The Compromise

• CAST
• Diego – 20’s
• Maya – 20’s

(Int. Kitchen)

MAYA: So… I think I’m craving Thai food again.

DIEGO: I don’t know about that. I love Thai food, but you remember what happened last time, Maya.

MAYA: Diego, I appreciate and acknowledge your worries. But we’ve been to therapy.. I think we’re ready.

DIEGO: You know, I spent a whole year studying Thai cuisine.

MAYA: You know I appreciate and love your cooking. But I think maybe this one time we should probably order in. I’m just worried.

DIEGO: No, Maya. I now know that flushing your meal is not an appropriate reaction to you asking for more salt.

MAYA: And I think that I’ve learned that training our dog to bite you in the balls is also an overreaction.

DIEGO: I think I deserved that, after lying about my vasectomy. Therapy has really helped.

MAYA
(Smiling)
It truly has. So, a compromise?

DIEGO: Yeah. I’ll cook a curry and we can order in the rice.

MAYA
(Confused)
Wait… But that’s not–

DIEGO
(Smiling to himself)
You’re right. And forks. We don’t want to use our good silverware for meals.

MAYA: Okay. Well. You know, no matter what Dr. O’Malley says…

DIEGO AND MAYA
(Simultaneously, smiling.)
…This relationship ISN’T doomed.

MAYA
(Realizing)
…wait, what did you say about the vasectomy?