24-Hour Virgin
By Anna Diedrichsen, Louisa Vander, Ella May Gobern and Hamish Brewster
An excerpt from Scene 1
Sixth form common room. Tobi, Ryan and Josh continue laughing. Elliot enters.
Ryan: Big boy E
Elliot: Do you know how loud you guys are being?
Josh: Aww. Make you feel like you’re missin’ out, did it?
Elliot: No
Ryan: Mighta done you good. You just missed a demonstration-
Josh: Yeah, he knows about it. I called him last night
Elliot: Do any of you guys have double art next?
Josh: Told him on the way home, after a solid 20 minutes
Ryan: (genuinely impressed) Woah, fucking hell
Josh: She was literally begging me to choke her
Ryan: Oh my God, that’s hot. Mine was like that too. She was really into hair, had this thing about me wanting to yank it and shit -
Josh: Oh, shut up mate. You can’t talk. You only lost yours a month ago to an absolute minger
Ryan: Na, she wasn’t. She had sex appeal
Josh: Na, just having sex was the appeal
Tobi and Elliot laugh.
Josh: Don’t know why you’re laughing, Virgin
Elliot: Alright- leave it, man
Josh: You’re 18 on Sunday and my little brother gets more action than you
Elliot: You actually remembered?
Josh: I wouldn’t get too excited
Elliot: You gonna get me a present and everything?
Josh: You’re the last one in the group out of all of us
Ryan: The Virgin Mary
Elliot: Actually, there was that one time –
Josh: Don’t even start trying to say/
Elliot: /I literally almost did
Josh: /that you’ve shagged… almost did?
Elliot: I did! Honestly, I was so close - (unsure of himself) we were in her room and she started taking her clothes off so I was like OH… it’s happening, and then I’m taking my clothes off and she’s laying there and then parents walked in on us and ruined the flow. I couldn’t just continue after that -
Tobi: Both parents?
Josh: What do you mean by “so close”?
Ryan: (to Josh) So close means he went soft
Elliot: I did not go soft!
Tobi: It happens
Josh: What is “so close” then?
Elliot: Like I said, we took our clothes off and shit, she was on the bed and - I - I was literally over her before we were interrupted, I was ready
Josh: And? When the parents left what stopped you from stepping up, sticking it in and getting it done?
Elliot: I just told you! They walked in and it ruined the flow
Josh: You waited too long
Elliot: I didn’t wait! I was interrupted and they were her parents bro. I don’t think she wanted to carry on after that.
Josh: Crack on by Sunday. I can’t be mates with a wet wipe
Elliot: Come on Josh. I mean… Sunday. That’s a bit tight
Josh: Elliot. Life is hard, it’s even harder if you’re weak