one act play v.1

PENELOPE is over at JUNE'S house. PENELOPE is sitting on the love seat facing the television, JUNE is on the couch parallel to the television. A coffee table fills up the space.

JUNE and PENELOPE are watching a children's movie.

[June's phone vibrates on the table. ]

PENELOPE

Who's that?

JUNE

[JUNE flips phone open. She rolls her eyes]

Annette...

PENELOPE

[Laughs] What does she want?

JUNE

[Exasperated sigh] Well on Facebook i put my status as bored. Before you said you could come over. She wants to hang out.

PENELOPE

Sucks for her.

JUNE

Should I tell her you're over?

PENELOPE

I don't care

[JUNE texts. The phone snaps shut rather loudly. Both girls continue watching the movie. JUNE'S phone goes off again]

PENELOPE

What'd she say?

JUNE

She's asking if she can come over.

PENELOPE

Pfft no! I don't understand how she doesn't get it that I don't want to be friends with her anymore.

JUNE'S MOM

[off stage]

I told you she knew you were together

JUNE

[half laughing] Mom!

JUNE'S MOM

What? I told you she would find out.

[JUNE'S house phone rings]

JUNE

Oh, God! It's her.

PENELOPE

No!

JUNE

Yeah.

PENELOPE

Don't answer it!

JUNE

But she'll know.

PENELOPE

So?

JUNE

Ugh. [to phone] Hello?

ANNETTE

[In her living room. The room is lavishly decorated, showing her family's love of luxary ANNETTE sits on a large couch in front of a large television]

Hey! What are you up to?

JUNE

Penelope is over.

ANNETTE

Oh. Can I come over?

JUNE

[Covers bottom of phone with hand] She wants to know if she can come over.

PENELOPE

No.

JUNE

[To phone] Uh...I don't think that's a good idea.

ANNETTE

Umm...why not?

JUNE

[looks to PENELOPE] Er...ah...Penelope doesn't want you to.

PENELOPE

Oh whatever you don't want her over just as much as me.

ANNETTE

Can I talk to her?

JUNE

Sure.[tries to give the phone to PENELOPE]

PENELOPE

No way! I am NOT talking to her. [ Backs away from phone, eyes wide]

JUNE

Oh come on just make up with her, your friendship won't be the same. That's how it was for me. She hardly ever asks to do stuff now.

JUNE'S MOM

Yeah,June she only ever asks you to hang out if she's got something to show you.

[ANNETTE is trying to get someone's attention. Shouts Hello? Anyone there? Etc]

JUNE

[to phone] Uh..just a sec. She wont take the phone. [thrusts phone more forcefully at PENELOPE]

PENELOPE

No.

JUNE

Just make up with her. It's not gonna be the same.

PENELOPE

NO! I'm done. I am so done with that girl and all her crap.

JUNE'S MOM

She is a weird one.

ANNETTE

Just let me talk to her. I promise I wont get mad or yell or anything. If she doesn't want to talk to me ever again all she has to do is say it. If she just says she doesn't want to talk to me and to leave her alone I'll leave her alone I swear.

JUNE

[covers phone again] She says you just have to tell her you don' want to talk to her and she'll leave you alone.

PENELOPE

If not talking to her for over a month doesn't make her see I don't want to talk to her nothing will

JUNE

[to phone] She wont talk to you.

ANNETTE

Ya know I should just come over there. That way she can't hide from me. I mean, what's she so afraid of I promise I won't get mad

JUNE

Uhh...[to PENELOPE] she's threatening to come over here.

PENELOPE

Seriously?

JUNE

YES!

JUNE'S MOM

She can't come over

JUNE

Well duh, I don't want her to

[ANNETTE trying to get attention again]

PENELOPE

So...

ANNETTE

[Pacing around room. She's fuming] Ya know what? I'm coming over there, I don't care. That way she can't hide from me.

JUNE

[to phone] No, don't I'll give her the phone.

PENELOPE

[Waving arms in front of body] Nuh uh

JUNE

[once again covering phone] Just take the phone

PENELOPE

You give me that phone and I'll just hang it up

JUNE

You better not

PENELOPE

[sighs] Fine [Takes phone holding it arms length away in front of her body. Looks at it, fingers grazing the OFF button. .Looks up at JUNE ,who raises her eyebrows]

ANNETTE

HELLO?

JUNE

[talking loud and leaning toward the phone] She's holding the phone if you take she'll hear you

[ANNETTE laughs obnoxiously loud at something on her tv. She's making comments about it to her dad]

ANNETTE

June?

JUNE

Hang on [grabs phone from PENELOPE] Yeah?

ANNETTE

Just tell her I just need to hear her say it and I'll leave her alone

[JUNE presses the speaker phone button]

Seriously i just need to hear her say it and I'll never talk to her again. I wont get mad or yell or anything

PENELOPE

[with complete control] Okay, I don't want to talk to you anymore. Leave me alone

ANNETTE

Why? [the tension in her voice is very evident]

PENELOPE

Because I'm done with you. [still in complete control]

ANNETTE

Why?

PENELOPE

Because

ANNETTE

[heavy breathing] What the HELL did I ever do to you?

PENELOPE

Plenty of stuff

ANNETTE

[yelling] Like what?

PENELOPE

Well for starters you said you wouldn't get mad or yell but here we are

ANNETTE

I don't understand what the hell I ever did to you. You're the one that-

ANNETTE'S DAD

Will you calm down? Watch your temper

ANNETTE

UGGHH! [to phone] Ya know what? To hell with both of you! [hangs up phone and slams it down]

JUNE

[looks at PENELOPE in disbelief] I didn't even do anything.

PENELOPE

That's Annette.

JUNE

So much for not yelling

PENELOPE

And not getting mad

JUNE'S MOM

She's a weird one

[JUNE'S phone vibrates. She picks it up and her eyes scan the small screen]

JUNE

Its Annette...

PENELOPE

What'd she say?

JUNE

She said " I'm sorry I told you to go to hell, I say things I don't mean when I get mad"

PENELOPE

Like i haven't heard that one before

JUNE

What should I say back?

PENELOPE

I don't care

JUNE

'Kay...[buttons click as she texts]. I swear she's not depressed she's bipolar

PENELOPE

That's for sure. I don't think she'll ever get it through her head that I don't want to be friends anymore

JUNE

[JUNE'S phone goes off again. She opens it and reads the message] She wants to know if there's anything she can do to have you forgive her.

PENELOPE

Uh..no.

JUNE

I'll just tell her you wont tell me

JUNE'S MOM

June's pretty good at staying neutral in things like this.

PENELOPE

Yeah. It's not fair of Annette to make you be in the middle of this. This is between me and her.

JUNE

Yeah

PENELOPE

The way I see it you at least got a break when you guys got in a fight freshman year. I had to deal with her the whole time.

JUNE

True but I had to deal with her in elementary school.

PENELOPE

But I was friends with her in kindergarten. We go back a few years longer.

JUNE

But like I said you got a break.

PENELOPE

That's true. You can just handle more craziness than me I guess.

[JUNE'S phone goes off again.]

JUNE

She says she's sorry and she'll leave us alone now

PENELOPE

Yeah....right