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Christa is an acting student, but she has chosen to produce a short film as her final thesis. However, the quality of the script is poor, as it does not reflect real life. One of her actresses has just walked out, and Christa is left alone with her good friend Ellie. Ellie knows that the play is about her relationship with Christa, but she tells Christa that what she thinks she remembered, is not what actually happened.
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ELLIE You know that’s not how it happened.
A silence.
CHRISTA Thank you for coming--
ELLIE I didn’t kiss you.
A silence.
ELLIE (cont’d) You kissed me.
CHRISTA You let me.
ELLIE I didn’t stop you.
CHRISTA You let me.
ELLIE On the cheek. That’s what friends do.
CHRISTA Not just the cheek.
ELLIE It started on the cheek. That’s what I let you do.
CHRISTA And then you left.
ELLIE It was the end of the semester.
CHRISTA But you left. You just disappeared. You didn’t answer when I called. You didn’t write me back.
ELLIE I know. I’m sorry.
CHRISTA You were the only person I ever told. I have known since I was twelve and you were the first person I ever told and then you disappeared and now I feel lonelier than I ever have. And I have felt very lonely.
ELLIE I’m sorry. It was weird.
CHRISTA I told you. And then you just left.
ELLIE No. I kept being your friend. You told me long before I left. And I was always leaving. You told me because I was leaving. Christa, you told me because it was safe. Because if I reacted badly, I would go away.
CHRISTA I told you because I trusted you.
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