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~New Character Introduced~
Nurse Joy
Original Date of Post: 03/29/2009
Narrator: When you’re young, it’s a good thing to get certain things out of the way. If you do that, there’s a good chance you won’t remember it ever happening and it also means that you won’t complain about it in the years to come.
Max: What do you think, sis?
May: It’s fine.
Max: Fine? Just fine?!
May: Well, what do you want me to say?
Max: You’re supposed to say something like, “Ooh Max, you’re absolutely hot.”
May: I would never say those words to you…EVER!
Max: It was worth a shot. Are you sure Drew won’t mind me borrowing one of his old suits?
May: It’s fine. Now remember to keep it down. Sara and Wallace are in the other room taking a nap.
Max: Wallace?
May: Winona’s son! So you’re actually going to the Prom this year? I thought you said that all school dances were a complete waste of time.
Max: And they are! But I want to ask Roxanne to the dance. She’s been with someone else every other time, but this time I feel confident that she'll be my date.
May: I’m sure she’ll go out with you. If you just be yourself, I’m sure she’ll accept your offer. And if that doesn’t work, just tell her your dad will put her in his next film.
Max: (Sarcastic) Gee, thanks. (Knock on the door)
May: I’ll get that. (Opens the door)
Winona: Hi May.
May: Winona, come on in. Wallace is sleeping in the other room.
Winona: I really appreciate you looking after him.
May: It’s really no problem Winona. I do all of my work from home, so that leaves me a lot of time to spend with Sara.
Winona: Oh, let me give you something for your trouble.
May: Oh no. I can’t accept money from friends.
Max: Sure you can!
May: Zip it.
Winona: I hope he didn’t cause you any trouble.
May: No trouble at all! (Later that night in the bedroom)
Drew: Sara’s still sleeping.
May: She must be very tired after her play-date with Wallace.
Drew: I’ll say.
May: Drew, I hope you don’t mind, but I loaned Max one of your old suits to wear to the Prom.
Drew: I don’t mind, but I thought he hated school dances!
May: He has his eyes on a special lady.
Drew: Oh, now it makes sense.
May: It’s actually cute to know that my little brother has his eye on someone.
Drew: Let’s hope he can actually get a date and doesn’t end up with a broken heart. (Sara crying)
May: So much for her sleeping some more! (Gets up)
Drew: I’ll handle this. (Walks into the other room) Come on honey! (Picks her up) You must be hungry. (Crying continues) Here we go! (She pushes the spoon away) What the? I guess you’re not hungry. Huh? (Feels her forehead) Oh my God! May, get the thermometer!
May: I’m coming.
Drew: You’re burning up.
May: Here it is. It’ll be okay sweetie!
Drew: Okay, let’s take the temp. (Pulls down diaper and sticks in thermometer)
May: What’s that?
Drew: What’s what?
May: That! Right on her arm!
Drew: It looks like a little bump.
May: But there’s more. Drew, I think she has Chicken Pox. Come on Sara, we’re going on a little trip now.
Drew: I’ll call her pediatrician.
May: It’s going to be okay. (The next morning at Pallet High)
Conway: I got confirmation that she is indeed dateless. Her boyfriend just dumped her, so they are not going to the Prom together.
Max: Nice.
Riley: How did you find that out?
Conway: Dawn found Roxanne crying about it in the girl’s bathroom yesterday.
Riley: Then why were you standing outside the door trying to…
Conway: (Blushes) Shut up! I wasn’t doing that! Dawn told me all about it.
Riley: Well anyways, this is your chance Max.
Conway: Good luck.
Max: Thanks. (He walks up to Roxanne) Hi Roxanne!
Roxanne: Max, you are just the person I want to talk to.
Max: (Blushes) Re…Really?
Roxanne: I have a proposition for you. I need someone to…
Max: YES, I’LL GO TO THE PROM WITH YOU!
Roxanne: What? I was just going to ask you to help me with this history paper.
Max: Huh?
Roxanne: Oh…you really want to go to the dance with me? Max…you’re a sweet boy but…
Max: Oh God, a rejection. Fine! Make it quick!
Roxanne: Well, one date can’t hurt and I’ve been looking for someone to go with. (Max gasps) Okay.
Max: You mean, you’ll go to the Prom with me? (She nods) Oh my God! Thank you Roxanne! I can’t wait! I’ll get a limo, flowers, dinner… (Nearby)
Brianna: Just when I thought Roxanne was a shallow, stuck-up bitch, she does something nice.
