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    OGRAPHY

    Kenneth

    Lonergant

    work

    has

    been

    performed

    n

    New

    yorii

    ,, r

    akedAngels,

    Atlantic

    Theatre

    Company,

    Circle

    Rep.,

    playwrighri

    orizons,

    Manhattan

    Punchline

    and

    the HB

    Playwrighrs

    oundariorr,

    London,

    at The

    Royal

    Court

    Theatre

    and

    The Bridge

    Lane;

    and irr

    rs

    Angeles

    at The

    Coast

    Playhouse.

    e is

    a member

    of Naked

    Ang,..l.,

    s s also

    a screenwriter .

    {IGINAL

    PRODUCTION

    Betrayed

    by Eueryone

    was

    produced

    by Act

    One in

    association

    with

    Showt ime

    Networks

    Inc. ,

    Paramount

    Network

    Television,

    Viacom

    Productions

    and

    Grammnet

    productions

    for

    Act One

    '95:

    A Festiual

    of

    Neu.,

    One-Act

    Plays, at

    The

    Met

    Theatre

    in Los

    Angeles,

    CA in

    April 1995.

    It

    was

    directed

    by

    Frank Pugliese

    with the

    following

    cast:

    \(arren

    .Mark

    Ruffalo

    Jessica. . . . , . . . . . .

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ria

    avia

    IARACTERS

    \TARREN,

    young

    man,

    around

    nineteen

    or fwenty

    JESSICA,

    youngwoman

    around he

    same

    ge

    I-TING

    A small

    aparrmenr

    n the

    Upper

    -West

    ideof

    Manhattan.

    KENNETH

    LONERGAN

    BETRAYED

    BY EVERYONE

    I3 '

    Betrayed

    By

    Everyone

    A

    smalt

    pitlbox

    ttPartment

    on

    the

    Llp?er

    West

    Sid'e

    af-Manhattan'

    forrishri

    scantily-lt,td

    arbitarily'

    In iie

    co'n"

    is

    a d'ffii

    lsag

    and

    a

    "cardboarl

    bo,

    fi,ll

    of

    anrique

    ioys'

    lt is

    afer

    midtt.ight

    ou

    a

    Fridn4'

    Tiafic

    nois,:s

    in

    be hrard

    out

    ilte windou'

    V/arren

    hns

    ust

    opened

    he

    door

    for

    Jexica'

    He

    is nineteen

    or twenty'

    He

    u'eAts

    enaftnous

    Prints'

    Hi-np

    snrahrrs

    arttl

    hair

    cttt

    short'

    uery

    rtcently

    *

    prcbab 1.for

    tl

    fi1st

    tinte'in yurs' Jessica

    s

    tlse sarne

    lge,

    weyt-ng.heauy*.but

    effectiul

    malttup,

    dresser/

    tt big

    shoes

    nd

    n

    t'ight

    liule^dress'

    They

    are good-

    hobirtg

    hids,

    but

    thE"would

    both

    look

    bener

    if tbry

    eased

    up

    on tbeit'

    personal

    srylc,

    a litrle.

    \vARRENT

    ow

    you

    doin,

    Jessica?

    ou're

    ooking

    very automaied

    tonight'

    JIssiCA:

    Vhat

    is

    that

    supposed

    o

    mean?

    vARRF.N:

    othing^

    lt's

    just

    a

    fashion

    concePt'

    l0sStCA:

    #hat?

    wARREN:

    m

    -

    Nothing.

    Do

    you

    want

    to

    come

    in?

    (She

    takes

    a

    iw

    steps

    nto

    the roorn')

    JEsslCA: ey. 'rX/here s everybody?

    w.ARREN:

    irey

    just

    went to

    get

    drugs'

    They'll

    be

    right

    back'

    JESsICA:

    fell

    -

    what

    do you

    rnean?

    How

    long

    are hey

    gonna

    be gone?

    viARREN:

    dont

    know.

    Twenry

    minutes?

    JEsSICA:

    Wetri,

    how

    far

    did

    they

    liave

    to

    go?

    VARREN:

    The

    East

    80s?

    IESSICA:

    K

    ...

