“Action”
“So... how long do we dance like this?”
“As long as the spotlight is on them.”
“And then we do the uh…”
“Stage kiss.”
“Cool.”
……
“I’ve never done one.”
“hm?”
“A stage kiss I mean.”
“We touch lips, no tongue.”
“It doesn't mean anything.”
“Cool.”
……
“Did the lights just change?”
“...Yes.”
“So we…”
“You’re supposed to say your lines first”
“Lines?!”
‘Wow Estella, I can’t believe I'm here with you tonight at the high school dance!’
‘Jeez Duke, I don't know how you got me here either.’
“...ok but the thing is Kemper,”
“What!”
“Before when I mentioned the stage kiss…”
“…”
“Well, I’ve never actually done a real kiss before either.”
“It’s ok, it doesn't mean anything.”
“But what if I want it to?”
“I’m kissing you because the script says so, you geek.”
“How can that mean anything?”
“It’s my first kiss and it’s happening to me”
“Kiss?!”
“And I think I like you.”
“Hello? The script says ‘they kiss’.”
“No tongue.”
They kiss.
- Mexico City, 10/24/21