Zoey: It’s rather cute. I’m glad she didn’t crush Max like a bug.
Dawn: Hold on Zoey.
Zoey: What now?
Dawn: As I recall, we had a little wager yesterday.
Zoey: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here’s your stupid five dollars.
Marley: What’s all this now?
Zoey: We kind of made a bet on how fast Roxanne would find a date for Prom. Dawn said it was going to be within 24 hours. (Dawn giggles) Sheer luck!
Dawn: (Smiling) It’s this sheer luck that got your five dollars. (Over the intercom)
Miss Agatha: Attention students. We have just received word that there has been a small infestation of head-lice on some of the students here. To take extra precaution, we will be sending all students during their English classes to be checked by Nurse Joy today. That is all!
Zoey: Head-lice?
Marley: Ugh…Too gross.
Dawn: Ugh! NO! I HAVE TO WASH MY HAIR! (She runs away)
Brianna: Oh God, she’s so obsessed with her hair. It would just kill her if they ever find lice on that scalp.
Zoey: Now hold on. Dawn has pretty clean hair. I doubt they would ever reach that head.
Kenny: You’ve got a good point. Dee-Dee wouldn’t have lice after all the maintenance she does to that noggin.
Brianna: But those creepy-crawlers don’t care. They’ll jump to anyone’s hair. They could be on ours as we speak. (All shudder) Oh, that’s a bad thought. Dawn, wait up! I’m going to join you too! (Later at the University)
James: Drew, you don’t look too good.
Drew: I’m just very tired. I was up all night.
James: Oh, what happened?
Drew: Sara woke up with a fever and then we found all of these marks on her body. The doctor told us that it was Chicken Pox.
James: Ooh, rough.
Drew: So because of that, I didn't get much sleep. (Sits down)
James: Get up! If the boss catches you sitting on the job when you’re supposed to be washing dishes, he’s going to get pissed. (Drew grabs his head) Drew…
Drew: Sorry, I just got a little dizzy.
James: Maybe you should call it a day.
Drew: No, I’m okay. I just got dizzy. (Gets up) See, good as new. Now let’s get back to work. (Back at the high school)
Brianna: No lice! I’m in the clear!
Dawn: Nice to hear.
Brianna: Did you go yet, Miss Paranoia?
Dawn: Not yet. But I’m confident that I’ll be clean as well, so no need to worry. I say anyone who has lice should be put in a plastic bubble away from the rest of the world. Gross. (In the Nurse’s office)
Nurse Joy: Yup, it looks like you have the lice. (Max groans) Oh, there’s nothing to worry about Max. Several other boys are in the same boat as you.
Max: You promise to keep this confidential, right?
Nurse Joy: Of course. Just use this special shampoo to get them out and you’ll be as good as new.
Max: Thanks Nurse Joy. (Puts the shampoo in his backpack) If word gets out, I’d die of humiliation. (He leaves the room)
Nurse Joy: Zoey, you’re next.
Dawn: Good luck.
Zoey: Thanks, I’ll need it.
Conway: How was it?
Max: Um…Fine.
Forrest: Sure they didn’t find the creepy-crawlies in your head? (Max whimpers)
Conway: Oh, put a sock in it Forrest. I’m sure Max keeps his head nice and clean.
Riley: Yeah, he isn’t a pig like you.
Forrest: Hey, I’ve already been checked by Nurse Joy and she said I’m lice-free.
Riley: Well I must say that it’s a freakin’ miracle for you Forrest.
Forrest: How do you figure?
Riley: In most cases, little kids catch lice and then from there, teens, adults, and everyone else is exposed. You have eight younger siblings that carry diseases and whatnot and could also carry lice.
Forrest: Hmm…that is a good fact. But the important thing is that I’m lice-free, so I don’t have to care about that sort of thing.
Max: Yes, well now that it’s done and over with, I’m going to go study in the library. I will see you guys later. (He walks away)
Forrest: I say that boy is hiding something and I intend to find… (Roxanne walks by) Oh, baby! Hey baby, how’d you like to shack up with me at the Prom? You and me! (She hits him) Ouch! (The door opens)
Zoey: No lice.
Dawn: Way to go.
Zoey: What a relief!
Brianna: You were worried?
Zoey: I was a little bit.