    I dont

    mean

    to be

    paranoid'

    I

    just

    don't

    vrant

    to be

    the

    victim

    of some

    teenage

    matchmaking

    scheme'

    WARREN:

    cted.

    ;rssrce,

    You

    know?

    If I'm

    gonna

    get

    st

    uP'

    I'rn gonna

    do

    it myself'

    I

    dont

    need

    anybodls

    help gerting

    fucked'

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    VARR-EN:

    flell nobodys

    setting

    you up and nobody

    wants

    to firck

    y,,,,,

    so calm down.

    IEsstcA:

    Oh you can'rseewhy I

    would

    think that?

    VARR-EN:dont know or care

    what

    you

    Fuckin' hink,

    Jessica.

    'm

    i,r. r

    staying here becausemy Dad threw me out of

    the horise. Bur

    '.r,,,

    hc,me. tt.fine with me.

    JESslcA:

    K . . . Sorry.

    {She

    cornes

    n.) You

    probably

    think I 'm l i l

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    JESSICA:

    eah. I

    dont

    really

    take advanrage

    of

    the

    ciryt

    facilides

    at

    :rll"

    and

    it

    just

    seems ike such a total waste

    ...

    vARREN: Yeah.

    I mean ...

    yeah.

    (Pause.)

    JESSICA:

    ey, is

    there anything to drink here? I ve

    gor rhis really b.r.i

    taste n my mouth.

    \X/ARREN:

    Gex

    up.) I think

    there's ome water ...

    JESSICA:

    Starts

    to

    get

    up.) l'll

    get

    it

    ...

    \IrARREN:

    That's all righc.

    "Chivalry

    is not

    dead. hjust smells unny."

    (She

    does

    not

    know ltow to

    resltond

    n th^

    afiem?t at humor He exits.

    \lr

    chrchsher hair. He returns with a glassofwater which he brings to /tn:)

    JEsSICA:

    hanks

    a

    lot.

    (She

    drinhs.)

    God, I was so thirsry.

    (He

    sits

    down again, nxt to her, instead

    of across he

    room.

    But

    1,,

    doesrit

    looh

    at her

    or say anything and it is

    nnking them botJt

    ;"'t

    t,

    nerTtotts.

    he

    gets

    up, Ioohsat tbe

    photograpbs on the uall.)

    i[,sslLA:

    So who are all thesephotos oP Are

    yor on rhis u'all?

    (ARRLN:

    Yeah, 'm represented.

    lF.sslCA:

    od, your friend Dennis is

    sahanclsorne ..

    \XTARREN:ou think?

    jESSICA:

    h my God,

    are you kicl ding? s thi s

    f)ennis as a babyl \7hri

    ,'

    tough littie

    guy

    with a litrle football

    helmer.

    \X/ARREN: guess.

    IESSICA: ey, is that his lvlom? She'sbeautiflul ..

    \vARR-F.N:

    tk an

    incredibly

    attractive family.

    JESSTLTA:\X/har

    oes she do?

    \v,/ARRnN:

    m ...

    She's

    ike

    a big ciry social

    w'orker administ i 'ator,, i

    some kind

    ... She's lways ike, install ing

    swimming pools

    or rlr, .

    Poor

    or somerhing.

    JESSICA:

    X/hat?

    witRREN:

    Nothing. She runs these

    programs for

    rhe ciry governrnrnr,,'

    something.

    She

    ike

    dcsignssocial work

    programs fr:r homeless .,i,1,,

    and kids with AIDS

    and stuff like that.

    But she's fuckin'

    psychr,

    JESSICA:

    fhy

    do you say hat?

    Just

    because he'sa socialworker?

    v'ARREN:

    o

    -.

    because f her behavior.

    JI,SSICA:

    hy?

    Vhat doesshe

    do?

    'wARRL.N:

    I don't know.

    She's

    ust

    reallv striderit.

    She's ike a

    bleedj:ri

    heart dominatrix, with like

    a hairdo. She

    *

    \

    C

    u

    er app ng dia logue.)

    IESSIC-d:

    Bleeding

    heart?"

