A Friendship Builds
Narrator: In my childhood I can only remember three favorite places...
(Show children playing everywhere. Come past a sign that says "Sunnydale Park")
Narrator: One would be Deep Creek Woods, where the best hiding places are with placing hide and seek.
(Cut to show boys playing soccer, basketball, and baseball at the park)
Narrator: Two would be in front of my television, becoming the generation of watching crazy games like Double Dare and being introduced MTV...
(Cut to girls playing Red Rover, jump rope, and other games at the park)
Narrator: and third place would be of course the Sunnydale Park...
(Cut to Elizabeth on the swings with Willow. Elizabeth's eyes are memorized on a baseball game)
(Cut to boys playing on the baseball field. Angel, William, Oz, Riley, and Xander are playing.)
Willow: (To Elizabeth) You want to go over and play on the jungle gym?
Elizabeth: (Sighs) I guess.
(Elizabeth jumps off the moving swing in slow motion)
Narrator: Now I got to tell you accidents happen for a reason.
(Cut to a boy going after a baseball in slow motion.)
Narrator: I guess you can say this accident happened for a reason...
(Cut to show the collusion of Elizabeth and the boy in normal speed)
Willow: Elizabeth! (Willow stopped her swing and got off)
(Show both the boy and Elizabeth getting knocked to the ground.)
Willow: (Going to Elizabeth) Elizabeth are you okay?
Elizabeth: (Rubbing her cheek) I think so.
(A group of kids run over to the scene, including William, Angel, Oz, and Xander)
Xander: (Going to Elizabeth's side) Are you alright?!
Oz: You got to be more careful.
Elizabeth: I was...
William: (To the boy who collided with Elizabeth) What's with you Riley?! Are you an idiot or something?!
Riley: Sorry.
(Xander examined Elizabeth's face)
Narrator: I guess you could say I found out something about Elizabeth from her collusion with Riley...
Xander: We should get some ice on your face.
Elizabeth: I'm fine.
Narrator: ...she was a tough girl. She doesn't want to be the baby of the family even though she is.
Angel: Yeah sure now. But tomorrow you'll have a nice shiner on your pretty little face.
Xander: Plus dad will kill us if you kept playing with a banged up face.
Elizabeth: Fine...I'll go.
Oz: Let's go.
Elizabeth: I can go myself. (Trying to stop the guys from following her)
Oz: Are you sure?
William: I'll take her, got go home for supper anyway. Come on girls.
(William walked with Willow and Elizabeth)
Summer's House: William, Willow, and Elizabeth enter.
Elizabeth: Dad?!
William: Mr.Summers?
(No answer)
Elizabeth: (Walking into the kitchen) Wonder where he is...
(William walked over to the refrigerator and opened the freezer and pulled out of cold pack of peas and grabbed the nearest dish towel and wrapped the peas. Elizabeth and Willow sat in the kitchen chairs and William came over and pressed the cold peas against Elizabeth's cheek.)
Elizabeth: Ow!
William: Sorry, luv.
Elizabeth: You talk funny.
William: Yeah well...to me everyone around her talks funny.
Willow: He's from England and so is my dad, he talks funny too.
William: It's not 'funny' it's British.
Elizabeth: Oh...
William: Come on let's go over to our house since no ones' here.
(William headed to the door)
Elizabeth: No...I'll stay here.
Narrator: Like I said...her little smack in with Riley happened for a reason...she showed her tough side...
William: I'm not leaving you by yourself...so come on.
Narrator: ...and I showed my soft side...
Elizabeth: (Gave a little smile that said 'He's so sweet...he cares about me.') Okay.
Willow and William's House: Joyce is in the kitchen washing dishes when the three kids come in.
Joyce: (Seeing a pack of peas on her face) Oh my! (Comes over to Elizabeth) Are you alright? What happened?!
Willow: (Sitting down at the dinner table) Riley, that jerk, ran into her.
William: It was an accident.
Joyce: Oh... (To Elizabeth) Are you alright dear?
Narrator: Mom always had a heart for the neighborhood kids...
Elizabeth: I'll be okay.
Narrator: She would treat them like they were her own...I guess that's why all the kids came to our house.
William: I'm going back to the park mum if dinner isn't ready.
Joyce: Be back in one hour William...and bring Oz and Xander with you.
William: Okay.
(William left)
Elizabeth: (To Joyce) Do you know where my dad went?
Joyce: Oh he told me he had to go to the base (Military)...so I invited you and your brothers here to eat.
Elizabeth: Oh...