Nurse Joy: Your turn Dawn. (In the office) Just take a seat and I will do a routine check.
Dawn: So this takes a couple of seconds to do?
Nurse Joy: Well, the lice are easy to spot out on the scalp. Okay, let’s take a look. Hmm!
Dawn: So...am I in the clear?
Nurse Joy: I’m afraid not Dawn. I’m afraid you have head-lice.
Dawn: What? Maybe you made a mistake. It could be something else!
Nurse Joy: Now don’t worry Dawn. Plenty of other girls are in the same boat as you. Just use this medicated shampoo and it should clear up.
Dawn: What about confidentiality? I’ll die of humiliation if anyone were to ever find out about this.
Nurse Joy: Relax Dawn. No one will find out and I’m sworn to secrecy to never tell a single person. (She sighs) It’s going to be okay. (She walks outside)
Zoey: So Dawn…
Brianna: How’d it go?
Dawn: (Confident) How do you think it went? Perfect, as usual! But of course, there wasn’t a doubt in my mind. (Laughing)
Brianna: See, told you she was going to be fine. (Back at May’s apartment)
May: Come on Sara. You can’t scratch it, otherwise your sores will get infected! Hmm…Oh! I know what to do! (Puts oven mitts over her arms) We can always burn them later. (Sara groaning) Oh, I hate to see you in such discomfort. (The door opens)
Drew: I’m home. How’s Sara?
May: She’s very fussy.
Drew: What are those oven mitts doing over her arms?
May: To keep her from scratching! Drew, you look very pale!
Drew: It was a long day and I was very tired to begin with!
May: Oh, because of last night?
Drew: I guess. I felt dizzy for most of the day at work.
May: Why don’t you go to bed? I’ll take care of things here.
Drew: You sure?
May: You have class tomorrow, go ahead.
Drew: Okay May! Goodnight.
May: Goodnight! (The next morning)
Drew: (Thinking) Oh man, I feel awful. (Sara crying)
May: (Tired) I’m coming. I’m coming. Drew, get up. It’s time for you to go to school. (Drew groaning) Huh? (Screaming) Drew…you’ve got the chicken pox!
Drew: I have what?
May: Don’t tell me you’ve never had the chicken pox!
Drew: That’s impossible! I’ve had them before when I was two years old. (A little later)
May: Thanks for the information. (Hangs up) I talked with your mother and she told me that you never had the chicken pox before.
Drew: Then what did I have when I was two?
May: She told me it was an allergic reaction to wool. (Sighs) Great, now I’m stuck taking care of two babies. (Drew reaches for the phone) Huh? What do you think you’re doing?
Drew: Well…I was…
May: No you weren’t. I’m going to call your boss and tell him that you’ll be out for the next few days. After that, I’ll email your teachers and tell them the same thing.
Drew: But May, I… (She sticks a thermometer in his mouth)
May: Don’t talk. I felt your forehead and you feel very warm to me.
Drew: Good thing I don’t have anything too important to do for my classes.
May: No talking! Hmm…Let me see. Well, it’s higher than normal. For now, I want you to sleep and I’ll call the doctor. (Later at Pallet High)
Dawn: Good morning everyone!
Brianna: Dude, you better change your name and move to another state.
Dawn: Why?
Brianna: Someone stole the list from Nurse Joy’s office and now the whole school knows who has the lice. Now unless there’s another Dawn Berlitz in this school, this must be a misprint. Unless you lied to us yesterday…
Dawn: Well…
Brianna: You mean you have…
Dawn: Shut up! Not so loud.
Brianna: It’s not a big deal. I mean, chances are you used that shampoo that Nurse Joy gave you. Plus, I don’t think people noticed your name…
Forrest: UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!
Dawn: I’ve got to get out of here. (She runs into the bathroom)
Brianna: Wait Dawn, don’t go into the…boy’s room.
Dawn: Brianna, is there a picture of a little man on the outside of this door?
Brianna: Yes there is. (She starts crying and runs into the girl’s bathroom)
Roxanne: Well, if it isn’t the dirty, little rat herself! Get away from me! I don’t want to catch whatever you’ve got! (Dawn falls to the ground crying) You might even have fleas and ticks for all we know. (The door opens)
Zoey: Back off, Roxanne! (She leaves the room) Dawn…
Dawn: (Sobbing) I didn’t think anybody would find out. This is the worst thing that could ever happen.
