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No Exit.
A
play in 13 scenes.
Personages:
Alya, 17 years old
Nadya, 18 years old
Mila, 19 years old
and others.
Scene 1.
Its a springtime. It is warm outside. The snow has
almost melted away, but there are still some islets of it lying here and there.
It has grew dark, its almost midnight. Three girls go along the road in a
NADYA: Alya, youve been to
ALYA: Huh?
NADYA: Are there signboards above the doorways
with No Exit inscription on it in the Underground or not?
ALYA: What a bullshit you are talking about? Do
you really think that I was doing nothing but searching for the inscription
No exit?
NADYA: Why, I dont mean you were searching (Pause.) Oh, blow your ass!
MILA (addresses Nadya): Why are you asking: without
rhyme or reason?
NADYA: Well, yesterday I watched the TV and
they spoke about suicides, so they said
that such signboards were removed from the Underground to reduce cases
of suicide.
MILA: In
NADYA: I dont know. Thats why I am asking
ALYA: Do you really care if it is in
NADYA: Just interested
MILA: Well, there ARE such signboards.
ALYA: Im sick to death of both of you! What
has this to do with you? Relax, we dont have the Underground here, so calm
down.
MILA: Youre right, it makes no difference.
Silence.
ALYA: Id fuck a cigarette
Nadya: Oh, shut up!
Alya: Cant believe that we have neither a lighter
nor matches.
Silence.
NADYA: Damn, the streets empty. If only
somebody went by
ALYA (addresses Mila): Its not a great
privilege to see you off
MILA: Well, I didnt beg you to take me home!
Can get there myself. Ive got used to
NADYA: Oh, stop fighting, girls!
ALYA: She can get there herself! And what on
Earth are we going to tell her relatives if somebody rapes her?
MILA: Im sick and tired of your goddamned
groaning! I dont force you to do it! Go home!
NADYA (having turned back): It looks like
somebody is coming. Shall we stop and wait?
ALYA: Why not?
MILA: Is he coming or not?
ALYA: Hell knows.
NADYA: Damnit, he turned off the road.
NADYA: Maybe he thought that there are three
men and made in his pants.
MILA: Or maybe that was a woman.
ALYA: May be.
NADYA: Some car seems to approach.
ALYA: Lets stop it.
NADYA: Are YOU going to do it?
ALYA: Why me?
NADYA: That was your idea.
MILA: Look, go home, ok?
ALYA: I bet Ill stop it!
NADYA: Dont be an idiot!
MILA: Why, I accept it. Whats the stake?
ALYA: My silver bracelet versus your ring.
MILA: Deal.
NADYA: Cant you amuse yourself with anything
else? Something less stupid than this, I mean
The car is approaching. Alya thumbs a lift, the car
stops. There are three fellows in it.
ALYA: Hi, guys. I need to light a cigarette,
can you help me?
FELLOW #1 (he sits next to the driver): What?
ALYA: Do you have a lighter?
FELLOW #2 (the driver): What the hell does she
want?
FELLOW #1: A lighter?
ALYA: Well, yes Or matches if you have some.
FELLOW #1: Went off the rails?
ALYA: What cannot be cured must be endured.
FELLOW #1 (gives the lighter): Here.
ALYA (having lit up the cigarette): Thanks.
FELLOW #3: Is that all?
ALYA(moving away from the car): Yep (=yes).
Mila and Nadya get a light from Alyas cigarette.
ALYA (addresses Mila): Youve lost the wager.
FELLOW #1: come here.
ALYA (turning): What for?
VOICE: Is it so difficult for you?
Alya comes up to the car.
FELLOW #1: Want us to give you a lift?
ALYA: Well better walk.
FELLOW #1: Why? It is faster by car.
ALYA: Thats all right, well manage it
ourselves.
FELLOW #1: As you wish.
FELLOW #2: Come on, get in!
ALYA: No, thanks. (Comes up to her friends.) They offer a lift to us.
NADYA: We can get there ourselves.
MILA: Why, they could take you back home after
they give a lift to me.
ALYA: So?
Silence.
NADYA: OK, well drive up to Milas house and
get back on foot.
The girls come up to the car.
FELLOW #1: Ready to go?
NADYA: Take us to Vremennyj only.
FELLOW #1: As you wish.
The girls get into the car.
FELLOW #1: Easy! Youll squash me! (Addresses Mila.) Youre so large!
MILA: Im not a ship to be large.
FELLOW #3: One and the same.
MILA (nudging Nadya): Let me out.
NADYA: Sit quiet!
MILA: I want to go on foot.
NADYA:I said sit here.
FELLOW #1: Ready?
FELLOW #3: Go!
FELLOW #1: So did you really want to smoke so
that badly?
MILA: Yes, why?
FELLOW #1: Just asking
MILA (to fellow #3): Dont push me!
FELLOW #3: Dont push?! I only wanted to hug
you!
MILA: I dont like it.
FELLOW #3: Why dont you?
MILA: For some reason.
FELLOW #2: I see theres some courting there in
the backsit!
FELLOW #3: Oh, yeah! Wanna hug her but she
kicks!
FELLOW #1 (addresses Mila): Why kicking,
sweetie?
MILA: I dont want anybody to touch me.
FELLOW #3: One cant but touch such a beautiful
ship!
MILA: Stop the car.
FELLOW #3: OK, OK, I wont do it again.
FELLOW #1:
All the three are slow girls, you see.
ALYA: What dyou mean?
FELLOW #1: I mean nice pretty things.
ALYA: Youre slowgirls yourselves.
FELLOW #1 (smiling): No. Thats YOU who are
slowgirls.
FELLOW #3: Lets get acquainted. (Elbows Mila.) Whats your name?
NADYA: We are already at the place, please stop
the car here.
FELLOW #1: How about having a drive?
ALYA: No. We must get home.
FELLOW #3: Such good girls!
ALYA: Yes, we are. Why?
FELLOW #1: Nothing much. Lets go for a drive!
NADYA: No.
FELLOW #3 (addresses fellow #1): If you want to
have a drive, exchange places with me first!
FELLOW #2 (addresses the girls): All right, get
out of the car.
The girls come out and the car drives away.
MILA: Goats! Called me a ship!
ALYA: And I think, they are all right. Even
handsome.
NADYA: Did you manage to discern them?
ALYA: Well, Im not sure. May be thats because
of the dark.
NADYA: OK, lets go.
ALYA: OK.
MILA: Well, see you tomorrow at the bus-station
NADYA: Will we go by bus number one?
ALYA: Yes, its better to take #1.
MILA (goes away, turns back): Well, alls fine
but mind that I dont have anything.
ALYA: We do.
