Shake comes over to Carl's doorstep. He sees the newspaper and tries to take it. Carl steps out.
"Don't even freakin' think about it." Shake backs up a bit.
"What? You don't even read these! All you do is wipe your ass with them!"
"Look, I can't afford toilet paper. They're very useful to me! What do you use them for, Cup?" Shake thins for a moment.
"I use these to....review....good and bad 80's bands." Carl sparked interest.
"Hey, I should write about this. Okay let's see, uhh.."
There goes Carl talking about things I don't care about, Shake thought. Wait, he's talking to me! Wow, he usually shooes me off the lawn with his shotgun by now. Hmm.
Finally, after 50 long minutes, Carl finishes.
"But yeah. They thought aliens existed, so that's pretty much all the good bands from the 80's. Wait I know some real bad ones! I was so drunk when I went to.."
Damnit, Shake thought. I'll never get outta here. Then, Shake starts to look at his pants. He wanted his clothes so bad for some reason. He wished he could be Carl. He was so succesful at getting women and all, he would be him if he could. It's kinda cute, Shake thought, how he talks forever about anything. He found one topic he wanted Carl's opinion on.
"Hey Carl,"
"Yeah?"
"What do you think about...uhh...guys having..pasionate gay relationships?"
"Well, you know, I don't hate them or anything. I don't mind what they do but, I don't know, I've always wanted to try it and.."
Carl continued to talk, but Shake pretended to listen. That was all he needed to hear. Shake wanted to "try it" too with his lone wolf neighbor. Would he tell him how he might feel? I can't, Shake thought. He'll cut my straw off! Maybe we could start slow. Then, Shake's ears peeped up to what Carl said next.
"Well, I'm gonna get some beer from the store. I'll be back."
"Uhh, Carl?"
"Yeah?"
"We could, talk about things and drink tonight if you want."
"Uh, well what the hell. Alright, just don't go in the pool, there's creepy crawly things in there. I'll be back." Carl drove off in his car, soon to be back.
Maybe tonight wil be the night, Shake thought, smiling.