ACT II: JUNE AFTERNOON
It is now midafternoon at Nowak Fabrics. June is hard at work, reading her email.
JUNE
To herself. Ugh, 17 emails since lunch. She begins clicking each one, opening them, and reading them. The phone rings.
JACOB
Over the phone. Hi. Did you get the files I sent just now? We need those printed tomorrow.
JUNE
Yes. I got them.
JACOB
Great. So we’ll print them tomorrow?
JUNE
After a pause. No, not possible. Two day turnaround time for this type of project.
JACOB
But we need it printed tomorrow for our client.
JUNE
I’ll see what I can do, no promises.
JACOB
Going to happy hour tonight?
JUNE
I hadn’t thought about it yet. You?
JACOB
Of course! Never miss it.
JUNE
Yeah you wouldn’t. We’ll see.
JACOB
See you there if you come! You’ll come.
JUNE
Maybe. Bye. Hangs up the phone and resumes reading her email. The phone rings again after a few minutes, she picks up the receiver after seeing that it’s Daniel on the caller ID.
DANIEL
How’s your coffee?
JUNE
Tiredly. I never got any. Guess what, Jacob just asked me to do this crazy fast turnaround project. The nerve.
DANIEL
Oh boy, again?
JUNE
Yeah. And that’s not the worst thing. He asked me again about happy hour. He asks me every week.
DANIEL
Ugh, not that again. He must like you.
JUNE
If he liked me he wouldn’t make me scramble like that. He certainly could plan things better.
DANIEL
Pauses for a few beats. Do you like him at all? He seems clean cut. Cute. Wears nice clothes every day. Seems…
JUNE
Irritably interrupts. I know all that. I just don’t like being bothered like that. Gotta go, I need to get back to work. Was that all?
DANIEL
Maybe you should give him a chance. Like I said he’s clean cut. You’re attractive. It’s a good match.
JUNE
Come on. Talk to you later. Hangs up, turns back to her computer monitor and returns to her work with far less concentration than before. In fact, it almost seems like she is daydreaming.
END OF ACT II
