Pillow Talk
INT. TEENAGE GIRL’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
A girl, 16, lies in bed.
A cheeky boy has just climbed out the window.
Under the covers –
LISA
I’m fine, I’m fine, I don’t want to talk about it.
REGINA
OK. It’s just … you don’t seem fine. You seem a little tender.
LISA
What the hell is so wrong with me?
REGINA
Nothing, you’re beautiful, you are –
LISA
Bullshit! Bullshit, Regina. Night after night I just lie here, freezin’ my tip off like a lonely shadow, while you cavort over there like the feckin’ Queen of Sheeba.
REGINA
You’re being very sensitive …
LISA
Of course I’m sensitive, and he knows exactly why, and it’s the same reason he’s being so top-half friendly this week.
REGINA
Well, fanny’s house guest has been no picnic either.
LISA
Stupid, stupid, stupid boys. They always ignore the introverted one –
REGINA
(under her breath)
– inverted –
LISA
What was that?
REGINA
Eh … nothing … I was just agreeing with you.
LISA
Does he think I’m sick? They’re stretch marks, not leprosy, you knob!
REGINA
What you need to remember is … Jimmy is left handed.
LISA
Well, ambidextrous Andy did the same nonsense. Titism is all it is, plain and simple.
REGINA
You’re not plain and simple, Lisa –
LISA
Easy for you to say, old piercy Pip over there, steering palms like a big silver hand magnet …
REGINA
Hey! You didn’t have to deal with the infection.
LISA
I know, I’m sorry. It’s not your fault. I’m sorry, I’m just …
REGINA
Hey, she should guide them more.
LISA
Like it’s not enough she puts us on show at parties, and then during the day –
Silence.
REGINA
No support at all, I know, I do.
LISA
Another 15 years of this shit and then she’ll just turn us into big food troughs.
REGINA
Hey, at least we’re in it together.
LISA
Yeah. I love you R – wait, what’s this … No, no, don’t turn over, sleep on your back ya bit—
The End.