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sort of based on my friends |
| Scene One (The scene opens with Sally, a teenage girl sitting on a curb with a park in the background. She is wearing jeans and a black hoodie with a band logo on it. She appears to be deep in thought, staring out into nothing and hugging her knees as if she were in need of security. Lila enters the scene, loudly talking on her cell-phone to her sister. She is wearing a tight jogging outfit with many clangy bracelets around her wrists. Her phone is the newest model of cell-phone.) Lila: (to her sister) Yeah, I just found Sally. I dunno, in a couple hours. K. Love ya, bye. (hangs up then rushes to Sally for a hug) Hey, hun! Why you look so sad? Sally: (doesnāt stand, causing the greeting hug to be awkward) I always look like this. Lila: (sitting next to her on the curb) Well, itās depressing to see you like that. Look happier! Sally: (stands up and faces Lila. She rubs her own arms and shivers) Iām cold. Lila: Aw. Poor Sally! (laughs) Sally: Is Chloe coming? Lila: I think so. I donāt really care if she is or not. Sally: (slightly ashamed) I donāt care either. But Alyssa wants her here. Lila: (growls in anger) Chloe is not my favourite person right now. I was talking to her on MSN yesterday and I had no choice, I had to block her. Have you ever met anyone who could talk about herself so much? Sally: Well, she is a little self-centred. But itās not her fault; itās just the way she is. Lila: (sighs in boredom) I guess so. (Silence fills the air and it stays that way for a few seconds until Lila begins to tap her foot and hum āChangesā by Tupac.) Lila: Do you know if somethingās wrong with Alyssa? She sounded like she was crying on the phone. Sally: (shrugs and shakes her head) Lila: I wasnāt gonna come ācause I got work tomorrow. But I did ācause I love you guys so much. (smiles and lightly kicks Sallyās shoe) Sally: Well, thanks for coming, Alyssa really needs us right now. Lila: No problemā¦ (stands up) Iām thirsty. Sally: Me too. Lila: Do you think theyāll be here soon? Sally: Probably. They both live like down the street from here. Lila: (jumps around impatiently then stares offstage to the left longingly) We could make it to the store and back in time, couldnāt we? Sally: Doubt it. Lila: (grabbing Sallyās arm and tugging for her to follow) Cāmon. Iām so thirsty! Sally: (groans and looks to the right end of the stage) Lila, theyāre gonna be here in like two seconds. Lila: (dragging her off of the left end of the stage) No worries. Weāll be back in a minute. (both exit) Exeunt Scene Two (Same setting about a minute later. Chloe enters from the right end of the stage and stands in front of the curb, looking around for her friends. She is wearing a black skirt that looks as though sheād taken it from a Halloween costume that was made out of polyester. Her tank top is black, a black zip-up sweater over it. She is wearing her eye makeup thick and black. Under her eye, there is a dark tear drawn in eyeliner.) Chloe: (sighs to herself) I knew Iād be the first one here. How inconsiderate. They tell me to hurry, then they take their sweet time to meet me. Sometimes, I swear that I am the only one who cares about this friendship. (sits on the curb with a growl of annoyance) They donāt appreciate what a good friend I am. My friend calls and asks me to come to the park at one in the morning, I show up. I show up because I am a good person. Do the other two hurry to show up for Alyssa? Nope. And what about Alyssa? She said this was important, yet sheās not here yet. How rude. I could have been sleeping right now. (stands and begins to walk around the stage in an attempt to amuse herself) Where are they? āBest friendsā my ass! They canāt possibly care about me if they take this long. I bet Lila and Sally wont even show up. Theyāre just like that. Lila would make up some excuse for not coming, like how she has work tomorrow or something. I have work tomorrow, and Iām still here! How lazy. And Sally. Sallyās probably with her boyfriend, the one sheās in love with. (scoffs) Sheās not in love; sheās just imagining that she is. She wants to be in love so badly. Well, sheās not. I would know. Iām so in love with my boyfriend. I swear weād die if we werenāt together. (sits back down on the curb and stays silent for a moment) I bet Sallyās boyfriend is fat. Poor girl. She could only ever get fat guys. (fidgets, irritated and impatient) Where the hell are they? Why must they always keep me waiting? (stands up and crosses her arms) I bet Alyssa told me to come to the wrong place. I bet theyāre