NICKWhy not?

Extra English 1

BRIDGET [reading email message] ‘Gigi!! Did you get my message? Please call me. Love, John. P.S: Did you get the flowers? ’

Is he stupid?! (Writes email) ‘I told you last night, it’s finished. Sorry. B.(And don’t call me GIGI.)’

John [on phone] But please don’t leave me.

BRIDGET Don’t cry. Oh, goodbye.Oh and happy birthday! Aah, men!

ANNIE Come on Charley, come on.Post, Bridget. Charley and I have the post, haven’t we Charley.

BRIDGET Give me the post, Charley. [Dog growls] Give me the post, Charley.

ANNIE Drop it, Charley.Oh, good boy! Oh, telephone bill, gas bill, electricity bill.
Oh.Ah, what’s this? Mmm, a parcel for you, Bridget.

BRIDGET Oh, good. What is it? Oh, it’s from mother.

ANNIE Oh, ‘Bridget darling, this arrived for you and I made you this. Love Mummy.’
Oh, ho-ho, oh very you, Bridget!

BRIDGET Mother! Ooh, this is from Argentina.

ANNIEArgentina. Who from? What does it say?

BRIDGET [Erm], it says ‘Hello, do you remember me? ’No. ‘Seven years ago we was pen pals.’
‘We was’ - we were pen pals. Oh yeah, now I remember, it’s Hector!

ANNIE Who’s Hector?

BRIDGET He was my pen pal seven years ago.

ANNIE Oh.

BRIDGET ‘I speak English good now.’ I speak English good. I speak English well now – ‘and I am coming to England.’

ANNIE Oh, Latin Americans!

BRIDGET ‘I would like to sleep with you. Do you have a bed for me? ’Oh, he wants to stay here! [Oh]. Ah, ha, ha.

ANNIE But [erm] what about the rules?

Ooh, a Latin American here, ooh, like Ricky Martin! Tall, handsome, rich! So [erm] when is he coming?

BRIDGET Oh [erm] let me see. It says ‘November 5th.’

ANNIE Oh, November 5th.But that’s …

BRIDGET … Today!

Sound of knocking on door

BRIDGET and ANNIE Aaaah!!!

BRIDGET Oh, oh it’s you Nick!

NICK Hi, babes!

ANNIE Hello Nick.How are you?

NICKGr-eat.Nice muscles.Here’s your milk.

BRIDGET Our milk. You mean our milk you borrowed three weeks ago.

ANNIE Oh, thanks Nick.

NICK [Speaking in a mock Italian accent] I forget nothing!

ANNIEWould you like a drink, Nick? Would you like a drink, Nick? Telephone rings

NICK Uhh.

ANNIE I said, would you like a drink, Nick?

NICK Oh! Sorry.No thanks.

ANNIE Oh, erm, Bridget’s friend is coming.

NICK Oh yeah.

ANNIE Aha.From Argentina.

NICK Wow! From Argentina! What’s she like?

ANNIE She is a he!

NICK Huh?

ANNIE Not a girl, a boy.

NICK Oh. Tough guy, ay! Why don’t I show you how to do it properly!

BRIDGET Nick, I’ve told you before, nobody uses my bike, nobody, is that clear?

NICKWhy not?

BRIDGET Why not?!! If you touch my bike again, you are out - O-U-T, out. Clear?!

NICK What?

Sound of door slamming

Sound of knocking on door

BRIDGET I said …

HECTOR Hello.

ANNIE Hello.

HECTORI am called Argentina.I am from Hector.

ANNIEYou mean ‘I am called Hector.’

HECTOR You are called Hector?

ANNIE Oh, no, no, no, I am called Annie.

HECTOR I am called Annie.

BRIDGET No! She means ‘I am called Hector, I am from Argentina.’

HECTOR You are from Argentina!

BRIDGET Oh, come in!

ANNIE [sending email]
‘Hi Nadia.Bridget’s pen pal arrived this morning.’ ‘He is, mmm, strange.’ ‘ Oh and Nick from next door is so funny! He brought our milk back from three weeks ago.’

BRIDGET [sending email]
‘Chrissy! Nick is so stupid, he touched my bike.Men! ’‘Also, Hector is here from Argentina.His English is not very good.’

HECTORThese are my cars.

BRIDGET You play with cars?!

HECTOR Yes, you play, no? I play with cars.

BRIDGET He plays with cars!

HECTOR I read.I love the library.