Title: City Girls by: Vincent C Holman copyright 2005 contact: vincentholman@uzane.com comment: sample pages only, do not use without prior permission from author. CHURCH DINING ROOM Sheri, Angie, Aaron Jr., Tracy and Martin are laughing. AARON JR. A vet… You should have seen his face. (laughs) Look at this a family reunion. (To Martin) Hey little brother how long did it take you to get here from Cali? MARTIN About 8 hours. I just came from the airport. I’m glad I made it in time. AARON JR. (looks at his watch) Well you ain’t exactly on time. The two laugh. MARTIN Well you know what I mean. Ya’ll still here. TRACY (to Martin) And how come you can’t call nobody? MARTIN I call Mommy all the time. AARON JR. He calls me. TRACY You call this big head… (playfully hits Aaron Jr.) And you don’t call your sister? AARON JR. (playfully) Alright Aunt Esther. You’re lucky you’re having another litter… TRACY (shocked) A litter? He pretends to be Fred Sanford shadow fighting Aunt Esther. TRACY You think you’re Fred Sanford? AARON JR. Back off now Esther… Back up. Tracy chases behind Aaron Jr. the best that a very pregnant women can and she pins him in a corner with her belly. TRACY Or what? What you gonna do, what you gonna do? Corn or Rice? - Corn or Rice? SHERI / ANGIE / MARTIN Oh not that again… They all start laughing as Aaron can’t make up his mind and Tracy playfully hits him on the head. AARON JR. Corn… no rice… I mean corn… INT. GRANDMAS FARMHOUSE KITCHEN - DAY - FLASHBACK SEQUENCE GRANDMA(52 yrs.) is cooking breakfast. The people in the house start to wake up as they smell the food. SUPER: “NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 1979” CHILDREN’S BEDROOM Aaron Jr.(11 yrs.) wakes up in bed with Tracy’s arm lying on his face. Also in bed are his siblings Tracy(9 yrs.), Martin(6 yrs.), his cousins MAXINE(5 yrs.) and LITTLE RICKY(3 yrs.). Aaron Jr. pushes Tracy’s arm out of his face. AARON JR. Geed-doff of me Tracy. Tracy is awakened by him doing so. TRACY (sleepily) Dang Aaron you ain’t god-da-be so mean. (nudges Martin next to her) Martin, Martin… (Martin yawns and rolls over) Martin yuh bet geed-dup or yuh go-in ta miss breakfiss… AARON JR. Don’t wake-em. I’ll eat his pan-i-cakes. Martin sits up sleepily in bed. MARTIN (sleepy) You bet-not eat my pan-i-cakes Aaron. Aaron Jr. puts on his shirt. AARON JR. (hollers at Martin) Then geed-dup… TRACY Oh leave him lone Aaron. AARON JR. Shud-dup. He mushes Tracy in the head and she falls on the bed. Tracy looks angry. She looks at Martin. Together they pin Aaron Jr. to the ground as he tries to put on his pants. AARON JR. Geed-doff me… Geed-doff me. The commotion awakens Maxine and Little Ricky. MAXINE Whud y’all do-in? AARON JR. Maxine go git my momma they’s jumpin me. TRACY Naw Maxine he starred it. MARTIN Yeah he starred it. Maxine shrugs her shoulders signaling to Aaron Jr. that “your on your own”. TRACY (angelic) Less play a lila game called… Corn… or rice. AARON JR. Whud? TRACY (sharply) Yuh eard me - corn or rice. – Now which one eyes like more? Aaron Jr. struggles to get free but can’t. Frustrated he replies. AARON JR. Yuh like em both. TRACY Not today I dosen’t. Today I like’s one’s more than da other. Guess which in. Aaron Jr. shakes his head “no”. TRACY Guess ans if yuh geds it right I’ll lech-cha go. Martin laughs. AARON JR. Naw cuz if-in eyes say corn you’ll say rice n if-in eyes say rice you’ll say corn. TRACY (angelic) Naw I won’t. AARON JR. Yez yuh will… TRACY (angelic) Naw I won’t. AARON JR. Yez yuh will… Tracy looses her patience. TRACY (hollers) I says naw I want. -- Now guess… Tracy and Martin grin deviously at each other. Aaron shakes his head “no” refusing to play. TRACY Aight den I’ll just hit-cha… She raises her hand to pop him on the side of his head. AARON JR. (panics) Aight, aight… Corn… Naw rice… No, no, no wait -- corn. He says with a definite tone. Tracy rolls her eyes. TRACY Are yuh sure? AARON JR. (voice cracking) Yeah corn… Aaron Jr. looks at her scared. He squints his face expecting to be hit. TRACY Corn? Aaron looks at her nervously but he sticks to his decision. TRACY Ok Martin… (intimidating silence) led-em-up. Martin looks puzzled. Slowly they both get off of Aaron Jr. Aaron sits up and smiles. Tracy stands directly over him. Suddenly she hits him on the head. AARON JR. Ouch… TRACY Wrong. -- It was Rice. Martin, Maxine and Little Ricky laugh as Tracy runs away. Aaron pushes Martin aside and chases Tracy. AARON JR. Tracy… I’m gonna git yuh. GRANDMA (VO) (calling out) Breakfast. All of the kids stop what they are doing and go into the KITCHEN