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7 cananian 1.6 \author{C.~Scott~Ananian\\
8 cananian 1.6 \small\texttt{cananian@mit.edu}
9 cananian 1.6 \and
10 cananian 1.6 Whitney Erin Boesel\\
11 cananian 1.6 \small\texttt{loxocele@mit.edu}}
12 cananian 1.1 \title{\textsc{Crush}}
13 cananian 1.24 \date{$ $Revision: 1.24 $ $}
14 cananian 1.1
15 cananian 1.1 % Characters
16 cananian 1.11 \newcommand{\Cs}{Riley}\newcommand{\Cscutsy}{Rye}
17 cananian 1.11 \newcommand{\Web}{Molly}
18 cananian 1.11 \newcommand{\Ab}{Gale}
19 cananian 1.11 \newcommand{\Ca}{Liz}
20 cananian 1.11 \newcommand{\Cb}{Andrew}
21 cananian 1.11 \character{CS}{cs}{\Cs}[The protagonist. Male.]
22 cananian 1.11 \character{WEB}{web}{\Web}[An antagonist. Female. Bitch-ass.
23 cananian 1.6 Dresses all in black. Somewhere between 15 and 35.]
24 cananian 1.11 \character{AB}{ab}{\Ab}[Another antagonist. Also female. Wishes she
25 cananian 1.6 were more like \WEB.]
26 cananian 1.11 \character{CA}{ca}{\Ca}[An obsessive antagonist. Of course, female.]
27 cananian 1.11 \character{CB}{cb}{\Cb}[The cello-boy. ``Involved'' with \WEB.]
28 cananian 1.1
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33 cananian 1.1 \begin{document}
34 cananian 1.3 \maketitle % first title page
35 cananian 1.3 \begin{titlepage} % second title page
36 cananian 1.3 \vspace*{1in}
37 cananian 1.3 \begin{center}
38 cananian 1.3 {\Huge\textsc{Crush}}\\
39 cananian 1.3 \vspace*{.25in}
40 cananian 1.21 a play in nine scenes \\
41 cananian 1.16 for five actors
42 cananian 1.3 \end{center}
43 cananian 1.3 \vspace*{1.5in}
44 cananian 1.3 \characterlist
45 cananian 1.3 \end{titlepage}
46 cananian 1.1
47 cananian 1.2 \firstscene{Scene I} % whitney-scott
48 cananian 1.1
49 cananian 1.2 \stagedir{\CS and \WEB are in a diner. It is 2am.}
50 cananian 1.2 \cs I've got a crush on you, you know.
51 cananian 1.2 \web A crush?
52 cananian 1.2 \cs Yeah, sure. It bother you?
53 cananian 1.13 \web Not really\ldots I never figured you for the type, that's all.
54 cananian 1.2 \cs Oh, this isn't a giggly schoolgirl crush.
55 cananian 1.23 \web You sure? Because you really look like a giggly schoolgirl\ldots
56 cananian 1.13 \cs Yeah, yeah. It's more a pleasant obsession. A 23-year-old grad
57 cananian 1.5 student crush, if you will.
58 cananian 1.5 \web In other words you're saying you like me.
59 cananian 1.2 \cs Yes. Crush (noun): an irrational liking for many sufficient but
60 cananian 1.2 no particular good reason.
61 cananian 1.5 \web Ah, one of those asexual crushes.
62 cananian 1.2 \cs Oh course. I had my gonads surgically removed years ago.
63 cananian 1.2 \web Uh-huh.
64 cananian 1.2 \cs Ok, so perhaps I need to amend my definition. Crush (noun):
65 cananian 1.2 \ldots
66 cananian 1.2 \web \textit{Your} crush (noun):\ldots
67 cananian 1.2 \cs Right. Ok. \textit{My} crush (noun) has far too much of the face
68 cananian 1.2 and eyes in it to be properly hormonally-neutral.
69 cananian 1.2 \web You like my eyes.
70 cananian 1.2 \cs You don't write long stories about someone's eye-color unless the
71 cananian 1.13 limbic system's involved. At least somehow.
72 cananian 1.5 \web And you did?
73 cananian 1.2 \cs Write the story? Yes.
74 cananian 1.2 \web Do I get to read it?
75 cananian 1.2 \cs No. Not yet.
