Scene 2 – University Years (part 2) – What Were You Waiting For?

Scene 3
University years

Set: A Coffee house. There is a serving counter with a selection of coffees, teas and pastries.

Tables of 4 crowded together.

Tommy friends have pushed a couple of tables together and squeezed in a couple more chairs to create a more formidable group.

In the corner is a small elevated stage with a mike. The instruments are lined up for a bluegrass band, a couple of guitars, bass and a mandolin.

Scene: A Group of Tommy’s friends are sitting at a table. Julie is among them. They place their order with the waitress and she walks away from the table. Tommy enters nursing a back injury from a ski accident. This is the start of the running gag of sports injuries.

Tommy locates his friends and makes his way over to their table.
Julie “What happened?”
Tommy “skiing. mogul run, epic fall. Broke my ski’s”
Julie “Hockey, skiing, baseball, training. What don’t you do?”
Tommy “Golf. If it can’t make you bleed it’s not worth doing. ‘
Julie “Still with Kelly?”
Tommy “No, it was too weird. I went to pick her up at her dorm and Donna answered the door”
Julie “Your ex ?”
Tommy , nods
Julie “What was she doing there?”
Tommy “They’re sisters”
Julie gasps
Tommy “Besides, my mother is giving me grief. Why can’t I date a Jewish girl?”
They laugh
Tommy ” You?”
Julie “Mike broke up with me. He just wants to be friends”
Tommy “that spot’s taken.”

Cue the music
Tommy limps up onto the small stage and picks up the guitar.

Song-Friends

A Duet featuring Tommy and Julie.

Please be careful who you pick be careful with your life

But then you know I’ll always watch out for you

And you know that I’ll be there Every step of the way.

We played the parts of brothers sisters parents too

We also played boyfriend and girlfriend

And you know that I’ll be there Every day.

How can one explain and make sense of the depth of a relationship like ours.

We always seem to be the medicine that cures the others pain for hours.

And when the dust of time settles. We’ll have seen many lovers go by

But we will still have each other. You know why.

Don’t have to play no mind games with you.

‘cause you know what’s in my head.

Just have to be myself with you,

nothing more to be said.

But