Stars for Shancai
Chapter 2
Make a Wish
JERRY: I thought you didn't like me!
GIRL: ...I don't, but I know how people who suffer from diarrhea feel. (cringes) So...I'm just checking to see how you're doing.
JERRY: Heh. All right.
GIRL: Oh, and this is for you. (throws package at Jerry's head)
Thump.
JERRY: (groans) Gentle on my head, woman! (holds up and looks at package) ...Yum. Real chocolate. (groans) I'll save that for later, when I get better. Thanks.
GIRL: Eh. It didn't cost me much. So what's your name? Mine's Shancai.
JERRY: My wonderful name is Jerry.
Over the next few days, Jerry and Shancai become good friends. They fight each other with pillows, share their food with each other, and hang out with each other with Jerry's other friends, Vic, Vanness and Ken.
One evening, when Shancai and Jerry are alone with each other sitting on the roof of Jerry's house...
SHANCAI: The stars tonight are very beautiful.
JERRY: Strange. The moon isn't out right now since it's new moon, but the stars are so bright tonight even without the moon's help.
SHANCAI: Let's make a wish!
JERRY: But...There is no shooting star!
SHANCAI: Who says we have to see a shooting star to make a wish? Just choose some tiny star in the sky and make a wish on it.
JERRY: Why make a wish?
SHANCAI: Just for fun.
JERRY: All right. Hmm...I choose...that star! (points) It's very red and blue and white and it flashes too!
SHANCAI: Jerry, that's a helicopter.
JERRY: Huh? looks closely at star Oh, you're right...It is! Why don't we just make a wish on a helicopter?
SHANCAI: Fine, fine. Let's go ahead and make a wish.
JERRY/SHANCAI: (close eyes) ...
After a moment...
SHANCAI: (opens eyes) Jerry, what did you wish for?
JERRY: (shakes head violently) It's too embarrassing!
SHANCAI: What? You wish that you would never have diarrhea problems again?
JERRY: Nope.
SHANCAI: What then?! (shakes Jerry's arms) Please tell me!
JERRY: I wished that something would happen...
SHANCAI: Like what?
JERRY: (leans forward and kisses Shancai)
SHANCAI: (does eyebrow tango)
After...I lost track of time...
JERRY: How'd you like my wish?
SHANCAI: I liked your wish. We should make wishes more often.
JERRY: Yeah...
SHANCAI: Maybe wishes that are made upon helicopters work better than wishes made upon stars.
JERRY: Maybe. I almost forgot to ask--what was your wish?
SHANCAI: I wished for an ice cream cone.
JERRY: (falls) Wait! (stands up) I'll grant you that wish! Let's get off this roof and I'll drive us to that ice cream shop!
Chapter 2
Make a Wish
JERRY: I thought you didn't like me!
GIRL: ...I don't, but I know how people who suffer from diarrhea feel. (cringes) So...I'm just checking to see how you're doing.
JERRY: Heh. All right.
GIRL: Oh, and this is for you. (throws package at Jerry's head)
Thump.
JERRY: (groans) Gentle on my head, woman! (holds up and looks at package) ...Yum. Real chocolate. (groans) I'll save that for later, when I get better. Thanks.
GIRL: Eh. It didn't cost me much. So what's your name? Mine's Shancai.
JERRY: My wonderful name is Jerry.
Over the next few days, Jerry and Shancai become good friends. They fight each other with pillows, share their food with each other, and hang out with each other with Jerry's other friends, Vic, Vanness and Ken.
One evening, when Shancai and Jerry are alone with each other sitting on the roof of Jerry's house...
SHANCAI: The stars tonight are very beautiful.
JERRY: Strange. The moon isn't out right now since it's new moon, but the stars are so bright tonight even without the moon's help.
SHANCAI: Let's make a wish!
JERRY: But...There is no shooting star!
SHANCAI: Who says we have to see a shooting star to make a wish? Just choose some tiny star in the sky and make a wish on it.
JERRY: Why make a wish?
SHANCAI: Just for fun.
JERRY: All right. Hmm...I choose...that star! (points) It's very red and blue and white and it flashes too!
SHANCAI: Jerry, that's a helicopter.
JERRY: Huh? looks closely at star Oh, you're right...It is! Why don't we just make a wish on a helicopter?
SHANCAI: Fine, fine. Let's go ahead and make a wish.
JERRY/SHANCAI: (close eyes) ...
After a moment...
SHANCAI: (opens eyes) Jerry, what did you wish for?
JERRY: (shakes head violently) It's too embarrassing!
SHANCAI: What? You wish that you would never have diarrhea problems again?
JERRY: Nope.
SHANCAI: What then?! (shakes Jerry's arms) Please tell me!
JERRY: I wished that something would happen...
SHANCAI: Like what?
JERRY: (leans forward and kisses Shancai)
SHANCAI: (does eyebrow tango)
After...I lost track of time...
JERRY: How'd you like my wish?
SHANCAI: I liked your wish. We should make wishes more often.
JERRY: Yeah...
SHANCAI: Maybe wishes that are made upon helicopters work better than wishes made upon stars.
JERRY: Maybe. I almost forgot to ask--what was your wish?
SHANCAI: I wished for an ice cream cone.
JERRY: (falls) Wait! (stands up) I'll grant you that wish! Let's get off this roof and I'll drive us to that ice cream shop!