Mistrust Page #6

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to come to the next one.

It's a date.

Great.

Who wants more wine?

Yes please.

She's looking good, isn't she?

Yes, she is.

So glad you guys made up.

Steven, where do I find

your bottle opener?

Second drawer on the left,

right by the stove.

Second drawer down.

Got it.

So, Brandon, do you know where

Veronica gets her hair cut?

I can't say that I do, why?

Just wondering.

Oh crap!

What, you all right?

Yeah, I will be.

I'd better give her a hand.

I broke the cork.

Let me help.

Wa la.

Show-off.

Thanks for including me tonight,

that was fun.

I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Okay.

Okay?

Forget it.

I don't think I can do this.

Do what?

This, us.

It's not fun anymore.

Did I not just tell you

what a good time I had?

Yeah, in words, but your

actions didn't show it.

My actions?

What are you talking about?

I don't want to play this game.

I'm sorry, you've lost me.

I don't think we're capable

of going back to where we were.

What's different?

Seriously?

Is this about what

happened the other night?

Partly, but mostly it's about you.

It's about me?

Please, just dumb it down

for just a little bit.

I opened up my heart to you,

and basically all I got

was a sexual thank you.

So it was about the other night.

I thought if anyone was

mature enough to handle that

it was gonna be you.

You're the one that

changed Brandon, not me.

Oh really?

What's changed Veronica?

This, this is what's changed.

Our friendship just doesn't

seem natural anymore.

You put me in a position

of being a mistress

without the respect that

I've come to deserve.

Well,

I'm not gonna be your plaything.

We've got to communicate,

I just don't know where I

fit in your life anymore.

I'm in a relationship.

What do you want from me?

Not a god damn thing.

You know but now we're here.

I mean I'm just curious,

what sort of a lie did you tell her

so you could spend

the evening with me?

I don't have to lie

to the people I love.

Well, now I know where

I fit in then, don't I?

We had a good time Veronica,

that's never been our problem.

Your maintaining has

been our disconnect.

You don't know what love is.

You pretend to be a fairy

godmother sprinkling fix-it dust

from married guy to married guy,

so you can stomach the

lifestyle you've chosen.

You're a lonely, desperate

empty soul, who has no idea

how to have a transparent

and honest relationship.

Go to hell.

See you there.

Well, you certainly don't disappoint.

What can is say,

I learn from the best.

So I guess we're done then,

aren't we?

Then we're done.

Hey, how's everyone doing?

Yeah, good, all right.

Awesome, great,

well I've gotta be honest,

I'm actually a little bit anxious.

Yeah, I've got a high

school reunion coming up,

and I don't want to

say which one it is,

because that would be a

little bit depressing,

but I will say that

the president of the

United States at the time.

Lincoln.

No, no no, not Lincoln you a**hole.

No, Mister Jimmy Carter, good guy.

And I was reminded of this recently,

because I was going through

a bunch of old stuff,

and I found that presidential

physical fitness award that I got.

Remember those?

You had to do like a million pushups,

a million chin-ups,

and you had to run really fast,

and you got an award.

I was shocked that I got

a physical fitness award,

but I was really good at

running away from bullies,

and I usually got away.

I'm a little bit nervous

about seeing the bullies

at the reunion,

but I figure by now they're

all probably divorced

and just driving for Uber.

One of the bullies who was

on the football team, and I,

made out underneath the bleachers.

Yeah, and thus started

my illustrious career

as a blackmailer.

Yeah, oh yeah, I worked it.

I was the first nerd in that school

to get a jock to give me his

lunch money, and a hand job.

And that was the day

I lost my virginity.

Goodnight everyone.

Thank you.

I'm gonna go find Trent.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

I got an email Trent

was doing a show,

and I figured you'd be here.

So I am.

Ronnie, I hate how things ended.

Can we talk?

About what?

Seriously?

I think I've heard everything

I want to hear, from you.

Look, I feel awful about

some of the things I said,

it wasn't fair,

and I wanted to apologize.

So, go ahead.

Oh, I can see this is gonna be fun.

All right,

when we were together,

I didn't know how to react.

I mean I'm in a relationship,

I'm living with someone,

and then you and I,

and it felt right,

and I know somehow it did for you,

too.

It doesn't matter how I feel,

you have Kristen.

It shouldn't matter to you, either.

Take her out of the

equation for a minute.

I can't, and neither can you.

Try.

I am not gonna have

this conversation now,

and especially not here.

Fine.

This better?

When I lashed out at you,

I said that if anyone

was mature enough to

handle what happened,

it would be you.

The problem was, I couldn't.

Look, you've already shown

me that you don't love me,

you don't have to keep proving it.

Well, that's where you're wrong.

I need your help here.

I know you don't want commitment,

I know you don't want

to be domesticated.

Kristen wants those things,

I didn't think you of all people

would want me to give that up.

Why do you keep telling me this

if you have no intention

of being with me?

I have no intentions

of being with you?

Well, now you're being stupid.

Okay,

let me tell you how this is done.

Remember when my father got sick

and I had to fly to Chicago?

Of course, how can I forget?

And you came by to pick

me up for the airport?

And I was a wreck,

and I hadn't packed a god damn thing,

except a pair of dirty

socks and a toothbrush,

and you came in,

and you calmed me down,

and you helped me get it together,

and I saw compassion in you

that I had never seen

in anyone before.

And when I was back there,

you stayed in touch with me

every step of the way.

You were right there by my side,

even though we were so far apart,

and the whole time I was gone,

all I could think

about was this angel

that made me feel safe and secure

through those vulnerable moments,

and I felt assured that

life was gonna be okay,

and that's when I

fell in love with you.

How could you never tell me that?

I didn't think you were ready.

Veronica we both know

that you know how to act

like you're feeling something,

but you don't really truly feel.

Brandon, I am so invested in us,

that I could never walk away.

So I'm afraid.

Afraid of what?

Of failing, of letting you down,

I don't know how to have

that kind of a relationship.

Just let your guard down,

and allow me to love you.

I did.

And then everything changed.

So, where do we go from here?

I've got to break

it off with Kristen.

No, no.

You think it's okay that while

I'm sharing a bed with her,

I'm telling somebody else

that I'm in love with them?

You know, you're the only

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