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Hello?
Who is this? What can I do for you? How
could it be you have no money for my bills?
So you’re telling me that the sponsors you had
for me won’t give me any money no more?
Alright! Goodbye!! (Slams the phone
down hard)
(Continued frustrated)
How could this be?! I need to get some money fast.
I have to tell my students.
(To students)
Sorry students, but I just go a call from the school
board
telling me that they want to shut me down…
(A knock at the door)
Esq., how are you doing? I was on my way
to go see you. I need to speak with you.
Now that you’re here it saves me the trip.
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| SEQ: |
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What’s
wrong? Did something happen?
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| CS: |
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I
got a call from the school board telling me they were
going to tear me down if I don’t get twenty grand
by one hour. They’re going to kick my students
out and tear me down!
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| SEQ: |
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(Angry)
How could this be?! You’ve been here twenty
years, even before I was born.
You taught me everything I know.
I wouldn’t be in the position I’m in if it
wasn’t for you. They can’t do this to
you!
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| CS: |
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But they
are so if I don’t act fast, I’ll be gone in
the blink of an eye.
I need to borrow money from you.
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| SEQ: |
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Have
you tried asking anyone else? |
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| CS: |
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I
already called my cousins to ask them for some money.
They rejected me. I don’t know why. I
know I can count on you being my best friend and all.
I know you can lend me some money, right, Esq.? |
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| SEQ: |
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(Surprised)
What?*#! I know we’re best friends, like
brothers b-b-but…
I can’t help you in this situation.
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| CS: |
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What?!
What?! How could you do this to me? I know
I couldn’t count on my cousins but “at least,”
I thought, I could count on you! I never thought
you would do this to me. |
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| SEQ: |
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I
know we have been friends for a long time, since we were
little, but, but never mind. I don’t need to give
you any explanations why or why not I don’t want
to lend you money. |
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| CS: |
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(Shocked)
What do you mean by that? Okay, so now you’re
saying I wasn’t a good friend to you? That’s
what you’re trying to say now? |
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| SEQ: |
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No,
you’re getting everything wrong. I’m trying
to say that –
you’re too old and they should tear you down.
You’re falling apart. |
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| CS: |
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So
now you’re saying you think you’re better than
me? Let me get this straight, you would tear me down yourself?!!
I know I’m falling apart but my students matter more
to me than anything else. I just want them to graduate
on time. It doesn’t matter if they shut me
down after that, they can do whatever they want.
(He whips around so fast out of anger that he
breaks one of his own windows). |
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| SEQ: |
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Wait,
calm down! |
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| CS: |
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How can
I calm down after what you just said to me?
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| SEQ: |
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Relax.
Take some deep breathes, you’re going to have a heart
attack. Don’t you see you are old and your
heart doesn’t function that good anymore? |
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| CS: |
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Can’t
you see you just let me down? I know you think we’re
just like brothers, but to me you were just like my son.
Can’t you see that? |
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| SEQ: |
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Oh, I never
knew I was like a son to you.
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| CS: |
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But you
know now.
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| SEQ: |
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But see,
if I lend you the money you need, I won’t be able
to grant my own wish.
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| CS:: |
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And what
is that?
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| SEQ: |
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See,
ever since I saw the Olympics it as like heaven to me.
I thought: “How cool would that be, having
the Olympics right here?” All the people smiling,
all the athletes. Cameras all around, taping the
event. Everybody watching it on television, not
just watching the athletes surprised at the stadium, surprised
at me. |
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| CS: |
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So
what are you trying to say? |
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| SEQ: |
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Don’t
you understand? I’m saving the money that I
have to make me bigger
so everybody will admire me. |
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| CS: |
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I
understand, but if the school board closes me down, I
won’t e able to graduate my students. They
won’t have a future no more. They will live,
but they won’t have good jobs…
one of them was probably destined to be an athlete for
the Olympics.
Haven’t you ever thought about them and their future?
It could turn out that there would be no more Olympics
just because one of them didn’t graduate. |
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| SEQ: |
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Now
you’re making my head hurt. I can’t think
straight. |
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| CS: |
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Please
Seq, time is running out. I have less than half
an hour to get the money. |
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| SEQ: |
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What
should I do?! What should I do?!! |
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| CS: |
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I
know what you should do, give me the money now!!! |
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| SEQ: |
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Are
you trying to rob me? |
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| CS: |
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I’m
just trying to make you do the right thing!!!
(Without thinking, SEQ punches CS and knocks him out.) |
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| SEQ(aside): |
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What
have I done? I just punched my best friend.
In the condition he’s in, I probably killed him.
