ACT I
Scene 1
(Lights up.)
MACY
Brian, I'll see you later...
BRIAN
Nope. You're going someplace awesome, and I'm coming!
(MACY laughs.)
MACY
If only you knew.
Brian
Which is why I'm following you!
MACY
I really need to go. Brian. I'll miss you...
BRIAN
Um... sure, Macy. You too?
MACY
I'm serious.
BRIAN
About what?
MACY
About missing you. I will, a whole bunch.
Brian
That's what I thought after the accident. But hey, we saw each other again! All's well that ends well!
(MACY looks down, while BRIAN still is confused.)
BRIAN
Macy...
MACY
Bye!
(MACY hugs BRIAN tightly, then begins to exit quickly, until she is across the stage from BRIAN. when BRIAN calls out to her, she stops.)
BRIAN
Hey, Macy, quit acting so weird. It's freaking me out.
MACY
Brian, don't make this harder.
Brian
Oh gosh Macy, don't tell me you knocked your head getting out of your car this morning.
(MACY goes back over to BRIAN)
MACY
No. I got knocked in the head in the accident.
BRIAN
(melo-dramatically)
Sounds like a horror film! Dun dun dun... The accident.
Macy
I hit my head.
Brian
You got a little bloodied and bruised. They said so.
MACY
"They", the doctors, I guess, aren't real, Brian...
BRIAN
(suspicious)
What do you know that I don't?
Macy
(softly)
I know that this is fake, because I'm supposed to die today. Like, in a couple minutes... I should go...
(MACY hugs BRIAN again, who's even more confused.)
Macy
I NEED to go.
Brian
(jokingly)
Or what? The Grim Reaper's gonna throw a fit? Come on, Macy, the bus is going to leave without us.
Macy
(disbelief)
Is everything a joke to you?
BRIAN
Macy, you're going loco. You're saying you're dying. You're saying this isn't real. Is today April 1st?
MACY
No, June 32nd.
Brian
June 32nd? Get real, Macy. Let's go, we're seriously gonna miss our ride! Your plan failed, now let's go!
Macy
The month expired. Since time doesn't 'technically' pass at the moment, months don't exactly stop.
Brian
(laughing)
Can't you wait for June 99th or something to die?
MACY
Brian, it's not funny. I can wait as long as I want, but you have to get on that bus sooner or later, and you won't get a move on until I do. So I have to go, before you miss the final bus.
Brian
Final bus? One bus comes per each day. No final buses.
Macy
You don't understand, do you? I died in the accident, but you lived. But if you don't get on that bus soon... you're going to die too. Brian, I'll truly miss you.
Brian
Macy, please stop, you're acting kinda-
Macy
Just get on the bus!
(MACY starts walking away, but BRIAN stops her)
BRIAN
Not without you.
(MACY smiles weakly for a moment, and she suddenly seems much more vulnerable than before.)
MACY
I'm really going to miss you.
Brian
(suddenly understanding)
This is for real, isn't it?
(MACY says nothing. BRIAN looks afraid.)
Brian
Macy I can't go without you...
Macy
But you will.
(MACY leaves BRIAN staring longingly after her. Then, MACY runs back onstage more cheerfully.)
Macy
One more thing.
(MACY kisses his cheek, then steps back. They stare at each other for a moment, then MACY smiles, and walks more confidently away. BRIAN smiles sadly after her in a bittersweet moment.)
BRIAN
Goodbye, Macy... I'll see you again some day.
(He exits the opposite way. Lights out.)
(Thanks for reading! I wrote this on the program CeltX for Macs, which has really nice formatting... but it all went away when I copied and pasted it here, xD! I'd appreciate it, if anybody's familiar with Thespians(Jr. Thespians for me, I'm in 8th grade. It's bascially the acting club) and one of the I.E.'s(individual events) is playwriting. I'm really hoping to submit this(if you'd tell me if it seems adequate for a competition? Link to the competition Playwriting page: http://www.fljrthespian.com/juniorthesp ... riting.htm)
and I need as much critique on it as I can! Feel free to be insulting, I love insults! AKA "Constructive Critisicm")
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