CAST |
aleo (8) and troy |
SETTING |
bed |
SCENE |
i've just finished reading to alex before bed and we're settling in for the night. this was one of the last conversations of the day that took place between the long pauses before he fell to sleep. |
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ALEO
what's tomorrow?
TROY
friday.
ALEO
i'm glad tomorrow's a school day.
TROY
yeah. why's that?
ALEO
because now i sit next to leslie.
TROY
oh. who's leslie?
ALEO
a girl in my class. she sits in my square. next to me. she likes makin' comics like me.
TROY
oh. that's cool. is she good at making comics?
ALEO
yeah. pretty good.
TROY
you don't hear of a lot of comic-makin' girls.
ALEO
morgan and i give her ideas for stories and then she makes them.
TROY
that's pretty cool.
ALEO
yeah.
TROY
who else is in your square?
ALEO
chastity.
TROY
what's chastity like?
ALEO
she puts her stuff on my desk and when i push it off she says don't touch my stuff. i don't like her.
TROY
yeah that's not nearly as nice as likin' comics.
ALEO
no it isn't.
|
NOTE |
i'm proud that aleo is handling himself in a more mature manner than i did with my elementary crush, carrie crider. |
Published
February 28, 2012