Enconters

ELLIOT: I tried to put a whole ocean between me and my problems­
DA VID: That's what I was, a problem?
ELLIOT: Isn't that what I am now too? In the way of your novel.
DAVID: I don't care about the fucking novel.
ELLIOT: You do. You want to finish it so you never have to think about me again­
DA VID: But I don't want to forget you-
ELLIOT: You don't need an unfinished novel to remember me.
DAVID: At least while I'm writing it, you're still alive ...
ELLIOT: You need to let go of the past. This is your life now. This is what you chose.
DAVID: We don't have a choice in everything.
ELLIOT: Yes we do.
DAVID: That's not true. I never wanted any of this to happen. I never chose to be in love with you.
ELLIOT: Yeah well I'm just so fucking amazing. I don't think anyone can resist me.
Pause
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DAVID: You didn't have to disappear.
ELLIOT: It's not like I disappeared in thin air. I left for America two weeks later. Why didn't you
come see me?
DAVID: You didn't want to see me. I thought you hated me. I thought you never wanted to talk to
me agam
ELLIOT: Of course I wanted to talk to you again. You need to try and understand how I was
feeling.
DAVID: What do you mean?
ELLIOT: I had just tried to kill myself. I was drunk. I was depressed. I was so fucking confused. I
felt like everything was falling apart. And when you saved me, I.. I didn't want you to. I was angry
already. Of course I didn't react well. That didn't mean I never wanted to see you again. I just
needed time to breath.
DAVID: Did it help? Did going to America help?
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ELLIOT: You know it didn't. You know it couldn't help. It couldn't be fixed by going away and
pretending like nothing happened.
DAVID: Did you wish that nothing happened? Is that what you wanted?