Piggy: (bringing a cup of hot tea to Catherine and setting it by her elbow) Here you go, roomie.
(Catherine sits back and looks at it. Looks at Piggy. Blinks. Rubs eyes.) Hm! Still there. For a moment I thought I might have been halucinating.
Piggy: Ha ha.
Catherine: (taking sip of tea, which is lukewarm. Swallows it with difficulty.) Wow, thanks Piggy. This was, um, very sweet. (The tea, however, is not sweet.)
Piggy: (carefully) You've been working very hard lately.
Catherine: It has been a challenging couple of weeks.
Piggy: And you are writing a great deal.
Catherine: (surveying her wreck of an office area) (rueful) Yes. I'm afraid so. (Sits back from desk and surveys the wreck of her living area.) Ugh--what a mess I've made.
Piggy: I, um, helped make a teensy-weensy little bit of the mess, too.
Catherine: Oh, good. I thought it was just me. Wow--I've really been preoccupied, haven't I? It's so easy when you're writing to sortof lose track of the time and space you're in, you know?
Piggy: (thoughtfully) Acting is like that, too. (a little sadly) One moment you're Juliet, and the next minute the man in your life is climbing back down the ladder. (sniffs)
Catherine: (standing and putting a comforting arm around Piggy) Don't worry, Honey. He'll come around--he always does.
Piggy: (brightening a little) Yes, he always does, doesn't he?
Catherine: How about a little breakfast? I'm ravishing, no--wait, I'm famished, you're ravishing. (laughs) I have a hankering for pancakes.
Piggy: (very quietly) And could you make us some more tea? The stuff I made is really bad.
Catherine: Sure thing, Sweetie. Then let's stay up late and watch old movies!
Piggy: Ooh, ooh! Can we watch White Christmas?
Catherine: Oh--I LOVE that one! Okay--pancakes, popcorn, and Bing and Danny. Dibs on Danny.
Piggy: You can have him. I'll take the short one with the great voice. (sighs) Story of my life....
Catherine: (firmly) C'mon--none of that. I'll get my game on in the kitchen and you find the DVD, 'kay?
Piggy: 'Kay. (a pause) Roomie?
Catherine: Yes, Honey?
Piggy: I'm glad we're roomies.
Catherine: My priviledge, Honey. I'm just glad to be here.