original monologues

ARLO (on the phone): okay.. no, yeah. (pause) i got it. (pause) no, no, it’s okay.. (pause) yeah, i'm home. (pause) okay. yeah. i’ll let everyone know. (pause) uh-huh. (pause) okay. bye, sis. (sets phone down. heavy sigh) jeez.. i hate being the only other responsible one that lives here.. (exits STAGE RIGHT, enters STAGE LEFT)

ARLO: it's times like these i wish mom was still around. because then we could cook together. i miss her a lot. she always knew what to do. i really hate not having a mom. I have my sisters, sure, but they’re always out. it’s really sad. i’m mostly here alone. unless i'm hanging out with everyone. i think that maybe it’s weird that armani and i hang out still, considering we dated. i think it bothers mercury. but i can’t tell. he seems to like me. i know at least he doesn’t talk bad about me. but i can never really tell how he’s feeling. kind of like my dad. he’s… complicated. i love him, probably. my dad, not mercury. him and armani are both certain that oliver and i are like, in love or something. mercury, not my dad. if my dad knew he would, like, flip. but anyway, mercury and armani are both pretty convinced i love oliver. i think… i don't know what i think, actually. i don't think i'm over my ex. not armani. his name is… was… callum, and he died almost a year ago. i know he would want me to be happy, and date if i wanted to, but i don't know if i want to. i don't think its fair to anyone in the situation, other then me, i guess. because on one hand, callum didn't even die a year ago. and on the other hand, i'm pretty much still in love with him, so it really wouldn't be fair to whoever i'm in a relationship with. but oliver… he's really nice. he was callum's best friend, which is how we met. he was there for me when it was still really hard for me after callum died. i'm still really, really sad about it, but i've accepted it now. oliver is still there for me all the time. and armani. and mercury. and our other friend, valeri. we had a thing between when i dated armani and when i dated callum, but i wouldn't call it a relationship. oh, and also arrow and sterling, our other friends. well… i think sterling cares? its also hard to tell what he's thinking. he's kinda, like… an angry kinda dude. i don't know much about him. arrow and i are really good friends, though, and sterling and arrow are together, so we hang out.