Scene: Brian and Noah's Condo.
A part of Noah wants to apologize for blasting Brian so quickly and not learning the facts before he opened his mouth- but was there truly an adequate excuse for going behind his back like that? Noah had lost enough sleep this week mulling over the thousands of questions that tortured him within. Was he truly ready to proceed with Brian in a relationship again? Was he ever going to get over his jealousy of Adam?
"Hey…." Brian greets him with uneasy eyes as he opens the front door. He can instantly tell that Noah is deep in thought.
"Hi Bri…how was work?" Noah decides to resort to small-talk until he can decide what direction he wants to go in.
"Work was work…same old shit. I still can’t believe I got called in to cover a story today. I mean, of all days, ya know?"
"Yeah. I hear ya. So I didn’t ask, what are your plans for the evening?"
"Well, I assumed we were eating together…I didn’t clear out Safeway last night just for myself."
"Oh…okay. I just assumed you would be eating with your mom and sister."
"They’re actually celebrating back home in Michigan. I opted not to go this year….which I told you already. Are you okay, Noah?"
"No…no I’m not."
"Is this about the phone call? Jesus, Noah. Didn’t you hear what happened? His sister committed suicide. He needed a friend…"
"And you were just that friend he needed, right? I mean, what does he have Tony for then?"
"You should know better than anyone that you can’t ignore your friends and just lean on your partner. There’s more to life than beyond your apartment doors."
"And sometimes you learn to lean on your friends a little too closely…" Noah snaps.
"My God, you said you were ready to move on. Apparently I’m going to get blamed for my past mistakes every day…is this really how it’s going to be, Noah?"
"I think you made the decision to reopen those doors, Brian. You made the choice to answer his call."
"I was being a friend, Noah. Damn it, why can’t you understand?"
"Because we have very different definitions of friendships, Bri."
"Fine then…so what do you want from me? Jesus Noah, I’ve given you everything. I’ve apologized up and down and you supposedly forgave me. I really thought we were ready to move on…I guess today I’m thankful to know the truth."
"The truth?" Noah questions.
"The truth is that you’re not ready to move forward with me. You have a lot of questions to ask yourself, Noah. When you figure out what the hell you want you know where to find me."
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