E6


 * __Background information:__**

Blake and Brianna represent Romeo and Juliet. The two of them are only about 8 years old. They meet at the park by there house. They both obviously have the problems of, Blake’s friends are boys who think girls have cooties, and Brianna’s friends think boys drool, girls rule. So the fact that they actually like each other, is something that is not allowed. But whether or not their friends approve or not, these two little youngsters don’t care. Because they are in serious LIKE with each other. And they don’t think cooties or drool matter, in any way.

A Romeo and Juliet redo
 * __Cooties, Drool, and a Little Bit of Like__**

Catherine Courtney Jillian Steely
 * //__Cast:__//**

[Two boys are sitting on the swings]


 * Jordan****:** Girls are gross. They have cooties


 * Blake:** Yea, but she’s different. She’s special.


 * Jordan****:** How? [Matter-of-factly] She’s a GIRL!


 * Blake:** She just is, ok?


 * Jordan****:** You’ve already been infected by the cooties. And they’re turning your brain to mushy yuckyness! And it’s creepy. She’s a girl Blake, an icky sicky girl. A gross stinky icky girl.


 * Blake:** If you call Brianna icky one more time I’ll push you off that swing I swear!


 * Jordan****:** Brianna…is…ICKY!!!

[BLAKE pushes JORDAN to the ground. JORDAN starts to cry]


 * Jordan****:** Why’d you do that for? [Cries more] I’m telling on you!

[BLAKE is now left alone. He gets on his scooter and rides around the park. In doing so he sees BRIANNA at the top of the slide looking outward.]


 * Brianna:** This slide is really tall.

[BLAKE moves down to the bottom of the slide]


 * Blake:** Her voice is so purty. I wish she always said things. Please keep talking.


 * Brianna:** [sigh] Blake, I wish you were here to ride choo choo down this high slide with me. [Realizing she wouldn’t be able to] But you’re a boy. And Tina told me boys drool. [Disgusted face]


 * Blake:** Wow. I really hope she stopped hanging out with that Tina girl.


 * Brianna:** But Tina’s a big liar! She’s wrong! Blake is so cool, infact he’s more than cool he’s [“Tony the tiger”] GREAT! And I want to swing with him, and play hop scotch with him, and color with him, and I don’t care who sees! Because they’re the ones who drool, not Blake!


 * Blake:** Yeah! [Realizes he said that too loudly] I mean. Well I think your right. But not you, just them.


 * Brianna:** [looking down slide but can’t really see BLAKE at the bottom] Who’s that? I can’t see you.


 * Blake:** [Fake girl voice] Not a boy, if that’s what you think. [normal boy voice] unless you’d be alright with a boy.


 * Brianna:** if it’s the boy I hope it is, yes I'm ok with a boy. [smiles]


 * Blake:** [To himself] Yes! [To BRIANNA] I can leave really, if you want me to.


 * Brianna:** No, stay. How long are you going to be here?


 * Blake:** Till the sun goes away I think. When my mommy comes to pick me and my brother up.


 * Brianna:** If my friends see you, they’ll throw rocks at you.


 * Blake:** Girls don’t scare me. If it means time with you, I’ll just stick my tongue out at them and ignore there yells.


 * Brianna:** [sigh] I told my babysitter about you, and she told me that it was cute, and that you’re my … what’d she call it? A first crush.


 * Blake:** oh…what’s that mean?


 * Brianna:** I dunno, but I like it.


 * Blake:** Me too.

[Both smile]


 * Blake:** I’m just happy when I’m around you.


 * Brianna:** Why did you come looking for me anyways?


 * Blake:** I guess you could say it’s because I wanted to see you.


 * Brianna:** My face feels warm, and my cheeks hurt from smiling so much. I feel silly.


 * Blake:** Me too.


 * Brianna:** [rushed question] So, do you have a crush on me too? If you do, then I don’t care who sees me with you. Foo on cooties and foo on drool. But only if you feel the same way.


 * Blake:** I do! I pinkie swear I do! Cross my heart and hope to die stick a needle in my eye.


 * Brianna:** No! Don’t swear, don’t cross your heart, and don’t stick a needle in your eye. Just, mean it.


 * Blake:** Well what do I do then?


 * Brianna:** Just don’t be a liar with your pants on fire.


 * Blake:** Then I won’t be a liar with my pants on fire, or hanging from a telephone wire.


 * Brianna:** I think I might have to go now.


 * Blake:** No, you can’t. How am I supposed to know you’re not a liar with YOUR pants on fire?


 * Brianna:** Well I’m not, I like you lots!


 * Babysitter:** Brianna its time to go home. It’s getting late.


 * Brianna:** I have to go.


 * Blake:** Will I get to see you again?


 * Brianna:** yes.


 * Babysitter:** Let’s GO Bri. I really want to get back, the OC is on tonight and it’s a new episode.


 * Brianna:** [to babysitter] Ok, I’m coming. [to BLAKE] I really have to go. I don’t want to get in trouble.

[BLAKE gets back on his scooter and starts to ride to other side of park. BRIANNA runs to other side of jungle gym]


 * Brianna:** Blake?!


 * Blake:** Yes?


 * Brianna:** Come back tomorrow?


 * Babysitter:** Bri, LETS GO!! Your mom is going to KILL me if we are late again!


 * Blake:** Wouldn’t stay away if all the girls in the world threw rocks at me! I’ll be here no matter what.


 * Babysitter:** Bri, I will not tell you again!


 * Brianna:** [to BABYSITTER] Coming, I swear! [to Blake] Tomorrow when?


 * Blake:** After lunch. My mom’s making grilled cheese. [smiles]


 * Brianna:** After grilled cheese, sounds good to me. [smiles back at him]


 * Blake:** Bye Brianna!


