Hearts Desire
A/N: This is my last english assignment of the year. We actually had to get up and read this for class. (Ack!) But its better than the one that one group did about teddy bears and pepsi.
There is a sixth dimention as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow-- between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man's fears, and the summit of his knowlage. It is an area of imagination, it is an area we call... The Twilight Zone.
(A girl stands leaning on a brick wall with her friends. As a boy passes, she blushes and her friends laugh. Time freezes for a moment.)
Narrator: "Meet Julie Morrison, a young woman of 16 at Thomas Jefferson High School, El Paso Texas. The young man you just saw is John Newman, the captain of the football team. Julie has liked him for a long time but she seems invisible. The girls beside her are Sally cambell and Jessica Parker."
(bell rings)
Julie: "Bye guys, see you later."
Sally: "See you."
Jessica: "Yeah see you, oh look, its John agian."
(Julie looks away, trying to hide her embarrassment)
Julie: "I'll... I'll see you later."
(Julie turns and walks down the street. About a block away she sees a shop she's never seen before. Its called "Hearts Desire". She goes in and looks around. The shelves are lined with books and glass bottles. Some are romantic novels, others are things like Get the Guy in 30 Days. She walks toward the counter where a woman stands.)
Woman at the counter: "May I help you my dear?"
Julie: "Oh, no, I'm just looking."
Woman at the counter: "No one comes here just to look deary, what do you need?"
Julie: (mumbling) "Nothing that you can help me with I'm sure."
Woman at the counter: "Oh you'd be surprised at what I can do deary. What have you got in mind?"
Julie: "Oh just this guy at school. He's cute, nice, popular, and funny and he doesn't know I exist."
Woman at the counter: "I have just what you need."
(The woman brings something out from under the counter. Its a pink heart-shaped bottle.)
Woman at the counter: "This will help, three drops and he'll be head over heels for you."
Julie: "Are you sure? I don't want to buy something useless."
Woman: "Yes, its an extremely powerful Love Potion. But no more than 3 drops, that's ample amount."
Julie: (thoughts) "What could it hurt?" (now speaking) "How Much?"
Woman: "$3.00."
Julie: "Alright."
(she hands over the money.)