Act II scene II

At open:

(CASSY is standing on stage OFF to the LEFT She reacts to every characters actions as they are on stage, improvise JOE ENTERS UP-LEFT waving a picture around. He is skipping and smiling like an idiot. MATT soon charges IN UP-RIGHT and tackles JOE.)

MATT: (fighting for the picture) Dude, give me back the picture of my car you girl, or your parents will never find your remains!

JOE: (dramatically) NEVER!! (Shoves MATT off him and teases him with the picture. He rushes OFF UP-RIGHT. MATT gets to his feet growls and chases after him.)

(RYAN ENTERS, UP-LEFT looking as if he is possessed. RAY is right behind him.)

RAY: Ryan! Wake up man! Pull yourself together. (Begins singing Jesus Loves the Little Children very badly and off key, RYAN clamps his hands over his ears as RAY sings. Soon RYAN claps one hand over RAY’S mouth,)

RYAN: (talking in an evil hiss) stop! Even the devil can’t take such torture!

RAY: (Shoving RYAN’S hand away.) Oh so! The devil can’t take my singing! (Grins slyly rubbing hand together.) Very well then! (Sings Oh Happy Day loudly and very badly)

RYAN: (hisses evilly) STOP! (Wiggles his fingers towards RAY as if putting a spell on him, Ray continues moving his mouth but no sound comes out. Ray realizes this soon and looks shocked, grabbing his throat. RYAN cackles evilly.) Mwa ha ha ha ha ha!

RAY: (Pulls a bottle of water out of his pocket, opens it and drinks it. After he drinks it his voice is back) Ahh, now that’s heavenly fresh.

RYAN: (hisses) no! How can this be?! How did you overcome the power of evil silence?

RAY: (holding out the bottle for RYAN to see)Holy water! For overcoming any evil mind controlling spells. From the springs of Eternal light!

RYAN: (hisses) Nooooooo! ( disappears in a puff of NOTE: RYAN CAN ALSO DISSAPPEAR BY HAVING THE LIGHTS BLACK OUT AND WHEN THEY COME BACK ON RYAN IS GONE)

RAY: Oh no you don’t Lucifer! You’re not getting away that easy! (Charges OFF UP-LEFT)

(JOE rushes IN UP-RIGHT giggling like a giddy school girl, waving the picture around. MATT ENTERS DOWN-RIGHT and sneaks up on JOE.)

JOE :( dancing around and singing tunelessly) I got a picture, I got a picture, I got a picture today! Hey! Hey!

MATT: (snatching the picture) ah-ha!

JOE: Hey!

MATT: (looks at the picture) hey wait a second dude! This isn’t my picture of my Sweet car! This is a picture of a Grape! (Turns and glares at JOE) You little girl.

JOE: (get’s in MATT’S face, suddenly angry.) What!? You want a piece of me you little wimpy fairy? Come on, bring it! (MATT lunges at him, but JOE grabs him and pins MATT down,) You can talk the talk, but you can’t walk the walk! That’s all you are isn’t it Matt? All you are is talk. (Suddenly happy) you claim that you have a sweet car, a real cools-mobile! (Suddenly sad) but you never have anything to prove it, except for this picture, which you stole from me in the first place. Why? Why do you lie? (Suddenly crazy) and you act all tough, but here’s a newsflash for you Walter Cronkite, you aren’t! AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (MATT shoves JOE off him and breaks away for the UP-LEFT EXIT, looking like he is going to cry. JOE gets up) Oh No! You can’t get away from me! HIGH HO SILVER! AWAAAAYY! (Slaps his rear end and gallops after MATT. EXITS UP-LEFT)

(RYAN walks ON calmly from UP-RIGHT. RAY ENTERS DOWN-LEFT dressed as an exorcist. He carries with him, a big cross and a bible.)

RAY: (Approaching RAY holding out the cross) Oh Satan, Leave this poor boy! Great and mighty God, release this demon from this child’s body!

RYAN: (now back to his normal self) what in the world are you talking about?

RAY: (seizes RYAN and shakes him) Leave this boy now Satan! Come out oh unionist of fiends, your evil bidding is done! Go back to the shadows from winch you came!

RYAN: (shoves RAY away) you’re freaking me out man.

RAY: (tackles RYAN and pins him down, he holds the cross against RYAN’S chest. RYAN tries to get up but can’t move) Give it up Lucifer! God’s will is stronger! (RAY softly chats as JOE & MATT ENTER UP-LEFT, JOE has a hold of MATT”S right ear and is scolding him, MATT looks near tears.)

JOE: (scolding) you have some explaining to do young man!

MATT: Let me go!

JOE: (teasing him) I don’t think so. Hee hee hee. (AMANDA ENTERS UP-RIGHT and stops at the sight she sees. RAY is holding RYAN down, quoting prays from the Bible quietly, JOE is holding firmly onto MATT’S ear and MATT is struggling to break free. CASSY starts to sneak away LEFT upon seeing AMANDA)

AMANDA: (shouts) CASSY!

CASSY: (freezes where she is and slowly turns to face AMANDA.) yes?

AMANDA: (crosses over to CASSY) what’s going on here!? A Party!?

CASSY: Um… yeah you could say something like that. (CHAD, NIKKI, & AARON ENTER UP-LEFT)

NIKKI: There she is! (They rush over towards AMANDA) Where Is Katrina you sicko!?

