A student leaves.
DANIEL Next!
AMERICA I'm from Special Topics in Organic Chemistry.
DANIEL Which one?
AMERICA Friday mornings.
DANIEL Friday mornings.
AMERICA America.
DANIEL Ahhh, Miss Jones.
AMERICA Yes.
DANIEL Perfect Test Score Jones.
AMERICA So far.
DANIEL Never Speaks in Class Jones.
AMERICA Not so far.
DANIEL Why is that?
AMERICA I haven't had any questions.
DANIEL Not so far.
AMERICA No.
DANIEL Well, I guess you have one now.
AMERICA I'm sorry.
She goes for the door.
DANIEL What's wrong?
AMERICA I do have a question.
DANIEL Please.
AMERICA Have lunch with me.
DANIEL You'd like to ask me your question over lunch?
AMERICA No, that's my question.
DANIEL You said, "Have lunch with me.'' That's not a question.
AMERICA Will you have lunch with me, please?
DANIEL To talk about Special Topics in Organic Chemistry?
AMERICA No.
DANIEL America.
AMERICA I thought you were going to say no.
DANIEL I have to.
AMERICA I know. I had to ask anyway. I'm sorry.
DANIEL America.
AMERICA Yes?
DANIEL Stay, talk.
AMERICA About what?
DANIEL Special Topics.
AMERICA Special topics in what?
DANIEL Organic chemistry.
AMERICA No. Bye.
DANIEL See you in class?
AMERICA Of course.
She leaves.
DANIEL Bye.
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A Simple Love Story
General FictionDramatic play about a teacher and a student who fall in love with drugs.
