ELLIE You know that’s not how it happen...

Courbet: or, Woman with a Parrot

Christa Ellie

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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

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