Katie And Joe Play
Gone?
[Katie is in the living room sitting on the couch with her headphones on. Joe is standing near Katie, Joe speaks first.]
Joe: Kate. [Pause] Katie. [Pause] KATIE!
Katie: Oh my god, what dad!?
Joe: We need to talk about something.
Katie: What we gonna talk about?
Joe: Why are your grades so low?
Katie: [Katie shrugs.]I don’t know, ugh it is what it is.
Joe: This isn’t a joke you have to start boosting your grades up.
Katie: But… [Pause] ugh It doesn’t even matter anymore.
[Joe stares at Katie, Pause]
Joe: Wait; is this about your mother? Is she the reason your grades are so low?
Katie: No it isn’t about her.
[Joe’s phone beeps.]
Joe: Did you go to Dr. Phil yesterday by any chance?
[Joe walks over to the other side of the room picks up a charger and walks towards the small round table where there was an outlet and plugs in the charger and puts his phone on the table.]
Katie: Yeah… [Pause]
Joe: What did you guys talk about?
Katie: Doesn’t matter. [Joe frowns]
Joe: You know you can tell me anything, right?
Katie: That’s between me and Dr.Phil. [Long pause]
We just talked about mom, again.
Joe: Oh, I see.
[Joe walks over and sits beside Katie]
Katie: Mom is coming back, right?
Joe: Sweetie, Janice… I mean your mother, she’s gone… She’s not coming back.
[Katie starts tearing]
Joe: Katie [Long Pause] are you-
Katie: I’m fine!
[Joe walks to the stand across the room that held napkins and walks back with the napkin at hand]
Joe: Oh my god, Kate!
[Katie is sobbing and takes the cushion from the sofa and buries her face in it. Joe runs to the sofa and sits down]
Joe: It’s going to be okay, you don’t have to cry anymore.
[Katie cries harder. Joe lets Katie cry for a while and let it all out]
Joe: It’s going to be alright sweetie. Here wipe your face with this.
[Joe held his hand out with the napkin still at his hand]
Katie: Just leave me alone!
[Katie pushes his hand out the way, the napkin flies across the room]
Joe: Katie!
[Katie gets up, the cushion falls.
[Katie is in the living room sitting on the couch with her headphones on. Joe is standing near Katie, Joe speaks first.]
Joe: Kate. [Pause] Katie. [Pause] KATIE!
Katie: Oh my god, what dad!?
Joe: We need to talk about something.
Katie: What we gonna talk about?
Joe: Why are your grades so low?
Katie: [Katie shrugs.]I don’t know, ugh it is what it is.
Joe: This isn’t a joke you have to start boosting your grades up.
Katie: But… [Pause] ugh It doesn’t even matter anymore.
[Joe stares at Katie, Pause]
Joe: Wait; is this about your mother? Is she the reason your grades are so low?
Katie: No it isn’t about her.
[Joe’s phone beeps.]
Joe: Did you go to Dr. Phil yesterday by any chance?
[Joe walks over to the other side of the room picks up a charger and walks towards the small round table where there was an outlet and plugs in the charger and puts his phone on the table.]
Katie: Yeah… [Pause]
Joe: What did you guys talk about?
Katie: Doesn’t matter. [Joe frowns]
Joe: You know you can tell me anything, right?
Katie: That’s between me and Dr.Phil. [Long pause]
We just talked about mom, again.
Joe: Oh, I see.
[Joe walks over and sits beside Katie]
Katie: Mom is coming back, right?
Joe: Sweetie, Janice… I mean your mother, she’s gone… She’s not coming back.
[Katie starts tearing]
Joe: Katie [Long Pause] are you-
Katie: I’m fine!
[Joe walks to the stand across the room that held napkins and walks back with the napkin at hand]
Joe: Oh my god, Kate!
[Katie is sobbing and takes the cushion from the sofa and buries her face in it. Joe runs to the sofa and sits down]
Joe: It’s going to be okay, you don’t have to cry anymore.
[Katie cries harder. Joe lets Katie cry for a while and let it all out]
Joe: It’s going to be alright sweetie. Here wipe your face with this.
[Joe held his hand out with the napkin still at his hand]
Katie: Just leave me alone!
[Katie pushes his hand out the way, the napkin flies across the room]
Joe: Katie!
[Katie gets up, the cushion falls.