Drama Script: Sorrow.
Michele is an 8-year-old girl (she is quite mature compare to her age) whose cat just died and Chelsea is her older sister who is trying to comfort her little sister.
Michele: (Sit down) What am I going to do?
Chelsea: Oh, Michele. It’ll be okay. Let’s go. Let’s just not stay here.
(Both walk to somewhere else and sit down.)
Michele: What is going to happen to me, Chelsea?
Chelsea: I know. I know that it’s not fair, but I promise you that everything will be okay eventually.
Michele: This wouldn’t have happened only if I took her to the bathroom with me.
Chelsea: Never think about ‘what if’s in this kind of situations. They’
ll just make you even angrier. You know what I mean, Michele. Remember when our mom left us?
Michele: But……. I was only 3 and you were 12 when she left! That was when we didn’t, I mean, when we couldn’t understand what was happening!
Chelsea: Okay. Remember what I told you that our mother went up to the sky, into this paradise called heaven? Remember when our dad told us that heaven was the eternal resting place where everything good in the world goes to after their lives in this world? Tina will be on her way up there. Think about it this way. Mummy might have sent her from the heaven to comfort you, but maybe she thought that it is a good time to call her back.
Michele: Why would she have called her back?
Chelsea: Maybe she thinks that it is time for you to get friends, real ones.
(Pause)
Michele: (deep breath (inhale)) Tell me more about heaven.
Chelsea: Sure, heaven is the nicest place in the whole galaxy, and it has lots of fun things to do.
Michele: Like what?
Chelsea: Hmm… I guess there are theme parks and probably the longest water slide ever. There are whole lots of other things you can do up there, you can do anything that you want to do!
Michele: So, I guess as they say in movies, she will rest in peace, right?
Chelsea: As long as you believe it, yes, Tina will rest in peace.
(Pause)
Michele: I miss her.
Chelsea: Be strong, whining doesn’t help, now come on and let’s talk. Maybe I can help you to get over this.
Michele: I don’t know if I ever will get over this. How am I gonna get a new best friend?
Chelsea: Don’t say that! Be positive!
Michele: How can you tell me to be positive! I need a friend and my best friend is now gone! Stop talking like as if you know everything about me! It’s not like you are always here with me anyways!
(Pause)
Chelsea: Michele, I…….
Michele: Forget it. It’s not like I am trying to make you feel bad. It’s just that……
(Pause)
Chelsea: So……. Why can’t you just get some friends?
Michele: Oh, Chelsea, come on. You know better than that! You know that I can’t have friends because all the other……. dudes in our neighbourhood hate me and in fact, they make fun of me.
Chelsea: Why is that?
Michele: I have no idea but I heard Cecilia talking in the bathroom that her parents told her not to hang around with me because I don’t have a mother.
(Short pause)
Chelsea: You know…….I had a similar problem. All the kids in the neighbourhood hated me because of the same reason but I got friends eventually and you’ll get some sooner or later as well. I swear.
Michele: Yeah……. but I still can’t get my mind off Tina, I just can’t stop thinking about how we used to go to the supermarket together to get an ice cream and…….
Chelsea: Hey, there is an ice cream truck right there. What flavour do you want?
Michele: Strawberry, that’s my favorite.
Chelsea: I want 2 strawberry flavoured cones please.
Michele: Hm… It’s pretty good.
Chelsea: Here, let us sit here and talk until our dad comes.
Michele: Sure.
Chelsea: Let’s think of what we should tell our dad. Why don’t we ask him to get us a dog?
Michele: Well……. That is a good idea but I can’t have a dog to be my best friend. I don’t think he can afford it anyways.
Chelsea: Of course he can. I think over time with a dog, you’ll forget the horrible thing that happened and move on.
Michele: Yes. But I will never forget about Tina.
Chelsea: She will be fine. Although she is not here with you, she is always here with you……
Michele: Oh, Chelsea. That is nonsense. She can’t be here and not be here at the same time, you know.
Chelsea: You will know what I mean later, once you grow up. What’s important is that She will always be looking at you, even this moment. What do you think? Do you think that she would be happy while you are miserable?
Michele: Well…. I guess not. (Pause) (Turn your head to other direction) Did you hear that?
Chelsea: What?
Michele: Hey, I can hear her! (Stand up and walk)
Chelsea: (Reach her hand for her sister.) Michele!
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