Curious Mylo Posted April 19, 2005 Report Posted April 19, 2005 I have no idea what to name this, any suggestions? *~*~*~*~*~ (Ellie sits at a desk writing in a notebook behind the narrator) Narrator: Why does she feel this way? Why is she never home? Where is she safe to stay? Where she is not alone. She leaves that place called home Puts on the mask and hides the fears With friends but still alone In the rain no one sees the tears. For years Ellie’s depended on the rain. In the rain no one can tell which drops are tears, or if they’re just the rain. Ellie’s become a very good actress by now. Even in her own home she can’t take off the masks. No one can see the pain in her eyes because of her convincing smile. No matter how vile or grim the truth may be, her smile hides every trace. There are a few reasons she does this. One of them being her father, Bryan. He is the cause of many of the tears the rain hides and a great deal of the pain behind the smile. (Narrator walks off to the side and Bryan walks in.) Bryan: Ellie! You’re so easy! Look at you! It’s no wonder guys like you. Oh wait, THEY DON’T! They like your looks. You don’t even have a brain behind the looks. Ellie: But dad, I’m… Bryan: I know, you’re (mimicking) doing your best. But that isn’t good enough. You’re best should be As, not Bs. (Ellie walks toward her desk but Bryan grabs her arm and pulls her back) Ellie: Dad! Stop! Please… (Bryan pulls her closer and crosses her arms over her chest tightly.) Ellie: (quietly)… it hurts… stop… I can’t breath… (Ellie tries to fight her way out but every time she moves Bryan tightens his grip.) Bryan: (Slightly laughing.) You’re just making this worse for yourself. Just stop fighting it and I’ll let go. It’s that easy. (Ellie continues fighting until she cant breath and then stops) Bryan: See. It’s just that easy. (Bryan lets go of Ellie and she falls to the ground.) Ellie: (quietly) go away. (Ellie closes her eyes and covers her ears) Ellie: go away. go away. go away. Go Away. Go Away. GO AWAY!! (Bryan stands there staring at her and then the lights on him turn off) Ellie: (whispering to herself) go away go away go away go away. (Ellie looks up and sees that she’s alone and gets up and runs over to the desk and starts writing in her notebook again.) (The narrator walks back to center stage) Narrator: Bryan has treated Ellie like this since she was 4. He only loved her if she was who he wanted her to be. But she still refuses to be fake. He’s only ever said “I Love You” to her once in her life. She was in the hospital and almost dead. Sometimes, deep down, Ellie’s wanted to be the sick again just so he would say it again. Ellie’s never been allowed to say no to him, She’s never been allowed to walk away from him, and she’s never been allowed to even suggest that he’s wrong. Now… Ellie had gone a long time without seeing her dad and had mostly healed from his abuse, and then she met Kris. Kris told her she was everything. He made her feel important. Then he turned all her friends against her so she would only have him. She didn’t know any of this was going on so she felt lucky to have him and that she was nothing without him. He began pressuring her to have sex with him, and when she said no, he left her. She was completely alone, and abused. (The narrator walks off to the side and Kris walks out. He leans against the side of her desk. Ellie looks up at him.) Kris: I’ve missed you. Ellie: What? Kris: Things aren’t the same without you. Ellie: huh? Kris: You’re crazy. You’re so happy all the time. The world needs more people like you. You don’t take it when people give you crap. You’re like… a light at the end of a tunnel. Really, you are. When I’m with you, it’s impossible to be unhappy. You make me smile. Ellie: who are you and what did you do with Kris?? Kris: It’s me Ellie! (Kris walks half across the stage and turns around to look at her) Kris: I’ve changed. I’m not making it up. It’s been a year and I’m tired of seeing you walk by me with people. You all look so happy. I’m always wishing that I was one of those people… that I was that happy. Ellie: Change isn’t always for the better. Kris: How do you know whether it is or not if you don’t give me a chance? Ellie: I don’t. Kris: Exactly! I thought High School is all about chances. Ellie: I’ve already given you a second and even a third chance. Kris: okay, yeah. You did. But that was before. I just started talking to you a week