LJ Idol, Season 11 - Week 6
Title: Why Are You Here?
Topic: Solvitur ambulando
Corin comes back from his afternoon run to find an unfamiliar car in front of his house and a familiar person sitting by his front door.
“Reese,” he says. “What are you doing here?”
They were friends, once. They even costarred in a bad science fiction movie, which was great fun to make but did not garner great reviews. Corin still holds out hope that it might become a cult film.
Reese unfolds himself from his position on the ground in front of Corin's door. They haven't talked in over a year. He looks exactly the same.
“Why are you here?” Corin asks again.
“I'm on vacation,” Reese says. “I thought I'd come see you.”
“How did you find me?”
“It's not a secret you're on Maui. Are you going to invite me in?”
Corin huffs a breath, unlocks the door, lets Reese in.
“Do you have work for me too?” he asks.
“Do I what?” Reese says. “Do I have work for you?” There's half a laugh in his words.
“I saw Leta a week ago. She had a pilot for me.”
“And?”
“No and. I didn't read it. I'm not interested.”
The dog comes bounding out of nowhere, finally realizing that Dad is home, and Corin rubs her head. She goes over to Reese and sniffs his knees.
“Why not?” Reese asks, bending down to pet her. “Hi,” he says to her. “You're new.”
“Look, Reese. I'm not interested in whatever you're selling. I like my life here. I'm sweaty and stinky and I need to take a shower, so if you really want to tell me something, make yourself at home, the fridge is full, I'll be back in a few.”
“Corin - “
“Sweaty and stinky.” Corin pulls his t-shirt away from his body, as if to demonstrate exactly how sweaty and stinky. “The dog's name is Lili. Be nice to her.”
And he walks off towards his bedroom before Reese can say another word.
Corin meets with his agent out of habit and because she keeps asking him to, because she likes having an excuse to go to Honolulu, but he never expects her to bring him anything. He can't imagine anyone wants to work with him. He's a little surprised Reese even wants to talk to him, and not just talk to him, but see him. In person. At his house.
He takes a quick shower and finds Reese out on the back porch, looking over the beach and the ocean. Lili is lying on the sofa inside.
“I can see why you came here,” Reese says.
“I didn't want to go to New York. You know you're the first person who's bothered to contact me since - “ He waves a hand, a simple gesture to describe a complicated thing.
“Yeah, I know. You know McAllister's still pissed at you? Over a year and he's still bitching. 'No one walks out on a McAllister production! No one!'” Reese manages a pretty accurate imitation of the showrunner's almost caricature Canadian accent.
“I did.”
“It was the dumbest thing you've ever done.”
“It was easy at the time. Tell me why you're here.”
“I thought if I called, you'd hang up on me.”
“So you came all the way out to Maui?”
“Yeah.” Reese turns away from the view to look Corin in the face. “Do you have any idea how mad I was at you? Yeah yeah, I know, everyone was mad, but we were friends. Whatever was going on, you could've told me.”
“Do you want an apology? I'm sorry I upset you. I mean it.”
Corin should probably feel guilty that he hasn't even thought about Reese in months. But why would he? What purpose would it serve? Reese is his old life, and he'd rather concentrate on his new.
“I don't know,” Reese sighs. “It's been long enough. I listened to your podcast. Just one episode, but it was pretty good. I think it's a waste of your time and talents, but it's your life.”
“Thanks,” Corin says. Lili comes outside and barks at them. “What?” he asks her. “It's too early for dinner. Do you need to go out?”
“She ignored me the whole time you were in the shower. Just sniffed me once and decided I wasn't worth the trouble.” He snickers. “Like father, like daughter.”
You were worth the trouble, Corin thinks. Or you would've been, if I didn't have my head so far up my own ass.
He can't change what he did, nor does he want to. The past is past, and he only wants to look towards the future.
“Where are you staying?” he asks Reese.
“I don't know. I just flew in and rented a car. It was kind of an impulse. It looked liked there were a lot of places in... Ka'anapali?” He says the name as if he's never tried to pronounce a Hawaiian place name before.
“Ka'anapali Beach, yeah.”
“The Hyatt looked nice....”
“Don't come to Maui and stay at the Hyatt. Do you want to stay with me?” One impulse deserves another. “I edit in the guest room, so it's kind of a mess and there isn't a bed, but the couch is really comfortable.”
“I didn't come all this way to sleep on your couch.”
“Well you're not sleeping with me.”
Lili barks again.
“Ok, ok,” Corin tells her, “I'll take you out.” He looks at Reese. “Come on. We can talk.”
He still isn't sure what Reese wants, exactly. A chance to catch up, maybe. A chance to remake their relationship. He's the only one who's ever offered, so for the sake of their old friendship Corin will try. And who knows, Reese might become the only thing to break from Corin's old life only to find a place in his new one.
