STEPH I am not asking you to get into anything, Greg … I was looking for your opinion …/ Don’t worry about it. We’ll just figure it out at some other point. Her and me.

GREG Oh. (Glancing around.)/ Okay. I’m on my lunch, so we … should …

STEPH Nobody’s watching us, alright?

GREG I know. I just … we’re here at school, so that’s a little … plus, it feels weird to be doing this. Meeting behind her back.

STEPH Why? We’re just talking.

GREG Yeah, but …

STEPH You did it to me.

GREG Ummmm, no, that’s not … true …

STEPH Yeah, you guys kept your whole courtship a secret, so …/ Yes, you did.

GREG We didn’t … no …/ Steph, I’m not going to do this again, so no. Let’s stop.

STEPH I’m not fighting with you! Fuck!! (Beat.) I asked you to come talk with me and it’s not about you and Carly, so if you didn’t tell her you were gonna see me, then that is your shit … run back to your classroom and hide if you wanna, I don’t care!

GREG I’m not running anywhere! Jesus!! (Beat.) I just feel strange, that’s all. Meeting like this. Plus it’s the student lounge, so that’s … anybody could just …

STEPH ’Kay. (Beat.) Sorry. I get it.

GREG What?

STEPH I said “sorry.”

GREG I know … it’s just so rare, I thought I misunderstood you. Do you mind saying it again, just once more? (Smiles.) Please?

STEPH “Fuck you.” (Smiles.) I’ll say that again for you if you’d like … a dozen times.

GREG laughs and, in spite of herself, so does STEPH. She elbows him in the ribs.

They stare off at kids playing in the distance.

GREG Look at ’em over there … at the elementary … kids are awesome, aren’t they?

STEPH Yeah. Pretty much.

GREG Don’t you think?

STEPH Mostly. (Beat.) I hate cutting their hair but yes, mostly they’re pretty awesome …

GREG Ha! I’ll bet they can be a handful!

STEPH Little fuckers, some of ’em, but it’s the parents that’re the actual problem.

GREG True.

STEPH Most children … I mean, if you track it back … it’s the parents./ There’s, like, a shitload of bad parents out there!

GREG No, yeah, I know …/ I see the same all the time here. I mean, I haven’t been doing it very long, but … you’re right. It’s usually the adults.

STEPH Yep.

GREG Do you wanna sit? If we’re gonna … then I need to eat.

STEPH Sure.

GREG … do you think you guys’re gonna have any? (Pointing.) I mean, like, soon?

STEPH Oh, are we getting down to the personal shit now?

GREG Ha! Not really. Just a question.

STEPH I don’t know. He wants to, but I’m not in a hurry./ Yet.

GREG Hmmm./ Always thought you wanted kids.

STEPH shrugs and puts away her phone. GREG gets out a sandwich.