1.3: The Rumor
(Shanice was in her room, but she wasn’t studying she was on the phone.)
Erika: I thought you were studying!
Shanice: Erika, what are you doing in here.
Erika: I didn’t want to be downstairs with the day care lady. I’m not a baby.
Shanice: (on phone) Raymond, I have to go. My…. little sister just walked in.
Erika: Raymond? Who’s he?
Shanice: A guy I met who wanted a day care recommendation.
Erika: He has a child?
Shanice: He has a sister he has to care for. She’s three.
Erika: Sweet, is he cute?
Shanice: Erika!
Erika: What? I wanna know.
Shanice: Okay, fine, he’s very handsome.
Erika: How’d you meet him?
Shanice: Well, he’s in my theater class and…what am I doing, discussing this with a little girl.
Erika: I’m almost eleven, I’m not a baby. And I’m your sister. Sisters talk about this stuff.
Shanice: You’re not really my sister.
Erika: Whatever sis, tell me more about Raymond.
Shanice: There’s nothing to tell. He late signing up for classes, he needed notes, he asked for them, we got to talking. He mentioned his sister, I mentioned my step-mom’s Day Care, and we exchanged numbers.
Erika: So, you want him to be your boyfriend?
Shanice: I don’t know, maybe.
(They laugh)
Shanice: I’m so ashamed of myself, talking about this with a little girl.
Erika: I’m not a little–
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