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Blackout.<br />
Scene 2. Outside in the yard Alex sits cross-legged on a bench reading "The Catcher In The<br />
Rye. " His diary is on the bench. Siobhan enters skipping. Lightning speed.<br />
SIOBHAN<br />
Hey Alex. Oh my god! Like what are you doing? Are you reading? Are you reading during<br />
lunchtime? You're meant to be playing. Now, I don't wanna be mean or anything but like the<br />
kids will think you're a weirdo if you read during lunchtime. If you want to make friends, you<br />
have to make the effort. At least try to fit in. You're asking for it if you sit here, crossing your<br />
legs reading. It'll be your own fault. Like I'm just tryna be nice, telling you this. Just listen.<br />
Don't hate me. My da says only D4 people read. You're not a D4, are ye? You don't wanna be<br />
D4 around here. Da says that they're the posh ones that live in Ballsbridge. They talk all proper<br />
and they're really stuck up cuz they think they're god's gift with all their money. And they wear<br />
UGG boots all the time, even in the summer. Don't be like them? Okay? Cuz they're weird.<br />
Pause. Siobhan turns to exit.<br />
SIOBHAN<br />
Well ... see you later.<br />
ALEX<br />
Wait, I haven't even ....<br />
Alex is still on the bench. He puts the book down. Picks up his diary and writes. Lights are<br />
dimmed. Although Alex is writing, he delivers this monologue to the audience.<br />
<br />
ALEX<br />
So there's this girl at my school. At first, I could barely understand what she was on about. It's<br />
all gibberish.Well, it probably has something to do with the fact that I can't understand or speak<br />
English properly but makes no sense at all! I never really pay much attention to her anymore.<br />
Maybe it's because she speaks so fast. Everyone speaks so fast here. Everything' s so different.<br />
Like the leaves, they're brown here. BROWN! I've never seen brown leaves in my life before.<br />
Ugh, I don't like it here. I miss home and I miss Darren.<br />
Pause. Sighs.<br />
L..<br />
Anyway, so this girl. I can't even pronounce her name. Seeebbhhh. Sive. SShiiobon or<br />
something like that. Well, she seems like a nice person at first but she really isn't. Her dad says<br />
this, her dad says that. Who the hell cares what your dad thinks. And her dad doesn't seem<br />
....like a good person, which means that SHE isn't a good person too. She won't stop annoying<br />
me. Maybe she doesn't know she's doing it. And I get annoyed over the simplest things.
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