NADYA (addresses Mila): Well meet at 9.
Though come at 20 minutes to nine.
MILA: Bye!
ALYA: Bye!
NADYA: Bye! Dont be late!
MILA: You too!
Nadya and Alya go along the road. The same car drives
up to them.
FELLOW #1: Having a walk?
ALYA: Going home.
FELLOW #1: Where do you live?
ALYA: What does it matter to you?
FELLOW #1: Do you want us to give a lift to
you?
ALYA (hesitates): No thanks.
FELLOW #3: Come on, get into the car!
FELLOW #1: Dont be so obstinate.
NADYA: We are going home on foot.
FELLOW #3 (having opened the door): Get in.
The girls get in to the car.
FELLOW #1: Thats better.
FELLOW #2: Where to?
ALYA: Well show you.
FELLOW #3: May be we should get acquainted,
what do you think? (Pause.) My name
is Sergey.
FELLOW #1 (turns his face to the girls): And mine is Alexey. (Points at the driver.) And his is Stas.
ALYA: Im
NADYA: And Im Olya.
SERGEY: Nice to meet you.
NADYA: The same about you (=mutually).
ALEXEY: Do you always stop a car when you need
a lighter?
ALYA: No, not always That was for the first
time. Actually we had laid a bet.
ALEXEY: What was the stake?
ALYA: Some trifles.
ALEXEY: Is it a secret?
ALYA: A kind of.
ALEXEY: Kids.
ALYA: Were at the place. Stop it near that
house.
STAS: That house?
NADYA: Yes, there.
The car passes by the house on a high speed.
NADYA: What are you doing?!
ALYA: Stop it!!!
ALEXEY: Oh, come on. Well have a little drive
and get back.
Scene 2.
Its dark. Theres a forest around. The sound of water
in the river. The car stops.
ALEXEY: What for did you stop the car?
ALYA: What dyou mean?
ALEXEY: You know what I mean.
ALYA: I told you I needed a lighter.
ALEXEY: Do you think you can fool me?
ALYA: I told you, that was a bet.
ALEXEY: Get off the car.
ALYA: What for?
ALEXEY: You know perfectly well what for.
ALYA: Im not lying, I really wanted to lit a
cigarette, and that is all!
SERGEY: I bet you will not do it again.
Silence.
SERGEY: What
the fuck for do you need them?
ALEXEY: Get off the car! Both of you!
NADYA: Where will we go?
ALEXEY: Up to you.
ALYA: Take us home!
STAS: Does Your Majesty want anything else?
ALEXEY: Do you want me to drag you out? Get
off!
ALYA: Where to?
ALEXEY: Have a walk!
Alya and Nadya go out.
ALEXEY: Fucking idiots!
ALYA: Goats!
The girls walk along the road in silence.
NADYA: What the fuck for did you agree to get
into the car?
ALYA: And why havent you spoken your mind
before I did it?
NADYA: Then you seem to have no brains at all
if you havent thought about the consequence.
ALYA: And your brains are like those of a fly.
NADYA: Go to hell.
ALYA: Look, Im fed up with you, OK?..
NADYA: You shouldnt have made the car stop.
ALYA: And you shouldnt have got into the car.
Silence.
ALYA: Are we far away from home?
NADYA: Very.
Scene 3.
The next evening. Milas at
home (she lives in a flat in a wooden two-storey house). She stands in front of
the mirror in the lobby and dresses up. A young woman Galya, who is pregnant,
runs out of the room.
GALYA: You are not going anywhere!
MILA: Sure I am!
GALYA: Im tired of your coming home late.
MILA: I live here legally, I have a residence
permit, so Ill come back whenever I wish.
GALYA: You are so selfish!
MILA: Yes, I AM selfish. Why? At least I dont
conceal it
GALYA: The way you come back making loud noise
makes me mad!
MILA: Buy a house of your own if you want to
leave in peace and quiet.
GALYA: How dare you to give orders to me?
MILA: Im not going to put up with your
presence in our flat. It would be just great if you clear off!
GALYA: Hope you wont come back tonight.
Mila shows her middle finger to Galya and having the
door shut up runs down the stairs. In the doorway she bumps into her brother
Andrey.
ANDREY: Is that you?
MILA: Yes
ANDREY: Where are you going?
MILA: Why?
ANDREY: Answer to me!
MILA: Do you really care?..
ANDREY: I dont give a shit about where you are
loafing about.
MILA: All right, then (She is about to come out but Andrey grasps her hand). What?
ANDREY: Cant you understand that Galya is
nervous because of you?! Because of your strolling at night?
MILA: Maybe she will feel better if I dont
come back home at all? Maybe I should leave the bloody house and go away for
ever?
ANDREY: We dont drive you out.
MILA: It will be soon that I wont be able to
breath without having asked about it! Even now I cant eat when I want it! I
cant do anything. If Im at home she is mad, when Im out shes mad, too. I am
just a cause for being mad. Everything oppresses me. Even the walls seem to
press upon me! I have no home. Im searching for it all the time. But theres
no such a place for me. Ive got no place to go.
ANDREY: These are your problems.
MILA: Youre right.
ANDREY: You are just like your father. He died
in a jail, and you will die somewhere, too.
MILA: Keep away from my father! You dont have
the right to say such things about him!
ANDREY: Sure I do. This piece of shit spoiled
everybodys live.
MILA (squealling hysterically): No, thats you
whos a piece of shit! (Brandishes her fists.) Your father is a piece of shit
and you are just like him!
ANDREY (pushes her away): Stop it or Ill break
your neck. Nobody will hear you.
MILA: Dregs!
ANDREY: Dont come back!
Scene 4.
Nadyas flat is on the ground floor of a brick
5-storey house. She sits at the table in the living room and puts on mascara
peering at the mirror. The cosmetics is scattered all over the table. A drunk
man with crooked hairy legs dressed in pants and a crumpled T-shirt who seems
rather dishevelled comes out from another room. This is Nadyas father.
FATHER: Wheres your mother?
NADYA: Working.
FATHER: What time is it now?
NADYA: Cant you see it yourself? (Points at
the clock.) Its eight.
FATHER (frightened): I must go to my work.
NADYA: Going to work at night?
FATHER: Oh
(Pause.) And wheres your mother then?
NADYA: She is working.
FATHER: Night shift?
NADYA: Yes.
FATHER: Wheres the bottle?
NADYA: What?
FATHER: Wheres the bottle?
NADYA: What bottle?
FATHER: My bottle.
NADYA: I dont know.
FATHER: Dont lie to me.
NADYA: Im not.
FATHER: Give it to me.
NADYA: What?
