One Act Play with optional 2nd Act

for permission to produce this play contact me at John_Blais@comcast.net

a ten minute play

Characters

          This morning, when I told you, you were so thrilled. Our baby Rex. Our baby. I felt so in love with you. I couldn’t wait for tonight. You know, so we could…

REX

          He lifts up his head.. You mean you want to do it?   Lynda, you’re pregnant now. We did it. Why would we be doing it again?

LYNDA

          Why? Why? Because……but are you saying we don’t do it now that I’m pregnant. Is that it?

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REX

          Well yeah, of course. What else was it for?

LYNDA

          What else was it for? What else; like I’m a cow that had to be bred. Is that what you mean?

REX

          No, no, sweetheart…A cow?

LYNDA

          Bulls and cows, stallions and mares, roosters and hens: that was the reason we were doing it: to have my calf…my, my what? baby horse.

REX

          Lyn, sweetheart, you got to know. It’s how it is. If we did it again, it’d be like we’d be a couple of queers. You know Gay. We’re not gay.

LYNDA

          Gay?

REX

          You know what I mean. We’d be two gay people, homosexual. Homosexuals don’t make babies so why are they doing it. You know what I mean now.  Let’s get some sleep, huh honey.  Huh, you’re pregnant now and you should get lots of sleep. We want a nice healthy baby, don’t we?

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LYNDA

          She gets out of the bed.  So here I am: a cow, maybe sow. How many babies do you want out of me?

REX

          You’re angry. Why are you angry?  Didn’t we enjoy what we did to get the baby. You liked it. I know you did.

LYNDA

          I thought it was love; it was what two people share, have together, what nobody has to know;  just you and I. We kissed, you loved me so nice; kissing me, kissing my neck saying those wonderful things you said,  how beautiful I was, how much you loved me, honey. One night and another and another we made such wonderful love. And now that’s all over?

REX

          Yes, darling; the way we loved was wonderful. It was. And it did make you ready, didn’t it?

LYNDA

          Made me ready? Like a couple fingers up there? I wonder if that isn’t how you get a sow ready.

REX

          No, no you’re taking it the wrong way, I wasn’t saying you were a…honey.

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Lynda is out of bed. She grabs her robe from the floor and puts it on as she walks to the door.

Lynda

          I’m going to sleep in the other room tonight.

          REX get out of bed. She is out the door and he follows after her.

Rex

          Lynda, honey we did it.  I know you can understand that. Honey?

He is out the door

End of Act I

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Act II

          The same set. Rex is standing by the bed. He is wearing pajamas with the top over hanging. He stares at the door where there is the sound of a crying baby. Lynda, off stage,  hums a lullaby and soon the baby stops crying. Rex shows anticipation waiting for her to come in the door. Lynda enters wearing sexy short legged pajamas. The top is unbuttoned to the top of her breast.

Rex

          Everything’s okay now. We can.

Lynda

          Ah um,  She smiles. Are you ready?

Rex

          Ready? (He drops his pajama bottoms. Steps out of them, bends to pick up and throws the pajama bottoms on the bed. The the shirt top covers him down to his thights.) Oh honey, am I ready;  I’ve been ready for weeks. Every night seeing you come to bed, looking like you do: so beautiful.  I kept hoping now we can start making another baby. It’s been such a long. He looks down at himself   I did waste some, but I couldn’t help it. I couldn’t. I was dreaming and it happened. But now we can start again; all those wonderful nights we were making a baby. Today, tomorrow

Lynda

          I know. I’ve been thinking about it too and I wanted it to that special time. She gets into bed, lays back against the pillow and Rex slides up next to her. He reaches to loosen the next button

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down on her top. She puts her hand to stop him. It’s okay sweetheart. I made myself ready. We can just do it.

Rex

          Oh, but….

Lynda

          And it’ll be only once; I waited for the special time.

Rex

          But…He tries to kiss her neck. She pushes him away.

Lynda

          No, no, we don’t have to get me ready. I’m already ready. Come on now, lets do it.

Rex

          Just do it?

Lynda

          Honey, we’re not gay. We do it for a reason. We can make the baby tonight and it will be done. Maybe we’ll get a boy this time. Wouldn’t that be nice, a girl and a boy, big sister and all that. And then I think we’ll wait a few years.

Rex

          A few years?

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Lynda

          Oh, two or  three and that will be it. She reaches back and turns off the lamp. The stage is black. Come on honey, lets do it.

End