Genre: Drama
Cast Breakdown: 1 female, 1 male
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Miranda, high school mean girl, has cornered Chuck, a teen who tries to fit in with the popular kids but isn't quite one of them.
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CHUCK: I
bought the all-black like you wanted. I don't have any more—
MIRANDA: You're
not in trouble.
(Chuck lets out a sigh of
relief.)
You like
CHUCK:
Uh...no. Not, uh...like. You mean like like or—
MIRANDA: Don't
lie.
CHUCK: Yes.
MIRANDA:
Awww...that's so sweet.
CHUCK: If
you're just gonna make fun of—
MIRANDA: Who's
making fun of you? I just said it's sweet.
CHUCK: I
guess.
MIRANDA: Did I
or did I not just say it was sweet?
CHUCK:
(Beat.) You've never talked to me before.
MIRANDA: That's
not true.
CHUCK: You
talk to me when you want something.
MIRANDA: Better
than not talking to you at all.
CHUCK: So
what do you want?
MIRANDA:
Chuckie. Chuckie Chuck Chuck. Chuckety Chuckety. I like that. Chuckety
Chuckety.
CHUCK: Great.
MIRANDA: So you
like
CHUCK: You
asked me that already.
MIRANDA: Just
making sure.
(Chuck nods. Long pause.)
You seem really nervous. Do I make you nervous?
CHUCK: If I'm
about to get totally hosed, can we just get it over with?
MIRANDA: It
must suck to hang out with a hottie like
CHUCK: I
bought what you wanted.
MIRANDA: Why
does he hang out with you?
CHUCK: I did
what you said.
MIRANDA: I just
asked a question.
CHUCK: Our
moms went to junior high together.
MIRANDA: That's
cute.
CHUCK: I
gotta go.
MIRANDA: No you
don't.
CHUCK: But I—
MIRANDA: Maybe
somebody's looking at you too... (Beat.)
CHUCK:
(Beat.) She said that?
MIRANDA: She
has this problem. And I'm sure if somebody solved it...
(She runs a finger up his
chest.)
Imagine
CHUCK: Oh
God.
MIRANDA: Do you
still have to go?
CHUCK:
(Barely audible:) No.
MIRANDA: Just
solve this problem...for
CHUCK: I
didn't know they broke up.
MIRANDA: She
doesn't want it to distract people before the vigil. (Beat.) They're still friends. (Blowing
in his ear or something similarly seductive:) Just friends.
CHUCK: What's
the problem?
(Lights dim on them as she whispers into his ear.)