Mystery of love

TENDERNESS

(SCENE 1, OUTSIDE)

ALAN

(GRACE walks out of the school and stops to look at the night sky, ALAN walks out after her.) wait Grace I'm sorry I kissed you. I just got caught up in the emotions.(GRACE stays silent) I'm sorry I ruined your night (sighs).

GRACE

It wasn't you.

ALAN

(confused) What ?

GRACE

The kiss wasn't the problem well sort of, I mean kind of. I don't know feelings are confusing.

ALAN

(walks up to her) So what was the problem then ?

GRACE

(sighs) I mean the kiss was actually good, I felt amazing it was like a rush of joy that I've never felt before but then I felt something else an emptiness.

ALAN

An emptiness ?

GRACE

Yeah like that kiss gave me such a feeling that I realised that maybe there's not much feeling in me.

ALAN

Yeah I know how that feels.

GRACE

(surprised) you do ?

ALAN

Of course. Um (rubs his head) for a long time there's just(pauses) um been like a hole inside of me and it feels like there's nothing in you.

GRACE

How do you fix it ?

ALAN

I don't know all I do is smoke weed or cause some chaos or something, anything to distract me..

GRACE

Then I'm doomed then aren't I ?

ALAN

What ? No You're not.

GRACE

No I am I (realization) O my god all this time I've been using school to distract me from the emptiness that is my life. I really am doomed.

ALAN

How are you doomed ?

GRACE

My entire life has been one giant distraction. There's nothing meaningful in my life (she starts to sob) I'm nothing.

ALAN

(ALAN unsure of what to do)

Oh no no Grace you're not nothing you're everything: you're smart, you have a great sense of humor and good taste in music, and you're sweet even though you can be rude and most of all you've made me feel more alive than i've ever been.

GRACE

(she wipes the tears from her face and just stares into ALANs eyes, she kisses him.)

Thank you, uh sorry I dropped you.

ALAN

Uhhhh It's cool so uh do you want go back inside ?

GRACE

I'm kind of all danced out. (She looks at him and grins) Want to get something to eat ?