CHARACTERSEMILY: big sister
SARAH: little sister
ACT I
AT RISE: Emily and Sarah in a pushing a cart in a grocery store.
EMILYIs it okay that I want to hit her?
SARAHLong as you don't act on it.
EMILYSlap her right across the face.
SARAHThere isn't anything to be done about it.
EMILYWhat right does she have-
SARAHNone. So let's just forget-
EMILYForget! Neither of us forgets things like that. It sticks with us. Like the cellulite on my fat ass, it isn't going anywhere.
SARAHYou're embarrassing me.
EMILYIf you can get over that, then surely-
SARAHC'mon. Let's just go.
EMILYWe just spent the last hour shopping.
SARAHI know.
EMILYYou just want to leave all this food in our cart...?
SARAHNo.
EMILYI just think you should stand up for yourself.
SARAHI admit it. She was a bitch. Now...can we move on?
EMILYNo. I am not white trash-
SARAHOkay-
EMILYAnd I am not a hog.
SARAHShe's gone. She left the moment she realized we'd heard-
EMILYBecause she's ashamed of being such a fucking bigot-
SARAHPeople are starting to stare-
EMILYThey're not any better than we are-
SARAHAt least they're not making a scene.
EMILYI'm just tired of it. I'm tired of putting up with this bullshit.
SARAHAnd I want to go. Can we please leave-
EMILY
(loudly) I'm fat. That's right. I'm huge. I have breasts and a stomach and an ass-
SARAHOh god.
EMILYAnd I'm not ashamed. Not of my cankles. Not of my meaty thighs, or my wide hips, or my dimpled ass, or my round stomach, or even the floppy skin under my arms. That's right. You heard me.
SARAHThey all heard. And now they're all staring.
EMILY
(a little weaker) I'm not ashamed.
SARAHYeah, we'll you're the only one.
EMILYSo...I went a little far.
SARAHThat's the nice way of putting it.
EMILYI didn't mean to make a scene-
SARAHWell, you did. Can we leave now?
EMILYBut I'm right-
SARAHWhat she called us was totally wrong.
EMILYYou admit it-
SARAHBut you're totally embarrassing me.
EMILYI was trying to make a point.
SARAHPoint made.
EMILYMaybe I took it a little far.
SARAHYou think?
EMILYYeah. Okay. I'm feeling the stares.
SARAHYou're just starting to feel them?
EMILYWe can leave now.
SARAHIf I wasn't so completely-
EMILYLeaving. Now.
SARAH'k.
(THE END)