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(They walk into the garden. Ensemble makes cricket noises.)

MEG: So we’ve got corn, and the last of the green beans, and pumpkins over there—this is really the twins� garden, they take care of it mostly—and the orchard’s back there and—why are you looking so…goofy?

CALVIN: Am I? I can’t help it. You know what being here is like? It’s like, I don’t know, I’m not alone anymore!

MEG: But you’re never alone! You play basketball, you’re good in school, everyone likes you.

CALVIN: For all the most unimportant reasons. It’s not really me. There hasn’t been anybody I could really talk to. Here, I feel differently.

MEG: You do?

CALVIN: Yeah. Hey, maybe we weren’t meant to meet before this. I mean, I knew who you were in school, but I didn’t know you. I’m glad we’ve met now, Meg. We’re going to be