INT. Guy's Apartment -- Night
FADE IN:
Guy in his living room, just off the phone.
guy
That's it. I've gone insane, there's
no question about it. I've lost my
mind.
Hits something.
guy
Fuck! Its just so FUCKING frustrating
MY god, what is her fucking... Why
is this always fucking... AAAAARGH
Kicks something.
guy
You know, its not like we can just
talk about it. It has to become a.
blame thing. It has to become a fight
I mean, we're intelligent people...
I THOUGHT. What happened. What
in the fuck happened.
Ten Minutes ago.
On phone.
Girl
No, I don't want to have this conversation
right now?
guy
Would it be better if we had this when
I was over? And waste our time together?
Why can't we just talk about it
now, get over with. Get it understood.
girl
No, no. Listen. Ugh.
(pause)
I don't want to have this conversation
over the phone. I don't like how
we can't see each other.
guy
Look, just listen to me, listen to
why I want to talk about this now...
girl
No. You listen. I don't want to talk
about this. Things would be better
if YOU just stopped... If you would
just leave me alone when I don't want
to talk about something. You know,
you can't just leave things alone.
guy
Is it wrong for me, to want to, understand...
I mean, why are you, I mean... Let's
not play the blame game, let's play
the sane game for a minute okay?
girl
Will you just listen to me. I DON'T
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I DON'T...
want to talk about this. Maybe you
will listen...
guy
I...
Frustrated.
girl
To...
Guy trying to be concillatory.
guy
No, wait. We don't have to... Can't
we just...
girl
No, I don't want to talk...
About this anymore.
guy
We don't have to talk about this anymore.
We can talk about...
girl
No, listen to me. LISTEN. I don't
want to... Argh.
(short pause)
guy
Now...
girl
Maybe you'll listen to this.
Immediately hangs up phone.
ten minutes ago.
Much more jovial.
guy
Man, you know. Lately I've been thinking
how attractive. I mean, more than
attractive. I mean, you look hot.
girl
Ha, what, more than usual?
guy
No, I... I just have been noticing lately
. I think you've...
(precautious)
Not that you haven't been.
(stammering)
But you look like you've lost... You've
looked like you've lost some. You
look like you've lost weigh[t].
(quickly)
And, uh, well, uh, you know it looks
also like you know
(under breath)
You're breasts have gotten a little
bigger.
GIrl
Oh great.
guy
See, most girls like to have bigger
breasts. I mean, I sure as hell like
it, I mean, not that yours aren't
well...
Girl sighs.
guy
Look, I'm trying to give you a compliment
here.
Girl
Uh huh.
Guy
(frustrated)
Fuck.
GIRl
Thank you kitty.
guy
Anyway. You know, its like all last
weekend I was thinking about how hot
you were. How much I wanted to have
sex with you.
Girl makes loud "knowing" sigh.
Girl
Of course.
Guy
Now wait. What the... How is that wrong...
I mean.
(composing)
You know, I was talking to Otto...
Girl
Oh?
guy
Well, uh, see, he asked how I did last
weekend. You know, did I, in the
crude way he put it, you know, score
.
girl
(cautious)
Uh... Huh...
Guy
And like, I said, you know that... See,
he thinks that uh, we have... That
maybe we have less sex than you know,
other people...
Girl makes annoyed sound.
guy
Now, wait, I mean... No, listen, see.
I told him that, you know, of the
people we knew that had, you know,
more than they were.
girl
But...
Guy
No, no but, in fact. I asked him if
he knew of anyone who was getting
regular play. And he said Viken, may
be, as he and his girlfriend just
went into the sexual phase, you know.
But then I said that, well, they're
probably only having it, like, 2, maybe,
maybe 4, times at most. You know
for the first weeks or so. I mean,
we had, when we first were going
out, like I don't know how often.
Girl sighs.
girl
And so now you're thinking, again, that
we're not having enough, that its
not like it "was."
Guy
What? No, I mean, that's not my point.
I mean, didn't you hear me. I was
trying to say that we're no better
than anyone else.
girl
But not as good as it used to be.
Guy
Wait... No... I was just. I mean, yes,
I do wish we could be having it more,
but that's... It's not how you think.
Girl
Oh, here we go again.
guy
What the...? I mean, do you even remember
why we got into...? Do you remember
what I was talking about? I started
by saying how attractive you are. I'm
not, I'm not complaing about our sex
life, or lack...
Guy sighs, starts again.
guy
What I was trying to say was that I
found you so attractive, that I wanted
to make love to you, that I wished
we had more time together.
girl
Yeah, to have sex.
guy
Well, yeah, that too... But that that
was part of it. I just wanted to
be intimate. And when you are being
intimate, you have to be intimate.
And we're always apart from each
other, and...
girl
Look, its not like I don't find you
attractive, its just...
(sigh)
You know I don't like to have sex in
my parents house.
guy
Well, okay, see, I didn't know that.
