NWC #3 Drunk Dogs. DUE Nov
4nd at 8am CST
Hmm... People tend to
bring their problems and restrictions to their writing. The doors you've closed
in your real life? They stay closed on the stage.
We tend to open those
doors when we drink or play with animals....
Challenge- Two teenage
dogs are drinking their favorite micro brew. A leopard and a polar bear walk by
drunk on wine. The Cubs won. Chaos ensues.
YOU MUST WRITE A HAPPY ENDING (okay you don't really have to but hey,
give happiness a try)
******
While I'm happy for the
Cubs, and all their long-suffering fans, and the end of any curse that lasts
over a hundred years (which has me thinking of fairy tales and generations so
I'm sure it'll all pop back into my head at some point), I don't really get
that excited about sports, and I've anthropomorphized all manner of animals
already.
Those guys from the first
challenge are still pestering me
*******
LOVE POTION NUMBER 9
The
next morning
Micah's
bed
MICAH
and AUGGIE
Above
the sheets
Fully
clothed
Spooning
AUGGIE
wrapped around MICAH, watching him sleep.
After
a moment, MICAH startles awake.
Tenses
for just a second, then remembers.
AUGGIE
Good
morning.
MICAH
Good
morning.
AUGGIE
You
want me to let go?
MICAH
No.
AUGGIE
Good.
You
got tense there for a second.
MICAH
I
normally sleep alone.
AUGGIE
I
don't.
They let that hang in the air a moment.
MICAH
You
been up long?
AUGGIE
Nope.
MICAH
I'm
surprised I slept.
AUGGIE
Me,
too.
MICAH
You
teasing me?
AUGGIE
Maybe
a little.
MICAH
Sorry
if I kept you awake.
AUGGIE
I'm
just happy to be here.
MICAH
You're
a pretty good big spoon.
AUGGIE
You're
kind of a squirmy little spoon.
MICHAH
I
normally sleep alone.
AUGGIE
So
you said.
You
might have to get used to this.
MICAH
I
am so screwed.
AUGGIE
Not
yet, but if you're lucky -
MICAH
Easy
there, big fella.
AUGGIE
Oh,
so you can feel that, can ya'?
MICAH
I
was gonna give you a pass. Morning wood
being what it is.
AUGGIE
And
how are you doing in that department, buddy?
MICAH
If
you don't want me leaping out of this bed, you won't try and check.
AUGGIE
Understood. Don't get squirmy again.
MICAH
So,
since I can't leave you alone without prompting the dissolution of your
marriage - ?
AUGGIE
Yeah
- ?
MICAH
I
called in sick.
Last
night.
Well,
emailed in sick.
To
work.
Today.
So
I don't have to be anywhere.
But
here.
With
you.
It takes AUGGIE a moment or two to be able to form
any words in response to that.
AUGGIE
Thanks,
man.
MICAH
Don't
get all weepy on me now.
AUGGIE
No. I mean, yeah.
It's just -
That
means a lot to me, is all.
That
you'd do that.
MICAH
Well,
I kinda got you into this. Didn't feel
right to just leave you alone with it.
AUGGIE
Can
I kiss you?
MICAH
Auggie.
AUGGIE
Your
neck, just the back of your neck. I just
-
MICAH
Quickly. Once.
Don't linger.
AUGGIE plants a peck on Micah's neck.
AUGGIE
You're
the best.
MICAH
I
am a horrible person.
AUGGIE
Hey
now.
MICAH
Your
wife is pregnant.
AUGGIE
You
didn't know that when you slipped the potion into my drink.
MICAH
No,
but I was well aware you were married.
And
I still did it.
AUGGIE
I'm
glad you did it.
MICAH
You
think you're glad.
AUGGIE
Hey,
I have agency here.
MICAH
I
wish that were true.
AUGGIE
I
can get up and walk out that door.
I
can.
I
won't enjoy it, but I can do it.
MICAH
It
won't change the way you feel though.
AUGGIE
No. It won't.
And I don't want it to.
MICAH
Can
we sit up?
AUGGIE
I
don't want to stop holding you.
We
sit up, I lose an easy excuse to hold you.
Touching
still freaks you out.
MICAH
Yes.
AUGGIE
But
you'll let me hold you.
MICAH
I
want to see your face.
AUGGIE
(reluctantly)
OK.
They sit up.
AUGGIE (cont'd)
Don't
cross your arms.
