Harbinger: A Journal of Art & Literature | 2018-2019

ALEX: Why?
ADRIEN: Because I wanna know.
ALEX: Sure your ego can take it pretty boy?
ADRIEN: You know damn well how well I take it, airhead.
ALEX: And there’s issue number one! If it weren't for your inflated ego, I'd be sure your
headwas empty. You do all your thinking below the waist anyway.
ADRIEN: I do, do I?
ALEX: YES! You came over here to be with Eric, that long distance boytoy you did Swan
Lake with. You got your job at Mood Fabrics because you were fucking Jason when that
shit with your mom went down and he runs the damn place. Hell, you just saw me passing
by around campus and figured I’d be good for a quick lay to start all this off!
ADRIEN: Uh huh, and all that makes it hard for you?
ALEX: When you’re acting like a horny puppy, yes.
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ADR`IEN: Let’s step back to that second point, though. My JOB? (Picks up the red
strip of cloth and begins waving it around) The one that covers our food bills and lets us
afford all the materials for your Masterpieces? The one I’ve been working so I can stay
here with you as opposed to touring with a dance troupe? The job I’ve taken to support
YOUR dream while putting my own on hold? The one I’ve kept working at despite how
much of an ass Jason is now that I’m with you? Who berates me for every mistake and
still tries to pull shit despite how many times I’ve shut him down?
ALEX: He still tries?
ADRIEN: Of course he still tries! But despite being a “Horny Puppy”, I’ve turned him
down each time because I have you, and what we have is special. Or at least, I figured it
was. (Tosses cloth back at ALEX )
ALEX: Shit, Fuck. (Sighs) It is, Babe, you know that. I just. I just can’t figure out what
to do. Usually something comes to me by now but everything’s just blank. And then my
brain tenses up and it’s like everything is silent, but the silence is deafening and I wanna
stop thinking about it, but I can’t! so I just keep worrying about it and-and the whole
cycle repeats and I just… (Falls to the bed and yells into the pillow)
ADRIEN: (Sits down besides ALEX ) Babe, I had no idea you were struggling so much.