[Who else would dare take Joe's little black book?
Wait what. We? He wonders if Larry means only himself because out of everyone he got to know Larry was the one who made him feel right where he was. Suppose that's how he got everyone killed, including the old man's old friend. Shit stop thinking about it now, Newendyke. He stuffs another couple bites of steak in his mouth. What a weird anniversary, so to speak, but the kid never went into this thinking happy endings were on the horizon.]
I wanted to be that cool guy you know, when I was a kid. I picked up the way to walk, the way to talk, and it was fun for a little while but it takes shutting up the little guy. It takes bein' a bully and stuffing the little guy in a locker. It ain't worth it.
[Having a bad twin, he means. If only it was easy to be himself, which Freddy thinks he totally is until the G-word comes up.]
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[Who else would dare take Joe's little black book?
Wait what. We? He wonders if Larry means only himself because out of everyone he got to know Larry was the one who made him feel right where he was. Suppose that's how he got everyone killed, including the old man's old friend. Shit stop thinking about it now, Newendyke. He stuffs another couple bites of steak in his mouth. What a weird anniversary, so to speak, but the kid never went into this thinking happy endings were on the horizon.]
I wanted to be that cool guy you know, when I was a kid. I picked up the way to walk, the way to talk, and it was fun for a little while but it takes shutting up the little guy. It takes bein' a bully and stuffing the little guy in a locker. It ain't worth it.
[Having a bad twin, he means. If only it was easy to be himself, which Freddy thinks he totally is until the G-word comes up.]