Friends and
Lovers, Part 2
Scene 5
Characters: Jake, Chris and extras
Setting: The Herald
(Jake sitting at his desk)
Jake: (yelling) Chris!!! Chris!!! MADISON!!!
Chris: YO, chill. What do you want?
Jake: I have a problem, I can’t figure out what to get the most
beautiful woman on earth for her anniversary.
Chris: Oh no you didn’t, You didn’t just scream my name all over this
place to tell me that.....did you?
Jake: Not exactly... I actually yelled to ask you to help me decide...
What would you get Toni?
Chris: You're asking the wrong person?
Jake: I have an idea but I don’t wanna go by myself and I was hoping my
main man would help me out.
Chris: It’s not illegal is it?
Jake: No, I want you to go shopping with me?
Chris: I know you did not just ask me to go shopping with you?
Jake: oh, come on..Don’t make me beg.
Chris: I don’t think so.
Jake: If you don’t, I’ll tell everyone in town you were the Love
Lady.
Chris: Oh, no, you wouldn’t go there?
Jake: You wanna try me.
Chris: Fine, I’ll go, but I’m not going into any girly stores and
I’m not trying anything on.
(Jake jumps up and kisses Chris)
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Scene 6
Characters: Vicky, Steven and Kirkland
Setting: The cottage
(The trio comes walking through the door. Boys drop jacket and books on the floor)
Vicky: Excuse me, there is a place for this stuff and it’s not the
floor.
(Boys run for the kitchen)
Vicky: (getting mad) Am I talking to myself? Get this stuff off the
floor.
Steven: Sorry mom, we’re just hungry.
Vicky: Okay, but one cookie each, I don’t want you to spoil your
dinner.
Steven & Kirkland: (giggling) You’re not cooking mom... are you?
Vicky: Ha, ha you’re real funny.
Steven: So how’d everything go at the doctor’s?
Vicky: (suspiciously) How’d you know I went to the doctors?
Steven: I overheard you talking to Aunt Paulina on the phone this
morning.
Kirkland: Why’d you go to the doctors mommy?
(Vicky motions to the boys to sit down next to her)
Vicky: You both know how mommy hasn’t been feeling well the last few
days. So I went to the doctor the other day, and he ran some tests.
Steven & Kirkland: (concerned) You’re okay mom, right?
Vicky: Yea, I’m fine, its nothing serious.
Steven: (scared look) But something is wrong?
Vicky: Well nothing's wrong, it’s actually good news.
Kirkland: How could being sick be good news?
Vicky: I’m not physically sick.
Steven: So, what’s the problem?
Vicky: Whatever I tell you, you have to keep it a secret from Jake.
Steven & Kirkland: Okay, we promise
Vicky: Pinkie swear it.
(The three pinkie swear)
Vicky: (playfully) Which do you guys think is better, a baby brother or a
baby sister?
Steven: (shocked) What?? Are you saying what I think you’re saying?
Kirkland: (innocently) I don’t understand.
Steven: You’re so stupid.
Vicky: Stop calling your brother stupid, Kirkland what mommy’s
trying to say is there is going to be an addition to our family.
Steven: Duh, Kirk, mom’s having a baby. Mom, when are you planning
on telling Jake?
Vicky: Tomorrow during our anniversary dinner, when you two aren’t
here.
Kirkland: Jake’s gonna be so excited.
Vicky: That’s why I don’t want you guys saying anything right
now.
Steven & Kirkland: Okay, mom, we promise.
Vicky: OK boys upstairs and start your homework.
(Boys go upstairs discussing baby names, while Vicky goes into the kitchen)
(Jake enters and sneaks up on Vicky)
Jake: (putting his arms around Vicky from behind and whispering in her
ear) Hello (turns her around and kisses her)
Vicky: Whoa, what was that for?
Jake: Can’t I just give the most beautiful woman in the world a kiss
without being interrogated?
Vicky: Most husbands, but not you. What are you up to?
Jake: Well, that what I was about to ask you.
(Boys come running down the stairs)
Steven: What’s for dinner? We’re hungry.
Jake: Nobody’s getting dinner until mom answers my question.
Vicky: I’m not up to anything, and we’re ordering from Carlino’s
(Vicky picks up the phone and begins to dial)
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Scene 7
Characters: Joe, Paulina, Nick and Remy
Setting: The Carlino house
(Joe and Paulina setting the table, discussing the days events)
Joe: I really feel bad about what happened to Remy at the restaurant
today.
Paulina: Yea, I know. But she’s lucky that she only needed 18
stitches and that she didn’t cut off her finger.
Joe: Tell me about it.
Paulina: Joe, I wanna thank you for understanding this whole thing with
Remy.
Joe: What do you mean, Blue eyes?
Paulina: You know not flipping out when I told you that I had a child
before Dante, and for accepting Remy into the family when we found out she was the child I
gave up.
Joe: Honey, I’m just sorry that you didn’t feel you could tell
me about everything that happened.
(Joe and Paulina kiss as Nick and Remy walk in the door)
Nick: Uh huh.. (playfully) Are we interrupting something here?
Paulina: Just a couple in love.
Remy: We can come back later if you want.
Paulina: No stay, dinner’s almost ready.
Joe: Would either of you like something to drink?
Nick: Just a soda for me.
Remy: Make that two.
(Joe and Paulina leave for the kitchen, Nick and Remy sit on the couch)
(Remy takes a bottle of pills out of her bag)
Nick: What’s that?
Remy: The pain pills the doctor gave me.
Nick: Does your hand hurt that bad?
Remy: It’s hurts a little, but I am supposed to take these twice a
day whether I am in pain or not.
(Nick starts to look serious)
Remy: What’s wrong?
Nick: I’m just thinking about our run-in with Vicky?
(Joe and Paulina enter the living room with drinks, Paulina overhears the last part of
what they were talking about)
Paulina: (concerned voice) You saw Vicky? Is she ok? Did she tell you
anything?
Nick: Yea we saw Vicky and no she didn’t tell us anything, although
it definitely seems like something was up.
Paulina: Well I am going be there tomorrow to frop off the food for her
and Jakes’ romantic dinner. I’ll see if I can get anything out of her.
Remy: Speaking of food, what’s for dinner Paulina, it smells great.
Paulina: Well we’re gonna start off with cold antipasto, homemade
bread...
Joe: (interrupting mid-sentence) Manicotti and for desert...
Paulina: (slapping Joe) Hey, thats a surprise.
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