Melvin- i have to tell you a secret.
Amy- what?
Melvin- ....
Amy- what is it?
Melvin- ....
Amy- is it a big secret?
Melvin- I'm gay.
Amy- ...
Melvin- sorry.
Amy- ....
Melvin- look i couldn't tell you.
Amy- since when were you gay?
Melvin- i realised it back in class 9 when i got drunk at Tim's bday party. I kissed Nathan.
Amy- is that why didn't talk to me for the whole week?
Melvin- yeah.
Amy- then why you say yes to Alice?
Melvin- she's hot and i couldn't afford getting caught.
Amy- it was just one kiss by accident and you think you're gay? Me and Alice have kissed too. Doesn't mean shit.
Melvin- on the lips?
Amy- yes but it was an experiment. We were totally sober. Does that make us lesbians?
Melvin- it doesn't?
Amy- no it doesn't goofy. It was an experiment. Plus you guys were drunk. So it was an accident right?
Melvin- it was a French kiss in the bathroom. We almost did it. I talked to Nathan about it later.
Amy- what he say?
Melvin- he said he likes me too.
Amy- for real?
Melvin- yes. And we did go on a few dates and stuff. You remember when we used to hang out.
Amy- when did you guys split?
Melvin- we were never together. We dated and realised he's an asshole.
Amy- what did he do?
Melvin- he ditched me at Matt's bday party and made out with Cassie.
Amy- wow and i kept thinking it was me who made you so cranky. You fucker.
Melvin- i am sorry.
Amy- you're an asshole too in that sense.
Melvin- yeah.
Amy- does Alice know?
Melvin- she realized pretty quickly.
Amy- how?
Melvin- i don't know. I never keep record of things, never texted to anyone about it. Never talked to Nathan. You know it. I don't have diaries cause of Kelvin. He's a snitch.
Amy- wow. You kept this from me for 2 years?
Melvin- I'm sorry.
Amy- ...i can't belive you. I thought i liked you.
Melvin- is it so wrong that I'm bisexual? I still love you.
Amy- fuck you Melvin.
Melvin- .....
Amy- you're such a fucking liar. You kept calling Nathan faggot and i kept believing you. I don't think we were ever even close. You and your gay friends can go fuck yourselves. We are over. No more bffs turn fuck buddies. You and I are done.
Melvin- ....
[Amy blocks Melvin, hurls her phone and cries. Amys sister enters her room.]
Amy- CAN'T YOU FUCKING KNOCK?
Ashley- omg why you screamig?
Amy- CAUSE YOU NEVER LISTEN!
Ashley- CALM down ok? Sheeesh!
Amy- .... fuck you.
Ashley- what happened?
Amy- ....
Ashley- ...is it Alice again? What is it?
Amy- who cares.
Ashley- you're lucky having a sister you know. You can at least talk to me although all you do is just pure shit talk.
Amy-....
Ashley- i know you're feeling down right now and i know you're crying. Stop hiding your face Amy....
Amy- ....
Ashley- ....Come on.
[Ashley sits next to her and pops a cigarette.]
Amy- i hate Alice.
Ashley- why?
Amy- why would you care?
Ashley- cause you're my sister. Is my job to help you.
Amy- whatever....
Ashley- ...i won't judge you like i did last time... I believe the betrayal goes deeper than just simple likes and wants.
[Amy cries harder]
Amy- ....she's always competing... Fucking pathetic. She was never my friend.
Ashley- well, that's not true. Janice used to compete with me all the time. But i never hated her.
Amy- you liar.
Ashley- I'm not lying. She was competing with me— about my dress, my jewelry, my grades, my assignments, my looks, everything....
Amy- cause you were always better right?
Ashley- well, i wasn't always perfect. I didn't have nice dresses until prom cause dresses are costly. I made mistakes with my assignments. Mini was better with looks in the whole class. She had an hourglass body, glass skin, flat stomach. She was dating Cody, the jock. Everyone had a crush on Cody. Even the dudes.... forget that , whats Alice competing you with?
Amy- my bf?
Ashley- she stole Melvin back from you?
Amy- no....
Ashley- then what?
Amy- ..you wouldn't get it.
Ashley- hmm...lemme guess.
Amy- ...
Ashley- did she cheat in exam and score better than you?
Amy- no...
Ashley- did she steal your money?
Amy- no..
Ashley- is she showing off her wallet? Buying stuff? No?
Amy- ...no.
Ashley- ok then. What is it?
