Scene III: Moves
228 Words
Stay calm.
It’s fine.
Everything will be fine.
Keep going.
“You’ve been saying these affirmations for two months now.”
“I see the difference in your physique… especially your posture when you’re outside.”
“Do you see it?”
See what?
I still look the same.
“Look in the mirror.”
…Fine. Whatever.
—
I’m standing there. Shirt off.
Yeah… I’ve changed.
But in two months?
I was supposed to be here five years ago.
Not about to jump for joy over this.
But…
Forget it.
—
Gerald steps out the house.
Why?
…Who knows.
He thinks he’s a vigilante.
“How’s he gonna leave like that?”
…
Sigh.
“He really has been trying… I get the frustration.”
Five years ago, he already had these scenes mapped out.
Camera angles. Movements. Even the ending.
Yet something always holds him back.
…Maybe it’s him.
Or maybe it’s that moment—
right before he starts—
where everything in him just… pauses.
Like if he does it,
there’s no going back to just thinking about it.
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He writes a lot.
Moves a lot.
But only in private.
To himself.
And the crazy part?
He actually has the ability to entertain people.
He just… won’t let them see it.
…
“Y’all still here?”
“Good.”
“Then watch this.”
- Writer
