CHARACTERS
FIRST, any age, any race, any gender
SECOND, any age, any race, any gender
TIME
Now
PLACE
Here
FIRST
Stay there!
SECOND
I'm not--
FIRST
--Stay.
SECOND
I'm not moving.
FIRST
Good.
SECOND
Are you okay?
FIRST
I'm social distancing.
SECOND
I see.
FIRST
It's important to maintain... space... between one person and another.
SECOND
I know.
FIRST
So stay where you are.
SECOND
Where would I go?
FIRST
I don't know. Just don't... move.
SECOND
Can we talk?
FIRST
Will you stay where you are?
SECOND
Yeah.
FIRST
Then we can talk.
SECOND
What I wanted to say was... well... about last night.
FIRST
What about it?
SECOND
Last night... when I said I loved--
FIRST
--Don't say it!
SECOND
When I said... what I said... I meant it.
(pause)
I mean it.
(silence)
FIRST
I know.
SECOND
I realize this... isn't a good time right now... but I want to be with you.
(pause)
I want to be close to you.
FIRST
We can't.
(pause)
Social distancing.
SECOND
Yes.
(silence)
FIRST
You see... there always has to be... space... between one person and another. Otherwise... someone could get hurt.
SECOND
If you could just trust--
FIRST
--I don't want to hurt!
(pause)
I don't want to hurt... you.
SECOND
I'm ready to take that risk.
FIRST
I'm not.
SECOND
All I'm saying... is maybe after... I mean, later on--
FIRST
--There is no later. There's only now.
SECOND
It won't always be like this.
FIRST
You sure about that? Because I'm not. Even after... after we forget... what happened... it will still be there. The possibility... the risk. It will still be there. It will always be there.
SECOND
I suppose that's true.
FIRST
Which is why... social distancing... is the only way. There must always be space. Between one person... and another. There has to be space.
SECOND
But I--
FIRST
--Don't say it.
(silence)
SECOND
I do.
FIRST
Could you... leave me alone right now. I'm... social distancing.
SECOND
Okay.
(pause)
I'll be back.
(silence)
FIRST
Good.
