Pretzel-Boy and his Compadre

Myles Perry & Jeremy Riordan, Students

 

MYLES

Wanna see something cool?

 

JEREMY

Sure? What’s up?

 

MYLES

Yeet

 

(MYLES puts his right leg behind his head,

he does so with ease and agility.

Jeremy is very shocked at how limber he is.)

 

MYLES

Cool, right?

 

JEREMY

Wtf dude!? H-how? What?

 

MYLES

What’s the issue? Just putting my leg over my head.

 

JEREMY

That is not natural… you are gonna pull a muscle or something.

 

MYLES

It’s too easy.

 

JEREMY

You should put the left one over.

 

MYLES

No problemo

 

(MYLES puts his left leg over his head.

Jeremy is unfazed this time around.

MYLES doesn’t pull a muscle.)

 

JEREMY

No no no! I mean both legs at the same time!

 

MYLES

Woah woah woah! That’s rough i don’t know if I can handle that.

 

JEREMY

No for sure you can

 

MYLES

$10 if I get it

 

JEREMY

You’re on

 

(MYLES puts his left leg over his head.)

 

MYLES

Okay help me get my right now

 

(Jeremy helps him put his right over his head.)

 

MYLES

NONONO Stop! Stop!

 

JEREMY

No pain, no gain my man.

 

MYLES

I’ll pull my entire leg muscles

 

JEREMY

Is that how it works?

 

MYLES

definitely

 

JEREMY

Come on though, don’t just give it one try!

 

(MYLES puts his left down)

 

MYLES

Ughkk

 

JEREMY

Stand up and stretch, get your muscles loosened up so it’ll be easier.

 

MYLES

Alright, then we’ll try it again

 

(Insert stretching routine here)

 

MYLES

Aggh I’m limber

 

JEREMY

Alright let’s get it

 

(MYLES gets down on the ground and puts his left over his head.)

 

MYLES

I’m ready… let’s get the right

 

JEREMY

Here we go.

 

(Start putting the right over… it gets two inches from victory.)

 

MYLES

Agh it’s not gonna make it!

 

JEREMY

(Violently) You can get it! GO! Don’t give up now you son of a gun

 

MYLES

(Also violent) NO I can’t idiot! AHHHHHH

 

JEREMY

AHHHHH

 

MYLES

AHHHHHH

(Class begins cheering him on)

(They succeed)

 

JEREMY

I told you you could do it.

 

MYLES

That was honestly terrifying, it felt like I was going to snap.

 

JEREMY

Yeah well, that’s what happens when you bend your body in weird, unnatural ways.

MYLES

Well, I’m on the right track boyo, I was born this way.

 

JEREMY

Well that was fun

 

MYLES

Ayyyyyy-men

 

SCENE