MT Scenes "Only Us" - Lines for Evan

So when does your mom get off for work?

She has class Sunday nights, so she won’t be home for another few hours.

We have the whole house to ourselves?

You know it.

We should throw and kegger.

We should definitely throw a kegger. For sure.

Until your mom comes home.

In three hours (pause.) thank you for um, for coming.

You realize, i’ve been asking to come to your house for, like, weeks, and every time you immediately said no.

I know. Which is why I appreicate that you’re here now.

(Glancing at papers on the desk) What are all these?

(hurries to put them all away): Oh. Those are, my mom is obsessed with these scholarship essay contests she found online. She keeps printing out more of them.

There are so many

Yeah, I know. I mean, I’d have to win probably a hundred of them to actually pay for college. When you add it all up. Tuition, housing, books…

Your parents, they can’t…?

Not really.

I’m sorry.

Well, hey, i meant to tell you before, we had a meeting with The Connor Project a few days ago and I think we have a really great strategy for raising more money for the orchard.

We, um… can we talk?

Oh. Shmigadoon

What?

No. Just. You’re breaking up with me, right? That’s why you came over.

Breaking up with you?

God. Like, how presumptuous can I get? I don’t know if we’re, like, dating officially or whatever, which isn’t even… never mind, why am I even talking right now? It’s fine. Don’t worry, you can tell me, I’m not going to cry or start breaking things…

I’m not breaking up with you

Oh. Well. Okay. Thank you.

Don’t mention it.

That’s really great news.

It’s just, The Connor Project… I mean, it’s great. But maybe we don’t have to talk about my brother all the time. Maybe we can talk about… other things.

I’d just thought maybe you’d want to know