Zoey: It’s okay, Dawn. Having head-lice isn’t a big deal.
Dawn: Then why are you standing all the way across the room?
Zoey: Oh, really. (Nervous laugh) I didn’t realize.
Dawn: Some friend you are! (She leaves the room)
Zoey: Oh man. (During lunch)
Laura: So she ditched class today?
Zoey: I feel sorry for Dawn.
Brianna: It wasn’t like she was the only person who got the head-lice.
Zoey: But she feels like it’s destroying her reputation.
Brianna: I see what you mean.
Zoey: Any word on who got that list from Nurse Joy?
Laura: No clue. Whoever did it in my opinion has no heart and is pure evil.
Brianna: I say it was Roxanne.
Zoey: Why do you say that?
Brianna: Because I see her over there trying to put the moves on Conway. (They get up)
Marley: Can’t we have one lunch where it doesn’t end in a lynching or a beat down?
Laura: You’re asking for too much Marley. (At another table)
Roxanne: I’d like it if you would be my date to the dance.
Conway: How nice of you to ask, but I’m already taken and you know it.
Roxanne: I guess you haven’t heard the news yet about your gross, little girlfriend.
Brianna: Excuse me Skankzilla, but if you’re talking trash about our friend Dawn, I’m about to put a stop to it.
Zoey: Get stepping, Roxy!
Roxanne: Look at you Zoey, thinking your little Miss Bad-ass!
Zoey: Let’s see how many teeth I can take out with my boot! That’s what’s going to happen if you keep trying to steal Dawn’s boyfriend. (Roxanne walks away)
Conway: Thank you ladies.
Brianna: What were you doing with that crazy bitch?
Conway: Don’t blame me. She came on to me and she kept implying that Dawn and I broke up or something.
Zoey: You guys are still together, right?
Conway: Of course, I don’t have any reason to break up with her. Where is she?
Zoey: I’m afraid she’s out today.
Conway: I guess it’s because of the lice list. (Max runs up)
Max: YOU TRAITOR! (He slaps Conway)
Conway: What the hell was that for?
Max: I’m going out with Roxanne, not you! Why are you trying to cut-in on my date for the Prom?
Conway: I wasn’t, I…
Brianna: Your date is a whore, Max.
Zoey: Roxanne was trying to come on to Conway.
Max: But why would she do that?
Brianna: She’s very manipulative…and she knows that you have lice and doesn’t want to be bothered with anyone with lice. (Max runs off crying)
Zoey: Did you have to be so blunt with him?
Conway: No, Max has to learn that the girl he likes is a manipulative bitch. (Back at May’s apartment)
Drew: May, where’s my water?
May: It’s coming right up. (Sighs) It’s not even noon yet. (Sara crying) Oh Sara, stop scratching. Here, let me put on some more lotion...
Drew: May!
May: I’m coming.
Drew: May, these things are itchy!
May: (Groans) For the love of… (She walks in the other room) What the hell did I tell you about scratching? (Hits his hand) Do you want to get an infection? You’re worse than your daughter. Here, use this cream.
Drew: That doesn’t help!
May: Quit your bitching!
Drew: And where’s lunch? (She glares at him) Eh, I’ll shut up now. (Sara crying)
May: I’m coming Sara! (She runs out of the room)
Drew: But May!
May: It’s okay. I’m here.
Drew: (Shouting) Don’t forget about lunch!
May: Okay, okay! (Cradles Sara) It’ll be okay. I’ll give you your lotion.
Drew: (Shouting) May!
May: I’LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE! (Sara cries) Oh, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. (Knock on the door) Unbelievable! (She opens the door)
James: Hi May. I wanted to give this to Drew.
May: He’s in his room. You know your way there. Now, please excuse me. (She puts Sara in her crib) Now please go to sleep for Mommy. (Puts in her pacifier) See, doesn’t that take the focus off the itchiness? (Sara spits out the pacifier and it hits May’s head) Ouch. (Sniffing) Something’s burning! (Gasps) Drew’s lunch! (Runs to the kitchen) Oh no! Damn it! (Back in Drew’s room)
James: I stopped by your classes today and picked up whatever you missed.
Drew: Thanks James.
James: How are you feeling?
Drew: Well, I felt really crappy this morning. Now I’m just very itchy. (May opens the door) Oh good, time for lunch.
May: The lunch…it’s destroyed.