Narrator: Mr. Summers is in the military like Riley's father is. I've learned that Elizabeth's mother had died a few months before they moved to Sunnydale. Mr. Summers seemed pretty broken up about Mrs. Summer's death, and he seemed to spend a lot of time at the military base, which meant Elizabeth, Oz, and Xander spend more time at our house.
Joyce: (To Elizabeth) Well don't look so down...we're having Chinese for dinner! (She smiles)
(Elizabeth smiled too and seemed to relax a little)
Joyce: Willow dear, did you clean your room?
Willow: A little.
Joyce: A little doesn't mean done...now go.
(Willow sighed and dragged herself up the stairs. Elizabeth for some reason decided to follow behind Willow. However, she took her time going up the stairs. When Elizabeth went down the hallway she passed a master bedroom, a bathroom, and then to William's room. Elizabeth stood from the hallway and looked into William's room, their were posters of baseball players, football players, and one poster of Billy Idol.)
Willow: (Peeking out of her room) Don't go in William's room....he'll chase you and beat you up if he finds you in his room.
Elizabeth: He's nice though. (Started to go into Willow's room)
(Willow started to make her bed)
Willow: (Sarcastically) Yeah right. I have to live with him, trust me...he's a pain.
Elizabeth: (Sits down on the floor and plays with the carpet) Well...he seems nice to me.
(Willow stopped what she was doing and turned to Elizabeth and looked at her oddly)
Willow: Do...do you like...like him? (Her voice seemed to be in disgust)
Elizabeth: (Looking up at Willow and shrugged) He's nice. (Small voice) He helped me put away a show box over in my house. He took the box and placed it on the top shelf for me.
Willow: He doesn't do that sort of stuff for me that big jerk of him!
Elizabeth: (Softly) Please don't tell him.
Willow: He hardly talks to me and I hardly talk to him. Besides...what's he going do? What are you going to do?!! He's 10 years old and you're 7. I just can't believe you like a BOY though...especially William!
Elizabeth: (Getting up) Shhh...so...you won't tell?
Willow: (Sighs) I won't tell...but you got to help me clean my room.
(Elizabeth giggled)
Elizabeth: Deal.
Narrator: It seemed that after that day Willow and Elizabeth had become thick as thieves...they talked about Barbie's and played with dolls. When dinner came they seemed to giggle through the whole meal and left mom and dad, Oz, Xander, and me perplexed by their behavior.
Narrator: In my childhood I can only remember three favorite places...
(Show children playing everywhere. Come past a sign that says "Sunnydale Park")
Narrator: One would be Deep Creek Woods, where the best hiding places are with placing hide and seek.
(Cut to show boys playing soccer, basketball, and baseball at the park)
Narrator: Two would be in front of my television, becoming the generation of watching crazy games like Double Dare and being introduced MTV...
(Cut to girls playing Red Rover, jump rope, and other games at the park)
Narrator: and third place would be of course the Sunnydale Park...
(Cut to Elizabeth on the swings with Willow. Elizabeth's eyes are memorized on a baseball game)
(Cut to boys playing on the baseball field. Angel, William, Oz, Riley, and Xander are playing.)
Willow: (To Elizabeth) You want to go over and play on the jungle gym?
Elizabeth: (Sighs) I guess.
(Elizabeth jumps off the moving swing in slow motion)
Narrator: Now I got to tell you accidents happen for a reason.
(Cut to a boy going after a baseball in slow motion.)
Narrator: I guess you can say this accident happened for a reason...
(Cut to show the collusion of Elizabeth and the boy in normal speed)
Willow: Elizabeth! (Willow stopped her swing and got off)
(Show both the boy and Elizabeth getting knocked to the ground.)
Willow: (Going to Elizabeth) Elizabeth are you okay?
Elizabeth: (Rubbing her cheek) I think so.
(A group of kids run over to the scene, including William, Angel, Oz, and Xander)
Xander: (Going to Elizabeth's side) Are you alright?!
Oz: You got to be more careful.
Elizabeth: I was...
William: (To the boy who collided with Elizabeth) What's with you Riley?! Are you an idiot or something?!
Riley: Sorry.
(Xander examined Elizabeth's face)
Narrator: I guess you could say I found out something about Elizabeth from her collusion with Riley...
Xander: We should get some ice on your face.
Elizabeth: I'm fine.
Narrator: ...she was a tough girl. She doesn't want to be the baby of the family even though she is.
Angel: Yeah sure now. But tomorrow you'll have a nice shiner on your pretty little face.
Xander: Plus dad will kill us if you kept playing with a banged up face.
Elizabeth: Fine...I'll go.
Oz: Let's go.
