BOYZONE

PT. 4: KISS ME?

JULIAN

After the party ended, Adrian met me up the street.

He said he told Persia that he was going to go meet up with a friend and that he'd see her in a few hours.

I drove all the way to Stone Mountain so we could have some privacy.

ADRIAN: JULIAN, I KNOW YOU THINK THAT I'M AN ASSHOLE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

JULIAN: ADRIAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO REALLY THINK ABOUT YOU ANYMORE. EVER SINCE I MET YOU A FEW YEARS AGO YOU'VE SHOWN ME AND MY FRIENDS NOTHING BUT YOUR ASSHOLE SIDE.

ADRIAN: I KNOW AND I WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I HAD SO MUCH GOING ON IN MY LIFE AT THAT TIME. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET YOU AND YOUR ...FRIENDS.

JULIAN: I KNOW MY FRIENDS SEEM AS IF THEY CAN BE EXTRA AND OVER THE TOP, BUT THOSE THREE ARE EVERYTHING TO ME. EVERYONE HAS THIS PERCEPTION OF ME AND MY FRIENDS. I WISH PEOPLE COULD SEE STONEY, JAY, AND RONNY THROUGH MY EYES.

ADRIAN: JAY THINKS HE'S HARD. KA'RON TALKS TOO MUCH. AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON WINSTON. HE'S A HANDFUL ALL BY HIMSELF.

JULIAN: TO SOME DEGREE ALL OF THAT'S TRUE, BUT NOT HOW YOU THINK. MAYBE IF YOU GOT TO KNOW THEM YOU'D SEE WHAT I SEE.

ADRIAN: I'M GOOD ON THAT NOTE. I'M MORE INTERESTED IN GETTING TO KNOW YOU.

JULIAN: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

ADRIAN: WHAT ARE YOU REALLY LIKE OUTSIDE OF YOUR FRIENDS?

JULIAN: THE SAME WAY I AM WITH MY FRIENDS IS THE SAME WAY I AM WHEN I'M NOT WITH MY FRIENDS. NEXT QUESTION?

ADRIAN: WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AS A KID?

JULIAN: ACCORDING TO MY PARENTS I WAS A BUSY BODY. I STAYED INTO THINGS AND I GOT INTO A WHOLE LOTTA TROUBLE BECAUSE OF IT. WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AS A KID?

ADRIAN: I THOUGHT I WAS ASKING THE QUESTIONS?

JULIAN: IT'S NOT FAIR THAT I'M ANSWERING ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND YOU NOT GIVING ME INFO ABOUT YOURSELF.

ADRIAN: FAIR ENOUGH... AS A KID I WAS VERY CURIOUS. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT SO MANY THINGS. I WAS ALSO SPOILED. ANYTHING I ASKED FOR I GOT. MY MOM WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO MAKE SURE ME AND PERSIA WERE HAPPY.

JULIAN: WHAT ABOUT YOUR DAD?

ADRIAN: WHAT ABOUT HIM?

JULIAN: WHAT'S HE LIKE?

ADRIAN: I WOULDN'T KNOW. HIM AND MOM BROKE UP WHEN I WAS 5. I'VE SEEN HIM THREE TIMES SINCE THEN.

JULIAN: I'M SORRY I ASKED. I DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM.

ADRIAN: IT'S OK. NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE. MY DAD JUST ISN'T IN MY LIFE. ME AND PERSIA GOT ALONG JUST FINE WITHOUT HIM. I THINK MOM DID A GOOD JOB RAISING US WITHOUT HIS HELP. MY MOM IS MY BEST FRIEND. SHE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I'VE EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE.

JULIAN: YOUR MOM SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PERSON.

ADRIAN: SHE IS. SHE'S MY ROCK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO IF SHE WASN'T IN MY LIFE.

JULIAN: I NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT WE'D BE SITTING IN MY CAR LATE AT NIGHT TALKING. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS.

ADRIAN: I WAS MORE SHOCKED BY MY OWN ACTIONS. I NEVER THOUGHT I'D KISS YOU.

JULIAN: ME EITHER. I STILL FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT HERE WE ARE.

ADRIAN: I WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU FOR YOU. I'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ARGUING WITH YOUR FRIENDS I BARELY EVEN BOTHERED YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN THEM.