38 ‘A PERFECT COUPLE scene: selective, elective, honesty (Av sits, reading the journal, engrossed.) Ano: "They move together like elegant machinery. She challenges him in ways that Army? (Eun enters, overlapping with the ove) Eun: Amy? Ano’ I cant talk to you yet. et you know when Tean talk to you. Bow: Bat, Amy— Avy: Yes? oa Well, Anything, You don’t seriously think anything. Do you? Anty: I don’t know what I think. Why did you come here and never tell me about if? Ext: I don’t know. ‘Ane I don’t know what to think. kota: Amy, nothing happened, We came up here ‘once, but it waan’t/ illicit o-— Any Tit? ‘Exava: / /anything, He and Tare friends, Like you end Tare friends. We came up to get away. We were talking, working late, in the darkroom — ‘Ax0: He and you are not friends like you and I You. and Lae different. Eytwa: We drove up and crashed and in the moming I shot some pictures and then, we left, Nothing ever [Brooke Berman cS) happened, and I don’t know why we never told you but ‘Avtv: We were friends frst, Exava: It was ll completely harmless ‘Aw: And we're both wornen, Eva: What does that mean? We're al friends. Am [supposed to not be friends with Isaac because he's ‘your boyfriend? ‘Avo Partner. BvM: Sure, Does that mean Ican't~also—? Ayn Itmeans your primary loyalty is to me. [EMo«A: I don’t think about things that way. Ante: Do you love him? Eva: Like Hove you. Any: Are you lying? Exam T don't ie ‘Ant: You've dated married men, EMMA: That's not fai. Once. Anny Twice. [Buta: The second was a mistake, [Anni They were both mistakes. The pointis that you dolie. EyMa:No, Amy, I don't—this is ‘Ann Thisis honesty? It's selective? xa I’snot elective, ‘Anny didn’t say “elective”, Leaid “selective” —you select what to— EyMA: It yas along time ago. And itwas platonic. We are friends, We aze all thee friends with one another.40 A PERFECT COUPLE, Who knows what Coral thinks she saw. Who knows? Amy. Aan Please don’t keep saying my name, yoda: What will help? What ean Ido? Av: Nothing. You can't do anything, Exo: I'm somry we didn’ tell you about that night. Twas 0 long ago, but it really wasm’t— Avy: ict -Exmwta: Yes! We never said, no one ever said “Don’t tell Amy" —itjust didn’t come up. We never said don’t tell amy. ‘Any: Butyou didn’t. You didn’t tell Amy. Which ‘means, that something did happen. Even ifnothing. happened, something happened, or you would have talked aboutit. Ten years! And you could have. There ‘were so many times When you could have. There was some reason that you wanied to keep this from me, something that wasnt ight, otherwise, you'd have talked aboutitt Evihts: But—~does everything have to be—? Whatif we didnt need to? WhatifI didn’t want io? What if liked ‘how we all trust each other enough that ! woulda’ reed to— Do you know what I mean? Anis Not don‘! 1 dom’thave secrets! Evita: Butt’s not about you! (Beat?) That doesn’t sound right. don’t mean i's not about you, [ust ‘Avev: You mean that there's some piece of you that hhas to have something behind my back, Youmean that you've been holding onto some kind of special relationship with my fance for — EMMA: That is not true! Brooke Berman C (Best) ‘Anny: don’ tirust you, EMMA: You don’t trust me? We've been friends for toventy years. Anny: And Ijust realized that Ido not trust you. Isee the way you look at him. yata: How do [look at him? ‘Avni Like he's Superman. You look at Isaac like he is— xan: don't ‘Ayn You've always done that. Its because you didn’t Ihave a father. At least that’s how T always— EMMA: Its because what? Ant: Because you dida’thave a father. You're ‘awestruck by men, There are studies. Bua: What??? Avex: What were you doing in this house, and ‘why does Coral have journal entries about elegant machinery? Eka: Tdon’t even know what that means Av: She says you fit together lke elegant machinery yma: She was Swiss! Auov:Thisis serious, What were you doing together {in this house without me? And why didn't you say anything? aot dont know dot know why. Ws | guess whatever that night was, ijust—wanter stay between us, Not because anything happened, just because, }don't know why. And the langerI didn’t say anything, I guess the more it seemed like a thing, Dutit wasn’t Ie wasn’t2 ‘A PERFECT COUPLE ‘Ao0e Why are yous alone? Who are you waiting FEMA: I don’t know what you mean. ‘Any: Don't you? I've had to listen to youand all of ‘your stories and all of these—men who break yout hheart—all these years. And I've never said anything, Ivenever said anything. You come to Iseac and me {o et taken cae of. And we pay attention to you, we sten, we take care of your poor disabled ill equipped {reo falling broken heart—andl you get all the attention because you're the special one, and I don’t trust you. don't care what happened. In this house. leare—what [care about—is thet you were here—and the two of you kept seret fom me, Can't anythingjust be Evia: Can {read it? Can Lat least? Amy: No. (Av holds the journal close. EMA moves towards her and ‘Avty moves aus, holding the journal to her body.) Euaqa: How can younot trust me? Anne: You fit, Eyawa: What!? Ant: With both of us. You always have. These twenty: five year-olds you date, they may let you boss then around, but they wise up, you know. No one thinks— Josh doesn’t think —that is any great mark of your ‘maturity or evolution that you can't set realistic boundaries or expectations and have realistic relationships. Eva: You're really angry right now, and Ym goin pas ly angry sigh going ‘Agev:Twant you to leave Brooke Berman I (Any leres the room, taking the journal with her na is stunned) a diary is subjective. (aia fight) ISAAC: But it’s is a wholly subjective account. This is ‘not an objective record ofthe weekend. ‘Aw: So now i's a weekend? I thought it was one night Isaac: My point is that this is someone's opinion. This ‘snot factual. This subjective. ‘Any: Do you wish you were with her? ISAAC: Thisis crazy. Amy, nothing happened. ‘Anov: You keep saying that lke it means something, ‘And it doesn’t mean anything, It doesn’t. I don't care ‘whether something happened. That's not what Icare about ISAAC: So whatdo you care about? ‘Ann Tcare that she wrote it.I care that you never fold ‘me you were up here with my friend. ISAAC: Our friend Annv:No, She was my friend, She was my friend frst. ‘An I care that there was something, something Coral ‘saw, something that made her write that—T care that something I believed is different than how Ibelieved it. Teare that there's “story” now and that—everything, isto be questioned. Isaac: Whats “tobe questioned”? ‘Anne Everything, Allofit.