Troubles
By
Character List
Bon Qui-Qui
Nick ???Train???
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Kenyatta- best friend of Bon Qui-Qui and Train??™s on and off girlfriend
Rashaad- best friend of Train and Bon Qui-Qui??™s ex boyfriend.
School Nurse
Cashier
Act 1, Scene 1 [That evening Bon Qui-Qui goes to a party and meets ???train???]
Bon Qui-Qui: [knocks on the door and waits for someone to answer]
Nick: [opens door for a girl] [looks up and down in amazement] damn shawty what yo name is
Bon Qui-Qui: Bon Qui-Qui
Nick: oh, my name Nick but everybody call me train
Bon Qui-Qui: [snaps] okay train [says smiling]
[Train introduces her to everybody]
Train: This right here is my man Rashaad
Qui-Qui: yea, I know him, we USED to go together
Rashaad: hey Qui-Qui, how you doin [Says smiling]
Qui-Qui: [Rolls her eyes with an attitude] I??™m fine
Rashaad: you know if you keep rollin your eyes like that they gonna get stuck.
[Train laughs][Bon Qui-Qui looks at him]
Qui-Qui: what the hell are you laughin at
Train: nothing. Let me introduce you to my other friend??¦
[Bon Qui-Qui interrupts him]
Bon Qui-Qui: is that Kenyatta!![She says with excitement]
Train: [Putting his arm around her and leading her to Kenyatta] yea
Kenyatta: hey girl how you been
Qui-Qui: man I ain??™t been doin nothing just hanging out
Kenyatta: [gets a call on her cell phone] Okay mom??¦ okay I??™ll be outside in a minute. [Pauses] well girl I gotta go my mom is actin crazy.
Qui-Qui: okay, well I??™ll see you at school Monday.
Kenyatta: okay bye [stops as she??™s about to walk out the door] do you need a ride
[As Bon Qui-Qui is about to answer train interrupts]
Train: no, I??™ll take her home
Kenyatta: okay, but that??™s like my sister so be nice
Train: you already know that I??™m not like that anymore. Are you ready to go home
Qui-Qui: yea
Train: Alright let??™s go
End of Scene 1
Act 1, Scene 2 [Train and Bon Qui-Qui are sitting in the car in-front of Qui-Qui??™s house it??™s around 2 in the morning]
Qui-Qui: Thanks for driving me home, I really appreciate it
Train: No, problem shawty
[Train lets Qui-Qui out of the car and they both walk up to her front porch]
Qui-Qui: do you want to come in
Train: your parents??™ home
Qui-Qui: No
Train: Alright I guess I can come in
Scene 2, the Next Morning [Mr. Jones is at the table reading the paper and Mrs. Jones is cooking breakfast]
Mrs. Jones: Good morning, how was the party
Qui-Qui: It was good, I met a guy there
Mr. Jones: WHO [Saying it kind of angrily]
Qui-Qui: his name is train
Mr. Jones: Train What??™s his real name
Qui-Qui: his name is Nick
Mrs. Jones: I heard you guys upstairs last night
Qui-Qui: See what had happened was??¦..
Mrs. Jones: don??™t give me no damn excuses
Qui-Qui: don??™t act like ya??™ll weren??™t doin the same thing
Mr. and Mrs. Jones: But we??™re adults and we??™re married
Qui-Qui: [yelling] mom I??™m 16 I??™m old enough to make my own decisions!
Mr. Jones: Well if you??™re so grown then you can go out get a job and then get your own place
Qui-Qui: I??™m good
Mr. Jones: that??™s what I thought. What are you planning to do today
Qui-Qui: actually I was going to hang back out with train
Mrs. Jones: Just be careful remember practice safe!
Qui-Qui: What do you think I??™m going to do!
Mr. Jones: well I know what you AIN??™T going to do
Qui-Qui: [rolls her eyes] what ever
Mr. Jones: you better stop rolling your eyes at me like you crazy!
END of scene 2
Act 1, Scene 3 [it??™s been two weeks since the party and Qui-Qui hasn??™t been feeling well]
Kenyatta: Hey girl, I haven??™t seen you since the party, so what went down with you and Train
Qui-Qui: Nothing except??¦??¦
Kenyatta: Except what Did you guys??¦. You know!
Qui-Qui: Yea and I think that I might be pregnant
Kenyatta: what do you mean you THINK Do you need me to drive you to the corner store
Qui-Qui: Yea, you know just to make sure that I??™m not
Kenyatta: but what if you are
Qui-Qui: I don??™t know, and then I guess I have to tell train. I mean it is his
Kenyatta: alright let??™s go [grabs the car keys and they??™re on their way to the corner store]
Cashier: Welcome to Rite Aid, please let me know if I can be of any service??™s to you.
Qui-Qui: okay thanks
[she goes down and looks for where the pregnancy test??™ are, grabs one pays for it and leaves]
Kenyatta: did you get the test
Qui-Qui: yea
Kenyatta: did you use it yet
Qui-Qui: [sarcastically] oh yea you know because they really have a bathroom in Rite Aid
Kenyatta: Sorry just asking
Qui-Qui: Can we go to your house, because my parents are home and I don??™t want them to know
Kenyatta: but weren??™t they home when you guys??¦.. You know??¦. Did IT
Qui-Qui: yea but they don??™t know that his condom broke
Kenyatta: oh, well sure we can go to my house
[back at Kenyatta??™s house, it??™s around 2 in the afternoon and their waiting for the pregnancy test results]
Qui-Qui: Oh my god!!!
Kenyatta: What What does it say
Qui-Qui: how am I going to tell my parents
Kenyatta: what did the test say
Qui-Qui: damn it Kenyatta I??™m pregnant
Kenyatta: WOW, I guess it sucks to be you
Qui-Qui: this is not funny!! What am I going to tell my parents and train
Kenyatta: well we should go to your house right now and tell your parents so you can just get it over with
Qui-Qui:
