Monday, 5:37PM, the hospital (Old Loves)
Mitchell meets an ex girlfriend of his at the hospital. An argument with Anders ensues.
(I'm tired, so I'm sorry for any mistakes)
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Mitchell : Black, no sugar, just a splash of water from the tap.
Josie: My god! You haven’t age a day! You look frozen… like a photograph.
Mitchell: Haha. It kinda comes with the territory, but you already know about it.
Josie: Why are you doing here at the hospital?
Mitchell: I’m working here, actually. I just finished my shift and I was waiting for my partner to pick me up when I saw you. You? What are you doing here?
Mitchell: I’m so sorry to hear that…. *reaches to put his hand on hers*
Josie: That’s fine. I had a long, full life. It’s nice to see you again.
Mitchell: It’s very nice to see you too, Josie. It’s been a long time.
Josie: You have a partner you said? I hope it’s a nice girl.
Mitchell: *smiles* Yes. Anders is a nice man, in his very own way.
Josie: Oh! A man, then. *returns the smile* As long as he makes you happy.
Anders: Hey!!! Mitch!! What are you doing! It’s been fifteen minutes that I’m waiting for you in the parking lot. *stops and looks at Mitchell’s hand on the stranger woman’s*
Mitchell: I’m sorry, babe. *retrieves his hand* I didn’t know you were already there. I was catching up with an old friend of mine. Anders, meet Josie. Josie and I were dating back in the 60s.
Anders: *wary* I…er… Hi there.
Mitchell: *to Anders* Don’t worry, Josie knows about my… condition.
Mitchell: I’m sorry, I really have to go to the bathroom before we leave. It’ll take a minute. * he leaves after he put a kiss to Anders’ cheek*
Josie: So? Anders… Mitchell and you are an item as he told me.
Anders: yes. You can say that. We live together.
Josie: That’s nice. I’m sorry to be blunt but are you a… a… well… you know what I mean? *lowering her voice* Are you like Mitchell?
Anders: Yes, I’m a vampire.
Josie: I guess it’s good… for both of you.
Anders: And why is that so?
Josie: Because you’ll have more time to enjoy each other’s company this way.
(Later, in the desert parking garage)
Mitchell: Can I ask you why you lied and told Josie you were a vampire?
Anders: I don’t know. A vampire suddenly seemed the cool thing to be.
Mitchell: You know it’s not exactly ‘cool’.
Anders: Your girlfriend who could be your mother seemed to think so.
Mitchell: She is not my girlfriend; she is my ex. And we dated in the 60s, like you already know. A few decades passed since then.
Anders: And what about me?
Anders: What will happen to me once I’ll look like I could be your father?
Mitchell: We agreed not to go there.
Anders: Funny enough, I suddenly have the need to go there, now that I met the girlfriend you once dumped when she was too old for you.
Mitchell: She is not my…. It’s pointless. This conversation won’t lead anywhere. We shouldn’t speak about it.
Mitchell: *gets angry* Fine! If you want to know the truth-
Anders: *snaps* Yeah! I’d like to.
Mitchell: It’s not me who ended it but her.
Anders: *taken aback* Her? Why?
Mitchell: She met a human man. In other words, she met someone who had more chances to give her a ‘happily ever after’ than I ever would!
Anders: Is it what you are planning for me as well, that I meet someone else so you can leave me without being the bad guy?
Mitchell: I’m not planning anything!
Anders: But what if I do meet someone?
Mitchell: *sighs* Then, yes. As much as it would break my heart, I’d probably let you go.
Anders: *groaning* Like you did with all your exes? Glad to see I’m just another notch to your belt!
Mitchell: That’s rich, coming from you!
Anders: *offended* Whoa! Okay! We are going there, are we?
Mitchell: I don’t want to quarrel with you, Anders.
Anders: I think it’s a bit too late for that. And for future reference, nobody says “quarrel” anymore.
Anders: I just want to know: what are you waiting for to push me away, exactly? My first grey hair? That I get fat? How many wrinkles do I have to sport for you to decide that I reached the expiration date? And then, you’ll start phoning retirement homes to arrange dates for me with old ladies so you can fuck off without feeling guilty? Is that the plan, honey?
Mitchell: *grunts* Don’t be ridiculous.
Anders: Am I ? You’ve done it before.
Mitchell: Listen. When we started dating,you knew what I was. I’m sorry, mate, but you signed up for this. You knew that “forever” was not for us.
Anders: What makes you think I want a “forever” with you?
Mitchell: Every words that crossed your lips for the past ten minutes plus the look you have in your eyes right now.
Anders: Bullshit! I just want to get prepared for the day I’ll get thrown away like an old, used tissue.
Mitchell: *shakes his head and sighs* I won’t throw you away. I could never do that. I will give you everything I am until the day it will become impossible for me to do so. I’m a vampire, Anders. I had many lives before you. Maybe I’ll have others in the future. I don’t know. But in this one there is only you. You are the love of my life and I want to make you happy as long as I can.
Anders: I’m not very happy right now.
Mitchell: *puts his hands on Anders’ shoulders* Yeah, I can see that. I’m sorry.
Anders: Maybe it sucks to be a vampire, but trust me, it sucks even more to be the vampire’s boyfriend.
Mitchell: I will try my best to make up for it. Come on, let’s go home.
Anders: *following Mitchell* I’ll start dyeing my hair so it doesn’t turn grey.
Mitchell: You are adorable.
