Chapter 1: Welcome to Sunnydale
Narrator: 1986...that was one hell of a year. Billy Idol was in...Madonna was hotter and I had just turned 10 years old. That was also the year of Laser Tag, Eddie Murphy, and every guys fantasy...Demi Moore. Let's just say at the age of ten I was very mature for my age...hell, any guy that saw Demi wanted to grow up fast.
(Show a small town)
Narrator: I grew up in Sunnydale California, a town outside of LA.
(Show a street with children playing)
Narrator: However, I didn't always live in Sunnyhell, as some call it. My mom and dad got divorced when I was just a baby and for a few years it was just me and da. Then came Joyce...an American mother to Willow, who was 3 years younger than me. They became my family. And Riley Finn and Angel O'Connor were my best friends. We'll get to them about...
(Show a backyard and 3 boys playing football)
Narrator: ...Now.
Angel: What do you think? Steelers or Bears? (Tosses the football to a boy)
William: (Catches the football) (British accent) Probably Bears. (Tosses the football to another boy)
Narrator: There that's me in 1986...I guess you can say I stuck out...with the English accent and all.
Riley: Steelers.
Angel: Well see...I just hope this season will be more exciting than last.
Riley: My dad's got box seats.
Angel: Stop bragging and try to get us in the deal.
Riley: I'll try. (Tosses the football to Angel)
Narrator: The three of us have been together since I first moved to American in kindergarden. When we meet we had all a good laugh about how I said 'knickers' all the time....anyway...through the years Angel (Show shot of Angel) was known as the cute one...the one who had the angelic smile. Riley was the athletic type, son of a military man...and me...
(Riley throws the football to William and he drops it)
Narrator: Actually I was still trying to figure that out.
Woman: William, Angel, Riley!!!
(William tosses the football to Angel and Angel holds it. The three boys turn their heads to the woman calling their names from a home)
Woman: Would you guys come inside for a moment.
Narrator: That would be Joyce or mum if you want to know her title to my household.
William: Kay mum!
(The three boys start towards the house)
Angel: We have GOT to do something about that name, WILLIAM.
William: What about you ANGEL?
Narrator: Till this day I still think it's a poofer name.
Angel: Yeah I know...
Narrator: See...he agrees.
Angel: ...do you think if I change it to Angelus it will be better?
William: Umm...no.
Narrator: I remember this scene like it was yesterday. Angel was walking ahead of me, I was in the middle, and Riley was dragging behind. We all walked in one by one and I saw 3 kids, a man, my mom, and sis.
Joyce: Boys meet our new neighbors. This is Mr. Summers and his three kids.
Riley/ Angel/ Spike: Hi.
Man: Hello gentlemen.
Joyce: (To the man) William is my stepson. Riley and Angel live not too far. (To the boys) Boys this is (Pointing everyone out) Mr. Summers, Oz...umm...Xander is it? (The boy nodded) And Elizabeth.
(Show the boys' wave their hands to the kids.)
(Show a close up of Elizabeth)
Narrator: Her hair was curly and her dress was a yellow sun dress. She looked shy and miserable. Tell years later I never noticed how I really noticed the little 7 year old on the day I met her.
Joyce: Why don't you boys go outside and get to know each other better.
William: Umm...sure. (To Xander and Oz) Come on.
Narrator: I wish I knew what happened in that house after I left with the guys that day.
(Xander, Oz, Angel, Riley, and William exit)
Willow: Want to play with some of my Barbie's or Light Bright?
Elizabeth: (Softly) Sure.
(The two girls quietly exited the room and Mr. Summers and Joyce smiled as their daughters ran upstairs)
Willow's Room: Willow was on the floor with many Barbie's and Barbie accessories.
Willow: Malabo Barbie is my favorite...you want to be Ken or Stacy? (Willow looked up and saw Elizabeth looking out the window) What are you looking at?
(Out the window Elizabeth watches the boys toss the football around and talk)
Elizabeth: Just the boys.
Willow: Why?
Elizabeth: He's your brother?
Willow: Who? Will? Yeah...he's a dufus.
Elizabeth: Why? (Elizabeth turns to Willow)
Willow: He just is...you want to play now? (Holds a Barbie out)
Elizabeth: Okay let's play. (Takes the Barbie and sits on the floor)
Narrator: On that day when I was tossing the football I felt a weird feeling will talking and learning about Oz and Xander...it felt like someone was watching me.
Summer's Home
Elizabeth's Room:
Narrator: I guess you can say having the Summers next door was a good thing for me and my friends...we had two exact guys to play soccer, football, baseball, or whatever with. And I guess you can say it was a good thing for Elizabeth too...
There are boxes scattered on the floor and on the bed. By the looks of the room it was certainly made for a girl. Theirs a window seat that faces other houses across the neighborhood and in the distance you could see the town of Sunnydale. Her bed was in the middle of the room and she had a hope chest and book shelves.
Elizabeth was taking clothes out of a box and placing them on hangers. She looked so cute doing the work because she was just seven years old and acting mature for her age.
Mr. Summer's walked down the hall but came back and peeked inside his daughter's room and watched Elizabeth work. He felt bad for his little girl. She has no mother. No woman in the house to help her go through the girlie things.
Mr. Summers: You want some help sweetie?
Elizabeth: (Turned and looked around her room at the boxes) I'm okay. (She smiled at him and moved to another box on the bed and started taking things out)
Mr. Summers: Well just let me know if you need anything.
Elizabeth: (Without looking at him) Okay dad.
(Mr. Summers left and went downstairs)
(Elizabeth took a shoe box form one of the boxes and moved over to the closet. She started jumping up and down to get the box on the top shelf of the closet. Her problem was being too short to reach the top)
Voice: Need a hand?
(Elizabeth was startled and saw William standing by the door with a football in hand. His jeans had grass stains and his blue shirt said 'Oxford University'. He placed his football down on her dresser and walked over and took the shoe box form her hands and placed it on the top shelf. Elizabeth was a little shocked and shy when William came into her room to help her)
Xander: (From downstairs) Will!! Ready to go?
William: Yep!! (Started to the door) See ya kid.
(William picked up his football and ran down the stairs and met up what sounded like Angel, Xander, Riley, and Oz. They all left out the front door.)
(Elizabeth stood still for a moment but then walked over to her window and saw the guys walking down the street. Angel and Oz were tossing the football back and forth as they walked. Elizabeth smiled at William walked with her brothers. Then she moved away from the window and started to get back to unpacking. She thought 'Maybe living here won't be so bad after all'.)
Narrator: Sure at the time I saw her as a kid...she was my next door neighbor...but soon I would realize she was something more, and through the years I would learn she would be someone I couldn't live without.
REVIEW PLEASE! Sort of like the 'Wonder Years' don't you think? haha
