Leah

DNA by Dennis Kelly

No, sorry, don't tell me, that's a stupidthat's such a stupid -You can tell me, you know.
You can talk to meI won't judge you, whatever it is.Whatever you, you know, I won't...Is it
me?Not that I'm - I mean it wouldn't matter if you weren't or were, actually, so -Are you
thinking about me?What good things? Phil? Or...I mean is it a negative, are you thinking
a negative thing about -Not that I'm bothered. I'm not bothered, Phil, I'm not,it doesn't, I
don't care. You know. I don'tWhat, like I talk too much? Is that it? That I talk too much,
you,sitting there in absolute silence thinking"Leah talks too much, I wish she'd shut up
once in a while"is that it, is that what you're,no, because alright, I do. There, I'm
admitting,I talk too much!So shoot me, call the policeI talk too much, what a crime, what
a sin, what an absolute catastropheRidiculous, because you're not perfect actually,
Phil.Ok. There. I've said it, you're not...You're a bit...Do I disgust you?I do. No, I do. No
don't because, it's alright, it's fine, I'm not gonna, you know,or whatever, you know it's not
the collapse of my, becauseI do have, I could walk out of here, there are friends, I've got,
I've got friends, I mean alrightI haven't got friends, not exactly, butI could, if I wanted,
given the right, given the perfect, you know,circumstances.So don't, because you haven't
either, I mean it's not like you're, you know,Mr popular, you know, you haven't,but that's
different, isn't, I mean, don't say it isn't, really, you'll just embarrass us both because it is
different,it's different because it doesn't matter to youDoes it.Sitting there. Sitting there,
all...You're not scared. Nothing scares, there, I've said it;scared. Scared, Phil. I'm scared,
they scare me, this place, everyonebut I'm not the only one, I'm not the only one, Phil,I'm
just the only one saying it,I've said it and I'm not ashamed.Yes, I am ashamed but I'm not
ashamed of my shame, Phil,give me that much credit at least, thank you.Everyone's
scared.S'not just me.We've got each other. We need each other.So don't give it all...You
need me as much as...Don't...What are you thinking?