..the confession..

(Night. Sounds of a rainstorm. A KNOCK. Pause. Another longer KNOCK. A light flips on, revealing a studio apartment. This girl enters tying a robe. She crosses to the door, opens it. There stands a very wet This guy.)

This guy: Hey.

This girl (yawning): Hey...

(Pause.)

This girl : Come in, come in.

(This guy comes in. This girl closes the door.)

This guy: Um, listen ... I’m thinking ...

This girl : Yes?

This guy: I’m thinking. About earlier tonight.

This girl : At the movie?

This guy: In the car.

This girl : Oh.

This guy: Yeah. I’m thinking about ... about what you said.

This girl : Oh.

This guy: You see, I haven’t ... haven’t ... uh ...

This girl : You haven’t?

This guy: No. Not yet anyway.

This girl : How old are you?

This guy: Twenty ...

This girl : Oh, well then–

This guy: –Twenty two.

This girl : –that’s ... sorry?

This guy: Twenty four.

This girl : You’re twenty four?

This guy: Yes.

This girl : Okay. It’s okay. It doesn’t mean anything. I–

This guy: Twenty five.

(Pause.)

This girl : How old are you?

(Pause.)

This guy: Twenty ...six.

This girl : And you’ve never ...?

This guy: No. Well, like I said, not yet.

This girl : Like you said.

This guy: So, anyway, I’m thinking, right? About earlier. In the car. And how I freaked out–

This girl : You didn’t freak out–

This guy: Yes. Yes I did. And I’m sorry. But now you know why.

(Pause.)

This guy: So ... so I just wanted to tell you that. I’m sure you’ve got ... things ... to do, so I’ll–

This girl : Listen...

This guy: No, no, you’re a busy girl. Lots of ... things. Sleep, for instance. You really should sleep. So I’m going. So you can get back to your sleep and ...

(This girl walks up to this guy, puts her hand on his cheek.)

This guy: Because ... because it’s not right ... keeping you ... up ...

(They kiss.)

This girl : Hey... Two things. One – I wouldn’t care if you were forty eight. Well, I’d care, but not about you still being ... and Two – you drove an hour in a thunderstorm to tell me that you’re thinking. So exactly what are you thinking about?

This guy: I’m thinking I’d really like to. With you. ...Right now.

(This girl laughs.)

This guy: What?

This girl : “Great Minds ...”, (Pause.) “Great Minds ...”

(This guy thinks for a second, then laughs. This girl leads him off. Lights dim. End of scene.)

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:miss u a lot, d