Cast:
Boy - teenaged boy.
Girl - teenaged girl.
Setting:
Girl's backyard, in the trees behind her house.
Time:
Midnight.
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(BOY walks in, looks up at the house; he bends down and picks up a handful of pebbles tossing them up at GIRL's window. She appears, beaming when she sees him. She disappears, reappearing out of a door and flinging herself into his arms.)
Boy: (smiling) Well, hi, there.
Girl: Hi, yourself.
(They walk downstage, into the cover of trees.)
Boy: (uncomfortable) I don't want to be here, you know.
Girl: (Girl's face falls.)
I should have known.
(She sighs, sitting down beneath a tree. He stares down at her, confused.)
It's all my fault, isn't it? I wasn't supposed to get attached, but I did.
Boy: No... it's...
Girl: (angrily) You said you never loved her. You said the only thing you liked about her was looks. You said...
(Starts choking up, voice breaking.)
You said you loved me.
Boy: I lied.
Girl: (thoughtfully) They never told me how hard it was.
Boy: Don't you want to know what happened? What I'm doing here?
Girl: They said it was going to be difficult, but they never mentioned this.
Boy: (frustrated) What are you talking about?
Girl: Helping someone cheat. It's supposed to be easier than this.
Boy: (Begins to pace, hands in his hair.)
God!
Girl: You can't handle a real relationship, can you? You only want someone to fool around with, don't you?
Boy: (Stops pacing.)
Jesus Christ! This is not about fooling around!
Girl: Isn't it? You took advantage of me.
Boy: (He collapses next to her, head in his hands.)
(mumbling) It sounds bad when you say it.
Girl: It doesn't sound bad when you think it?
Boy: No. It's so much easier when you can justify it to yourself.
Girl: (She sighs heavily.)
So, what are you going to do?
Boy: What choices do I have?
Girl: If you don't know, I'm not going to be the one to tell you.
(Boy looks at his hands; Girl looks at the stars. He puts his head on her shoulder. She looks down at him before taking his hand.)
What is this affair even about?
Boy: Everyone needs someone sometimes.
Girl: Sure, but I need commitment from that someone, not this undercover crap.
(Shakes her head in disbelief.)
Boy: (Boy takes his head off her shoulder and looks at her sincerely.)
I can give you that.
Girl: You're not ready for that. You couldn't do it for her; you can't do it for me.
Boy: Then why are you still holding my hand?
Girl: (desperately) I don't know.
Boy: I may not be much, but I can give you what you want. I'd be the perfect boyfriend. You know that.
Girl: (She looks down at the ground, crying.)
What do you even know about me?
Boy: Enough.
Girl: (frustrated) What's enough?
Boy: I know you cry when your mom leaves. I know you believe in ghosts, and you love John Mayer, and your bedroom smells like -
Girl: Stop.
Boy: Why?
Girl: I don't even know who you are. I don't think I ever did.
Boy: So get to know me. Would there be any problem with that? We could start all over. Just us. No one else.
Girl: (shaking her head) You don't mean that.
(She gets up, dusts herself off, and walks back towards her house.)
Boy: I - wait!
(He stands up, but she shakes her head, holding up a hand for him to stop.)
Girl: I don't need you.
(SHE goes back inside.)
Boy: (to himself) I come here to end it with her, and she ends it with me.
(Laughs humorlessly.)
Unbelievable.
(He looks up at her window before he exits.)
FINIS
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