76 cananian 1.2 \web Why not?
77 cananian 1.2 \cs I'm afraid you'll think I've got a crush on you.
78 cananian 1.2 \web Ah.
79 cananian 1.2 \cs When you've got the notary public's Relationship Avowal in hand from
80 cananian 1.13 cello-boy, whatever his name is\ldots
81 cananian 1.13 \web \Cb.
82 cananian 1.13 \cs Cello-boy, \textit{whatever} his name is, \textit{then}\ldots
83 cananian 1.13 \web Well, I guess it's kinda implied now\ldots since we sort of hit
84 cananian 1.5 the ``hard-core monogamy'' threshold last night.
85 cananian 1.2 \cs Just the threshold? No firm promises? Under moonlight, over
86 cananian 1.2 dinner?
87 cananian 1.13 \web \inlinesd{Grins.} In bed. Maybe we'll get around to talking
88 cananian 1.13 about it next time\ldots
89 cananian 1.13 and you know, I \textit{did} have the most intense and drawn-out
90 cananian 1.13 two-person orgasm of my \textit{life} last night. \inlinesd{Sighs
91 cananian 1.13 happily.} I think he's rather fond of me.
92 cananian 1.2 \cs Yeah, yeah, so this isn't the jealous-crush-thing. That I've got
93 cananian 1.2 going, I mean. That's a schoolgirl thing.
94 cananian 1.2 \web No romantic mooning over me?
95 cananian 1.2 \cs Also schoolgirl.
96 cananian 1.5 \web No flowers from a secret admirer?
97 cananian 1.3 \cs Schoolgirl.
98 cananian 1.2 \web Not even a wet dream?
99 cananian 1.13 \cs \inlinesd{Beat.} Teenage boy.
100 cananian 1.13 \web I've got an freckle-archipelago under my navel\ldots
101 cananian 1.13 \cs Which archipelago?
102 cananian 1.21 \web \inlinesd{Pauses, thinking; sarcastically:} The Gulag Archepelago.
103 cananian 1.13 \inlinesd{Sticks out tongue.}
104 cananian 1.2 \cs You do not.
105 cananian 1.13 \web Wanna see? \inlinesd{Lifts up her shirt; embarassed, he turns
106 cananian 1.13 away, but sneaks a glance out of the corner of his eye.}
107 cananian 1.13 \web \inlinesd{With mock annoyance:} I don't even rank as a sexual fantasy?
108 cananian 1.21 \cs 'Fraid not. Just your ordinary
109 cananian 1.2 ``nothing-can-make-a-man-rearrange-his-appointments-like-a-girl-with-enchanting-eyes''-type
110 cananian 1.2 dealie. Along with just the hint of a desire to wear things you've
111 cananian 1.13 publically remarked you find sexy, which, so far, I've been able to
112 cananian 1.2 resist.
113 cananian 1.2 \web So, just cheekbones and eyes?
114 cananian 1.2 \cs The face. Very nice.
115 cananian 1.2 \web You don't like my hips.
116 cananian 1.5 \cs It's not\ldots
117 cananian 1.5 \web You know, some people find curves attractive.
118 cananian 1.5 \cs \ldots what \textit{I} find attractive.
119 cananian 1.2 \web And that is?
120 cananian 1.2 \cs The bit that I find irresistable?
121 cananian 1.2 \web The secret to your obsession.
122 cananian 1.2 \cs I don't think I'm going to say.
123 cananian 1.5 \web Oh c'mon.
124 cananian 1.2 \cs You won't want to hear it.
125 cananian 1.2 \web Some kinky sexual thing?
126 cananian 1.2 \cs No. I'll tell you later.
127 cananian 1.2 \web No you won't.
128 cananian 1.2 \cs You're right. I probably won't.
129 cananian 1.13 \stagedir{Black out.}
130 cananian 1.2
131 cananian 1.2 \scene{Scene II} % scott-abby
132 cananian 1.2
133 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{\CS is sitting on a park bench, reading some papers for
134 cananian 1.3 work. He interrupts himself, looks at his watch. It's time for him
135 cananian 1.3 to go: he has a meeting very soon. He gathers his papers and gets
136 cananian 1.3 up; just at that moment \AB skates by, wearing headphones. \CS
137 cananian 1.3 watches her glide past.}
138 cananian 1.2 \cs \inlinesd{Softly.} I've got a crush on you, you know.
