Sunday, December 3, 2006

Monologue 001: A Rant for Karen

Natalie is a 16-year-old girl, wallflowering at her school dance. She is ranting to her friend Karen, upset about a debacle she just had with the boy she likes at the dance.

Natalie: How could he do that? Say that he wanted to dance with me and then avoid me the rest of the night? The worst part is that it didn't work and I found him, So of course he had to dance with me, only we didn't really dance, we just stood there staring at eachother awkwardly until I couldn't take it anymore and left, which is when I found you. Oh and you should have seen Megan too! She was looking at me like I was some lame joke! (pause) Well yeah I knew that, but he only went with Megan as friends!

Oh god now he's coming this way for some punch...why do you hang out by the punch bowl anyway? Oh god, he sees me doesn't he? I'm not upset enough to cry but I wish I was crying right now just to make him feel like a jerk. (beat) You know what? You're right! He is a jerk! Yeah I was upset but...now...now I'm just pissed!!! Why would someone lead another person on like that!?! He was trying to be NICE?!? If he wanted to be nice he could have done me a favor and just said no, instead of lying to me, getting my hopes up and then shattering them into little pieces! Oooh I am sooo over him!

(she begins to walk away, back toward the dance floor) Thanks for everything Karen, your pep talk helped so much that I'm going to go out there and start dancing again. Oh and by the way, I'm really sorry you got laryngitis, hope you get better soon!