Oct 11, 2008

A Scene in the HawksTV War Room

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INT. STATION “WAR” ROOM - DAY
WES McLAREN, 20, is hanging out in the HawksTV “war” room, which is basically a room with a big center table, a set of three couches, and three desks with three computers. Wes is sitting on one of the couches, playing FIFA 09 on his laptop. He’s dressed in a T-shirt and jeans.
Enter MIA BARNES, 19. She walks over to the couch and drops on it like a sack of potatoes. She is wearing a black cotton dress with red cotton capri tights and flip-flops. She is obviously pretty bothered right now with her day.
MIA
Heyyy...
Wes is still focused on his laptop.
WES
What’s up? How’s class?
MIA
Fuckin’ boring..I hate that class
(pauses)
Hahahaha, you know what I did with Matt during class?
Wes is faking interest, still focused on trying to score a goal.
WES
Obviously not.
MIA
Ha, well, since we both thought this class was pretty sucky, we ended up playing the penis game.
Wes is not looking up from the laptop
WES
The penis game?
Mia is annoyed by the fact that Wes isn’t giving her his undivided attention.
MIA
Wes!
WES
Come on, Arsenal is kicking my ass!
MIA
Ars-sa-what? Anyway, back to the penis game
End of the game, Man U loses to Arsenal. Wes is visibly bummed. Now he has to listen to Mia’s story about the penis game.
WES
(sighs)
Okay.
Mia gets into storytelling mode now that she has Wes’ attention.
MIA
So here we are in class, I’m chatting with Matt on AIM when he suggests that we play the penis game. So pretty much for the next twenty minutes, it was just me and Matthew saying
(in a deep, whispered voice)
Penis.
(in her voice, slightly louder)
Penis.
Wes is entertained but trying not to show it.
MIA (CONT’D)
So yeah, twenty minutes in, he said it too loud and it actually made a couple people look back to see what’s up. But when no one was looking, we were just cracking up.
Wes shows playfully fake pity on her.
WES
Why do I hang out with you?
Mia replies in a sing-song manner.
MIA
Because you love me, jackass.
Wes lets out a short laugh
WES
(sigh) True
MIA
(in a deep, monotone voice)
Penis.
Wes stifles his laughter, but he does show a smile on his face.
FADE OUT.

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