In Another Lifetime By Yosh Episode 43A Chapter by Yosh Marvin's confession leaves Calista emotional. She feels deeply upset that their relationship cannot prosper into something more and that it's only temporary. The spend the next day together.
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Anything in bold is narration. Anything highlighted in yellow is inner voices. Anything in italics is stage directions. Anything in bold and italics is context to the scene. Anything highlighted in blue is numbered lines. Anything highlighted in red is more information to the scene. Episode 43: August 18 2023. The day is Friday. Calista tucks Marvin into bed and walks over to her room in deep thought of Marvin’s confession towards her. Calista’s narration: Line 1) I’m so upset now. Line 2) The expression Marvin gave me when he told me he liked me. Back to when he rested his head on her shoulder. Line 3) Makes my heart ache. Line 4) I don’t want him to leave either. Line 5) And I like him so much too. Line 6) But we won’t ever work out. Line 7) There’s just no way. Calista gets emotional and teary eyed. Line 8) Why does life have to be so unfair? Calista crawls into bed and cuddles her stuffed animal. She cries in her sleep. Line 9) What in the world am I going to do now? The morning comes around and it’s saturday. August 19 2023. The day is saturday. We are in Marvin’s room and he just woke up in a hot sweat. Marvin’s narration: Line 10) Oh jeez. I feel light headed. Line 11) I must’ve drank too much last night. Line 12) I hope I didn’t say anything weird to Calista. Line 13) I can’t be sure though. I tend to go overboard when I’m buzzed. Marvin crawls out of bed and rubs his temples. Line 14) My head is in so much pain. Marvin’s stomach rumbles and he gets goosebumps Line 15) And my stomach aches. This is the worst. Marvin stands up and suddenly gets dizzy. He gets nauseous and runs to the bathroom. After puking he sobers up in the shower. Line 16) Eek. The water’s so cold. Marvin finishes his shower and gets out. He spots Calista making breakfast. Marvin Line 17) Hey. Good morning. Marvin sits down on the table where it’s already set up with plates and cups of coffee. Marvin Line 18) I’m sorry for getting so drunk last night. Marvin Line 19) I just gave into my implusies. I hope I wasn’t a hassle though. Marvin Line 20) If I was, I promise I’ll make it up to you. Calista turns around and puts eggs on the plate in front of Marvin. She starts speaking. Calista Line 21) You were fine. Don’t worry about it. Marvin looks shocked at Calista. He notices her makeup melted into tears. Marvin Line 22) Calista, were you crying? Line 23) Calista: What?! How does he know that? Was I crying too loudly?! Calista Line 24) U-Um no. What makes you say that? Marvin Line 25) It’s just your makeup’s all smudged. Line 26) Calista: Crap! I didn’t take it off last night. Calista Line 27) It slipped my mind to take it off last night. I was really tired. Calista Line 28) And the reason it’s in streaks is because… Calista Line 29) You know when you get so sleepy that your eyes get watery? Marvin nods his head. Calista Line 30) It must’ve been that and ruined my makeup. Calista Line 31) That’s on me. Do I really look that scary? Calista pulls out her phone and looks at herself on her camera. She gasps as if she’s seen a ghost. Line 32) Calista: Yikes! I can’t believe I’ve been walking around like this around him! Marvin Line 33) Of course, you don’t look scary. Marvin Line 34) You just look like you had a rough night. Calista’s narration: Line 35) That’s the thing. Line 36) It was a rough night. Calista turns away as she starts to get emotional again. Calista Line 37) I’ll be right back. I’m gonna go wash my face. She walks off swiftly. Line 38) Marvin: Her voice sounded a bit shaky. I’m not buying the excuse she gave me. Line 39) Marvin: The look on her face says otherwise. Line 40) Marvin: I won’t pry, since she seems like she doesn’t want to talk about it. Calista is in the bathroom wiping her makeup off with a cotton pad. Calista’s narration: Line 41) I’m such an emotional wreck today. Line 42) I need to control myself. I don’t want Marvin to see me cry. Line 43) I’ve already made the situation awkward enough. Line 44) This will only enhance it. Calista finishes and walks back to the table beaming. Marvin smiles back at her to lighten the mood. Calista notices Marvin hasn’t started eating. Calista Line 45) You should be eating. Why did you wait? Marvin Line 46) It’s bad manners to eat before the person who made your food. Calista smiles. Calista Line 47) Then, let’s dig in, shall we? As they eat Marvin strikes up a question. Marvin Line 48) Just out of curiosity. Did I say anything I wasn’t supposed to last night? Calista looks down and blushes. Calista Line 49) You didn’t say anything that caught me off guard. Line 50) Marvin: How am I supposed to differentiate if confessing to her caught her off guard? Marvin Line 51) My memories fuzzy. Can you remind me what I said? Calista clears her throat. Calista Line 52) You just asked me some questions and told me to stay by your