The door is broken. They're rooting around with a flashlight.
DANIEL There's nothing here!
AMERICA What do you mean there's nothing here? You have everything here!
DANIEL I can't see! I'm sorry! I can't see!
AMERICA Here's something.
DANIEL That's nothing!
AMERICA Yes!
DANIEL No, you can't use that.
AMERICA Why.
DANIEL It'll kill you.
AMERICA Will it get me high?
DANIEL No.
AMERICA Fuck! What the fuck good is this place!?
DANIEL Hold on.
AMERICA What.
DANIEL This might be—
AMERICA What is it?
DANIEL Hold this.
AMERICA What is it.
DANIEL Open it. Get two out.
AMERICA This better be something.
DANIEL By itself it's nothing.
AMERICA What do you mix it with?
DANIEL Something that's so much like itself, it explodes.
AMERICA You've done it before?
DANIEL Well, not really explodes, but—
AMERICA What is it?
DANIEL It's a crazy reaction.
AMERICA Is it good?
DANIEL Pff.
AMERICA Yeah?
DANIEL Crush those.
AMERICA Fine.
DANIEL And you need to produce the reagent.
AMERICA How?
DANIEL How do you think? A cyclic reagent and its pair..
AMERICA That's like us.
DANIEL Which one are you?
AMERICA You're the cyclic reagent, I'm the pair. What's that part?
DANIEL Ammonia.
AMERICA What's that part?
DANIEL Magnesium.
AMERICA This better get me fucking high.
DANIEL And if it doesn't?
AMERICA Don't play with me.
DANIEL No not that.
AMERICA This?
DANIEL Yes.
AMERICA Oh.
DANIEL That would have been a short trip. Give me that.
She holds it tight, then gives it to him. He tosses it in the trash.
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A Simple Love Story
General FictionDramatic play about a teacher and a student who fall in love with drugs.
