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exit stage right. Scene end.<br />
Fighting Words<br />
Young Playwrights 2021-2022<br />
The Plays<br />
JAKE and ADAM are no longer in the apartment, instead, they are waiting at a bus<br />
stop. JAKE is still holding on to the microwave.<br />
So ... (Beat) is this it?<br />
ADAM<br />
JAKE<br />
C'mon, don't be dramatic, I'll visit! You know/ that. ..<br />
ADAM<br />
No, I really mean it! What if one of us moves away or passes ... okay that's a bit<br />
extreme ... but the statement stills stands! It's just that (Beat) maybe we should've<br />
stayed in that grungy old apartment. ..<br />
Pause.<br />
JAKE<br />
ADAM, look at me. I've finally had a coherent thought about this whole ... THING,<br />
and if you want to hear it, it's this. If we hadn't left the apartment now, we'd probably<br />
have died of old age in there. You/ have potential, use it.<br />
But!<br />
Pause.<br />
ADAM<br />
JAKE<br />
ADAM? The bus is on its way, and I'm sure your old friends are waiting for you,<br />
right?<br />
JAKE puts down the microwave and both JAKE and ADAM walk over to each other<br />
and awkwardly hug it out for a second. Afterwards, JAKE picks up his microwave<br />
and ADAM steps back to the bus stop.<br />
I'll see you around?<br />
Yep.<br />
ADAM<br />
JAKE<br />
The lights slowly fade out. JAKE (VOICEOVER) finally releases the breath he had<br />
taken during the dinner scene.<br />
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