FATHER: The bottle! Give me the bottle!
NADYA: I dont know where it is.
FATHER: You do know, because that been you who
has hidden it. Give it to me.
NADYA: I dont know anything about the bottle.
FATHER: Are you trying to fool me?
NADYA: And you ought to be ashamed of yourself
standing in front of me dressed in your pants only.
FATHER: Give me the bottle!
NADYA: Dress up.
FATHER: Are you going to give me the bottle or
not?
NADYA: Do you have any pangs of conscience or
not?
FATHER: And do you? Its a shame to hide
anything from your father.
NADYA: I didnt hide anything.
FATHER: Youre a liar!
NADYA: Leave me alone. Dont you see that Im
in a hurry?
FATHER: Give it to me.
NADYA: Youve already drunk everything in the
afternoon.
FATHER: But there was half a bottle left
NADYA: Youve drunk everything
FATHER: Then wheres the empty bottle?
NADYA: I dont know. You should know it better
than me.
FATHER: Where is it?
NADYA: I dont know.
FATHER (looks for the bottle under the table,
in the sideboard, ransacks all the room): Damn it, wheres the bottle?
NADYA: Leave me alone.
FATHER: Ill tell everybody that you steal my
Vodka.
NADYA: Whats then?
FATHER: Ill tell the neighbours about it.
NADYA: I dont care a rap about it.
FATHER: Ill tell all the relatives.
NADYA: You have already done it, when they came
to our place last time. You said that I pour off your alcohol and dilute it
with water. Ill never forget this shame.
FATHER: I didnt say it.
NADYA: Oh, come on!
FATHER: Do you mean that I did?
NADYA: I saw you pouring it off.
FATHER: You are an ungrateful creature.
NADYA: YOU are.
FATHER: How dare you to speak to your father
like this?
NADYA: How dare you to speak to your daughter
like this?
FATHER: You are a scumbag! (Sweeps off all the cosmetics from the table.)
Silence.
FATHER: Is make-up ready?
NADYA: Mind your own business. Dont meddle
with my live.
FATHER: Shut up or Ill get your cosmetics all
over your face. (Goes away.) Dont
meddle with my life Ill show you dolce vita, youll regret that you were
born.
NADYA: Really?
FATHER: What?
Silence.
Scene 5.
The same evening. It is
twilight. A big lorry stops. Nadya and Mila come out of it. Then after some
seconds Alya comes out of it and having the door shut catches up with the
girls.
ALYA: Why dont you wait for me?
Silence.
ALYA: Whats the matter?
NADYA: Why not just fuck with him?
ALYA: What dyou mean?
NADYA: Nothing. (Pause.) What the hell for did you give him 30 rubles? Thank you,
thank you, thank you. Gave him money and said Thank you for a dozen times.
Why not just lick his boots?
ALYA: So go and lick them if you wish. (Pause.) First, I asked him about the
fare and he said thirty rubles. So do you mean I shouldnt have given the
money to him?
NADYA: And what the hell for did you ask him
about the fare?
ALYA: I thought he would refuse
NADYA: You thought he would refuse! He would
take all the bloody money! An idiot. What are you going to have as a snack now?
Wanna eat shit? All right theres plenty of it!
ALYA: Oh, will you shut up? Stupid fool!
NADYA: Thats you who is stupid.
MILA: Stop it. Both of you.
NADYA: Its her fault that we were late for the
bus. She was getting ready for a bloody hour.
ALYA: Smell my finger.
MILA: Are we going to do it behind the
bath-house?
NADYA: Know some place which is better?
The girls go round the corner of the bath-house. They can hear the
sound of music playing in the disco-club. Nadya takes out the bottle from her
sleeve.
MILA: How did you manage not to drop it?..
NADYA: Just know how to do it.
Alya takes out from her pocket the lid of a shampoo bottle and gives to
Nadya.
NADYA: What is it? Is it a shampoo bottle lid?
ALYA: Yep.
NADYA: Was is so extremely difficult to find
glasses?
MILA (smells the lid): It stinks. (Addresses Nadya.) The last time you
brought home-distilled vodka with eau-de-Cologne Some guy asked me to dance,
so while dancing he asked me to breathe aside him because of the smell. A goat.
ALYA: You may not drink if you dont want to.
NADYA (pours vodka into the lid, gives it to
Alya): Here you are.
MILA (takes out a half of a lemon, gives it to
Alya): Here.
NADYA: What are you waiting for?
ALYA (drinks, makes a wry face): What the hell
is this?
NADYA: Ask my father, he knows the ingredients.
(Pours vodka, gives the lid to Mila.)
By the way, well have to BUY it next time. He seems to know that I pour out
his alcohol. (Addresses Mila.) He
counts all the bottles and shouts at me when at least one is missing.
MILA: I see. (Pause.) Ive got a letter from my aunt. She invited me to her
place. I thought it over and made up my mind to go. Why, Ive got nothing to
lose. And she lives in a big city, maybe Ill get my way there.
NADYA: Are you going in summer?
MILA: No, Im going there in a week.
ALYA: Really?! And what about your studies?
MILA: Thats OK, I can enter some college or
even a university there
NADYA (drinks, eats some snow): And what about
your brother? (Addresses Alya.) See?
I must eat snow because of you.
MILA: Do you really think Im going to tell
him? Ill go away without saying good-bye. And they mustnt be happy yet, Ill
put them out. (Addresses Alya.) Come
on, drink it quicker. (Pause.) Just
imagine, my brothers wife brought holy water home and tried to make me drink
it and called me a nut-case. And who made me a nut-case? Wasnt that she? She
washes her face with that water thinking that shell be beautiful after it, but
she is so ugly that itll be of no use.
The girls drink vodka in turn.
ALYA: Look, I have an idea. Somebody can hint
to your brother, that his wife has made horns to him and the babys not his.
Something of this kind.
NADYA: Why, I think that makes sense. They
wont think that life is a titbit.
MILA: Well, Im not sure
NADYA: Why arent you. Treat them as they treat
you.
ALYA: No, I dont like the idea. We can invent
something else.
NADYA: For example to make rumours that when he
was in the army, this stinky slut dated with other men.
MILA: Does anybody have cigarettes?
NADYA (takes out 3 charcoal filter cigarettes):
Here.
Alya lights a cigarette.
MILA: Is this Prima?
NADYA: Its Astra. What are you waiting for?
You can smoke whatever you like if you have it.
ALYA: What difference does it make? No-one can
see us.
MILA: Youve stolen them at your fathers,
right?
NADYA: Yep. But at the disco well smoke normal
cigarettes.
ALYA: I feel vodka is doing its business.
MILA: You get drunk even after smelling a cork.
