Rhonda

Rhonda By Tess Lennon-Dorn

tlennondorn@gmail.com

(Lennon-Dorn) Alannah -16 Sarah -16 Bo -16 Tess -14 Gene -14 INT. Sarah’s house, three friends are all sitting in a circle.

SARAH Alright, who wants to play spin the bottle?

BO Ooh! Me! ALANNAH I haven’t played that in forever!

RHONDA Oh, hey guys, what are you talking about?

ALANNAH Who is that?

SARAH This is Rhonda, she’s my brother’s friend, just be nice.

ALANNAH Uh, hi Rhonda.

BO Hey Rhonda.

2.

RHONDA I saw the lights on. I figured you guys would be...chilling out.

SARAH We’re playing spin the bottle.

2.

RHONDA I love recycling!

SARAH What?

RHONDA You said spin the bottle. Isn’t that where everybody recycles?

SARAH It’s where you spin the bottle and whoever it landsRHONDA Yeah yeah, whoever it lands on you see how far you can fit it.

A beat.

SARAH Uh, no...whoever it lands on you have to kiss them.

RHONDA OH. Well, I hope it lands on who I hope it lands on.

SARAH Okay, who wants to go firs3.

RHONDA I’ll go.

Rhonda grabs the bottle and points it at Bo, then lunges at him. Sarah and Alannah have to pry her off.

SARAH Okay! Maybe that was a bad idea.

How about we do something else.

BO Uh...oh! Wanna look at vines?

ALANNAH Yeah!

BO I know a really funny one I’ll show you guys.

3.

SARAH Yeah, me too.

RHONDA I think there’s some hanging on the fence in my backyard if you guys wanna see them.

SARAH No, we’re talking about vines, not vines.

Rhonda turns and looks at the audience, confused.

ALANNAH Ooh! How about we play Never Have I Ever?

BO, RHONDA, SARAH Okay!

SARAH I’ll start. Never have I ever spray painted a building.

BO Never have I ever stolen a laptop...and gotten caught!

RHONDA Never have I ever ran into Ned atn The Natural History Museum and not masturbated afterward! He’s everything you could want in a docent.

Bo and Alannah look weirded out.

SARAH Okay. Uhm, I think we have to go soon. We’re seeing a movie.

ALANNAH Oh yeah! We do. We should go.

SARAH My brother should be home soon.

Bye! Bo Sarah and Alannah exit, Gene enters.

4.

GENE Bye guys! Sorry I’m late. The line at the protractor outlet store was just stupid.

RHONDA It’s okay. I was...chilling with those guys.

Rhonda spins the bottle GENE Now do I have to see how far I can fit it?

Blackout.