Ray's Dead

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Norman : *sad*

Emma : what's wrong?

Norman : Ray will no longer be with us...

Don : RAY'S DEAD?!

Ray, packing up : I'm what?

Gilda : you're not dead?

Ray : I'd love to but mom and I are gonna go to Disneyland

Don : but Norman....

Norman : he'll no longer be with us...
For few weeks

Everyone : ...

Don : dude stop with the fancy shmancy words

Ray : quit telling ppl I'm dead, I'm still alive

A few days later

Phil : Norman, have you seen Ray?

Norman : oh...
He is gone now, we won't be seeing him again...

Phil : ...ever?

Norman : ... *smiles* ever

Phil : *cries*

Norman : ha...is this how it feels to trick kids?

Emma, carrying Phil : Norman! Why's he crying??

Phil, cries : Norman...sa...said...Ray is gone

Emma : ...
Norman.

Norman : yes?

Emma : no Phil, Ray is just gone for a few weeks. We'll see him again soon

Phil : rea...really?

Emma : ofc! We can ask him some photos

Phil : ok...thanks for making me better, Emma *runs away*

Emma, grabs baseball bat : so you think you can get away with tricking Phil like that?

Norman, sweating : uh-oh...

A few hours later

Lani : hey, Norman!

Norman : yeah?

Thoma : seen Ray anywhere? He isn't here

Norman : oh...
*smiles* he passed.

Lani : he what now?

Norman : passed...you know, bye-bye

Thoma : he's dead?!

Don : who's dead?

Lani : is it true, Ray's dead?!

Don : what?!

Norman : *smiles*

Don : stop.

The next day

Jemima : Norman, since you guys are graduating sooner, what are you going to do?

Norman : I'll probably look for a job or a university

Alicia : Gilda?

Gilda : what he said

Jemima : I wonder what Ray will do

Norman : *smiles*
Well...once Ray passed on...

Gilda : Norman, isn't that a phrase you're only meant to use when someone's died?

After Ray gotten home

Norman wants to write a letter for him but Emma types it instead

Norman : say, "miss you dearly"

Emma : this seems a little like a suicide note...

Norman : ...
*smiles* then add, if I stop smoking crack

Emma : *types in*

Ray, barges : quit telling ppl I'm dead

Ray graduates college

Isabella : now, a motivational speech by Norman

Norman : thank you
As Ray's boyfriend I wanted to say, we will miss you dearly and I hope with this you could rest easy—

Ray : QUIT TELLIN PPL I'M DEAD!!

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