have cataplexy.
Suha: I know.
Alex: If I give you cunnilingus, you could faint. If you faint, you could go unconscious. If you go unconscious, you could die.
Suha: So.
Alex: You want to die with me giving you cunnilingus on your mother’s grave?
Suha: No, I don’t want to die. I want to beat death. I want to say, death, get lost. I want to say, give me life. Give me now. Give me you.
She moves toward ALEX. Kisses him abruptly, briefly.
Alex: Ouch.
Suha: I don’t know why I did that.
Alex: My cheek is burning.
Suha: I wasn’t thinking.
Alex: That’s cool. I’d like to not think. To feel something. I’d like that. To feel.
She starts to laugh. She stops herself.
That wasn’t meant to be funny.
Suha: I know.
Alex: How are we going to do this? I can’t even unintentionally make you laugh.
Suha: Go slow. So how do we start?
Alex: I don’t know. I’ve never done this before.
Suha: I thought you were some kind of expert.
Alex: I have done extensive research.
Suha: So you’re a scientist. You’ve got theories and now you have to put them into practise.
Alex: You’re going to have to take off your pants.
Suha: Turn off your flashlight. (Flashlights turned off. Slowly she undresses.)
ALEX aside.
Alex: Houston, I’m in the cockpit.
Houston: Copy, Alex. Rockets. Lights. All systems go. Ready to commence countdown.
Alex: Uhm, I’m a bit nervous.
Houston: Copy, Alex. The entire Middle East is counting on you, Ilan Ramon’s counting on you.
Counting Voice: 10-9-8-
Suha: Whoah.
Counting Voice: 7-6-5-
Suha: Hold on.
Counting Voice: 4-3-2-
Suha: You’re not a rocket ship.
Alex: I’m about to travel to the mysterious cosmos. To the unknown of Palestine and Woman. To you. So much depends on this moment. On what I do to you. On us.
Suha: Nothing depends on us, idiot. I just want to try this out.
ALEX fumbles around.
Alex: Do you know where your clitoris is?
Suha: What’s that?
Alex: It’s a part of your body that exists only for the sake of sexual pleasure.
Suha: Seriously?
Alex: Yes. It’s very sensitive. It has like sixty-eight thousand different nerve endings. They say it’s the best way to please a woman. I read that in Cosmo .
Suha: I hate Cosmo .
Alex: It’s got good pictures. And maps. It’s very helpful. There’s this big controversy about the g-spot. People can’t decide whether or not it exists.
Suha: People are idiots.
Alex: You’re beautiful.
Suha: You can’t see me.
Alex: I like talking to you.
Suha: No you don’t. Don’t you dare say that.
Alex: Yeah. I do. And I like it when you talk to me.
Suha: You’re lying.
Alex: I’m telling the truth.
I’m speaking to you. And now I’m touching. You.
Suha: I feel like I’m about to melt into a puddle of water.
Alex: I think I found the clitoris.
SUHA gasps, almost passes out.
You’re not going to die, are you?
Suha: No.
There’s a slight burning in my head.
Alex: That’s normal when you leave the stratosphere.
Scene 6
Paris. THE CAMEL reading Le Monde .
The Camel: Suha has an orgasm whose effects are felt right across the Middle East.
In the Negev, nuclear missiles in their bunkers sigh.
In Bethlehem, the wall cracks a smile.
And in Tel Aviv a frustrated theatre director drops his gun before he’s about to shoot himself in the head.
The effect of the orgasm does not stop there.
In Baghdad two people make love in the back of a bombed-out mosque.
Osama bin Laden has a dream he’s playing table tennis with Halle Berry and winning.
There are all sorts of effects. Even the stratosphere heats up. This is something Alex could not have anticipated.
The stratosphere heats up. And at that very moment, the space shuttle Columbia re-enters the earth’s atmosphere. It catches fire, blows up into a thousand and one pieces over Palestine, Texas.
Smack. Damned. Boom.
Ilan Ramon. The hope of a nation. Dead.
Scene 7
Abu Dalo: “1988. Things were quiet—
the occupation of the West Bank continued
Suha: I know.
Alex: If I give you cunnilingus, you could faint. If you faint, you could go unconscious. If you go unconscious, you could die.