    \TARREN: I

    don't know Yeahl

    (End

    oue lapp rzg dia lo

    gue.)

    138 KENNETH LoNERGAN

    lEssIcA:

    7hat are you

    like a big Republican

    or something?

    vARREN:Not

    at

    all. I'm a total

    Democrat.

    I

    just

    *

    llisSICA:

    So why do you sal thar

    about

    her?

    \TARREN: ecause hat's

    what she's ihe.I

    dont

    know.

    Idoit

    really care'

    M"yb.

    she's

    eally nice.

    I dont

    really want

    to

    get

    into an argurnent

    about it.

    ItiSslCA:

    No, itt

    just

    -

    my

    sister's

    a social

    worket

    and I

    really -

    rARREN: didnt say

    anything

    aboutyour

    sister.

    ItiSslCA:

    know you

    didn't.

    I just-

    I

    hnou-butl|ust

    think

    it's ike

    a

    really

    good

    hing to

    do

    with

    your

    ife and

    Ij-OK,l hnout. l

    just

    admirepeople

    who

    dedicate hemselves

    like

    that, and

    -

    lvARRrN:

    So do

    L

    'What

    she

    does s fine.

    It's

    iust

    how

    she li.

    I rhink

    it's

    totally brave o

    do that

    kind of

    work. Unless

    you're

    ust

    ..

    J1:SSIC,{:nlesswhat?

    VARREN:Unless you

    just

    have no

    sense f

    people.

    No

    -

    Like if your

    mission

    overrides

    your

    -

    actual

    moral opinion,

    but -

    forget

    it.

    It's

    .

    not

    -

    l t doesn' t

    mat(er.

    wARREN: didnt know you had

    a

    sister.

    And

    I was

    not attempting

    to vilify the

    entire

    social

    worker

    communiryl

    l

    : .

    (Silence.

    She

    goes to

    tbe corner

    where

    Warren\ stuf

    is piled

    up.

    She

    "t

    ,

    Ioohs n the cardboard

    box.\

    ll' lsslcA:

    jl right. I certainly

    didnt

    mean to offend

    you"

    VARREN:'m not offended.

    II..SSICA:

    ey

    -

    what's this

    stuff?

    '

    w

    RREN: hose are

    ust

    some

    of

    my belongings

    ' :

    .

    ;t,sstCa:

    /hat are these?

    1

    'JunRREN:

    ti

    iust

    some uckin'shit.

    I t ,sslCA:

    'hat are

    hese,

    ike antiqt

    .

    VARREN:

    m,

    for the

    most

    part

    .. .

    :.; U.sslca:

    hese are

    really cool

    I/ARREN:You think?

    FisslcA:

    Yeah, they

    remind

    me of the

    stuff my brothers

    had when

    I

    was

    a

    little

    kid.

    I always

    wanted to

    play with

    their toys

    and they

    were

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    like,

    "Go

    play

    with

    dolls,

    you

    litde

    bitch."

    And

    I

    was

    like,,l;u,

    l

    yot'

    I

    loue

    old

    toys.

    \flARR-EN:

    have

    a fair

    amount

    of this

    kind

    of

    thing.

    JESSICA:

    o

    you

    know

    how

    many

    toys

    I

    had

    _

    i

    -."n

    how

    muclr,

    ,, r

    the

    stuffI

    had

    when

    I

    was

    little,

    i

    wish

    I

    had

    now?

    Like,

    I

    think,,i

    some

    of

    those

    toys

    and

    I

    just

    look

    back

    on

    them

    with

    this

    1ot4.i,,1,

    . . .

    You

    know?

    \O\RRLN:

    Definirely.

    JESSICA: ho are rheseguys?

    TVARREN:

    That's

    my

    Major

    Matt

    Mason

    collecrion.

    you

    know

    M:rjur

    Matt

    Mason?

    (She

    shahes

    her

    bead.)

    V.ARREN:

    ome

    on.

    Major

    Matt

    Mason

    _

    when

    \4,

    were

    kids.

    He ,i

    spaceman,

    and

    he

    has

    these

    helmets,

    aw

    he's

    the

    besr.

