Being Us Page #2

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Huh. Ah.

Um, not sure I really

need any help with that.

I know how you feel.

Oh, they say he was a genius.

I know.

It also says he went

completely nuts.

You ever wonder if

that'll happen to you?

No.

No, I'm not, uh, I'm

not gifted like that.

I intend to lead a very long,

safe, uninteresting life.

Hmm. No drama?

No.

I've seen enough drama.

I'm ready for easy

laughs and barbecue.

Well that sounds like a

perfectly respectable fantasy.

What do you think of barbecue?

Yeah, yeah. I like it.

I do.

Cool.

You have a special place

you want to take me?

Hmm?

You gonna show me

something pretty

and just ravish me,

willing or not?

What?

Cause I'm no stranger

to what men want.

Where'd this southern

belle come from?

Uh,

somewhere you don't

want to know about.

I have to go. I don't

know what's happening.

Wait. Let me give you a ride.

Some other time.

So, uh.

What exactly did I do to

mess up the other night?

I just.

I think we should

just, you know,

chalk it up to a mixed signal.

Okay.

Anyway, I'm real glad you

decided to investigate further.

Me, too.

Yeah.

You ever been married?

No.

No, I've been, been close.

Couple times, you know, but...

Didn't quite work out?

Nah. No, I uh--

the women in my life has

always been problematic.

Ah.

Guess there's nothing

more compelling

than a woman with a

tragic problem right?

You make it sound like I

didn't care about them.

No, it's just you know, people

that like to fix things

just make me a little nervous.

That's all.

Well, I think I'm

done fixing things.

So, you ever been

down the aisle?

Only in criminal court.

Is that true?

No.

All right. What's

behind door number 2?

Nothing much. Just storage.

Behind a padlock?

That's just, where I

keep my art supplies.

I had no idea you

were an artist.

I mean just because

I have art supplies

doesn't exactly

make me an artist.

Maybe that isn't for you to say.

It's just, you know,

it's something I do when

I need to kill time.

Mm-hm. No, I'm not buying it.

You don't keep a casual

hobby behind a padlock.

I can't put one

over on you, can I?

You just don't seem all

that apathetic to me,

that's all.

Yeah, you are right.

'Cause I am about as

apathetic as a train wreck.

I want to know about you.

Yeah? Hmm?

Momma didn't love you?

Hmm?

Aw, you look like a

digger of shallow graves.

What about you, huh?

Southern belle, a wounded bird.

I'm all of it.

What's wrong? I don't.

What's wrong? No, I don't.

Yeah, you do. No, not like this.

Yeah you do. Not like this.

Not like this.

I don't want us to

be a fling, okay?

Well, that's gonna

be hard on you.

Is this your other girlfriend?

No.

Okay. Okay.

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