INT. KALLIOPE'S APARTMENT -- EVENING
A few sheets of papers slide under the door. There is a post it attached.
TRAVIS
You wanted to know what happened. I figured I would let you be the first person to know.
Kalliope peels the post it off and starts to read the story. As she reads we see the action play out. This is different from Travis's narrations. The scene is set, unchangeable, not being built as it is written.
INT. CODY'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT
KALLIOPE
Quitting a few beers ahead of schedule, Cody walked back to the cramped third floor apartment he built his world around. He threw his keys on the coffee table, and kicked his shoes off wherever they landed. When he heard a noise. A noise that shouldn't have surprised him, and he knew he shouldn't investigate. If only he had turned around, gone back to the bar, and finished his drinks.
The scene is now fully Cody's. Kalliope's voice drops out and we watch the action play out.
Cody hears moans, and slowly approaches the bedroom. He sees his girlfriend, Kate, having sex with some guy. Kate sees Cody, stops. The guy grabs his things, and starts to get dressed. Cody walks to the kitchen, pours himself a drink. Kate comes out crying.
KATE
Cody?
CODY
Who is he?
KATE
We met at the-
CODY
Actually, I don't care.
KATE
I'm sorry.
CODY
No you aren't.
KALLIOPE
He took a sip of his courage. Mulled over his next action. And set about to make the situation worse.
CODY
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea.
KATE
What are you doing?
CODY
That　a　maiden　there　lived　whom-
KATE
(Crying hysetically)
Cody, stop. Please. Don't.
CODY
(Calmly)
That a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of Annabel Lee. And this maiden lived with no other though than to love and be loved by me.
The guy walks out in the middle of this, Cody locks eyes with him, and continues.
CODY
I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea.
GUY leaves, Cody goes back to looking at Kate.
CODY
But we loved with a love that was more than love. I and my Anabel Lee.
INT. KALLIOPE'S APARTMENT -- CONTINUOUS
Kalliope finishes. Looks genuinely touched. The first real show of emotion we get from her harder shell. She goes for her cell phone.
KALLIOPE
I'm sorry.
TRAVIS
Me too.
KALLIOPE
Annabel Lee huh?
TRAVIS
What are you talking about? Didn't I change that to be Daffodils by Wordsworth.
KALLIOPE
Apparently not.
TRAVIS
Oh. Well that was her favorite poem. Annabel Lee. Her name is still Kate right?
KALLIOPE
Yeah. Why?
TRAVIS
That was her middle name. I was just hoping I didn't subconsciously make it her first name.
KALLIOPE
Oh. Ok.
TRAVIS
I'm fine. Don't worry. I just wanted you to know.

Kalliope: So what happened?

Travis: I don't know. I've always had this image in my head that all the great love stories. Rick and Ilsa, Sid and Nancy, Gatsby and Daisy, they all just ruined each other. They just totaly fucked up every fiber of each other's being. They were beautifuly miserable with each other, but without, that was a massacre. To me, that's what love is. So, I guess that belief really is what happened to us.