ÐÏ.ࡱ.á to pay for room service? I mean, look at this… (Grabs a menu laying on the night stand) A doughnut, now listen, a doughnut is…Five dollars. LAVERNE Five dollars?! Let me see that. (Takes the menu from Shirley) Well it’s Chocolate. SHIRLEY Laverne, you told me that you wanted to go on that diet right? LAVERNE (Nods) Yes. SHIRLEY And you told me that you would listen to me, right? LAVERNE (Nods again) Yes. SHIRLEY You’ve lost a good few pounds the last few weeks before this reunion and you want to stay the shape you are now, right? LAVERNE (Nods repeatedly) Oh yes. SHIRLEY Then don’t buy the doughnut, you don’t need it – nor is it a decent price. I’m sure that the reunion will have plenty of that stuff there for cheap anyway. LAVERNE (Places menu back down on night stand) Yeah you’re right, I do want to stay thin… (Looks at the picture of the doughnut on the menu) But it’s chocolate… SHIRLEY You are what you eat, did you know that Laverne? LAVERNE Are you calling me a doughnut? SHIRLEY Not technically, it’s just a saying. LAVERNE Well I don’t like that “saying.” (Pouts) SHIRLEY Oh c’mon Laverne, you’re a grown woman now – you don’t need to pout like that because you can’t and shouldn’t get something. LAVERNE Uh huh, that’s what you said the one time that I wouldn’t let you keep Buttercup in our Milwaukee apartment? You jumped on the floor and had a fit like a three year old. (Crosses arms) SHIRLEY Okay so I admit that I’ve…I’ve been stubborn in the past but not at this age. LAVERNE Where’s Boo-Boo kitty? SHIRLEY (Smiles) Oh he’s…Wait a minute, I know where you’re going with that Laverne. LAVERNE Yeah, grown women shouldn’t be having tea parties still with their stuffed cats. SHIRLEY I will not listen to you, I haven’t had a tea party with Boo-Boo kitty since – LAVERNE This morning on the plane? SHIRLEY I did not. LAVERNE Then why did you take him out of your tote bag and start talking to him? SHIRLEY (Grabs her purse and takes out a Five dollar bill) Fine, take it – it’s my treat! LAVERNE No, I don’t want it! SHIRLEY You just got done insulting me with Boo-Boo kitty, you know that you want it! LAVERNE I don’t want your dang money, Shirl! Shirley begins to place the money in Laverne’s hand and Laverne hits her hand back, it happens repeatedly till they hear a knock at the door. Well, answer it!\par (Points to the door)\par \par SHIRLEY\par Me?!\par (Points to self)\par You go answer it!\par \par LAVERNE\par Nope.\par (Sits down on bed and crosses arms over chest)\par \par SHIRLEY\par Boy, are you a big baby.\par (Walks towards door and peeks through peephole)\par \par \pard\tx7920 On the other side of the door, is Rosie Greenbaum; dressed in a long green dress with a purple flower on one shoulder. \par \par \pard\qc\tx7920 SHIRLEY\par (Turning around quickly and leaning back in to door, closing eyes tight)\par Oh, no.\par \par LAVERNE\par (Standing up from bed and uncrossing arms)\par What? Who is it? \par \par \pard\tx7920 Shirley doesn\rquote t answer, keeps holding her body back in to the door and shaking her head back and forth with her eyes shut.\par \par \pard\qc\tx7920 LAVERNE\par (Holding hands up in front of herself)\par Well, are you going to tell me or what?\par \par \pard\tx7920 Again, Shirley doesn\rquote t answer so Laverne walks towards her and pushes Shirley out of the way; seeing Rosie through the peephole as she starts to knock again.\par \par \pard\qc\tx7920 ROSIE\par Hey, I know you two girls are in there so just open up.\par \par SHIRLEY\par Oh Laverne, what are we going to do? \par (Bites fingernail)\par \par LAVERNE\par (Starts pacing the room)\par Well, well\'85I know that she\rquote s going to make some snotty remark about my weight the minute we open that door! But we\rquote re going to see her eventually so we may as well let us be the only ones facing the embarrassment instead of letting others get in on it. Am I right?\par \par SHIRLEY\par (Shrugs)\par I guess that\rquote s a good enough reason to let her in. \par \par \pard\tx7920 They both eye the mirror between the two beds in the hotel room; they begin to push each other out of the way so they can both have full access to it.\par \par \pard\qc\tx7920 LAVERNE\par Oh c\rquote mon, Shirl! I need to look in that mirror more than you do!\par \par SHIRLEY\par Ha! \par (Pushes her out of the way and primps hair)\par \par \pard\tx7920 Laverne bumps Shirley out of the way and runs her fingers through her hair, adjusting her glasses. \par \par \pard\qc\tx7920 SHIRLEY\par (Falling on to one of the beds)\par Now that wasn\rquote t nice, Laverne!\par (Realizes that knocking has stopped)\par Wait a minute, do you hear that?\par \par LAVERNE\par (Raises eyebrow and listens)\par What, the Air Conditioner?\par \par SHIRLEY\par (Shakes head)\par No! The knocking, it stopped. \par \par LAVERNE\par (Walks towards door and peeks through the peep hole)\par Yeah, she\rquote s gone.\par \par \par SHIRLEY \par Do you really think she is? Who would have given her our room number?\par \par LAVERNE\par (Shrugs and walks back towards the phone)\par Beats me but I\rquote m still interested in getting something to eat off here.

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