Sometimes theater is about coming together and
healing.
Write that.
From war torn Yugoslavia after the
Balkanization, or your own extended family after a disastrous meal.
These are about rituals, not about plot.
About creating the right environment and
expressing the right things.
Be cheesy.
Serve food.
See if you surprise yourself.
Heal. Eat. Forgive. Give thanks.
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Weirdly, I feel like I
already did a bit of this back on the day of challenge #14. But I need another scene, so this is what
we're doing today...
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AUGGIE
You're
pregnant?
SARAH
I'm
pregnant.
AUGGIE
That
is fantastic news. That is the best news
ever.
SARAH
I
was hoping you'd think so.
AUGGIE
We
need to tell everyone we know immediately.
SARAH
No.
AUGGIE
No?
SARAH
No. For now, just you and me.
AUGGIE
Why?
SARAH
Because
anything in the world could go wrong at this point.
AUGGIE
Anything
in the world can go wrong with anything in the world at any point.
SARAH
With
this, I need to you to just play along with me for a while. Just you and me.
AUGGIE
Not
even our parents?
SARAH
Definitely
not our parents.
AUGGIE
Not
even Micah.
SARAH
Not
even Micah.
AUGGIE
Because
- ?
SARAH
Because
I don't want to disappoint everybody when I lose it.
AUGGIE
Why
would you lose it?
SARAH
And
I definitely don't want to have a go down some long list of people we told we
had good news, just to give them bad news.
AUGGIE
Why
would - ?
SARAH
Because
women lose babies all the time, Auggie.
And
nobody talks about it because it's sad.
And
they feel like failures.
Which
is ridiculous, because it's a part of life, things happen, not all babies make
it to term and even then it's a crap shoot.
And
it's horrible and it's sad.
So
I'd just like to wait, just for a little while, until we get past a few doctor
appointments and tests first, and everything seems a bit more - solid?
Is
that OK?
AUGGIE
Is
there a history - ?
SARAH
In
my family, yeah. My sister. My cousins.
A couple of my aunts. Heck,
Auggie, even I almost didn't happen.
AUGGIE
I
thought babies were terrifying only after they were born.
SARAH
They
can be terrifying before, too.
AUGGIE
Apparently.
SARAH
So,
we're OK, for now? Just us.
AUGGIE
Why'd
you tell me?
SARAH
Because
the little bugger is half you, too.
Half
you, half me, all us.
No
secrets.
You're
my cheerleader when things are going right, and my safety net when things go south.
So
I tell you everything. You tell me
everything.
AUGGIE
So
it's OK to hope.
SARAH
It's
always OK to hope. I may not share that
hope at the same level all the time.
AUGGIE
I
won't push. Well, I'll try not to.
SARAH
All
I ask.
AUGGIE
When
is it too early to start singing to the baby?
SARAH
They
should know their daddy's voice, so any time.
Just
remember to sing to me, too.
AUGGIE
Always.
(to
be continued)
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