,

Obsessed

(Sitting and swinging his legs around on a bar stool, like a little kid, humming a tune…)

What? Are you still thinking about that mystery pop star?

Yes. I am still thinking about them… I’m wondering… do you think they’ll be happy to sing at our wedding?!

(LOL) (Shaking her head) You can’t afford them, babe!

(Wide-eyed) (Stunned) (Mouth open, jaw dropped)

You can’t afford them, and there’s no reason to ask for a “favour” because there’s still many degrees of separation between us! That’d be so WEIRD!

(Slow blinking) I… can’t afford… them?!

(Deep breaths) Their fees are… probably more than your reported net worth. Estimates. Whatever the recent articles printed about you and your net worth. That’s probably their fees for one night at a wedding.

Are you friends with Beyoncé?! What do you MEAN I can’t afford them!??!!? The fees are more than MY reported net worth?!?!!?!?

(Cackling)… Isn’t that? Isn’t that rate normal… for some really, big pop stars — how is that surprising?!

It’s very surprising. It’s very, very surprising… you’re saying they’re not in my genre. Their fees are MY net worth — just for ONE night?!?!?!!?!?!?!

(Laughing)

But they’re not Beyoncé?!?!?!

OH my god, NO.

I’M NOT FRIENDS OF FRIENDS WITH BEYONCE!

Okay. So Beyoncé is the ceiling. And you’re not friends of friends with Beyoncé.

No.

But it sounds like… they could be in the Beyoncé realm, which doesn’t leave a huge pool of people. So by process of elimination, if you gave even just a few more clues, people would figure it out very easily.

Maybe…

Awww! That makes me want them at our wedding MORE!!!

(Laughing)

FINE. I’ll ASK. They’ll probably SAY NO. Okay?! I’ll at least ask the BRIDE. To simply ASK. Okay?!?!!?

(Chuckles) Thank you. I just want some hope that I can get a Beyoncé-not-Beyoncé at our wedding. I think that would be the coolest thing ever!

(Peering)… Aren’t you friends with Beyoncé?!

Am I?!?!?!!

(Laughing) Oh you don’t know?! Even the public can figure this out. You’re FRIENDS OF FRIENDS OF FRIENDS WITH BEYONCE!!! Duhhhhh~~~ (Laughing so much)

Oh… (Stunned)… do you want Beyoncé at our wedding?!

NOOOOOO!!! I do not want to disrupt Beyoncé’s busy schedule with our little wedding. She has better things to do. And we can’t afford her fees. It’s okay. I love her, but I don’t need her at our wedding.

(Laughing to the point of crying)

This is all fiction. What a fun, amusing, fictitious narrative.