Sasha This is a really disturbed way to...

Sasha This is a really disturbed way to tell somebody something, you know that.

Scott I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Sasha Please.

Scott I write a play about teaching in the inner city--

Sasha Where the lead character is f##king his girlfriend’s best friend.

Scott Is that what this is about--

Sasha Don’t, Scott. For real.

Scott It was a play!

Sasha About a guy named Matt who cheats on his poor, unassuming girlfriend Sash—… Shana— with her best friend Catherine— (quoting back a line from the play) “Kat for short.” And Shana just happened to introduce them during their junior year in college at a bar called “The Tinker.”

Scott I needed a name. So?

Sasha And Matt and Kat get married and Shana stands by as the maid of honor. Fat f##king chance.

Scott That’s not--

Sasha What kind of f##ked up male fantasy is that?

Scott That’s not--

Sasha And it’s my own fault. I always knew something was up. You going so far out of your way for her. Meeting her every day for your lunch break. But I have just spent the past four years so happy that the two most important people in my life get along so well.

Scott Sash--

Sasha But couldn’t you just f##king tell me? Couldn’t you? Instead of putting it on a stage and making me watch it. With all my friends. She was up there playing me and everybody here knew it. All of our friends know now, Scott. How can I face them?

Scott Sasha. I swear to you, that’s not what this is about. There is nothing going on between Alex and I.

Sasha Everyone in the room tonight saw--

Scott I swear to you.

Sasha Then why? What was that? It wasn’t just some play about teachers.

Scott It... it just started out as, like, a meditation. An experiment. “What would happen if...”

Sasha If what?

Scott If there were people like us. But the guy fell for the other girl.

Sasha But you haven’t.

Scott No. I mean, I’m crazy about Alex, you know that. And, I mean, I guess I’ve thought about, you know, “under different circumstances.” But the circumstances are that I love you and I would never hurt you like that. Ever.

Sasha So you have feelings for her.

Scott She’s one of my best friends, Sash. But... yeah, my feelings for her are not entirely platonic. But they haven’t been for a long time.

Sasha Great.

Scott No, I mean, I’d never do anything about it. I’ve resigned myself to that.

Sasha You’ve resigned yourself to being with me.

Scott No, that’s not what I meant. Sh#t, this-- I wasn’t prepared to have this conversation.

Sasha You should have thought of that before you put on a show about it. You should go. Everybody’s waiting.

Scott You’re not coming?

Sasha I don’t think I can.

Kat for Short was developed with The CRY HAVOC Company

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