I mean, I know you used to have
that problem, but you know, I thought
it was better. Its been like 2 year
now.
girl
Yeah, well, I don't like the noise
problem, or...
guy
The noise problem?
girl
You know, the bed makes noise...
guy
The futon doesn't.
girl
Well, not when you're all, grabbing
onto it and banging it...
GUY
I was not! I can't... See you're doing
it again, this isn't about blame, okay,
I'm just trying to solve this problem.
Girl makes exasperated noise.
girl
Well, like, I don't like having to
watch myself to not make noise. It
kills it. But, I don't want my parents
to hear. They've spared me from having
to ever hear them, so I want to do
the same for them.
Guy
(excited)
Okay, wait. See? You know you're
parents do, at least, they must have
in the past, and, you say you've never
heard them? Right? So, it stands
to reason that they won't hear us
.
girl
Well, not with you...
guy
Oh!
(getting angry)
Look, I can fucking control myself
Are you saying that I, I, can't
keep myself from making noise.
girl
Well, like, no... But, you see, its
just, I don't like having to sneak
around have to watch to make sure
we don't make noise.
guy
Well, then what do we need to do?
girl
What do you mean?
Guy
I mean, we are planning on having sex
more this summer, right? And like,
we know its going to have to be at
your place, because my place is not
an option... And its not like we're
going to do it in a car, because we
both know you're not that kind of
adventurous...
(quickly)
Not that I'm blaming. I'm not trying
to blame, I'm just trying to get to
some kind of understanding. Figure
out this problem.
girl
Fuck, I don't want to talk about this.
I don't want to have this argument,
again.
guy
What? Argument? Okay, first, a, this
is not the same argument. Okay, you
always make it into it, but its not,
its not about not having enough sex.
Okay, okay, b, I didn't want to
have an argument, I mean, how did
this even become an argument. I mean
I was just. This whole thing started
with me complimenting you. I mean
trying to compliment you. I mean,
my point was not...
Sighs.
guy
My point was not that I wanted more
sex or that we weren't having enough
or anything. I don't... I want to...
girl
Yes, that's all it is.
GUy
(angry)
Wait, a fu
Girl
Okay, well, I *"feel"* like that's
all it is for you. That all you want
to do is get sex, that that is all
the day is about. That that is what
it is all leading up to, and if you
don't get it...
(grunt)
Unh, its like, like, the day doesn't
matter. And then it becomes a big
issue, and a fight.
guy
Now wait a second.
girl
Okay, okay, not every time, but like
75% percent of the time. I mean, yes,
25% of the time, you actually are
okay with it and you will just hold
me and not start asking if there's
anything wrong with you or me, or
us, or anything. But the rest of
the time, its like...
guy
Now, wait a minute. Okay, first of
all, I am getting better. I mean,
I am trying to get better. In fact,
I don't even ask. Or at least, I
don't push, I ask once. Okay, I mean,
we've had this discussion before,
and I said I'd get better, and I
have, and yet you keep thinking all
it is, is I want more and more. That
it hasn't changed. And it has. Okay?
And second, second, what's wrong
with me asking what's wrong, huh? I
mean, if there's something wrong, what's
wrong with me trying to fix it? I'm
not asking you to ignore whatever's
wrong, I'm not just pleading or whatever
the fuck you're thinking. I'm just
asking. What's wrong with asking?
And, like, thirdly, what the fuck?!
I'm not even asking right now to
have more sex. That's not the point.
What I want is the same as what
you want. Intimacy. I just want
you alone, to hold you... And yes, sex
is a part of intimacy...
girl
See? That's it. See, you only see
intimacy with sex. All I want is
to be able to talk to you and be held
by you, and have you say nice things,
and be lovey...
guy
SEE? That's what I want to! I don't
want the wham bam. I mean, I do sometimes,
but when we're together. Not when
we're apart like this. I mean, TV
has sold you the idea that men don't
like fore-play, and, I mean, in all
those sitcoms its like old married
couples. And like, yes, when we're
together a lot, it is a physical need
thing, but we've talked about that.
We've resolved that. I take care
of myself now when I'm at home, that's
not an issue anymore. I don't need
it from a physical stand point, I
need it... I need the whole thing. I
need the foreplay, I like the foreplay.
I like to hold you and say nice
thing, and be lovey and, well... Look,
I'm not talking about a quick fix.
That's not even what I'd want if
it were an option. I'm talking about
filling an emptiness, about getting
to be together, and not just like
watching television, but quality time,
together, expressing our love...
Silence on the phone.
guy
Are you listening to me?
girl
Yes, but why can't we have that intimacy
without sex?
guy
Why don't you want to have sex?
girl
Were you even listening?
guy
What?
girl
(sigh)
Nevermind. Let's just drop it.
guy
No, I think we should talk about it
now. I mean, better now than waste
the time we have together.
girl
No, see, the whole point is that you
won't drop it. When I say I can't,
that I don't want to, then you should
just drop it.
guy
Okay, well, then lets figure it why
you don't want to know, so we won't
have to talk about it then, and then
it will be okay.
girl
MY GOD, LISTEN TO ME.
guy
GOOD, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
Silence.