Background: Zeena is Ethan’s girlfriend from home. Ethan and Mattie met at a summer program away from home. They live in the same town but never knew each other (Starkfield is a big town). They have just returned home and are talking on the phone.
Mattie: Hello, Ethan?
Ethan: Hey
Mattie: What’s up?
Ethan: Nothing much. You?
Mattie: Nothing really, I miss you.
Ethan: doesn’t answer.
Mattie: Are you there?
Ethan: Yeah, I’m here. I miss you too.
Mattie: How was that campout with Dan?
Ethan: It never happened.
Mattie: Aww, why not?
Ethan: I don’t know, we were both kinda from the ride home.
Mattie: Yeah.
She pauses. Silence for about 15 seconds.
Mattie: What have you been doing?
Ethan: Not much. Just hanging out. You?
Mattie: Yeah, same. I had to go out with my family for my sister’s birthday.
Ethan: Oh, yeah, cool… I forgot what it’s like to have parents…
Mattie: Yeah I know what you mean… So I’ve been wearing your hoodie since I got home…
Ethan: Good times…
He trails off, sounding distracted.
Mattie: Have you see her yet?
Ethan: Zeena?
Mattie: Yeah
Ethan: Yeah, I did…
Mattie: How was that?
Ethan: It was a little awkward at first but then it was okay. I had a good time.
She doesn’t answer at first.
Mattie: Oh, that’s good, I guess…
Ethan: Yeah…
Mattie: Am I still going to see you before school starts?
Ethan: I don’t know, I’ll try… it’s not a guarantee.
Mattie: Oh, all right. Listen, I have to go, I’ll call you later. I love you.
Ethan: All right, I love you too, bye.
Mattie: Bye.
They hang up.
Commercial break.
Mattie: Hey.
Ethan: Hey, what’s up?
Mattie: Nothing much, you?
Ethan: Not much.
Mattie: I don’t feel good, come take care of me…
Ethan: I wish I could.
Mattie: I’m not kidding though, I really miss you a lot...
Ethan: I wish I could come, I really do, but my mom won’t let me go into town. It’s ridiculous. I’m seventeen and she thinks I’m twelve.
Mattie: Can you come on my birthday? Please?
Ethan: I’m gonna try.
Mattie: I feel like I haven’t seen you in forever. I really miss you. Just yeah, I do. And I shouldn’t, I shouldn’t want to see you at all cause you’re with Zeena but I do, I just miss you...
Ethan: I miss you too
Mattie: I’m crying again, lovely...
Ethan: Aww, I'm gonna try to come up. I just don’t know when exactly.
Mattie: Cause I'm crying? I can cry more, if that’ll make you come up...
Ethan: No, I don’t want you to cry... I was gonna come up anyway, I just really don’t know when.
Ethan: Hold on a sec.
Mattie: All right.
Ethan: Back. Are you okay now?
Mattie: Yeah, I’m fine. A little bored, I’m waiting for Denis to pick me up.
Ethan: So are you going out with Denis or something?
Mattie: Am I going out with him? No, are we hanging out? Yes.
Ethan: Oh…
Mattie: Whatever, he’s cute…its actually nothing serious so don’t be in jealous, I still love you.
Ethan: I’ll live… I have Zeena, you have Denis…
Mattie: Don’t talk about her in that sense…I might throw up. That’s not even a joke, whenever you talk about Zeena I feel sick. I mean, I wanna hear about it but at the same time it just makes me sick.
Ethan: Well, that’s not good.
Mattie: It’s funny that she did absolutely nothing wrong in this, I mean I'm the home wrecker and whatnot but I actually hate her.
Ethan: Like would you actually be mean to her if you saw her?
Mattie: No, it would just be like awkward and I don’t know, I would be like, not me I guess, just I don’t even know what I’d do.
Ethan: Ah…
Mattie: I have no interest in meeting her if that’s what you’re implying, and if you are you’ve really gone out of your mind…
Ethan: No…
Mattie: Oh, thank god.
Ethan: That would just cause so much anger in my direction.