ALYA: Maybe you are right.
NADYA: I feel alright, too.
MILA: And I am still sober.
ALYA: You usually get it after some time.
Scene 6.
Alya and Nadya sit at the table in the disco-club and
smoke. Mila dances with somebody in a slow melody.
ALYA: Who is this red-haired devil Mila is
dancing with?
NADYA: Damned if I know.
ALYA: I wouldnt agree to dance with him.
NADYA: She is drunk already and seem not to
care.
The music ends and Mila
comes up to the girls.
MILA: Just imagine, when we were dancing he
became all hot and bothered.
NADYA: And how did you dance?
MILA: Just as they usually do.
ALYA: Who is this red-haired devil?
MILA: I dont know. His names Sergey.
NADYA: Hes as handsome as a swine.
MILA: I couldnt see it from the beginning.
ALYA: Of course you couldnt. You are three
sheets in the wind.
MILA: Have a look at yourself first.
ALYA (laughing): Do you think theres any use?
If I look in the mirror Ill see nothing but dim outlines.
MILA: He asked me something.
NADYA: Really? What was it?
MILA: He asked whether you two are lesbians. He
asked if its really so that you sleep together and all that sort of shit.
ALYA: You dont say so! Why does he think so?
MILA: He says everybody talks about that.
NADYA: You should have said that we really are
the lesbians.
Slow music plays again.
NADYA (addresses Alya): Lets go and shock
them
ALYA: Lets do it.
Scene 7.
The party is over. All the youngsters are outside. The girls are
going along the road.
MILA: Just imagine, everyone was looking at
you. Now they are sure to think that you are the lesbians.
NADYA: I dont care if they do.
ALYA: And I dont give a shit about what they
think about me.
NADYA: Why is that red devil not seeing you
off?
MILA: What the hell for do I need him?
ALYA: Are we going by bus?
NADYA: We are out of bloody money.
MILA: Lets go on foot then.
NADYA: Thatll be a pretty nice walk. Itll
take us an hour and a half.
Some noise is heard.
NADYA: It looks like a fight.
MILA: They seem to have been quarrelling with
the guys from the Seversky region from the last week.
ALYA: Lets have a look.
Theres a crowd near the big light. In the center of the crowd some
fellow lies rolling himself up into a ball and covering his head with his
hands. He gets kicks from all the sides. Some people egg the kickers on.
ALYA: We must get him out.
NADYA: Its not our business.
ALYA: It is not fair when one fights with a
crowd.
MILA: Dont stick your neck out.
Alya crawls through the crowd. Mila grasps her hand and drags her out,
but Alya breaks loose from her grip. She runs up to the fellow and covers him.
NADYA: A stupid fool!
Some fellow drags Alya away.
ALYA (screaming): How can you do such things,
Igor?
IGOR: Let us manage it ourselves.
ALYA: He must fight with a single man but not
with a crowd.
NADYA (runs up to Alya, grasps her hair and
pulls her out): Are you nutty? Want to get a blow?
ALYA: Let me go!
MILA: Calm down. He fights with only one guy
now.
NADYA (lets Alya out): Youre crazy!
ALYA: Bitch! Youve pulled out my hair. (Pause) Did you say he fights with one
guy? Look! They beat him in turn!
MILA: It is not your business.
ALYA (runs up to the crowd, takes the fellows
jacket from the ground, leaps up to him and shouts): Run! Quicker!
While the crowd is coming to its senses, the fellow runs down the road.
The crowd rushes after him. Alya runs up to her friends and shows the jacket to
them.
NADYA: Is that his jacket?
ALYA: They would kill him
MILA: Good girl. Well done. You must be
thankful that they havent broken your neck. You always strike me with that
silly tricks of yours.
ALYA: And do you know who the guy is?
NADYA: Well, I guess this is the guy that
appeals to you. Shurik is the name, right?
ALYA (jumps with joy): Shurik! Shurik! Shurik!
NADYA (addresses Mila): Do you know how they
got acquainted? He asked her for a dance and said his name was Shurik. Not
Alexander, not Sasha, but Shurik.
ALYA: Mind your own business.
NADYA: Hey, you seem to be foolishly in love.
ALYA: Shut up. Its aint your business.
MILA: What the goddam love are you speaking
about? You know, Alya, mind what elders say: all the males are animals.
Understand?
ALYA: But you dont know him.
NADYA: And do you?..
Scene 8.
A week has passed. Alyas house. Her father and mother have dinner at
the table in the kitchen. Alya has her dinner at the table in the living room.
MOTHER: Alya! They usually have meals in the
kitchen.
FATHER: So this is your up-bringing.
MOTHER: Oh, really?
ALYA: Maybe youd better stop arguing? I just
cant eat beside you.
MOTHER: But why?
ALYA: Because dad champs.
FATHER: What did you say?
ALYA: I get annoyed when I hear your champing.
FATHER: What?! Shes become completely
impudent.
ALYA: Im not impudent.
FATHER: I wish your teeth fell out.
ALYA: Actually, they do already.
FATHER: Thats great.
ALYA: Happy?
FATHER: Did you think I would be sad?
ALYA: Yes, I thought so.
FATHER: Why on Earth should I be sad?
ALYA: Think it over when you have some free
time.
FATHER: Think it over yourself, if you want.
MOTHER (addresses Alyas father): Leave her alone.
FATHER: She mustnt behave in such an impudent
way.
ALYA: Think about your own behavior.
FATHER: Do you see what manners you have given
to her? She snaps at everything.
MOTHER: What manners do you mean?
FATHER: She havent let me utter a word. Now reap
as you have sown.
MOTHER: Oh, forgive me that I havent ask you
for advice when I was bringing her up.
FATHER: You never consult me. Wheres our son?
Lounging about again? Had his supper eaten and went away. And nobody knows were
he is now. You are a bitch. And your children are just like you, bitch!
ALYA: YOU are the son of a bitch!
FATHER (his eyes wide open): What did you say?!
A scumbag!
MOTHER: Leave her alone! I could have given
birth to 5 children. And I would be able to bring them up without you.
FATHER (moves to Alya): You are a fucking piece
of shit. How dare you to speak to your father like this?
ALYA: How dare you to give such bad names to
mum?
FATHER: What did you say?
ALYA: I am 18 already. Ive been living for
damned 18 years and you accuse mother of her giving birth to me. A goat.
FATHER: Did you hear, bitch, what has this
piece of shit said? (Addresses Alya.)
You are a fucking piece of shit. I worked when I was 16, and you live off me,
and yet you speak to me in such a way. A useless creature you are. Those who
are like you must be exterminated.
