Amazing until it takes away your happiness , your excitement and motivation . Until you can ' t take it off anymore . It ' s stuck and you ' re stuck in this endless sadness . You convince yourself that when you take it off , it will be worse … But it ' s not , because even without it I ' m still sad , I ' m still anxious , but I ' m free and I found other coping skills other than …
( TEACHER walks on stage )
MAEVE Teaching it to others , thinking that it will make it better or -
( STUDENTS walk on stage )
MAEVE hiding your leg shaking in class and fidgeting with your own hands , not asking for help -
( ALEX walks on stage )
MAEVE Or even wearing it so much that maybe you think it ' s who you are now . That you pretend so much to be happy that you think you can ' t breathe without it .
( STUDENTS and TEACHER leave stage )
Yeah I remember that feeling .
MAEVE
Scene 4
( ALEX starts walking and sees MAEVE )
ALEX Why do we keep on running into each other ?!
( ALEX starts to leave )
Wait !
MAEVE
ALEX
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