Chad has decided college isn’t for him but Lia gets to the root as to why in this scene from 1 act drama eplay Other Side of the Chasm.

CHAD: You were giving up…

LIA: Exactly. But I didn’t, did I? I knew I had to face myself and make a decision, there and then. And if I didn’t make that decision, things woulda turned out differently for me.

CHAD: Yeah.

LIA: Somewhere deep down you know you are capable of way more than you’re allowing yourself to be…

CHAD: I feel trapped.

LIA: I’ll help you.

CHAD: How you gonna help me?

LIA: I know you want to go to college. And it’s time you face the elephant in the room. Why can’t we fill out applications together, look at some grants, loans…

CHAD: That stuff don’t apply to someone like me, I told you already.

LIA: Where did you get accepted?

CHAD: What?

LIA: Don’t lie to me.

CHAD: I got in.

LIA: Where?

CHAD: I’m not saying.

LIA: But you got in.

CHAD: A few. Can’t afford it though.

LIA: You know why you got in, right?

CHAD: Why?

LIA: Cause you’re brilliant.

CHAD: No, I’m not.

LIA: Any scholarships?

CHAD: Maybe…I’ll show you the paperwork.

LIA: Really?

CHAD: Yeah.

LIA hugs CHAD.

LIA: So, what is the problem?

CHAD: …I’m afraid…

LIA: Of what?

CHAD: I’m afraid to be as good as I want to be.

LIA: That’s because you are as good as you imagine yourself being.

CHAD: What if I’m not able to…what if I’m not accepted?

LIA: You already are…you owe it to yourself.

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In the one act eplay Other Side of the Chasm, Chad tells his best friend Lia that he isn’t going to go to college, that he’s going to work at a music shop and get his own apartment.  Lia finds out the reason why and tries to help him out.  1 Woman, 1 Man.  Teen Drama Play.  

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