Amy- i told you you wouldn't get it.
Ashley- ...ok.
Amy- wait don't leave...
Ashley- want me to stay?
Amy- ...yes.
Ashley- ok.
Amy- ...
Ashley- ...
Amy- ...
Ashley- ....
Amy- promise me you won't tell anybody... not even jokingly.
Ashley- promise.
Amy- ok.... well this is a very big secret so no snitching.
Ashley- hmm.... is it about Melvin? Is he gay?
Amy- what? Wha... how did you‐
Ashley- i am a genius. I fucking knew it. That friend yours was fruity as hell.
Amy- No way.
Ashley- you did see it?
Amy- no..
Ashley- he used to talk in a specific way... only girls talk that way. Sometimes his Martians were a bit.... queer. Like the way he used his hands to talk. I felt it ever since you brought him in.
Amy- what the fuck... how did i not notice?
Ashley- that's easy.. you always had a crush on him..
Amy- yeah but that's from class 8. We have been friends since class 5.
Ashley- his voice got deeper but he's still the same inside.
Amy- ...wow.
Ashley- yep.
Amy- so i must be blind.
Ashley- well love is blind.... Did he tell you he's gay?
Amy- yes. He was texting me.
Ashley- ..i see. You don't have to cry.
Amy- i literally have no friends without him and Alice and now that we dated each other... it's all just... all fucked up now. I have no friends.
Ashley- Aww... come on...
Amy- ....
[Amy hugs and cries on Ashley's shoulder.]
Ashley- ....it's going to be ok.
Amy- ...i just don't get it... why do guys just fall for guys nowadays... like whats wrong with liking girls... i just don't get it...
Ashley- it's not a trend Amy. It's an orientation.
Amy- what's an orientation?
Ashley- tilt. Slant. Just think of all of us like sticks. Some like to tilt towards men... some like women.
Amy- i think it's a fucking disease. Why did we have to become so modern that we forget our old way of love? What's so wrong with loving a woman?
Ashley- well i think that way too.... at least sometimes. There are parts of gay and lgbtq r s t... hahah ...etc etc.. that i don't understand. And i don't think i ever will. But... there are things that i do understand like children feeling helpless at teenage years and bullying. Point is... we shouldn't judge people we don't know.
Amy- what do you mean? I have always known Melvin. I always knew he was flirty, annoying but still kind and helpful.... he was my everything. But now it's like.... is he trying to confuse me? I was just so shocked that i believed it. I didn't even ask.
Ashley- no no.... don't text him. You have ended it with him.
Amy- but he's my best friend and my boyfriend.
Ashley- well you did call him a faggot didn't you?
Amy- what else you want me to call him? A monk?
Ashley- Amy... you can't walk back like that. You need to listen to me. Ok?
Amy- ...
Ashley- you said some mean things to him. Right? You barely know the guy cause all your life you have looked at him through your colorful boyfriend glasses. You couldn't pick up on the smallest bits of clues. So right now what's the best for you to do if you do text him back..... is to simply apologize to him and let him go. Tell him "look I'm sorry. I was being a jerk. I just realized that i was so much in love with you that i couldn't see your true self. I can't be friends with you anymore" and that's it....
Amy- i said them already.
Ashley- then don't text him anymore. You shouldn't go back to him. He's gone Amy. He's not yours. And I'm guessing you're mad at Alice that she caught a whiff of his sexuality before you did.... right?
Amy- ...yeah.
Ashley- well he's not hers either.
[Amy continues crying.]
Amy- she should have told me. This was her revenge. She caused him to be this way!
Ashley- Amy calm down. People don't just become gay by dating whores. It happens over a long period of time know it or not. It wasn't Alice who did this. Melvin was like this even before he met Alice.
Amy- how did you know?
Ashley- that's genuinely how it turns out.
Amy- so brother in law is—
Ashley- no he's not gay. But i do know friends who are.
Amy- for real?
Ashley- yes.
Amy- and you're still friends with them?
Ashley- friendship isn't a sexual thing. Also i get to learn new things everyday.
Amy- hmm..
Ashley- you don't have to push yourself. Calm down ok? Melvin was just one boy in your life and he's not even the worst.
Amy- how do you know?
Ashley- you're gonna know the more you grow up.
Amy- hmm.. i feel so dumb.
Ashley- hahaha. You're not dumb. You're just sad and the world is bigger than you think.
Amy- hmm.
Ashley- take a bath before i set the table. We are having lunch together ok?
Amy- ok.