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lie

  When secrets seep in

  Our heart seeps out

  Our own passion draining smoothly from our lungs

  We breathe in the lies, and out the happiness

  Our own self worth going, where secrets lie

  Where secrets lie

  Lie

  Where secrets lie

  I lie with them

  I lie with them

  Madison: Mayzie, I had no idea.

  Landon: I'm so sorry

  Mayzie: It's my fault, I kept it a secret.

  Landon: Mayzie. You thought you were protecting us. It's not good to keep secrets but that does not put you at fault. West was wrong. And he could go to jail for that.

  SARAH, getting nervous at the talk of WEST begins to get antsy.

  Sarah: Are you gonna let us out now?

  Charlotte: I-I-uh-I

  Landon: She threw the key out of the door.

  All except MAYZIE and CHARLOTTE freak out, glare at CHARLOTTE and groan

  Charlotte: Look I'm sorry, I just thought I was doing it for your, for our safety.

  Annie: You locked us all in?

  Charlotte: Can't you just call someone?

  Sarah: We aren't allowed to have phones.

  Madison: And the home phone is down the stairs.

  Clark: So essentially we're trapped.

  Charlotte: I wouldn't say trapped, I'd say- stuck.

  Landon: Those are synonymous.

  Madison: What?

  Landon: They mean the same thing.

  Madison: Ohhh.

  Charlotte: Different tone.

  Landon: Same meaning. But either way, we're in a room together, locked in, because you- I'm not saying you're in the wrong, but-

  Annie: Yes she's in the wrong, are you kidding? She took West's gun and locked us in here.

  Sarah: She was doing it to protect us, I'll give her that.

  ANNIE plops down on the bed with a huff.

  Landon: Either way, it's best we stop blaming her, we need to stay as calm as possible.

  Madison: She's the reason we're locked in here, she's the one who needs to get us out.

  Landon: There's no way out. We just need to wait until West gets home, and then we can get out.

  Hope: Thank you.

  Landon: 'Course.

  Blackout

  Scene 5

  The Willow Hills kids still are in the room. Landons eyes light up with an idea after several moments of awkward silence.

  Landon: Well you're all so talkative.

  Annie: Well what are we supposed to be when Mayzie's life is being threatened.

  Landon: It's not like he'd actually shoot her.

  Sarah: You don't know what he's capable of.

  Landon: He wouldn't! I know him!

  Annie: You don't know when someone could just-snap. Break. Shatter into a million pieces. They have their mind all in tact and then all of a sudden they crack, and you don't know who they are anymore.

  Landon: Okay, Annie.

  Sarah: Can we talk about something else, please.

  Landon: We should play a get to know you game with Charlotte and her brother.

  Clark: I have a name.

  Landon: Dude, I'm sorry, Chris.

  Clark: Clark, my name is Clark.

  Landon: I'm sorry, I'm so bad with names.

  Charlotte: We are not playing a get to know you game. This is not 4th grade, I refuse.

  Landon: Okay, well what else would you suggest.

  Charlotte: Well I don't know anything about any of you. But I hate get to know you games.

  Landon: Well, we should take turns talking. We just don't stop talking, if you stop talking you're out.

  Charlotte: That's still a game.

  Landon: Okay, so what do we do, because I'm not going to sit here in silence until West gets home.

  Sarah: Can we stop talking about West?

  Madison:Why?

  Sarah: Just stop, okay!

  CLARK pulls a journal out from under a bed, it is SARAHS. He passes it to Charlotte. Lights dim, and the spotlight goes to Charlotte.

  Charlotte: (To audience) I shouldn't have opened it. I know I shouldn't have opened it, and I didn't mean for anyone to see, I just thought maybe I if I could know more about Sarah then we could get along. The words just escaped my mouth, if I could've stayed quiet, no one would've seen my peek. (In real time) Oh my god.

  Sarah: (Seeing Charlotte with the journal) What the hell are you doing with my journal?

  Charlotte: We need to tell someone.

  Sarah: Give me that.

  Charlotte: We need to contact the police.

  Sarah: (reaching for the journal) GIVE IT.

  Landon: Wait, you need to tell the police about what?

  Sarah: Nothing.

  Charlotte: (reading from the journal) West hit me again today. I guess I'm getting used to it by now. There are bruises on my stomach. I don't know what to do. There is only one thing to do. I need to run away.

  Madison: You're running away?

