AMBER

Text me if you need anything. You want this back for tonight?

She fingers a SILVER NECKLACE she wears. Sam notices.

TARA

No, you keep it. For luck.

Tara nods and goes. Wes, Mindy and Chad say their goodbyes and file out, along with Richie. Leaving the sisters alone.

Not knowing what to say. Tara opens her mouth, but-

SAM

You gave her Dad's necklace?

TARA

It was mine to give.

SAM

It's the only thing he gave you-

TARA

You know, maybe Amber was right-

SAM

No. Shit, I'm sorry- I love you. Can we start over?

Tara nods. Eyes starting to fill with tears.

TARA

I was so scared...

Sam holds her sobbing sister. A rift begins to heal.

EXT. CORNER POCKET - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT

A pool hall where kids not old enough to drink hang out.

Chad waits as Liv parks and gets out of her car. They kiss.

CHAD

So I was thinking about what Amber was saying. We've been together for awhile now, right? And I don't want to be the stereotypical jock who's trying to get into his girlfriend's pants-

LIV Great!

She kisses him on the cheek and heads inside. Chad blinks. Not the way he saw that going.

INT. CORNER POCKET - NIGHT

SMACK! Amber breaks a new game, the balls ricochet. Some find pockets. Mindy holds a cue, frowning at the decent break. Wes nurses a Coke at a nearby table.

Chad and Liv arrive. Liv looks into the bar section at a white lady laughing hysterically as she guzzles white wine. Almost falling off her stool. SUSAN (40).

LIV

Jesus, is that Tara's Mom?

WES

Keeping it classy.

LIV

So what's she like? The sister?

CHAD Sam's cool.

MINDY

You're just saying that because she let you wear Pokemon onesies to bed for a year.

Amber misses her shot, Mindy lines up hers. As she speaks, Amber tipples whiskey from her flask into everyone's Cokes.

AMBER

Trust me, Sam's not "cool."

(to Liv)

(MORE)

AMBER (CONT'D)

Her Dad left her Mom, right? Walks right out when Tara's 8, Sam's 13. Tara just needs someone to lean on, to get through it, but Sam goes nuts. Starts drinking, doing drugs, getting arrested, hooking up with half the dudes in town-

CHAD

I, for one, support that kind of behavior-

Liv smacks him.

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