all at Sallyās house, sitting around making fun of me for not being there yet. Alyssa would do that. Sheās always giving the wrong information. (whispers) Drugs. What a stoner. And it would have to be Sallyās house. Why doesnāt anyone ever come to my house? (growls and exits to the right end of the stage) Exeunt Scene Three (Same setting about a minute later. Roger enters from the right end of the stage, agitated and drunk. Heās wearing baggy jeans and a basketball jersey. He paces around the stage, unsure of where to go.) Roger: (slurs to himself) K. Iām gonna go home, lie down, and forget about this. (stops, shakes his head, then turns around and walks to the right end of the stage) No! I hafta go back. Sheās gonna tell. I know sheās gonna tell. (stops again and begins to pull at his hair, pouting with frustration) Oh, God! Sheās gonna tell! (starts walking to the right end again) Iāll make her not tell. (stops) How am I gonna do that? Oh, damnit! I really screwed up this time! (starts to the left end of the stage) I hafta go home. I hafta sleep. Iām way too drunk to handle this. Stupid low alcohol tolerance! You always get me into trouble! (stops again and stamps his feet in a temper tantrum before pacing around again) I canāt go home! My girlfriendāll find me there! Sheās gonna call me, I know it. Sheāll call and sheāll know I was with that other girl and sheāll hate me! (trips over his feet and falls to the ground. He crawls over to the curb, sits on it, and pulls out his cell-phone) What time is it anyway? 1:30. A.M? This hasta be wrong, it was only 10:00 p.m. a few minutes ago. (hides his head in his hands, still gripping the phone) Iām so drunk. Thatās it! I quit! No more drinking for me! (looks around the stage with a hopeless, drunken gaze and looks as though he is about to cry) What am I gonna do? This is so bad. Maybe sheāll never find out. (shakes his head to himself) No, I canāt keep this from her. (suddenly disturbed) Wait. Why do I care? It isnāt like sheās the first girl Iāve ever cheated on. (stares down at his feet with a pause) I donāt wanna hurt her thoughā¦ Wow. Since when do I care about hurting her? (buries his head in his hands again and groans) I canāt deal with this right now. (stands up a little too fast and makes himself dizzy) Crap. Iām gonna throw up. Ok, what to do? If I go home, then sheās gonna call me. She has a sixth sense for these things. Sheās a freak. She always knows when Iām home. (looks around, worried and unsure of what to do) (His cell-phone begins to ring with āGin and Juiceā by Snoop Dogg as a ring tone and he jumps, startled. He checks his caller ID cautiously, then almost cries to find that it is his girlfriend calling) Roger: Damnit! She found me! Stupid cell-phone! How could you betray me like this? (cautiously picks up then attempts to act as normal as possible, not as agitated as he was moments earlier) Hey, baby. Yeah, I was just thinking about you. (walks off the left end of the stage, talking to his girlfriend on the phone) Exeunt Scene Four (Same setting a few minutes later. Sally and Lila enter from the left end of the stage. Lila has a diet coke in one hand, her cell-phone in the other as she talks to her boyfriend on the phone. Sally carries a bottle of water. Chloe enters from the right end of the stage, also on her cell-phone, talking to Alyssa. All three see each other and wave silently, while still talking to those who are on the phone. Sally sits back on the curb in the middle of the stage and waits for her friends to finish their conversations.) Lila: (laughing loudly to her boyfriend) Youāre hilarious! Chloe: (to Alyssa, irritated) They just showed up. Weāll be there in a minute. (hangs up and stares at Lila evilly, annoyed that her friend is still on the phone) (Lila goes off to the side, having a quiet conversation with her boyfriend. Sally and Chloe nod to each other as a greeting) Chloe: God, does she ever get off the phone? Sally: Leave her alone. Sheās talking to her new boyfriend. Apparently, heās really nice. Chloe: (unconvinced and under her breath) Yeah, nice like the last one. Sally: You should have more faith in people. Maybe he really is a nice guy. Chloe: (shakes her head and continues to glare at Lila) Whatever. Lila: (cutely) Ok, I love you. Bye. (hangs up with a glowing grin. She stares across the stage at Chloe for a moment before running to her for a hug) Chloe! I havenāt seen you in months! (touches her hair) You changed your hair. Chloe: Yeah, doesnāt it look good? Lila: (unconvincingly) Yeah, itās hot. Sally: (to Chloe) Was that Alyssa on the phone? Chloe: (nodding