Maya: (we see her folding clothes, the phone rings, she picks it up) Hello?
Gary: (on phone) Hi. It’s me.
Maya: Oh, hi! It’s wonderful to hear from you!
Gary: Yeah, um can I talk to you?
Maya: Sure! What’s up?
Gary: I need to talk in person…
Maya: Oh, ok. Wanna do a picnic? It’s a lovely day today.
Gary: That’s good. But I don’t have any food.
Maya: That’s ok, I have food. I’ll take care of that. And the blanket, all you have to do is show up.
Gary: That sounds very good.
Maya: Stag’s Head, fifteen minutes?
Gary: Alright, I’ll just show up.
Maya: It’s a date! (Beat) I mean it’s a totally non-sexual date between two friends.
Gary: Yeah, right. See you there.
Maya: Bye. (Gary hangs up first. They exit with coats)
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Act 1, Scene 3
Act I
Scene III
I Like the Roses
Sammy: (picks up phone and calls Trever)
Trever: (answers phone) Hello?
Sammy: It’s me.
Trever: Oh… (Beat) Hello. How are you?
Sammy: Fine. You?
Trever: I’m ok. I’m not dead yet.
Sammy: You don’t sound fine. What’s wrong?
Trever: Nothing. You must be imagining thing.
Sammy: Oh. Sorry. When you feel like telling me, you know my number.
Trever: You shouldn’t be talking.
Sammy: Trever…
Trever: No. I don’t want to hear it.
Sammy: I’m sorry…
Trever: No! You don’t understand. You can’t.
Sammy: But I do!
Trever: You can’t go back to the way things were. You’ve changed everything. (Sammy sobs) What, are you crying now?
Sammy: No…
Trever: Sammy…
Sammy: I didn’t mean to!
(Beat)
Trever: …you what?
Sammy: I didn’t mean to! I mean I didn’t mean to say “I didn’t mean to”, I mean—
Trever: No. You’ve said enough. (Hangs up)
Sammy: Shit. (Drops phone) Shit!
(She gets and makes tea. She falls asleep after she sets the microwave so tea “explodes”. Time passes. The doorbell rings.)
Sammy: (sees microwave) Oh no… (Goes over to intercom by door) He-hello?
Gary: Um, yeah, hi. It’s me.
(Beat)
Sammy: Ok. Come on up. (She presses intercom button. He comes up and she answers the door)
Gary: Hello.
Sammy: Hey.
Gary: Good to see you.
Sammy: You too.
Gary: You look well.
Sammy: You too.
(Beat)
Gary: I brought you roses.
Sammy: They’re lovely.
Gary: You don’t like them.
Sammy: Of course I do. Don’t be silly.
Gary: Do you wanna put them in water?
Sammy: Sure. Tap’s over there.
Gary: Ok then. (Heads for sink, sees microwave)
Sammy: Don’t ask. (Gary walks over to her and lifts her head by her chin) What…? (Beat) Don’t say it. I don’t think I could handle it. (she sobs)
Gary: You called him, didn’t you? It’s ok. Everything will be alright.
Sammy: I don’t need to be taken care of.
Gary: You’re right. You don’t. You’re strong. But everyone needs a shoulder to cry on. That’s why I’m here.
Sammy: No it’s not. You just want to be around me.
Gary: (puts arm around her back) You see? It’s fine.
Sammy: No it’s not! You’ve ruined everything! I hate you!
Gary: Do you want me to go?
Sammy: No. Stay. I want you to stay with me.
Gary: Ok, ok. I won’t go. I’ll stay with you always. I’ll go when you tell me to.
Sammy: I really do like the roses. Really.
Gary: I know. (They go to the bed and she sobs in his arms)
End scene.
Scene III
I Like the Roses
Sammy: (picks up phone and calls Trever)
Trever: (answers phone) Hello?
Sammy: It’s me.
Trever: Oh… (Beat) Hello. How are you?
Sammy: Fine. You?
Trever: I’m ok. I’m not dead yet.
Sammy: You don’t sound fine. What’s wrong?
Trever: Nothing. You must be imagining thing.
Sammy: Oh. Sorry. When you feel like telling me, you know my number.
Trever: You shouldn’t be talking.
Sammy: Trever…
Trever: No. I don’t want to hear it.
Sammy: I’m sorry…
Trever: No! You don’t understand. You can’t.
Sammy: But I do!
Trever: You can’t go back to the way things were. You’ve changed everything. (Sammy sobs) What, are you crying now?
Sammy: No…
Trever: Sammy…
Sammy: I didn’t mean to!
(Beat)
Trever: …you what?
Sammy: I didn’t mean to! I mean I didn’t mean to say “I didn’t mean to”, I mean—
Trever: No. You’ve said enough. (Hangs up)
Sammy: Shit. (Drops phone) Shit!
(She gets and makes tea. She falls asleep after she sets the microwave so tea “explodes”. Time passes. The doorbell rings.)
Sammy: (sees microwave) Oh no… (Goes over to intercom by door) He-hello?
Gary: Um, yeah, hi. It’s me.
(Beat)
Sammy: Ok. Come on up. (She presses intercom button. He comes up and she answers the door)
Gary: Hello.
Sammy: Hey.
Gary: Good to see you.
Sammy: You too.
Gary: You look well.
Sammy: You too.
(Beat)
Gary: I brought you roses.
Sammy: They’re lovely.
Gary: You don’t like them.
Sammy: Of course I do. Don’t be silly.
Gary: Do you wanna put them in water?
Sammy: Sure. Tap’s over there.
Gary: Ok then. (Heads for sink, sees microwave)
Sammy: Don’t ask. (Gary walks over to her and lifts her head by her chin) What…? (Beat) Don’t say it. I don’t think I could handle it. (she sobs)
Gary: You called him, didn’t you? It’s ok. Everything will be alright.
Sammy: I don’t need to be taken care of.
Gary: You’re right. You don’t. You’re strong. But everyone needs a shoulder to cry on. That’s why I’m here.
Sammy: No it’s not. You just want to be around me.
Gary: (puts arm around her back) You see? It’s fine.
Sammy: No it’s not! You’ve ruined everything! I hate you!
Gary: Do you want me to go?
Sammy: No. Stay. I want you to stay with me.
Gary: Ok, ok. I won’t go. I’ll stay with you always. I’ll go when you tell me to.
Sammy: I really do like the roses. Really.
Gary: I know. (They go to the bed and she sobs in his arms)
End scene.
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