The Seminarian

Hey, Bradley!

Hey, you. How did your workout go?

How did you know I was working out?

You always work out at this time.

Stalker.

Hey, I can't really talk

'cause I gotta go meet my mom now.

Oh yeah? Can I join you?

Yeah, sure.

Doesn't matter at all that we haven't even met yet.

Then let's meet already.

You 're really far away.

45 minutes is not that far away.

RYAN I

Driving 100 miles an hour

you still couldn't get here in 45 minutes.

No...

Besides, what happened to that guy you went out with?

It was just one date.

And follow up? None.

Oh, okay.

Look, you know I like you.

Go on a date with me.

Well, what if I come all the way there,

you see me and I'm not your type

and I don't even get a second date?

You know that will never happen.

Hey, Mom. Hey, Sweetie.

How are you? What's this?

I brought a little work home.

Why are you still working such long hours?

Isn't Dad's insurance enough?

It's okay,

I save his insurance for you to buy a house.

That's still a ways away.

Cl N DY: A ways away?

Just find a girl,

get married and buy a house.

You make it sound so easy.

Aren't there some nice girls after you in school?

No, no, there are not.

Did you find someone already?

No. Now watch your head

Oh.

I love green tea ice cream.

Good. Here, green tea cookies.

Really?

Mom, that's peanut butter.

Bye, mom. God bless.

Study hard.

So my top choices are Princeton, Yale and UCLA.

Those are very difficult PhD programs, Ryan.

You're gonna need

a very impressive Master's Thesis to get accepted,

So what do you have to impress me with today?

Okay.

So, love and desire are advantageous traits

that our Creator has given us,

regardless of whether one subscribes to creationism

or theistic evolution.

So you're sticking with the argument

that love and desire have assisted our species

through the evolutionary process?

Yes. Okay, go on.

Okay, so love and desire encourages procreation,

protection and socialization

which enable us to better survive

and hence persist as a species.

That's all good, but what about the theology?

I was just about to get to that.

Okay.

I intend to fuse the reformed approach

with the trinitarian approach.

How so?

Well, our God is a good God.

Who creates good things.

God created us to love each other

so that we would reflect God's love for us,

our love for God, and ultimately,

the love that is mutually inherent

in a trinitarian God head.

Therefore, God gave us love so that on earth,

there is an action that reflects the divine.

You wanna go to my place?

I do. I really do.

But...

I'm not just looking for a hook-up.

What are you looking for?

I'm looking for a relationship.

For someone to date.

I want you to date me tonight.

Tonight? Yeah, tonight.

Do you have a boyfriend?

Oh shit, I should have asked this sooner.

No, I do not have a boyfriend.

When was the last time you had one?

It was about six years ago.

Six years?

Yeah, six years.

Wow.

Well, have you been, like, looking for a new boyfriend?

No.

Why not?

You sure ask a lot of questions.

Sorry.

Look...

After my last breakup...

You know, it really tore me up, it really hurt.

So then I just figured, no more.

So you're content without love?

Without love?

Who's to really say

that love only exists in long-term relationships?

I don't know...

But I need to be in a relationship to feel loved.

Really?

How do you feel now, beautiful?

Hey, Ryan.

Hey Gerald,

what are you doing right now?

Going to class. Oh.

Okay, you know, I'll talk to you later.

Sure thing. All right.

Look what Eugene is putting up.

Well, it figures.

And you call him your friend?

Hi, guys.

Hey, Kelli. How are you?

Good. What's going on?

The usual.

Usual? That's boring.

You're boring.

Ryan, you know what?

You guys are both boring.

I'm going to get some food.

That's a good idea! I'm starving

Me too.

We're heading to the bookstore.

You guys wanna come?

Nah, I think I will get some studying done here.

Are you sure about that?

Angela is working today.

So?

So? She's hot!

Excuse me?

Not as hot as you, baby.

We gotta go. Anthony?

Um... No.

I think I'm gonna pass.

Okay, we'll see you guys later.

Bye.

What?

You hate Eugene.

Did you see what he put up?

Yeah. The sad thing is,

my mom would probably put up the same thing.

That sucks.

Yeah.

Hey, do you know that guy, Kevin?

Kevin? From Systematics?

Yeah, that's the one. Yeah, what about him?

We hooked up.

Good for you.

No, actually, it wasn't.

Why?

I don't know.

I mean, the sex was great.

But immediately afterwards, as I was driving home,

I just... I felt so...

Empty.

Like, there is this loneliness...

Like, a huge void in me that won't go away.

Even for a moment with, like, a hook-up.

Oh yeah, that's a bummer.

Hey, I gotta go.

Okay, what's wrong?

I'm tired, Ryan.

Yeah, but you are one of two friends

I can talk to about that stuff.

"That stuff?"

Yes.

Well, I only have you and Gerald

to talk about "that stuff" with too.

And I don't force you to listen to me.

Well, yeah. But at least you're out to your mom.

So?

Well, don't you talk to her?

About "that stuff"?

No!

I thought you said your mom is supportive.

She is supportive,

but I don't like to talk to her about "that stuff".

I'd kill to talk to my morn about "that stuff".

Well, let me know when that happens.

I gotta go,

Wait, Anthony.

Can't you just hang for a little bit?

Ryan, you are something.

What? What do you mean by that?

Can't you just let me go?