Boys on the Side Page #6

ABE:

Now you know that's not good for the baby.

HOLLY:

Yeah, well, having him come out of that tiny hole is

not good for me, either, so we're even.

ABE:

What is wrong?

HOLLY:

I've got things on my mind.

ABE:

It's that guy, right? Nick?

HOLLY:

Who told you about him?

ABE:

Well, it had to be someone. And besides, you keep

calling out "Nick" in bed

HOLLY:

I do? Well, maybe it's something that sounds like

Nick.

ABE:

Does he know about the baby?

HOLLY:

No. I'm only here temporarily. I might go back.

ABE:

I know that. And I will not stand in your way. But

if he loves you so much, why doesn't he call?

HOLLY:

Maybe he can't get to a phone.

ABE:

Come on back to the party. I want to get one dance

before we go.

HOLLY:

All right.

SCENE 59

ROBIN:

No, stop.

ALEX:

What?

ROBIN:

I don't know.

ALEX:

You don't like it?

ROBIN:

No, I do. I do like it.

ALEX:

Yes, so do I....Feel me girl. Come on, put your hands

on me. Yeah...lay down now.

ROBIN:

Slow, slow, slow.

ALEX:

Okay, real slow.

ROBIN:

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

ALEX:

What's the matter?

ROBIN:

Um, I'm a little drunk. Oh gosh.

ALEX:

You are so beautiful.

ROBIN:

No I'm not.

ALEX:

Oh, yes you are. You're so f***ing beautiful. And

you taste so good.

ROBIN:

Alex.

ALEX:

Talk to me. Tell me what you like.

ROBIN:

Listen.

ALEX:

I want to make you cum so hard.

ROBIN:

I gotta...I have to tell you something.

ALEX:

Honey, I know.

ROBIN:

You need to know something.

ALEX:

It's okay, I know. I'm going to use something.

ROBIN:

What?

ALEX:

I'm going to use something. It's okay. We'll be

safe. Don't worry about it.

ROBIN:

About what?

ALEX:

Come on, shh, it's okay.

ROBIN:

No. No. You don't understand. I...I'm...positive.

I tested positive.

ALEX:

It's okay. I know. I know. I just don't want to

talk about it, all right? Because I already

know...What? What's the matter?

ROBIN:

Who told you?

ALEX:

Nobody. Nobody told me. Come on...

ROBIN:

It was Jane. She told you.

ALEX:

Yeah, she told me.

ROBIN:

Why?

ALEX:

It was no big deal. She said you were shy and

had...had a bad time with some guy and I guessed, and

she didn't deny it. It just came up real casually.

It's just part of your history, like hey, she's on the

rebound or something so be careful, you know. It just

came out...

ROBIN:

What does that make you? Big hero? Bringing sex to

the unfuckable. You must feel really good about

yourself.

ALEX:

Oh, God. That's not it. I just want things the way

they used to be. You know? When I meet someone,

someone I like, have a good time, get drunk, and f***

my brains out. Why can't we do that anymore?

ROBIN:

Because you can't. That's all. Just can't. I think

you should go home.

ALEX:

Robin.

ROBIN:

No, please. Don't make me beg. Just go.

SCENE 60

JANE:

Hey, good morning. How's it going?

ROBIN:

Great.

JANE:

How was last night?

ROBIN:

Ooh, it was good.

JANE:

Good. Is Alex still here?

ROBIN:

No, he's gone.

JANE:

So you had a good time, huh?

ROBIN:

Real good time until I found out you told him I've got

HIV.

JANE:

Well, I didn't exactly tell him, you know.

ROBIN:

No, I know. He guessed. You know, she looks like the

kind of girl that tested positive for the AIDS virus.

I don't know, she's got that kind of glow.

JANE:

It slipped out.

ROBIN:

What did you think you were doing, setting me up like

that?

JANE:

I thought I was doing a good thing. I mean, I know

you like him and he likes you.

ROBIN:

Yeah, great. Maybe he'll ask me to go steady. Maybe

he'll take me to the prom.

JANE:

Come on.

