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  1. PRAISE FOR THE PLAYS OF NEIL LABUTE
  2. REASONS TO BE PRETTY
  3. IN A DARK DARK HOUSE
  4. WRECKS
  5. FAT PIG
  6. THE MERCY SEAT
  7. THE SHAPE OF THINGS
  8. BASH
  9. ALSO BY NEIL LABUTE
  10. Copyright
  11. Contents
  12. PREFACE
  13. REASONS TO BE HAPPY

CARLY We could.

GREG That’s …

CARLY Or we could do the pancakes first. They both sound good!

GREG Ha! I’m open … (Checks his watch.) For another two hours, anyway.

CARLY Food! I need something yummy to eat …

GREG ’Kay, let’s take care of that right now.

CARLY Fantastic! (Grabbing him.) You know what? You’re a really good guy, Greg./ I think you are a really decent and nice person and I’m glad that we’re together now … so … there you go.

GREG Thank you./ (A peck on her cheek.) That is very sweet. Thanks.

CARLY You definitely need pancakes first! (She laughs.) I thought that was gonna get you all hot and bothered when I said that …

GREG Ha! This might not be the most … sexy … place I’ve ever been before, so maybe …

They kiss a few more times. It grows in intensity until:

CARLY You know what? Fuck the pancakes. Let’s go to your place and I’m gonna eat you for breakfast …

GREG Ha!/ Come on, let’s go to IHOP …

CARLY No, seriously …/ I feel really horny right now, so we should … come on.

GREG Carly, that’s …

CARLY … please, baby …

GREG No, really, I’ve got a test to finish up and a … seating chart I’m supposed to …

CARLY Excuse me?

GREG What?

CARLY Nothing.

GREG No, what’d I do wrong?

CARLY Ummmmmm … it started with “seating” and it ended with “chart.”

GREG I do, though! For my … the teacher I’m subbing for asked me to …

CARLY Screw it, Greg, I can walk home if you’ve gotta get over there that bad.

GREG After breakfast is fine … I’m just …

CARLY I was saying I wanna blow you, Greg, to suck your cock … so can you hold off on the Elmer’s Glue Stick for a few minutes or not?/ I mean … God!

GREG Carly, come on …/ That’s … not …

CARLY No, seriously, what’s up? You’re giving off some really mixed signals here …

GREG I have to be at work, that’s all! I want to spend time with you, that’s why I was here at 6:00 in the morning. Okay? There is nothing wrong, I promise …

CARLY … fine …

CARLY moves away from GREG. He tries to get close to her.

GREG Please. Don’t get all …

CARLY Don’t worry, I won’t hit you or anything. Like your last relationship.

GREG That’s not very nice.

CARLY I wasn’t trying to be nice.

GREG We can go to my apartment if you want to. We absolutely can … I’m sorry.

CARLY Not now. (Beat.) It’s ok … let’s go eat.

GREG Good. Alright. You’re sure?

CARLY Yeah, that’s … yes. You said it’d be a fun thing to do and you’re right. Sit and eat and talk, that sounds good …

GREG It will be.

CARLY Anything special you wanna talk about?

GREG … no …