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Issue 19 • Fall 2006 • Featured Writer • Drama
syzygyMichael GriffoScene 7BOBBY is at the kitchen table eating cereal and drinking a glass of orange juice for breakfast. There is a carton of orange juice on the table. Suddenly the SL door opens and a NAKED MAN enters. He's only wearing a baseball cap down low so you can hardly see his face. The man crosses to the kitchen area, nods to BOBBY, grabs a glass from somewhere in the kitchen area, goes to the table, pours some orange juice into his glass, drinks it all, puts the glass back down on the table and exits back through the SL door. Before BOBBY can say a word... SFX: The phone rings. BOBBY rushes to answer the phone. BOBBY Hello. Speaking. Oh. (SUDDENLY VERY INTRIGUED) Hi. No, I just didn't expect a call at this time with the time difference. Really? That's ... that's ... yes, "wonderful," that's the word I was searching for. "Surprise." That's another word that would work. Yes, you put them together and you have a wonderful surprise. That would be great. Yes, I will call, definitely. Thank you ...thank you very much. BOBBY puts the phone down and is deep in thought as a wired ALEX enters from the UC door. He is coming down from another night of partying. ALEX Bobby!! Bobby booby, Bobby baby! Where ya going? BOBBY To work. Where the hell have you been? You have company, you know? ALEX Isn't he hot? BOBBY You left him here alone. You know that's against the rules. ALEX I had to get breakfast. BOBBY Unbelievable. ALEX I know. Hands down, he's the hottest guy I had all week. BOBBY Don't you need to get to work? ALEX No, no! It's my birthday, not a work day. BOBBY It's Friday, and Friday is a work day. ALEX That fucking sucks! Ooh, I bet they're gonna have cake for me at work. I love cake. BOBBY Maybe you should stay home. And make sure what's-his-name doesn't rob us blind. ALEX You just said I have to get to work. Now I should stay home? You can't keep changing your mind like that. Like some ... I need breakfast. BOBBY It's not breakfast! It's coke. ALEX Bobby! My Bobby bubbie! BOBBY I'm serious. ALEX And how many times have I told you a serious homo is a boring homo. (ALEX TAKES OUT A PACKET OF COCAINE AND POURS IT ONTO THE TABLE.) BOBBY Well I'm sorry if I bore you. ALEX It's the fourth greatest disappointment of our time. (ALEX TAKES OUT A STRAW FROM HIS PANTS POCKET.) Number one, there is no Santa Claus. BOBBY Stay home and get rid of him. ALEX Number two, nicotine is bad for you. (ALEX USES THE STRAW TO SEPARATE THE COKE INTO LINES.) BOBBY You can't go to work like this. ALEX Three. (ALEX SNORTS A LINE OF COKE.) Kristin shot J.R. BOBBY I can call in sick for you. ALEX And four (ALEX SNORTS ANOTHER LINE OF COKE) the discovery of the boring homo. (ALEX SNIFFS LOUDLY.) Voila! Good as new. BOBBY Until the coke starts to wear off. Now ALEX is flying high. When he's like this he forgets to take breaths, he gets too close to BOBBY, and he's very touchy-feely. ALEX Don't fret your pretty white ass, boy! I have more at work. I am so excited about tonight. Let's have a drink to celebrate! BOBBY It's 8:30 in the morning. ALEX I know what time it is! Are you trying to comment? Are you commenting on something Bobby? Good. Cause I hate when you comment. I know what time it is. And I know this is way too early to drink, but it's my birthday, so that means it's a special day. My birthday is a fucking special day. Or did you somehow forget that, Bobby? Did you? Good. Because on special days you can do special things. So I humbly ask the powers that be, the powers who think they control everything, that would be you Bobby, if we could make an exception, just this one time. Can we? BOBBY (BEAT) Let's leave the celebration for tonight. ALEX Stop being so tidy. Let's unmake the bed Bobby and fuck around. BOBBY Someone's already in your bed. As usual. ALEX