come around

currently listening to: Rhett Miller - Come Around

The door opens in front of her. And there he stands outside, waiting.

WOMAN: You’re here.

MAN: Yes, I am.

WOMAN: Why?

MAN: Because you called.

WOMAN: You’re mistaken.

MAN: Maybe I am.

WOMAN: Then you should go.

MAN: I will. After I know the reason why you called.

WOMAN: How do you know it was me?

MAN: Because you’ve done this before.

WOMAN: Done what?

MAN: Call without saying a word.

WOMAN: Would you have listened?

MAN: I don’t know.

WOMAN: So you come here.

MAN: To listen.

WOMAN: And yet, you still do not understand.

MAN: I understand that you called for a reason.

WOMAN: Did you answer when it rang?

MAN: I should’ve.

WOMAN: Why didn’t you?

MAN: Because I knew it was you.

WOMAN: It wasn’t me.

MAN: Who was it then?

WOMAN: You would have known if you only picked up the phone.

MAN: I'd pick it up. But you'd always keep silent.

WOMAN: She didn’t want to talk to you?

MAN: You'd only listen to my voice. And then hang up.

WOMAN: She wanted for you to be the one to call.

MAN: And you wanted me to come.

WOMAN: To go to her.

MAN: To wait outside your door.

WOMAN: She called to see if you cared.

Silence only between them.

Footsteps nearby break the stillness.

Someone emerges from the room.

She was not alone.

MAN: I understand.

WOMAN: Don’t pretend that you do.

MAN: I understand that many things were left unsaid.

WOMAN: And you wait for the things I will never say.

MAN: And I leave now without hearing you say it.

But it is she who turns to leave.

MAN: Why did you call?

WOMAN: Because I was waiting.

MAN: For me to call.

WOMAN: And I waited.

MAN: For me to come.

WOMAN: But you never came.

MAN: Not until now.

WOMAN: I called to say goodbye.

The door closes behind her. And he stands outside, waiting.