Post by Emma Louise on Jan 19, 2023 8:22:43 GMT -6
“The hell are you two doing?” Megan stands over two kids as they lay on the sidewalk.
Her son, Barry, gets to his feet. He looks unhappy.
“Thanks mom. You just ruined our shot.”
Barry walks to the near by tree and takes his cell phone down from the branch it had been sitting on.
“Shot?”
“We have to film something for drama class Mrs Dodds.” Says his friend John.
“So what are you filming?”
“You seen the video for ‘Chasing Pavements’ Mom?”
“The Adele song? The one with all the glass? I have. Why?”
Barry holds his head in his hands.
“That’s ‘Rolling In The Deep’ Mrs Dodds.”
Barry hands his phone to his mom.
“This is ‘Chasing Pavements’ Mom.”
“I like the color of her hair. Why doesn’t mine look that good.”
“The point is… we want do film something like that.”
“Why?”
“Why not? We want to try something different so that we can go to a film school.”
“Did your teacher say this?”
“No but he hinted it. If we can get a scholarship to a good school that’s a massive ease on you and John’s dad.”
“How is your dad, John?”
Megan runs her fingers through her hair
“He’s seeing a woman he met in the supermarket. Sandra.”
Megan throws her scrunchie to the ground in anger.
“Damn dropped it. Nice to hear he’s with someone.”
“I’d rather he wasn’t. I don’t like her. She’s too posh.”
“Hmm.”
Megan shakes her head and fixes her hair.
“So, what’s the story about?”
“Batman.”
“Batman?”
“Batman.”
“We’re going to do some scenes from Batman Begins.”
“You’re not even dressed like him.”
“We will be. Right now we’re just rehearsing. Seeing if it works as a concept before we put it to film.”
“So I didn’t block your shot after all?”
“You did.”
“We’re still filming it to see how it looks.”
“Shit, sorry. Crap! I said ‘shit’. Just ignore me.”
Barry and John giggle.
“Hang on, costumes! Please tell me you’re not going to be out here in that Batman onesie I got you last Christmas!”
“Well we don’t have the money for a good Batman costume. I mean, if you want to buy me one…”
“Onesie it is, enjoy.”
“Worth a try.”
“You don’t have a part for me do you.”
“Yeah. I was going to ask if you wanted to be Martha.”
“Martha?? Yeah, I could be a good Martha. Is she thingy from Dawson’s Creek?”
“Dawson’s what?”
John hands Barry his phone. Barry reads something on the phone.
“No mom. That’s Rachel.”
“So who is Martha?…you’re going to kill me off!”
“We were going to get my dad to be Thomas Wayne.”
“Oh? I suppose I could take on a small role in your thing if it helps you two out.”
“Somehow I thought you’d say that.”
“So who’s playing Rachel then?”
“There’s a few people at school we’ve asked to play some of the other roles.”
“Like?”
“We asked Jordan to be Ra’s.”
“The kid with Cancer?”
“He fits the look and it’s a small part.”
“Good God.”
“We asked Valerie if she’d be Rachel.”
“Valerie? Is she the one that you sent that card to last year?”
“...I think we have enough to go on for now, we’re going in now to play some EWC 2k23.”
John and Barry scuttle off indoors. Megan looks around before walking back inside.
