Hope and Mickey sit staring at the stars. Times moves fast in desert.
MICKEY: You know, before... when you got in the truck. You were gonna leave, right? I know you were. (beat) Why did you lie about it? HOPE: I... I didn't want to hurt your feelings, I guess. I know it was rude. It was fucked up of me! I know it was. But I don't know, I was just scared. I was scared. MICKEY: Of me? HOPE: You could be a bad guy, I don't know. MICKEY: So could you. HOPE: Who says I'm not? MICKEY: I do. I could tell you're a good person when you stopped and saved my life. You went so close to the fire, to save ME. No way a bad person would do that. No way. HOPE: Did you see that!? A shooting star! I swear that was a shooting star! Holy fuck I haven't seen one since I was like sixteen or somethin'. They must be rare! MICKEY: I see them all the time. In the desert you see them all the time. HOPE: Make a wish! Make a wish. MICKEY: You're funny. Nothing else I could wish for, I swear to God. Hope closes her eyes, 'makes a wish.' MICKEY: You're adorable. But lemme ask you somethin'... who is the wish for if you don't believe in God? (beat) My old man always said: 'A wish to the stars is a wish to the heavens.' And the man knew what he was sayin'. He was a... man of God. HOPE: Don't tell me he was a priest... MICKEY: And his dad before him. HOPE: So you come from a long line of Jesus freaks huh? (beat) Oh gosh, I'm sorry. That was insensitive. I'm a freak too! Who's NOT a freak, ya know? MICKEY: It's okay. Heard that all my life from people like you. Hippies stopping by my town on their way to 'Burning Man.' Doin' drugs and orgies. HOPE: I don't... I mean, not orgies. Maybe some people go there for that, but not me. MICKEY: Why go then? HOPE: To burn a man. (beat) MICKEY: Jesus Christ. HOPE: Let's keep going. We have a long way to go. MICKEY: You ARE a freak. (beat) Okay. As you wish... To be continued...
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AuthorIn April 2020, while experiencing her first ever global pandemic, Tamar Pelzig pledged to write something every day, even if it's only a word, so she welcomed to the world a daily blog to keep her creative writing wheels rolling. Categories
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