and sitting on the curb next to Sally) Yeah, now she wants us to come to her house. (shakes her head in disapproval) And where were you guys? I was waiting here for like an hour! Sally: Donāt exaggerate. Lila: We just went to the store for like five minutes. Relax. Chloe: Well, you didnāt have to waitā¦ Sally: (stand up and starts towards the right end of the stage) Lets go, Alyssaās waiting. Chloe: Let her wait, I wanna have a smoke. (takes out a pack of cigarettes) Sally: Smoke on the way. Lila: (Sitting next to Chloe) No, lets just stay here a little bit longer. My feet hurt from walking so much. Sally: Itās not like we just walked a mile, the storeās right there! (points to the left end of the stage) Chloe: Just wait! Sally: (appears to be frustrated) Alyssa needs us. We should be there right now. Chloe: (speaking to both girls) Do you know why she wanted to see us? Lila: No. She just called and said to meet her here. Chloe: Honestly, I was shocked. I havenāt talked to her for like three months. Lila: I saw her last week. But we only talked for a minute. I was with my new guyā¦ (blushes proudly) Chloe: (taking a drag of her smoke and acting like sheās interested) Oh. Whatās his name? Lila: (sighs with a dreamy look) You guys know him. Youāll never guess who he is! (takes a sip of her diet-coke and spits out the aftertaste with a sickened expression) Chloe: (disgusted) Thatās a really bad habit. (takes a drag of her cigarette) Sally: Can we go now? Chloe: Just hold on! (to Lila) Who is it? Lila: Okā¦Remember in grade three? We all liked that one guy because he was so adorable! Sally: (narrowing her eyes in disgust) Please tell me you arenāt talking about- Chloe: Roger? Youāre going out with Roger? Lila: (nods proudly) Yeah for like a month now. Heās so hot. Chloe: Not really. So not my taste. Lila: (shoving Chloe playfully) You know you were in love with him in the third grade. We like had a club, remember? Sally: Well, weāre not young and stupid anymore. Heās such an idiot. Lila: No, heās not! You just have to get to know him. Heās so great. Chloe: (bursting into laughter) Sally! Remember the square dance in grade four? Sally: (turning her back to her friends, embarrassed) Vaguely. Lila: What square dance? Chloe: (laughing) Our class did this square dancing thing in front of the whole school. Roger was Sallyās partner, and when we were performing, he tripped her! It was so funny! Sally: It wasnāt that funny. Lila: (excitedly) Oh, I remember now! (laughs at Sally) Youāre skirt went up over your head! Sally: (angered) Really. It wasnāt that funny. Chloe: (trying to contain her laughter) What about you, Sally? Howās your boyfriend? Lila: Yeah, whatās his name again? John? Sally: (coldly) Jimmy. Chloe: (mockingly) Still in love? Sally: (trying to hide how sensitive she is to the subject) We donāt talk anymore. Chloe: I told you! I told you this would happen. You werenāt in love, you were just lonely or something. Sally, you canāt cling onto every guy that bothers to talk to you. I know theyāre few and far between but you just hafta be patient. Lila: (shoving Chloe) Shut up. (gets up and goes over to comfort Sally) You ok, hun? What happened? Sally: (breaks away from her, not wanting to be touched) Nothing. Iām fine. It was just a stupid thing, I donāt want to talk about it. Chloe: Did you break up with him? Was it ācause he was fat? (pauses and shakes her head as if this were silly) Oh, Iām sorry. He broke up with you didnāt he? Lila: (punches Chloe in the arm with force, meaning to hurt her) Shut up! Sally: (offended) He wasnāt fat. Chloe: Honey. (gives Sally a hug that is received uncomfortably) Itās ok to admit it. He was fat. You went out with a fat guy. We donāt care, you can tell us. Lila: Have you ever even met him? Chloe: No, of course not. I just assumedā¦ Lila: (defensively) What are you saying? That she canāt get a skinny guy? Chloe: (takes a moment to consider her answer) Wellā¦ Lila: (shocked) Are you calling her fat? Chloe: Of course not! (to Sally) You know youāre not fat. Itās good to have a little meat on you. Lila: (genuinely angry and looking as though she is about to punch Chloe in the face) Shut up! Sally: Can we please go now? Chloe: (throwing what is left of her cigarette to the ground) Fine. If we must. Lila: (to Chloe) I swear, hun. I love you, but if you say one more thing, Iām gonna kick your ass. (All three start toward the right end of the stage until Sally stops and stares at her friends with a glum and scared expression) Chloe: Whatās wrong with you? I thought you wanted to go now. Sally: Wait. I hafta tell you guys