breakthrough

Scene two

third person POV

ann= announcements

(School)

- announcements
Ann: good morning, students. Today is Thursday, January 15th. Yearbook committee meets after school today. And there's a basketball game at 4:00pm on Sunday.
the boys: yea! go eagles!
Ann: lastly, a reminder that Monday is a national holiday in remembrance of doctor Martin Luther king, jr.
chayla: Emma, Jenny and I got tickets to see the musical Hairspray at Fox Saturday night.
John: wow! yeah, that sounds like fun.
josh reiger: mm, dudes in tights.
Jenny: it's not a ballet. Look, I'm pretty sure they'll be wearing pants.
Emma: so, what are you guys doing?
John: we're crashing at reigers after the game.
chayla: so jealous.
Doreen: good morning.
please stand for the pledge of allegiance.
Place your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin.
all: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
(John looks at Abby and Jenny notices, frowns, and looks away)
and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
josh reiger: we might have some girls over, too.
Jenny: oh yea? Who?
josh reiger: can't say until it happens.
John: but their hot.
Emma: totally (sarcastically)
josh sanders: hey woah, your joking right?
josh Reiger: no
mrs. Abbott: josh reigers, josh sanders, quiet please.
Okay gang. Family oral history reports continue. Yesterday we heard from chad green, whose family came over on the mayflower. My husbands family did as well. His great- great- grandfather was a knight of some kind.
And then we heard from chayla, whose family lineage includes the birth of the blues in Memphis, Tennessee.
John, would you do the honors to kick us off, please?
John: didn't do it.
mrs. Abbott: why not
John: I didn't have time.
mrs. Abbott: if you don't do the assignment, you'll get a failing grade.
(John shrugs)
"yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose."
Doreen your up.
Mrs. Abbott: oh wow

(church/Joyce's work or whatever u wanna call it)

Melissa: "my child, you believe me for so little.
don't be so safe in the things you pray."
Joyce: oh. I'm so sorry
Melissa: hey lady
lady: hey, morning.
other lady: morning, Joyce.
Joyce: the morning got away from me.
Melissa:does anyone need anymore coffee?
the women: no thanks
Melissa: (to Joyce) hey, is everything alright?
Joyce: not exactly. John's birthday is coming up,
Melissa: mmhm. Oh I remember those always been hard for him.
Joyce: yeah, it's like he's building this wall between us. I know he's hurting and I just wanna fix it.
Melissa: they're always so much harder to deal with once they start shaving. And then they leave for college. Come on.
(Joyce and Melissa sit down)
Joyce: sorry ladies. I did read the book twice. uh, so where were we?
Melissa: we were just talking about how Beth Moore is asking us to pray boldly.
Joyce: so what does it mean to you all, "to pray boldly"?
Melissa: i don't know it just seems-
(pastor Jason interrupts by coming in the room)
Jason: oh hey ladies
Melissa: pastor.
Jason: uh, we need to use this room for a staff meeting. you guys wrapping things up?
Joyce: uh no, not for another 22 minutes. And I have a women's ministry meeting here, back to back.
Jason: oh um, I'm sorry, but I don't think that's gonna work.
Joyce:I'm sorry? I reserved both times on the sign up sheet.
Jason: okay. All I have on my calendar is a staff meeting. Where's this elusive sign up sheet?
Joyce: taped to the door that you walked in. Been going on ten years now.
Jason: oh. Well, it's official. Where going digital, ladies. See maddy for details.
Joyce: listen, I don't know what you do in California, but I have been leading this women's ministry meeting for over five years.We don't cancel meetings..
Jason: I don't know who's counting, Joyce, but I've been in ministry for over ten years, including California. Hey, maybe you guys could use that Starbucks around the corner? That'd be fun, right?
Joyce: oh are u paying?
Jason: well, I hadn't thought about it but, uh,
Joyce: great. Okay ladies let's get out of here because our new pastor, has more business to tend to.
Jason: no that's not true. I'm sorry ladies. I promise this will not happen next week.
Joyce: (leaving the room) thank you pastor.
Jason: and please, I've been asking for six months. Call me Jason.
Joyce: we know pastor.
Melissa: why are u so hard on him?
Joyce: that haircut, for one.

(authors note)
sorry this is kinda long. But yea hope u enjoyed so far I'm gonna try finishing this in less than a week but I'm pretty busy so Idk.