Yet to Meet

A short dialogue about music, love, and Dolce & Gabbana

She said, “I can’t believe anyone would even say that.” 
I said, “Consider the source.”
She said, “But you’re the one who said it.”
I said, “That’s exactly what I mean.”
She: I’m not following.
I: You must not know me too well.
She: Of course not- We just met a couple week ago.
I: But I already know so much about you.
She: Umm... That’s just a little creepy.
I: Take your purse, your sunglasses for instance.
She: What about them?

I: They’re D&G.  You must have fairly expensive taste.
She: But these jeans came from the thrift store.
I: All right.  You know what you want and then you go for it.
She: I guess...
I: And it doesn’t matter what you you have to do to get it.
She: You may have some kind of idea of what you are talking about.
I: And you must be some sort of musician.
She: How could you tell that?
I: That I can just somehow sense.
She: What do I have like pick marks on my fingers or something?
I: No, but now I know that it’s guitar.
She: Haha... Good job.
I: See, I know you even a little more.
She: So, how could you sense my musical talent?
I: People who love music just have that passion somehow flowing about them.
She: What does that mean?
I: It’s almost as if I can see music notes churning about you from a ceaseless song that’s playing in your head.
She: And what kind of a song is it?
I: It’s solemn, yet uplifting.
She: Oh...Really.  And how could you tell that one.
I: I just kind of made that part up.
She: Thought so.  (beat)  Do you play any music?
I: Oh...I write a little, maybe sing some.
She: You are trying to act modest, aren’t you?
I: No.  Not at all.
She: You’re in a band I should probably know, aren’t you?
I: I wouldn’t say that.  But I am in a band that is down one female guitarist.
She: Well that is ironic, isn’t it?
I: I don’t see how it is at all.
She: Oh... Me Neither.
I: Unless you meant the fact that you happen to be one, but that is mere coincidence.
She: It would have to be.  No way you could’ve known that.
I: I mean what kind of guitar player comes adorned with D&G accessories.
She: Apparently one who knows what she wants and goes for it.
I: Apparently.  (pause)  Umm... I have to get headed to class in a second.
She: Oh... (beat) That’s cool.
I: But my band’s working on a song at practice this Saturday, if you wanted to stop by, maybe.
She: What song are you guys working on?
I: Just a song I wrote a few weeks ago.
She asked, “Oh... What’s it about?”
I stood to leave, setting a scrap of paper with my cell number on the table.  “Just about a girl that I had fallen in love with, but I had yet to meet.”

Author's Note

Another one just written spur of the moment.
I may edit it at some point. Or make into something more worthwhile.
But for now, it is this.
Tell me what ya think.

P.S. The words in parentheses (i.e. (pause), (beat)) are stage directions. A beat is pretty much just a shorter pause, as in they paused for a beat, I guess.
Also, I suppose this is like a part of something larger. It would be a small part of a scene in a film, or perhaps just a short scene in life

Reviews

[The Wave]

i liked the real factor to it.
like this could have happened to you yesterday at school and your just re-telling it now on paper.

i didnt understand what you meant with the word "beat" in parenthesis though and overall, it felt incomplete in some way. like you left out information.
it left me asking questions: who is the girl you are talking to, whats her relation to you, and "the girl that you've fallen for but havent yet met", is she the girl you are talking to, or just a distant dream?

overall, i did like this. the idea that people already fall for the right person even before they come around is a funny concept, but definitely true for many people.
good job.

[cookie monster love <33]

o.o nice :D i loved it

[Starting Over]

Loved it! :)

[Victora]

I found this screenplay to be quite entertaining. It is witty and it is flirtacious that when I finnished reading this I smiled and was very much pleased.

[GunMetal]

I honestly like that you leave this writing with so many questions unanswered. It makes it seem more like it's up to me to fill in the blanks as best I can. And the idea of this person that we've yet to meet, this person that's ideal to us in some imagined way, whether we dreamed them or felt their existence; it's a nice concept and it hit's pretty close to home, but that's a good thing.

The part about the music is great: How he could tell the girl was a musician, or perhaps he knew already, and their meeting was not a coincidence? Either way, well done. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this.

[nostal]

Wow this a really entertaining piece.
The dialogue really sparkles.
None of the characters are described yet the reader likes them never the less.
Awesome job.

[x]

It's good. I thought it was rock solid. It sounded plausible and I could certainly see the action in my head without thinking, which is the art of good writing.
Thanks for the heads up on the 'beat' as it clears things up in the readers mind.
It could be an introduction to a play or a movie. It's always important to have some sort of introduction to the characters which then gives reason or insight to actions further down the track and you did this pretty well. So now I have a superficial view of what the characters are like and can then relate this to how they behave later. Character background is incredibly important and to sneak it in before launching into a story, is an art. For me, it was pure character portrayal which was clearly going somewhere.
Keep up the good work, you are onto something. You have incredible depth and are slowly learning how to reach it. Take your time.

[Colton Bose]

Loved the ending, and the rest of the dialogue flowed quite well as well. Well done, Dennis. Well done indeed.

[lindsay]

I think this was a really interesting concept. I was also confused by the word beat, are you referring to a heartbeat? A musical beat, like a song is playing? Anyways, I like the awkwardness of it all, it made all the more real and like his actually did happen. Boy meets Girl. Good Job.