MY GIRL Page #16

Thomas J stops and then does Vada

THOMAS J:

That's it.

Thomas J goes and sits down on the river bank, Vada follows

with an annoyed look

VADA:

Get up!?

THOMAS J:

I'm tired of running away. Besides, we past

this place two times already. We're not

getting nowhere.

Vada sits down next to Thomas J

THOMAS J:

Why are you running away?

VADA:

My Dad gave Shelly a ring.

THOMAS J:

Wow, was it a decoder ring?

VADA:

You're such a retard, it was an engagement

ring.

THOMAS J:

They're getting married?

Vada nods her head

THOMAS J:

So now you'll have a mother.

VADA:

I don't like her.

THOMAS J:

I do, she's real funny.

VADA:

He likes her better than me.

A TREE DUSK, THOMAS J AND VADA ARE UP THE TOP OF IT

THOMAS J:

I'm hungry, I can't last any longer.

VADA:

Then go home, baby.

THOMAS J:

I have to anyway, my mom will be worried.

VADA:

Leave then, some friend you are.

THOMAS J:

You can come to my house for dinner?

VADA:

No, I'm hiding out.

THOMAS J:

Okay, seeya.

Thomas J climbs down from tree, and leaves

DISSOLVE INTO NEXT SCENE

VADA STILL IN TREE NIGHT, SHE LOOKS AROUND AND THEN DECIDES

TO GET DOWN:

Vada jumps down, and we can now see that the tree was on

the Sultenfuss' front lawn

INSIDE VIEW OF FRONT DOOR, VADA ENTERS AND CLOSES IT

As soon as Vada has entered, she waits for someone to come

running and ask her if she's all right, where she's been,

they were so worried etc., Nothing happens, all she can hear

is the noise that the TV is making. So she opens the door

again and slams it. Still nothing. She decides to give up,

and go find Harry, she walks to the living room where the TV

is on, Harry and Grammoo are asleep in their chairs

Vada begins to ascend the stairs, depressed

VADA'S THOUGHTS

In social studies we learned some people

stole the Limburg baby right out of his house,

I think i'll sleep with my window OPEN

tonight.

OUTSIDE SULTENFUSS' HOUSE, A LOUD HIGH PITCHED SCREAM IS

HEARD:

VIEW OF CORRIDOR LEADING TO BATHROOM

VADA:

OH MY GOD!!!

Vada bursts out of the bathroom and screams down the stairs

VADA:

DADDY!! Daddy daddy!!!! Daddy!!??!?!

Vada runs into a room where Shelly is

VADA:

Daddy??!?!?!

SHELLY:

Vada, Vada, what's the matter?

VADA:

Where's Daddy?

SHELLY:

Well he just left, what's wrong?

VADA:

I'm hemorrhaging.

SHELLY:

What do you mean you're hemorrhaging?

VADA:

(very weak, scared voice)

I don't want, I don't need your help....

Vada tries to run away, but Shelly stops her

SHELLY:

Vada, did this happen in the bathroom?

Vada nods her head

SHELLY:

How old are you?

VADA:

I'm eleven and a half.

SHELLY:

It's okay, come on upstairs, we have to have

a little talk.

They exit

VADA'S BEDROOM, VADA AND SHELLY SITTING ON BED

VADA:

My Mommy and Daddy did THAT?

SHELLY:

It's actually a very beautiful thing, and

look there wouldn't have been a Vada.

VADA:

I think it should be outlawed.

SHELLY:

Believe me, some day, you'll feel

differently.

Door bell is heard ringing

VADA:

Oh, that's probably Thomas J, I don't wanna

see him. It's not fair. Nothing happens to

boys.

OUTSIDE FRONT DOOR OF SULTENFUSS' HOUSE, VADA OPENS DOOR

THOMAS J:

Hi Vada, can you come out?

VADA:

I dunno..

THOMAS J:

Please, it's real hot, maybe we can go

swimming?

Vada is angered by this, she comes storming out

VADA:

NO!

Vada pushed Thomas J hard enough to make him fall over, she

is angry

Get outta here!! And don't come back for five

to seven days!!!

Vada runs inside and slams the door, leaving poor Thomas J

sitting on the porch looking startled

FUNERAL ROOM OF SULTENFUSS' HOUSE, PIPE ORGAN IS BEING

PLAYED, MANY PEOPLE ARE SEATED AND THERE IS AN OPEN COFFIN

UP THE FRONT:

LIVING ROOM, VADA IS READING A BOOK, AND WATCHING GRAMMOO

TO BE SURE THAT SHE DOESN'T WANDER OFF, VADA PUTS THE BOOK

DOWN:

VADA:

Grammoo, I'm going to the bathroom, i'll be

right back.

She then gives Grammoo a little kiss, and makes her way out

of the living room to the bathroom, closing the door behind

her, as she goes to enter the bathroom she hears giggling

coming from the next room, so she goes to investigate. Harry

and Shelly are kissing and giggling. As she is watching

this, Grammoo gets up, enters the funeral room and makes her

way to the front, when she gets there, she picks up a rose,

takes a look at the dead man, and begins to sing into the

rose as if it were a microphone

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