Gloria's Guy by Joan Burrows

Author:Joan Burrows
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
Published: 2018-03-08T15:11:28+00:00

Act 2

Scene 1

Everyone is in the same positions they were in when peggy opened the door. Everyone is staring at guy. There is total silence.

leslie: (hesitant) Surprise?

They slowly look back at leslie.

What? I know it’s a shock but . . .

They all look back at guy.

peggy: Guy?

jessie gets up from the sofa, crosses to guy, and punches him in the arm.

guy: Ow!

leslie: Guy?

leslie suddenly sees him.

Oh, Guy. I was hoping I’d run into you again. I’ve so much to tell you.

eva: No kidding!

jessie hits him again.

jessie: How could you?

guy: Ow! Why are you hitting me?

leslie crosses to guy.

leslie: Did Guy tell you that we bumped into each other? What was it? About eight months ago?

eva: Looks like that to me.

guy and leslie hug each other warmly while the others look on in total disbelief, miming to each other “Did you know?” “No!” “Did you?” “Why should I know?” “You see her in the city?” “How could you not know?” leslie turns to catch them in their gossip.

leslie: What?

peggy: Ah, Leslie, this is . . . it’s just such a surprise!

(to guy) Why didn’t you tell us?

He looks at them, confused.

guy: I didn’t know.

jessie: You’re denying it?

guy: I’m not denying anything. I didn’t know she was . . .

eva: . . . bumped into?

guy: What?

He suddenly realizes what everyone is thinking.

Oh! Oh! No! Wait. I get it now.

He starts to laugh.

jessie: This isn’t funny.

guy: No, it is. Really. Tell them, Leslie.

leslie: Tell them what?

guy: I’m not the father.

leslie: You?

She looks at the others.

You think Guy’s? . . . Where would you come up with that?

peggy: He told us he “bumped” into you eight months ago or so out in LA and you never said anything to us about any of that . . .

gloria: . . . and then you walk in here . . .

eva: . . . looking eight months or more pregnant!

jessie: What were we supposed to think?

leslie: That is too funny. I looked forward to surprising you but I never expected those facial reactions. Now I get it!

peggy: I assumed your surprise was about a new restaurant. Not motherhood! Look at you. How are you?

peggy finally hugs her, as do eva and gloria, who express warm feelings about seeing her.

leslie: (while being hugged) Actually, about nine months pregnant. And although I’m getting rather tired of hauling this around, the closer I get to my due date, the more I’m afraid I’ve made a huge mistake.

jessie: Nonsense. Motherhood agrees with you. You look absolutely joyous.

leslie: Mrs. Mac. It’s so nice to see you. My God, it’s been years.

eva: But I saw your picture a little while ago in the paper. You didn’t look pregnant.

leslie: You can hide a lot under those chef whites. We decided to keep it quiet until we were sure everything was all right. We got preggers before but I miscarried and it was pretty traumatic for us. We split up for a while even.

eva: We?

leslie: Claude Paquette. I met him years ago at a very trendy restaurant in Montreal.

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