139 cananian 1.2 \ab What? \inlinesd{Taking headphones off.}
140 cananian 1.3 \cs Hey. \inlinesd{Beat.} I haven't seen you for ages.
141 cananian 1.3 \ab What are you doing?
142 cananian 1.3 \cs I've got a meeting\ldots
143 cananian 1.3 \ab You're sitting here with me.
144 cananian 1.21 \cs \inlinesd{Sits back down.} I am. Indeed.
145 cananian 1.3
146 cananian 1.3 \inlinesd{Long beat.}
147 cananian 1.3
148 cananian 1.3 It's been a long time.
149 cananian 1.3 \ab What have you been up to?
150 cananian 1.21 \cs Well\ldots \inlinesd{Thinks of something:} I ran into a good friend
151 cananian 1.3 the other day. Who I hadn't seen in for\textit{ever}. On Memorial
152 cananian 1.3 Drive, by the Charles.
153 cananian 1.3 \ab So right around here.
154 cananian 1.3 \cs Right by here. I had my nose in some papers and almost didn't see
155 cananian 1.3 her as she went skating past.
156 cananian 1.3 \ab She was skating?
157 cananian 1.3 \cs Yes, she was. She asked me what I was doing, and I actually was
158 cananian 1.3 about to leave for a meeting, but she told me I was sitting there with
159 cananian 1.3 her for a while, so I did.
160 cananian 1.3 \ab \inlinesd{Catching on.} She felt really lame for\ldots I've been
161 cananian 1.3 meaning to hang out with you for months but I've been busy being
162 cananian 1.3 someone else.
163 cananian 1.3 \cs That's exactly what she said. \inlinesd{\AB gives him a look.}
164 cananian 1.3 Was it fun?
165 cananian 1.3 \ab Being someone else? Yes, it was.
166 cananian 1.3 \cs Who exactly were you being? Did you like being\ldots
167 cananian 1.3 \ab In a play.
168 cananian 1.3 \cs Oh. \textit{Oh.}
169 cananian 1.3 \ab It's going well. The two directors are lovers, we think.
170 cananian 1.3 \cs That sounds fun. Is it a good show?
171 cananian 1.3 \ab \inlinesd{Slight pause.} It's not as good as the one you and I
172 cananian 1.3 did. But it's better than the last one you lit.
173 cananian 1.3 \cs Ok. I'll have to come see it, then.
174 cananian 1.3 \ab I'm writing a play about you.
175 cananian 1.3 \cs Really? The same one, from before?
176 cananian 1.21 \ab I don't think it's going to be finished for a while.
177 cananian 1.5 \cs You should get a giant purple hippopotamus.
178 cananian 1.5 \ab What?
179 cananian 1.21 \cs My muse. It's a giant hippopotamus---works wonders, really\ldots
180 cananian 1.23 \ab Anyway, my playwriting class likes it.
181 cananian 1.3 \cs That's cool. \inlinesd{Grins.} They didn't like the one
182 cananian 1.3 \textit{I} wrote about \textit{you}, last year.
183 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{Long pause. They look at each other.}
184 cananian 1.3 \ab It's been a long time.
185 cananian 1.3 \cs Yes. It has.
186 cananian 1.3 \ab I\ldots I don't know why it's been so long.
187 cananian 1.3
188 cananian 1.3 \inlinesd{Sincerely.} I'm glad I ran into you today.
189 cananian 1.23 \cs I've been trying hard not to pester you with invitations to go to all sorts
190 cananian 1.3 of plays and see things and whatnot. I mean, I know you're busy.
191 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{An awkward pause.}
192 cananian 1.3
193 cananian 1.3 \ab \inlinesd{Suddenly.} You want to catch ducks on the Commons, herd
194 cananian 1.3 them into the T, and then take them to Alewife?
195 cananian 1.21 \cs You've got to ask that today---\textit{now}. I'm really supposed
196 cananian 1.3 to be at a meeting right now. My advisor's going to kill me.
197 cananian 1.3 \ab You suck.
198 cananian 1.3 \cs In a half-an-hour?
199 cananian 1.3 \ab I've got rehearsal soon.
200 cananian 1.3 \cs Any other day\ldots
201 cananian 1.3 \ab You should come to the cast party.
