CLAIRE
Hello?

PETER
Mother I need to talk to you

CLAIRE
Peter! Honey, I was just gonna call you

PETER
There’s something that you need to know

CLAIRE
Gone a week, I miss you already

PETER
I’m just gonna spit it out

CLAIRE
How are rehearsals going?

PETER
You probably guessed it years ago
Still it’s kinda hard to say

CLAIRE
Peter we're so excited about the play

PETER
It’s something that I’ve spent so long not saying

CLAIRE
I called your father, he swore he’d be there

PETER
Sometimes it’s on the tip on my tongue
But only spoken aloud, alone while I’m praying

CLAIRE
Well, I’d like to tape it but honestly Peter, I’m not gonna be one of those parents

PETER
Silence seemed the only way

CLAIRE
Peter, perhaps now isn’t the best time

PETER
But now I understand its cost

CLAIRE
I’m taking Nanna to lunch

PETER
I search for answers on my own

CLAIRE
She’s so proud of you

PETER
And find that I’m completely lost,
Mom, please don’t say anything else, ok?
Just listen – I don’t even know where to start
I can’t get the words out
It’s like they’re all jumbled together
Mom, I love you and…

CLAIRE
Berkley took their wait list
When they called I almost died
Would you really go to Berkley?
I didn’t know that you’d applied

PETER
Mom, please listen to me

CLAIRE
Where did Notre Dame go?
I didn’t know that you withdrew
People will be disappointed
Have you really thought this through?

PETER
Mom this is important
Mom you need to listen
Mom don’t shut me out here
Mom you need to see me

CLAIRE
Peter, please I’m so busy here
Let me call you later dear

PETER
God this is so hard to say
I need to know that I’m ok, Mom, I’m…

CLAIRE
Peter, please, I need a break
Whatever it is will have to wait
I’m going to hang up now
I really need to hang up now

PETER
Don’t hang up this took such courage
I’m dying here, I’m all alone
I know you know you know what I’m saying
Just let me tell you – Mom, I’m…

CLAIRE
Peter, please, I can’t solve all your problems

PETER
Mother you know nothing of them,
And I’m not expecting you to find solutions,
Just be my Mom and my friend
See me

CLAIRE
Peter I assure you I’m in no state of mind to discuss anything right now

PETER
I’ve been waiting to tell you this since I was twelve

CLAIRE
Peter, I’m going to go now

PETER
You don’t want to hear it
You don’t want to see me
Can’t bare to see me

CLAIRE
Peter you tend to dramatize

PETER
There’s a reason for that mother
Open your eyes

CLAIRE
Peter, please, I have to go now
I really need to go right now
I’ll call you

PETER
When mom, when are you going to call?

CLAIRE
Soon, Peter, this week, this weekend

PETER
We can work this out together

CLAIRE
Maybe before then you’ll work whatever this is out

PETER
This is always on my mind

CLAIRE
I have so much on my mind

PETER
Please don’t hang up

CLAIRE
I have to go

PETER
Please see me