SETTING: The classroom. There is a single flower in a vase atop WILLOW's desk.
AT RISE: The students are filing into the classroom.
(OLIVE, SOPHIE, and CASSIA take their seats.)
TEACHER: Class, today we honor the life of Willow Anderson. She died on January 3, 2017. She was a very talented and wonderful girl.
OLIVE: (quietly, but audible) Must be nice.
TEACHER: Olive, did you say something?
(OLIVE shakes her head.)
OLIVE: It was nothing.
TEACHER: Then let us have a moment of sil--
SOPHIE: Come on loser, share your thoughts with the class.
(OLIVE looks down in embarrassment.)
TEACHER: (sternly) Sophie! That was rude and disrespectful. Please apologize.
(SOPHIE rolls her eyes and leans back in her seat with a smirk. TEACHER sighs. The bell rings, and everyone stands up to leave. OLIVE's gaze seems to linger on the vase atop WILLOW's desk.)
(END OF SCENE)
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