202 cananian 1.3 \cs Your cast hates me.
203 cananian 1.3 \ab I don't think that's true.
204 cananian 1.3 \cs I've been spending too much time doing theater for money.
205 cananian 1.4 \ab And too little time doing our shows.
206 cananian 1.4
207 cananian 1.4 After spring break, then.
208 cananian 1.3 \cs That long?
209 cananian 1.21 \ab \inlinesd{Justifying. Very rational:} We open this weekend and
210 cananian 1.21 run for two weeks, and spring break's right after.
211 cananian 1.3 \cs Oh.
212 cananian 1.3 \ab After spring break. We'll screw with reality. Shake on it?
213 cananian 1.3 \cs You know\ldots \inlinesd{Looks up.}
214 cananian 1.3
215 cananian 1.3 Just drop me an email. You can say so whenever and I'll drop
216 cananian 1.3 everything I'm doing to hang with you.
217 cananian 1.3
218 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{A pause.}
219 cananian 1.3
220 cananian 1.3 \ab That's the sweetest thing anyone's said\ldots
221 cananian 1.3 \cs Hell, I'm doing so right now.
222 cananian 1.3
223 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{Another feathered pause.}
224 cananian 1.3
225 cananian 1.3 \ab I'm going to hug you. Just for that.
226 cananian 1.3
227 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{They do so; an awkward embrace that lasts for much longer
228 cananian 1.3 than a ``casual'' hug ought. After a moment, they resettle, her
229 cananian 1.3 nestling her head on his shoulder and he burying his face in her long
230 cananian 1.3 hair. \AB sniffs loudly, twice, to control the tears in her eyes.
231 cananian 1.3 Another long moment passes before they slowly untangle themselves and
232 cananian 1.3 straighten their composure. This hug was not meant to leave them so
233 cananian 1.3 bare.}
234 cananian 1.3
235 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{They stand looking at each other.}
236 cananian 1.3
237 cananian 1.3 \ab So. \inlinesd{Her voice is husky.}
238 cananian 1.3
239 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{\AB has wet eyes, but she's controlling herself. She
240 cananian 1.3 sniffles again. \CS brushes her cheek, at the place where her
241 cananian 1.3 tear-she-won't-let-fall would be. They smile.}
242 cananian 1.3
243 cananian 1.21 \ab So. After spring break. \inlinesd{Her voice cracks a bit, but
244 cananian 1.3 strengthens.} After spring break, you and I. We'll screw with
245 cananian 1.3 reality. Shake on it. \inlinesd{Puts out her hand.}
246 cananian 1.3
247 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{They shake.}
248 cananian 1.3
249 cananian 1.3 \cs After spring break.
250 cananian 1.3
251 cananian 1.3 \stagedir{He looks at his watch. Lights out.}
252 cananian 1.2
253 cananian 1.2 \scene{Scene III} % whitney-scott
254 cananian 1.2
255 cananian 1.21 \stagedir{\WEB and \CS. In a crowded IHOP. They talk loudly, and
256 cananian 1.21 people overhear. Some leave. Some stare. These other people aren't
257 cananian 1.21 actually on stage.}
258 cananian 1.2 \cs I've got a crush on you, you know.
259 cananian 1.2 \web Do you have to start \textit{every} conversation like that?
260 cananian 1.2 \cs You ever wake up in the morning just wanting to stick your dick
261 cananian 1.2 into something?
262 cananian 1.6 \web I think I prefered the statement to the question.
263 cananian 1.4 \cs I guess you wouldn't really know about the dick thing.
264 cananian 1.5 \web No, \textit{I} wake up in the morning and reach for my vibrator.
265 cananian 1.5 \cs Did I really want to know?
266 cananian 1.21 \web \inlinesd{Grins widely.} It's a Hitatchi.
267 cananian 1.5 \cs Great.
268 cananian 1.5 \web I have one shaped like a rabbit too. And a snake one from
269 cananian 1.5 Japan\ldots there's a reason snakes are considered phallic symbols.
270 cananian 1.10 \cs Is \textit{that} why you bought your python?
271 cananian 1.6 \web She makes a good trip-toy.
272 cananian 1.6 \cs There's the whole connotation-of-evil and fall-from-grace
273 cananian 1.4 thing going on, too.
