Prompt: Writing for Someone Else - keep someone else in mind when writing
BARRY
It’s been a rough couple of years, but we’ve all made it through.
[He raises his glass to the others at the table]
RICKY
Well, most of us anyway.
SIMON
Don’t be such a sad sack, Ricky. Bar clearly meant all of us that are here.
BARRY
Rick’s allow to have a hard time. Jake was his husband.
SIMON
He doesn’t have to bring him up every time we’re trying to toast each other.
BARRY
But he can if he wants to, because he’s among friends.
SIMON
Or maybe because he’s around friends for the first time in several months, he could lighten up.
SHELLY
Come on, now. Who are you to tell Ricky how to grieve? Who have you ever lost?
SIMON
You seem to be forgetting that I lost Jake too. We all did.
SHELLY
You know it’s not the same.
SIMON
Oh, because Ricky got to be with him in life he’s also the one that has a monopoly on mourning him in death?
RICKY
I’m sorry, Sy’s right. I should just -
BARRY
No, Simon’s not right and he’s not getting away with bullying you away! This is the first time you’ve come out in ages. If anyone should be running away with their tail between their legs it’s him.
SIMON
Fine. You know what, I will. Apparently I’m not in the mood for company anyway.