“My Script”
By
Kaden White
Fade In:
Int. A bright, spacious office, day.
Mrs. West (50s) is sat behind a desk, with her head down, writing on multiple pieces of paper.
Max (30s), calamitous, and innocently disruptive, swings open the door and falls into the room, as though he was leaning on the door as it opened.
Mrs. West hears him enter but does not look up.
MRS. WEST
Ah. You must be Max. Thank you so much for coming today. Sorry to have kept you waiting. Please do hang your coat up.
She gestures her hand at a wooden coat stand in the corner of the room.
MAX
Oh, yes. Thank You.
Max hangs his coat up and goes to take a seat, he is unaware that his shirt is caught up in his coat zip, and he is still attached to the coat. As he reaches for the chair, the coat stand falls and hits him on the back of the head. He frantically stands it back up. Mrs. West doesn’t notice and still does not lift her head.
MRS. WEST
Oh, sorry Max, before you sit down, could you just grab me a new pen out of that draw over there. I think this one is about to run out and I really need to finish this paperwork quickly.
MAX
Absolutely, no problem.
MRS. WEST
Thank You.
Max opens the draw, rummages around, and grabs a pen. As he goes to shut the draw, he slams his fingers in the draw.
MAX
Ah!
He lets out a distressing sound.
MRS. WEST
(Confusing His Yelp for A Sound of Joy) Ah! I take it you’ve found one! I’m so sorry, I admit, I don’t keep that draw very tidy. It can be a nuisance to find things in there.
MAX
Oh no. Its no trouble at all.
Mrs. West still does not lift her head. Max places the pen on the table and goes to take a seat.
MRS. WEST
(LOUDLY) Now.
Startled by Mrs. Wests raise in volume, max tips backwards on the chair and land on his back. Mrs. West finally raises her head.
MRS. WEST
Tell me Max – Oh. Where have you gone?
She looks around the room, baffled. Max lies helplessly on the floor.
MAX
I’ll be with you in two seconds.
Mrs. West stands up and glances over the desk.
MRS. WEST
Oh, there you are. What on earth are you doing down there?
MAX
I was just admiring your carpet, actually. Its such a lovely shade of red. I was thinking about getting something like this for my living room.
Mrs. West is taken aback and confused.
MRS. WEST
Ah, yes. Thank You. I like to think of it as a maroon sort of colour.
Beat.
MRS. WEST (CONT.)
Please, would you join me back up at the desk?
She gestures at the chair.
MAX
Oh, yes. Absolutely. Sorry.
MRS. WEST
Now, I must apologize for my poor welcoming when you arrived. I’ve been at a tight schedule all day and I really had to get all of this paperwork completed and signed off.
MAX
Its no problem, honestly. Important stuff, is it?
MRS. WEST
Exactly That.
Max smiles, still slightly flustered from the previous misfortunate events.
MRS. WEST
Right, let’s try this again, shall we? I’m Mrs. West, Thank You for coming, Max.
MAX
Thank You for having me. I am very happy to be here, and I really hope that I can prove I am worthy for this job.
MRS. WEST
Well, it is a pleasure to meet you Max. And, yes, I hope so too. Let’s get started with this interview then, shall we?
She gestures out to shake his hand. He does so, knocking a glass of water over onto all of the important papers as he does. They both share a mortified look.
Beat.
MRS. WEST
(Expressionless) Get Out.
MAX
Thank You for your time.
Max nods and quickly leaves the room.
Beat.
He returns and grabs his coat from the coat stand where he has yet another difficult encounter. He finally untangles his coat and leaves, awkwardly.
The End.
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