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(to Peter)
I say, Peter, you were in the military, were you not?
PETE
(taken back)
How would you know that?
HORACE
Just a hunch, my dear boy. What
branch of service, may I ask?
PETE
(proudly)
Marine Corp.
Andy laughs and shakes his head. Pete looks over at him.
PETE (CONT'D)
What's so funny?
ANDY
(still laughing)
You are so cliché!
PETE
Whaddya mean by that?
ANDY
That charming over-compensation of
butchness and lack of tact gives it
away.
HORACE
Well, there is nothing quite as
"butch" as a gay Marine, I'm
afraid! In or out of the closet!
ANDY
(laughing)
Yeah, that old jarhead mentality of
"you can fuck me, but don't kiss
me!"
Horace chuckles.Peter then storms towards Andy. Andy then
squares off with Peter. The two men stand within inches of
each others faces.
ANDY
Hey, man, I'm sorry. That was kind
of rude.
PETE
You can't be rude. You're
insignificant.
ANDY
(taken back by the
comment.)
Excuse me?!
PETE
What the fuck is your problem? You
had this chip on your shoulder from
the second I walked in. You want
to get something off your
chest,esquire?
ANDY
I don't have a problem. Just
making an observation, that's all.
PETE
(sarcastically)
It's to everyone's best interest if
you keep your smart ass comments to
yourself. Why don't you try being
nice?
ANDY
All right. I'll try being nicer if
you'll try being smarter.
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