In Another Lifetime By Yosh Episode 29

All of them go on another adventure for the day with each other.

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Episode 29:

April 22 2023. The day is Saturday.

It's nighttime. Everyone's asleep except Marvin. He’s staring at the ceiling reminiscing about his time with the girls today.

He gets reminded of how Calista grabbed his hand.

Marvin’s narration:

Line 1) Her offer was so thoughtful.

Line 2) She’s such a kind soul. 

Line 3) Every moment with her has been such a gift.

Line 4) It's all I can think about, so I can't sleep.

Line 5) There’s no question about it. I definitely like Calista.

Line 6) It’s only been a week though. But I guess I Just can’t help myself.

Line 7) Even my closest friends haven't experienced some of the thrilling things we've experienced.

Line 8) Something about being put in a situation where your adrenaline is pumping.

Back to when Teresa pulled her pepper spray at the group.

Back to when Russell noticed Calista was a fraud.

Back to when he was in Calista’s closet in panic.

Back to when he went on the date and she was close to him with the tie fixing.

Back to when they watched the horror movie twice.

When she held his hand as they went on the roller coaster.

Line 9) You form this bond with anyone who experienced it with you.

Line 10) It’s especially exceptional because they experienced it along with you.

Back in Calista’s room. She also can’t sleep.

Calista’s narration:

Line 11) Was it too much to grab his hand during the ride?

Line 12) What on earth was I thinking in giving Marvin such an offer?

Line 13) We barely know each other and all of a sudden I’m asking him to hold my hand.

Calista flips to her belly on her bed.

Line 14) I’m sure it’s nothing if he let me do it. Right?

Line 15) Yeah, I’m just overthinking. I need to get some sleep.

Next morning they’re eating breakfast together. Both of them didn't get any sleep and are tired looking.

April 23 2023. The day was Sunday.

Talulla

Line 16) You guys look tired. Did you guys get sleep last night?

Marvin and Calista together

Line 17) Not really.

Marvin and Calista stare at each other caught off guard by how their answers matched and spoke in sync.

Line 18) Talulla: I have a feeling they were thinking of each other.

Line 19) Talulla: I want to tease them.

Talulla

Line 20) So, what were you guys thinking about?

Marvin and Calista both respond in a “huh”.

Talulla

Line 21) You know… Since you weren’t able to sleep you must’ve been thinking about something, right.

Calista

Line 22) Oh. Um. That’s right…

Marvin blushes but tries to hide his face by eating.

Talulla

Line 23) So, you guys don’t want to tell me? I see how it is.

Line 24) Calista: Why does she have to be like this?

Calista

Line 25) It was nothing special. Just you know. Some late night thoughts.

Talulla

Line 26) Like what?

Calista is visibly irritated on why Talulla keeps picking on her.

Calista

Line 27) You know. Like what the meaning of life is? Stuff like that.

Talulla looks at Calista skeptically being disappointed on a boring answer like that.

Talulla

Line 28) Alright… What about you, Marvin? What was keeping you up at night?

Marvin

Line 29) I was thinking about…

Silence goes by a bit.

Marvin

Line 30) You wanna know something? I actually forgot. All I knew was that my thoughts were running all over the place.

Line 31) Talulla: Why did they both give me such boring answers? I was expecting a funny excuse.

Talulla

Line 32) Alright then.

Line 33) Marvin: She seems disappointed from that answer. I should just tell her something to amuse her because the conversation is so bland.

Marvin

Line 34) Um. I-I actually remember now.

Calista and Talulla are confused that he would actually respond to something.

Marvin

Line 35) I was thinking about how much I miss my dog.

Talulla

Line 36) You have a dog?!

Talulla and Calista looked excited.

Marvin

Line 37) Yup. He’s my best friend.

Talulla

Line 38) Oh he’s a boy! What breed?

Marvin

Line 39) Doberman Pinscher.

Calista

Line 40) What’s his name?

Marvin

Line 41) Rex. He’s 3 years old.

Talulla

Line 42) He’s still a baby.

Talulla

Line 43) Usually I’d say that I look forward to seeing him some day. But I know that’s not possible with our situation.

Marvin

Line 44) I think you guys would’ve loved him.

Marvin locks eyes with Calista.

Calista

Line 45) I bet we would. Besides that, do we have plans for today?

Talulla

Line 46) Yes. We do actually.

Line 47) Marvin: She didn’t tell me beforehand, but I guess she planned another event for us. 

Talulla

Line 48) I was thinking that today we walk around Jersey just to explore and show how modern it’s gotten to Marvin.

Talulla

Line 49) How does that sound to you guys?

Calista

Line 50) That sounds perfect.

Marvin nods his head.

They arrive at a downtown plaza where there are stores, cafes, restaurants, the statue of liberty and the ocean off the coast. This is after they did all their exploring around Jersey. They are kind of tired and it’s getting dark out.

Talulla

Line 51) Hey. I know we did a lot of walking, but at least we got our steps in.

Calista

Line 52) That’s true. I’m sure we burned the calories that we had eaten earlier in the day.

They find a spot to sit at a bench near the water where the statue of liberty is showing.

Talulla

Line 53) You know what sounds so good right now? Some gelato.