ALYA (squealing): Just the other way round:
people of YOUR kind must be exterminated! I hate you!
FATHER: Do you hear? Listen to what this bitch
is saying to her father! Listen to it! Listen what words your children utter!
The two will bring me to my grave without batting an eyelid. So why should I
really feed them up and by clothes and give all that I have to them.
ALYA: I dont need your money! I dont need
anything!
MOTHER (addresses to father): Oh, will you shut
up! (Pushes her daughter away from the
room.) Get away from here.
FATHER: I wont give you a goddamned copeck. I
will keep my money in a special place so that you wont ever see them.
MOTHER: All right! We dont need them! Well
cope without them!
FATHER: You dont need them? Thats very nice.
So die of hunger!
MOTHER: YOU die!
FATHER: That is not your food that I eat! I
will watch you dying!
MOTHER: The only thing I dream about is that
you will die first! I will not cry a tear beside your grave. I will not even
throw a handful of soil on your grave!
FATHER: Bitch! What the hell for have I married
you?
MOTHER: And why on earth have I married you,
such a freak? You were neither handsome, nor smart. A stupid freak!
FATHER: So why were you constantly calling me
up in the hostel?
MOTHER: Constantly? I didnt need you so that
badly. And you spied on me.
FATHER: I didnt need you so that badly. I just
had to know whether you made horns to me.
MOTHER: Oh, fuck you, Charlie!
ALYA: I am going out.
FATHER: Where exactly are you going to?
ALYA: Going to have a walk.
FATHER: What time will you come back?
ALYA: What difference does it make to you?
FATHER: I am your father, remember?
ALYA: You started that.
FATHER: OK, OK, go. (Addressing mother.) So these are your methods of up-bringing. You
havent let me utter a word. The girl lounges about in the night. Ill kill you
if something happens to her.
Scene 9.
Its a warm evening. The
girls sit on a bench at the railway station.
NADYA: Do they care a bit
about you? Didnt they ever at least have an idea of seeing you off?
MILA: Oh, fuck them. I dont
need them. Can manage it myself. My aunt is a different pair of shoes she is
great.
ALYA: Who knows, maybe they
will really need you and you will cock a snook to them?
NADYA: Shall we drink one
more time and go to the platform?
MILA: Yes, its time to go.
The girls drink.
MILA: God, I cant imagine
my life without you.
ALYA: You can visit us from
time to time. It is not a great deal its only 10 hours by train.
NADYA: And you can stay
either at my place or at Alyas. Come to see us.
MILA: I envy you: youre
going to the disco-party tonight. I want to be there too.
ALYA: So maybe youll stay?
MILA: No. Ive already made
up my mind to go.
Silence.
NADYA: Guess what? Yesterday
we thought over the way Alya must look at Shurik. Imagine you are Shurik and I
am Alya. Look at me. No, not like this. Imagine that you are Shurik, you are
passing Alya by. And she is pretending not to notice you. But you are coming up
to her and she says: Oh, I havent notice you and blah-blah-blah. Do you like
the idea?
Alya laughs.
MILA: But what is this for?
NADYA: Why? This will not
make him think that she runs after him like a dog. This was my idea. We were
not born yesterday. We must be proud and inaccessible.
MILA (points at the plastic
bag): And how are you going to give his jacket to him?
NADYA: Well ask somebody to
do it.
Mila laughs
ALYA: The train is coming!
The girls fetch the luggage
and run to the platform.
NADYA: Do you have the
ticket with you?
MILA: Yes, its in my bag.
The train starts at the
moment the girls reach it. Mila gets into it on the move.
MILA: Bye!
NADYA: Write letters to us!
ALYA: Come to see us!
Scene 10.
In the same evening the girls
sit at a table in the disco-club.
NADYA: Why are you in such a
sour mood?
ALYA: Im fine.
Silence.
NADYA: Feeling pity that
your boyfriend, Shurik hasnt come? Well, its not such a great loss.
ALYA: Hes not my boyfriend.
NADYA: Then dont be so gloomy.
Silence.
NADYA: Look, Im fed up with
this shit. You dont know him at all. Who cares if you danced with him once.
Who cares if you stood up for him? Do you think he owes his life to you after
it? He may be everywhere now.
ALYA: Stop it.
NADYA: Lets go to the
dance-floor. Weve come here not to sit at the table.
Silence.
NADYA: Are you coming?
ALYA: OK, OK, Im coming.
The girls dance. Some girl
nearby pushes Alya.
ALYA: Isnt here enough
space for you?
GIRL: Yes, there is.
ALYA: Have any problem?
GIRL: You are my problem.
ALYA: Wanna get a blow in
your head?
GIRL: Hey, you!
ALYA: Got drunk and happy
now?
NADYA (takes Alya away):
Alya, leave them alone. There are three of them.
ALYA: Damn it, they are 16
years old. Im not going to run away from these juveniles. This mustnt end up
like this.
Alya goes back, Nadya
follows her. The same girl pushes Alya again.
ALYA: Are you imbecile?
Dont you understand what I say?
GIRL: Im not going to spare
my time on trying to get what you are saying.
NADYA (says to the girl):
Want to get some troubles?
The girl pushes Alya even
harder, the other girl pushes Nadya, they start to kick each other. Alya grasps
the girls hair and strikes her face against the knee. The third girl appears
and helps her friend to kick Nadya. The crowd is gathering around them. Some
try to part the girls, some egg them on. Somebody screams: It serves them
right! They are the lesbians!. Theres a big fight, but finally the girls are
parted.
NADYA: Lets get out from
here, your blouse is torn.
ALYA: I dont care a damn.
NADYA: So let us go.
ALYA: Dont you understand
that when one is attacked, he cant run away. Otherwise he wont be able to
return to that place again.
NADYA: Now I see why Shurik
is not here.
ALYA: No! Hes not a coward!
NADYA: OK, OK, I was just
kidding. Were staying.
Alya and Nadya sit at the
table and smoke.
ALYA: Ill give it her hot,
this bitch whos torn my blouse.
Silence.
NADYA: I cant make it out,
why they started that shit.
ALYA: Go and ask them.
NADYA: Why me?
ALYA: Are you dull?
NADYA: Why are you so rude
to me?
ALYA: Cause you ask dull
questions.
NADYA: You are wrong if you
think that you are cleverer than me.
ALYA: Can you shut up for
some time?
NADYA (raises from the
table): Fuck you.
ALYA: Where are you going?
NADYA: Going to shut up for
some time.
ALYA: Where are you going?
NADYA: Im going to the
watercloset, allright?
Ten minutes passed. Alya
smokes and looks at the direction in which Nadya has gone. But Nadya is not
coming. Having lost her patience she goes to look for Nadya.
