Tropical Depression
Cast:
Donna
Nina
Setting: A hospital room.
(Lights up, Donna talking to Nina, both sitting on a hospital bed.)
Donna: You didn't need to, really.
Nina: Donna, I'm your friend; this is what friends do.
D: I know.
N: I had to be here.
D: Thank you.
N: I couldn't miss this.
D: It means a lot to me, after everything and...
N: I know.
D: I wasn't...
N: I know.
D: I didn't expect anyone to visit.
N: Why not?
D: Well, I've been a complete recluse for the past four months, Nina...
N: Ohh... don't worry...
D: I didn't even answer my phone for the last three weeks...
N: You were in a dark place; what could you do?
D: I could have reached out... to people, to my friends... that might have worked.
N: (hugging her close) It might have helped, but you don't know.
D: It would have helped, such great friends. I didn't talk to you or Trish or Kat.
N: Shhhhh... don't worry about that now.
D: I probably wouldn't be here if I had...
N: You need to be here.
D: I don't know how it happened, that's the scary thing. Four months ago, I was fine, a little glum, Bobby had left, but, you know, I was there... I was okay.
N: Yeah, you were, we went to Dorinda's Palace for that show.
D: (laughs) Ohh God, I had blocked that from my mind.
N: Mmmmm... not me... (laughs) Some of those men... grrrr...
D: Yeah, I suppose, but then I just dropped off the...
N: Almost as cute as the two spa boys I saw coming in here.
D: Yeah?
N: Ohhhh, Donna, I was a little weak for a while.
D: Where'd you see these guys?
N: Out by the pool, just as I was parking the car.
D: Where'd you park?
N: Right outside the front doors.
D: But... did you... pool?
N: That was some very fine flesh, looked like fun for us, if we play our cards right.
D: Play what? Nina, what pool?
N: The one right near the entrance. Huge thing.
D: I... I never saw a pool.
N: Oh, it's there...this is one amazing place they bring you.
D: Yeah... uhhh... it's nice... but...
N: Almost makes me wish I tried to kill myself! (laughs, then realizes she shouldn't have said that) Oops, sorry, Sweetie, that was a stupid thing to say, I'm sorry.
D: It's okay... I just...
N: I'm just so impressed that they sent you here... (motions toward the window) I mean you have the ocean right outside, the palm trees swaying, smell that warm salt air...
D: Uhhh... Nina?
N: So nice of them to let me stay with you even if it's only for a few days, but I figured, hey, she's my best friend, I'll take the time off work, buy the plane ticket and see the sites. So, here we are!
D: Nina?
N: It's just fabulous. I've never been to Florida before, especially not a place like the Keys. So warm.
D: Nina! It's Muncie! It's February! What are you...
N: So, you've got, what, therapy in the morning? And then... shopping!!
D: Nina! Stop!
N: We are going to have so much fun! A little retail therapy, margaritas in the sand, with the spa boys!
D: I'm here until they release me! It's a state facility. I'm a danger to myself!
N: Don't worry, Donna. I'll talk to some people, we'll cure this thing, girlfriend-to-girlfriend...
(lights start fading)
D: No, Nina... This isn't funny!
N: Ice cream, massages, new lingerie, some Sex-on-the-Beaches and sex, on the beaches...
(lights out)
(end)
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