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Hopelessly Yours story by Yosh
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Anything to the side with a "character's name:" are inner thoughts.
Anything in bold italics and regular italics are stage directions.
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Episode 16:
February 20th 2024. The day is Tuesday.
Sotsona goes into the guest-bedroom (where she slept) and checks on her phone that is by the night-stand.
She hesitates before picking it up, but swiftly does it anyway.
She checks to see that her parents have been texting and calling her non-stop all day.
Line 1) Sotsona's inner thoughts: 76 messages and 49 missed calls?! That's overkill.
Line 2) Sotsona's inner thoughts: I don't even want to waste my time looking and reading through everything.
Line 3) Sotsona's inner thoughts: I'll just cut to the chase and call them STAT.
Sotsona finds her mother's contact and calls her.
The phone rings and her mother picks up.
She yells at her through the phone.
Mom
Line 4) WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!
Sotsona winces and covers her ears from how loud her mother is shouting.
Sotsona
Line 5) I already told you I've been staying with a friend because of the blizzard.
Sotsona's mom maniacally laughs.
Sotsona has a concerned expression on her face.
Mom
Line 6) DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE IN THAT SHIT?!
Sotsona
Line 7) ... I mean, no. But, it's the truth. There's no point in lying to you.
Mom
Line 8) You filthy slut! I know what you're doing behind our backs!
A chill runs through Sotsona's spine.
Line 9) Sotsona's inner thoughts: How can she call her own daughter something like this?
Sotsona tries to retain her composure, but can't help her trembling hands from fear.
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Hopelessly Yours
RomanceSotsona Begay finds herself in a challenging situation. Her parents break the news that they can't afford to send her to the dream school she was accepted to after high school. Feeling unmotivated about considering community college, Sotsona explore...
