STEPH Yeah./ Just so you know … I am not very cool with this. Having to come here.

GREG I understand./ Sorry, but …

STEPH This is … I don’t like it./ It’s weird.

CARLY I mean, I know you pick me up and stuff, but you don’t work here anymore …/ It’s not like it’s your private office.

GREG I know./ I wouldn’t’ve asked to meet here if it wasn’t important to me … okay?

CARLY Fine. I’m still on the clock, though, so—

GREG I’ll keep it short. I promise …

STEPH Yeah, well, your promises don’t seem to have that much weight anymore … so …

GREG Steph, please. Gimme a chance here.

STEPH I don’t think we should all be meeting in a group like this, anyway. (To GREG.) Why are you doing this? Huh?

GREG … just because … I’m …/ No, no, I just want us all to … be … on the same …

STEPH I think you’re afraid./ You’re afraid of getting yelled at again, by one of us …/ Or if we did this in private … right?

GREG No, I’m not!/ No, Steph, I’m trying to …

STEPH I bet./ Uh-huh. Sure.

GREG That’s not it./ No it isn’t! (Beat.) Look, years ago I was here … in this room … it was, like, right after you came here and told me you were getting married, Steph, right after that … I decided to change my life and, you know, I have. Sort of. But … (To CARLY.) Kent actually challenged me on the subject a while ago—yeah, Kent—said he thought my reading was just a waste of time; he called it “selfish” and said instead I should be out doing something with my life and I thought about that. Was he right? Maybe. Maybe I have been selfish and not done enough … maybe I’ve just been … gliding along, going with the flow—even with the two of you—and that’s not what you do in a relationship. You guys don’t deserve that … either one of you. (Beat.) Anyway, look … the big news is this … I’ve taken a job in New York.

STEPH What?!

GREG Just listen … hear me out for a second.

Before GREG can explain his ideas, however, STEPH reacts:

STEPH … oh shit … are you gonna mess this up?! Huh?!/ Is that what you’re getting ready to do?!/ (To CARLY.) And I’m sorry about the baby, but this is completely fucked! I mean, if you’re … gonna …!/ OH SHIT!!

GREG No!/ Steph, please!/ I’m …/ I am trying to help you understand where my head is at …/ … and, and what I’m wrestling with here!

STEPH You said you “loved” me, Greg!/ That’s all I wanna know right now … I don’t care if it’s here in front of Carly or not … do-you-love-me?

GREG I just … I don’t know!

STEPH You asshole!!

GREG Please don’t say that …/ Just hear me out.