Topic: Solvitur ambulando
Corin comes back from his afternoon run to find an unfamiliar car in front of his house and a familiar person sitting by his front door.
“Reese,” he says. “What are you doing here?”
They were friends, once. They even costarred in a bad science fiction movie, which was great fun to make but did not garner great reviews. Corin still holds out hope that it might become a cult film.
Reese unfolds himself from his position on the ground in front of Corin's door. They haven't talked in over a year. He looks exactly the same.
“Why are you here?” Corin asks again.
“I'm on vacation,” Reese says. “I thought I'd come see you.”
“How did you find me?”
“It's not a secret you're on Maui. Are you going to invite me in?”
Corin huffs a breath, unlocks the door, lets Reese in.
“Do you have work for me too?” he asks.
“Do I what?” Reese says. “Do I have work for you?” There's half a laugh in his words.
“I saw Leta a week ago. She had a pilot for me.”
“And?”
“No and. I didn't read it. I'm not interested.”
The dog comes bounding out of nowhere, finally realizing that Dad is home, and Corin rubs her head. She goes over to Reese and sniffs his knees.
“Why not?” Reese asks, bending down to pet her. “Hi,” he says to her. “You're new.”
“Look, Reese. I'm not interested in whatever you're selling. I like my life here. I'm sweaty and stinky and I need to take a shower, so if you really want to tell me something, make yourself at home, the fridge is full, I'll be back in a few.”
“Corin - “
“Sweaty and stinky.” Corin pulls his t-shirt away from his body, as if to demonstrate exactly how sweaty and stinky. “The dog's name is Lili. Be nice to her.”
And he walks off towards his bedroom before Reese can say another word.
Corin meets with his agent out of habit and because she keeps asking him to, because she likes having an excuse to go to Honolulu, but he never expects her to bring him anything. He can't imagine anyone wants to work with him. He's a little surprised Reese even wants to talk to him, and not just talk to him, but see him. In person. At his house.
He takes a quick shower and finds Reese out on the back porch, looking over the beach and the ocean. Lili is lying on the sofa inside.
“I can see why you came here,” Reese says.
“I didn't want to go to New York. You know you're the first person who's bothered to contact me since - “ He waves a hand, a simple gesture to describe a complicated thing.
“Yeah, I know. You know McAllister's still pissed at you? Over a year and he's still bitching. 'No one walks out on a McAllister production! No one!'” Reese manages a pretty accurate imitation of the showrunner's almost caricature Canadian accent.
“I did.”
“It was the dumbest thing you've ever done.”
“It was easy at the time. Tell me why you're here.”
“I thought if I called, you'd hang up on me.”
“So you came all the way out to Maui?”
“Yeah.” Reese turns away from the view to look Corin in the face. “Do you have any idea how mad I was at you? Yeah yeah, I know, everyone was mad, but we were friends. Whatever was going on, you could've told me.”
“Do you want an apology? I'm sorry I upset you. I mean it.”
Corin should probably feel guilty that he hasn't even thought about Reese in months. But why would he? What purpose would it serve? Reese is his old life, and he'd rather concentrate on his new.
“I don't know,” Reese sighs. “It's been long enough. I listened to your podcast. Just one episode, but it was pretty good. I think it's a waste of your time and talents, but it's your life.”
“Thanks,” Corin says. Lili comes outside and barks at them. “What?” he asks her. “It's too early for dinner. Do you need to go out?”
“She ignored me the whole time you were in the shower. Just sniffed me once and decided I wasn't worth the trouble.” He snickers. “Like father, like daughter.”
You were worth the trouble, Corin thinks. Or you would've been, if I didn't have my head so far up my own ass.
He can't change what he did, nor does he want to. The past is past, and he only wants to look towards the future.
“Where are you staying?” he asks Reese.
“I don't know. I just flew in and rented a car. It was kind of an impulse. It looked liked there were a lot of places in... Ka'anapali?” He says the name as if he's never tried to pronounce a Hawaiian place name before.
“Ka'anapali Beach, yeah.”
“The Hyatt looked nice....”
“Don't come to Maui and stay at the Hyatt. Do you want to stay with me?” One impulse deserves another. “I edit in the guest room, so it's kind of a mess and there isn't a bed, but the couch is really comfortable.”
“I didn't come all this way to sleep on your couch.”
“Well you're not sleeping with me.”
Lili barks again.
“Ok, ok,” Corin tells her, “I'll take you out.” He looks at Reese. “Come on. We can talk.”
He still isn't sure what Reese wants, exactly. A chance to catch up, maybe. A chance to remake their relationship. He's the only one who's ever offered, so for the sake of their old friendship Corin will try. And who knows, Reese might become the only thing to break from Corin's old life only to find a place in his new one.