B-Sides: Track EightA Stage Play by Kevin Scene Eight of Eleven. "A twenty-seven year old despondent writer and a sixteen year old musician form a profound attachment to each other through their love of David Bowie."
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EIGHT [Lights
up on Olga sitting stage right smoking a joint. Mayya walks in.] OLGA Mayya? MAYYA I don’t want to talk to you. OLGA Mayya, we need to talk. MAYYA Just go away. OLGA Honey, I’m sorry. MAYYA Whatever. OLGA Please, talk with me. MAYYA I hate you.
OLGA That’s fair. MAYYA I’m leaving. OLGA Where are you gonna go? MAYYA A friend’s house. OLGA Which friend? [Long pause] MAYYA What do you want to say? That you’re sorry
for last night? Sorry for belittling me? Sorry for hitting me? Or sorry that
you said those things about dad? OLGA Yes. To all of those. MAYYA Is it true? OLGA Is what true? MAYYA About Dad. OLGA We all have our faults. MAYYA I don’t believe you. OLGA Believe what you want, Mayya. I’m past the
point of lying to you. MAYYA It’s too late for that. OLGA This isn’t how I wanted any of this to
happen. MAYYA Then how did you want this to happen? OLGA I wanted us to have a normal life. MAYYA Me too. OLGA I know. [Mayya goes over to the
table and notices the drugs that are on it.] MAYYA What is this? OLGA Get away from there. MAYYA After all that happened last night, I come
home and this… OLGA I’m sorry. MAYYA No, you’re not. If you’re sorry you wouldn’t
do it anymore. OLGA I’m trying, Mayya. MAYYA Then why do you go and constantly f**k things
up. OLGA I don’t mean to. I’ve always been there for
you. MAYYA You haven’t.
OLGA I have. MAYYA Where were you in LA, when it was the first
show I ever played and I forgot the chords to my song and I looked into the
crowd for help and I didn’t see a single face I recognized? [Olga doesn’t answer.] You were in a bar, getting wasted. Or in Seattle,
when I was graduating from Jr. High and no one clapped when they called my name
to go up? OLGA Mayya… MAYYA You had gotten caught with drugs in your car
and were spending the night in jail. Every city is a different story. OLGA Then let’s start again. Just you and I. This
is the first time we’ve really talked to each other in years. MAYYA I haven’t enjoyed a second of it. OLGA You’ll learn to. Let’s leave this city and
start off somewhere on the right foot. MAYYA Who the f**k do you think you are? You think
jumping from location to location is gonna fix some defect that’s in you? It’s
you that’s the problem, I’m not going anywhere. OLGA You don’t have a choice, I’ve already bought
the tickets. MAYYA I’m not going. I’m staying here. In this
city, this city loves me, it’s the only thing that does. OLGA Everything will work out. MAYYA I’m not going anywhere. OLGA I have to go to work. MAYYA I’m staying here. OLGA Get your things packed, Mayya. MAYYA You can’t make me. OLGA I can and I will. I’ll see you tonight. MAYYA I’ve got nothing left, mom. I don’t… OLGA You’ve always had me. MAYYA I just want things to be easier. [Olga goes over to Mayya and holds her.] OLGA We’re gonna figure this out together, okay? MAYYA Okay. OLGA I love you. MAYYA I’m sorry. [Olga leaves. Lights fade on
Mayya. Lights come up on Sarah, sitting in her apartment. Clive walks in sees
her and pauses.] CLIVE I’ll pack my things. SARAH How do you know I want you to leave? CLIVE How could you not? SARAH It was nice to hear you be honest for once. CLIVE Sorry it had to be like that. SARAH It was a bit of a relief actually. CLIVE Did you get any sleep last night? SARAH No, did you? CLIVE A little. SARAH We were looking for you. CLIVE You and Josh? SARAH Yes. CLIVE I appreciate your guys’ concern. I’m a bit
embarrassed. SARAH Don’t be. [pause] CLIVE Listen, Sarah… SARAH Did you really…? CLIVE No. SARAH With Mayya? CLIVE I would never hurt you like that. SARAH Why did you say it? CLIVE I don’t know. I say stupid things sometimes. SARAH I know. CLIVE It’s part of my charm. SARAH Yeah, introducing one of your friends from
college to me as the only straight guy you know who’s had anal sex. Very
charming. CLIVE You remember that? SARAH It was one of the first things you ever said
to me. CLIVE I was wasted. I had no idea what I was
saying. SARAH The first couple times I had ever seen you,
you were wasted. CLIVE You kept showing up late to parties. SARAH Fashionably late. CLIVE The party didn’t start until you got there. SARAH With you ignoring me the whole time. CLIVE Ignoring you? I was throwing my best moves at
you. SARAH You’re best moves were you standing in the
corner staring at me. CLIVE It works in movies. SARAH I eventually had to get up, walk over, and
try to have a conversation with you. CLIVE So it did work. SARAH And then you walked away because you didn’t
like my taste in music. CLIVE It was my policy at the time to not engage
anyone who didn’t listen to the Pixies. [They both laugh] What was it in the end? That made you to go
out with me. SARAH The way you talked about writing. CLIVE Oh, come on. SARAH No, really. You were always so aloof and
distant all the time but as soon as someone brought up a movie or a band that
you liked, or a play that you were writing, you would switch on. You would
become animated and interesting and funny and charming. CLIVE And nerdy. SARAH So f*****g nerdy. But it was cute. CLIVE You know, I didn’t even realize that our
first date was even an actual date. SARAH Is that why you didn’t pay? CLIVE Yeah. SARAH I thought you were just broke. CLIVE I was, but I still would’ve paid. I just
couldn’t fathom that this beautiful and super cool girl was into me. SARAH What could it have been if it was not a date? CLIVE I don’t know, hanging out. SARAH I wanted to date you, Clive, not hang out
with you. CLIVE I had no idea. Which was why that night came
as such a big surprise to me, I thought I had turned you or something, I felt
like James Bond. SARAH Lucky you. CLIVE How was I? That night. SARAH In bed? CLIVE Yeah. SARAH You were okay. Nothing really earth
shattering. You were better afterwards. CLIVE The next couple times we fucked? SARAH Right after. When we would talk. CLIVE I’m still the only guy I know who likes to
cuddle. SARAH You turned into you, you know? You’re always
afraid of so much, Clive. CLIVE I know. SARAH But whenever we fucked, afterwards you
wouldn’t seem afraid anymore. You wouldn’t worry about saying the wrong things,
or trying to impress anyone, you were just you, and I was there with you, and
I’ve never been happier. [Long Pause.] CLIVE We can never go back to that, can we? SARAH I don’t think so. [Pause] CLIVE Well, I’d better go. I’ll find a hostel or
something to stay at. We should figure out sometime where I can come back when
you’re not here so I can get my stuff. SARAH And what then? CLIVE I don’t know. I’m thinking I might walk the
earth. SARAH Like Cain in Kung Fu? CLIVE I’m glad I’ve taught you something. SARAH I’ll always have a place in my heart for
Tarantino. [Lights Fade] © 2013 KevinAuthor's Note
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Added on April 19, 2013 Last Updated on April 19, 2013 Tags: Play, Theatre, Drama, David Bowie, Music Author
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