Calista

Line 54) Didn’t you see that place ahead of us? They sell some. Want me to go get some for all of us?

Talulla

Line 55) Oh right. I forgot.

Calista gets up.

Calista

Line 56) What flavors do you guys want?

Talulla

Line 57) Hey. I’ll get it. What flavors do you guys want?

Calista

Line 58) I’m already up. It’s fine. I got it. My treat.

Talulla

Line 59) I insist. Sit back down. I’ll get the flavors.

Calista sits back next to Marvin.

Talulla

Line 60) So, what do you guys want? You HAVE to try it Marvin.

Marvin

Line 61) Um. Surprise me.

Calista

Line 62) Are you allergic to anything?

Marvin shakes his head no.

Calista

Line 63) Surprise me too. 

Calista and Marvin

Line 64) Thank you!

Talulla

Line 65) Of course. Of course.

Talulla winks at Marvin.

Line 66) Marvin: Was that necessary?

Calista

Line 67) So, how are you liking modern Jersey?

Marvin

Line 68) I like it a lot. It’s unbelievable how different everything is though.

Calista

Line 69) Yeah. I bet.

Marvin

Line 70) The meteor shower we saw last night was awesome.

Calista

Line 71) Wasn’t it? I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Calista

Line 72) It makes me think a bit existentially. You know what I mean?

Marvin looks confused and shakes his head no.

Calista

Line 73) It just makes me realize that we live on a floating rock in vast space. Just in the middle of nowhere. You know?

Calista

Line 74) Where we have natural things occur because it’s a part of how things function out there.

Marvin

Line 75) Well when you put it that way. It makes me feel like we’re stranded in the middle of nowhere now.

Calista

Line 76) That’s exactly what I mean.

Calista

Line 77) At first you feel lonely. But, once you really think about it. Doesn’t it make you wonder if anything REALLY matters?

Calista

Line 78) I mean we can get hit by a meteor any second and that would be the end of our existence.

Calista

Line 79) It’s scary. But, I’m trying to embrace the uncertainty of life.

Calista

Line 80) Just being in the present is what matters.

Calista

Line 81) As long as you give it your all. And do your best. If the world ends at any moment. At least you know that you tried.

Marvin

Line 82) Leo ni leo.

Calista looks confused at Marvin.

Marvin

Line 83) My friend Cady is from Kenya and the language they speak there is Swahili.

Marvin

Line 84) Leo ni leo means “Today is today”.

Marvin

Line 85) Since Cady has been my friend for a while she’s noticed that I struggle to be present at times.

Marvin

Line 86) She’s told me countless times that I dwell too much upon the past and worry too much about the future.

Marvin

Line 87) It’s a bad habit of mine. But, I try my best not to get too worked up about it.

Marvin

Line 88) Everytime I would get anxious that way she’d always remind me of the phrase “Leo ni leo”.

Marvin

Line 89) It’s helped me a lot. It has this way of setting me back to the present.

Marvin

Line 90) If I ever get anxious about that stuff I just always remember what she told me.

Marvin

Line 91) It’s obviously easier said than done. But it’s all about taking it one step at a time.

Marvin

Line 92) The full proverb is 'leo ni leo, asemaye kesho ni mwongo'. Which means ‘today is today, who says tomorrow is a liar’

Calista smiles.

Calista

Line 93) Hmm. What a deep meaning? That’s so sweet.

Marvin blushes.

Calista

Line 94) Cady seems like such a nice person.

Marvin

Line 95) She is. I’m so lucky to have her in my life.

Calista

Line 96) It’s quite refreshing to hear that you’re working on yourself.

Calista

Line 97) All the other guys I’ve ever dated never really paid attention to their mental health.

Calista gets flustered and blushes.

Calista

Line 98) Not that you’re a guy that I’m about to date or something!

Calista

Line 99) Sorry. I should’ve phrased that better.

Calista

Line 100) I've only ever been associated with men when I tried dating.

Calista

Line 101) What I’m trying to say is that most guys I’ve known, don’t care about their mental health.

Line 102) Calista: Why am I nitpicking gender? He might think I’m being a misandrist.

Calista

Line 103) I’m not targeting it to one gender. But it’s just something I’ve noticed.

Calista

Line 104) You know what? Just forget what I said. I’m obviously sputtering nonsense.

Marvin

Line 105) Hey, I get what you mean. Don’t worry about it. I agree with you.

Calista

Line 106) Oh. Cool.

Calista is obviously embarrassed and is blushing. Marvin notices.

Calista’s narration:

Line 107) He’s just so easy to talk to that I got carried away in what I was saying.

Line 108) Even though we’ve only known each other for a short amount of time. I can’t help but slip up in front of Marvin.

Line 109) Must be me getting comfortable besides him.

Line 110) I hope I’m not making a fool out of myself.

Talulla comes by with the gelato.

They each start eating it and watch the sunrise.

Talulla

Line 111) Do you guys like your flavors?

They nod their heads.

Talulla

Line 112) Let me try yours.

They each rotate their cups and try each other's flavors and give input.

Marvin steals a glance at Calista smiling.

Marvins narration:

Line 113) The way the sun hits her face so perfectly.

Line 114) She’s so beautiful.

Line 115) I enjoy hanging out with them.

End of episode.

Author's Note

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