LISA AND COLIN'S APARTMENT - EVENING
Lisa is sitting on the couch. Colin is sitting on a chair facing her. For a few seconds, they just stare at each other. They are both in a lot of pain. Lisa is crying. LISA: How can this be happening to us? (She holds her stomach.) ... to all of us? COLIN: I'm sorry. LISA: It hurts so much ... COLIN: I know. LISA: How can you leave me now? COLIN: I'll still be here for you, Lisa. LISA: There's no use pretending you're 'still here', because you're not going to be here ... that's the reality. COLIN: I wish it could be different. This is the way it has to be for now. But you'll be ok, Lise, I know you will. LISA: How will I cope on my own? I mean ... we were so happy, and now with the baby ... I thought everything was so perfect. COLIN: Me too. I really did. LISA: But now, all of a sudden, I'll wake up alone, I'll go through the day alone ... when everyone goes home - I'll be alone ... I don't know how I'm going to cope. COLIN: I know. If it could be any other way - LISA: Why now? When ... (I'm about to have our baby) She can't continue. COLIN: I know. (He too is moved to tears.) Oh, God, I'm so sorry ... LISA: All I ever wanted, since the day I met you, was to be with you, to share my life with you, to have your baby - She pats her stomach. COLIN: That's all I ever wanted too. I didn't plan this. Lisa reaches for a bottle of pills. END OF FIRST PAGE |