side as you were feeling sick. Marvin Line 53) What kind of questions? Calista Line 54) Stuff about my future. Settling in with family. What kind of parent would I be like? Yada Yada. Things like that. Marvin Line 55) Oh. Alright then. Calista Line 56) Why are you asking? Did you think you revealed something to me? Marvin chokes as he sips coffee. Marvin Line 57) Oh sorry, excuse me. My friend’s just tell me that I have a reputation of being a blabber mouth when I get drunk. Calista smiles. Calista Line 58) I see. But don’t worry. You didn’t say anything like that. Calista Line 59) Just out of curiosity, on my part. But, have you been going on your dates? Marvin Line 60) U-Uh. Y-Yeah. After work I usually meet up with someone. Marvin is lying. Line 61) Calista: So, he still goes on dates. Even though he likes me. Calista Line 61) Then why haven’t you found someone yet? Calista Line 62) It’s been around 4 months. Surely someone would have caught your eye by now. Marvin Line 63) It’s actually a lot more complicated than that. Calista Line 64) I’m sorry. It’s not my place to ask. I guess I just feel comfortable enough to ask you things like that. Calista Line 65) But, if I’m crossing the line. Just say the word. And I’ll keep it in mind. Marvin laughs. Marvin Line 66) I’m glad you’re comfortable around me. Don’t feel the need to tiptoe around me when asking questions. Marvin Line 67) The more straightforward you are. The better. Marvin Line 68) After all, we're trying to rekindle our relationship. Calista smiles. Calista Line 69) Alright then. Let me ask this. Is there ANYONE there, at least? Marvin Line 70) There was. But at the moment no. Marvin is lying. Calista Line 71) What happened? Marvin Line 72) You know. The usual. Someone isn’t committed enough. You put the pieces together. Calista Line 73) Ahh. Sorry to hear that. Line 74) Calista: Seems a bit like a surface level response. But I’ll let it slide. Marvin Line 75) You have nothing to be sorry about. It takes a lot of time just to find the right person. Calista nods her head. Marvin Line 76) Which is why I have to make sure I’m close with you and Talulla. Marvin Line 77) I could be here for longer than we’ve anticipated. Marvin Line 78) Remember when the psychic told me to take my time? Calista Line 79) Yeah that’s right. There’s no need to rush. Marvin Line 80) That’s why we should hang out today. Calista is caught off guard. Marvin Line 81) You and I need to bond some more. Calista starts nervously laughing. Marvin Line 82) What do you say? Calista’s narration: Line 83) It will be challenging to continue containing myself around Marvin. Line 84) But if it means that we’ll hang out some more, then it’s worth it. Line 85) He may not be here for long, which is why I should savor every moment we have together. Line 86) I can’t let my feelings get in the way of this. Line 87) And I can’t let him know that I know how he feels too. Line 88) I’m certain it will ruin things. Line 89) We just have to keep that veil between us. Line 90) And I have to pretend like we’re just friends. Line 91) I knew this journey would be hard. Line 92) But, I guess it’s just dawning on me now. Calista Line 93) Marvin… Calista Line 94) You’ve become one of my closest friends lately. Calista Line 95) I don’t know how much longer you’ll be here. Calista Line 96) All I know is that once you leave. I’ll most certainly miss you. Calista Line 97) Even if we won’t remember all we’ve been through. Calista Line 98) No matter what, all of it was not a waste. Calista Line 99) This relationship is worth the effort in the present. Calista Line 100) So, let’s spend as much time as we can with each other. Calista Line 101) Because you’re important to me. Marvin smiles and blushes. He replies to lighten up the mood. Marvin Line 102) Does that mean yes? Calista laughs and blushes. She nods her head. Marvin's narration: Line 103) I didn’t know that’s how she felt about me. Line 104) It warms my heart to know that I’m important to her. Marvin Line 105) You have a way with words. Calista Line 106) I only have a way with words because you make me feel that way. Calista’s narration: Line 107) I won’t hold back things I want to say to him anymore. Line 108) It’s now or never. Line 109) I don’t want to regret not saying things to him. Marvin Line 110) Let me help you wash the dishes. Marvin Line 111) I feel like you’re not telling me how bad I was last night because you don’t want to hurt my feelings. Marvin Line 112) And I missed my wash day yesterday. Marvin Line 113) I made a promise after all. Calista smiles. Calista Line 114) Do you like keeping your word? Marvin Line 115) I’m a man of my word. Calista Line 116) Knock yourself out then. End of episode. © 2024 YoshAuthor's Note
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Added on July 1, 2024 Last Updated on July 1, 2024 Tags: #romance, #mentalhealth, #1960s, #action, #drama, #adventure, #charming, #enjoyable, #oldschoollovenewjersey, #lovelanguages, #fluff, #friendstolovers, #comedy, #original, #originalstory, #slowburn Author
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