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Cathy and Chris have been assigned to perform a dramatic interpretation together for a high school speech tournament.
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CATHY: I鈥檓 glad we鈥檙e going to be working together.
CHRIS: I haven鈥檛 agreed to d-do it yet.
CATHY: But you will鈥攔ight?
CHRIS: Like I said, I鈥檒l think about it. (beat) See ya.
CATHY: I鈥檒l walk with you.
(THEY both move towards the classroom door, and bump into each other.)
CATHY: Oops鈥斺€榮cuse me.
CHRIS: (Irritably) Go ahead.
CATHY: You know, Chris, if you don鈥檛 want to work with me just say no.
CHRIS: I didn鈥檛 say that. I just said I was g-gonna think about it.
CATHY: It鈥檚 what you鈥檙e not saying . . . and how you鈥檙e saying it.
CHRIS: That doesn鈥檛 make any sense.
CATHY: If you don鈥檛 like the kids in Speech & Debate鈥攚hy鈥檇 you join?
CHRIS: My mom made me j-join. I can鈥檛 play f-football anymore since I hurt my back, and she says I have to have some activity.
CATHY: But if you don鈥檛 like Speech & Debate do something else. Yearbook, newspaper, anything.
CHRIS: (beat) I have to do this.
CATHY: Why do you 鈥渉ave鈥� to do this?
CHRIS: My mom says so.
CATHY: Haven鈥檛 you heard of adolescent rebellion?
CHRIS: She says I have to do Speech & Debate so I won鈥檛 hide from m-my stutter.
CATHY: Oh.
CHRIS: So I won鈥檛 be afraid of speaking in public.
CATHY: I鈥檓 sorry.
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