Time to Tequila !!

SCENE 4: TEQUILA EVERYONE?

November 2012

Omar is with a bunch of boys - his two best friends- Ali and Ryan, his cousin- Mohammad and a friend named Dhrup. They’re all smoking Sheesha in Omar’s room which is on the ground floor of a hall of residence at the Uni. There is a single bed in one corner of the room, a study table that has a laptop, books, clothes, food and a lot of random things on it. The boys are all seated on the floor in a circle, around the Sheesha.

Mohammad- pass me the pipe, dude! This ain’t your dad’s sheesha.                

Dhrup- Here take it (passes the pipe of the sheesha) and shove it up your ass!

Mohammad (smokes sheesha) Oh, Ass reminds me. Ryan, who was that girl with you outside the Library today. Man, she had booty to die for. It was big enough for the whole Uni to fit in (laughs).

Ryan (furiously) She’s my sister, you Bastard.

Mohammad Why’re you heating up bro? I just gave your sis a compliment, yeah?

Mohammad laughs and looks at the other boys hoping they’d laugh with him but no one does.

Omar Mo, pass me the sheesha.

Dhrup Man, I have to leave. Duty calls (shows everyone his cell phone that has a text from his girlfriend)

Ryan  (irate) Common man, It’s a boys night in. You can’t leave. Tell that girlfriend of yours you’re busy. I hate this shit dude, you’re always stuck with your chick and Omar is always with Ayesha.(disgusted) It’s sickening.

Mohammad Why does she always stick to you like Velcro? Does she never work? Or study for that matter?

Dhrup (defensively) She’s in first year you pig, did you ever study in first year?

Ali  Dude, first year. Those were the days. The best time of Uni (pauses). I miss them every time I see Ayesha. (mocking) Omar’s (makes speech marks in the air with his fingers) “just friend”

Omar (smiles shyly) Come on bro. Shut up!

Ryan (mockingly) Are you blushing dude. Holy crap! You’re such a girl.

Omar We really are just friends, Ryan.

Ryan (sarcastically)Yeah, I believe you.

Ali Jokes apart dude, when was the last time you guys didn’t see each other’s faces for more than a day? You two are like conjoined twins. I never see you apart.

Dhrup Oh and you should see him when she isn’t around. He’s stuck to his blackberry.

Ali (casually) Looks like I’ve lost my best friend to love! (exaggerates and sings the word love)

                                                                                                                  

Omar punches Ali lightly in the stomach, laughing. There is a frantic knock on the window. Everyone panics.

Dhrup I think it’s the security, hide the sheesha.

Omar Fuck man! I still haven’t paid the fine from last week.

Mohammad picks up the sheesha and hides it in the toilet. Ali sprays room freshener in the room. Omar opens the curtain of the window.

Ayesha (screeching and shivering) Omar, you jerk! Open the door It’s fucking freezing out here!

Omar Ayesha, what are you doing here? It’s three in the morning.

Ayesha I have a surprise for you, now open the door before I die.

Omar opens the door.

Ayesha Surprise, Surprise!

Ayesha walks in with a bottle of tequila in her hand.

Omar (hesitantly) Guys, this is Ayesha. Ayesha (points towards everybody in the room), guys.

Ayesha Hey guys, hope I’m not intruding? I bought this (points towards the bottle) in the evening and I had no one to have it with so I bought it here.

Mohammad (sarcastically) No, not at all, you aren’t intruding our boy’s night in.

Ayesha looks at Omar all confused. Omar laughs, and so do Ali, Ryan and Dev and they all settle down.

Ayesha shots everyone? Or should I go to the vending machine and get some coke.

Mohammad I’m sorry, I don’t drink. Islam doesn’t allow this.

Ayesha (ironically) Really? And it allows smoking up?

 Mohammad Sorry?

Ayesha I saw you smoking ganja behind the gym a few weeks ago.

Omar God! Let’s not talk about smoking up, the last time we scored the fire alarm went off!

Ryan Man! That was one night!

Ayesha (charged up) you guys all smoke up? You too Omar? I want to do it as well. Please.

Dhrup but you’re a girl, Ayesha.

Ayesha (offended and sarcastic) …and henceforth incapable of inhaling and exhaling?

Omar (dragging Ayesha to a corner) can I talk to you for a minute?

Ayesha What?

Omar Ayesha, you don’t know my friends yet. Stop talking about alcohol and marijuana here.

Ayesha (confused) but I don’t understand.

Omar I’ll explain everything later. Please go for now.

Ayesha picks up the bottle of tequila and stomps out of the room without saying anything to anyone.