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Angela in an EmergencyByAdrian Groves
 
INT. BEDROOM. DAYANGELA snoozes lightly as sunlight spills in through thewindow. She stirs. Eyes flicker open. Brow furrows.Something isn’t right. Her left hand shoots to her stomach.Her right to her mouth. She springs out of bed and rushes tothe washroom. The unmistakable sound of vomiting ringsthrough the walls.INT. BATHROOM. CONT’DAngela flushes the toilet and leans against the tub as shewipes the side of her mouth. Hand still clutches herstomach. She stares into space for a beat...INT. BATHROOM. LATERCLOSE ON a pregnancy test. Sits on the counter.CLOSE ON a watch face. Clutched between Angela’s hands. Hereyes focused like a laser beam. Tick. Tick. She bites herlip. Tick. Tick. Feet tap the floor. Tick. Tick. Deep sigh.Tick. Tick. Second hand hits twelve. She drops the watch andgrabs the test. She stares at it in consternation.RACHEL(O.S)What is it?INT. RESTAURANT. NIGHTAngela and RACHEL sit at a table near a window. Coffee infront of them.ANGELAWhat?RACHELWe’ve been here twenty minutes andyou haven’t taken your eyes off thetable. And I know when you don’ttalk it means you’ve got somethingto say. So... Say it.ANGELAAll right. All right. But you gottapromise to be understanding.RACHELI’ll do my best.(CONTINUED)
 
CONTINUED: (2) 2.ANGELAI’m pregnant.RACHEL(long beat)Like... with child?ANGELAYeah.RACHELWow... Kind of wish I didn’t ask...What are you gonna...ANGELA
Do?
I don’t know. But I know Ican’t have a baby. That I know forsure.RACHELWell what then?Angela looks in her in the eyes.RACHEL (cont’d)Oh, Jesus. An A-word?ANGELAIt’s routine procedure.RACHELYeah, cause risk of death is thebig deal here... Look, I don’t setmyself up as a judge but I don’tthink you wanna do that.ANGELAHaving a kid isn’t an option.That’s no good for anybody. Worsecomes to worse and I’ll be like mymother.RACHELYou know that’s not how it works.The worse your parents are thebetter you’ll be.ANGELAThen I’ll be a saint.RACHEL(beat)Who’s the father?
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