Drew: Oh, it’s…just a little burnt. No harm done. (Takes a bite) See, this is a great potato.
May: That was the meatloaf.
James: How about I make you some soup?
May: You’d do that, James?
James: I’ve got some extra time on my hands. (Phone rings) Hello. Oh, hi Jessie. That’s today? Okay, I’ll be right there. (Hangs up) Rain check guys! Jessie called and apparently I have to go shopping for tuxedos for the wedding.
Drew: She’s choosing your tuxedo?
James: She wants me looking stylish. I’ll see you later. (A little later at Dawn’s house)
Laura: Are you sure she’s home?
Brianna: Where else does a ditching teenager with head-lice go?
Zoey: Plus, this is where she goes when her mom is working overtime. (Rings doorbell)
Laura: Dawn! (The door opens) There you are Dawn. (Dawn groans) Don’t worry. It’s just the three of us!
Dawn: What do you guys want?
Zoey: We came to check and see how you were doing?
Dawn: Fine, now go away.
Brianna: Honey, if you’d like, I can spread a nasty rumor about Roxanne all through school. Would you like that?
Dawn: No…That’s just cruel.
Zoey: Hey guys, isn’t that Max over there walking by?
Laura: You’re right. (They all walk over)
Dawn: Max!
Laura: Hey, why are you crying?
Max: (Sobbing) ROXANNE DUMPED ME!
Zoey: That’s terrible.
Laura: I’m sorry.
Brianna: She’s a whore. (They all glare) Well, she is!
Max: She told me that she didn’t want to see my lice-ridden head again.
Brianna: If we set a rumor up, that bitch could have what’s coming to her. And then she’ll cry just like Nancy Carrigan!
Dawn: And you are a regular Tanya Harding! No, I’m not going to stoop to her level and you shouldn’t either.
Brianna: What if I told you she was trying to steal Conway from under your nose?
Dawn: She did what? Eh…Forget it! I’m not going to do that.
Zoey: I’m proud of you Dawn. Not stooping down to her level is a very mature decision. (The next morning near Pallet High)
Max: Maybe today, things won’t be so bad. (Nearby)
Kenny: I saw Max getting his heart broken yesterday.
Riley: Poor little guy. He cried in front of everyone and everything.
Forrest: Are you serious? Damn detention!
Max: Oh man. I can’t go to school today! (Thinking) But I can’t go back home. Mom has the day off and she’ll be around the house all day. Wait. May and Drew will be out of the house all day. It’s a good thing I copied their house key. (Back at school)
Brianna: You’re back!
Dawn: Yeah, the school called my mom at work so now she’s forcing me to come to school. Lice or no lice!
Laura: You’re never going to guess what happened! Look what I just got from the yearbook committee this morning.
Zoey: “Check out what Roxy’s got!” (Turns the page) Oh my goodness!
Brianna: I didn’t know those diseases existed.
Zoey: Dawn, you didn’t do it, did you?
Dawn: Did what?
Brianna: Publish false information about Roxanne! I must say, this looks like something I would have done.
Dawn: No, I didn’t.
Zoey: And you said the yearbook committee got it! Marley, you work on yearbook. Do you know who got it this morning?
Marley: No clue. By the time I came in, the whole school was reading this. (Roxanne runs to the girl’s bathroom)
Dawn: Can’t say she doesn't deserve it, but I’d be lying! (At May’s apartment)
Max: I can hide out here for the day. (Opens the door) Freedom!
May: I’ll get you some more lotion, Drew. Huh?
Max: Hey sis!
May: What the hell are you doing here? No wait! Why aren’t you at school? You are supposed to be there and not here!
Max: Are you my mother?
May: I’m not your mother, but I’m a mother in general. I’m calling our mom to hear about this.
Max: Fine. It’s because I have head-lice!
May: What the hell are you doing here? Do you want to give it to everyone else here?
Max: Gee, you sound worse than the people at school.
May: Was it that bad?
Max: Because I have lice, the whole school black-listed me and Roxanne dissed me in front of everybody.
Drew: (Weakly) May.
May: Ugh. Max, you can stay here for the day.
Max: Oh, thank you sis! I apologize for every fat joke I’ve ever made about you.
May: This is sort of a good thing that you’re here. You get to spend the day taking care of Drew and Sara.
Max: Hey, what?
May: That’s right. Both of them have the chicken pox and I’m up to my neck with chores. I need to make a few phone calls for work. I need you to help me today.
