|
Jealousy
By DeQuan
Characters: Grumpy the Bear (Mascot), age: 17 Speedy the Mustang (Mascot), age: 17 Cousins
Setting: In a house surrounded by trees, grass, fences, a park and a Candyhouse on the top of a hill.
Time: Around 5 p.m.
At Rise: Speedy walking in the house coming from the Candyhouse.
SPEEDY Aww, wassup my ninja? My name be like “Speedy the Great” but everybody calls me Speedy. I’m on my way inda house coming from the Candyhouse a few houses down. I’m just gettin a quick snack kuz a ninja be hungry, feel me.
(Speedy walks in his house and notices mail on the floor)
SPEEDY Dang! All dese bills, Grumpy’s big head self need to go pay them bills. Hmm, Grumpy never has mail! The bills are usually under my name.
(Speedy notices the mail with Grumpy’s name on it is the letter from U.C. Berkeley Grumpy’s been expectin all week)
SPEEDY WHAT THE FUNK!!? How did this square get in and I didn’t. This must be fake or am I in a dream.
(Speedy decides to hide the letter under the bed. Then walks in the living room slapping himself in the head repeatedly, thinking he’s in a dream, but gets interupted by Grumpy’s appearance at the front door.)
GRUMPY What’s with the commotion slow one??
(Speedy looks up in confusion)
SPEEDY Dude, how long have you been watching me?
GRUMPY Long enough to watch you beat yourself like you were in an audition for the 3 Stooges, ha!
SPEEDY Ha ha, very funny! We’ll see who gets the last laugh.
GRUMPY What’s that suppose to mean, pony?
SPEEDY You’ll find ou– hey what chu say?
GRUMPY I called you Speedy, unoe fast, big like the Mustang you are.
SPEEDY Oh! Sounds like you called me a pony, unoe I don’t like that word.
GRUMPY I know that’s why I called you it.
SPEEDY I knew I heard you ca–
(Grumpy interrupts Speedy)
GRUMPY Annnywaaays did I get mail today from U.C. Berkeley? I’m supposed to have it in by 7 am signed.
SPEEDY Ha! I know.
GRUMPY What chu sayin brah!! Where my letter at. I’m not playin, G.O.D.
SPEEDY I have no idea, but I know you ain’t laughin nomoe.
GRUMPY Allryte, I got chu.
(Grumpy walks in the living room and sees the other mail and decides to trick Speedy that he has a letter from U.C. Berkeley too.)
SPEEDY What chu gone do, beat me up. I know and you know that dat ain’t gone happen.
GRUMPY Nah, I was just gone rip this letter up wit yo name on it from U.C. Berkeley and drop it in the toilet.
SPEEDY Maan, dat ain’t no letter from Cal.
GRUMPY U think so??
(Grumpy walks in the bathroom and holds it over the toilet and tells Speedy if he don’t give him his letter he’s going to rip this fake letter he has over the toilet)
SPEEDY Allryte! It’s under the bed just give me mines!
GRUMPY Go get it and hand it to me.
(Speedy walks to get the letter)
SPEEDY Here, now give me mines.
GRUMPY Thanks! Now you could have your bill.
SPEEDY You lied to me, why? I was going to give you your stupid letter.
GRUMPY No you wasn’t, that’s waht you get, karma’s a trip. But why hide it from me? What’s the point?
SPEEDY Because I was jealous you got accepted and I didn’t. I’m better than you and you know it.
GRUMPY That’s the problem you always thinking about yourself!! You never look at the bigger picture. What about me Huh?
SPEEDY That’s the thing I wasn’t thinking about you Grumpy. I was thinking if I didn’t get in, than you shouldn’t either.
GRUMPY Why would you think like that, I would never stop you from getting in a college you been wanting to get in since you were a kid. You know what, I’m sorry Speedy but your on your own. I”m going to sign these papers and move on with my life. You been a pain in my butt since we were kids. Now I’m done.
SPEEDY I don’t care!!! Fine leave I’m not stopping you.
GRUMPY Aite, I’m gone brah.
(Grumpy walks out the door and is off to start over)
The End |