    I

    havr

    ,r

    complete

    set,

    all

    in

    prime

    condirion.

    JESSICA:

    eally

    cool"

    \TARREN:

    nd

    rhis

    is my

    amazing

    toasrer.

    .Toaster

    Amazing;,,

    I

    cali rr.

    Come

    here

    and

    look

    at

    this.

    it's

    .."tty

    ,o*.,frirrg.

    (She

    oohs.\

    *ARREN: 'eah' G.E. made nnly like a

    few

    hundred

    of this

    mocrel

    ike

    iu

    the

    '50s,

    and

    rhen

    they

    recalled

    them

    because

    hey

    were

    likc

    explodin_g

    n

    peoplet

    kitchens

    at

    breakfast

    and

    burning

    d"*"

    .rr.iu.

    foT"r'

    So

    only

    a few

    hundred

    actually

    exist.

    I

    go,

    o.-r,.

    rom

    this

    dealer

    know

    in

    Seattle

    and

    he

    had,

    no

    de,

    *hat

    f,"

    *".

    ,.lling

    ;; .

    IF.SSICA:

    uh.

    vARREN:

    I

    have

    made

    toasr

    with

    it

    and

    nothing

    bad

    has

    happened

    to

    me.

    Bur

    I

    don'r

    really

    use

    it

    too

    much

    becairse

    t really

    j.pr..i"r.,

    in.value.

    But

    itt

    grear

    ro

    know

    I

    have

    one

    of

    ,h"

    orrly'orr.,

    ln

    exlstence.

    JESSICA:

    o

    you're

    really

    nto

    collecdng,

    huhl

    vARRiN: Not really.Nor much.

    Just

    stuffI

    like.

    JESSICA:

    flhatt

    your

    favorite

    thing

    in

    this

    collection?

    \x/ARREN:.Definitely

    my

    lVrigley

    Field

    Opening

    Day

    baseball

    cap

    my

    grandfather

    gave

    me.

    No

    contest.

    JESSIc)I:

    Whatt

    that?

    (W'anen

    tahes

    out

    an

    andent

    blue

    and

    white

    baseball

    cap.)

    \(/ARR'EN:

    his

    is

    a real

    collectors'

    item,

    rike

    an

    amazingcoflectors,

    irem,

    actually.

    My

    Moms

    Dad

    gor

    it

    the

    6rst

    day

    at

    Wiigley

    Field

    when

    he

    was

    totally

    like

    a little

    kid,

    in

    tgt4.

    (/essica

    reads

    uthat's

    embroidered

    on

    the

    cap.)

    140

    KENNETH

    LoNERGAN

    iin

    a

    JfiSsICA:

    \(rigley

    Field,

    Home

    of the

    Chicago

    (

    hl':r,

    (

    )l'r'tirill' I

    lrv

    "

    (Reads

    of the

    other

    sidz")

    "Tiue

    Value."

    wARREN:

    Tiue

    Value

    Hardware,

    all ight.

    (She

    puts the

    hat

    on.)

    $flARREN:

    ooks

    good,

    Jessica

    ..

    JFSSIC,c:

    o...are

    your

    Parents

    divorced?

    \rARREN:

    Yeah.

    'ihey

    got

    divorced

    a while

    after

    my

    sister

    died'

    And

    then

    my

    Mom

    moved

    to

    San

    Diego.

    IEssICA:

    God,

    so

    why

    dont

    you

    go

    stay

    with her?

    That's supposed

    to be

    Pfetry

    nice.

    (Sht

    talrut

    he

    hat offand

    ualhs

    arotmd

    the room.)

    VARREN:

    well,

    I dont

    parricularly

    wanr ro

    live

    in california,

    for one

    thing.

    JESSICA:

    fhy

    not?

    v'ARREN:

    "."rrs.

    of the

    people

    in

    it. Plus

    my

    Mom

    lives

    with

    he r

    bofriend

    ...

    and

    anFvay'

    she's

    ind

    of freaked

    out

    generally'

    So

    it's

    kind

    oftough

    to be

    around

    her

    for very

    long

    at one stretch'

    JESSICA:

    Why?

