LAST LIGHT
Stuart and Helena wake up on the first day of their marriage. He is a successful and respected author, she a much younger student. As they begin to plan their day they reveal life ambitions that were never spoken before they said, "I do."
CHARACTERS:
STUART – late 40s, early 50s
HELENA - early 20s
LAST LIGHT
(Stuart, in his early 50s, and Helena, in her early 20s, are lying in bed together in a New York hotel room.)
HELENA
C'mon, babe, wake up!
STUART
No, no, it's so delicious....
HELENA
Kiss me! Now...hold me.
(He does, sleepily.)
STUART
Oh god...just another minute.
HELENA
No! Please, get up! Look at me.
(a beat)
STUART
Okay. No, wait, wait, wait.
(He strokes her hair.)
Hello.
(a beat)
Wait. Are you...crying? You are. What's wrong?
HELENA
I'm just so happy. I'm afraid it's going to go away.
STUART
It won't. I promise. Hey, come here.
(They kiss.)