You
don't need to protect yourself from me.
MICAH
Oh,
that is so not true.
AUGGIE
You're
trying to make yourself so small.
MICAH
Hey,
you're the one who made me the little spoon.
AUGGIE
Because
I couldn't trust you to hold onto me.
MICAH
I'm
not going anywhere.
I
can't.
I'm
staying.
AUGGIE
Good.
MICAH
You
scare the hell out me.
You
have always scared the hell out me.
This
scares the hell out of me.
AUGGIE
This?
MICAH
The
thing between you and me.
It's
chemical.
AUGGIE
Well,
yeah.
MICAH
No,
I mean for me.
There
is something about the connection between you and me that I have absolutely no
control over.
Like
my nose is keyed in to pick up one and only one scent.
Yours.
You're
in a room and I don't see anyone else.
I
have to fight to form words.
Resisting
the urge to touch you is an ongoing struggle.
It's
sophomoric. It's hormonal.
Like
I'm back in high school or something.
I
am unmoored. I am drifting out to see.
I
am stepping off a cliff, and I have no clue how long the drop is.
AUGGIE
Let
me catch you.
MICAH
This
isn't real.
AUGGIE
Let
me pull you in to shore.
MICAH
Jeffrey
makes a shopping trip for the right ingredients, presto change-o, back to real
life.
AUGGIE
You
can trust me.
MICAH
I
can't trust myself.
Clearly
I have no boundaries anymore if I'm willing to -
AUGGIE
Do
you love me?
MICAH
Auggie.
AUGGIE
Do
you love me?
MICAH
Yes. Of course, yes, but -
AUGGIE
No
buts.
Well,
not right away, anyway.
MICAH
Auggie.
AUGGIE
You
have a very nice butt.
MICAH
As
do you.
AUGGIE
I
am letting your butt sidetrack me.
MICAH
Seems
only fair since yours sidetracks me ALL the time.
AUGGIE
Oh
really?
MICAH
You
had a point you were making?
AUGGIE
I
love you, too.
I
could have said that before last night. I probably should have.
MICAH
As
a friend, as a brother.
AUGGIE
As
a person I trust.
As
a person I count on.
MICAH
I
have let you down in the worst possible way.
AUGGIE
Being
in love is always terrifying.
You
can never fully know another person's heart or another person's mind.
So
you have to trust the other person.
You
have to trust that they will not hurt you.
Or
you'd never open yourself up to anyone, ever.
Do
you trust me not to hurt you?
MICAH
(suddenly very small)
Yes.
AUGGIE
And
I trust you not to hurt me.
MICAH
But
I already have.
AUGGIE
I
don't see it that way.
MICAH
Your
judgment is clouded.
And
I'm the one that clouded it.
AUGGIE
Shouldn't
we make the best of the situation we're in?
MICAH
And
how exactly do you propose that we do that?
AUGGIE
Well,
I know what I'd like to do.
MICAH
August.
AUGGIE
OK,
how about one kiss. One.
Then
I'll let you off the hook for a little bit.
MICAH
One?
AUGGIE
One.
MICAH
Not
one lasting a full half hour or something.
AUGGIE
Less
than a minute. You can time it if you
want.
MICAH weighs this.
Resistance weakening.
MICAH
Oh-kay
-
AUGGIE
Get
over here.
MICAH does.
AUGGIE pulls him in for a kiss.
Simple.
Sweet.
He's very good about keeping his hands out of play.
When it's over, MICAH's wrecked.
AUGGIE (cont'd)
Where's
your guitar?
MICAH
Corner
of the other room, why?
AUGGIE
Just
feeling inspired.
Might
write you a song while we're biding our time.
MICAH
You
are determined to get me back into bed with my clothes off this time, aren't
you?
AUGGIE
That's
the plan.
MICAH
I
should call Jeffrey.
AUGGIE
Jeffrey
knows to call us. You stay right here
with me.
Take
my hand.
MICAH
Auggie.
AUGGIE
Micah.
Take. My.
Hand.
MICAH does.
AUGGIE (cont'd)
We
will find a way to make this work.
I
promise.
MICAH
I
should be the one who -
AUGGIE
Teamwork.
Now
let's get that guitar.
MICAH
It
probably needs to be restrung.
AUGGIE
You
got the strings?
MICAH
I
do.
AUGGIE
See? That right there will probably take us
through breakfast. Day's underway. C'mon.
They go in search of the guitar.
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