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The Oreo Baby

Atharva Patil 2017A4PS0256P, G Sundar 2017A4PS0383P, Lakshay Nagpal
2017A4PS0308P and Satya Praneet 2017A8PS0428P

CHARACTERS

Elliot Jones: a former Olympic swimmer who is now a swimming instructor at a high school.
He’s a classically handsome Caucasian man in his mid-forties. He’s very tall and looks young
for his age. He is easy going and always stays calm.

Emilia Jones: a housewife in her early forties. She is the wife of Elliot. Emilia is extremely
good looking like her husband.

Hannah Davis: an eighteen-year-old high school going. She is mature for her age. She is a
student of Elliot. She is always cheerful

SETTING

Modest minimalistic square room. A door at one of the corners. Wardrobe beside the door.
Bookshelf along the wall on another side of the door. A much larger shelf on the wall across
the door filled with all kinds of sports awards. A middle-aged Caucasian man with his wife
lying on their king-size bed touching the wall across the bookshelf. A small table rests beside
the bed near the shelf with awards. A lamp on the table dimly lights the room.

BEGIN.

(Exhausted after getting frisky, Elliot and Emilia lay besides each other with their hands
entwined.)

Emilia: You call yourself an Olympic swimmer, but it seems your sperm can’t swim. We are
in our forties, Elliot!

Elliot: Don’t worry, darling. We have only been trying for eight years!

Emilia: Shut up!
(Sound of a gunshot is heard. Both get up. Elliot instinctively grabs hold of his Colt .45 from
his bedside table.)

Emilia: Relax tiger. I’m sure it’s just a car backfire.

Elliot: Still, let me check out from the window.

(Elliot looks out of the window. He spots something moving in the yard below them. He aims
his gun and fires, impatiently.)

(A dog whimpers.)

Elliot: Told you, honey. We would need the gun someday.

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