starts to look around the apartment for his alcohol. BOBBY tries to control his fear. ALEX Where's my fucking alcohol?! BOBBY It's part of tonight's very elaborate surprise. ALEX "No alcohol" is one helluva surprise. BOBBY Yes it is. See ya. BOBBY starts to leave, but ALEX runs to the door and stands in front of it. ALEX Wait a minute! You've got a secret! (ALEX STARTS TO TICKLE BOBBY.) Bobby Dean's got a secret. BOBBY I have to get to work. ALEX No! I want to hear your secret. The lights shift and we're in a flashback. It's 1982 and ALEX and BOBBY are both 18 years old sitting in BOBBY's backyard the night of their high school graduation. BOBBY is holding a graduation cap that had been hidden on stage somewhere. BOBBY I don't have a secret. ALEX You can't lie to me. I know everything there is to know about you. BOBBY Do not. ALEX Your favorite colors are teal and taupe. BOBBY Anyone who went to the prom knows that? ALEX You got your first boner when Patrick Duffy emerged from the ocean in The Man From Atlantis. BOBBY My parents are right inside! ALEX Oh, they know. BOBBY Maybe ... but ... ALEX But what? BOBBY I'm a little drunk so you have to be a little serious. ALEX I am serious. I'm a salutatorian. From now on you must salute me. BOBBY (BEAT) What are we gonna do from now on? ALEX What do you mean? BOBBY You're off to Chicago, I'm going to Boston. From now on is gonna be different from right now. ALEX Geographically speaking, yes ... but the distance between two hearts can't be measured in miles. BOBBY Don't joke. ALEX I'm sorry. BOBBY You're my ... ALEX Are you trying to tell me that I'm your special guy? BOBBY I can tell you anything and you don't blink an eye. ALEX That's cause you never have anything really interesting to tell. BOBBY Oh, I'm not staying here ... BOBBY tries to get up, but ALEX pulls him back down. ALEX puts his arm around BOBBY. It's intimate, but not a come-on. ALEX You do know that you're my favorite person in the world. BOBBY I am? ALEX Who else? BOBBY I don't know, I just thought ... ALEX Didn't we make a pact in kindergarten? BOBBY nods. ALEX (CONT'D) Underneath the rainbow moon. And a rainbow pact can never be broken. BOBBY Never? ALEX Never. I don't know why you're getting so nervous, we're off to college where we'll meet other guys who made the same pact under the same rainbow moon. BOBBY You took the hit for me. ALEX What? BOBBY Dodge ball. ALEX (BEAT) Oh God! From now on I'm gonna call you Memory Man. BOBBY I could never dodge the ball. If it weren't for you, I'd still be getting whacked in the face.
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Will you look at that? BOBBY What? ALEX Right up there, can't you see it? BOBBY What are you looking at? ALEX It's the rainbow moon ya jerk. Let's make another pact right here and right now. ALEX takes BOBBY's hand and looks up at the sky. BOBBY looks at ALEX. ALEX (CONT'D) I swear underneath the light of the rainbow moon that I, Alex McFadden, will always be the best friend of you (ALEX LOOKS AT BOBBY) Bobby Dean Biazzo, through rainbow times and black and white, during bad hair days and the times when we get the gel to make our hair look really, really good, through happy, sad, depressed, joyful ... BOBBY If it weren't for you I'd still be stuck to the floor. ALEX And if it weren't for you I'd be dodging balls all by myself. BOBBY To the future. ALEX To our future. The boys hug and the lights shift again to bring us back to the present day. When the lights go back to normal, BOBBY and ALEX are standing apart. BOBBY I have to go. ALEX Always rushing ... rushing, rushing, rushing off to ... somewhere stable. BOBBY Happy Birthday, Alex. ALEX To the future. BOBBY To our future. BLACKOUT Next Page: Act , Scene 8 (page 9 of 11 pages) All Pages: See the entire play on one page Table of Contents: syzygy
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