MY GIRL Page #5

VADA:

Wanna play?

ARTHUR:

No, I gotta go to the cemetery, keep your

head up. Don't look at the ball, look at me.

Arthur grabs ball and begins to dribble it properly as a

demonstration

See. You were looking at the ball. All right?

Keep your head up. Gimme some skin,

They both give each other five i.e. Slap each others hands,

Arthur exits. Vada continues bouncing the ball, which

accidentally veers off and goes down the stairs into the

basement

SCARY MUSIC:

Vada goes very slowly down the stairs, and peeks round the

corner, she is clearly very scared of the basement and the

corpses contained in it, she then rushes down and grabs the

ball. As she turns around, Shelly, who is upstairs walking

through the house and sees the door ajar, slams it shut

unaware that Vada is down there. Vada runs up the stairs and

tries to open the door, she can't, drops the ball and starts

to yell out for help and bang on the it. Shelly hears the

noise and comes to the door. Vada, overcome with fear, sits

on a step, covers her ears and begins to sing doo-wah-diddy-

diddy. Shelly yanks the door open and sees Vada crouched on

the step

SHELLY:

Vada? VADA?? What happened??

VADA:

(extremely frightened and

timid)

My ball, I lost my ball.

SHELLY:

(picking Vada up onto her

feet)

Come on sweetie.

The two exit the scene

SHELLY PUTTING MAKEUP ON DEAD LADY, BASEMENT OF SULTENFUSS'

HOUSE:

SHELLY:

Excuse me Harry?

HARRY:

Uh huh?

SHELLY:

Could you take a look at Mrs. Porter?

HARRY:

Yeah.

Harry gets up from his desk, moves over to Mrs. Porter and

observes Shelly's work, he looks unimpressed

Didn't I give you a picture of what she

looked like?

SHELLY:

Yeah,

(searches pockets, eventually

pulling out a photo)

Harry compares photo with Mrs. Porter's face

SHELLY:

You don't like it?

HARRY:

This was the Reverend Porter's wife, you have

her looking like a two dollar hooker.

SHELLY:

(a little offended)

I think she looks nice! Her lips are very

thin so I used the gloss to give them a more

sensual quality, and her eyes just needed a

little definition, and her hair, I'm sorry,

nobody wears this hairdo anymore in 1972.

HARRY:

She did. This photo was taken a month ago at

the church food drive.

SHELLY:

I just wanted to get past this "old school

Marm" image.

HARRY:

That wasn't an image. She WAS an old school

Marm.

(beat)

Fix it.

Harry begins to leave

SHELLY:

Harry?

(Harry stops and turns

around)

I was just wondering, if there is anything

wrong with Vada.

HARRY:

What do you mean??

SHELLY:

Well the other night at dinner...

HARRY:

Oh that, she just likes to play.

SHELLY:

I don't think so, I think she's confused

about death.

HARRY:

She was raised in a funeral home, she knows a

thing or two about it.

SHELLY:

Harry, I really think she.....

HARRY:

(annoyed)

She's a perfectly happy eleven year old girl,

look, don't give me any advice about my

daughter, okay?

OUTSIDE FRONT OF HOUSE, VADA AND THOMAS J ARE TURNING A

SKIPPING ROPE AND PHIL IS JUMPING IN IT PUFFING AWAY, VADA &

THOMAS J ARE SAYING A RHYME THAT GOES WITH SKIPPING GAMES,

SHELLY PULLS UP IN HER CAMPER

VADA:

There's Shelly!

Vada and Thomas J stop turning the rope leaving Phil

standing there exhausted, and run over to Shelly's camper,

Shelly gets out

SHELLY:

Hi.

VADA:

Can we look around in your camper?

SHELLY:

Sure. I'll give you the royal tour.

Vada and Thomas J rush inside the camper

(surprised at Vada and Thomas

J's eagerness to get inside)

Woah! Gosh!

Thomas J seats himself at the drivers seat and makes "vroom

vroom" noises, Vada sits at the table, selects a book from a

small bookshelf on the side, and begins to read it

THOMAS J:

Wow, this is the coolest thing, like you

really eat and sleep here?

SHELLY:

Uh huh.

THOMAS J:

I'm gonna drive us to Liverpool.

SHELLY:

Liverpool?

VADA:

Big Ringo fan.

SHELLY:

Ohh, right. Would you like a soda?

VADA:

I would.

SHELLY:

Thomas?

THOMAS J:

Yes please.

Thomas uproots himself and sits opposite Vada at the table

THOMAS J:

What are you reading?

Vada makes a gesture at Thomas J with her finger up to her

lips implying that he should be quiet

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