Defying Logic
Originally posted in two parts on January 1st and 2nd, 2007
Defying Logic…continued from “For Leilani…"
(Asher and Kohana watch from the offstage area; Kohana intends to interrupt)
Asher: Come on. I have a feeling they wouldn’t be too happy if they knew we were eavesdropping.
Kohana: I have to put a stop to it.
Asher: No, Kohana, don’t.
Kohana: They’re too young for this.
Asher: No they’re not. They’re not little kids. It was only a kiss. Look, they’re back to just talking now.
Kohana: It’s not just kissing. Their degree of seriousness worries me.
Asher: What, you have the market cornered on “serious?”
Kohana: I cannot believe you just said that.
Asher: Kohana, that was teasing. But you should leave them alone – trust me, they’re fine.
Kohana: Don’t tell me what I should do. Don’t tell me who to trust. I’m her sister…I should know what’s best….
Asher: And I’m her friend. Like I thought I was your friend. Trust me.
Kohana: I….. can’t. Not with this. I tried to tell you, Asher, I warned you in the beginning. I make a terrible friend. This friend thing is not working out. I told you….
Asher: Kohana, please ……stop. Don’t say it…
Kohana: No, you have to listen to me this time. It has to be said. We’re just too different. Too different even to be friends, apparently. I can’t do this anymore, Asher.
Asher: Yeah, you’re right. I can’t do the “just friends” thing anymore either.
Kohana: Well then. I’ll collect my sister and Kenzo and get out of your way…..
Asher: That’s not what I meant. Not what I want.
Kohana: You know, I can’t figure out what you meant, and I’m no good at guessing what you want. I need to just get out of here… I…..
Asher: Maybe that’s what I want. But I’m damned no matter what I do, aren’t I? Because of the way someone else treated you, before I even met you…
Kohana: No, that’s not….I don’t….. you aren’t….. Let. Me. Go.
Asher: Right. Letting you go now.
Kohana: I’m very sorry, Asher.
Asher: Now what are you apologizing for?
Kohana: I should have seen this coming. I should have known what you were thinking…
Asher: How would you know what I was thinking? As far as I know, I haven’t told you. I take responsibility for my own actions; don’t judge me by what you’ve been through with someone else.
Kohana: But I…
Asher: And don’t worry about it - it won’t happen again.
Kohana: It won’t?
Asher: No, it won’t. That’s one thing we have in common. I don’t intentionally make the same mistake twice.
Kohana: So it was a mistake?
Asher: Kohana. Don’t try to reason this out. It was a reaction, not thought out, not planned, not logical. Just let it be, ok?
Kohana: I can’t not think about things. You know that. It all has to line up, it all has to make sense. I can’t stop myself from thinking, but now all I’m thinking is that I’ve ruined everything….……and lost a friend besides.....
Asher: No you haven’t……you couldn’t…..
Kohana: But I thought…..
Asher: Shhhhhh…..no more thinking……some things just defy logic....this time…trust your feelings instead…
Asher: What are they telling you?