Suha: So.
Alex: You want to die with me giving you cunnilingus on your mother’s grave?
Suha: No, I don’t want to die. I want to beat death. I want to say, death, get lost. I want to say, give me life. Give me now. Give me you.
She moves toward ALEX. Kisses him abruptly, briefly.
Alex: Ouch.
Suha: I don’t know why I did that.
Alex: My cheek is burning.
Suha: I wasn’t thinking.
Alex: That’s cool. I’d like to not think. To feel something. I’d like that. To feel.
She starts to laugh. She stops herself.
That wasn’t meant to be funny.
Suha: I know.
Alex: How are we going to do this? I can’t even unintentionally make you laugh.
Suha: Go slow. So how do we start?
Alex: I don’t know. I’ve never done this before.
Suha: I thought you were some kind of expert.
Alex: I have done extensive research.
Suha: So you’re a scientist. You’ve got theories and now you have to put them into practise.
Alex: You’re going to have to take off your pants.
Suha: Turn off your flashlight. (Flashlights turned off. Slowly she undresses.)
ALEX aside.
Alex: Houston, I’m in the cockpit.
Houston: Copy, Alex. Rockets. Lights. All systems go. Ready to commence countdown.
Alex: Uhm, I’m a bit nervous.
Houston: Copy, Alex. The entire Middle East is counting on you, Ilan Ramon’s counting on you.
Counting Voice: 10-9-8-
Suha: Whoah.
Counting Voice: 7-6-5-
Suha: Hold on.
Counting Voice: 4-3-2-
Suha: You’re not a rocket ship.
Alex: I’m about to travel to the mysterious cosmos. To the unknown of Palestine and Woman. To you. So much depends on this moment. On what I do to you. On us.
Suha: Nothing depends on us, idiot. I just want to try this out.
ALEX fumbles around.
Alex: Do you know where your clitoris is?
Suha: What’s that?
Alex: It’s a part of your body that exists only for the sake of sexual pleasure.
Suha: Seriously?
Alex: Yes. It’s very sensitive. It has like sixty-eight thousand different nerve endings. They say it’s the best way to please a woman. I read that in Cosmo .
Suha: I hate Cosmo .
Alex: It’s got good pictures. And maps. It’s very helpful. There’s this big controversy about the g-spot. People can’t decide whether or not it exists.
Suha: People are idiots.
Alex: You’re beautiful.
Suha: You can’t see me.
Alex: I like talking to you.
Suha: No you don’t. Don’t you dare say that.
Alex: Yeah. I do. And I like it when you talk to me.
Suha: You’re lying.
Alex: I’m telling the truth.
I’m speaking to you. And now I’m touching. You.
Suha: I feel like I’m about to melt into a puddle of water.
Alex: I think I found the clitoris.
SUHA gasps, almost passes out.
You’re not going to die, are you?
Suha: No.
There’s a slight burning in my head.
Alex: That’s normal when you leave the stratosphere.
Scene 6
Paris. THE CAMEL reading Le Monde .
The Camel: Suha has an orgasm whose effects are felt right across the Middle East.
In the Negev, nuclear missiles in their bunkers sigh.
In Bethlehem, the wall cracks a smile.
And in Tel Aviv a frustrated theatre director drops his gun before he’s about to shoot himself in the head.
The effect of the orgasm does not stop there.
In Baghdad two people make love in the back of a bombed-out mosque.
Osama bin Laden has a dream he’s playing table tennis with Halle Berry and winning.
There are all sorts of effects. Even the stratosphere heats up. This is something Alex could not have anticipated.
The stratosphere heats up. And at that very moment, the space shuttle Columbia re-enters the earth’s atmosphere. It catches fire, blows up into a thousand and one pieces over Palestine, Texas.
Smack. Damned. Boom.
Ilan Ramon. The hope of a nation. Dead.
Scene 7
Abu Dalo: “1988. Things were quiet—
the occupation of the West Bank continued
Similar Books
![Their Independent Bride [The Men of Space Station One #6] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting)](https://fs.collectorofbookboyfriends.com/508100/thumbs/152x264/their-independent-bride-the-men-of-space-station-one-6-siren-publishing-menage-everlasting.png)
