Emily's Favorite Monologue

[[Monologue from Half Glass, read @ Fiction Writers & Playwrights at Dinner]]

Emily’s Monologue

Baby, the rest of the world is cold enough already, they don’t need your frost covered speech fogging up their cell phone screens. Stop saying what they want to hear—what blends in. Whisper warm little lines in my ear. Help me melt the world one kiss at a time.

Soon we’ll all be swimming again.

You and I can shout “Come on in, the water’s fine”!

Fine.
Fine. Fine. Fine! Keep standing there like a snowman—silent and stationary—ignoring the hula dancing bikini girl over here in the sand, calling your name.

Travis, please!
What am I saying? You’ll never listen to me. You’re bent on being cool, so you don’t get hurt again. But don’t you see what you’re missing? You’ve got happiness right in front of you, if you’d stop being a martyr and let somebody in! Fuck, I know it’s hard to trust people, I’ve been there too! But not everything is too good to be true. So what if it fails in the long run, do what’s going to make you happy right now, kid. I’m not waiting forever. Let’s experiment together.
I’ll see you on the boardwalk, babe —I’ll be the one wearing heart shaped glasses with rose tinted lenses.