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BENNY
(After a brief search) What the-? Musta' left it back there. Warm up. The media‘s coming. (Starts to exit)

ADAM
Why‘s the media coming?

ALYSON
Kelly.

ADAM
Rabin? (Alyson nods) She‘s coming back?

ALYSON
Prob‘ly some publicity stunt.

STEPHANIE
You guys see her on Good Morning America?

ADAM
(As reporter) ―Kelly, how does it feel to be fourteen and the center of so much controversy?‖

ALYSON
(Dripping with sweetness, perhaps throwing back hair suggestively) ―Well, as my Mom says… every kid
needs some time… just to be a kid. Y‘know?‖ (Silly giggle, then throws angry punch into her palm) Poom.

(KELLY RABIN enters, unseen by the kids.)

ADAM
(To Stephanie) I can see the two of ‗em in the ring. (Quickly) Ladies and gentlemen! In this corner!
Wearing a baggy shirt, faded blue jeans and white sneakers- Benny‘s current number one- Alyson ‖it‘s all
about me‖ Lucci! (Makes crowd-cheering noise, as Stephanie and Chris obviously enjoy it.)

ALYSON
(Mock laughing) Ha ha ha.

STEPHANIE
And the challenger… (Hint of delicateness and gentleness for effect) Weighing a scant sixty-four pounds,
with oh-so-sexy shorts and a tank-top two sizes too small…

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