THE COMMUNITY CENTER (Marty, Andrew)

Marty:	(picking up a rock) Look - a souvenir from the great community
	center siege.

Andrew:	I don't want to fight anymore, Marty.

Marty:	I wonder if this one had a note around it.

Andrew:	I'm not going to leave until we work this out.

Marty:	I bet this could make a big hole.

Andrew:	At least let me apologize.

Marty:	What?
	
Andrew:	Last week at the hospital, when Billy was there with the alcohol	
	poisoning and I saw you, I blew up at you badly.  That's 
	inexcusable, it's wrong.  Anger isn't going to help you.  Anger's
	what you're dealing with.

Marty:	Do tell.

Andrew:	I'll tell you what I see when I look at you.

Marty:	It's about time you got around to that.

Andrew:	I see an attractive, intelligent ... desperately lonely young woman
	who's been abandoned by a family who really couldn't have cared less
	about her.  I see fear and anger and a longing for love that won't
	stop and when I cared about you, all that did was remind you of how
	much you're hurting inside, because you knew I could help you ...
	but I couldn't love you - not the way you needed, not the way you
	deserved to a long time ago.  You knew that.  And you exploded.
	With all that rage and all that anguish held bottled up inside you,
	you exploded and you shattered everything.

Marty:	Well, you think you've got the line on this one, huh?

Andrew:	Yes, I do.  I ought to have the line on this one, because I've got
	the same things inside of me.  I've got anguish over Megan's death.
	I've got anger.  I've got anger that my father has abandoned me. 
	And I've got a heck of a lot of frustration about this controversy
	you've stirred up, because it's going to prevent me from doing the
	one thing that I have managed to find in my life that I care, that
	I love to do which is to help people.  So please, Marty, I am 
	begging you to please let me help you.  Please.

Marty:	What difference does it make?  When life's just one big drag after
	another...

Andrew:	Yeah.  Yeah.  Yeah - there's a lot of pain, there's a lot of 
	disappointment.  You know what there is?  There's love.  There's
	faith.  That's a lot more powerful.  There's truth - that's a 
	thousand times stronger than any lie you're ever going to tell,
	because the truth can set you free - but listen ... listen ... it
	can set you free, but you've got to speak it.  You've got to tell
	people that you were the one that fabricated these lies about Billy
	and me and if you do that, I promise you ... I promise you, I can
	help you.  I can.  Listen, please.  Will you let me?

...BREAK...
THE COMMUNITY CENTER (Marty, Andrew)

Marty:	Yeah.  It was me.  I did it.  And it was easy!  I saw you put your
	arm around Billy one day when you were talking to him, so all I had
	to do was go up to the Douglases and tell them that you were gay and
	that you had the hots for Billy - the rest just happened.  All by
	itself.

Andrew:	Why?  Why?  Why would you do that to me?

Marty:	Don't you know?  I thought I was so transparent to you!  This
	desperately lonely young girl who wigs out because she can't get the
	Rev on the right love channel.

Andrew:	Look Marty, please ... don't throw this back in my face.

Marty:	No, really - I'm surprised you didn't ask me another question.  Like
	why, if I came up with such a whopper, did everyone swallow it?!?

Andrew:	And I suppose you have an answer to that.

Marty:	Yes ... I do.  Maybe it's not a lie.  I mean, Billy's gay, you might
	be too, right?  After all - you never touched me, and I was totally
	open to it.  So why don't you tell me, Reverend ... why don't you 
	answer my question?  And just prove to me that you're not gay.  

[Marty tries to kiss Andrew, but he pushes her away]

Andrew:	Don't you get it?  That I am trying to help you?  Don't you get
	that?

Marty:	(Crying)  Right.  By pushing me away!  It's been like that all my
	life! 

Andrew:	Marty, I'm sorry!

Marty:	Get away from me!

Andrew:	All right, now look - you've got yourself tangled up in a web of
	lies here, Marty.  You're stuck in your own rage, you've got to tell
	the truth if you're going to get free ...

Marty:	Why should I?!?  I'll just burnt again!  It's too late for the 
	truth now ... can't you see?  My lie's running wild!  It's going
	way too fast.  And it's way too big for anyone to catch up.  Know
	what?  I am glad!  Glad!

(Marty races out of the room)