GIRL: No, that was nice, really.
BOY: I am so sorry.
GIRL: It's OK. Some guys just can't.
BOY: Oh?
GIRL: Yeah, sometimes it's like that.
BOY: How do you know?
GIRL: Well, I just know.
BOY: You just know? This is something you just know?
GIRL: Yeah. And we talk.
BOY: Who's we?
GIRL: You know, girls.
BOY: You mean girls talk about this stuff? between each other?
GIRL: Yes. It's OK. We can try again sometime. Soon.
BOY: [silence]
GIRL: So?
BOY: So what?
GIRL: So what do you think? about trying again, I mean.
BOY: Seems a bit clinical to me.
GIRL: What do you mean?
BOY: Well, you seem to know all about it. And you even know people and talk with your girlfriends and . . .
GIRL: Yes, we need to know. I mean we need to be prepared.
BOY: Prepared for what?
GIRL: For . . . for aborted attempts.
BOY: Now it really sounds clinical. Pretty cold.
GIRL: We could try again right now.
BOY: Jeese. I don't like talking about this. It is like school or going over the steps before bungee jumping or something. You--I really got to get up the nerve for something like this.
[prolonged silence]
GIRL: I think it's time to cut you off.
BOY: Cut me off? Off what?
GIRL: All this. I don't think you are mature enough to handle it.
BOY: Handle it? I can handle anything. I can prove it.
GIRL: Well, not just, er, recently . . .
BOY: I don't want to talk about it.
GIRL: OK. See you later then.
BOY: Just like that?
GIRL: Yep. You're not up to it, or can't . . .
BOY: That's a bit harsh.
GIRL: OK. If you say so.
BOY: I do. I do say so.
GIRL: Well, see ya.
BOY: Doubt it.
GIRL: Don't be a spoiled sport.
BOY: I'm not. I just . . . I just thought . . .
GIRL: Thought what?
BOY: That it would be more . . . soft or romantic or something.
GIRL: Maybe I didn't use the right words.
BOY: Yeah, maybe.
GIRL: See ya!
BOY: Hmm. Charlie said it would be like this with you. I didn't believe him, but now I do.
GIRL: Charlie? Charlie! What did he say?
BOY: I think it's time to cut you off. I'll spread the word.
GIRL: What did you say?
