CLAIRE
Hello?
Mother I need to talk to you
CLAIRE
Peter! Honey, I was just gonna call you
There's something that you need to know
CLAIRE
Gone a week, I miss you already
I'm just gonna spit it out
CLAIRE
How are rehearsals going?
You probably guessed it years ago
Still it's kinda hard to say
CLAIRE
Peter we're so excited about the play
It's something that I've spent so long not saying
CLAIRE
I called your father, he swore he'd be there
Sometimes it's on the tip on my tongue
But only spoken aloud, alone while I'm praying
CLAIRE
Well, I'd like to tape it but honestly Peter, I'm not gonna be one of those parents
Silence seemed the only way
CLAIRE
Peter, perhaps now isn't the best time
But now I understand its cost
CLAIRE
I'm taking Nanna to lunch
I search for answers on my own
CLAIRE
She's so proud of you
And find that I'm completely lost,
Mom, please don't say anything else, ok?
Just listen – I don't even know where to start
I can't get the words out
It's like they're all jumbled together
Mom, I love you and…
CLAIRE
Berkley took their wait list
When they called I almost died
Would you really go to Berkley?
I didn't know that you'd applied
Mom, please listen to me
CLAIRE
Where did Notre Dame go?
I didn't know that you withdrew
People will be disappointed
Have you really thought this through?
Mom this is important
Mom you need to listen
Mom don't shut me out here
Mom you need to see me
CLAIRE
Peter, please I'm so busy here
Let me call you later dear
God this is so hard to say
I need to know that I'm ok, Mom, I'm…
CLAIRE
Peter, please, I need a break
Whatever it is will have to wait
I'm going to hang up now
I really need to hang up now
Don't hang up this took such courage
I'm dying here, I'm all alone
I know you know you know what I'm saying
Just let me tell you – Mom, I'm…
CLAIRE
Peter, please, I can't solve all your problems
Mother you know nothing of them,
And I'm not expecting you to find solutions,
Just be my Mom and my friend
See me
CLAIRE
Peter I assure you I'm in no state of mind to discuss anything right now
I've been waiting to tell you this since I was twelve
CLAIRE
Peter, I'm going to go now
You don't want to hear it
You don't want to see me
Can't bare to see me
CLAIRE
Peter you tend to dramatize
There's a reason for that mother
Open your eyes
CLAIRE
Peter, please, I have to go now
I really need to go right now
I'll call you
When mom, when are you going to call?
CLAIRE
Soon, Peter, this week, this weekend
We can work this out together
CLAIRE
Maybe before then you'll work whatever this is out
This is always on my mind
CLAIRE
I have so much on my mind
Please don't hang up
CLAIRE
I have to go
Please see me

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