Aliya:

(Trying to keep the ball from a defender as she dribbles the basketball through her legs. You can hear the squeaking of the sneakers. Her check from the other team is making it very difficult)

You’re lucky this ref doesn’t know what he’s doing. You would have been fouled over ten times by now. Get out of the way!

Other player:

Or maybe if you weren’t such a whiny brat, you could take it. 

Aliya:

(Growls angrily and pushes past the other player. She runs towards the net and as it seems she is about to make a layup, she feels hands pushing her. Mid-jump, she falls to the ground. A loud echo sound is heard as her head hits the floor)

Another Member of the Team

ALIYA!

The stage goes black and silent for about 10-15 seconds. When the light turns back on the only people on the court are a middle aged man and a small 5-8 year old. No words are spoken as he shows her how to dribble. You can hear the laughs echoing of both the father and the daughter. This is supposed to be seen as Aliya and her father. The laughter sounds fade as the lights go down. There is another 10-15 seconds of silence and darkness. When the lights come back on there is a 13-15 year old Aliya dribbling alone. It appears as though her father is no longer in the picture. The lights go off again for 10-15 seconds. When the lights are back on, the stage is the same as it first was with an 18 year old

Only this time as soon as her head hits the ground, the sound is of heavy breathing. The small part of the stage that was previously dark immediately lights up and the lights from the other side go dark. Aliya(girl that will look the same as Aliya)abruptly sits up in a hospital bed with the heavy breathing sounds mimicking her shoulders that are going up and down aggressively. The setting is a white hospital room with flowers on the side table. People are in the room, and jump up when she does. It’ll appear as though she was in a coma, reliving the event that put her there, when finally she wakes up. This story will display the thoughts of someone who is in a coma. 

(Storms into the auto shop, so aggressively that the door slams shut behind her)

I know you had seen her that night.

Jimmy

(Looks up in confusion)

What are you doing here Caroline? Are you drunk?

Caroline

What does it matter if I’m drunk? That doesn’t make you any less of a criminal!

Jimmy 

I think you should leave. You have the nerve to come into my shop and try to accuse me, of something so beyond sinister that I can’t even talk about it without feeling sick to my stomach. You know how I felt about Madison.

Caroline

I thought you loved her. She thought you loved her. Until I saw you with that girl from the coffee shop. You broke my sister’s heart. 

Jimmy

Enough with the drama Caroline! Nothing happened with that girl from the coffee shop. And even if something did, I didn’t kill your sister! She was the love of my life. Please, I’m begging you. Just leave me alone. 

Caroline

Then why would she do this? Why would she leave? Jimmy, answer me.

Jimmy 

Clearly she wasn’t happy Carol! And honestly, I don’t think anything either of us could’ve said would’ve changed that. We should have noticed. But we didn’t. 

Caroline

You’re right we should have noticed. We were the two people who should have noticed. I miss her. 

Jimmy

I miss her too.