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Arlene McKinney: Do you look down on me? Eugene Simonet: What? Arlene McKinney: Do you look down on me? Eugene Simonet: No. Arlene McKinney: 'Cause I don't talk like you. I haven't read the stuff you read. Eugene Simonet: What are you talking about? That's not pertinent, and you know it. Arlene McKinney: Don't talk to me like that! Eugene Simonet: Well, I'm sorry, but that's the way I talk, you know. Words are all I have. Arlene McKinney: Why? Why? 'Cause you think you look like shit? Is that it? I don't care about your burns, Eugene, if that's even what they are. Is that what they are? Eugene Simonet: Yes. Arlene McKinney: Okay, well, whatever happened to you, you look good to me. [A beat.] Eugene Simonet: You look good to me, too. Arlene McKinney: Okay. So? [A beat.] Eugene Simonet: So, I've never been here before. [A beat.] Arlene McKinney: Okay. So, you're scared. I'm scared, too. Listen. Bad things have happened to me, okay? I can't take my shirt off with a guy without five beers in me, but I want that with you. More than I'm scared, I want that. [Eugene walks away from Arlene and turns to try saying something to her. He then turns off the music on his stereo. A beat.] Eugene Simonet: You don't see me. [A beat.] All right? My life . . . my life is familiar. My life is . . . it's manageable. It's manageable. Everyday . . . I have a thing I do everyday. It's all I've ever known. And it's a routine and as long as I have that, as long as I have that, I'm okay. I'm okay. If I don't have it, I'm lost. Arlene McKinney: So, is that all you want? Your goddamn manageable day? Eugene Simonet: It's what I have. Arlene McKinney: No, it isn't. Eugene Simonet: It is what I've always had. Arlene McKinney: Is it what you want? Eugene Simonet: Yes, it's what I want! Arlene McKinney: I don't believe you. [She tries kissing Eugene, but he rejects her advances. A beat.] Arlene McKinney: Okay. If that's the best I got. [She starts leaving.] Eugene Simonet: It's not about you. Arlene McKinney: Yes, it is! Something's been offered to you here, and you don't want it! Maybe you're scared to get rejected. Well, I can't reject you! You're too quick for me!

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