng of them, do
you know what mean? They've even ie
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en youre there on your own and you
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these couples in the park or going to Thea
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