Two A.M.

AT RISE:

DOUG and ELENA sit outside a party. There are a few empty cups spread around.

DOUG:
So I was kind of planning on saying something philisophical. You know, about the human condition or something like that.

ELENA:
Oh?

DOUG:
Yeah, it was going to be pretty half-baked. Also rambling.

ELENA:
That does sound like you.

DOUG:
Unfortunately. So, uh... I was wondering if you could find some way to stop me before I make a complete ass out of myself.

ELENA:
Any suggestions?

DOUG:
Not as such. But you had better make it fast, I just thought of something rather banal to say about the Middle East, and-

Elena gently takes his hand.

DOUG:
Yeah. That'll do.

BLACKOUT. END PLAY.