CLAIRE, MY ECLAIR
By Tara Meddaugh (c) 2016
*Teen Version
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY/TEEN
Cast: MALE
Setting: Outside of a school building
Age range: 13-20
Description: ANDRES, a boy around 16 years old, talks to his ex-girlfriend, Claire. He begs her for forgiveness in stealing from her father, and pleads that she consider how his actions were always for the benefit of their relationship.
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ANDRES
Claire, Claire—my éclair…My chocolatey, sweet treat, my—okay, okay! I’ll stop! Don’t leave! I won’t call you that. I guess—I don’t deserve to call you that, do I? You’re not my—you’re not my éclair now. Not anymore. I’m just—if you’re sweet then I’m, I’m a—a—a—a Tylenol, like when you chew it up. All bitter and gross. That’s me. I know it, Claire. I’m a gross chewed up Tylenol, and you don’t deserve that. Why would you talk to me? Why would you even look at me after what I did?
(pause)
But you do look at me. And that’s just because—that’s just because you’re so perfect. You’re like, the most incredible person in the world, and I was so lucky for those two months to be part of such an incredible person’s life.
(pause)
And, I want you to know, I mean, I hope you already do—but…I know I messed up. You trusted me and I stole money from your dad. And I lied. And, and, that’s not cool, Claire. That’s so not what a beautiful sweet breakfast treat deserves, but you know, I did it to—END OF EXCERPT.
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