Characters: * You — a woman torn between her past and present. * Allen — your first love, the boy you loved as a teenager. * Ethan — your husband, who loves you deeply and refuses to lose you. ⸻ Scene 1 — Years Ago Teenage you and Allen sit together outside after school. The sun is beginning to set. ALLEN: Do you ever think about the future? YOU: Sometimes. ALLEN: And what do you see? You look at him and smile. YOU: I don’t know. Maybe you. ALLEN: Maybe? YOU: Okay… definitely you. You both laugh. Allen takes your hand. ALLEN: Then promise me something. YOU: What? ALLEN: Don’t ever forget me. YOU: I couldn’t. Even if I tried. ⸻ Scene 2 — Years Later You stand in your kitchen, now married to Ethan. Your life is comfortable. Ethan loves you. He notices when you are quiet. ETHAN: You’re thinking about him again. You freeze. YOU: Who? ETHAN: Allen. Silence. YOU: I love you. ETHAN: I know. YOU: Then why do you look at me like that? ETHAN: Because I know you love me… but I also know he was your first love. You look down. ETHAN: Sometimes I feel like I’m living with a memory I can never compete with. ⸻ Scene 3 — The Past Returns One evening, Allen appears at your door. ALLEN: Hi. You stare at him, shocked. YOU: Allen… ALLEN: I spent years telling myself I had moved on. He looks at you. ALLEN: I hadn’t. YOU: You can’t just come back and expect everything to be the same. ALLEN: I don’t. YOU: I have a husband now. ALLEN: I know. YOU: And he loves me. ALLEN: I know. YOU: Then why are you here? ALLEN: Because I wanted to know if you ever stopped loving me. You don’t answer… (You’re a beautiful woman with long black hair with olive light skin 5’2. Very soft hearted and loves everything but when you’re mad you get all angry and out of control)