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THE MYSTERY NOISE

Characters:
SUSIE JENKINS: 21 short, long straight hair, in pjs and slippers.
SHAQUANDA BURGEN: 21, tall, long straight hair, pj pants, white t-shirt, socks, holding a stuffed bear

Setting:
Bedroom:. typical girly room.

(Both characters are sleeping)
SHAQUANDA: What was that? Susie wake up! Did you hear that?

SUSIE: Huh? Why you waking me up its 1 in the morning

SHAQUANDA: I heard a loud noise coming from the basement.

(Both girls hear the noise)

SUSIE: What the hell is that?

SHAQUANDA: I don’t know but I know I’m not going to check it out

SUSIE: Well neither am I

SHAQUANDA: Well someone has to or were going to die

SUSIE: Stop being over dramatic. You’re the bigger one

SHAQUANDA: But you’re the older one

SUSIE: Yea by two minutes

SHAQUANDA: So but your still older

SUSIE: Fine whatever you big baby

(The girls peek out the room and Shaquanda steps out first)

SHAQUANDA: Wait what if someone’s here we need some weapons

SUSIE: Where do you expect me to find weapons from?

SHAQUANDA: How bout we just check the closet for something

SUSIE: Fine whatever
(The girls begin searching through their closet)

SHAQUANDA: I found a bat

SUSIE: It’s plastic what is that going to do

SHAQUANDA: It could do some damage just bring it

SUSIE: Whatever.

(The girls slowly walk out their room and proceeded towards the basement)

SHAQUANDA: Susie what if someone’s down there?

SUSIE: I don’t know. Stop worrying. We’ll be fine

SHAQUANDA: But

SUSIE: Just shut up. And can you stop squeezing my arm so tight

SHAQUANDA: Sorry

(The two girls are slowly walking through the hallway. They hear the noise again)

SUSIE: You go first

SHAQUANDA: You crazy I’m not going first

SUSIE: Yes you are

SHAQUANDA: No

SUSIE: Yes you are, as I said before you’re bigger

SHAQUANDA: So that doesn’t mean anything your still the older one. The more “mature” one

SUSIE: What the hell does being mature have to do with this

SHAQUANDA: I don’t know I just don’t want to die first

SUSIE: Neither of us are going to die Shaquanda

SHAQUANDA: You don’t know that there’s some crazy people out here

SUSIE: What kind of crazy people are in the Hamptons?
SHAQUANDA: You know murders, rapists, even terrorists. Don’t you pay attention to the news

SUSIE: Shut up. You don’t even know what channel the news is on

SHAQUANDA: Yea I do its 84.. No wait its 21 hold on no that’s not it, its 49.. no that’s not it either um 27 no that doesn’t sound rite 17 yea that’s it 17 wana bet $10

SUSIE: Seriously we don’t have time for this some could be robbing our house

SHAQUANDA: Oh my god you said no one is down there

SUSIE: I was just kidding and why do you have that stupid stuffed animal in your hand

SHAQUANDA: Because

SUSIE: Oh yea I forgot that’s really going to save our lives

SHAQUANDA: Leave me alone

SUSIE: Can you at least go back to the room and grab something practical

SHAQUANDA: I know like my remote no wait better yet my lava lamp. Yea that’ll smash someone’s head

SUSIE: Can you just go and stop wasting time I need to go back to sleep I have class in the morning.

SHAQUANDA: Fine your so mean

(Shaquanda goes back into the room and comes out with a handful of stuff)

SUSIE: What are doing?! I said one thing not a million things

SHAQUANDA: I didn’t know what to grab. The remote looked good and then I saw the golf club and the book looked pretty big. That could hurt some one you know

SUSIE: Ok enough. Go put everything back in the room. But keep the golf club

SHAQUANDA: But I don’t want the golf club. I wana bring the remote

SUSIE: No you’re bringing the golf club end of story

SHAQUANDA: Fine whatever miss snotty pants

(Shaquanda goes back into the room and when she comes back out they hear the noise again)

SUSIE: Lets just go and get this over with I need to go back to sleep.

SHAQUANDA: I don’t see anything

SUSIE: Me either. Do you hear that noise?

SHAQUANDA: Yea it sounds like a cat

SUSIE: Yea it does

SHAQUANDA: Maybe the robber guy has a cat and is hurting it

SUSIE: You’re so ridiculous.

SHAQUANDA: What maybe it’s like his best friend and he bring it everywhere. Since he has no friends that’s why he robs people. Duh.

SUSIE: Just stop talking please. Grab the flashlights off the table

SHAQUANDA: Ok I get the purple one

SUSIE: Just gimmie a flashlight.

SHAQUANDA: Here take it

SUSIE: Ok let’s check the front door

SHAQUANDA: Why the front door? If the robber guy is outside why do we care

SUSIE: Because he could get in the house

SHAQUANDA: I thought you said no ones here

SUSIE: It was a joke Shaquanda. Look out the window and tell me if you see anything.

(Shaquanda peeks out the window)

SHAQUANDA: Nope nothing. You hear that scratching noise?

SUSIE: Yea but where’s it coming from?

SHAQUANDA: Oh no it sounds like its coming from the basement door. OMG the robbers in the house what are we going to do lets run to the neighbors
SUSIE: Will you stop it lets go

SHAQUANDA: Ok but you go first

SUSIE: Of course

(The girls walk to the basement door)

SUSIE: Open the door

SHAQUANDA: No you open the door

SUSIE: I’m going first so you open the door

SHAQUANDA: Why do I have to open it you can’t you just open it your closer

SUSIE: Stop being such a baby and open the door!

(Shaquanda steps forward and pushes the door open)

SUSIE: (gasp) Look it’s a kitty cat

SHAQUANDA: Aww the poor thing. We better go feed it. Wait what if the robbers still down there

SUSIE: I don’t think there’s a robber Shaquanda. He would have came out already.

SHAQUANDA: Whatever you say

SUSIE: Yup whatever I say. Now you hold it while I get some tuna

SHAQUANDA: Ok. Look how cute you are aww can we keep it?

SUSIE: Yea I guess so it is cute

SHAQUANDA: Yay what are we going to name it?

SUSIE: Snowball

SHAQUANDA: Because its white like a snowball

SUSIE: Let me feed the cat so I can get some sleep this has been too long of a night

SHAQUANDA: Ok

(The girls feed the cat and go back in their beds)
SUSIE: Good night Shaquanda

SHAQUANDA: I had fun tonight we should do it again it was such an adventure

SUSIE: Good night Shaquanda!

SHAQUANDA: Ha ha goodnight