26 February 2012

scene one

SCENE: MELISSA AND JUSTIN'S MASTER BEDROOM, VERY LATE AT NIGHT

MELISSA IS LAYING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BED ON HER SIDE FACING JUSTIN'S BACK. SHE HAD JUST WOKEN UP FROM SLEEPING ON THE COUCH AND THEY HAD BOTH COME UP TO THE BED. JUSTIN IS SETTING HIS ALARM CLOCK TO WAKE UP REALLY EARLY ON A SUNDAY MORNING.

JUSTIN
(unexpected burst of flatulence)
('unexpected' only in the volume and substance, not that Justin was completely surprised that it was coming - he, in fact, was not surprised at all that it was coming)
(as in, even recognizing that it's only February, this particular flatulence will probably rank top 10 of the year)

BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE - APPROXIMATELY 0.08 SECONDS

MELISSA
MOVE...AWAY! OH MY GOODNESS. THAT IS SOOO RANK!
 
MELISSA
MOVE...AWAY! (starts thrashing violently with legs)
 
MELISSA
MOOVE...AWAAY! MOVE AWAY! MOVE AWAY! MOVE AWAY! (thrashes violently with legs and arms)
 
MELISSA
(still thrashing, now with knees and elbows)
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME THROW UP! THAT IS SO RANK! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO STINKY? MOVE AWAY!

JUSTIN
(not smelling anything at all)
(and having a very difficult time setting the alarm)
(also, knowing that Melissa is in full-on 'I could not be less happy with you' mode, having a very difficult time not laughing out loud uncontrollably)

MELISSA
(still thrashing, now with knees elbows and possibly her chin just for good measure)
MOVE AWAY! DON'T POINT TOWARDS ME! MOVE AWAY! IT'S SO STINKY! MOVE AWAY!
 
MELISSA
(stops thrashing quite as violently, probably just around misdemeanor battery level)
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE SO MEAN! MOVE AWAY!
(slowly begins to fall asleep)

BRIEF MOMENT OF NEAR SILENCE EXCEPT THE SHAKING OF SHOULDERS CAUSED BY INVOLUNTARY SILENT LAUGHTER FROM JUSTIN - APPROXIMATELY 3.8 SECONDS

MELISSA FALLS ASLEEP

MELISSA
(pooters eight times rapid fire, like an old lady walking down the sidewalk)

4 comments:

Patience said...

what was for dinner?

Kay said...

I think this must be the same as the camping one he did! :)

Linda Stahr said...

Oh, I'm CRYING!!! But only because I nearly KILLED Andrew when I was pregnant with LeGrand and trying really hard NOT to "poot" and Andrew MADE me roll over... I pooted. Andrew passed out. I think I'll laugh over this one for at least an hour.

Kristen said...

OH, poor Melissa. At least you didn't pull a covered wagon! I can imagine that scene two is a very real reality!