America comes in.
AMERICA I was thinking.
DANIEL Miss Jones.
AMERICA If we talk about Special Topics in Organic Chemistry, is it okay?
DANIEL Is what okay?
AMERICA If we go to lunch.
DANIEL I shouldn't tell you this, but..I do like you.
AMERICA Then come to lunch with me.
DANIEL I can't.
AMERICA Why, because we might fuck?
DANIEL If that happened, I could lose my job.
AMERICA Sometimes teachers fuck students.
DANIEL If that happened, I would lose my job.
AMERICA Do teachers lose their job for having lunch with students?
DANIEL No.
AMERICA Well, I'm not inviting you to fuck, I'm inviting you to lunch.
DANIEL But we might fuck?
AMERICA We might.
She closes his office door.
DANIEL Open that.
She opens it.
AMERICA Alright.
DANIEL Alright?
AMERICA I'll talk about Special Topics in Organic Chemistry.
DANIEL You will.
AMERICA Sure. Pick a topic.
DANIEL Heterocyclic chemistry.
AMERICA Nope.
DANIEL Medicinal chemistry.
AMERICA Too boring.
DANIEL You pick one then.
AMERICA You're the teacher.
DANIEL I thought you wanted to talk.
AMERICA I want to talk over lunch.
DANIEL I can't.
AMERICA I have to go then.
DANIEL Why?
AMERICA I'm hungry.
DANIEL I'm hungry too.
AMERICA Then eat.
DANIEL What are you eating?
AMERICA Steak.
DANIEL I'm a vegetarian.
AMERICA Too bad.
She goes out.
DANIEL Wait.
He grabs his coat.
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A Simple Love Story
General FictionDramatic play about a teacher and a student who fall in love with drugs.