Max: And if I refuse?
May: If you refuse, I will tell Mom about you cutting school and you can forget about having a social life.
Max: Fine, I’m here to serve.
May: Good! Now here’s the bottle and go rub this on Drew and Sara. And for the love of God, keep it down. I’ll be on the phone for a while now. (In the other room)
Drew: (Weakly) What are you doing here?
Max: I’m helping May today. Now tell me where it itches.
Drew: Actually, could you just close the window. It’s cold in here.
Max: Sure. (Shuts the window) Drew, are you okay?
Drew: Yeah, I just need some sleep!
Max: Hmm! (Sara crying) Drew, I’ll be right back. (Goes into the other room) I’ve got you, Sara!
Sara: Mama! Mama!
Max: Hey, don’t worry. Mama will be back soon! For now, Uncle Max has you! (She throws her pacifier at his head) Ouch! (Later at the school)
Brianna: I’m surprised the bitch didn’t try ditching school today.
Laura: I imagine that it’s very embarrassing for her.
Dawn: At least it took the attention off of me. Look at her sitting there all by herself!
Zoey: Guys, I feel sorry for her.
Brianna: Oh, don’t get like that Zoey. She got exactly what she deserved.
Zoey: Come on guys, she… (They glare at her) Never mind.
Forrest: Hey Riley, what do you get when you cross Pamela Anderson with Tommy Lee?
Riley: I don’t know!
Forrest: You’d get what Roxanne’s got!
Riley: Ha! Well said!
Brianna: Poetic justice if you ask me! (Roxanne runs off crying)
Laura: So immature. (Dawn gets up and runs to Roxanne)
Dawn: Hold it Roxanne!
Roxanne: Great. I suppose you’re here to rip on me too. Well I deserve it, let me have it.
Dawn: Roxanne, even though you and I have our disagreements from time to time, I’m willing to help you out. I don’t believe a word of what’s written here on this newsprint.
Roxanne: Really? Even though number seven is true!
Dawn: Huh? You probably shouldn’t tell anybody that. But, from what I’ve learned from experience…and the last couple of days, it's that people will forget something once they have something else to laugh at. I’ve actually been saving this beautiful piece of blackmail for another situation, but this seems like the perfect time. Since Forrest is the big, loud-mouth in the reindeer games, I’ll throw him under the bus. You don’t have any objections to that, do you?
Roxanne: None.
Dawn: Take a look at this picture!
Roxanne: Dawn…you are pure evil. I like that in you. (Back at May’s apartment)
Max: Okay, I’ll go heat up your bottle. (He walks to the kitchen) Oh, there’s a note on the fridge. “I’m going to the grocery store. I’ll be back later.” Great, so she leaves me with the baby and Drew! This is punishment. Almost makes me wish for Mom to punish me. I better check on Drew. (He goes into the room)
Drew: (Panting) Max?
Max: DREW! Oh my God, you’re sweating up a storm!
Drew: (Weakly) Max…Get…Me…To…A hospital!
Max: I’ll call the ambulance!
Drew: No! Too expensive…Where’s May?
Max: She’s gone! She’ll be back in a little bit…Oh, but you could be dead by then! I know, I can drive you there! AH! I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE! Oh, but this is an emergency! (Picks up Drew) Oh man! Come on Drew! Oh, damn it! (At the grocery store)
May: Okay, I got what I needed. Now to get back home!
Lady: Excuse me, but would you be interested in a chair massage today?
May: I’d love one…Oh, but I’ve got to get back to my husband and daughter. Maybe another day.
Lady: You sure? Today only, half-off!
May: Half off? Put me down for thirty minutes! (Back at the apartment)
Max: Of all the days for sis to leave her cell phone at home, we have a real emergency. Okay, Drew and Sara are in the car. I better leave May a note. Uh-huh, uh-huh…There! I hope to God I make it out alive. (Back at the store)
May: Oh, you’re a true lifesaver.
Lady: You have so many knots back here.
May: No wonder… (Yawns) My husband and daughter are both sick and they’ve been driving me nuts. (Snoring)
Lady: Wow, she’s out of it! (A little later at the hospital)
Doctor: Good thing you brought him to us when you did. He was running one hell of a fever.
Max: Is Drew going to be okay?
