Scene One – Steven’s Hospital Room
DOCTOR
I’ve never seen anything so absurd before. You’re lucky it wasn’t anything extreme.
STEVEN
Yeah, I know, I just don’t know what to tell my family.
DOCTOR
(*Pfft) Good luck!
STEVEN
Really Doc! I don’t know what to do! They already think I’m stupid, I don’t want them to think I’m dumber.
DOCTOR
Well yeah! You kind of are. You have bruised ribs and a broken arm from a-
(*MOM knocks and walks in)
MOM
Oh sweetie, I came here as soon as I heard. Is everything alright!?
DOCTOR
Oh hey! You must be Steven’s mom. Nice to meet you! I’m gonna meet with a few other patients. I’ll leave y’all to it.
(*DOCTOR walks out)
STEVEN
I’m alright, the doctors and nurses have been treating me nicely. I’m just lucky it wasn’t anything worse.
MOM
All I heard was you were hurt. I still don’t know the full story. What exactly happened?
STEVEN
Uhm… Car accident!
MOM
Oh… Is your car, okay?
STEVEN
I was in my friend’s car! Luckily no one else was hurt.
MOM
What friends?
STEVEN
I have friends! Fr- Francis! That’s what his name was! Francis!
MOM
Is “Francis” gonna visit you?
STEVEN
No! He… Uhm… Moved? Yeah! Moved!
MOM
Alright, well… I’m gonna go get some coffee in the lounge. Your brother said he’ll be here soon.
(*MOM walks out then BRAD walks in)
BRAD
Hey bro! Woah! You look horrible! What happened? Did you jump off the roof?
STEVEN
No… It was way more intense!
BRAD
Well don’t just sit there! Spit it out!
STEVEN
Uhm… I got into… a fight! A gang fight!
BRAD
Woah… right on little bro!
STEVEN
Yeah, but as you can see it didn’t pan over as well as I thought.
BRAD
Well, ya win some and ya lose some. Take it from the Bradster. We should get a picture of your first big fight!
STEVEN
No! No!
BRAD
Come on bro! Say lasagna!
(BRAD puts his arm around STEVEN and takes a selfie with him while having his tongue out.)
BRAD
Oh, you still with that girl from that party? Hannah? No. Rebecca? No. (EMILY walks in.)
EMILY
It’s Emily, you idiot!
BRAD
Speak of the devil! I’m gonna give you two some space. (BRAD winks and exits.)
EMILY
Steven! (looks at all his bandages) Wow, what a waste of all that fabric! That is way too much!
STEVEN
(In a sarcastic tone) I’m alright… Thanks for asking.
EMILY
Your mom texted me, saying you got in some sort of accident. What happened?
STEVEN
Uhm…I was in a biking accident… and then I crashed into a tree, trying to dodge a squirrel.
EMILY
Oh my god… Is the tree, okay?
STEVEN
Yeah, the tree’s fine?
(MOM and BRAD enter)
MOM & BRAD
The tree!?
MOM
I thought it was a car accident!
BRAD
I thought it was a fight!
EMILY
No! He was in a biking accident and hit a poor tree!
MOM, BRAD & EMILY
Steven! What’s going on!
(DOCTOR Enters)
DOCTOR
Just checking in on my superstar. Can’t believe someone his age would get into an accident on a kiddy ride.
BRAD
Kiddy ride? (Brad looks at Steven.) Not cool bro…
EMILY
You know how bad those are for the environment?
MOM
Steven, if you wanted to go there, I could’ve chaperoned. (She snickered.)
DOCTOR
Oh, he didn’t tell you? He T-boned a kid on the racetrack. The kid in the other car was completely fine! Unfortunately, Steven here got the short end of the stick.
(All of Steven’s loved ones looked over at him slowly as STEVEN tries to hide under the covers.
THE END