ALYA (pulls the door-handle
of the watercloset): Who is there?
NADYA (her voice is heard
from behind the door): Open the door, it is Alya.
Katya, a 19-year-old girl
opens the door, another girl (Alya and
NADYA don't know her) stands nearby.
ALYA: Hi.
KATYA: Hi. Come in and close
the door.
ALYA: What did take you so
long? I thought those bastards had caught you.
NADYA: I was just about to
go to you and ask to join us.
ALYA: And why did you leave
me alone?
NADYA: Ive said already,
that I was just about to go to fetch you.
Katya makes a joint.
ALYA (asks Nadya): Are you
going to smoke marijuana?
KATYA (addresses Alya):
Youre just like a loudspeaker.
ALYA: Are you really going
to do it?
NADYA: Well, I just want to
try it. Don't you?
ALYA: I don't know.
NADYA: Well smoke a bit and
then well go.
Katya inhales and passes the
joint to the other girl.
GIRL (inhales and breathes
out): It is weak. Maybe its better to make a blow-out (?)? What do you
think?
NADYA: What do you mean?
KATYA: A blow-out (?)
ALYA: But how is it?
GIRL: Are you really the
beginners?
NADYA: Yes, we are.
GIRL: Open your mouth and
breath in deeply as much as you can.
The girl wets the burning
side of the joint with saliva and having put it in her mouth begins to emit
thick jet of smoke.
KATYA (pushes Nadya): Thats
enough. (Addresses Alya.) Now its
your turn.
Alya begins to caugh.
NADYA: Oh, my head is going
round.
KATYA: That will not last
long. This is because youre doing it for the first time.
GIRL: Probably youve drunk
some spirits before it. It is better not to mix up the two things.
NADYA: I feel bad.
ALYA: Feel nausea?
NADYA: I don't understand.
KATYA (smiling): You seem
not to like it.
ALYA: Wed better go.
GIRL (addresses Katya):
Close the door after they come out.
Alya and Nadya go back to
the table and sit down. The music plays loudly and the people dance around
them.
Silence.
ALYA: Are you OK?
NADYA: Yes, Im fine. Why do
they like it? Some laugh hysterically having smoked it, others fall into nirvana.
And I dont feel anything of that kind. Just a bit dizzy and that is all. I
didnt even want to laugh.
ALYA: And some people say
that you cant feel anything when you smoke it for the first time.
Silence.
ALYA (tries to make her
blouse look all right): Bitches! They tore my blouse! Did you see them?
NADYA: No. Perhaps they came
out or ran away.
ALYA: Still Im going to
give them what-for. Im going to pull they hair out.
NADYA: By the way, do you
know Shuriks surname?
ALYA: No, I don't. Why?
NADYA: Some girls seemed to
speak about him at the watercloset. They said that Shurik is in the hospital
now because of that fight.
ALYA: Well, there are a lot
of boys with this name.
NADYA: Maybe youre right.
Maybe they talked about somebody else.
Silence.
ALYA: You now, I feel that
that was him.
NADYA: But most likely that
that was somebody else.
ALYA: That was him. (Pause.) Lets see him tomorrow.
NADYA: Do you mean going to
the hospital?
ALYA: Yes.
NADYA: But we arent his
friends.
ALYA: But what does it matter?
NADYA: You know neither his
surname, nor the department of the hospital he is in.
ALYA: I will get to know.
NADYA: Im not going
anywhere.
ALYA: Please, Nadya!.. I
cant do it alone.
NADYA: Look, are you nuts?
ALYA: Is it so very
difficult for you?
NADYA: It is not difficult!
But you behave like a milksop.
ALYA: Thats you who are a
milksop!
NADYA: No, YOU are! You seem
to have no pride at all. Just think about it. Why demean yourself? We are not
ragamuffins or something.
ALYA: Shurik.
NADYA: What?
ALYA: Shurik. (Pause.) He is there. He and that slut
have just entered. And theyve began to kiss each other at once.
NADYA: What a taste he has!
She is as frightful as a nightmare.
ALYA: He saw me but didnt
even nod his head to me.
NADYA: Lets dance.
ALYA: My blouse is torn,
remember?
NADYA: Nobody will see it.
ALYA: No, I dont want. I
dont want anything. Lets go home.
NADYA: We must give the
jacket to him.
ALYA: Do it if you want.
NADYA: I dont want.
Nadya stands up in silence,
comes up to Shurik and gives the jacket to him. They talk about something,
after which she goes back.
ALYA: What were you speaking
about?
NADYA: Nothing special.
ALYA: But what was it?
NADYA: Well, I said: Heres
your jacked and he thanked me.
ALYA: Is that all?
NADYA: That is all. (Pause.) It seems to me that you wanted
to go home.
ALYA: I dont want anything!
I hate him!
Scene 11.
Its a dark night. Alya and
Nadya walk an empty street.
ALYA: Hes a goat.
NADYA: All of them are
animals.
ALYA: Maybe that is she who
sticks to him.
NADYA: Maybe she does and
maybe does not. Stop this lamentation. He doesn't want you.
ALYA: You are a stinker! You
are just jealous.
NADYA: What are you speaking
about?
ALYA: You are jealous of me!
NADYA: I dont need this
shit. Shurik seems to drive you crazy at all.
ALYA: Oh, fuck you
Silence.
ALYA: Do you remember, when
you dated Blinov that year, you didnt come to see me at all. The very first
day you met I wished that you would part. I had cursed your love and you
parted. I even got drunk on my own because I was happy that you had parted. You
see, Nadya, one mustnt forget his or her friends. Theres plenty of males whom
you can date, but theres only one true friend who will never betray you. He or
she wont betray you just as well as your parents wont do it.
NADYA: So do you want to say
that I mustnt ever date with anybody.
ALYA: He wasnt worth you.
NADYA: And can you find
anybody who is worth me?
ALYA: Yes. Well find
somebody better.
NADYA: Maybe we should date
one and the same man? You are wasting your time trying to drive me mad. If
youve out-drunk then hold your tongue. It bodes no good. Ill manage it
myself, clear? (Pause.) By the way,
Shurik, this unrequited love of yours, isnt so good as you think he is. And
hes not so handsome.
Silence.
Suddenly the same car drives
up. The same three fellows are in it.
SERGEY (sits next to the
driver): What a meeting!
ALEXEY (sits in the back
seat): They are pretending not to notice us.
STAS (the driver): Did you
take offence at us?
Silence.
SERGEY: Say Hi or
something. (Pause.) Are you deaf?
Silence.
The girls continue walking.
The car follows them.