274 cananian 1.6 \web Oh, \textit{I've} got pictures of a fall from grace.
275 cananian 1.4 \cs \textit{You} took pictures?
276 cananian 1.4 \web Pictures were taken.
277 cananian 1.4 \cs Ah. A bit tricky the other way.
278 cananian 1.5 \web It can be done. Ever heard of ``dildo-cam?''
279 cananian 1.4 \cs But it's not as much fun.
280 cananian 1.4 \web And how would you know?
281 cananian 1.4 \cs I've been told.
282 cananian 1.4 \web \inlinesd{Beat} You don't ever really \textit{fuck}, do you?
283 cananian 1.4 \cs \inlinesd{Beat} I'd be terrified.
284 cananian 1.21 \web But you're perfectly comfortable making snide comments about
285 cananian 1.21 other people---what was the word? Schtupping.
286 cananian 1.21 \cs Not that again. Look, I \textit{said} I was sorry.
287 cananian 1.21 \web It's just because you can't picture \textit{us} ever making love.
288 cananian 1.4 \cs No.
289 cananian 1.21 \web Well, I can't, either. It would be way too weird.
290 cananian 1.4 \cs I'd be scared to death. It wouldn't be fun.
291 cananian 1.21 \web \inlinesd{Semi-derisively:}
292 cananian 1.21 You don't seem like the whips-and-handcuffs type.
293 cananian 1.5 \cs Oh god.
294 cananian 1.5 \web Rope? Wax?
295 cananian 1.5 \cs \inlinesd{desparately} Fucking \textit{cuddling}! I'm so fucking
296 cananian 1.5 \textit{lonely}. I just want someone to \textit{love} me. To wake up
297 cananian 1.5 in the morning and be glad it's \textit{my} face they're looking at,
298 cananian 1.6 \textit{my} lips they can't wait to kiss. The
299 cananian 1.6 stick-your-dick-in-things I can deal
300 cananian 1.5 with. Cold showers and all that\ldots
301 cananian 1.4 \web And other things.
302 cananian 1.4 \cs Hey, keep it safe for the kiddies. We're not going to talk about
303 cananian 1.4 masturbation here.
304 cananian 1.4 \web Right. No mention at all.
305 cananian 1.4 \cs Nope. Not one.
306 cananian 1.4 \web But it's spring time and your most steady date is with your hand.
307 cananian 1.4 \cs That's mean. No, my most steady date is with \textit{you}.
308 cananian 1.6 \web Who has an \inlinesd{searches for a word} involvement\ldots and
309 cananian 1.6 whom you couldn't even imagine fucking.
310 cananian 1.4 \cs What can I say? I'm fucked.
311 cananian 1.4 \web Not fucked.
312 cananian 1.4 \cs Right. That's my problem.
313 cananian 1.4 \web You need to get laid.
314 cananian 1.23 \cs No, it's not just that. Really. Sexual tension I can deal with.
315 cananian 1.4 \web This is not a mention of masturbation.
316 cananian 1.4 \cs I want to be \textit{loved}. That sounds so god-damn trite.
317 cananian 1.12 \web And you're pinning all your hopes on the eluive Ms. \Ab.
318 cananian 1.12 \cs Yes. But no. \Ca\ called today.
319 cananian 1.21 \web \inlinesd{Thinking evil thoughts of exploitative sex:} Oh really?
320 cananian 1.4 \cs I'm thinking of telling her she can fly up here for spring break.
321 cananian 1.21 From Trinidad.
322 cananian 1.21 \web Oh, \textit{there's} a good idea. That won't encourage her in the least.
323 cananian 1.21 \cs She called, right? What do you think the first thing I said to
324 cananian 1.4 her was?
325 cananian 1.4 \web I've got a crush on you, you know.
326 cananian 1.4 \cs No, actually -- she said that to \textit{me}.
327 cananian 1.21 \stagedir{Cross-fade to next scene: flashback.}
328 cananian 1.2
329 cananian 1.4 \scene{Scene IV} % cathy-scott
330 cananian 1.2
331 cananian 1.23 \stagedir{A phone conversation. \CA (SL) and \CS (SR). \WEB is behind \CS,
332 cananian 1.23 but the lighting is just on \CA and \CS.}
333 cananian 1.4 \ca I've got a crush on you, you know.