  Landon: West beat you?

  Sarah: (To Charlotte) You snoop! You liar!

  Charlotte: I can't let this go unsaid. You're in danger.

  Landon: When did he start beating you?

  Sarah: I-

  I was 9 years old when I came to Willow Hills

  I was fragile and young and yet somehow unafraid

  I was a kid.

  And he blew his lid

  He kicked my stomach on my third day here.

  9 years old and feeling abandoned

  My parents were gone

  I had no one left

  Now the man who was going to save me from this world

  Was still my enemy

  11 years old and still nothing had changed

  Annie'd come in and started to be my friend

  I was still just as lonely

  I felt as though no one was there

  But at least I had had a friend, I had finally found a friend

  But when nobody saw, he'd attack

  Like a vicious wolf in the light of the bright full moon

  He said nobody wanted me

  He said he was my only way to live

  So I take what he gives

  And let him kick in

  When nobody sees

  Then I was 13 years old and he was rougher

  He would slam the door shut when he came

  He would slam my head against the wall

  He threatened to kick me out

  He threatened to hurt Annie

  And that was enough to shut me up for good

  Now I'm 15 years old and it never gets better

  When he gets home he will open the door

  Tell me to come downstairs

  Tell me to lay down on the floor

  And then he will hurt me

  He will hurt me

  He will kick me

  He will punch me

  He will send me back up to my room and I will sob

  Quietly, so Annie would never hear

  And nobody sees.

  What that man can be

  Cause when nobody saw, he'd attack

  Like a vicious wolf in the light of the bright full moon

  He said nobody wanted me

  He said he was my only way to live

  So I take what he gives

  And let him kick in

  When nobody sees

  When nobody sees

  SARAH bursts into tears and LANDON hugs her, the rest of the kids join in and hug her.

  Annie: We have to tell someone. We have to report this.

  Sarah: I-I don't want to cause any trouble.

  Annie: First Mayzie, and now you. There's absolutely no way I can just let that man go unpunished.

  Mayzie: He's not a man. He's a monster.

  Landon: I-I don't know.

  Annie: I'd rather Sarah and Mayzie, and for a matter of fact, all of us be sa
fe from West.

  Landon: I can't go to another group home. I can't.

  Clark: So you'd rather put their life in danger?

  Landon: (flustered) No! I don't want that-I-I grew up here! I can't leave now!

  Charlotte: Clark has a point, you're choosing between comfort and safety.

  Sarah: Not just safety for Mayzie and I, but safety for you too.

  Madison: This is all very scary.

  Charlotte: It is very scary. Landon, listen to me, we can fix this. We can change the way Sarah and Mayzie are treated.

  Landon: They're like my sisters.

  Sarah: And you're like my brother. But I can't live like this anymore.

  Mayzie: We love you, Landon. But if you love us you have to put our safety first. We didn't have to tell you about what West has done. And if you sit by and know it's happening, you're just as bad as West.

  Charlotte: I know it's hard but if you love them, you'll put them first.

  Landon: I want to! I want to trust that things will be okay. I want to let go

  I want to let go, I want to hold on

  I want to be here and I want to be gone

  I want to shut up and I want to be loud

  I want to stand out yet I want to be in the crowd

  I want you right here and I want you away

  I want you so safe and I want me in danger

  I want you so safe

  I want you so safe

  I want you so safe

  But I love you

  I love you so much

  I love you

  I love you

  I love you

  We've grown up here

  In the walls of this house

  I can't imagine leaving

  Sneaking away like I never was here

  But I love you

  Yes I love you

  In the walls of this house I've hid for years

  Behind you all I've feared

  Afraid I'd have to leave again

  Leave my loves the begin the end

  In the walls of this house I've grown up tall

  Years and years old, I'd climb and fall

  I never I would leave

  But hearing you makes me grieve

  I could never go

  I could never go

  I could never go

  But I love you

  I love you so much

  I love you

  I love you

  I love you

  We've grown up here

  In the walls of this house

  I can't imagine leaving

  Sneaking away like I never was here

  But I love you

  Yes I love you

  And I

  Knew we would grow apart

  Go off to college and split

  But I

  Thought I'd have more time

  With you

  Oh with you

  With you

  But I love you

  I love you so much

  I love you

  I love you

  I love you

  We've grown up here

  In the walls of this house

  I can't imagine leaving

  Sneaking away like I never was here

  But