SCARED

---cell phone ringing---

“Justin?”

“Hey Brian”

“Hey”

“What’s wrong Bri?”

“Needed to hear your voice”

“You okay?”

“Yeah”

“Bri”

“No I’m not Justin I needed to hear you”

“What’s wrong, did something happen?”

“Yeah”

“What baby you can tell me”

“I”

“A trick”

“Yeah, no I mean, almost”

“Brian I love you”

“Sigh…why?”

“Because I do and I don’t care about the tricks”

“That’s what you say but, how?”

“Because I love you; you want me and you’ll come home to me”

“I want to come home now”

“Are your meetings over?”

“Not yet two more days”

“Then you’ll come home in two days”

“Justin I miss you”

“I miss you too”

“Justin can you come here, I know I’ll be busy for most of the day but I need you with me, please I’m scared”

“Don’t be scared”

“I don’t know what it is, why am I scared”

“Because you’re far from home in a strange city and there are a lot of hot guys who want you”

“But why can’t I say no”

“Brian did you say yes?”

“No”

“So you did say no”

“Uh huh but I was so close to saying yes”

“Why didn’t you?”

“Cause he wasn’t you but I wanted to Justin, I feel so lonely without you, I’m a bad person”

“Brian no you’re not I’d still love you even if you said yes; nothing will ever change that, I promise”

“Baby I’m sorry if I disappointed you”

“No Brian you didn’t disappoint me I love you I will always love; you feel better?”

“Uh huh”

“Brian”

“Yeah baby”

“Open the door”

“Huh?”

“Open the door”

---hotel door opening---

“Justin!”

“Hey”

“Hey, how, why”

“Cause I was scared”

“Love you baby”

“Love you Bri”

---hotel door closes and locks---

‘Do Not Disturb’ sign swinging on the outside handle.