ago so in a sense, we kind of just met. Ellie: yeah… true. But… (Kris walks up to Ellie and puts his hands on her shoulder) Kris: I’ve changed Ellie. I’m not lying to you. (Ellie looks up at Kris) Ellie: Promise me that you’ll never do what you did to me again. Kris: I promise Ellie: I wasn’t expecting it to be that easy. Kris: See. I’m easier to get along with. You are too. You’re a lot happier, and you’re a lot easier to talk to. You used to be really unrespectful, too. Ellie: Don’t you mean disrespectful? Kris: err… yeah. That’s what I said. Ellie: That was a year ago. A lot of things have happened since then. Kris: Like what? You have a boyfriend? Ellie: yes. Kris: oh really? Who? Ellie: Jeff. Kris: Jeff who? Ellie: Martin. Kris: I’ve never met him. Ellie: you’re blind. Kris: Is he? Ellie: no… why? Kris: (stepping closer) Would you tell? Ellie: Maybe. It depends on what there is to tell. Kris: What he doesn’t know can’t hurt him. (Kris leans over to kiss Ellie and she puts her hand over his face and steps away.) Ellie: You… you were planning this all along. Kris: Don’t assume things when you have no idea what you’re talking about. Ellie: I wasn’t assuming. Kris: You haven’t changed a bit. You’re still a worthless piece of crap. (Ellie stares at him for a second and then looks down. She walks over to the chair and sits down.) Kris: Don’t ever forget it. (Kris turns the chair around with Ellie still sitting there. He grabs her wrists and pulls her close to him) Kris: You’re nothing. No one really likes you. Everyone left you, why would they want you now? You’re lucky that I came back. (Kris pushes her up against the desk and walks away. Then he turns around and pulls her back and spin her around ending up with his back to the desk) Ellie: You… Kris: I’ve done so much for you. Why would you want to do this to me? Ellie: Because… (Ellie really quickly runs up to him and pushes him off the back of the desk.) Ellie: Oh. (Pauses) Crap. (Ellie runs across the stage and Kris gets up and chases her. He puts his hands on her shoulders to stop her and turns her around.) Kris: You're just a worthless piece of crap that no one really likes. They all left you. They left you because they got tired of picking up after you. Deep down, you're broken. On the surface, you're worthless. Don't ever think you're anything but that. Worthless and completely broken. (Kris pushes her back and walks off) (Ellie stands there for a second and then runs over to her desk and opens a drawer. She pulls out a box and opens it. Then walks around in circles staring at the box. She comes back and closes it.) Ellie: I’ve bled enough for you. (Ellie puts the box in the drawer and closes it and gets up and walks around in circles again. She walks back over towards the desk and pushes the chair over and leans against the desk crying. She falls to the ground and leans against the desk crying.) (The narrator walks to center stage) Narrator: Behind the mask that she portrays Is where the truth lies. Sprained not broken, but betrayed, All alone she cries. If they saw her crash and burn, Or if they saw her all alone Would they have any concern? Or would they ignore the unknown?
Curious Mylo Posted April 21, 2005 Author Report Posted April 21, 2005 I added this later. ~*~*~*~*~*~* (walks over to Ellie) Ellie… what’s wrong? Ellie: huh? (looking up) Narrator: what happened? Ellie: nothing. (looking away) Narrator: hun, I’m not stupid enough to believe that. You don’t cry when you’re okay. Ellie: okay, you’re right. (wiping away tears) Narrator: You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to, but I can’t do anything to help if you don’t. Ellie: it’s just the flashbacks. I’ll be fine. Narrator: I don’t understand. Ellie: I don’t expect you to. Narrator: Just remember that I’ll always be here for you. No matter what. Ellie: Thank you. Narrator: (hugs Ellie and walks away) You’ll always be my midget. Always. Ellie: (laughs slightly and stands up) She doesn’t understand what’s going on. No one does. Yet… (pauses) she knows exactly what to say to stop them. Other than perfect, there are no other words that could begin to explain it. (the lights dim and Ellie walks off)
Zariah Posted April 21, 2005 Report Posted April 21, 2005 This is really sad.... but it's so real. I know and I know people who know what this feels like. I like how you turned this into a skit/one-act play
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