Helen

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"All right! Tori and Jade, you two are going to play husband and wife."

Tori turns in her chair to say to Jade, "I'll be the wife."

"Yeah, no kidding."

Jade pulls her hand from Beck as she stands up so Bunny offers his hand for him to play with.

"Now, here's your brand new synthetically red-headed baby. Bunny, thank you for lending us a pacifier."

"I had a few spares today." Bunny shrugs.

"Wait, before we start, I was just wondering, I have three questions."

"Now, your dialogue should all be friendly and happy but your subtext is anger, so you must say your happy lines angrily. Action." Sikowitz shouts.

"Hey! I am so honking' happy that we got married, and then had this cute little baby!"

"Ditto to that! I tell ya this: Nothing on this planet warms my cockles more than looking' at that magical pile a'baby right there!"

Cat pulls the pacifier out of her mouth, "Goo!"

"Aw, did ya hear that goo?"

"Excuse me. I hate to interrupt but I'm gonna do it anyway. Hello children. Sikowitz."

"Helen," Sikowitz says her name in the same tone

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"Helen," Sikowitz says her name in the same tone.

"Well, I'm just stopping by all the classrooms to say hello, y'know, introduce myself personally, y'know, get a feel for the vibe of the school. Hmm, you see him? That's the spazzy boy whose bike I ran over."

"Heh heh! Spazzy..." Rex laughs.

"So, Helen, maybe you'd like to tell the kids a little bit about your... background."

"Oh! Glad to! As a child, I starred in the television program, happy times."

"Oh my God! You were the little girl who always said: 'that is not my job'." Tori points to her excitedly.

"Ha ha ha! Yes, yes I was. And most recently, I was the senior manager at the premiere movie theater in San Diego. Ugh, is that child sucking' on a binky?"

Cat says nothing so Bunny speaks up, "There very soothing."

Helen smiles at the cheery boy.

"I was just teaching the kids about sub-text, in terms of acting."

"Oh! Well, carry on then. I'll see you all at the re-auditions."

The loud questions stop Helen before she can leave the classroom."What do you mean re-auditions?"

"To stay in this school. Next week, you gotta perform a scene, sing a song, do a dance, bang a drum, tickle a banjo... I don't care. Just show me some talent."

"Y'know... All of us already auditioned." Beck says.

"That's how we got here."

"You auditioned for the old principal. Not for me."

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