Leila is an awesome kid with a lot of talent. She dances six types of dance (Ballet, West African, Tap, Jazz, Flamenco, and Hip hop) and has had seven years of training. She currently dances at the American Ballet Theatre and Alvin Ailey. Leila also has a blog named Alice Jones 842 on Wordpress. She loves to read and plans to publish a book. She also has a very good sense of fashion.
“If you are my friend, it requires getting me whatever I want, which really means getting me Starbucks, and if you do that then that means that you won’t get paid, and if you fail one of those tasks you will NEVER be my friend.”
SCENE 1
The classroom
LILY
Hey Emily, I got you some Starbucks. Your favorite: vanilla latte.
(Hands it to EMILY)
EMILY
Good, I am so thirsty!
(Drinking the latte)
LILY
I heard that there is going to be a new girl today who came from another school.
EMILY
Which school?
LILY
I don’t know, I think it was on 81st street. But then they moved here on 25th street.
EMILY
Good, I need a new servant.
LILY
What?
EMILY
Shut up and come with me.
New girl walks in
LILY
Look, I think that is the new girl.
EMILY
Come with me.
Walks to new girl
ALICE
Hello, do you know where room 6 is?
EMILY
OMG, LIKE, I’M GOING TO THAT CLASS TOO.
Everyone looks at them
EMILY
Lily, go and get me another latte, and make it a large.
LILY
Okay.
They walk up to Room 6. They walk up to the teacher.
EMILY
Mrs. Peters, this is my new friend, Alice.
ALICE takes a seat. Class starts.
MRS. PETERS
Okay, kids, take your seat. I’m not getting any younger.
LILY walks in with a vanilla latte.
EMILY
(to Lily) You’re the best.
Later on….
EMILY passes note to ALICE. EMILY raises her hand.
EMILY
Mrs. Peters, can I use the bathroom?
MRS. PETERS
You need somebody to go with you.
EMILY
I pick Alice.
ALICE and EMILY exit.
SCENE 2
In the bathroom
EMILY
So did you get my note?
ALICE
Yeah.
EMILY
So do you want to be my friend?
ALICE
Sure, I really do need a friend.
EMILY
If you are my friend, it requires getting me whatever I want, which really means getting me Starbucks, and if you do that then that means that you won’t get paid, and if you fail one of those tasks you will NEVER be my friend.
ALICE
Oh uhh, no thank you. Who would ever fall for something that stupid?
ALICE walked out of the bathroom, but EMILY still followed.
EMILY
What about only for one day? I do need the help.
ALICE ignored EMILY and walked back to the classroom.
EMILY
Look Alice, you can get paid if you get me my phone from my locker.
ALICE
How much?
EMILY
15 dollars. Oh, and my locker number is 4,15,6,18.
ALICE
Just come with me then.
EMILY
Do you want the 15 dollars or not?
ALICE
Fine. (Walks to locker)
SCENE 3
The lockers
ALICE
What was the code again? 5,12,3,14? No… Was it 7,86,0,76?
LILY sneaks up behind ALICE
LILY
Hey
ALICE jumps.
ALICE
You scared me.
LILY
Sorry, sometimes Emily can be so rude.
ALICE
I know, she passed me a note saying, “Do you want to come to the bathroom with me :)” And the next thing you know, I am in the bathroom talking about forming a club and doing stuff for her.
LILY
I had it worst. Emily forced me to join this stupid thing.
ALICE
Then why didn’t you stand up to her and tell her “no”?
LILY
I am just scared.
ALICE
Why are you scared? She is a human being, just like you.
LILY
I know that, but she can be scary most of the time.
ALICE
Just give me the code to her locker.
LILY opens up the locker.
ALICE
(Grabs phone out of the locker.) Thank you.
LILY
Wait, let’s just go and explore her locker.
ALICE grabs a piece of paper that fell out of her locker and LILY reads it out loud.
LILY
“The tough kids of the school and I are going to team up on Lily.”
ALICE
(Gasps) I can’t believe she’s going to do that to you.
LILY starts to cry.
ALICE
Don’t worry, we’re going to stand up to Emily.
ALICE puts the paper in her pocket. They go back to class.
ALICE
Here is your phone. (Plops the phone on the table.)
EMILY’s note falls out of ALICE’s pocket. EMILY picks it up and gasps. The bell rings and they walk out of the classroom.
EMILY
Why did you take that note from my locker?
LILY
We didn’t do that.
EMILY
Yes, you did. Why did I see it on the floor when you walked into the classroom?
ALICE
When I gave you your phone, the note was attached to your phone.
EMILY
That’s not true.
LILY
Yes it is.
ALICE
Where’s my 15 bucks?
EMILY
Here you go.
EMILY shoves 15 dollars into ALICE’s hand.
ALICE
Thank you.
SCENE 4
The cafeteria
ALICE turns to LILY.
ALICE
Do you want to sit with me at lunch?
LILY
Uh, okay.
EMILY
What? No! You have to get me another latte!
Everyone looks at EMILY.
LILY
No, I don’t have to do whatever you want.
ALICE, LILY, and EMILY go to the cafeteria.
LILY
Come over here, Alice. Let’s sit at this table.
ALICE
Okay.
EMILY
What about me?
LILY
No.
ALICE and LILY sit at the table.
ALICE
Maybe you took it too far, Lily.
LILY
No I didn’t. Emily’s being rude.
ALICE
I know I’m the new girl and all, but I’m not gonna be rude to somebody.
LILY
Come on, Alice.
ALICE
No.
ALICE walks and sits with EMILY.
ALICE
Sorry about that.
EMILY
It’s okay. I never had a friend turn on me.
ALICE
Well, maybe it’s because you’re getting on people’s nerves.
EMILY
Well, I am so used to being spoiled.
ALICE
Well, this is school, it’s not your home, so you have to be nice to people.
EMILY
I want to be a changed person.
ALICE
I know. Maybe tomorrow you can act a little nicer to people.
The next day
ALICE
Hey, Emily.
EMILY
LOOK I GOT MY OWN LATTE TODAY
ALICE
Hi-five!
ALICE gives EMILY a hi-five.
LILY
Hey, rude much?
ALICE
Lily, stop. You are being rude.
LILY
But Emily was being rude yesterday.
ALICE
Yeah, she WAS being rude.
LILY
Well, I can make my own friends.
ALICE
Then go and do it.
LILY walks away and bumps into MIA. They stare at each not knowing what to do LILY looks shocked.
LILY
What am I doing? Introduce her to the school.
LILY
Hi.
MIA
Hi.
LILY
Are you new here?
MIA
Yes.
LILY
I can show you around.
ALICE
We did it!
EMILY
Yeah, we did.
ALICE and EMILY hold hands and bow.
THE END
