Scene 3-Secret Stories

Meet Mrs. Olive Montessa

Scene 1- Three Points

Scene 2- For Sennah

Scene 3- Secret Stories

 

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Secret Stories

 

Characters: Azure (18), Mrs. Olive Montessa (41)

Setting: Montessa's residence, the present.

Azure: For Sennah! (sits  bolt upright, fist in the air)

Mrs. Olive: Who is Sennah? And what's with that pose? You look ridiculous, honey.

Azure: (blinks and looks around) Where am I?

Mrs. Olive: In your room?

Azure: How did I get here?

Mrs. Olive: An alien spaceship decided to drop you here in my house. So, I guess that already makes you my daughter and me, your mom. Nice to meet you.

Azure: Ma! You are being silly.

Mrs. Olive (sits on the bed): So, who is this woman named Sennah? Is she your biological mother in your planet?

Azure: Sennah? Oh... She's... She's my daughter. (shyly)

Mrs. Olive (playing along): I'm too young to be a grandmother!

Azure: (rolls eyes) Mama! She's just a name yet. Hans's idea.

Mrs. Olive: You've just been together for nearly a month yet you are in a hurry to raise a family? I can't believe this generation!

 

Azure: (sighs) It's not what you think. Anyway, why are you in my room? That's an intrusion to my privacy.

Mrs. Olive: Because, young lady, you weren't answering the door. See my hand? (raises her right first) It's sore from knocking. So I decided to go right in, only to hear you screaming, "For Sennah!".

Azure: Sorry. But why?

Mrs. Olive: Because I want to tell you that you are going to be in charge of the house for today.

Azure: Why?

Mrs. Olive: Your dad and I have to visit an old friend in Antique. He's in a hospital.

Azure: Oh, sorry to hear that.

Mrs. Olive: Yeah, it was heart attack. We might be late tonight, okay?

Azure: Sure. What are the foods?

Mrs. Olive: Foods? I figured out it's time for you to learn how to be a young woman. Knowing you already have a daughter, you might want to consider practicing household chores. (grinning ear to ear)

Azure: Ma!

Mrs. Olive: Now, don't complain. I didn't cook anything for breakfast. We have raw eggs on the fridge and some green veggies.

Azure: Do you want me to poison Khaki?

Mrs. Olive: As my daughter, sometimes you are a disgrace. (laughs)

 

Azure: You should have told me sooner.

Mrs. Olive: This is sooner. It's just six thirty in the morning and that gives you enough time to prepare. Your brother wakes up at nine on weekends.

Azure: Argh! I hate randomness! (pouts childishly)

Mrs. Olive: You'd better get used to it, honey. Life isn't at all predictable. (smiles)

Azure: What's with this on the spot hands-on activity?

Mrs. Olive: Let's just say I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Anyway, what happened last night? Did you have fun in the bar?

 

Azure: Bar?

 

Mrs. Olive: You told me you were going to a bar. Or did you lie to me?

 

Azure: Bar? Ohh... So I really went there?

 

Mrs. Olive: You smell alcohol...

 

Azure: So... What happened?

 

Mrs. Olive (amused): I should be the one asking that question.

 

Azure (brows crossed): I-I don't know... (voice fading)

 

Mrs. Olive: Remember, honey.

 

Azure: I can't...

 

Mrs. Olive: Okay. I won't pressure you now but you owe me a story.

Azure: Okay... But if I was in the bar, how did I get home? Did you go there to fetch me?

 

Mrs. Olive: What kind of mother would I be? No, no, no. Thank your Hans.

 

Azure: Hans?

 

Mrs. Olive: Don't tell me you have forgotten him, too? (chuckles)

 

Azure: Never! But... Hans? He brought me all the way here?

 

Mrs. Olive: With his valiant steed. (beams)

 

Azure: Ma, sometimes, you are too cool for a mother.

 

Mrs. Olive: Thank you.

 

Azure: So, what happened?

 

Mrs. Olive: He dropped you here ten minutes ago with a horrified look on his face. Know what he said?

 

Azure: What?

 

Mrs. Olive: He said, "Mrs. Montessa, I can't stand your daughter anymore. Loving her was a huge mistake. Please tell her the moment she wakes up that I'm breaking up with her."

 

Azure: MAMA!!! (throws a pillow toward her mother's face but Mrs. Olive catches it just in time)

Mrs. Olive: (laughs her heart out) Calm down!

 

Azure: (joins her mother in laughter) Tell me what REALLY happened!

 

Mrs. Olive: Hmmm? I think... I don't remember...

 

Azure: Ma!

 

Mrs. Olive: I believe in fairness and justice, honey. Remember your story and I'll remember mine. (smirks)

 

Azure (arms crossed, looking away): I hate not knowing things.

 

Mrs. Olive: Sometimes, ignorance is a bliss, you know?

 

Azure: Still. (tongue out)

 

Mrs. Olive: I'm going now. Take care of your brother.

 

Azure: Bring me chocolates.

 

Mrs. Olive: We are going to Antique, not abroad.

 

Azure: But you can grab chocolate bars along the way.

 

Mrs. Olive: No story, no chocolates.

 

Azure: I want my alien mother back.

 

Mrs. Olive: I'll miss you. Bye now.

 

Azure: Bye.

 

Mrs. Olive (heading toward the door): Please, try to cook something edible.

 

 

Author's Note

My overwhelming thanks to those who have read and reviewed the first two scenes of this series (Three Points and For Sennah). Some requested to continue the story so here's the third scene.

Scene 4 is entitled "Lies and Luck" and I will send it soon.

Again, thank you so much and best wishes! :)

Reviews

[Calibaster]

This is great, as usual! Nice Job! You have a really good sense of characters if you know what I mean! Can't wait for the next part!

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thanks, Alverrann! :) :) :)

[Calibaster]

You're welcome!

[Diana]

I like the names. I guess that would make the girl Azure Olive?

Mrs. Olive: He said, "Mrs. Montessa, I can't stand your daughter anymore. Loving her was a huge mistake. Please tell her the moment she wakes up that I'm breaking up with her."- At least they both have a sense of humor.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Uhm, it's Azure Montessa and Olive Montessa. :) Thank you so much, Diana! :)

[Leslie Philibert]

Enjoy the way you work in another form apart from prose or poetry, good idea..

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Thanks, Leslie! I'm enjoying it a lot! :)

[Eddie Davis]

You have a nice story going on here, I think you could probably convert this from a screenplay format into a book and it still would retain its charm. I like the names in this family: Olive, Azure, Khaki. The dialogue reads very well and goes quite smooth, which is something I really like. You are quite good writing it, which is a big boon for any writer. Good job!

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Eddie, many many thanks for being updated. I'm thinking of that same thing, too. :)