Ep 2. Scene 3. Vernon and Julian After Go-Kartin!

Scene 3


Vernon's Apartment-Living Room


Vernon and Julian are playing a video game on XBOX 360, they both look very into it. Vernon's in a wifebeater, Julian keeps glancing over to get a look at him but tries to keep his eye on the game.



Vernon
(intensely looking at tv)
Oh, so you wanna take a shortcut.



Julian
Don't get mad at me cause you can't drive, I see why your license was suspended til like the end of time.


Vernon
Eighteen but I really didn't care back then.
(moves the remotre control crazily)
Oh, I can drive! I can dri...
(A loud screech is heard and than a crash, followed by an explosion)



Julian
(trying to hold back his laugh)
Yeah, you can drive. Right into a wall.


Vernon
(shakes his head)
This game is rigged. There's no way a car can go THAT fast, it SHOULDN'T go that fast. I mean, if people were meant to drive at those speeds, we would have born with jetpacks on our backs and rockets on our feet.


Julian
Is--that your way of saying "I'm a sore loser and I just got my ass kicked by a gay guy"--without--really, saying it?

Vernon
(thinks about it)
Pretty much.


(Julian laughs. Vernon gets up from the couch and turns the game off, putting the tv back on)


Vernon
Sooo, what do you wanna do now?



Julian
You are JUST full of energy today. First, you take me to the batting cages...
(apologetic)
Sorry for getting us kicked out by the way.


Vernon
Hey, it's cool. They were overreacting anyway. It's not like the knot on the guy's head was THAT big. You just hit him with the bat...
(thinks about it; confused expression)
Twice.



Julian
(smiles embarrassed)
THAN we go to drive go-carts, THAN we come back here so you can get spanked in a video game...


Vernon
(jokingly)
Yeah, I'm sure you would like THAT, huh? You got some kink in you, don't you.


Julian
Boy, please. Don't NOBODY want you.
(in his head)
Except for me and every part of my body that can function whenever you're around.
(aloud)
Why do you straight men ALWAYS think that gay men want you? It's a little insulting cause most of ya'll? Not that cute.


Vernon
(holds his chest)
I'm hurt. And most of the time, we're right. A lot of gay guys DO want to be with straight men. It's like a fantasy thing.


Julian
(sighing)
That's the perception you have because of society. But in all actuality, most gay men don't even THINK about pursuing a straight man because it's pointless...unless they show some kind of interest, than all bets are off.



Vernon
(nodding his head)
I see. So what you're saying is that if a straight guy DOESN'T give you any kind of advances and you like him, you WON'T try to make a move on him?


Julian
Exactly.
(backtracks)
Well, unless you're Darnell. He'll make a move on anything with a wallet and something dangling between their legs...
(thinks about something)
He's probably putting my hair into a bowl and saying some kind of gypsy incantation on me right now for what I just said.


Vernon
(pause)
Why don't we put your little theory to the test, hmmm?


Julian
How?

Scene cuts to...

Secrets-Interior
Julian and Vernon are standing in the gay bar/club, "Secrets", that the Boyfriendz frequent. Julian looks at Vernon.


Julian
I can't believe you CAME here...what are we here for again?


Vernon
To see if what you said is true. I'm a straight, eligible, VERY good looking man--let's see who bites.


(They start walking to the bar)


Julian
So you're proactively looking for guys to hit on you just so you can what--prove me wrong?


Vernon
(thinks about it)
Yup. I have this thing about being right, I've been on a good streak lately and I'm not gonna let YOU ruin that.


Julian
I guess you should have a good streak in something since you suck at video games.


(Julian smiles innocently and Vernon gives him a look).

End of Scene.

Do you think if a straight man goes to a gay bar proactively that he's bi-curious?

Should Julian just tell Vernon that he's feeling him?

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