Lucy pulls away from Adam’s kiss.
She straightens her dress and tries to smooth down her hair.
But she’s pretty sure it’s hopeless.
Lucy
What are we going to do?
Adam
Is that your date out there?
Lucy
I told him I’d be right back!
Adam
How long were we gone for?
Lucy
Long enough to draw attention.
Adam
My date must be wondering if I fell in.
Lucy
Can we escape through the bathroom window?
Lucy
Hide in here forever?
Lucy
I guess there’s no time like the present, then.
Adam
Hang on, your dress is a little—
He fixes the strap on her shoulder, from where he’d started to slide it off her.
She just wants to feel his hands on her.
But she takes a deep breath and opens the door.
Lucy tries desperately to come up with something to say.
But Raul’s eyes have already zeroed in on Adam, who’s right behind her.
Lucy inches away from Adam.
Not like it helps, but she’s trying.
Lucy
Sorry! I got caught up in something and lost track of time.
Raul
I thought you said you didn’t know him.
Lucy
I guess the thing is that I sort of…do.
Raul
You’re having a bit of a lipstick problem.
Raul
Half of it is on this guy’s face.
Raul glares at Adam, who literally does have lipstick on his collar.
Raul
Is this the best friend? The one you have absolutely no feelings for?
Raul
Because all platonic friends make out in bathrooms.
Lucy feels her cheeks burning up.
She can’t take this. She has no idea what to do.
Before anything worse can happen, she pushes past Raul and runs out of the bar.
She grabs her purse on her way out.
It takes a long time for her heartbeat to slow.
Later that night, she gets a text…
Adam
Where’d you run off to?
Adam
Lucy, are you there?
She has no idea what to say to Adam, or what she wants to happen next.
But she does know that she owes someone a major apology.
She sends a text of her own.
Lucy
Raul, are you still up?
Lucy
I know it sounds cliché, but that wasn’t what it seemed.
Raul
You mean I didn’t walk in on you making out with someone else on our first date?
Lucy
Okay, THAT was what it seemed.
Lucy
But it wasn’t supposed to happen.
Lucy
Adam and I really are just friends.
Raul
Are you sure about that?
Lucy
I know I don’t deserve it, but is there any way that we can try again?
Lucy
I promise to behave myself this time.
Raul
Look, you’re gorgeous, and I’d hoped we’d hit it off.
Raul
But I wasn’t born yesterday.
Lucy
There’s still no reason we can’t have a little fun…😉
Raul
Normally I’d say sure, whatever.
Raul
But I’m not the guy you should be pursuing.
Lucy
What’s that supposed to mean?
Raul
It means you obviously have feelings for your friend.
Lucy
Yeah — FRIENDSHIP feelings.
Lucy
I’m not looking for anything else. With anyone.
Raul
I don’t get why you two won’t just let yourselves have what you want.
Lucy thinks for a minute, wondering how much she should say.
But she owes it to Raul to be honest with him. And with herself.
Lucy
I don’t want to get my heart broken.
Lucy
Or lose somebody I’ve been close to for so long.
Raul
I wish I could help you, but I’m backing away from this thing with a ten-foot pole.
Lucy
I’m sorry to have fucked up our date.
Raul
It’s weirdly okay, actually.
Raul
I got the number for your friend’s date, so it wasn’t all a total bust 😉
Raul
Nothing like the worst first date of our lives to bring two people together.
Lucy
I’m glad I could play Cupid for somebody else.
Raul
Play it for yourself first, beautiful.
Raul
Make this thing work.
He already has another date lined up.
He’s not the one who could lose everything.
But she has to write back to Adam eventually.
She takes a deep breath and goes into her messages.
Lucy
Well, that was awkward.
Adam
Did you get a do-over date?
Adam
We kiss and all you can say is “Oh”???
Adam
At least exchanging pics got a better reaction than that…
Lucy
Adam. We’ve been best friends since kindergarten.
Lucy
You’ve seen me through everything.
Lucy
I already lost Craig, after eight years together.
Lucy
That’s why I don’t want to mess this up.
Adam
Me neither. Obviously.
Lucy
But I feel like I already have.
Adam
So…what do you want to do about it?
Adam
I can think of one option.
Lucy
We pretend it never happened?
Adam
I was thinking more like…
Adam
We try this thing. For real.
Oh God. Her palms are sweating.
Are palms supposed to sweat this much?
Adam
I guess that’s one answer.
Lucy
It’s not like I don’t want to.
Adam
Our friendship. I know.
Adam
Are you sure that’s really it?
Lucy
I was with Craig for way too long, I can see that now.
Lucy
But I don’t know who I am on my own.
Lucy
I don’t know what I’m doing.
Lucy
I don’t want to jump into something else too soon.
Adam
We can take it slow.
Lucy
Slow still ends in heartache.
Lucy
At least that’s how it always seems.
Adam
You already see this ending?
Lucy
I don’t know! I don’t have a crystal ball.
Adam
It probably wouldn’t work, anyway.
Adam
I gotta go, I’ll talk to you later.
Adam
I shouldn’t have kissed you, that’s all.
Well if that’s how he’s going to feel about it…
Lucy
It’s okay, I shouldn’t have gotten so…
Adam
I guess we both got carried away.
Lucy
It won’t happen again.
Lucy
Just normal friends, right?
