Mr. Thomas: FAIRY TALE INVASION
AVA: What?!
(ENTER) I was just checking up on you. I haven't heard a peep out of you in a while.
AVA: You know, the last time I did a group project, I ended up doing all the work myself. i though you guys would be different.
(KNOCK) It's Mr. Thomas! (ENTER) Hey, everybody. i have snacks for you all!
SCENE THREE
(OFF) Ava!
AVA: Well, becauseI feel...a little taken advantage of.
A little?
AVA: They're late is all.
Again?
AVA: I know.
All the world loves a nerd.
AVA: I must have fallen asleep. What a weird dream! Something about waiting? Or writing my own story? Darn it, it's fading already!
Are you still waiting for Ella and Miriam and Katja? Could it have something to do with that?
Katja: Let's go! We're a modern-day Stone Soup Tale! Boom!
Ava, can I talk to you a second privately?
AVA: I thought I could make friends if I worked with a group. Dad, we've lived here for three months, and I still don't have any friends at school.
Being unpopular must be tough.
AVA: They'll be here.
Didn't you say they'd be here at six? I'm down in the living room, keeping watch for you. No Miriam, no Katja, no Ella.
AVA: I've got to stop doing group projects.
Do you have a choice?
AVA: I'll take care of it. Now go back downstairs in case they show up! Please!
Fine. I'm just trying to help. (EXIT)
AVA: Sure, whats up?
I'm proud of you. It isn't easy to confront something we think is wrong.
Katja: I think that's great
Me too. What do you think, Ava?
AVA: I'm not unpopular I just don't have any friends
Right. Unpopular. Having no friends. They're two entirely different things. Anyway, I've got to run to the store. I need to pick up some milk and some other food. Be back soon. (EXIT)
AVA: Yep. With confidence!
See you there! (EXIT)
AVA: Yeah! I can work with a group or I can work solo.
So why did you choose a group project? This same exact thing happened last time, didn't it?
AVA: Yes.
So why don't you ever learn?
AT RISE
So...where are your study partners?
Miriam: Bye.
Those snacks were going to be my dinner. I'm hungry. Now, I'm going to have to go to the food bank.
AVA: Really?
Truthfully, no. Just the good people. (HUGS) Hey! I bought some pistachio ice cream yesterday. So when you're done here, I'll be by the freezer. You in?
Katja: In the Middle Ages ... Anyhow, does that make any sense?
Very interesting theory.
Katja: My mom has a portion-controlled dinner waiting for me at home. I have a pageant this weekend.
What's with the lizard face?
AVA:Yes, it could ... Now, if I can just find the nerve to tell them, because it's going to be really hard.
Yeah, it will (DOORBELL) I'll go let them in. (EXITS)
AVA: I'm proud of me, too. I followed my right way with deep inner confidence. Bettelheim!
You're suck a nerd. But I mean that in the best way.
AVA: I can handle this, Dad!
Your "friends" are taking advantage of you.