AMANDA: (growls) what do you want?

NIKKI: I want my friend back you deluded psycho?

AMANDA: I don’t have her. So get the heck away from me!

NIKKI: You little witch! What have you done with my friend?!

AMANDA: I haven’t done anything with her!!

NIKKI: WHERE IS SHE!?

(ALL begin to shout all at once

(BRAD & MISSY ENTER UP-RIGHT),

BRAD: (he bellows louder than everyone) I HATE ALL OF YOU!!!!

(Everyone stops arguing and glares at BRAD. KATRINA ENTERS UP-RIGHT and sees CHAD. She walks around AMANDA. and taps CHAD on the shoulder.)

KATRINA: Chad?

(ALL OTHER CHARACTERS freeze, turn as one and stare at KATRINA, wide eyed)

NIKKI: (Shocked) Did Katrina just speak? In public?

CASSY: I think she did.

JOE: No way!

MATT: (looks at Joe) way!

AMANDA: It can’t be true…

CHAD: (looks into KATRINA’S eyes and speaks softly) Katrina, did you just talk?

KATRINA: (smiles and nods) uh-huh.

RAY: (cries) Praise god! It’s a miracle

RYAN: It’s a coincidence Ray.

KATRINA: Um… Chad? I was wondering if you would go to the prom with me?

CHAD: (surprised) Wow… sure I will… I was actually wondering if you would go to the prom with me.

KATRINA: (hugs CHAD) I would be absolutely delighted to go with you. (KATRINA kisses CHAD as ALL except for AMANDA cheers. AMANDA glares at them then stomps OFF DOWN-RIGHT.)

CASSY: I guess I should go after her, even if she is an evil spoiled brat, I am her only friend. (Chases OFF after AMANDA)

BRAD: (moved to almost near tears.) Awww... how sweet. (Looks over at RYAN and gives him a hug.) I Love you man! (Hugs RAY) and I love you! (Hugs JOE) And I love you man! (hugs MATT) and you (Hugs NIKKI) and you ( hugs AARON) and I love you!

AARON: (pushes him away) hey man! I’m not that way! I love the ladies. (hugs NIKKI close) this lady in particular I really love. (NIKKI clings on to him tight and he welcomes it. )

BRAD: (shrugs and hugs CHAD.) I love you man! (hugs Katrina who smiles and returns the hug.) And I love you!

I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!! (MISSY crosses over to him and he picks he up, sweeping her off her feet) But I love you the most Missy. (she wraps her arms around him. BRAD EXITS UP-LEFT carrying MISSY in his arms)

RYAN: aww. That’s so cute.

RAY: (chanting again, pointing the cross at RYAN’S heart.) Oh Satan I command that you go now! Come out of this boy! Come out of thi-

RYAN: (shouts) WILL YOU KNOCK IT OFF!? I GAVE UP DEVIL WORSHIPING!

RAY: You did?

RYAN: yeah, I was getting bored with it anyway. Plus I found an ‘s’ shaped burn on my chest a while ago. That was too much for me. So I quit.

RAY: Halleluiah! (RYAN & RAY EXIT UP-RIGHT)

JOE: Ok, Matt. Now will you tell me why you stole a picture of MY car and tried to pass it off as your own?

MATT: (breaks down crying) because I love your car man! I didn’t think you would mind! I’m sorry!

JOE: (sympathetic) hey man it’s ok. But why did you do it?

MATT: I wanted for people to like me, so I talked tough and took your picture of your car because I thought people would think I was cool. You see, I don’t have enough money to buy a decent car; all I have is that hunk ‘o junk that my father caught in the river near my house. It’s a piece of junk!

JOE: If you really like my car that much, let’s go take a ride in it.

MATT: You mean it?

JOE: of course. (Bell rings)

MATT: darn it! There’s the warning bell! We won’t have time to go for a ride.

JOE: Forget about it, we’ll just say we’re late getting here because we were attacked by giant killer tomatoes.

MATT: (happily) thank you Joe. (JOE & MATT EXIT DOWN-LEFT dancing like ballerinas)

NIKKI: Come on Katrina, we better get to class before the final bell rings.

KATRINA: you two go on ahead, we’ll catch up.

NIKKI: (smiles) Ok, see ya Katrina. (NIKKI & AARON EXIT DOWN-RIGHT)

KATRINA: (looks at CHAD) so, pretty crazy morning huh?

CHAD: (chuckles) Yeah.

KATRINA: So do you really like me?

CHAD: (sincere) I think your absolutely amazing Katrina.

KATRINA: (embraces him in a hug and kisses him on the cheek. Then she turns to face the audience.)

You know, I really learned something today (as KATRINA talks ALL CHARACTERS begin to creep OUT on stage and form a tableau around KATRINA) I learned not to try and hide away from my fears and to face them with a smile. I now know that people like you a whole lot more if you’re honest and open and, well… you just be yourself! When I finally quit being shy, I learned that many people do like me, and I no longer fear being neglected. If you just suck it up and be yourself, you would be amazed at what you can accomplish. To know me is to love me, but if I don’t open up to you and hide all the time, you won’t get to know me. So how could you love me? (Smiles and looks at everyone.)

(BELL rings and ALL madly rush off stage in different directions.)

END.