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Characters:
Amy: Pretty, late twenties, upscale.
George: Handsome, early thirties, successful.
Setting: Crowded, urban street. Concrete jungle. Amy and George walk towards each other, catch eyes and just as they pass each turns and….
George: Have we….?
Amy: Met?
George: Yes.
Amy: Maybe…
George: Siciliano’s?
Amy: No.
George: Dante’s?
Amy: No.
George: Look….
Amy: Familiar?
George: Yes.
Amy: Mike?
George: George.
Amy: George?
George: Yes.
Amy: Amy.
George: (Flirting) Amy.
Amy: (Flirting back) George.
George: Married?
Amy: (shakes her head) You?
George: Divorced.
Amy: Oh.
George: Glad?
Amy: [thinks about it] Over?
George: Very.
Amy: Uh-huh.
George: Very!
Amy: Okay.
George: Glad?
Amy: (coy) Maybe.
George: (looking around) What?
Amy: Work.
George: (points to a doorway) Here?
Amy: (shakes her head) Downtown?
George: Oh.
Amy: You?
George: Uptown.
Amy: What?
George: Finance.
Amy: Oh.
George: You?
Amy: Design.
George: Nice.
Amy: Sometimes.
[an awkward silence while they both struggle to make sense of the situation and where they want to go with it]
George: Color?
Amy: Caramel.
George: Blue.
Amy: Cat?
George: Dog.
Amy: Sweets?
George: [trying to make a connection] Caramel.
Amy: Fudge.
George: Meat?
Amy: [shakes her head] Fish.
George: Church?
Amy: Temple.
George: Oh.
Amy: Sunrise?
George: Sunset.
Amy: Smoke?
George: Cigars.
Amy: Smell.
George: [accusing] Fish!
Amy: Touche’
George: Time?
Amy: Little.
Amy starts to walk away but he walks to he and touches her arm, asking her to stay.
George: Hate?
Amy: Lawyers.
George: Yes!
Amy: You?
George: Mechanics.
Amy: Fruit?
George: Papaya.
Amy: Passionate.
George: You?
Amy: Figs.
George: Newtons?
Amy: [laughing] Fresh.
George: [why not] Cookie?
Amy: Oatmeal.
George: Raisins?
Amy: [shakes her head] You?
George: [why not?] Newton’s.
Amy: Sky?
George: Sunny.
Amy: Apples?
George: Pippin.
Amy: Travel?
George: Season?
Amy: Winter.
George: Florida.
Amy: Muggy.
George: You?
Amy: Paris.
George: Winter?
Amy: [of course not] Spring.
George: Flowers?
Amy: Fresh.
George: Beer?
Amy: Wine.
George: Soda?
Amy: Orange.
George: [touches her hair] Shag?
Amy: [a bit miffed, touches his hair] Rug?
[both laugh at their antics and mock insults.]
Amy: Kids?
George: [shakes his head] You?
Amy: Two.
George: Really?
Amy: Someday.
George: Girls?
Amy: Boys!
George: Really.
Amy: [nods, then] Read?
George: Newspaper.
Amy: Sports?
George: Business.
Amy: Boring.
George: [shrugs shoulders] Finance.
Amy: Right.
George: You?
Amy: Write.
George: Fiction?
Amy: Poetry.
George: Muse?
Amy: Zeitgeist.
George: Zeitgeist?
Amy: [pride] Zeitgeist.
George: Why?
Amy: Jody.
George: Gehrman?
Amy: Yes.
George: Movies?
Amy: Films.
George: Spielberg?
Amy: Polanski.
George: TV?
Amy: Public.
George: Boring.
Amy: [supporting her choice] Nature.
George: Boring.
Amy: You?
George: Letterman.
Amy: Politics?
George: Republican.
Amy: [aghast] Reagan?
George: Lincoln.
Amy: Oh.
George: You?
Amy: Democrat.
George: Hillary?
Amy: Both.
George: [aghast] How….?
Amy: What?
George: Lewinsky!
Amy: So?
George: Morals.
Amy: Nixon.
George: Ouch!
Amy: Bush?
George: Grudgingly.
[another silence as they realize their differences and look each other over to see if they want to invest something in each other.]
Amy: [checks her watch, uncomfortable, pressed for] Time.
George: Yeah.
Amy: [starting to walk away] Gotta….
George: Wait.
Amy: [slows her walk] What?
[George can’t quite find the words that he wants to say. Amy walks right up to him in his personal space.]
Amy: Dinner?
George: Nightly.
Amy: No….
George: [joking] No?
Amy: Friday?
George: Movie?
Amy: Film…
George: Seven?
Amy: Eight.
[Amy takes a pen out of her purse and takes his hand and writes her number on his palm and gently closes it. George looks at it.]
Amy: {Amy begins to walk away then turns…] Call me..
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