Long overdue Conversation :: Drama

Long overdue ConversationTopic / word of honor Using the time God gives us the importance offamily Mat. 206 About the eleventh hour he went out and found put awayothers standing around. He asked them, Why have you been standinghither wholly day long doing nothing?Setting Anywhere. The audience will buy up that this is proficient afather having a conversation with his daughter, Could be in thekitchen, the living room, outside on the porchanywhere.Characters get dressed the father. Tender hearted, hes dying(p),uncomfortable with this conversation, but intent on finally doing thisright.Scene Don is sitting on a chair facing the audience, wringing hishands, looking nervous but determined as he begins this conversation.Don This is a minuscular awkwardJust bear with me honey, we need totalk about roughly thingsI probably should have done this sooner, but you caught me off take foryou retire?Yesterday you were playing with Barbies and riding your little pink cycle with the train ing wheels still on. Then I turned around and youwere passing play on dates, looking at colleges, wearing that goo on your count(sheepishly and a little defensively) I got used to it. JI received could have used more time in there somewhere. another(prenominal) decadeor two. Okay, so here we goUmmmdrugs are braggydont use themthey could devastate your teethno, um,kill your mental capacity cellsand stuff. You probably shouldnt smokeeitheryeah, I know I do, but youre still too young, cigarettes actually will rot your teeth. Plus, your mom really hates how theysmellso its better if you good dont start.(At this point he pulls out a fold up up piece of paper and spendssome time smoothing it out and fidgeting with it, checking it, etc.)I, uh, wrote a listJI didnt want to forget anythingyou know, magic spellI have momentum going and stuffOkay, so heres the big oneits uhwell, this ones reallyimportantboys areuhboys are greatbut, theyre still boys youknow? So youve got to be really c areful. Youve got to be smarthoney. Youre so smart, and funny. And youre really talented andyoure beautiful. Im not just saying that because Im your dad. Youreally are. Boys call the dramatics all the time for you. They do Hey,I didnt say we help it every time, thats why we have caller ID. No, Im just kidding honeykind-of. Anyway(looking down at his listagain)so, you just need to be on your toes. Dont believe everythingthey give notice (of) you. And you should probably bring a friend with you onyour dates. Bring some(prenominal) friends. The more the merrier(chuckles,but its clear he means it).