Scene I
As the lights come up, two figures appear from the shadows. They walk slowly down the street, arms around one another, and ascend the steps of the front porch. The only furniture on the porch is a sofa-like swing. Davey Downs is dressed in a summer Tux, and Jenny Brahm wears a semi-formal gown of the mid-fifties. They pause for a moment and gaze at the summer sky. He takes her in his arms and kisses her lightly. After they kiss they look at each other in silence for a brief moment, then she interrupts the mood.
Jenny
What did you say?
Davey
When?
Jenny
Just now. What did you say?
Davey
I didn’t say anything.
Jenny
You did. Just now, you said something.
Davey
I didn’t.
Jenny
You did.
Davey
Well, if I did. What did I say?
Jenny
If I knew what you said, I wouldn’t have asked you what it was you said, would I?
Davey
No.
Jenny
Well then. Why don’t you tell me what it was that you said?
Davey
I didn’t say anything.
Jenny
All right! If you insist that you didn’t say anything. Then you didn’t say anything. (Slight pause) But you were thinking of something to say, weren’t you?
Davey
I can’t remember.
Jenny
How can you forget, so soon, something as important as that to say?
Davey
Well, maybe I wasn’t going to say it.
Jenny
I don’t understand you! Every time we start to say serious things to one another, you always forget what it was you were going to say. Why is that, Davey?
Davey
I don’t know.
Jenny
Is it because you have another girl?
Davey
I didn’t say that.
Jenny
You didn’t have to, you were thinking it.
Davey
How come you always know what I’m going to say before I say it?
Jenny
Then you were thinking of another girl?
Davey
No, Jenny. I love you. You’re my girl.
Jenny
(Smiling) That’s what I thought you said.
Davey
That I love you?
Jenny
Yes.
Davey
You’re the coolest girl I know.
Jenny
Put your arms around me and hug me, Davey.