Ropes
Promise me you won’t push me away.
Red
I promise. We might decide to meet one day or we might not. I’ll always be here.
Of course, if I get a boyfriend, he might not like me talking to you …
Ropes
You can just tell him I’m a good friend. And I’ve never touched you, so what’s he really got to complain about?
Red
Do people send salacious photos to their good friends?
Ropes
I mean, we’re doing that, aren’t we? But if you were mine for real, hell no, you couldn’t keep a friend like me.
Red
Does that mean you’re a possessive boyfriend? Which reminds me, it’s my turn for a picture.
Ropes
I never was before, but with you, I would be.
(image)
Red
The gray sweats and abs will get me every time. You make me want to do things I read about in books.
And you make me want a boyfriend more than I ever have.
Ropes
What kinds of things? I don’t know if you could handle me as a boyfriend.
Red
Why is that?
Ropes
I’d tie you to the bed and never let you leave.
Red
See, that’s something a book boyfriend would say.
Ropes
Does a book boyfriend say that he wants to touch himself while looking at his not-a-girlfriend’s pictures?
Red
