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Hiking
CAST : 2 females ( You could use males , written with females in mind ) Jane ( 20 ); ( Jon if male ) grad student ; helper ; taller than Ella * Ella ( 15 ); ( Eli if male ) lives in the eye of an emotional hurricane ; shorter than Jane *
* If you do use a male actor for either of the roles , simply cut the lines about Jane Eyre , Jane Austen .
PLACE : Grocery Store with a café TIME : A hot summer day ; today
( Lights up on a small grocery aisle . ELLA is reaching for a product on an upper shelf . It is just out of reach . She has on a sweater over a t-shirt and wears long jeans . JANE sees and comes to help . JANE also has a sweater on . As ELLA reaches , the sleeves on her sweater pulls up . There are scars on ELLA ’ S arms .)
Let me . The strawberry ?
Raspberry , please .
JANE
ELLA
( JANE pulls down the raspberry – whatever – yoghurt , fruit bar , whatever works .) Thanks . I always wanted to be taller .
JANE It wasn ’ t fun in middle school when I towered over everyone . But it comes in handy now . ( Beat .) You should get that looked at . They could get infected .
( JANE pulls her sweater sleeve down .)
ELLA It ’ s nothing . I hike a lot and like … blazing my own trials so when branches get in my way –
You just bull right through them .
Yes .
JANE
ELLA
( JANE takes off her sweater . She ties it around her waist . There are old scars on her arms similar to what ’ s on ELLA ’ S arm . ELLA notices .)