John Muir Middle School - Center Theatre Group

JENNY
You had the nerve to come and ask me out after you raped my best
friend?
JASON
I didn’t do anything wrong, she was all over me.
JESSICA starts crying.
JENNY
Don’t you dare say that. Just leave, right now!
JASON leaves the bleachers
JESSICA
Do you see what I mean? No one is going to believe me.
JENNY
I believed you, and other people will believe you too.
JESSICA
No, they won’t. You only believe me cause I am your best friend.
Please let’s just forget about it.
JENNY
Jess you really don’t understand how serious this is, do you?
JESSICA
I do understand, but I just want to forget about this. I already have
so much going on in my life. First off, my grades have gotten a lot
worse, I can’t focus on my schoolwork, I didn’t get into USC, and,
this. Do you think it’s easy for me? It may look like I’m not making
it a big deal, but on the inside I’m torn apart. It’s not easy saying
it out loud. I just don’t need anything worse than that going on in my
life right now.
JENNY
Ok, but that doesn’t mean that you should just sit around and do
nothing. You need to talk to someone about this stuff, get some help.
If you just hold it in, it’s going to hurt you even more and I know
for a fact that you will regret not saying anything.
Middle School Playwriting Program Anthology 31