    Because

    f your

    sister?

    'WARREN:

    guess"

    JESSICA:{hat

    did

    your

    sister

    die

    of}

    \fARREN:

    Um

    *

    she

    was murdered.

    JESSICA:

    h

    my

    God,

    is that

    tnre?

    IrARREN:

    No,

    that's

    ust

    a little

    joke

    we

    have about

    it in

    the

    family'

    JESsICA:1What?

    \(/ARRLN:

    eah

    ir's true.

    JESSICA:

    'm

    sorry:

    I didnt

    mean,

    "ls

    that true?"

    I

    just

    meant

    .' '

    Yo u

    know,

    "Oh

    my

    God."

    l{ow

    old

    were

    You?

    \fARREN:

    Ten.

    IESSICA:

    'S?'ow.

    How

    did

    it

    happen?

    Do

    you

    mind

    talking

    about

    it

    "

    ?

    'v/ARREN:

    Not

    really.

    Do

    you

    want

    any

    pot?

    (He

    pichs

    up halfa

    joint')

    JESSICA:o,

    no thanks.

    But

    you

    go

    ahead.

    'WARREN:

    m

    -

    That's

    all

    right'

    (He

    puts dourz

    the

    oint')

    JESstcA:

    o

    what

    happened?

    That

    is so

    horrible.

    \{/ARREN:

    -,

    tothl.tg.

    She

    was going

    out

    vrith

    this guy

    named

    Ju'lian'

    .who

    she

    was

    living

    with.

    And

    my

    parenrs

    were

    Lind of

    freaked

    out

    that

    she

    was

    living

    with this

    guy

    because'she

    was

    only

    nineteen'

    and

    he

    was

    much

    older.

    And

    my Dad

    was like,

    "I'll

    pay

    for you

    to

    live

    in

    your

    own

    apartment

    if you

    iusr

    don't

    live

    with

    Julian"'

    So

    ,ft..

    n

    iot

    of

    fights

    and stuff

    she

    basically

    agreed'

    And

    then

    she

    went

    home,

    ostensibly

    to tell

    Julian,

    and

    as far

    as anybody

    knows,

    they

    had

    some

    tremendous

    argument,

    at which

    poinr

    it

    wa s

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    h*r

    rc w,r"^

    crually

    ike

    really

    ut

    of his

    mind.

    so

    rh.' r*

    rr

    rlrirrp

    ve

    kncw,

    was

    home

    with

    my

    Mom

    and

    the

    doorbell ,rrr1r,

    aricl

    got rhe

    door,

    and

    t was

    hese

    wo

    police

    derectiv.s.

    n.l ,1,,

    i

    askcd

    o

    speak

    o my

    Mom,

    and

    I

    was

    nvited

    to

    leave

    he r,u,r,,,

    and

    then

    rhey

    old

    my

    Mom

    thar

    my

    sister

    had

    been

    murderecl

    rr,,[

    they

    needed

    her

    ro come

    denti&

    the

    bodv.

    JESSIC.A:

    h

    my

    God.

    \ fARREN:

    o...

    JESSICA:ll just becauseshe was gonna move our?

    vARRIN:

    No,

    because

    he

    guy

    was

    crazy.

    mean

    I'm

    sure

    that

    was

    tlr,

    issue

    at hand, t:w

    nobody

    really

    knows,

    because

    JEsstCA:

    ur

    l ike.. .

    Did

    he

    like.. .

    I

    mean,

    do

    yo,,

    th ink

    it w.r. ,

    premedirated,

    r. . .

    VARR-EN:

    really

    dont

    know.

    jEsstcA:

    Well I

    mean,

    did

    he

    go

    ro.iail?

    Or

    did he

    usr

    _

    \x/ARREN:

    m,

    no.

    He

    just

    vanished.

    They

    rhink

    he

    like,

    f led t l ; , ,

    counrry,

    bur

    rhey

    don' t

    real ly

    know.

    The

    police

    said i t

    w,i , ,

    definitely

    him

    that

    did

    it,

    but

    unforrunately

    they

    were

    too

    firckirr'

    stupid

    to

    ever

    find

    him.

