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Chicken or Fish
Chicken or Fish
A regular NYC apt, the kind you might see on a sitcom. Alex
enters. Jaime is in the kitchen.
ALEX
Hey honey.
JAIME
Hey babe, hows are you.
ALEX
Good. How was your day.
JAIME
It was good.
Silence.
JAIME
Well what do you wanna eat.
ALEX
I don't care,
JAIME
What do you mean you don't care, you
gotta want something.
ALEX
i don't... Chicken.
JAIME
Well there is also fish-
ALEX
Chicken.
JAIME
I mean do you care about fish. you
just don't want fish.
ALEX
Really i don't care I could have
either one.
JAIME
Alright well which one do you want.
ALEX
I told you what I want I want
chicken.
JAIME
Alright well we're making chicken
ALEX
OK!
JAIME
You can stop yelling at me.
ALEX
I'm not.
JAIME
I'm just asking what the fuck you
wanna eat. that's all
ALEX
look i already told you i don't
care, I will eat what you make. you
cook it and you put it in front of
me and I will eat it. I'm not
really interested -
JAIME
SO you just don't give a fuck, you
about anything, don't want make a
decision.
ALEX
No i give a fuck , I just don't care
about dinner right now. I don't
give a fuck. what ever you want to
make you make. punto. I don't care.
JAIME
Well I do care. I care fucking alot
about this relatioinship. i care
about what you want. I think about
your needs. i think about all this
stuff. but you . you dont care. i
ask you something right away you
want to bite my head off.
ALEX
I'm not biting your fucking head
off.
JAIME
Yes you are. youre fighting for
fucking chicken.
ALEX
I dont give a fuck about the fucking
chicken. the chicken can go fuck it
self.
JAIME
I'm talking about you and your
fucking crayiness.
ALEX
I'm crazy?
JAIME
yes
ALEX
I'm crazy! yes I'm fucking crazy.
you know why, because you make me
fucking crazy. It's you. Thats why.
you make me insane.
JAIME
Well you too. I fucking hate you.
ALEX
I hate you too.
Silence
ALEX
You know on second thought... is it
Talapia or Salmon.
JAIME
Its... its talapia.
ALEX
Yea I'm just gonna have chicken
then.
JAIME
ok.