PART VII BY STACEY IN JENNA�S ROOM Jenna:(excited) So......what is it you wanted to show me? QT: Well, it�s not something I want to show you. It�s something I want to tell you. Jenna: What is it? QT: (nervous) I....I used to be a girl. Jenna: WHAT!? (QT opens his mouth to explain when Stacey runs in crying. Jenna rushes over to her friend.) Jenna: (worried) What�s wrong, Stacey? What happened? Stacey: (sobbing) I.......I br-broke up with Ch-chad! QT: (walks over to Stacey and hugs her) You don�t need him, babe. Jenna: (glares at QT and he nervously takes his arms away from Stacey) Well, Jasonette McKnight, who DOES she need? Stacey: (sniffing) Daryl? Jenna: Nononono......(sits down next to Stacey. QT sits on her other side) Why�d you break up with him? Stacey: Because there wasn�t any privacy in our relationship. QT: (nodding) Tell me about it. Jenna: Well, you can sleep in here tonight. QT: What about me?! Jenna: Who cares? You�re a girl, remember? QT: (rolling his eyes) I WAS JOKING! What I really wanted to tell you was..... (Doug barges in, angry) Doug: All right, which one of you made Chad wet the bed? He only does that when he�s really upset! (he glares around the room, his eyes resting on Stacey) YOU! You�re just another Heather, aren�t you? Only wanted my brother for his puppy-dog eyes and his fame, didn�t you? Stacey: No, I........ Doug: Well, missy, just so you know, we�ll be moving out in the morning. We�re not staying in the house of the girl who broke my little brothers heart. (he wipes a tear away, then marches out of the room to pack) QT: (impressed) Dude! I didn�t know Doug could be so mad! (Stacey starts to cry again and QT looks sympathetic. He then gets up and leaves. Jenna continues to comfort Stacey.) IN STACEY�S ROOM, CHAD IS PACKING AS QT ENTERS. QT: Dude, what are you doing? It�s, like, three in the morning! Chad: (whimpers as he throws a �WHOA� T-shirt into his bag) I know. QT: Why are you guys leaving? They aren�t kicking us out. Chad: (sniffling) I know. Me and Stacey were in love. But now......(starts to cry again) QT: (nervous) Quit crying, man. I know how you and Stace can get back together. (Chad wipes his eyes with the sleeve of his sweater and listens) IN THE KITCHEN, JERRY WAKES UP FROM WHERE HE FELL ASLEEP AT THE TABLE AS MICKEY COMES HOME. Jerry: (still half asleep) Wazzahuh?! Mickey: Yo, man, Mickey P thinks you should be gettin� some sleep. You aint lookin� too heartthrobish. Jerry: (staggers to get up) No, no, I�m fi....*hiccup*...ne. Mickey: (sniffs Jerry�s breath) Yo, dog, you drunk? Jerry: (shakes himself awake, embarrassed) No, I�m not. All I had tonight was apple juice, and that gives me gas, okay? (stands up straight) Where were you all night? Mickey: Nowhere. �Night, man. (heads up the stairs, tossing his coat to Jerry to be put away.) (Jerry sniffs the jacket.) Jerry: (quietly and angrily) Erin....... BACK IN JENNA�S ROOM (Stacey is still sniffling when Doug rushes back in, breathing heavily.) Doug: (gets down on his knee) I�m so sorry, Stacey, about yelling at you, still, you hurt my little brother. But that got me thinking about how much me ex-wife hurt ME, and realized again how lonely I am, and how I want someone of my own. Sooo.......(he turns towards Jenna and takes a deep breath).....Jenna, will you marry me? <TO BE CONTINUED> |