Looking for Completion - the Looking Movie!

Act II Scene Four

Two weeks later, mid-February, on a Saturday afternoon, Patrick and Owen are at the MDG offices, in the conference room. Patrick keeps checking his phone.

Owen: If you have to go, can we just go already.

Patrick: No I have some time left. Let's just press on. I want to make sure there are absolutely no issues with the build, Ok?

Owen: The presentation is ready. We've been over it a thousand times already.

Patrick: Ready isn't good enough Owen. If you think I am walking into this conference room on Monday with anything less than 100% perfect, then you're crazy.

Owen: Patrick...

Patrick: No, I am not giving Meredith, or any one else, any reason to think that I'm getting any type of special treatment.

Owen: You know we don't think that, right? I think I've seen Kevin roll his eyes at you more since you've been together than he ever did before. And he's certainly not laughing at your lame jokes more often. Don't worry, we realize you're still the same insecure, mediocre level designer you were before and sleeping with the boss has not changed any of that one bit.

Patrick: Ha ha. Well, you might be Ok with it now, but have you seen how Meredith watches my every move? Whenever I go into Kevin's office I can feel her eyes burning a hole in the back of my head.

Owen: You know how women love gay porn. She's probably just hoping you're going to drop to your knees and start blowing him...

Patrick: Gross...

Owen: Which you have to promise you will never do if there's a chance I'm around. I love the gays, but that's something I could live my life not seeing.

Patrick: You are so ridiculous. You love 'the gays'? I feel so honored.

Owen: So can we go home now?

Patrick: Let's just run it through one more time, Ok? Really, I don't want there to be any reason for Meredith to go running to HR again. I feel I'm this close to getting fired every time she picks up the phone.

Owen: You are so paranoid. Why can't you just enjoy your life without finding some reason to panic.

Patrick: I'm not panicking. And you know my life isn't just a walk in the park. I have real problems I deal with.

Owen: I know. Your life sucks. You finally have a relationship with a real human being as opposed to your computer. A successful, rich man who you live with in a fricking amazing apartment, and you're part of the top design team at MDG. How do you get through the day without jumping out the window?

Patrick: You are such an ass.

(Patrick sighs)

Patrick: Ok, I'm sorry for ruining your Saturday. I know Bethany is probably waiting for you to go to some cool hipster gallery opening or to some very heterosexual restaurant...

Owen: No, she's out of town visiting her parents for the weekend. I was just going to go home and watch movies she doesn't let me watch.

Patrick: No! I didn't know you were alone tonight? Come with me. You know it's Dom's big opening night, and he'd love to see you there. It'll be fun!

Owen: I don't know, man.

Patrick: Come on. Aren't you owed some free nuggets or something? Agustin, Eddie, Doris, Malik and of course Kevin, they're all going to be there. It'll be great. Come with me, please.

Owen: Are you going to make me work there or anything?

(Patrick laughs)

Patrick: No...it's a real business. He's actually hired people to take the orders, and he and another chef are making the food in the back. It's pretty cool actually, and the chicken is AMAZING.

Owen: How did he get the money? I mean i can't imagine the kickstarter campaign barely covered anything more than switching the lights on for a month.

Patrick: Well, actually, I had a brilliant idea.

Owen: You? I find that hard to believe.

Patrick: You are now looking at a part owner of a soon-to-be very succesfull franchise business, called 'Dom's Juicy Chicken'.

Owen: What? You just had that kind of money laying around?

Patrick: First of all it didn't take that much to open this location, and secondly I didn't have the money laying around, but...I spoke to my dad and he gave me an advance on this...trust thing that I'm going to inherit.

Owen: You WASPS with your trusts. You really are just a spoiled white rich kid playing video games aren't you?

(Patrick laughs)

Patrick: Shut up! Anyway, I borrowed some, and Kevin had some that he was going to invest in the market, so he and I decided to invest in Dom instead.

Owen: And Dom let you? Didn't you tell me he had a whole thing with Doris about that?

Patrick: Yeah about that...I'm not sure I was really supposed to tell anyone about that, so don't mention it tonight, or really ever.

Owen: How long has Dom known you? You don't think he knows the minute he tells you something everyone of your friends will be fully up to date in a matter of hours?

Patrick: That's not true! I can keep a secret. You didn't know I was with Kevin until we told you.

Owen: That's because there is no way I could have imagined that a smart successful man like Kevin would want to get mixed up with a child like you. Even after you told us, I STILL didn't believe it.

Patrick: Thank you for the vote of confidence. You're a good friend.

Owen: And you got Kevin to invest too? Jesus. What am I missing? Do you have some like super dick powers, or some gay fairy magic that is invisible to the straight man's eye?

Patrick: You know, I think I liked it better when you worried I had some influence over Kevin and were nice and polite to me for a few weeks. Could we go back to that?

Owen: Bloom is off the fucking rose man. Though, if you can get him to invest in your friend's highly risky restaurant venture, then I'm obviously underestimating the power you have over him.

(Patrick smiles smugly)

Patrick: He likes to do things for me. What can I say? The man is in love.

Owen: Ok, I may actually be sick now, so...let's pretend this conversation never happened.

Patrick: Are you coming to the opening night or not?

Owen: Yes, I'm coming. I want to get my free nuggets.

Patrick: Ok then. Let's just run through the presentation one more time, make sure the game has no glitches as we go, and then we can leave.

Owen: Ok boss. Let's do it. But you're buying me a fucking drink for me having to be here all day so you can impress fucking Meredith.

Patrick: I'll buy you all the drinks you want. Just make sure you're sober for Monday's presentation. Now, start it up again.

End of Act II Scene Four