Coursework Piece Two & Bibliography - A Parody of a Playscript

Angelica King, The Card Game Never Ends

(2013)

Scene Two

The bell for the start of next lesson has faded. The corridors have finally emptied, apart from one or two students making a late commute to their next lesson. EUNICE is waiting impatiently at the top of a quiet staircase, nowhere near any classrooms. STEVE walks along the corridor and past the stairs EUNICE is on and stands behind her whilst she unknowingly continues to ignore his presence by looking at the nails on hand, whilst her chin laid in the palm of the other.

Steve: [He leans his left shoulder on the wall behind her, faces her back and clears his throat.] I'm here now... did you miss me? [Smirking.]

Eunice: [Drops her hand but doesn't turn to him. Speech starts of normal in tone, volume and speed but gradually gets slower and quieter.] I missed you during our free period, but now, not so much. I called... nothing. I texted... nothing. I looked for you in the usual places and surprise, surprise. Nothing.

Steve: Did you want to meet up with me, or tell the whole universe that we're together and spending every moment in just that way?

Eunice:[She cocks her head towards where is his and then completely turns towards him slowly. She moves to face the opposing banister she is leaning against, bends her legs at the knees and folds her arms underneath. First, her chin rests on her knees and then she turns her head towards him and moves her head.] It wouldn't seem like that if you would just spent some time with me.

Steve: What about Stella and that crazy sister of her’s, can't you stay and hang with them?

Eunice: You're missing the point. I didn't want to spend time with them two - I wanted to be with you. Anyway, those two went off to some fancy place for lunch, after all Stella hasn't seen Blanche in ages.

[PABLO and MITCH see STEVE in the hallway. About to interrupt their friend and EUNICE, they see the conservation and wait, listening in on the happy couple. They creep closer to the couple, PABLO attached himself to MITCH's back.]

Eunice:[Moves her head towards PABLO and MITCH and thinks they have been there the whole time.] What are you pigs doing here, haven't you got some silly card game to get to with Stanley?

[PABLO and MITCH look at each other, still as stone, only their eyes moving. They then sharply look at STEVE and then back each other, avoiding contact with EUNICE.]

Eunice: [Getting irritated with all the boys.] Well…

Mitch: We’re not playing right now Eunice, well we were meant to... but, Steve didn't show. It as actually meant to be right now. Anyway. we were just scouting the corridors and then we found you two. We weren't listening to you two talking if that's what you think. Honest we weren't we just got here. Honest.

Pablo: [Interrupts.] Yeah… that and Mitch got a Facebook message from that blonde that was talking to Steve today in Maths... [MITCH slapped PABLO across the back of his head and STEVE suddenly froze in front of his girlfriend whilst she stared at him as she slowly stood up and moved towards him.)

Eunice: BLONDE!?!

Steve: [Moves away from EUNICE and towards his friends.] That's not what Pablo meant... he's just messing with you, messing with me.

Eunice: This better not be the same blonde who tried to make eyes at you when we first hooked up, is it?

Steve: There was no blonde before, you're just paranoid and nervous because we just started dating.

Eunice: I suggest you guys leave about now, before I start yelling and we disrupt the lessons going on around here.

Mitch: [whispering to PABLO.] And I thought Stanley was bad.

Pablo: But Stanley's not the cheating type, really. He can be... rough around the edges, especially with Stella, but they're new. But talk spreads fast around here and if he heard what we was saying he'll have us, so I suggest you zip it and quick.

[MITCH nodded in agreement and the two head off down the corridor towards a different building.]

Steve: [Yelling after his friends.] Thanks you guys. [Turning back to EUNICE.] I know you won't make a scene, you'll just walk off. But if you're feeling bad you can just give me a kiss... [He pouts and leans towards EUNICE who presses the palm of her hand into his lips.]

Eunice: I know better than to leave you alone, you'll just go off, find the others and play that stupid card game, over and over and over...

Bibliography:
Parodying "A Streetcar Named Desire"