Curious (A Poem) by TheHopelessAromantic, literature
Literature
Curious (A Poem)
Summary: Above all else, Squip's are designed to improve their host's quality of life.
Curiosity killed the cat
An infinite database of knowledge should have told him that
They should have been left alone
And yet
There he was
Peering over his sleeping partner
Conflicted
Sifting through files
Overanalyzing memories he’d skimmed once
Maybe twice
Just to help his host impress Brooke
And befriend Rich
They’d served their purpose
They should have been left alone
He blamed lovesickness
A virus no protective software could seem to scrub clean
(He’d know
He tried each one)
When a learning ai
Cursed with feelings and requited love
Presented with full access to the life his boyfriend lived before initial calibration
Was left to his own devices
One couldn’t expect him to leave the files barren
Desperate to know about Jeremy
Soak up all he could
Heart swelling at every awkward gesture
Every sweet moment
Every lighthearted word
The fresh knowledge proved almost
The Crush Hour (A Screenplay) by TheHopelessAromantic, literature
Literature
The Crush Hour (A Screenplay)
Summary: Jenna picks up the phone, having learned nothing from the events of the musical.
We see a bedroom inhabited by a girl sitting at a desk along with another laying face up on her bed as she studies the pages in her hands intensely and mutters her lines to herself, phone idle before it rings. We cut to an anxious red-faced kid staring at his phone, biting his nails, and trailing with his hands.
Jeremy: C-C-Cmon, c-c-cmon, pick up.
A few moments pass as the phone stays silent. Jeremy seems a bit agitated now.
Jeremy: [A bit forcefully] C-C-Cmon, c-c-cmon, pick up!
Jenna: [Finally notices her phone ringing and picks it up, surprised by her caller ID] Oh, Jeremy Heere calling! [Looks back at her books, warry] Jeremy Heere calling…[Looks at his contact photo and smiles fondly, sighing] Jeremy Heere calling. [Answers phone] Hey, so listen, the play is in two weeks and I am still struggling to remember my lines and I refuse to disappoint a blessing like Christine, so unless your