EXT. A SIDEWALK DAY
OLIVIA and CORDELIA walk home after school. Olivia is
somewhat top-heavy and wears several layers of clothing in
earthy tones. She walks slightly in front of Cordelia
avoiding cracks in an overgrown sidewalk. She ’pops the
head’ off a dandelion prompting Cordelia to pick one from an
uncut lawn.
CORDELIA
I used to do that when I was
little.
Cordelia places the flower between her thumb and index
finger.
CORDELIA
(singing)
Mama had a baby and the head...
(flicking the yellow flower
into the air)
Pop’d off.
It falls into Olivia’s long brown hair. She remains
oblivious as they cross the street. On the other side
Cordelia continues to drag her hand along sporadic lengths
of chain-link fence. She is wearing a black smiley face
t-shirt and has dyed black hair.
CORDELIA
God it’s so hot outside.
OLIVIA
You’re wearing all black.
INT. OLIVIA’S DINING ROOM TABLE DAY
Cordelia follows Olivia into the dining room and helps her
clear off a worn wooden table. They sit opposite each other.
Olivia’s army green satchel contains several spiral
notebooks each with papers sticking out. She opens a red
spiral and begins flipping through class notes. Cordelia
opens her overstuffed black backpack, on its front
"CORDELIA" is written in loopy letters in orange fabric
paint. She unzips a blue trapper-keeper as Olivia clears her
throat.
OLIVIA
I dedicated this to you in French.
Wanna hear it?
CORDELIA
Yeah.
OLIVIA
"A Little Flower," by OLIVE TALLEY.
CORDELIA
Ooo... Olive.
Olivia rolls her eyes and stands, forcing her chair to bump
into a crowded bookshelf behind her.
OLIVIA
The day is nice and sunny, I went
outside to see a small white bunny
in the mouth of a kitty. I held it,
but it was dead. Oops, off fell its
head. I buried it in your back-yard
where I also saw the buried bones
of three. Oops, here comes a chilly
April shower, making these bodies
into a tiny little flower.
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