SERGEY: Hello there! Whats
the matter with you?
NADYA: What do you want from
us? Go your own way.
SERGEY: We can give you a
lift.
ALEXEY (opens the door): Get
in.
ALYA (in a harsh voice): OK,
give us a lift. (Comes up and gets into
the car).
NADYA: Alya! Are you crazy?
ALYA: Yes I am.
SERGEY: Girls, stop
quarrelling.
NADYA: Do you remember that
they left us alone that day?
ALEXEY: Oh, come on! Stop
grumbling. Either youre getting in or were going without you.
NADYA (gets into the car):
You are making a mistake, Alya .
ALEXEY: I thought her name
was
SERGEY: It is very
interesting. We have also Alya here. (Asks
Nadya.) And what is your name?
NADYA: Lay off.
STAS: Its interesting: we
have Alya and Lay-Off here.
SERGEY: Is the disco over
yet?
ALYA: No, it isnt.
ALEXEY: So why havent you
stay? Is it boring there?
ALYA: Yes it is. We didnt
like it there.
ALEXEY: You are gloomy
today.
ALYA: Well, this happens
sometimes.
Silence.
SERGEY: What do you think
about having a drink?
ALYA: It would be nice.
NADYA: I want to get home.
SERGEY: So what are we going
to do? To have a party or to go home?
NADYA: Take me home and
after it do whatever you wish.
Silence.
The car stops at one of the
5-storey houses.
STAS: Actually, I must go on
some business now. You may wait for me in the flat together with the guys. Ill
get free soon and come to take you home.
NADYA: I want to go home.
ALEXEY: Whats the matter,
sweetie? He will do as he has said.
NADYA: I want to go home
right now.
ALEXEY: Oh, come on! Hell
be back in an hour.
ALYA: We must be at home in
an hour.
NADYA: I need to get home
right now.
SERGEY: Are you going to get
home alone? And did you think about your friend?
STAS: Cant you understand
that Im in a hurry now. Ill be in an hour. An hour and a half at most.
ALEXEY: Shall I buy vodka or
wine? Girls, what do you prefer?
NADYA: I wont drink
anything.
ALEXEY: Alya, would you like
to drink some wine?
ALYA: Yes, I would.
Alexey goes away.
SERGEY (addresses the
girls): Lets go. Hell come back when he buys everything.
Scene 12.
The setting is a rather
shabby flat in an old brick 5-storey house. It can be seen that nobody lives
there, but somebody visits it from time to time. The smell there is unpleasant.
On the wall of the antechamber there are
several hooks for clothes. A handsome man in neat clothes who is about 40 opens
the door.
SERGEY (addresses the
girls): Come in. Make yourself at home but dont forget that you are the guests
and we are the hosts.
MAN (smiling): Why are you
so confused? You may forget that you are the guests. Make yourself comfortable.
SERGEY: Let me hang your
jackets.
NADYA: Ill do it myself.
SERGEY: As you wish.
MAN (takes Nadyas cloak):
Dont be so shy. Go to the living room.
The living-room is not
dirty, but it is not cosy either. When one enters it, the first thing he can
see is a table. On the table there are some fruits, 2 bars of chocolate, a tray
filled with apple ends and a packet of cigarettes lying in disorder. There are
also some chairs, a shabby sofa and an arm-chair. On a smaller table which is
about to break down theres a TV-set. The kitchen seem to be empty at all.
SERGEY (addresses the girls):
Come in, take sits.
MAN: Its better to sit on
the sofa for the chairs are shaky.
Alya and Nadya sit down and
look round the room. The table is in front of them. The man sits down on a
chair on the opposite side of the table, so that he faces the girls. Serge
lounges in the arm-chair.
MAN: Well, its time to get
acquainted. My name is Victor.
ALYA: And mines Alya.
VICTOR: Nice to meet you,
Alya.
NADYA: Im Nadya.
SERGEY: Finally weve got to
know your name. That time you cheated us.
VICTOR (addresses Sergey):
Why are you sitting so far from us? Come closer.
Sergey sits down beside the
girls.
VICTOR: You seem to be
bored. Why?
ALYA: We arent.
VICTOR: Good girls. (Pause.) Serge, turn the TV-set or radio
on.
SERGEY: So whats better:
the telly or the radio?
VICTOR: What do you, girls,
prefer?
ALYA: We dont much care.
VICTOR (addresses Sergey):
Then turn the radio on. (Pause) Oh,
what the pop stuff is this? Find something better.
SERGEY (tunes the radio): It
seems to me that pop music is plying on every station.
VICTOR: OK, leave it as it
is.
SERGEY (sits down close to
the girls smiling): I think we wont wait till Lyosha comes.
ALYA: Why?
VICTOR: What for really do
we have to wait for him? We feel alright even so, (turns to Sergey) arent we?
SERGEY: Sure, we are. (Asks Alya.) Why, do you like him?
ALYA: No, just asked for no
particular reason.
SERGEY: Really? But you see,
there is a reason for everything, for every fu
VICTOR (interrupts him):
Don't you use swear-words.
SERGEY: for every tiny
detail in this life.
VICTOR: I think, we don't
have to wait for him: weve got everything for a party. (Pause.) Seryoga, dont keep us waiting, well go away unless you
fill our wine-glasses at once.
NADYA: And will Stas come to
take us home?
VICTOR: Stas? (Pause) Oh,
Stas! Sure he will. Dont worry Nadyusha, he will keep his word. He will come
if he has said so.
ALYA: Actually, we dont
worry as much.
VICTOR: Thats fine.
Sergey takes out a sausage,
cuts it and pours vodka to everybody.
VICTOR (raises his wine-glass):
I propose a toast to our getting acquainted.
NADYA: Im not going to
drink vodka.
VICTOR: Nadyusha, but we
dont have anything else. Its a sin to ignore such a toast.
SERGEY (addresses Alya): And
why are you not drinking? Playing the ape to Nadya?
VICTOR: OK, girls, lets
drink to the acquaintance.
All of them drink.
SERGEY (addresses Nadya):
Why havent you drunk it to the dregs?
VICTOR: Nadyusha, but it is
a bad sign to have leavings in the bottom of your wine-glass.
NADYA: I cant
VICTOR (gives a tangerine to
Nadya): Nadya.
ALYA: Youve poured too much
of vodka.
VICTOR: Well, the second
toast is to our sweet ladies. I must let you know beforehand that you have to
drink it up to the end because it is you we are drinking it.
NADYA: Are you going to make
drunkards of us?
VICTOR: Kidding? You must
understand that we cant drink only together with Sergey.
ALYA: Why?
VICTOR: Cause we are not
boozers. (Pause.) Funny you are.
