Title: Love & Confession

Characters:

•	**Jamie**: A warm, sincere person who finally decides to express their feelings.

•	**Alex**: Jamie’s friend, with whom they’ve shared a close, sometimes complicated bond.

Scene: A quiet café, dimly lit in the evening. Jamie and Alex sit across from each other at a small table. Jamie fidgets, clearly anxious.

Jamie: (nervously) Alex, there’s something I… I need to tell you. It’s… It’s been on my mind for so long, and I don’t know how to say it, but I can’t keep it in any longer.

Alex: (smiling, a bit surprised) Okay… I’m listening. You look like you’re about to explode.

Jamie: (laughs nervously) Yeah, maybe. (pauses, gathering courage) Look, Alex, I— (deep breath) I’m in love with you.

Alex: (stunned, blinking) Wait… what?

Jamie: I know. I know it’s a lot. We’ve been friends forever, and I’ve been terrified to say anything, but… it’s true. I love you. Not just as a friend. More than that.

Alex: (slowly smiles, looking touched) Jamie, I… I don’t even know what to say. I… I didn’t see this coming. (pauses, genuinely moved) But I think… I feel the same way.

Jamie: (relieved, smiling) You do?

Alex: (nodding) Yeah. I mean, maybe I didn’t know it until just now, but… Yeah, I do.

[They both sit in silence for a moment, grinning like fools, just taking in this new, tender moment.]

Alex: (after a moment) So… what now?

Jamie: (chuckling) I guess… we could, you know, go on a real date? See what happens?

Alex: (smiling) I’d like that.

[Pause. Jamie’s smile fades slightly, their expression growing serious.]

Jamie: But, Alex, there’s… There’s something else I need to tell you. It’s not easy for me to admit, especially after what I just said. But I… I want to be honest. Completely honest.

Alex: (concerned) Jamie, what is it?

Jamie: (looking away, voice barely a whisper) I did something. Something… bad.

Alex: (frowning) What do you mean?

Jamie: (quietly) I was desperate. It was a few months ago. I took some money. From the store. From the register.

Alex: (shocked) You… Jamie, are you serious?

Jamie: (voice trembling) I didn’t have a choice. I was behind on bills, and I was panicking. I thought… I thought I could pay it back before anyone noticed. But then I… didn’t.

Alex: (still processing) Why didn’t you tell me? You know I would have helped.

Jamie: (looking down) I was ashamed. I thought I could fix it on my own, but… then it just got worse. And now… (pauses) Now, I’m in over my head.

Alex: (reaches across the table, taking Jamie’s hand) We’ll figure this out. Together.

Jamie: (looking up, surprised) You… you’re not going to just walk away?

Alex: (smiling softly) I just told you I love you, didn’t I? We’ll face this. But you have to be honest with me from now on. No more hiding things. No more secrets.

Jamie: (nodding, relieved) No more secrets.

[They sit together, hands intertwined, uncertain of what lies ahead but facing it together.]

[Fade to black.]