INT day Kopecky kitchen.
ANDY is cooking eggs at the stove and
JUSTIN is sitting at the table.
JUSTIN
How are you Andy?
Andy stops.
ANDY
I'm ok Justin. Thank you for asking.
They state at each other.
ANDY appears to tear up.
JUSTIN
You're not ok are you
You're not ok are you
ANDY
Justin my father was just murdered. And you're the first person who has asked me if I'm ok.
Justin my father was just murdered. And you're the first person who has asked me if I'm ok.
JUSTIN
So are you?
So are you?
ANDY
People comforted Robbie. People comforted Sam. People even went up to Pete and they think he had something to do with this.
People comforted Robbie. People comforted Sam. People even went up to Pete and they think he had something to do with this.
JUSTIN
Andy you are so put together and healthy looking and you give off this air of self confidence to the point that I think people assume you're fine.
Andy you are so put together and healthy looking and you give off this air of self confidence to the point that I think people assume you're fine.
ANDY
Would it kill some one to ask?
Would it kill some one to ask?
JUSTIN
And by the way Pete had nothing to do with this
And by the way Pete had nothing to do with this
ANDY.
Did you kill my dad?
Did you kill my dad?
JUSTIN
No I didn't
ANDY.
Do you know who did?
Do you know who did?
JUSTIN
Ya, I do
Ya, I do
ANDY.
Why would someone do this?
Why would someone do this?
JUSTIN
Because I asked him to.
Because I asked him to.
ANDY (sobbing)
But Justin, he was my dad.
JUSTIN
I'm sorry Andy but to me he was the monster who ruined the life of the man I love. I can't see past that.
Pete let him live here to raise you boys. Pete said he would get rid of him as soon as you boys were grown. That happened and Ed was still here.
What do I do about that?
I'm sorry Andy but to me he was the monster who ruined the life of the man I love. I can't see past that.
Pete let him live here to raise you boys. Pete said he would get rid of him as soon as you boys were grown. That happened and Ed was still here.
What do I do about that?
ANDY
It's so fucking tragic.
I know what my dad did to him but did it really have to go like this?
I know what my dad did to him but did it really have to go like this?
JUSTIN
Ya Andy it did. And I am fully aware you don't get that and right now Pete doesn't get it either
Ya Andy it did. And I am fully aware you don't get that and right now Pete doesn't get it either
ANDY
Couldn't you have just left it alone?
Couldn't you have just left it alone?
JUSTIN
Not anymore. No fucking way.
(ANDY is crying).
Andy this was inevitable
Not anymore. No fucking way.
(ANDY is crying).
Andy this was inevitable
ANDY.
The answer is I'm broken
The answer is I'm broken
JUSTIN.
What?
ANDY
You asked how am I?
You asked how am I?
JUSTIN
I did
I did
ANDY.
And to think you made this happen and a tiny part of me thinks you might have been justified is a little hard to wrap my mind around.
And to think you made this happen and a tiny part of me thinks you might have been justified is a little hard to wrap my mind around.
JUSTIN
Look at me Andy.
This was not only justified, for your brother it was long overdue
Look at me Andy.
This was not only justified, for your brother it was long overdue
ANDY.
What you are saying to me is so fucked up and still I'm giddy over the thought that you are taking the time to explain it all to me
What you are saying to me is so fucked up and still I'm giddy over the thought that you are taking the time to explain it all to me
JUSTIN.
I get it.
I get it.
ANDY
How screwed up is it that the only person who has offered me any kind of comfort since my dad was killed is the guy who set it up.
Nothing around here is normal.
Do you want an egg?
How screwed up is it that the only person who has offered me any kind of comfort since my dad was killed is the guy who set it up.
Nothing around here is normal.
Do you want an egg?
JUSTIN
Ya, I'd love one.
Ya, I'd love one.
In the next scene Andy and Justin sit at the kitchen table eating
JUSTIN.
I feel bad that my actions have traumatized you.
I feel bad that my actions have traumatized you.
ANDY
Justin I have been generally traumatized for years
Justin I have been generally traumatized for years
JUSTIN.
Really?
Really?
ANDY
Well, let's think about it. I live in a house owned by my drug addicted brother who; by the way, was sent to jail for convincing my mother to kill herself. Oh, and my brother's drug addicted boyfriend (he points at Justin) you, appears to be a permanent resident of my home And finally, my youngest brother, as sweet and innocent ass a new-born kitten, has gone one step further and is dating a drug dealer.
So, ya, I'm a little traumatized.
Oh, and I almost forgot, that drug addicted boyfriend of my brother appears to have convinced someone, I don't even know who, to kill my dad.
Yup, that's what's up with me.
Well, let's think about it. I live in a house owned by my drug addicted brother who; by the way, was sent to jail for convincing my mother to kill herself. Oh, and my brother's drug addicted boyfriend (he points at Justin) you, appears to be a permanent resident of my home And finally, my youngest brother, as sweet and innocent ass a new-born kitten, has gone one step further and is dating a drug dealer.
So, ya, I'm a little traumatized.
Oh, and I almost forgot, that drug addicted boyfriend of my brother appears to have convinced someone, I don't even know who, to kill my dad.
Yup, that's what's up with me.
JUSTIN
I do see how that might be the case.
I do see how that might be the case.
Silence
.
ANDY
(Andy sighs) Fuck me.
I have lived my whole life on the straight and narrow. Kind, polite, all around nice guy. I eat well. I work out. Get good grades. All of it. The supposed foundations of a happy good life. Ok
That is not what is happening.
And no offense but all you guys despite your bad behaviour and criminal activity seem to all be just la-di-fucking-da. You in particular don’t seem to have a job or a home and yet with a wave of your hand every homo in this city cowers and waits for your instructions. How is that, Justin? Are you God? Are you the devil?
ANDY
(Andy sighs) Fuck me.
I have lived my whole life on the straight and narrow. Kind, polite, all around nice guy. I eat well. I work out. Get good grades. All of it. The supposed foundations of a happy good life. Ok
That is not what is happening.
And no offense but all you guys despite your bad behaviour and criminal activity seem to all be just la-di-fucking-da. You in particular don’t seem to have a job or a home and yet with a wave of your hand every homo in this city cowers and waits for your instructions. How is that, Justin? Are you God? Are you the devil?
JUSTIN
Awesome.
ANDY
What the fuck
is so awesome exactly?
JUSTIN
You. Angry. I knew it was in there somewhere.
I’m fascinated.
Pause.
ANDY is teary. He serves JUSTIN an egg.
He puts one on a plate for himself and sits at the table. JUSTIN is staring at
him with a wry smile on his face.
ANDY
…and stop staring at me.
JUSTIN
You are a very complex young man.
ANDY
(annoyed) Really Justin? Ya, that’s it. Complex So complex and good looking that I intimidate
people. So much so that I don’t have any friends.
JUSTIN
I’ll be your friend.
ANDY
I don’t think that’ll work out considering
right now I want to punch you in the face.
JUSTIN:
That would be hot.
ANDY:
You are fucking crazy.
JUSTIN:
…And to answer your questions. I am certainly
not God. The devil? I just might be him.