Doctor: I’m sure he is. He just needs to be under observation for the next couple of days though. (Max sighs) But, I’m pretty confident that he’ll be okay. Oh, and have you been a good girl by not scratching? (Sara giggles)
Max: And what about her?
Doctor: Well I saw this little lady the other day and she looks a lot better now. See, some of her pox are starting to disappear.
Max: That’s good to hear. May will be happy when she finds out…that is if she ever gets here! (Back at the apartment)
May: Max, Drew, Sara, I’m home. It’s so quiet here. Where are you guys? Huh? There’s a note. THE HOSPITAL! (Drops the groceries) I have to get there! (A little later at the hospital) Hello. Please. I need some help here!
Receptionist: How may I help you?
May: I need to know if my husband and daughter are okay! The name is Drew Rose!
Max: MAY!
May: I’m here, Sara. (She grabs Sara) Are you okay?
Max: She’s fine and she wasn’t the one who was sick.
May: (Gasp) Where’s Drew? Where’s my husband? Where is he, Max? Tell me he’s okay!
Doctor: Relax Mrs. Rose. Drew is okay. He’s resting right now, but I can let you see him. (In another room)
May: Oh Drew. (She tears up) I’m so sorry. (She walks towards the bed) I’m sorry I wasn’t there. (Strokes his hand)
Drew: Huh? May…is that you?
May: (Gasp) Yes it is Drew. I’m so glad you’re alive. (A little later)
Drew: I’m sorry I drove you nuts the last few days, May.
May: Oh no. I should be the one to apologize to you. I could have been more sympathetic and more patient with you. I would do anything for you and Sara. If I lost either one of you, I don’t know what I would do.
Drew: I’m never going to have the chicken pox again, am I?
May: Nope. That’s just once in a lifetime.
Drew: Thank God. Once was enough times for me.
Max: Oh yeah May, here you go.
May: What’s this?
Max: I accidentally parked next to a fire hydrant and…well I got a ticket.
May: $300? (Growls) I guess it’s a good thing we’re in a hospital now. (Cracks knuckles)
Max: I’m dead. (The next day at school)
Conway: So what happened after that?
Max: Well, May gave me a bump on the head for making her pay a $300 ticket, I’m grounded for a week because my Mom found out about me ditching school, and to top it all off, I don’t have a date for the dance.
Conway: I don’t think you’ll want to go out with Roxanne after what was published yesterday. You missed it! This booklet came out detailing how many STD’s she has and when she got it.
Max: Oh that. I made all of that up. I made it the other night, made copies and left a stack of it in the yearbook room.
Conway: You of all people did that?
Max: I didn’t like that…and I threw up after writing it, but it had to be done. I think I'm gonna skip the dance. Too many people think I'm a freak because I have lice.
Conway: I think everyone has forgotten about you having lice.
Max: I guess it's a good thing teenagers are most likely to forget one thing when they learn of something else. (They open the door)
Kenny: Look at this, you guys! Check out this charming picture!
Max: Huh? Forrest plays with dolls! Cute!
Conway: (Giggles) My goodness!
Max: I never realized he was so…sensitive!
Forrest: I was playing with my little sister. I’m going to kill whoever posted this! (Silent laughing) Oh man. At this rate, I’ll never get a girlfriend.
Roxanne: You were right Dawn. No one is talking about my book.
Dawn: Glad to be of service and glad we’re friends now.
Roxanne: You’d think that, wouldn’t you? I don’t need your pity tick-head! (She walks away)
Dawn: Ugh…I suddenly feel sickened by this. Okay, lesson learned. Never do any more acts of kindness for her again! (Nearby)
Brianna: Oh yeah. Did any of you ladies figure out who got a hold of the lice list?
Laura: No clue.
Zoey: I guess that’s a mystery that’s going to stay a mystery. But I’m glad people are finally laying off you, Dawn.
Marley: (Thinking) Damn that Dawn. No matter. As long as she learns to keep her distance away from Zoey, I’ll be good. And I won't have to tarnish her reputation again. (She slams her locker door)
Zoey: Huh? Anything wrong?
Marley: Nothing honey!
Zoey: (Smiles) Good to hear.
~*Preview*~
Dawn: The next chapter is filled with sadness and goodbyes. As I and the rest of my crew prepare for our upcoming Europe trip, one of our friends will not be coming with us. And to make matters worse, she’s moving away. Why must this happen? I thought we were all going to graduate together! Next time on Romance 102, Chapter 25…See you next time!
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