ROBIN:

What, do you think I'm stupid?

JANE:

No. I don't think that at all.

ROBIN:

You think that you can just put a man in my bed and

I'll forget? All it does, if you want to know, all it

does is remind me. Alex and you and Holly and her

baby. Every single living thing I see reminds me.

JANE:

So what are you going to do? Are you gonna hide in

the house? Are you going to lock yourself away? Come

on!

ROBIN:

You don't know anything about it. Anyway, it's none

of your business. You're the one that's in love with

somebody that you can never have.

JANE:

Do me a favor, okay? I'll stay out of your love life

and you stay out of mine.

ROBIN:

Not just my love life. My life. Stay out of my life!

JANE:

Meaning what?

ROBIN:

That means maybe this isn't working. Maybe you should

move.

JANE:

Okay.

ROBIN:

And take that f***ing piano! If you don't, I'll leave

it out in the rain. I swear to God I will.

JANE:

All right.

SCENE 61

ANNA:

All the way back against the wall.

GIRL:

Hi!

JANE:

Hi.

GIRL:

How are you? Are you going to teach me to play the

piano?

ANNA:

Is this gonna be good?

JANE:

That's fine.

SCENE 62

ABE:

Hey, Babe?

HOLLY:

Yeah?

ABE:

Marry me.

HOLLY:

Get serious!

ABE:

I am serious.

HOLLY:

Get out of town! Look.

ABE:

Freeze, sucker.

HOLLY:

I got you. I'm gonna get you!

ABE:

Marry me. Marry me tomorrow.

HOLLY:

I can't marry you, Abe.

ABE:

You're not...you're not over him yet, are you?

HOLLY:

Well, we're all over him. Like, six feet over him.

SCENE 63

ROBIN:

Mom?

SCENE 64

HOLLY:

It was an accident, or self-defense. I mean, I would

never kill anybody on purpose or like, in cold blood.

Hey, did you ever see that movie?

ABE:

Shh. Shh. Let's get some rest, okay?

HOLLY:

You don't want to marry me now, do you?

ABE:

Shh. We're together now. We're together. And that's

not changing.

SCENE 65

ELAINE:

Oh, she looks so thin....Look at you, Honey. Oh!

They gave us a terrible map at Hertz. I have been

driving around for an hour and a half. Is this your

house? Oh, isn't it quaint. I need to use the little

girl's room, Darling.

ROBIN:

Oh, sure, Mom.

ELAINE:

This heat! The A/C is n.g., right Jer? You know me.

I like so you need a sweater.

JERRY:

It's two days. It'll be fine. I'm Jerry.

ROBIN:

Hi.

ELAINE:

Oh, I'm sorry! Robin, my daughter. Robin, Jerry.

ROBIN:

Pleased to meet you....I told her I could have picked

you up. You didn't need to get a car.

ELAINE:

Well, you know me. I'm so damn independent. Riding

in other people's cars, forget it. Well, isn't this

nice? Oh, oh look Jer, a cactus flower. They bloom

once every hundred years. Oh quick, show me the

potty, Darling. I'm about to burst.

SCENE 66

HOLLY:

Anyway, um, Jane called me at work. Wants to know how

you are.

ROBIN:

I'm fine.

ELAINE:

Who's Jane?

ABE:

Jane used to live here up until a few days ago.

ROBIN:

Just stay out of this Holly. It's between me and

Jane.

HOLLY:

Well, she asked for my advice so I told her, she's an

anti-lesbian.

ROBIN:

I am not.

ELAINE:

Who's a lesbian?

ROBIN:

Jane is.

ELAINE:

And she was living here?

ABE:

Yes, ma'am.

ROBIN:

I am not anti-lesbian.

HOLLY:

Not you, her.

ELAINE:

Who?

ROBIN:

Jane.

HOLLY:

See, this is her old problem. She creates a situation

where she gets this rejection and everyone else sees

it coming.

ROBIN:

She just wasn't being honest.

HOLLY:

Well, I think it's a black thing, too.

ELAINE:

Jane is black?

ABE:

Yes, ma'am. She sure is.

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