    So

    as ar

    as

    we

    know,

    he

    tasically

    like,

    jusr.

    basicallygor away with it .

    JESSICA:

    fow...

    \vARRiN:

    Ary*"y,

    so

    nor

    long

    after

    that

    my

    Mom

    just

    couldn,r

    take

    it, I

    guess,

    ou

    know,

    just

    being

    around

    the

    house,

    so

    she

    moved

    away"

    and

    then

    I

    guess

    hey

    eventually

    gor a

    divorce

    and

    .".

    thatk

    prerry

    much

    it .

    JEsstcA:

    That

    is

    so horrible

    .. .

    Nothing

    like

    that

    has

    ever

    happened

    to rne

    V/,ARREN:

    would

    hope

    not.

    JESSICA:

    once

    saw

    a woman

    ger

    her

    leg

    cut

    off

    by

    a

    bus .

    \X/ARREN:

    h

    Yeah?

    JESSICA:

    eah.

    r was

    really

    horrible.

    I

    mean,

    it was

    really

    .. .

    VARREN: flas it

    somebody

    you

    knew?

    JESSICA:

    o

    no.

    \x/ARREN:

    Did

    she

    die?

    JESSICA:

    m, yeah.

    TvARREN:

    Where

    were

    you?

    Were

    you

    right

    there?

    JESSICA:

    eah.

    was

    son

    of

    holding

    her

    hand

    when

    she

    died.

    \''ARREN:'W'hen

    was

    rhis?

    JESSICA:

    wo

    years

    ago.

    '\x/ARREN:

    So

    what

    happened?

    Vas

    it the

    driver,s

    fault,

    or

    was

    it

    iusr

    _

    JESSICA:

    f'ell

    - Is

    this

    too

    morbid?

    142

    KENNETH

    LoNERcAN

    :

    WARREN:

    ot at all.

    ilisstca:

    Well,

    OK, see,

    hat's

    the

    weird thing.

    Because

    the

    day this

    happened,

    was

    out

    iooking

    for a cowboy

    hat

    -. .

    WARRTN:

    flhat?

    illisstcer

    I wanted

    to

    buy a

    cowboy

    hat,

    but

    i didnt

    know

    where

    to get

    ,

    one,

    so I

    was

    just

    walking

    down

    Broadwan

    looking

    in store

    .:

    windows

    .. .

    r

    Vf,mnBN:

    Yeah?

    ';,

    lrsstca:

    And then this bus went by me, and I sawthe bus driver was

    i"'' wearing

    his

    really

    nice

    cowboy

    hat.

    So

    was

    ooking

    at him,

    and

    he

    waved

    at

    me. And

    he

    was kind

    of cute,

    so

    I kind

    of waveci

    back,

    and that's

    when

    he

    hit this

    wofiran.

    \(/ARREN:

    hoa.

    IESSICA:

    ut

    when the

    cops

    came

    and they

    asked

    me

    if I saw

    what

    happened,

    the

    bus driver

    and

    I

    just

    sort

    of looked

    at each

    other'

    but

    I didnt

    say anything'

    I

    mean

    I

    just

    said

    I thought

    it was

    an

    accident.

    WARRFIN:

    luh.

    JESSICA:

    ut

    when

    I went

    home and

    told

    my

    family

    about

    it,

    you

    know,

    I didn't

    say

    anything

    about

    the guy

    waving at me' You,know'

    Because

    thought

    they

    would

    think

    it

    was

    my fault"

    Vhich

    it

    ". '

    you

    know

    which

    I

    think

    it was.

    But

    then I

    finally

    decided

    to tell

    my

    mother

    about

    it.

    And

    she

    was so

    nice about

    it - she

    was

    just

    like,

    "You

    didnt do

    it,

    it was

    an accident

    ...

    "

    But

    when

    I asked

    her

    if

    I should

    say

    something

    to the

    police,

    she

    was

    like,

    "Well,

    you

    should

    really

    think abour

    that.

    Because ou

    could

    really

    destroy

    he

    guy's

    whole

    life,

    and

    you

    shoutrd

    really

    think

    about

    whether

    you

    want to

    do that

    or

    not."

