A Year Without Love Page #2

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He was also infected

He died a few months ago

OK. Shall we program it for next week?

July 12th

When Herv died we were no longer together

Today I remembered him dying

Even when I didn't witnessed his agony

Did he let him die?

Was he affected by me leaving?

What did he do with my things?

Did he throw them away?

Did he forgive me?

Did he hate me?

Did he ever loved me?

I opened his notebooks

I needed to know

I only found my name next to a strange address

I didn't see him suffering

But now I can't stop imagining it

I finish with some things and we have some drinks

If you have told me I wouldn't come

Why? I wanted to see you. It's a little while and it be over.

Have a seat

Are you leaving tomorrow?

Yes, but instead of Rio they send me to Neuquen

It's only a week, anyway

Are you coming back on Sunday?

Yes, no. Monday, Monday evening

How are you doing? Everithing OK?

What have you brought me? Poems?

No, some pages from the diary.

I'll leave them to you

OK, coll, I'll read them later

Something wrong?

No, no, no

Are you OK?

Yes, yes

Only some tests that went wrong

Take a seat

Hadn't you find a doctor that you liked?

Yes, the one form the Ferrer hospital

He want's me to stay in the hospital to make some tests

What tests?

I don't know. A biopsy,

a tomography and something else.

When are you going?

I don't know if I'll go.

I don't really feel like it.

You have to do it Pablo.

I'll go with you

It's on Monday

So?

Nothing. You are out,

I don't want you to change your plans

What's the problem?

I'll came back earlier

It's just some tests

Nothing to worry about

OK, lets do it so

"TICKETS"

Take out your tongue

Say a

Lay down

How do you do?

No. Stay put

I brought you something to get entertained

Ad 33036. Franc spirit

idealist

looking for sharing pleasures

sex, friendship,

with masculine man up to 40

Me, 30, 1.73 mts, 64kgs.

skinhead

(HIV+)

I published another ad

I wanted to explain that "sexo seguro"

means "safe sex" not "for sure we'll f***"

Wasn't as succesfull as the first

Ah, look

I imagine because I wrote HIV+

Don't know, 1 cm

Only one person answered, a hairdresser

No, with a machine

When I was a child,

I loved to make braids to my little sister

To gain some time,

I started to answer other people's ads.

Who is this?

Pablo

I'm coming down

OK:

I've just rang,

I think he is coming down

Pablo

Yes

I'm Juan. How do you do?

Here comes the sheriff

We call Baez the sheriff

Ah

Hi, how are you doing?

Hi, How do you do?

You came together

Yes, we already introduced ourselves

OK, let's go upstairs

Yes, let's go

How lucky we found each other

Don't you think, Pablo?

Do you want something to drink?

Yes, whisky or vodka if you have

You know, Juan, Pablo has experience

He frequented the leather bars in Paris

Yes, some friends took me

to a couple of them

I lived for some time there

Did you lived a long time in Paris?

I lived... Three years

And why did you come back?

Some family matters

There are very good leather bars in Paris

The Chax, the Keller

Where did you go?

The Chax..., the Keller...

No, I went to the Mec

The Mecson, yes

It was near where I lived

Some bars are even better

that the ones in San Franciso

Really?

I lived some years in San Francisco

And why did you come back?

As if I knew! I like to come and go

He bring us toys...

OK, Pablito, would you like to tell us

what sort of things you like

What are your limits, would you?

- Yes

- Yes, what?

Yes, what?

He doesn't know

Yes, he does

No, he doesn't know

Yes, he does. Yes Sir

Come on, tell us

OK, Pablito, if you don't stand something

you can shout RED

Is that clear?

I think that my pasion for leather

started in my childhood

I always liked the super heroes

their muscular bodies

the tight suits,

their masked faces

they formed my ideal

of strong and protective man

Are you still giving classes

in the gas company

In the water company

This month I'm gonna get only 220 pesos

I had arranged 700

The company pays three months

and the French institute does not take responsibility

On top of that I have to register for taxes,

pay the social security...

Did you go to the medic?

I'm doing some tests

Do you need money?

If you can...

This month, with the aunt,

we still didn't finish paying the taxes

I've being paying everything

for three months now

With the money you give me, of course

I've been thinking..

about the apartment,

that maybe we could,

given the location and the size of it

maybe we could get a valuation

I believe that with the money we get

we could buy two one room apartments

Not for the aunt,

I do not have any problem with her

Can we talk about this another time?

Yes, sure. You have to go?

I have to go back to the office

Let's go

No, stay, stay

I'll take care of the bill

No, stay, stay

I'll send you the money this afternoon. OK?

Do you have a dog?

If you have a dog

No, thats from a friend

that brought it here and forgot it

From this month on

I will charge 30 pesos per class

OK, I owe you 10 for the next one

Augoust 31

I have decided to start a new chapter

because a value changed and it disturbs me

CD4... 100

That means that my defenses are so low

that even an angina could kill me

This month Saturn is over my house of health

perhaps my feelings are wrong

How do you do?

OK:

I have the results from the tests,

I wonder if you have a minute to look at them

OK, I'll go look for your clinical history and I will receive you

- Have a seat, wait for me

- Thanks

Well Pablo

When will we start with the medication?

Eh, look, Oscar

I'm not taking AZ

It's a pity, because the three drugs coctel is working

Let's do this,

I prepare the papers for the medication

because the process is going to take some time,

meanwhile you think about it

Reasons?

For what?

Why do yu live with your aunt?

My mother lives in a rented apartment, very small

She lives with my brother

Actually, my aunt's apartmet is also mine

You are the owner?

No, no, not me. My dad's

Half and half, but my dad supports it

My aunt has psicological problems

She doesn't work

How many brothers and sisters?

Two

My sister is dead

Cause?

Suicide

Actually, my brother is half brother

Salary?

Eh, 100, 120...

Total salary!

That would be 320

How you doing?

Good afternoon

How you doing?

Good afternoon

I'm sorry I'm a bit late

No problem

Your name was...?

Pablo, Pablo Prez

Nicols friend

A while ago I had brought you some texts

Poems

Let me see...

Here they are

Yes, I have read these

Interesting

Very interesting

But in this country poems do not sell, see

It's so difficult for an argentine writer

to publush poems!

I write poems myself

Perhaps you could be part of

an antology with other writers

But certeinly not this year

But we'll have you present

Eh...

I'm writing a novel too

Really?

It's a diary, actually

About?

It's the life of a writer

that have AIDS and...

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