Script+Period+2+Lia_Kay_Nisha

Sputtering Across the Country Nisha and Lia //  Jackie: a young teenage girl who loves painting her nails. Has an adtitude and is a little stuck up. She is very modern.

Played by: Lia Mom: An uptight mother who believes every thing should be quiet, not loud. She a bit conservative, and stubborn, though this changes towards the end.

Played by: Nisha   // Curtain rises on Mom and Jackie riding in the car. Mom sits in front not talking, and looking at the road. Jackie has her feet up on the dashboard and is painting her fingernails. The radio isn’t on. MOM: // (tired) // Well, we’ve been driving for three days now. Do you want to take a rest stop? JACKIE: // (annoyed) // What do you think? I want to go back home! I just realized I left my Fancy Flamingo nail polish at home! We // have // to go back! MOM: // (tired of Jackie complaining) // We’ll be home in a week. We’re just going up to see the house and look at some schools for you. You can live a week without your Fancy Ferret nail polish, or whatever it's called! JACKIE: // (annoyed) // FLAMINGO! And I // need // it! That’s my best one. Well, other than my Green Iguana, and my Rodeo Red, and my Blue- MOM:  // (annoyed) // You have enough nail polishes! You brought at least 50!! JACKIE:  // (mad) // I DID NOT!! Only, 1..2..3..4…, oh, it is 50. MOM:  // (tired) // Jackie, just be quiet!! I need to concentrate on the road!! //Jackie puts her feet down and reaches into the back seat to get a giant bag of nail polish. She brings it into the seat and puts her feet back up.// JACKIE:  // (mutters to herself) // Because mom always needs her quiet // (pulls out a nail polish) // Ew. No. // (Puts it back and gets another) // Um. Not. // (Puts it back and gets another) // Gross!! This is boring! I want music! //Jackie turns on the radio and turns it up full volume and starts dancing in her seat. Mom jumps at the music and drives headfirst into a guardrail. Mom and Jackie climb out of the car, and survey the damage.// MOM:   // (shocked) // Oh no!! Look at that dent in the car!! JACKIE: It’s okay, Mom, it’s just a little dent. Anyways, all my friends have dents in their cars. MOM: //(Suspicious)// do your friends even know how to drive?! JACKIE: Well, Trisha has a license, I think. And Sarah’s learning how to drive; she only crashed, like three times. MOM: Okay, I’m sorry I asked. We need to stop for gas soon. But I don’t know if I can drive. I’m a little dizzy. // Mom touches her hand to her head, when she pulls back, she sees she is bleeding from her hand. // //  MOM: OH MY GOODNESS! I'm bleeding! (blinks her eyes) // JACKIE: First of all: Gosh, Mom, it just sounds SO much better than "goodness"! Second of all, I’LL DRIVE!!! MOM: NO! YOU’RE TOO YOUNG!!! JACKIE: ALL MY FRIENDS DRIVE!! AND I HAVE A LICENSE!! MOM: I think I can drive. I should call the police, but it’s not that bad, and I really don’t want to get in a big insurance mess. JACKIE: MOM!! YOU CAN’T DRIVE!! YOU NEVER TRUST ME!!! I CAN DRIVE!! MOM:  // (sighing) // Ok, fine. JACKIE:  // (disbelieving) // Really?! MOM:  // (resigned) // I guess there’s no other choice, but you’d better be careful!! JACKIE:  // (Excited) // I WILL!! WOOHOO!! I CAN DRIVE!!!!!!!!! //They get back in the car. Jackie picks up something on the seat.// JACKIE: // (Surprised) // Oh look, Fancy Flamingo! MOM:  // (Confused) // That’s purple. JACKIE:  // (Laughing) // Of course, didn’t you know? (Pause) Purple is the new pink! MOM:  // (takes her hair down from a bun, //// Smiles for the first time) // Of course! Can I see that? I want to paint my nails.