Mia Anderson

Part 73

10 minutes. 6 minutes. 4 minutes. 2 minutes. I make sure I am ok. I walk on stage and stand in position. Show time.

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I stand in the middle of the stage alone with a notebook in hand. The lights go up and the music begins.

(A/N: The way this song is performed is up to your imagination. I will write a few things that will definitely happen but the rest is up to you. Also sorry if this next bit is confusing and long.)

(Mia as Veronica) "September 1st, 1989. Dear Diary: I believe I'm a good person. You know, I think that there's good in everyone, but—here we are! First day of senior year! And uh... I look around at these kids that I've known all my life and I ask myself—what happened?"

*The ensemble join me on stage and this feels easier.*

Ensemble:

"Freak! Slut! Burnout! Bug-eyes! Poser! Lard-ass!"

Mia:

"We were so tiny, happy and shiny

Playing tag and getting chased"

Ensemble:

"Freak! Slut! Loser! Shortbus!"

Mia:

"Singing and clapping, laughing and napping

Baking cookies, eating paste"

Ensemble:

"Bull-dyke! Stuck-up! Hunchback!"

Mia:

"Then we got bigger, that was the trigger

Like the Huns invading Rome"

*I bump into someone and the look at me annoyed.*

(Mia) "Oh, sorry!"

Mia:

"Welcome to my school, this ain't no high school

This is the Thunderdome

Hold your breath and count the days, we're graduating soon"

Ensemble:

"White trash!"

Mia:

"College will be paradise, if I'm not dead by June!

But I know, I know, life can be beautiful

I pray, I pray for a better way

If we changed back then, we could change again

We can be beautiful..."

*A preppy stud knocks a hipster dork to the floor.*

(Hipster Dork) "Ow!"

Mia:

"Just not today"

*I walk up to the hipster dork and kneel down.*

(Mia) "Hey, are you okay?"

(Hipster dork) "Get away, nerd"

*The Hipster dork gets up and runs off.*

(Mia) "Oh, okay"

Ensemble:

"Freak! Slut! Cripple! Homo! Homo! Homo!"