Message Board - Scene 1
(DAVID IS WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL, ARRIVES AND OPENS THE DOOR TO HIS HOUSE. HE WALKS IN, IMMEDIATELY DROPPING HIS BAGS AND REACHING FOR THE LAPTOP IN HIS COMPUTER BAG. HE PULLS IT OUT AND GETS ONTO SKYPE)
DAVID
So I'm guessing everyone is here?
ERIN
Seems like it.
CHASE
We're missing Charlie, I think.
KRIS
You all heard what Alan told Charlie earlier today right?
SAMANTHA
It's awful, he kicked him out a building after he chose to hang out with us, all because we "betrayed" him.
KRIS
To quote what he said, "It's not like it used to be, the whole reason you're dropping out to be with your friends is to not be apart of our group.
SAMANTHA
The hell wrong with him?
CHASE
Charlie's a nice guy too, he just wants to still be friends with everyone. Why does Alan need to lash out at him because he cared about both us and him?
CHARLIE
Guys...it's fine, really.
LAURA
You ok?
CHARLIE
Yeah, what happened with him is over. I'm not upset or anything now.
KRIS
Good to hear.
DAVID
The only reason I want to talk about this now is because I'm wondering if it was right to just suddenly have all of us abandon him.
CHASE
We did sorta drop out all at once...
ERIN
Do none of you guys remember? Kris told him we were all gonna be leaving last week. We even offered him to join a new club since everything he had built was falling apart.
KRIS
Yeah, I did sorta break that to him. Wasn't easy, but he handled it well at the time.
CHASE
and now he's suddenly lashing out.
CHARLIE
He wanted to make a club we made as friends into a business. A screwed up business that he enforced on everyone but didn't follow through on. Wasn't it you who said that, David?
DAVID
I just...ugh, Christ.
KRIS
He said some deep things after you told him that, he said you were like a brother.
LAURA
I didn't think that you two ran that deep.
ERIN
Yet it's only been 2 years...
LAURA
You seems to be handling the whole thing pretty well, David.
David pacing around room, playing with random things/trying to distract himself as Kris, Laura, and Erin mention past friendship with Alan.
DAVID
That's because it's all guilt tripping, he says this just to try to win us back. He's an expert at this. All those passive aggressive comments aren't gonna win me over. They aren't gonna help him get away with mistreating any of you.
CHARLIE
Ight, just....just chill.
CHASE
We're you just saying it was our fault for being so sudden? Make up your mind dude.
ERIN
Chase...
DAVID
I think everyone needs to get off each other's asses over this. It's too late to mend things and no real point arguing with each other.
LAURA
Who's gonna take charge now...
(A long pause)
KRIS
I'm busy anyways, we have time to sort this out.
SAMANTHA
Tomorrow?
KRIS
Tomorrow.
DAVID
I'm not even sure how much I care now.
CHARLIE
I have work anyways, later guys.
CHASE
Me too, I'm out.
ERIN
See ya.
LAURA
Bye.
The rest close their laptops, leaving just David looking at his screen for a couple seconds, before closing his laptop too.
SCENE END
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