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By ANA N.
CHARACTERS: INDEPENDENT, the full moon, female, 21 years old HANDSOME, the shining star, male, 21 years old SETTING: Up in Space, orbiting around the Earth. It is dark. The are planets, asteroids and stars all around. The heat of the Sun. The sound of crashing waves from the Ocean below. The scent of Nothing At All. TIME: 8 p.m. on Winter Solstice night. AT RISE: HANDSOME is rotating back and forth, trying to plan his surprise. INDEPENDENT is transiting through the sky towards HANDSOME.
HANDSOME Damn Rouge. She’s smart, funny, protective, and a one- of- a- kind…Believe me when I say that. She keeps me in the right lane, the right path when I need to get checked on. I can’t believe this bruh. I’m goin to ask her, ask her to be my wife. Would she agree to spend the rest of our existence together? As a family? Is she ready, or am I doing too much? Bruh, nobody ain’t even known. She keeps me happy.
INDEPENDENT Why can’t I convince my own mother that he isn’t a bad star? I argued too much with her! She’s worried about if my gravitational pull for her ocean tides will be the same if I’m with him. I ‘ve never lost focus and I’ve never asked for anything. Will she at least give me the chance to prove that things will be fine? Handsome knows this. He just doesn’t get it though. I’ve told him about how she is at times. He wouldn’t be surprised she disagrees about us being together will he? I can’t believe her! How can she say that to me! Heeeellllla burnt! Too burnt…
(Independent reaches Handsome in their orbits and they are now face to face) HANDSOME Gahh Dayum you lookin fine…
INDEPENDENT Hi baby…
HANDSOME Wass good bae.
INDEPENDENT What you been up to?
HANDSOME Thinkin bout chu (HANDSOME eyes her up and down)
INDEPENDENT (smiling) Haha, you cute, you cute
HANDSOME Naw, but foreal, you a full moon, got them curves havin me feel some typah way. Extra round tonight… INDEPENDENT (singing a la Beyonce) “I woke up like this, I woke up like this, Flawless. Ladies sing it, I woke up like this, I woke up like this.”
HANDSOME Hahaha! You a fool for that. But forealz…you in front of me makes me shine brighter.
INDEPENDENT (smiling and blushing) Haha. I guess.
HANDSOME Well babe, I want to ask you something.
INDEPENDENT Before you do, can you answer one question for me?
HANDSOME Depends…Am I in trouble?
INDEPENDENT Well…we’ve known each other for the hottest minute. HANDSOME Yea? INDEPENDENT And…I don’t know, I don’t want you to ever leave me babe. I’m tired of your orbits coming and goin. Don’t you think it’d be koo just to post around with each other?
HANDSOME Yes bae, I feel it… INDEPENDENT And tonight, our transits are where you’re close enough for me to pull you into my orbit with my gravitational pull. The only night in who knows how long. HANDSOME I feel you…babe, I’ve been wantin to ask you.
INDEPENDENT Wassuh? HANDSOME I love you Independent! I want you to be mines, forever. I know I feel exactly what you mean and I know where you comin from. INDEPENDENT Exactly! HANDSOME Which is why I’ve been meaning to ask…Will you marry me? INDEPENDENT (shocked) Oh, forealz? HANDSOME Yes, I want you to be mines forever. I want you to be the mother of my little planets babe.
INDEPENDENT Wow…This is huge babe. I mean this is really serious. Little planets?
HANDSOME And that’s how much I love you. I love you unconditionally babe. I love you with the all of me. I want to be able to be here for you. Always. INDEPENDENT Babe…I love you too okay? Believe that but –
HANDSOME (interrupting) I’m feelin stupid right now. You don’t want me like that huh? INDEPENDENT I want you, trust and believe that, but babe, our mothers don’t even want us together. I was just thinkin we could just “be together”… Without little planets. HANDSOME Aight… I feel it, I don’t even know anymore. I’ve been looking for someone special to build something beautiful with…but what’s the point of that if all you want to do is just “be together”?
INDEPENDENT So what you tryna say? HANDSOME I mean, if you pull me into your orbit and I stay there permanently, it’s, you know…I really want this babe and if you don’t or aint feelin the same, then I don’t know, other things can happen… INDEPENDENT As in ? (A PAUSE as they look at each other. HANDSOME lets it go) HANDSOME Can you at least let me know what I need to do to change your mind? I’ll do anything babe. Anything.
INDEPENDENT It’s not you, babe. HANDSOME Then what is it? INDEPENDENT My mom thinks that you’ll become a distraction to me. That I will lag on my gravitational pull for her ocean tides. She thinks you aren’t good for me, that you’ll only bring me trouble and that I’ll become irresponsible…and little planets? How do you think she’ll take that? Babe, I’ve been controlled by my mother my whole life. I don’t think I’m ready to become a mother myself. HANDSOME Oh… INDEPENDENT I don’t want to lose you. HANDSOME I understand. I understand. All of it. I didn’t before, but I do now. But, babe, me coming into your orbit…that’s a huge thing to do. I mean giving my life up to be with you and all we’re going to be doing is just “be together”? I’m trying to put a ring on it and call it happily ever after.
INDEPENDENT Well, if that’s what you want and I’m not ready to give it to you, then probably you should just look for another moon for yah… HANDSOME boyyyy….like that babe ? INDEPENDENT Well, Momma’s told me that if you love something, you got to let it go… HANDSOME Dayum. That hurts. A lot. INDEPENDENT I don’t know. I need time… HANDSOME TIME?! We got ten minutes till I’m close enough for that five minute window where you can pull me in…
INDEPENDENT Baby, I don’t know! I don’t know what to do! I mean I don’t want my mom to feel any betrayal and I don’t, I really don’t want to lose you. (INDEPENDENT starts to cry).
HANDSOME Baby look at me. Look at me… (INDEPENDENT makes eye contact) You will never lose me. You have my heart and I’ll always love you. You’re my everything and I want you to be happy. I’ll respect your decision babe and I’ll take that. I never want you to do something you don’t want to. I respect your mother’s thoughts too, but she’s not you babe. I don’t want your relationship with your mother to get worser by us committing our lives to each other. I love you too much to put you through any hurt, especially with moms. Like you said, if you love something you got to let them go. Our transits are starting to cross, it’s time. I aint tryin to say goodbyes.
INDEPENDENT Then don’t baby.
HANDSOME (tears up) I love you. INDEPENDENT I love you too. HANDSOME Who knows. Probably a miracle happens and I’ll see you again.
INDEPENDENT I do. HANDSOME Huh? INDEPENDENT Ask me the question again babe. HANDSOME What question? INDEPENDENT The question! Your important question! You asked me to be your what? HANDSOME You don’t have to… INDEPENDENT (interrupting) Just ask me the damn question. I promise on everything, I’m positively sure about my answer.
HANDSOME You sure? INDEPENDENT Yes! Now ask me the damn question!
HANDSOME But it’s time to switch orbits babe…
INDEPENDENT Ask the damn question!!!
HANDSOME Haha…aight. OK, Independent, Will you marry me???
INDEPENDENT Yessss!!!! Yes! Yes! Yes!
(HANDSOME AND INDEPENDENT ARE NOW PERFECTLY ALIGNED. INDEPENDENT PULLS HANDSOME INTO HER ORBIT. THEY ROTATE OFF TOGETHER)
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