    'IqARREN:

    fhat?

    JESSICA:

    'ell

    -

    \wARREN:

    ut

    I

    mean -

    that gLry

    should

    be

    exterminated'

    JESSICA:

    hat

    is r arrogantl

    V'ARREN:

    How

    so?

    iESSICA:

    7hat

    are

    you saying,

    you

    know youwortld

    have

    told

    the copr

    right

    away?

    vannnN:

    Nor

    at

    all

    I'm sure

    you

    wre

    in a

    very difficult

    position'

    But

    I

    do

    think

    if

    you're

    driving

    a

    fucking

    bus,

    you

    shouldn't

    be

    waving

    ar

    chicks

    tr have

    no

    idea

    what course

    of action

    I would

    actuaiiy

    teiir'.

    but

    regardiess

    ofthat,

    the guy

    deserves

    o fry.

    BETRAYED

    BY EVERYONIT

    l . i

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    lt

    \rt(.nj

    Wcll, anyway

    ... I didn't

    know

    what

    to do.

    So finally I

    c:rli,.rl

    thc

    bus

    company and

    got the

    guyt phone

    number,

    and I

    cell.,l

    him

    - I acrually

    called

    him ar home.

    I'm

    not

    sure what I wanterl

    tir

    say,

    but I really

    elt like I

    had to

    talk to

    him, or ask

    him

    abour ir, or

    something. But when

    he picked

    up, I

    don'r know,

    I couldn'r

    r.it.

    anything

    - like I

    jusr

    froze.

    So I

    just

    hung

    up.

    (Pause.)

    ut I

    mr:urr

    think

    about

    thar accident

    like

    euery

    day. I

    mean it compler,'|1.

    haunts

    me,

    and I'm

    sure my whole

    personaliq'

    is differenr

    n,,*

    because

    of

    it.

    Because

    why

    shouldn't

    have

    told the

    police wh:rr

    happened?

    You know?

    He's the one who ran her over because r,.

    was looking

    at me. And

    I'm

    rhe only

    one who

    knows that.

    So r.n;lrr,

    didn't anybody

    just,

    like,

    encourage

    me

    to

    jusr

    say whar

    happetrJ,,

    You

    know?

    \Y/ARRLN:

    dont know

    J[,sstCA:

    ou

    know?

    So any.rv'ay,

    ince

    then lve

    really realized

    you

    jr:,:r

    gotta make

    youi

    own decisions,

    and make it

    your

    own business ,.,

    make sure you're

    covered.

    You

    know what

    I mean?

    \c'ARREN:

    ell, it 's

    definitely

    an advantage.

    mean

    ... ir's

    sornethic,l

    you can

    always

    fal l back

    c ln,

    no marrer

    whar

    the spec i f i .

    circumstances

    re .

    JESsICA:

    eah .. ArI*"y.

    Leti

    change

    he subject.

    $TA.RREN:

    ll right.

    (Jessica

    ooks

    out the uindow.)

    JESSICA:

    he

    Wild City.

    (A

    moment.)

    Hey,

    you wanr

    ro put

    on some rnusicl

    \x/AR.REN:

    Getting

    up.)

    Sure. These

    are my

    aurhenric

    firsr

    release

    60;

    albums,

    all in

    perfect

    condition.

    Got the whole

    thing

    here:

    Early

    Mothers,

    Captain

    Beefhearr,

    Herman's

    Herrnits,

    everyrhing.

    (I.l/

    puts on

    a slou

    ballad.)

    JEsslCA:

    h. OK.

    Goes or

    rhe

    slow song.

    get

    it.

    \TARREN: f

    course.

    Care for

    a spin?

    JESSICA:

    K.

    i'm

    game.

    (He

    holds out

    his hdndt.

    Shestarts

    o take them.)

    JESSICq.:

    ait.

    (She

    ets

    go.) I ve

    gor a hair

    in my

    mouth.

    (.She

    xnlcys

    the

    hair

    fom

    her

    mouth,

    shakes

    t

    off her

    fnger

    and

    pz.its

    her hands bacleup. 7-heydance, not entirely gratelessly)

    \TARREN:'m

    definitely

    into

    actual

    dancing.