SERGEY: OK, girls, we are
drinking to you.
They drink. Victor courts
Nadya: helps her to aplles, chocolate.
SERGEY (addresses the
girls): Youre keeping silence all the time. I thought vodka would help you to
untie your tongues. (Pause.) It makes
me bored.
VICTOR: Do you always behave
like this at parties? Do you know any anecdotes or jokes?
ALYA: I dont remember any.
Cant keep them in my memory.
Silence.
VICTOR: OK, then let me tell
you one. (Pause.) Well, some girl has
just returned home after her trip to
Victor and Sergey laugh.
ALYA: Is it really so funny?
SERGEY: Very!
NADYA: Its not funny at
all.
VICTOR: Dont you have a sense
of humour at all? (Pause.) OK, pour
it out. (Pause. He raises his wine-glass.) To the tongue.
NADYA: I will not drink to
it.
SERGEY: Are you a girl of
principal?
VICTOR: We are just joking,
dont take it close to your heart. You mustnt take everything seriously. OK,
Nadyusha, drink and well dance after it.
Alya and Sergey smoke, talk
to each other and laugh. Nadya and Victor dance. Victor tries to kiss her, but
she doesnt let him do it.
VICTOR: Whats wrong?
NADYA: I dont want to do
it.
VICTOR: But why?
NADYA: Just don't do it. I
don't want it.
VICTOR: I dont care if you
don't. I WILL do it. (Kisses her neck.)
NADYA (pushes him away):
Ive told you that I dont like it!
Victor pulls her up to him
and kisses her by force. Nadya tries to push him aside and beats him with her
fists.
VICTOR: Are you crazy?
NADYA: Its painful. Ive
asked you not to do it. Don't
Victor kisses her again, she
pushes him and then bites him all of a sudden.
VICTOR (jumps back): Bitch! (Slaps Nadya in her face with all his might):
You are a fucking bitch! (Nadya squeals.)
Will you ever shut up, bitch? (Grasps her
and drags into kitchen. Nadya tears herself away from him, but he catches her
and makes her go urging on. Alya runs up to them.) Make her clear off! (Sergey runs up to Alya and drags her to
the antechamber.)
ALYA (shouts): Let me go!
The sounds of squealing and
slapping are heard from the kitchen. Something heavy falls down. Serge pushes
Alya out from the flat and throws the jacket and the boots to her. He also leaves
the flat having closed the door. He goes down the staircase. Alya knocks at the
door, kicks it crying loudly. Then she runs after Sergey. She catches up with
him at the door of the porch, grasps his hand and pulls him back.
SERGEY: Lay off! (Goes away.)
Alya runs back to the door
of the flat and starts to kick it again. Then she knocks at the door of the
neighbours. After that she sits down on the floor between the two doors crying.
After some time the door of that flat opens and Nadya runs down the stairs, her
boots and cloak in her arms. She pays no attention to Alya. When shes already
in the street, she continues running without boots on her feet.
ALYA (runs after her):
Nadya!
Nadya puts on her boots
hastily and continues running not paying attention to Alya.
ALYA: Nadya! (Pause.) Nadya,
wait! Please! (Catches up with her.)
Nadya, look listen to me! (Nadya brushes
her aside and walks quickly away. Alya tries to stop her but Nadya pushes her
away and accidentally beats Alya in her face with her fist.)
ALYA (her nose is bleeding):
Youve made my nose bleed! (Pause.) A
scumbag! Wait! (Cries.)
Nadya is already far away
from her. The street is empty, it is very still and dark.
Scene 13.
A few days passed. The snow
has melt completely. It is twilight in the park. Alya sits on the back of the
bench, her feet are on the seat. She smokes. She waits for Nadya thus looking
in the direction the latter is sure to
come from. But Nadya comes up to her from the opposite side and slaps Alya on
the shoulder. Alya starts and the cigarette falls out from her fingers.
ALYA: Hi.
NADYA: Hi.
ALYA: I thought you would
come up from that side. (Pause)
Actually, I thought you wouldnt come at all.
Silence.
ALYA: Its not my fault.
Silence.
NADYA (looks at her
intently): I see.
Silence.
ALYA: What for gods sake
else could I have done?
NADYA (indifferently): Fine.
Id better go.
ALYA (provocatively): Fine! (Pause) And why did you agree to have a
meeting? Why have you come?
Silence.
ALYA (Catches up with Nadya
and grasps her hand, standing in front of her): Dont leave me alone! (Pause) Please, forgive me! (Pause) Lets go back. (They go back to the bench mechanically.
Alya sits down at the back of it and Nadya keeps on standing)
Silence.
ALYA: I didnt think it
would be like this.
NADYA: But you should.
ALYA: Nadya, look, it could
hapen to me, too.
NADYA: But it didnt.
ALYA: So in what way do you
think I must behave now? Do you want me to hang myself?
NADYA: I didnt say it. (Pause.) But you could have called on me
for a minute at least! (Pause.) I
feel very bad! And youve been neither calling nor coming to my place for
several days. A friend will never betray you that were your words, not
mine! And you dont give a damn about me. You wont give a damn even if I die!
ALYA: No, I wont.
NADYA: No??! You cant
imagine the state I was in!
Silence.
NADYA: Give me a cigarette. (She sits down near Alya, they smoke.)
Silence.
NADYA: And who has beaten
you?
ALYA (touches her black
eye): You have.
Silence.
ALYA: Ive got a letter from
Mila. She sends her regards to you.
NADYA: How is she?
ALYA: Well, she says that
life there is not a piece of sugar, either. Her aunt fixed her up with work.
She is a seller at a market now and has to work in every season, whatever the
weather is: nobody cares if it is snow or rain, if its too cold or too hot. (Pause.) And her aunt doesnt allow her
to enter the university, because she wont be able to earn her living then. So,
thats how it is.
NADYA: She should have
graduated from the college. (Pause)
Does she say she wants to come back here?
ALYA: No, she doesnt. (Pause) She says, theres no way back. (Pause) Theres no way out, no exit.
Theres nothing left to do but to undergo it.
Silence.
NADYA: Kiss me.
ALYA: Excuse me?
NADYA: I want you to kiss me
like a man kisses a woman.
Alya moves closer to her and
they start to kiss one another.
Then both of them burst out
laughing.
Theres a big pause.
NADYA: I like the way you
kiss.
ALYA: Me too. (Pause.) I was always interested in the
way you do it. (Pause.) They gossip
about us.
NADYA: Do they say that we
are the lesbians?
ALYA: Well, yes.
NADYA: It is funny.
ALYA: And I dont care.
Gulnara Ahmetzianova
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