(A bedroom. MARGARET and OLIVER sit on opposite sides of the bed facing away from each other.)
MARGARET: It's freezing in here.
OLIVER: I'm hot.
MARGARET: It was raining outside yesterday.
OLIVER: What does that have to do with--
MARGARET: I wanted to go take a drive to Boston. See Kristin.
OLIVER: She okay?
MARGARET: She's fine. I just wanted to see her.
(A beat.)
OLIVER: Have you talked to her?
MARGARET: I talked to her on Tuesday.
OLIVER: How did she sound?
MARGARET: She sounded fine.
OLIVER: Okay.
(A beat.)
MARGARET: She's fine.
OLIVER: Okay.
(A beat. A car goes by outside.)
MARGARET: Where do you want to eat tonight?
OLIVER: In Boston?
MARGARET: I'll be back before dinner.
OLIVER: You're not going to stay up there for--
MARGARET: I just want to see her. I'm not going to--
OLIVER: You should stay and have dinner.
MARGARET: Are you going to come with me?
(A beat.)
OLIVER/MARGARET: No.
OLIVER: I have things to do around here.
MARGARET: You should see where the cold's coming in from.
OLIVER: It's hot in here.
MARGARET: You going to tell me I'm always cold?
OLIVER: You are. It's not your fault. Your mother was always cold too.
MARGARET: She had a deficiency.
OLIVER: Maybe you have the same--
MARGARET: Maybe I'm just cold. Maybe that's--How about that? Could that be it?
(MARGARET gets up and goes to the dresser where her jewelry is laid out. She starts putting it on.)
OLIVER: I can go look at the furnace.
MARGARET: What do you know about furnaces?
OLIVER: What's your problem?
MARGARET: Nothing, but--
OLIVER: It's just something you say.
MARGARET: What?
OLIVER: That you'll go look at the furnace.
MARGARET: Just call someone.
OLIVER: Okay.
MARGARET: Call someone while I'm gone.
OLIVER: Okay.
(OLIVER gets under the covers.)
MARGARET: What are you doing?
OLIVER: I'm tired.
MARGARET: You said you were hot.
OLIVER: I am.
MARGARET: Then why are you--
OLIVER: I can't sleep over the covers. You know that.
MARGARET: Then why--It's one o'clock.
OLIVER: I'm taking a nap.
MARGARET: You just got up an hour ago.
OLIVER: That's not true.
MARGARET: You were asleep until--
OLIVER: I woke up at eleven thirty.
(A beat.)
MARGARET: Same thing.
OLIVER: God, I'm burning up.
MARGARET: Are you sick?
OLIVER: No, I'm just sweating.
MARGARET: You have all your clothes on.
OLIVER: I'm not taking my clothes off.
MARGARET: I can't go to Boston if--
OLIVER: You can go to Boston.
MARGARET: Not if you're sick.
OLIVER: You might be sick.
MARGARET: What?
OLIVER: You're cold.
MARGARET: That doesn't mean I'm sick.
OLIVER: Why would you be cold in a hot room?
MARGARET: It's not hot in here.
OLIVER: You should check on Kristin.
MARGARET: That's what I'm doing.
(A second.)
But she's fine. Are you fine?
OLIVER: I'm fine.
MARGARET: You should eat.
OLIVER: In bed?
MARGARET: No.
OLIVER: So you want me to get out of bed?
MARGARET: To eat? Yes.
OLIVER: I'm just going to stay in bed.
MARGARET: All right.
OLIVER: Can you open a window?
MARGARET: Oliver, it's freezing in here.
OLIVER: Margaret, you could fry an egg on my forehead.
MARGARET: Then you have a fever?
OLIVER: I will if you don't open a window.
(MARGARET goes over to the window.)
MARGARET: I can't do it.
OLIVER: Fine.
MARGARET: You're probably just hot because you're under the covers.
OLIVER: I might be.
(MARGARET gets under the covers with him.)
MARGARET: See?
OLIVER: You're warm now?
MARGARET: No. I feel like ice.
OLIVER: So what do we do?
MARGARET: I don't know. Take a nap?
OLIVER: You just--
MARGARET: I don't want to drive to Boston.
OLIVER: I can drive.
MARGARET: You're sick.
OLIVER: I'm not sick. I'm just hot.
MARGARET: Warm.
OLIVER: Hot.
MARGARET: Fine.
OLIVER: Fine.
(A moment passes. A car goes by outside. A dog barks.)
MARGARET: I've never had a good sleep in this bed.
OLIVER: Never?
MARGARET: Never.
The End
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