    JESsICA:

    eah

    I

    think our

    generarion

    def inirely

    rnissed

    our in

    rh e

    dancing departmenr.

    \x/ARREN:eah

    ... I

    guess ike,

    whoever

    rhe

    genius was who

    decided you

    didnt need

    rzps

    should have

    come

    up with

    somerhing

    else nstead.

    14.4 KENNE'rH

    LoNERcAN

    rf

    lSSlCA:

    eah,

    right?

    (He

    dips

    her')

    T' ttiss'ca,

    heck

    him

    out.

    Mr'

    Dip'

    ':j

    *n*t'

    Um

    -

    Listen.

    goma

    ay

    I

    find

    you

    ncredibly

    ttractivc

    -.

    Jh.SSICA:

    elax,

    will

    You?

    -;t,

    ***.*,

    So

    listen:

    \ifould

    you

    be

    mortally

    offended

    if

    I kissed

    you

    for

    '

    iust

    a

    second?

    ilissica:

    Well,

    I mean,

    what's

    the

    rush?

    :

    ;;;;,

    *;'";h-

    Id

    just

    ike

    o

    get

    id

    of

    this

    knot

    in

    mv

    stomach'

    tr.s$cotOh,

    sure,

    mean

    -

    whatever's

    xpedient'

    a

    -

    t. L l- r-

    -^ ."

    - , - - ",

    L

    ti,

    h;ira

    her'

    She

    hisses

    ach'

    It geti

    'ery

    heauyuery

    ast'

    until she

    tt

    '11

    breaks

    away.)

    i'

    ,u*,ot

    They

    re

    gonna

    walk

    in

    and

    I'm

    gonna

    be

    really

    embarrassed'

    \7ARRF.N:

    eah

    me

    too.

    (She

    akes

    a.few

    stePs

    way'\

    IESSICA:

    o

    .. .

    do

    you

    like

    nre,

    Warren'

    or

    what i

    : \ilARREN:

    Of

    course

    I do'

    Cant

    You

    tell?

    '

    il;;,

    I d.n't

    know.

    Maybe

    you

    i.u.st

    Idont

    knoq

    maybe

    you

    just

    .

    want

    to

    mess

    ".o.r.,1

    o,

    ,o*tihi"g'

    (Urrconsciousfu

    he

    picbs

    up

    the

    ',

    baseball

    cap

    and

    toys

    t''ith

    ir')

    Y/ARREN:

    m,

    I do.

    Andl

    l ike

    you.

    I completeiy

    enjoy

    talking

    to

    ,

    you' . .

    txstca:

    Vell,

    which

    would you prefer f you had to choose?

    ;;;^'

    it-t;t

    rvould

    d.pt'ld

    on

    which

    one

    r'r'e'd

    already

    been

    doing

    . more

    or.

    lsssrca'

    nif

    right.

    I'm

    sorry'

    Pay

    no

    attention'

    I'm

    iust

    being

    weird'

    (Pause.)

    "t 's

    iust

    *

    I 'm

    iust

    always-

    ge.t t ing

    drawn

    into

    these

    ,it,r"tions

    and

    then

    getting

    hurt

    really

    badly'

    So"

    '

    \W'.ARREN:

    oted.

    JESslcA:

    an

    I

    have

    a

    Presenti

    IiSARREN:

    ame

    it.

    JEssIC-{:

    m

    ...

    Can

    I have

    he

    hat?

    \ITARREN:

    h

    ..

    '

    No

    way.

    Sentimental

    value

    of enormous

    proPortions'

    losric^t

    Come

    on,

    t ' i l

    t "kt

    good

    care

    of

    it '

    l 'ook'

    i t 's

    f i l thy

    an d

    eveqnhing' You're onnaruin it '

    \cARREN:

    m-...

    I g.r.i,

    you

    don't

    want

    one

    of

    rny

    surplus

    Major

    Matt

    Masons?

    (She

    shahes

    er

    head')

    \vARR-F.N:

    on't

    asl