Okay, I realized I never ended this delightful little romp through Romcomland. So, here is the conclusion.
LUKE
I just hope you don’t get sick of me.
(HALEY suddenly kisses LUKE. It’s a long kiss with plenty of saliva involved. He recoils at first, then relaxes into it for a moment. Gently, he pulls away.)
I guess there’s no point in…If we’re both sick, you know.
HALEY
Right.
LUKE
Did I mention you’re…really good, at that?
HALEY
I think you did.
(Sits down on the couch.)
Well, symptoms should be starting any minute now.
LUKE
What?
HALEY
I told you it takes a little longer for me.
LUKE
Oh.
HALEY
So, hold on to your hats.
(Small laugh, then silence. A thought strikes LUKE.)
LUKE
Did you say Dani was moving in with her boyfriend?
HALEY
What?
LUKE
Dani. Your roommate. I thought you said-
HALEY
Oh yeah. Eventually. You know, Dani and commitment. Well, I guess you don’t know.
LUKE
But I do. I mean, what you told me. That she finally convinced him, isn’t that what you told me?
HALEY
Oh, I don’t know.
LUKE
After all the time they’ve been together, she finally wore him down, that’s what you said.
HALEY
Well, it’s the truth.
LUKE
And that you’d been helping her move all day. The day of the party.
HALEY
She’s…here and there. Sleeps wherever she ends up at night, you know Dani.
LUKE
No, I don’t.
HALEY
(Beat.)
Well, I’m surprised you remember that.
LUKE
Me too. Didn’t you say, I donno, something like, “It’s too bad the woman has to take all the initiative these days.”
HALEY
I most certainly did.
LUKE
Hmm.
HALEY
Listen, Luke. I thought I’d run into you again, or I’d have to walk past your desk and make small talk, or, I donno, you’d actually call. And I didn’t see you because, obviously. And so I thought, you know, this once I can make it happen. And if I have to lie a little, or maybe be a little forward…
LUKE
Or expose yourself to a pandemic.
HALEY
Right. That. And I’m not crazy, I’m not. You’re just…Worth it. Worth being a little crazy. I mean, I thought you were. Was I wrong?
LUKE
(Thinks.)
I hope not.
HALEY
Me too.
(Beat.)
I can go, if you want.
LUKE
It’s too late now, you’re already sick.
HALEY
You think so?
LUKE
Come over here, we’ll make sure of it.
HALEY
Hey, slow down, we’ve got a few more days here.
LUKE
Right.
HALEY
(After a pause.)
Yahtzee?
(LUKE smiles and nods and HALEY starts setting up the game as the lights fade.)