Elizabeth: I can go myself. (Trying to stop the guys from following her)
Oz: Are you sure?
William: I'll take her, got go home for supper anyway. Come on girls.
(William walked with Willow and Elizabeth)
Summer's House: William, Willow, and Elizabeth enter.
Elizabeth: Dad?!
William: Mr.Summers?
(No answer)
Elizabeth: (Walking into the kitchen) Wonder where he is...
(William walked over to the refrigerator and opened the freezer and pulled out of cold pack of peas and grabbed the nearest dish towel and wrapped the peas. Elizabeth and Willow sat in the kitchen chairs and William came over and pressed the cold peas against Elizabeth's cheek.)
Elizabeth: Ow!
William: Sorry, luv.
Elizabeth: You talk funny.
William: Yeah well...to me everyone around her talks funny.
Willow: He's from England and so is my dad, he talks funny too.
William: It's not 'funny' it's British.
Elizabeth: Oh...
William: Come on let's go over to our house since no ones' here.
(William headed to the door)
Elizabeth: No...I'll stay here.
Narrator: Like I said...her little smack in with Riley happened for a reason...she showed her tough side...
William: I'm not leaving you by yourself...so come on.
Narrator: ...and I showed my soft side...
Elizabeth: (Gave a little smile that said 'He's so sweet...he cares about me.') Okay.
Willow and William's House: Joyce is in the kitchen washing dishes when the three kids come in.
Joyce: (Seeing a pack of peas on her face) Oh my! (Comes over to Elizabeth) Are you alright? What happened?!
Willow: (Sitting down at the dinner table) Riley, that jerk, ran into her.
William: It was an accident.
Joyce: Oh... (To Elizabeth) Are you alright dear?
Narrator: Mom always had a heart for the neighborhood kids...
Elizabeth: I'll be okay.
Narrator: She would treat them like they were her own...I guess that's why all the kids came to our house.
William: I'm going back to the park mum if dinner isn't ready.
Joyce: Be back in one hour William...and bring Oz and Xander with you.
William: Okay.
(William left)
Elizabeth: (To Joyce) Do you know where my dad went?
Joyce: Oh he told me he had to go to the base (Military)...so I invited you and your brothers here to eat.
Elizabeth: Oh...
Narrator: Mr. Summers is in the military like Riley's father is. I've learned that Elizabeth's mother had died a few months before they moved to Sunnydale. Mr. Summers seemed pretty broken up about Mrs. Summer's death, and he seemed to spend a lot of time at the military base, which meant Elizabeth, Oz, and Xander spend more time at our house.
Joyce: (To Elizabeth) Well don't look so down...we're having Chinese for dinner! (She smiles)
(Elizabeth smiled too and seemed to relax a little)
Joyce: Willow dear, did you clean your room?
Willow: A little.
Joyce: A little doesn't mean done...now go.
(Willow sighed and dragged herself up the stairs. Elizabeth for some reason decided to follow behind Willow. However, she took her time going up the stairs. When Elizabeth went down the hallway she passed a master bedroom, a bathroom, and then to William's room. Elizabeth stood from the hallway and looked into William's room, their were posters of baseball players, football players, and one poster of Billy Idol.)
Willow: (Peeking out of her room) Don't go in William's room....he'll chase you and beat you up if he finds you in his room.
Elizabeth: He's nice though. (Started to go into Willow's room)
(Willow started to make her bed)
Willow: (Sarcastically) Yeah right. I have to live with him, trust me...he's a pain.
Elizabeth: (Sits down on the floor and plays with the carpet) Well...he seems nice to me.
(Willow stopped what she was doing and turned to Elizabeth and looked at her oddly)
Willow: Do...do you like...like him? (Her voice seemed to be in disgust)
Elizabeth: (Looking up at Willow and shrugged) He's nice. (Small voice) He helped me put away a show box over in my house. He took the box and placed it on the top shelf for me.
Willow: He doesn't do that sort of stuff for me that big jerk of him!
Elizabeth: (Softly) Please don't tell him.
Willow: He hardly talks to me and I hardly talk to him. Besides...what's he going do? What are you going to do?!! He's 10 years old and you're 7. I just can't believe you like a BOY though...especially William!
Elizabeth: (Getting up) Shhh...so...you won't tell?
Willow: (Sighs) I won't tell...but you got to help me clean my room.
(Elizabeth giggled)
Elizabeth: Deal.
Narrator: It seemed that after that day Willow and Elizabeth had become thick as thieves...they talked about Barbie's and played with dolls. When dinner came they seemed to giggle through the whole meal and left mom and dad, Oz, Xander, and me perplexed by their behavior.