"The Oddest Present"
(At the Lane house, Jane is unwrapping a gift from Trent while he and Daria watch.)
Jane: Wow, Trent thanks for the sweater. It's very…. um… colorful. (sets down the orange, green, and brown sweater.)
Trent: Woah. That's a relief. I was afraid you were gonna be like…. Ew.
Jane: No, no. It's more of an Ooo rather than Eww.
Trent: Good. Here, Daria, this next one's for you.
Daria: (blushes a little) Oh, um, you didn't have to do that.
Trent: Sure I did. You're a friend and all. (hands the present to her)
Daria: Thanks. (She takes it and unwraps it. We can see it's book, but we can't see the title. Daria's eyes widen.) Uh… it certainly seems….interesting. Trent, what made you pick this?
Trent: I dunno, what book is it?
Jane: You don't know what you got her?
Trent: I wasn't looking when I got it.
Daria: Huh?
Trent: Well you see, it's like this… I have this… thing… about bookstores. Don't ask why, the scars of memory wound me to talk about it.
Daria: (whispers aside to Jane) Scars of memory?
(Jane shrugs)
Trent: All I can say is, it involved a '68 Chevy, a gift certificate, and a duck. Anyway, I knew I should get Daria a book for Christmas. I really couldn't think of anything else. So I said to myself, 'Trent, you've got to conquer your fears, or you'll be a slave to them'.
So I tried to go into that one bookstore at the mall, you know? I kept trying to go in, but I just couldn't do it. I looked inside and there was this shelf with books under 5 bucks, so I thought I could just run in, grab a book, throw six bucks on the counter, and run out. I thought I'd… like… let destiny decide what present you'd get. And I did.
Daria: (looks at book) Destiny wanted me to own The Gay Wiccan's Guide to Nova Scotia?
Jane: Destiny has a weird sense of humor.
Trent: Hey, can I use that for a song?