MARSHALL APARTMENT
The door flies open in front of
Jason
with a rush of excitement, and for a moment he sees the same energy on
the other side of the door. But the sparkle fades quickly from
Sally's
face and, with decided disinterest, she flashes him another look and calls
out, "Alex!"
Not wanting to make eye contact with
Sally and be caught in an awkward moment with her, Jason watches over her
shoulder for Alex to emerge from his bedroom. It takes only a few seconds,
thankfully.
"Hey," Alex says as he approaches
Jason. Sally has already retreated back into the living room area.
"Hey," Jason responds. "How you doing?"
"Not bad," Alex shrugs quietly.
Jason motions for him to lean in
and whispers, "Hey, is something up with your mom? She seemed awfully ..."
"Rude?" Alex cuts in, in a matching
whisper. "She's waiting for her new boyfriend to show up. Don't mind her."
"Ah." Jason moves back to a regular
distance and his voice resumes its regular volume. "So, uh, you wanted
to talk?"
"Yeah, thanks for coming over. I
was just thinking -- I've been doing a lot of that lately -- I was thinking
about everything, and about what you said the other day. That if I wanted
to talk about stuff--"
"I meant it, dude. I'm here to listen."
"Thanks," Alex says, pausing for
perhaps a moment too long in appreciation. "You wanna go over to the park?
Might be better than hanging around here."
Jason casts a glance over at Sally,
sitting in front of the television. "Yeah, that sounds good."
"All right, let's go." Alex grabs
a fleece coat off of one of the hooks beside the door.
The young men barely make it out
of the doorway when they nearly walk right into an older man. His face
has a roughness that would seem out of place with his silver hair, except
that it has taken on more of a dull gray tint.
"You must be here to see my mom,"
Alex says. He tips his head toward the apartment. "She's inside."
"Thanks," the man says, a bit gruffly.
"I'm Alex." He extends his hand for
a shake.
The older man meets the gesture with
his own rough hand and a tighter grip than Alex expected.
"Stan. Stan Lincoln."
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