Hopscotch
August 25th, 2020
Starring: PD 1 & 2 (30+), Brother (male, 21)
Late night/early morning. The lawn of a large home with greek letters. The two campus officers stand across from Brother, who’s spooked and appropriately slurry.
BROTHER
…
…
Am I getting
PD 2
Charged?
BROTHER
Cuz
I called the ambulance
PD 1
Which probably saved your buddy’s life.
BROTHER
Is he gonna be ok
PD 1
After they pump his stomach.
And his jaw and ribs mend back together.
BROTHER
Oh shit—
Sorry
PD 2
It’s going to be a bit.
BROTHER
He
He was the treasurer
We need a new treasurer—
PD 1
I bet you can find one.
…
Do you have his contact information?
So we can let his parents know?
BROTHER
...I don’t think he would want that
PD 1
We’re not all that worried about that, at the moment.
Do you know his parents? A sibling?
BROTHER
No
I’m sorry I don’t know him that well
…
PD 2
Ok.
Well that’s all for now. We’ll be back.
BROTHER
When?
PD 2
Soon. Tomorrow. When you and everyone else can think a bit clearer.
…
PD 1
Would you mind telling me one last thing?
BROTHER
O...ok.
PD 1
Was this a normal night? Was it just beer pong that got out of hand?
BROTHER
That’s all I was doing.
But he um
Some other people were doing Hopscotch.
PD 2
...What’s Hopscotch?
BROTHER
You um
You draw out a hopscotch with chalk. And then you take shots of whiskey and see how
How many times you can go
…
PD 2
That
I could see how that could be challenging.
BROTHER
But I wasn’t playing it
It was just a few people I didn’t really know
PD 1
Ok. Alright.
Thanks buddy.
Get some rest.
Brother slowly walks back into the house. The officers watch.
PD 1
Hopscotch.
PD 2
Goodness.
They’re getting so creative.