334 cananian 1.6 \cs Yeah, I know.
335 cananian 1.5 \ca You do?
336 cananian 1.5 \cs Yeah.
337 cananian 1.5 \ca Really?
338 cananian 1.5 \cs Really.
339 cananian 1.5 \ca So you'll\ldots
340 cananian 1.21 \cs No, I \textit{won't} move to the Caribbean with you and raise ten
341 cananian 1.5 kids.
342 cananian 1.21 \ca What if we only had eight?
343 cananian 1.11 \cs It's really not a possibility \Ca.
344 cananian 1.11 \ca But we were meant for each other \Cs, don't you remember?
345 cananian 1.13 \cs Um\ldots
346 cananian 1.6 \ca It was the best night of my life.
347 cananian 1.6 \cs You mean---
348 cananian 1.5 \ca The night we slept together.
349 cananian 1.5 \cs You can't be serious.
350 cananian 1.6 \ca But I am! I---
351 cananian 1.23 \cs You were drunk, and we didn't finish.
352 cananian 1.5 \ca I came! I came so hard!
353 cananian 1.5 \cs You were faking it!
354 cananian 1.5 \ca It was so wonderful!
355 cananian 1.6 \cs You bruised my ribs when you sat on top of me.
356 cananian 1.5 \ca You were so good! So \textit{big}!
357 cananian 1.6 \cs I couldn't tell the clitoris from the epiglottis.
358 cananian 1.6 \ca It was the best I ever had!
359 cananian 1.21 \cs You threw up all over me. \inlinesd{Pause.} And my room smelled for
360 cananian 1.5 days.
361 cananian 1.5 \ca We should try again. You and me. We could make it work this time.
362 cananian 1.6 \cs What do you mean \textit{this} time, there was never a
363 cananian 1.5 \textit{last} time.
364 cananian 1.5 \ca We went out all year!
365 cananian 1.5 \cs You mean you showed up on my doorstep whenever you were drunk
366 cananian 1.5 until you finally dropped out.
367 cananian 1.6 \ca We were just too busy to hang out a lot.
368 cananian 1.11 \cs \Ca \ldots
369 cananian 1.6 \ca We can make it work this time, I know we can. I \textit{love} you,
370 cananian 1.11 \Cscutsy. You're the only reason I get up in the morning. I dream every
371 cananian 1.5 night of waking up next to you, of counting each of your eyelashes, of
372 cananian 1.13 kissing the spaces between your toes one by one\ldots of doing all that
373 cananian 1.5 every morning, for the rest of my life\ldots
374 cananian 1.11 \cs \Ca?
375 cananian 1.5 \ca Yeah?
376 cananian 1.5 \cs I really have to get to bed.
377 cananian 1.11 \ca Alright\ldots I wish I could lay beside you, \Cscutsy\ldots
378 cananian 1.5 \cs Goodnight.
379 cananian 1.6 \ca I love you\ldots. Goodnight\ldots
380 cananian 1.12 \stagedir{A beat. \Cs\ hangs up.}
381 cananian 1.4
382 cananian 1.4 \scene{Scene V} % another awkward abby-scott scene?
383 cananian 1.21 \stagedir{\CS and \AB. They are sitting in the middle of the Harvard bridge,
384 cananian 1.21 late at night.}
385 cananian 1.2
386 cananian 1.2 \cs I've got a crush on you, you know.
387 cananian 1.2 \ab You're not serious.
388 cananian 1.11 \cs \inlinesd{Beat.} Why are we sitting in traffic, again?
389 cananian 1.11 \ab We're fucking with reality.
390 cananian 1.11 \cs Reality's going to fuck \textit{us} if this semi has its way.
391 cananian 1.21 \ab It's going to change lanes.
392 cananian 1.11 \cs I don't think so.
393 cananian 1.11 \ab Yes it will.
394 cananian 1.11
395 cananian 1.21 \inlinesd{They stare at the approaching semi. It changes lanes. A beat.}
396 cananian 1.11
397 cananian 1.11 I think I'm a lesbian.
398 cananian 1.11 \cs Um.
399 cananian 1.11 \ab I think I've got a crush on \Cb.
400 cananian 1.11 \cs ``Cello-boy''?
401 cananian 1.11 \ab Um, yeah.
402 cananian 1.11 \cs \Web's\ldots ``new friend''.
