Canopy

by ~InPerpetuum

Canopy

"It's in the middle of the night."
"It's later than middle of the night."
"Unable to sleep or what?"
"Do I look like I can't sleep?"
"And you don't fear your Jewish curls getting wet from the dew?"
"That sounds poetic..."
"I repeat, it's in the middle of the night."
"...and that's a reason?"
"Absolutely."
"It is?"
"Yeah, that's the midnight blues."
"Hm, well..."

...

"When I was a child I had a telescope. I watched the stars every night, but never from the top of a tour bus."
"I think that's pretty boring, I mean, nothing happens."
"You have to believe it. As a child you think that aliens are cool."
"What kind of child were you?"
"The prettiest one you've ever seen!"
"Look what you are now."
"The best drummer of the world for sure."

...

"There's something I wanted to ask you."
"What is it?"
"What is it with you and Vanessa?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that you two are going out for a long time now. Isn't it time for the next step?"
"...Maybe."
"Maybe?"
"Maybe."

...

"Rob, we are lying on the top of the tour bus, which is standing at a fuckin' roadhouse next to the highway, watching the stars."
"That's a pretty good summary of our situation."
"I thought it might be mentionable."
"Why?"
"'Cause it's absurd."
"You were the first one lying here."
"You followed me."
"I was just worried."
"Why?"
"You weren't in your bed."
"It happens often that I'm not in my bed."
"But not in the middle of the night. You love to sleep!"
"..."
"Stop beating me!"
"That's not beating!"
"Argh!"

...

"Sunrises are cool,"
"They are. It just takes a little while till then."
"Monica and me, we are doing that sometimes. We stand up early in the morning to see the sunrise together."
"How romantic."
"Most of the time."
"But you go to bed before or do you just making the night through?"
"Shut up."
"You should stop beating me."
"You should shut up!"
"How late is it anyway?"
"Half an hour before 5."

...

Do you know that I was seriously in love with you?"

...

"You were?"
"I was."
"You aren't anymore, huh?"
"Don't make fun of me."
"I'm not."
"..."
...

"When?"
"At the beginning."
"But you aren't...?"
"What?"
"I mean you are not... Are you gay or something?"

...

"Maybe I should ask Vanessa to marry me. I believe she would say yes."
"You are not doing this because you can't have me, are you?"
"I had a lot of time to stop loving you, Brad."
"Sounds poetic too."

...

"Are you silent because you don't know what to say anymore?"
"Partly."
"It's over."
"That's good."
"I think so."
"I guess it's better this way."
"..."

...

"Dave and Joe kicked Mike from the top of the Halo High score-list."
"When?"
"Yesterday. You were asleep already."
"Damn I missed that!"
"They'll tell it to you with every little detail during breakfast."
"I guess they will. I want to know how they did that!"

...

...

"Maybe we should get to sleep?"
"This last two hours?"
"At least something."
"Better than nothing, huh?"
"Exactly, better than nothing. Besides..."
"Besides...?"
"I always thought that watching the stars is pretty boring."