I never learned CPR how am I going to revive him?
(Paces back and forth, banging his hands on his
head).
AAGGGHH!!! What should I do?
(He tries pouring HOT water on CS’ face).
Damn, it’s supposed to be cold water.
(He lightly taps CS on the face to wake him.
He doesn’t wake.
Then he takes smelling salts and puts it up to CS nose.) |
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| CS: |
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What?!?
What happened? |
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| SEQ: |
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Thank
god you’re alive. I thought I killed you.
I don’t know what I would’ve done if you were
dead. |
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| CS: |
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Well
to me, I’m already dead cause you let me down and
I’d rather be dead than to see you think about yourself
and not about others. I never thought you were like
this. I didn’t know you were so greedy that
money means more to you than our friendship. |
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| ESQ: |
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I’m
not greedy. I’m just careful about my money.
It took me some time to gather this money up. If
I back out of the deal with the contractors there’s
going to be some problems I’ll have to take on.
They’ll probably take me to court, sue me for however
much money and if I lose the case, I’ll be going
to detention for twenty to thirty years. |
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| CS: |
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We
shouldn’t be fighting each other. We should
be trying to gang up on the school board. |
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| SEQ: |
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But
how we gonna do that? (Pause) Ahhhh!…
I just remembered something. I know some things
about the school board that no one else knows. I’ve
seen them pocket some extra money from other schools,
organizations, and from fundraisers. |
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| CS: |
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Are
you trying to say what I think you’re saying? |
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| BOTH: |
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Blackmail!! |
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| CS: |
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I
heard that they were having a meeting soon to discuss
fundraisers. |
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| SEQ: |
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I
got a plan. This is how we’re going to do it.
We’ll sneak past the security guards and get there
before the school board gets there and hide. Then
we’ll record the conversation and get just what we
need to take them down. |
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| CS: |
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But
remember we have less than ten minutes.
(They go to the meeting and get the info they
needed.
They wait until everybody except for the main guy leaves
and they jump out.) |
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| BOTH: |
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Gotcha!! |
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| SEQ: |
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We
caught you red-handed. |
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| CS: |
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We
know what you and your school board pals have been up
to! |
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| SEQ: |
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We
recorded the conversation you were having about the extra
money you’re been pocketing. |
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| CS: |
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We
can take you down any time we want with this tape in my
hand. |
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| SEQ: |
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Don’t
you have any shame for what you have done? We should
call the cops right now and arrest you and your school
board buddies. |
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| CS: |
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I
bet I’m not the only one that you wanted to shut
down.
I’m sure you’ve done this a lot of times. |
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| SEQ: |
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Poor
little kids, raising all that money just for you to take
it away like that. |
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| CS: |
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Probably
ruined all of their lives because of the greed you have.
You remind me of someone else I know. Maybe someone
right next to me. |
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| SEQ: |
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Was
that a joke? Do I need to laugh or something?
Ha Ha Ha NO.
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| CS: |
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Oh,
sorry Seq, I didn’t mean to insult you. |
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| SEQ: |
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I
know I’m kinda greedy at times but at least I’m
not the school board.
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| CS: |
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Which
brings me to the next conclusion, bout you. We need
to make a deal here. Let me explain. See you
tried to shut me down and I know secrets about you that
no one knows.
Do you know where I’m headed? |
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| SEQ: |
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To
make it easier, if you shut CS down, we will reveal your
secrets and take you down like you took down all the other
schools. |
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| CS: |
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So
this is what we’re gonna do. No, what you’re
gonna do. You’re gonna stop your troops fro
destroying me and your gonna come up with the money you
need to take care of me or else.
And yes, I do mean you. Catch my drift? |
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| SEQ: |
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Oooh!
We gotcha. You never thought the tables would turn
on you. Don’t you just love it? |
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| CS: |
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Oh,
and something else, since we touched the subject.
For doing what you did we’re gonna add a little extra
sauce to the pizza. You have to fix me, every detail.
Make me like new with a real basketball court, a football
field, a gym and an extra level on me. |
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| SEQ: |
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And
tell you what… since we’re best friends, we
should be neighbors so we can watch each others back all
the time. Alright, we out.
(They leave).
(Two weeks later. CS and SEQ are chillin.) |
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| SEQ: |
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I
told you it would be ok didn’t I? |
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| CS: |
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Yes
you did. Yeesss you did. |
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| SEQ: |
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We
got it all now. We gave a future to the students,
you’re fixed up.
We’re best friends again and we’re the bomb! |
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| BOTH: |
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Cause
we’re that good!!
(They give each other some dapp). |
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The
End. |
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