Sparkler Snapshots

XII | Cinco de Mayonnaise

"Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America." – Joe Baca

Date: May 5th, 2017

Occasion: Cinco de Mayo

Country: Parts of Mexico and the United States

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XII | Cinco de Mayonnaise

Scene I. Puebla. Fancy hotel.

Enter JESSALYN and CHASE, half-Mexican and half-American twins who are on a family vacation with their parents to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Mexico. Jessalyn is asleep but is abruptly woken up by Chase tripping over a suitcase.

JESSALYN
Chase, it's four o'clock in the morning! Why are you up?

CHASE
I was just getting up to pee, but–

JESSALYN
Oh, forget it. Just go back to bed!

Jessalyn buries her head in her pillow and tries to block out Chase's voice, as he pokes her with various pointy objects like pencils and his finger.

CHASE
Why does the song Pillow Talk have nothing to do with pillows?

JESSALYN
You're seriously asking me this at four in the morning?

CHASE
What? I want to know!

Jessalyn sighs deeply, but decides to answer Chase's question in an attempt to make him go away, so she can sleep peacefully for the day ahead.

JESSALYN
I don't know, aren't the sexual innuendos in the song enough?

CHASE
What innuendos?

JESSALYN
I think the whole we'll go slow and in high tempo part says enough.

Chase frowns and pauses for a second, head cocked to the side as he thinks hard about what his sister means. The attempt proves completely futile.

CHASE
What do you mean?

JESSALYN
Fuck, I give up.

CHASE
Now that sounds kinda dirty.

JESSALYN
Chase!

CHASE
I really need to pee.

JESSALYN
Then go pee, you dweeb!

CHASE
Okay. Bathroom, here I come!

Chase exits scene and heads to the bathroom, while Jessalyn buries her head in a pillow, wondering how she could have ended up with such an irritating twin. Why couldn't she ever have nice things?