to blank slates; casey🥃val.
CASEY: [sighs, taking a sip of his drink] and so that’s what really happened with her.
VAL: damn. [looks down at her glass] i really wanted to be angry with her.
CASEY: i know.
VAL: are you?
CASEY: at first, i was. then seeing her and learning of what had happened felt like closure, and now... [shrugs]
VAL: now you don’t know what you feel toward her but you know it’s something?
CASEY: [nods]
VAL: a good something? like you missed her and want to be her friend or...more?
CASEY: i know that i missed her, but i’m not quite sure i could or would want to put myself in that position again.
VAL: you think she’s the same person as before? [looks up at him] i mean, not just as a partner but as a friend.
CASEY: that’s the thing, i don’t know.
VAL: well, you just gotta ask yourself if you wanna take the time to find out. [takes a sip of her drink]
CASEY: and if nothing has changed? then what?
VAL: isn’t that a bridge you’re supposed to cross when you get there? if you wanna take that journey.
CASEY: [sighs, taking a sip] has she reached out to you at all?
VAL: no. heard she hasn’t reached out to joey, either. [takes another sip]
CASEY: yeah, she hasn’t. [glances over at her] would you reach out?
VAL: [shrugs] if i see her, i wouldn’t not start a conversation.
CASEY: because of what i told you, or because you miss her?
VAL: [sighs] despite everything she’s done i can’t ignore that she’s been there for me too. and i can’t keep walking around with this anger inside of me. so...
CASEY: blank slate, then.
VAL: [nods] blank slate.








