Words on the screen, anyhow, if to no special purpose

[ritaxis]

A thousand random words that erupted out of a conversation I haven't got to yet -- the conversation that came to me is like this:

"What happened?" Manny asked.
"He took no for an answer," Brewer said.
"You said no? But you said you had feelings for him."
"I did. He's a really good guy. The best."
Manny winced. "You still --"
"Yeah, I still have feelings for him, but -- not like that. He's better off the way it turned out: Joey's better than me."
"Anybody else I'd think they were lying if they said they blew somebody off for being too good for them. Scum usually say that, you know, because they think people will believe it, when really they think the person's just boring. But you're you, and you think crap like that. It's a mistake, you know? You know that?"
"Yeah, but it's a mistake I won't repeat."
"So the next time you feel something for a guy, and he tries to get close to you -- you won't be reflexively saying no?"
"Of course not."
Manny grinned widely, opened his mouth to speak again. Brewer cut him off before he could launch into some plan to hook him up with some random guy. "I won't be feeling something for a guy in the first place, all right?"

Yeah, it's a cheesy little romance piece, fullblown in my head.