A Sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
Alice is having a coffee. Max arrives.
Alice – How are you?
Max – I’ve got a bit of a headache, but I’m OK. I think I overdid it with the champagne…
Alice – It’s not every day you get to see your best mate get married.
Max – No…
Alice – It was nice.
Max – Yes.
Alice – It’s been a while since we’ve all been together like this.
Max – Yes… Well, almost all of us…
Alice – We should do this more often.
Max – Yes. We’ll have to find another occasion.
A pause.
Alice – I do have an idea, but…
Max – Oh really?
Alice – Not you?
Max – I don’t know…
A pause.
Alice – We’ve been together for a while now. I’m pregnant…
Max (pretending to be surprised) – You’re pregnant? (She doesn’t seem to find it funny.) I’m joking…
Alice – I know, traditionally… it would be your place to propose to me, but… since it hasn’t happened.
Max – I’m sorry, I didn’t realise… it was important to you.
Alice – I didn’t say it was important, but… it would make sense, wouldn’t it?
Max – Make sense?
Alice – I mean, it would be the logical thing to do. We live together, we’re having a baby…
Max – Of course.
Alice – Show some enthusiasm.
Max – Sorry, it’s just that… I didn’t expect we’d have this conversation this morning. I told you, I’ve got a hangover…
She gets up.
Alice – It was already hard enough for me to bring it up, but now, you know, I feel… really awful.
He gets up and embraces her.
Max – I’m sorry, I’m really sorry. Of course, we’ll get married… We love each other, don’t we?
Alice – I’m the one who’s sorry. Sorry. I wasn’t very… It’s my first proposal, you see.
Max – Yes… It’s a bit obvious.
Alice – But it shouldn’t be an obligation either… If you don’t want to…
Max – Alice, do you want to be my wife?
Alice – Yes, I do.
Max – Then I declare us united in marriage.
Alice – You may kiss the bride…
They kiss.
Black.
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