About Alex Page #7

Seriously.

Come on.

All that talk about death?

Eugh.

Tell me you don't want to.

No, stop.

What?

You know what I want?

I want you to have acted

like my boyfriend 7 years ago.

Taken me to a movie, bought

me a f***ing ice cream cone.

That's what I want.

Instead of being the guy

who permanently f***ed up

my expectations

for normalcy in a relationship.

The guy that made me

explain to my mom that

"no, Josh isn't exactly

my boyfriend, he is just

someone who sleeps with me

when he comes home pining

for my best friend, too

drunk to see straight."

Sarah, I was 20.

So was I.

I...

My dad had just left my mom.

Is that your excuse?

I was angry.

Okay?

I was angry.

I was angry at my dad, I

was angry at f***ing Ben.

What, you didn't even see

what you were doing to me?

One minute.

What's your name?

Amber?

Wow, that's a pretty name.

How old are you?

What's up?

What's going on?

Man, I'm sorry about that Amber.

That's tough to feel like

you've finally found that

person, the right

person for you and...

They don't feel the same.

Mm.

Hey, Amber, Amber, Amber.

Most people I know, most

people in the world,

they're actually really afraid

to feel what you're feeling.

They won't even let themselves.

But you, you're...

You're willing to go there.

And to me, that means

that you're very brave.

And...

To me that means that you

are going to be just fine.

Hey.

Hi.

Hi.

Will you pinch me again?

What?

On why you want to try?

I want to.

I'm ready.

I know.

Tell me more.

I just need reasons.

Why?

Because it turns

out that I'm not.

It turns out it

was a false alarm.

I guess I was just worried

that maybe you got caught up in

the moment and said some

things that you didn't

really mean, and maybe

someday you'd regret them,

so...

I just...

Ben...

Please say something.

I don't, I don't know.

It's not like I was

lying back there.

Um, maybe you're right.

Maybe...

What?

Really?

I push you that

much and you fold?

You're not even fighting me.

I don't know what it is...

Come on please,

don't, don't do that.

You always pretend like

you're the one that's all

in, when you know like I

know if I was writing, if

I was on, we wouldn't even

be having this conversation.

You wouldn't even

be opting out of our

relationship and flying

across the country to LA...

- Wherever the

- can you even hear yourself?

This wouldn't

be happening. You know...

Do you really think

that's what this is about?

This is not about you.

This has nothing to

do with your writing.

This has everything

to do with my writing.

It's always had everything

to do with my writing.

Busted.

That was a dramatic night.

Yeah.

I was serious about

dinner, by the way.

It was so good.

Oh, thank you.

Shut up.

You should open

your own restaurant.

Yeah, can you imagine that

conversation with my parents?

F*** it. Do it anyway.

So what, you just give

up on what you want?

Who says that's what I want?

Okay, it's what I want.

You happy?

Yeah, I totally am.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I'm sorry.

No no, it's okay.

I'm sorry.

Hey, don't take that

personally, okay?

- It's kind okay.

- Of like...

A new policy of

mine, apparently.

What's that mean?

Um, I just did the

same thing to Josh.

Oh, great.

Great.

Isaac, I'm, come on.

I didn't mean it like that.

I'm sorry.

That was embarrassing.

I thought that's

what you wanted.

No, I did.

I do, believe me.

Apparently not anymore.

Well, for a long

time I did want that.

Okay.

But...

But...

But that's, it's

not what you want.

You don't know what I want.

I-Isaac, you

don't want this.

Your 19 year-old

self wants this.

You want closure.

You want...

I think you're afraid that this

thing with Kate might be real,

you think it could be real.

Sarah...

How did it go?

I don't think I have

any blood on my hands.

That's great.

That's good.

Hey.

Hey.

You've been quiet all weekend.

Everyone likes talking

more than listening.

Sometimes I just

get tired of it.

I prefer the opposite.

Well, if that, that is not

a rare quality, I don't

know what is.

Ben didn't mean it.

What he said to you.

It's okay, I, I...

No it's not.

It's not okay, what they did.

It's not okay what I did either.

Can I see?

Why?

I don't know.

Okay.

You know we both

have to let it go.

Where you been?

Oh, attempting to

have sex with Sarah.

Good for her for

turning you down.

Heh, thank you.

You know, I can't remember

what happened last.

Me writing something good

or me and Siri having sex.

So basically what you're

saying is that you're

blocked in more ways than one.

Yeah, that's one way to put it.

To think that I've been

jealous of you for 7 years.

Hm.

Looks like someone

made a friend.

He's the only one

that understands me.

What happened to everyone?

Isaac and Kate went to bed.

I guess Siri did too.

And what about Alex.

I thought he was with you.

Ben, wait wait wait.

Ben...

Hey, did you find him?

Ben.

Ben!

What's going on?

Wait, wait, wait,

Ben, Ben, Ben Ben.

Please, please, please.

Just let me...

What can you possibly

say to me right now?

That I, I love you.

I really I do, more than

anyone in the world.

F*** you!

Please-oh!

Ow!

Wait, Ben Ben Ben.

Ben, please, please,

I'm sorry, okay, no!

Ben!

Where are your keys!

Sarah, where are your keys?

I gave them to Ben.

The f***'s going on?

I don't know.

I don't know. Everybody's

getting together with everybody.

I heard it was

a real good time

I heard it was...

F***!

Sh*t!

Judgment has a way of creeping

into every relationship.

Even the most intimate.

If we're lucky, somewhere

along the way we meet a

few people who listen to us

without criticism or reproach.

We call those

people our friends.

Nice shiner.

Nice driving.

What are you doing?

Writing.

Um, I'm uh, I'm a

little f***ed up.

No sh*t?

Can I play that card now?

Sure.

I um...

I know that uh...

That it's UN...

Unhealthy to...

To need, um...

T-just too much from

people, and I've been

working really hard on...

On, on trying to like...

Set up healthy, uh...

Ways of...

Communicating and...

I don't, I don't know,

I don't know why.

Hey, the world's got

enough people you've gotta

explain yourself to, right?

Tell me if that's sh*t or not.

Thanks for last

night, by the way.

For what?

For rebuffing me.

Hey, what are friends for.

I've been thinking a lot this

morning about investment.

Yeah, that's not

weird or anything.

No, I'm serious.

I think you should

open your place.

Eh, that's not going to happen.

What if I helped you get

on your feet, get set up,

get a little seed

money or something?

Okay, I don't need

anything from you.

I don't need help

or a favor or...

It wouldn't be a

favor, it'd be selfish.

I'd be making money off of you.

You're not being serious.

I'm totally serious.

Believe it or not, I'm a

pretty savvy businessman.

I know, but...

But what? Come on,

think about it.

Small place, lower east side,

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