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[WILL and STEVE are in WILL’S room. WILL is sitting on his bed and STEVE is sitting in a chair. Under STEVE is a notebook. They are watching T.V.; an episode of “Family Guy” is just ending. There is an empty desk in the corner of the room.]

WILL

[Still looking at the T.V.]

Whaddya wanna do?

STEVE

We should work on our project.

WILL

[Looking toward the desk]

Where’s the notebook?

STEVE

[Looking toward Will]

Where did you leave it?

WILL

[Getting up and looking around]

Where I always do.

STEVE

Which is…

WILL

[Picking up pillows off his bed and throwing them on the floor]

On my desk.

STEVE

[Still sitting]

Well obviously you didn’t cuz it isn’t there.

WILL

Thanks captain obvious.

STEVE

[Sarcastically]

No problem.

WILL

[Stops looking around]

Are you gonna help me look or what?

STEVE

[Still sitting]

I’m not the one who lost it. It’s not my fault.

WILL

Well then enjoy failing.

STEVE

I’m not about to fail because you are about as responsible as SOMETHING IRRESPONSIBLE and lose everything.

WILL

Oh lose everything huh? Like this one thing.

STEVE

Yes like this. And like my Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers action figure in…

WILL

[Slightly louder]

How many times do I have to tell you! I never lost your stupid Power Ranger!

STEVE

Bull****. I know you took it.

WILL

Well how ‘bout the time I told you that I liked Kim and you decided to open your big fat mouth and tell everyone?

STEVE

Are you ever gonna let that go? She didn’t even like you.

WILL

You don’t know that!

STEVE

Yeah I do. The only girl who has ever liked you is your mother.

WILL

[Enraged, nearly shouting]

Well your mom’s a INSULT.

STEVE

[Disbelief]

What did you just say?

WILL

[Deliberately]

Your… mother… is… a… INSULT.

STEVE

[Shocked, pausing between each word]

You… take… that… back.

WILL

Make me.

[STEVE lunges out of the chair toward WILL and knocks him onto the bed. They wrestle for about five seconds. WILL is lying on his stomach and STEVE jumps on his back and pulls his hair back.]

STEVE

Bug-nosed pincushion!

[WILL reverses and puts STEVE in a headlock.]

WILL

Cotton-headed ninnymuggins!

[Another reversal]

STEVE

Pizza-faced momma’s boy!

WILL

Dirt-bag rat!

[STEVE starts to give WILL a wedgie. WILL yelps with pain.]

WILL

Stop! You smelly grease-monkey!

[STEVE starts chuckling and his grip loosens slightly.]

WILL

[Surprised, quizzical]

What?

[STEVE starts laughing harder.]

WILL

What’s so funny?

[STEVE continues laughing.]

WILL

Steve!

STEVE

[Still laughing and still holding a loose wedgie]

You calling me a grease-monkey reminded me of that time we went to the zoo and saw that monkey grab that girl and lick her face.

[WILL laughs a little.]

WILL

Oh yeah and then she freaked out and punched it in the nose and ran away and the monkey…

[STEVE is laughing so hard that he is barely comprehensible.]

STEVE

[Interrupting]

… threw a banana at her and she tripped and ate it!

[WILL’S laughter intensifies]

STEVE

When she was falling I almost died it was like in slow motion.

[Both STEVE and WILL laugh uncontrollably for a few more seconds then their laughter slowly dies down until they are chuckling every few seconds.]

WILL

Can you let me out of this wedgie now?

STEVE

[Realization]

Oh sorry. [Laughs.] What were we fighting about again?

[STEVE and WILL both sit up on the bed. STEVE has his back to the chair that he had been sitting on earlier, and the notebook is now visible on the chair.]

WILL

I don’t even… Oh yeah the notebook. [Looks around and sees the notebook on the chair] Umm…

STEVE

What? [Sees WILL looking at the chair and he turns to look. He’s clearly embarrassed.] Oh…

WILL

Yeah…

STEVE

[Laughing lightly]

Sorry ‘bout that…

WILL

Yeah…

STEVE

[Hesitantly]

Well… Let’s start working on that project…

WILL

Yeah…

[STEVE grabs the notebook and opens it. STEVE and WILL page through the notebook and talk about their project. Curtain.]