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Vorgil is entering a store. A car honks from out side and two voices could be heard "Virgil! Don’t forget the corn nuts! It’s not a party without corn nuts!" Virgil sighs and yells back "BQ or plain?". The person yells back "BQ!!" Virgil beguns grabing things from the shelves when she notices the man from earlier. "Greetings and salutations. You want a Slurpee with that?" the man jokes. Virgil shaked his head and speaks "No, but if you’re nice, I’ll let you buy me a Big Gulp.". The man shakes his head "That’s like going to Micky D’s and ordering a salad. Slurpee’s the signature dish of the house. Did you say cherry or lime?". Virgil rolls his eyes  "I said Big Gulp. I’m Virgil, by the way. Are you ever gonna tell me your name?" He approaches her and shakes her hand. " I’ll end the suspense. Janus Dean, JD, for short." Virgil leaned on the counter "So, JD. That thing you pulled in the caf’ was pretty severe.".  Janus sips on his drink "Well, the extreme always seems to make an impression." There is a moment of silence until Virgil laughs awkwardly. "So, what’s a Baudelaire ­quoting, badass like you doing in Sherwood, Ohio?" Virgil answers. "My dad’s work. He owns a deconstruction company. …. Well, the old man seems to enjoy tearing things down. You seen the commercial? “My name’s Big Bud Dean, if it’s in the way, I’ll make your day.” Then he pushes the plunger and the screen blows up?" Virgil bursts out  laughing at what Janus says, and then coughs awkwardly to try to cover it up "umm…That’s your dad?"  Janus nods "In all his toxic glory.". Virgil shrugs "Ya know, everyone’s life has got static." The car horn blares again and some yells "VIRGIL!". Virgil sighs "For example, I don’t really like my friendsI".  Janus smirks "don’t really like your friends either. Bag the party­ hang here."  Virgil raises an eye brow "Oh, 7­Eleven. Swanky first date." Janus gets defensive "Hey… I love this place.". Virgil rolls his eyes "No offense, but… why?"

"I've been through ten high schools
They start to get blurry
No point planting roots
Cause you're gone in a hurry
My dad keeps two suitcases packed in the den
So it's only a matter of when
I don't learn the names
Don't bother with faces
All I can trust is this concrete oasis
Seems every time I'm about to despair
There's a 7-Eleven right there
Each store is the same
From Las Vegas to Boston
Linoleum aisles that I love
To get lost in
I pray at my altar of slush
Yeah I live for that sweet frozen rush" 

Janus takes a sip of his drink and grimaces in pain and pleasure. He had gotten a brain freeze. 

"Freeze your brain
Suck on that straw
Get lost in the pain
Happiness comes
When everything numbs
Who needs cocaine?
Freeze your brain
Freeze your brain" 

Janus offers Virgil a sip of his drink. Virgil shakes his head and asks "Does your mommy know you eat all that crap?". Janus shrugs "Not anymore". Virgil winces. 

"When mom was alive
We lived halfway normal
But now it's just me and my dad
We're less formal
I learned to cook pasta
I learned to pay rent
Learned the world doesn't
Owe you a cent
You're planning your future
Veronica Sawyer
You'll go to some college
And marry a lawyer
But the sky's gonna hurt
When it falls
So you'd better start
Building some walls

Freeze your brain
Swim in the ice
Get lost in the pain
Shut your eyes tight, till you vanish
From sight
Let nothing remain

Freeze your brain
Shatter your skull
Fight pain with more pain
Forget who you are
Unburden your load
Forget in six weeks you'll be back on
The road
When the voice in your head
Says you're better off dead
Don't open a vein
Just freeze your brain
Freeze your brain
Go on and freeze your brain

Try it" 

Virgil sighs and takes a long ship "Yeah, I don’t really see­- Oh, son of a bitch!" He yells as he winced from brain freeze. Suddenly Roman enters "Virgil?". Virgil sighs "Oh God, uh, I gotta go.". Janus was amused "So I see." Roman raises an eyebrow "Corn nuts?" Virgil points to them as he appologies to Janus. "Wave bye­-bye to Red Dawn here and let’s motor!" Roman said sighing.  Roman and Virgil then left. 

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