SCENE SEVEN- Kim, Hermia and Ginny Miss Their Lovers
(CUT TO: KIM, HERMIA and GINNY hanging out after school.)
Hermia: You know, I really miss my husband.
Kim: So do I.
Ginny: I miss my boyfriend Harry. What were your husbands' names?
Kim: My husband's name was Hugo.
Hermia: And my husband's name was Lysander. But I already told you that. Hello. Didn't you listen to my entire Midsummer speech?
Narrator 2: It was clear Ginny had not been listening.
Ginny: (turning red, badly lying) Uh. I forgot.
Kim: Oh, Ginny, you're so scatterbrained. (pause while HERMIA glares at GINNY) Well, I still miss Hugo. (KIM gets romantically nostalgic) It was only a couple months ago we got married. He asked me to marry him over the telephone! It was dreamy.
Hermia: Oh, that sounds so romantic.
Kim: How did Lysander propose to you?
Hermia: (she gets romantically nostalgic) Well, we found ourselves in a field one day with my friend Helena and her love Demetrius. He's kind of slimy. But anyway, we kind of found ourselves in a field one day and the Duke asked us if we wanted to get married and we said sure. We got married later that day.
Kim: That's romantic too. (GINNY rolls her eyes.)
Ginny: Well, I'm still waiting for Harry to ask me to marry him. I mean, I'm a little young though. I'm only fourteen. But fourteen is older than thirteen, and thirteen is older than twelve. And fourteen is nearly fifteen, which is nearly sixteen.
Kim: (begins to sing pointedly at GINNY, sort of rubbing it in that GINNY is the youngest of the three) When you're a skinny child of FOURTEEN, wired with braces ear to ear, you doubt that you can ever be appealing. Then hallelujah you are SIXTEEN and the braces disappear, and you have that funny grown-up female feeling. (she trails off and stops singing) I would sing more, but I don't have any background music.
Hermia: Tough luck. (pauses) Well, I really do wish that our husbands, or boyfriends, in your case, Ginny. (HERMIA and KIM giggle at GINNY. GINNY looks sad.)
Ginny: You guys are so mean. I'm leaving. (she begins to leave.)
Kim: Wait! (making peace) Don't leave! We can all go on a quest to find our boyfriends/husbands together!
Hermia: Yeah! It'll be fun!
Ginny: Oh. I miss Harry. (begins to cry)
Kim: I miss Hugo. (begins to cry)
Hermia: I miss Lysander. (begins to cry)
Narrator 1: So they pouted for about. oh, twelve more hours. (GINNY, KIM and HERMIA cry.)
Narrator 2: They were very sad.
Narrator 1: But then they went home.
(CUT TO: KIM, HERMIA and GINNY hanging out after school.)
Hermia: You know, I really miss my husband.
Kim: So do I.
Ginny: I miss my boyfriend Harry. What were your husbands' names?
Kim: My husband's name was Hugo.
Hermia: And my husband's name was Lysander. But I already told you that. Hello. Didn't you listen to my entire Midsummer speech?
Narrator 2: It was clear Ginny had not been listening.
Ginny: (turning red, badly lying) Uh. I forgot.
Kim: Oh, Ginny, you're so scatterbrained. (pause while HERMIA glares at GINNY) Well, I still miss Hugo. (KIM gets romantically nostalgic) It was only a couple months ago we got married. He asked me to marry him over the telephone! It was dreamy.
Hermia: Oh, that sounds so romantic.
Kim: How did Lysander propose to you?
Hermia: (she gets romantically nostalgic) Well, we found ourselves in a field one day with my friend Helena and her love Demetrius. He's kind of slimy. But anyway, we kind of found ourselves in a field one day and the Duke asked us if we wanted to get married and we said sure. We got married later that day.
Kim: That's romantic too. (GINNY rolls her eyes.)
Ginny: Well, I'm still waiting for Harry to ask me to marry him. I mean, I'm a little young though. I'm only fourteen. But fourteen is older than thirteen, and thirteen is older than twelve. And fourteen is nearly fifteen, which is nearly sixteen.
Kim: (begins to sing pointedly at GINNY, sort of rubbing it in that GINNY is the youngest of the three) When you're a skinny child of FOURTEEN, wired with braces ear to ear, you doubt that you can ever be appealing. Then hallelujah you are SIXTEEN and the braces disappear, and you have that funny grown-up female feeling. (she trails off and stops singing) I would sing more, but I don't have any background music.
Hermia: Tough luck. (pauses) Well, I really do wish that our husbands, or boyfriends, in your case, Ginny. (HERMIA and KIM giggle at GINNY. GINNY looks sad.)
Ginny: You guys are so mean. I'm leaving. (she begins to leave.)
Kim: Wait! (making peace) Don't leave! We can all go on a quest to find our boyfriends/husbands together!
Hermia: Yeah! It'll be fun!
Ginny: Oh. I miss Harry. (begins to cry)
Kim: I miss Hugo. (begins to cry)
Hermia: I miss Lysander. (begins to cry)
Narrator 1: So they pouted for about. oh, twelve more hours. (GINNY, KIM and HERMIA cry.)
Narrator 2: They were very sad.
Narrator 1: But then they went home.