 * Brianna:** Bye Blake!

[both smile from ear to ear]


 * Babysitter:** [to BRIANNA] Is that him? [BRIANNA nods] He’s a little cutie.


 * Brianna:** I know! [grins to self]

//__END SCENE__//

A Romeo and Juliet redo
 * __Cooties, Drool, and a Little Bit of Like__**

//**__Cast:__**// Catherine Courtney Jillian Steely

[Two boys are sitting on the swings]


 * Jordan****:** Girls are gross. They have cooties


 * Blake:** Yea, but she’s different. She’s special.


 * Jordan****:** How? [Matter-of-factly] She’s a GIRL!


 * Blake:** She just is, ok?


 * Jordan****:** You’ve already been infected by the cooties. And they’re turning your brain to mushy yuckyness! And it’s creepy. She’s a girl Blake, an icky sicky girl. A gross stinky icky girl.


 * Blake:** If you call Brianna icky one more time I’ll push you off that swing I swear!


 * Jordan****:** Brianna…is…ICKY!!!

[BLAKE pushes JORDAN to the ground. JORDAN starts to cry]


 * Jordan****:** Why’d you do that for? [Cries more] I’m telling on you!

[BLAKE is now left alone. He gets on his scooter and rides around the park. In doing so he sees BRIANNA at the top of the slide looking outward.]


 * Brianna:** This slide is really tall.

[BLAKE moves down to the bottom of the slide]


 * Blake:** Her voice is so purty. I wish she always said things. Please keep talking.


 * Brianna:** [sigh] Blake, I wish you were here to ride choo choo down this high slide with me. [Realizing she wouldn’t be able to] But you’re a boy. And Tina told me boys drool. [Disgusted face]


 * Blake:** Wow. I really hope she stopped hanging out with that Tina girl.


 * Brianna:** But Tina’s a big liar! She’s wrong! Blake is so cool, infact he’s more than cool he’s [“Tony the tiger”] GREAT! And I want to swing with him, and play hop scotch with him, and color with him, and I don’t care who sees! Because they’re the ones who drool, not Blake!


 * Blake:** Yeah! [Realizes he said that too loudly] I mean. Well I think your right. But not you, just them.


 * Brianna:** [looking down slide but can’t really see BLAKE at the bottom] Who’s that? I can’t see you.


 * Blake:** [Fake girl voice] Not a boy, if that’s what you think. [normal boy voice] unless you’d be alright with a boy.


 * Brianna:** if it’s the boy I hope it is, yes I'm ok with a boy. [smiles]


 * Blake:** [To himself] Yes! [To BRIANNA] I can leave really, if you want me to.


 * Brianna:** No, stay. How long are you going to be here?


 * Blake:** Till the sun goes away I think. When my mommy comes to pick me and my brother up.


 * Brianna:** If my friends see you, they’ll throw rocks at you.


 * Blake:** Girls don’t scare me. If it means time with you, I’ll just stick my tongue out at them and ignore there yells.


 * Brianna:** [sigh] I told my babysitter about you, and she told me that it was cute, and that you’re my … what’d she call it? A first crush.


 * Blake:** oh…what’s that mean?


 * Brianna:** I dunno, but I like it.


 * Blake:** Me too.

[Both smile]


 * Blake:** I’m just happy when I’m around you.


 * Brianna:** Why did you come looking for me anyways?


 * Blake:** I guess you could say it’s because I wanted to see you.


 * Brianna:** My face feels warm, and my cheeks hurt from smiling so much. I feel silly.


 * Blake:** Me too.


 * Brianna:** [rushed question] So, do you have a crush on me too? If you do, then I don’t care who sees me with you. Foo on cooties and foo on drool. But only if you feel the same way.


 * Blake:** I do! I pinkie swear I do! Cross my heart and hope to die stick a needle in my eye.


 * Brianna:** No! Don’t swear, don’t cross your heart, and don’t stick a needle in your eye. Just, mean it.


 * Blake:** Well what do I do then?


 * Brianna:** Just don’t be a liar with your pants on fire.


 * Blake:** Then I won’t be a liar with my pants on fire, or hanging from a telephone wire.


 * Brianna:** I think I might have to go now.


 * Blake:** No, you can’t. How am I supposed to know you’re not a liar with YOUR pants on fire?


 * Brianna:** Well I’m not, I like you lots!


 * Babysitter:** Brianna its time to go home. It’s getting late.


 * Brianna:** I have to go.


 * Blake:** Will I get to see you again?


 * Brianna:** yes.


 * Babysitter:** Let’s GO Bri. I really want to get back, the OC is on tonight and it’s a new episode.


 * Brianna:** [to babysitter] Ok, I’m coming. [to BLAKE] I really have to go. I don’t want to get in trouble.

[BLAKE gets back on his scooter and starts to ride to other side of park. BRIANNA runs to other side of jungle gym]


 * Brianna:** Blake?!


 * Blake:** Yes?


 * Brianna:** Come back tomorrow?


 * Babysitter:** Bri, LETS GO!! Your mom is going to KILL me if we are late again!


 * Blake:** Wouldn’t stay away if all the girls in the world threw rocks at me! I’ll be here no matter what.


 * Babysitter:** Bri, I will not tell you again!


 * Brianna:** [to BABYSITTER] Coming, I swear! [to Blake] Tomorrow when?


 * Blake:** After lunch. My mom’s making grilled cheese. [smiles]


 * Brianna:** After grilled cheese, sounds good to me. [smiles back at him]


 * Blake:** Bye Brianna!


 * Brianna:** Bye Blake!

[both smile from ear to ear]


 * Babysitter:** [to BRIANNA] Is that him? [BRIANNA nods] He’s a little cutie.


 * Brianna:** I know! [grins to self]

//__END SCENE__//