| Scene Three The two characters have just finished their meal and Monal�s last song is playing on the jukebox. Monal: This is it. Tracy: What is it? Monal: My last song. Tracy: Do you want another dollar? (She smiles). Monal: Ha ha ha. You should be a... Tracy: Comedian? Monal: Yes. (Balls up empty pack of smokes). I need to get some more smokes. Tracy: They have a machine. Monal: I know. Tracy: So why don�t you get some? Monal: I guess I�ll have to. (A period of silence). Can I get a few of those singles? Tracy: It doesn�t take bills. Monal: I know. I was gonna get change from the waitress. (With his fork, pokes at a half eaten sausage). Tracy: You can get quarters with a ten. Monal: I just thought it would be easier on the waitress if... Tracy: I really cannot believe you! Monal: What? (Puts fork down. Sips tea). Tracy: I don�t know if I can even take this anymore! Monal: Take what? Tracy: Monal, are you blind or do you think I�m blind? Monal: I must be lost because I sure as hell am not following you. Tracy: All these years! (Takes a large sip of tea leaving nothing but ice). Monal: Yes? Tracy: All these years! Monal: I�m waiting. Tracy: You have to be the most frustrating person on this Earth! Monal: What are you talking about? Tracy: My God! Monal: Look, are you finished eating �cause I�m ready to get out of here. Tracy: Why do I subject myself to this? Monal: (Picks up check and stares at it). How do you want to divide this? Tracy: All these years I have been paying you and for what? Monal: You know damn well for what! (Puts check back on the table). Tracy: But really Monal. You can justify it anyway you want, you can reason it out anyway way you can, but the bottom line is...you have been taking advantage of me. Monal: Me taking advantage of you! Ha! You have been the one taking advantage of me! Tracy: Please! Monal: It works both ways honey! How dare you sit there and say I have been taking advantage of you! Tracy: It�s hopeless. (Puts glass to her mouth but only drops come out). Monal: Well, if it�s so Goddamn hopeless then.... Tracy: I know, I know, then why don�t I just leave. Walk away. Monal: Exactly! Just leave! Tracy: If I had a dollar for everytime we have ever talked about this.... Monal: Nobody is forcing you to do anything! If you don�t like it then leave! Tracy: ....then I�d be a millionaire by now... Monal: I just don�t see how you can sit there and tell me that I am the most frustrating person on Earth when you have had the choice all along to stop. To quit. To say that�s it, I�m out of here. Tracy: Do you want me to? Monal: That�s up to you. Tracy: So you wouldn�t mind it one bit if I just up and left right now. Monal: That�s your choice. Tracy: All that we have invested in one another, and you wouldn�t mind if I just left right now. Monal: It doesn�t matter what I feel. It�s you that feels like you are giving and not getting anything in return. Tracy: No Monal. I know I am getting something in return. That is not the issue at all. Monal: Then what is? Tracy: (She pauses). The issue is....I don�t see why it has to be this way. Monal: It doesn�t have to be this way! Tracy: I know Monal. I could just leave. Monal: That�s right! Tracy: Is that really what you want? Monal: It�s not what I want it�s what you want! Tracy: Okay, I want to stop paying you. Monal: That�s your choice. Tracy: But I don�t want to leave you. Monal: (Stands up and goes to the cash register. Gets change, then cigarettes, then comes back to the table.) Are you ready to go? Tracy: I�m asking you Monal. Monal: Asking me what? Tracy: I�m asking you..... Monal: (Packs smokes against his left palm). Yes? Tracy: I�m asking you.... Monal: (Pulls out a smoke and puts it to his lips. Strikes a match). Are you ready to go? Tracy: Yes. I am. |