something. I didnāt want to at first because I didnāt think it was my place to say. Lila: What are you talking about? Sally: Maybe I should tell you what happened before we get to Alyssaās. I dunno if she could handle going through the whole story again. Maybe it would be easier if you guys knew before we get there. Chloe: (feeling betrayed) You said you didnāt know what happened. You lied to us! Sally: Iām sorry. Itās only sinking in right now what happened. Itās kind of hard to take in. Lila: What happened, hun? Sally: (staring down at the ground) Alyssa called me and she was crying. When I went to her house, there were beer bottles all over the table and she looks so messed up. She wasnāt like very drunk or anything, just emotionally messed up. She wasnāt crying anymore. It was weird. She even laughed when she told me the story. I thought she was going crazy. Chloe: Ok, we donāt care. Why was she crying? Sally: She took the bus home from work with this guy and she invited him over. Sheās not stupid, she usually doesnāt do stuff like that. (to Lila) You know how safe she is. Sheās always warning us about going downtown alone and stuff. Anyways, she knew this guy. We even know this guy. Weāve all known him since the first grade. Thatās why this is so hard to believe. I grew up with this kid. I learned how to read in the same class as this kid. Chloe: Get to the point. We donāt have all night here. I have work in a few hours. Sally: He invited himself in and they had a couple drinks. Alyssa thought it was fine, they could catch up on old times. I guess she gave him the wrong impression or something, because he tried to get her into her bedroom. When she said ānoā, he forced her toā¦(coughs uncomfortably) you knowā¦ Lila: He raped her? Chloe: Who was it? Iāll castrate him. Just tell me who it was. Sally: (pauses and stares at Lila in apology) Roger. Lila: My Roger? Sally: Iām so sorry. Chloe: I always knew that youād go out with a rapist. Sally: (to Chloe) Seriously, stop talking. (Roger enters from the left end of the stage, still drunk and staggering. He looks determined, yet still confused as he walks towards to right end of the stage, unaware of the girlsā presence) Roger: (to himself) Ok. I hafta handle this tonight. Iāll just explain to her, we donāt hafta tell Lila right now. I will tell her in my own time. Yeah, thatāll work. Sheāll understand. I can do this. Everything will be fine. (stops and notices the girls) Chloe: (grinding her teeth as she stares at him as though she is about to charge) You malicious bastard! Sally: (holding her back) Cāmon, lets go to Alyssaās. I think sheās waiting for us to call the police. She told me she didnāt want to do it alone. Chloe: Fine. At least in prison he can drop the soap and get what he deserves. (exits the scene to the right end of the stage) Sally: (to Lila) Letās go. Lila: Just wait a minute. (stares at Roger, hurt.) Sally: Ok. (waits at the edge of the stage, not wanting to leave Lila alone with Roger) Roger: (slurring) I take it you know. Lila: (nods) Yup. Roger: (tries to hug her) Iām so sorry! I was so drunk. I didnāt mean to. Lila: (pulls away) You didnāt mean to? Oh, thatās a great excuse! You deserve to be thrown in jail. Roger: Thatās a little harsh. Lila: Trust me, you deserve a lot worse. Roger: Damn, you take cheating seriously. I just had sex with another girl, no need to call the cops. Lila: You raped her, I see that as a need to call the cops. Roger: (almost unable to process the word ārapeā) Wait. What? Rape? Lila: Yeah. I know what you did. Roger: I didnāt rape anyone. I was drunk and she wanted me. Honestly, can you blame her? Lila: Roger, when a girl says ānoā, she means ānoā! Itās not a secret code for āI want you nowā. Roger: I donāt think she said ānoā. Lila: You donāt think? Roger: I dunno! I had a lot to drink, ok? Lila: And thatās an excuse? Roger: No! (pauses, frustrated) I swear, I didnāt rape her. It was mutual. If it wasnāt, thenā¦I was really drunk. I still am a little. Sally: (coughs to be noticed then tilts her head to the right end of the stage) Lila: I canāt talk to you right now. I donāt even wanna look at you. Roger: Lila, Iām sorry- Lila: I donāt care. I donāt wanna talk to you. Iām gonna go to Alyssaās house now and Iām gonna stay with her when she calls the police. Roger: I didnāt rape her. Lila: (gives him a cold, yet longingly sad glare then walks off the right end of the stage with Sally) Roger: (stares after her sadly then turns to walk off of the left end of the stage) Iām never drinking again. (exits) Exeunt |
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