During break time Ayanda is with a friend outside the classroom.
AYANDA: Did you see how Brian looked at me in class. OMG, he is such a hunk and a genius.
CANDY: Why do you sound like we weren’t sitting in the same bench?
AYANDA: Haw, It’s not my fault you haven’t got your eyes checked for short-sightedness.
CANDY: That’s not the point… I just don’t get why you are so obsessed with Brian. The guy is not even into you.
AYANDA: Oh really now, so who is he into, you?
CANDY: Don’t be silly. We all know guys like him would go for “beauty with brains”.
AYANDA: I am beautiful… I have br…
CANDY: (She laughs) Come on girl, stop right there if you still want me alive. Don’t make a fool of yourself (as she continues laughing hard).
AYANDA: Are you saying I’m stupid?
CANDY: No, not at all.
AYANDA: Then what are you really saying?
CANDY: (She tries to hold back the giggles) What I’m actually saying is that we cannot possibly classify you to that category of brains. That place is already occupied my friend.
AYANDA: By who, exactly?
CANDY: Come on, isn’t obvious? People like Arco have top positions up there.
AYANDA: Ag man, did you really have to mention that girl?
CANDY: She’s just the most intelligent, I sometimes envy her.
AYANDA: Enough about her, jeez!
CANDY: Oh okay, I’ll stop, but why do I sense some jealousy in you?
AYANDA: Who? Me? Jealous? Of that scrap yard you call a genius, mxm girl, seriously! Come on…
CANDY: You are jealous, aren’t you? Oh you are jealous, really!
AYANDA: Is it safe to say she’s just not my favourite person.
CANDY: (Confused) Okay! Carry on!
AYANDA: Carry on with what? I don’t like how she always appears “perfect” in the eyes of every teacher.
CANDY: But she is perfect, isn’t she?
AYANDA: Perfect where? Don’t tell me that!
CANDY: (Still confused) But she doesn’t strike me as a brat you say she is.
AYANDA: Wise up, girl! That girl is everything bad I hate, I don’t like her one bit.
Silence
AYANDA: We must do something about this.
CANDY: Wait a min, by “we” you are referring to you and who?
AYANDA; Who is my friend? Who am I with now?
CANDY: Me of course, but I don’t have some beef with the girl.
Ayanda looks pissed and disappointed.
CANDY: What do you want to do now?
AYANDA: (Looks excited) Oh, so I have a plan…
She whispers in Candy’s ears.
CANDY: No, no, no, count me out. This whole plan of yours is just a fiasco.
AYANDA: Arg come on girl, don’t be a spoilsport.
CANDY: I honestly cannot be able to do what you are planning.
AYANDA: Why not?
CANDY: For God’s sake, poor girl doesn’t deserve to have her name dragged through the mud just so you can further your own agenda.
AYANDA: You are such a buzzkill, do you know that? It’s not like we’re killing anyone here.
CANDY: Either way, the intention behind it is very wrong.
AYANDA: Tell me here, do you still want to be friends with me or not?
CANDY: Of course, I still do.
AYANDA: Then you have to choose, because the last thing I need is to have Judas Iscariot as a friend. Someone who’ll conspire with the enemy behind my back. Someone…
CANDY: Jeez, spare me the sermon. I’ll help you!
AYANDA: Good.
Tell us: What do you think Ayanda will do?