403 cananian 1.18 \ab \inlinesd{Sigh.} Yeah.
404 cananian 1.18 \cs But he's not a woman!
405 cananian 1.18 \ab I guess I'm bi.
406 cananian 1.18 \cs What a relief.
407 cananian 1.18 \ab But I'm really not very attracted to guys at the moment.
408 cananian 1.18 \cs But\ldots
409 cananian 1.18 \ab I actually feel like being alone. I like being alone.
410 cananian 1.18 \cs But---
411 cananian 1.18 \ab Men are\ldots
412 cananian 1.18 \cs \inlinesd{Cutting her off:} But I love you!
413 cananian 1.18 \ab What?
414 cananian 1.18 \cs I love\ldots ewes. Sheep.
415 cananian 1.18 \ab That's really random.
416 cananian 1.21 \cs I thought you\ldots um, should know.
417 cananian 1.18 \ab This isn't one of those sick fetishes, is it?
418 cananian 1.18 \cs I\ldots
419 cananian 1.18 \ab That's not really \textit{you}. Why can't you just be yourself?
420 cananian 1.18 \cs Identity is a mutable construct.
421 cananian 1.18 \ab Whatever that means.
422 cananian 1.18 \cs This really isn't going well, is it.
423 cananian 1.18 \ab No, it's not. You suck.
424 cananian 1.18 \cs I. Um.
425 cananian 1.18 \ab I had a dream last night.
426 cananian 1.18 \cs I did, too.
427 cananian 1.19 \ab \Cb\ was in it. Cello-boy.
428 cananian 1.18 \cs You were in mine.
429 cananian 1.18 \ab He was standing in my doorway. And he said\ldots
430 cananian 1.18 \cs \inlinesd{Finishing her sentence, but meaning it himself:} I love
431 cananian 1.18 you.
432 cananian 1.18 \ab No. He said, ``You're the one for me. Only you. All those other
433 cananian 1.18 girls\ldots''
434 cananian 1.18 \cs Other girls?
435 cananian 1.18 \ab He had a couple of random flings. Before he met me.
436 cananian 1.18 \cs And now he's fucking \Web.
437 cananian 1.18 \ab He said\ldots
438 cananian 1.18 \cs \ldots in the dream\ldots
439 cananian 1.18 \ab \ldots all those other girls aren't for him, that it was me and
440 cananian 1.18 only me.
441 cananian 1.18 \cs Ah. \inlinesd{Down.} And then wild sex.
442 cananian 1.18 \ab \inlinesd{Grins silently, inside herself.}
443 cananian 1.18 \cs I\ldots
444 cananian 1.18 \ab It's late.
445 cananian 1.18 \cs It's late.
446 cananian 1.18 \ab You should go.
447 cananian 1.18 \cs Um, \Ab\ldots
448 cananian 1.18 \ab Yes?
449 cananian 1.18 \cs Um.
450 cananian 1.18 \ab I've got class tomorrow.
451 cananian 1.18 \cs Do you ever feel\ldots
452 cananian 1.18 \ab Morning.
453 cananian 1.18 \cs \ldots\textit{lonely?}
454 cananian 1.18 \ab Yes.
455 cananian 1.18
456 cananian 1.18 \inlinesd{She looks at him.}
457 cananian 1.18
458 cananian 1.19 Damn. How long do you think the \Cb\ and \Web\ thing will last?
459 cananian 1.18 \cs A while, I'd guess.
460 cananian 1.18 \ab 'Cause if it wasn't \textit{him}, I'd be going for \textit{her}.
461 cananian 1.18 \cs \inlinesd{Not terribly sympathetic:} Yeah. That sucks, I guess.
462 cananian 1.18 \ab Ok. I gotta go.
463 cananian 1.18 \cs Bye.
464 cananian 1.18 \ab Bye.
465 cananian 1.18 \stagedir{She leaves.}
466 cananian 1.21 \cs \inlinesd{Calling after:} Hey--- \inlinesd{Pathetic:} I've got a
467 cananian 1.21 double but my roommate is away for the weekend\ldots
468 cananian 1.18
469 cananian 1.18 \stagedir{\CS sighs. Exits. Black out.}
470 cananian 1.2
471 cananian 1.7 \scene{Scene VI} % scott-cathy.
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