Cole and Kim are former high school friends; Kim is black and Cole is
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COLE
Wouldn’t it be great if---
I just wish we could move on. Be ourselves---be individuals---- our own perfect stars- ---just be our own perfect stars—
When we were kids---when we’d have a block party all the kids would be out---getting our faces painted like spider man—bike races---we were just---kids in the neighborhood. When did we start---
KIM
I was the only black kid at that block party
COLE
I didn’t see it like that
KIM
You didn’t see I was black?
COLE
I didn’t treat you different
KIM
But not everybody was like you
COLE
An Aside
She wasn’t always like this
KIM
An Aside
I was silent. I used to be silent.
COLE
She used to be real easy going. A cool chick.
KIM
I used to hold my breath. Breathe shallow. Up here in my chest.
COLE
We grew up the same way
KIM
But the way we are
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