Act Two, Scene One
Interior: Bar, Nate standing at table with Kiyah & Laura.
NATE
Do you remember me?
LAURA
Yeah, um, the car, right?
NATE
Yeah, that's right.
LAURA
Did you ever get that fixed or...?
NATE
Its in the shop right now.
KIYAH
Have a seat, Nate!
(She moves so he can sit next to her. Nate sits across from Laura.)
LAURA
It's not Benjamin's shop, is it?
NATE
A friend of Lucy's--
LAURA
Ugh, Benjamin!
NATE
Yeah, he seems like quite the guy.
(Door opens. Ashley, a small twenty-something Asian American, enters.)
ASHLEY
Hi guys!!!!
KIYAH
Ashley's here!
LAURA
Hi Ashley!
ASHLEY
Guess who just aced her math test?
KIYAH AND LAURA
Congratulations!
KIYAH
This calls for celebration. Drinks all around!
(Kiyah and Ashley head to the bar to order.)
LAURA
You want something?
NATE
Yeah, I could do that. You?
LAURA
Kiyah's buying for me, this round. Thanks.
(Nate stands, starts to leave, then stops.)
NATE
Laura, I saw you...
LAURA
Saw me?
NATE
Earlier today with...never mind.
(He leaves to get a drink. Kiyah and Ashley come back with drinks in hand. Kiyah carries two rum and cokes, Ashley carries one. Kiyah sets in front of Laura. Laura glances over her shoulder at Nate, ordering. She looks at Kiyah, eyebrows raised.)
KIYAH
Oh, I know. I know. Lucy lucked out in the manny selection.
LAURA
Wonder how Eddie feels about that!
ASHLEY
Wait, what are you guys talking about?
KIYAH
That's Nate. Lucy's new manny.
ASHLEY
Manny?
KIYAH
Male nanny?
(Laura stands with drink and crosses over to Nate.)
Exterior: Nate and Laura at the bar.
NATE
Hi...
LAURA
So...
NATE
So?
LAURA
You said, you saw me?
NATE
Yeah, with--
(Bartender approaches hands drink to Nate, Nate takes it, thanks him.)
You want to go find a place to talk, in private?
LAURA
Yeah, sure, I'd like that.
Interior: Backroom of bar. Nate and Laura sit together on couch.
So, you saw me?
NATE
Yeah, you were with that guy, your boyfriend--
LAURA
Ex.
NATE
You broke up?
LAURA
Just.
NATE
Oh, I'm sorry to hear about that.
LAURA
Really?
NATE
Okay, from what I saw today, maybe I'm not.
LAURA
Yeah, that's what everyone is saying.
NATE
So, what now?
LAURA
I don't know, move in with Kiyah, I guess. Be by myself, learn to love myself, appreciate being alone, you know the drill.
NATE
The drill?
LAURA
The drill. Every time you break up with someone its always, "I am just going to be by myself for awhile" and all that crap. I mean, you mean well but then something happens, someone comes along and there you are right back at the beginning.
NATE
Right back at the beginning.
LAURA
Yeah, that.
(Their eyes meet.)
So, about Nate?
NATE
About me?
LAURA
What's your story?
NATE
My story? I just moved here, new job, new life, new...beginning.
(Laura laughs.)
LAURA
Really? New beginning?
NATE
Oh yeah, really.
LAURA
You left someone behind?
NATE
No, she left me. Now she wants me back.
LAURA
Oh, lame. I feel you, man.
(She raises her glass to his, they toast.)
To dumping the assholes!
(They toast. Nate takes a sip of his drink, ponders.)
NATE
Yeah. I wouldn't call her an asshole...just confused. I mean, she's just 24, but has never had a boyfriend before so I can't really blame her for...you know, cheating on me. I mean, she hasn't had time to explore, I guess...
CLOSE UP:Laura's face, listening.
MEDIUM: Laura listening to Nate talking.
(A bell is heart ringing. Laura looks around, sees a bell medium sized on the floor before her. She looks around, Nate continues talking inaudibly, no one else notices bell. She looks at Nate. It rings louder and louder and louder. She gasps, shakes her head violently. She gets up, tries to pick bell up but it is too heavy. She starts kicking it, she hurts her foot. She starts shoving pillows inside of it. Finally the bell becomes muffled. She sits back down on couch and everything returns to normal around her.)
NATE
So, you know, I guess I'm just trying to figure out life right now, what I want, who I am. You know, the drill.
LAURA
Yeah.
(Laura gulps down a big sip of her drink.)
The drill.
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