Terrified - Timóthee Chalamet

TWENTY-SIX

Tim and Den

Tim:
I'm sorry
I really am
Please just talk to me
    Read: 11:47am
I do love you and I didn't
want to tell you that in the way
that I did, but you have to know
that wasn't a lie
     Read: 1:12pm
Arden, please
I know you're reading these
I'm begging you
Just one conversation and if
that doesn't change anything I'll
leave you alone

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Jane and Arden

Arden:
He keeps texting me
He's tried to call me twice too

Jane:
And you haven't answered?

Arden:
No
But he knows I read his texts

Jane:
This is your call, Arden
I love you and want you to be happy
so if you want to respond, I won't
judge you for trying again with him
And responding doesn't even have
to mean you're trying again

Arden:
I just need to think about this

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Tim and Den

Den:
You know what sucks

Tim:
Den, I'm so sorry

Den:
What sucks is that I really love
you too, Timothée
What sucks is that it's been two
weeks since you decided to be a
drunk and in this moment, I'm not
positive you're even sober

Tim:
I'm not drunk, Arden, call me or meet me somewhere and I can prove it

Den:
Two weeks
You took two weeks to miss me
enough to text me or apologize or do
anything but post a damn picture on
Instagram in the hopes that I'll see it
and realize that you're sorry
This is not a time for me to be the
one to text first, Tim, and it took you
two weeks to realize that

Tim:
I never expected you to text me first
I wanted to talk in person if I'm
honest but I just want to talk to you in
anyway I can

Den:
Then talk, but don't throw in 'I love
you' or 'I'm sorry' every ten seconds
because that's not going to convince
of anything but the fact that you can't
come up with a single reason to say
those things

Tim:
I've been out with people at bars and clubs twenty-five times in the past month and a half. Ten of those were in the time it took for me to get up the courage to text you. I kept hoping if I
had something in my system I'd be
more likely to do it, but I couldn't even
look at your contact information until
I was sober and even then it took four
days. I messed up in a lot of ways and
I'm sure I ruined something insanely
special and all because after Call Me  By Your Name and Lady Bird and
Right Time, I thought I needed
another big blockbuster. At the end of
the day, I don't need any of that and
my job is only going to come when at
the end of MY day, I get you see you
or call you and tell you how much I
love you , because I do, Arden.

Den:
Okay.

Tim:
Okay?

Den:
Yeah
I love you too.
But I want a little time

Tim:
How long?

Den:
A few months?

Tim:
jesus
Alright

Den:
I'm sorry
I'll talk to you soon I guess

Tim:
Yeah

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PHONE CALL:
Jane
Arden

Hello?

Jane, I'll talked to him

Are you crying, Arden? What
happened?

Jane, I told him I needed some
time but I—I don't know if that's
what I want

It's okay, Denny, just calm down
and stop crying, okay?
How long?

A few months
I thought I would wait until the
release party for my book, but
I just miss him
And I hate it

Oh honey
It'll be okay, it's just a few months
This is good. You can prepare for
a big, exciting, new part of your life
without worrying about the
currently stressful part of it.
You'll be okay and I'm sure you
can talk more to him about it
after a week or so, okay?

Okay, thank you, Jane

Anytime, Love