c Jacquelyn Floyd 2003
ARLO: male
ZOE: female
I left him in the bathtub.
ARLO
What?
ZOE
My boyfriend. I left him in the bathtub.
ARLO
Oh.
ZOE
Do you think that�s bad?
ARLO
I don�t know.
ZOE
I didn�t know what else to do. My parents were already gone. I had nobody, you know?
ARLO
Yeah.
ZOE
I sat there with him for a couple days, I think. I wasn�t going to leave him. I loved him so much. But the air conditioning wasn�t working and soon�it was like, that wasn�t even my boyfriend anymore. It was just�something. Not even someone. I had to find someone.
ARLO
What made you come here?
ZOE
I�m not sure. Maybe I hoped someone would be here. Maybe I just wanted some flowers. Maybe�
ARLO
I�m glad you came here.
ZOE
I keep thinking about him.
ARLO
That�s okay.
ZOE
I feel like I should go back. But I�m scared.
ARLO
You don�t have to.
ZOE
But I should, shouldn�t I? I mean, I am being so selfish! Look at you! You�re so calm. You haven�t even cried, have you? I keep thinking how alone I feel and you just let me cry. How are you so calm?
ARLO
I seem calm to you?
ZOE
Look at me! I�m shouting, I�m crying, I keep clinging to you like a child�
ARLO
I haven�t left this funeral parlor in a month.
ZOE
What?
ARLO
I�ve been here a month. I�m too scared�too sad to leave.
ZOE
Why?
He points to the closed coffin.
ARLO
Him. I honestly think he was one of the first to go.
ZOE
There�s someone in there?
ARLO
I closed the lid last week. It was the hardest thing I�ve ever had to�I hardly even noticed people stopped coming by. I was so wrapped up in him.