Trowa’s Party

The setting is Trowa’s tiny house in the country. There are no other houses within miles and the only sounds heard are the birds and creatures outside. Inside, sitting by the door absorbed in a HUGE book is Trowa (five years old). The only movements he ever makes is occasionally pushing his hair out of his eyes which only stays out for a minute before falling back. A faint knock is heard on the door. Trowa puts his book down and stands up on top of it and reaches for the doorknob. He opens the door and Quatre (four years old) walks in.

Quatre- Happy Birthday Trowa!! He hands him a large bag. I couldn’t find a doorbell or a knocker so I just knocked. I hope that’s all right. Trowa nods. I also didn’t know what you wanted for your birthday so I hope you like it. Do you want me to tell you what it is? Trowa shakes his head. Oh, okay. A long pause. So…when is everyone else going to get here? Trowa shrugs. You know, if you just…TALKED to me, I promise I wouldn’t tell anyone else. No one’s even here!! There’s nothing to be anti-social about with just ME!!

Trowa- My parents are here.

Quatre- My…something…are…here. Trowa pulls his chalkboard close and erases something and then presents to the illiterate Quatre.

Trowa- My mom and dad are here.

Quatre- My…mom…and…dad…are…here? Trowa nods his head. YAY!! I READ YOUR WHOLE MESSAGE!! I’m getting GOOD at this!! There is another knock at the door. It is opened once again to reveal Wufei standing there with a large bandage on his left arm and leg. Heero’s party?

Wufei- Yeah. And I’ve got these too!! He lifts up his shirt to show them the bandages on his chest and back.

Quatre- Covering his eyes. GROSS!! Put your shirt down!! Wufei turns to Trowa and smiles nervously.

Wufei- Umm…sorry…what…I…did… Do you have any injuries? Trowa nods and pushes his hair aside to reveal a large cut on his temple. He then pushes his shirt collar down and shows him the cut on his shoulder. Wufei looks apologetically at Trowa. Umm…well…here’s your present. He hands Trowa a perfectly wrapped box. And…my dad made me make you this. He hands him ANOTHER perfectly wrapped box. …for beating you up. You can open that now if you want. Trowa smiles and carefully unwraps the gift to reveal a clay teddy bear holding balloons that spell out the word, "Sorry" on them.

Trowa- Thanks.Wufei smiles nervously. There is another loud knocking at the door. Trowa opens up the door to show Duo with a large bandage around his head holding a small package in each hand. He looks a bit confused.

Duo- Umm, why did you invite me here? I don’t know you. Are you the guests? Where is the person I know? Whoever that is. I don’t ever remember knowing someone named, ‘Trowa".

Trowa- I’m Trowa.

Duo- Staring carefully at the chalkboard. Um, I don’t really know how to read.

Trowa- Turning to Wufei. Tell him that I am Trowa.

Wufei- Turning to Duo. He’s Trowa. I’m Wufei and that’s Quatre. He points to Quatre. He waves.

Duo- You’re that ‘grief-stricken and insane’ guy, right?

Quatre- Looking ashamed. Only sometimes. I’d like it if you didn’t talk about it, though.

Duo- Okay! Duo hands Trowa a package. I guess this is for you…I guess. Trowa takes the present.

Trowa- Thank you.

Wufei- Trowa says thank you. Duo nods. Trowa picks up his book and takes the three into another room where he puts his book and the presents at the fireplace. Quatre and Duo are talking the whole way.

Quatre- Do you remember Heero’s party? Duo shakes his head. How about Wufei’s? Duo shakes his head again. Not even MINE?! Duo shakes his head as Quatre looks as if he SHOULD remember his.

Duo- When did you have a party?

Quatre- On my birthday!

Duo- Sorry. I don’t remember your birthday. All of a sudden the bookshelf topples over and behind it is Heero and his dad.

Heero Dad- I cannot stay long son. Your mission is to stay at this party, have fun and not to kill anyone…yet.

Heero- Mission accepted. Heero Dad jumps out the window.

Duo- That was cool! You should do that more often!!

Wufei- He does it all the time.

Duo- I don’t remember him doing it at all. In fact, I don’t know who he is!! Who is this? I’ve never seen him before!

Heero- It is I…Heero.

Duo- Oh! You’re the one from the letter!! I gave you a…cheat book or something, right…for your…birthday!!

Heero- Looking a bit confused. Yeah…

Duo- Well, that’s great!! Turns to Trowa. Umm…what’s your name…where’s the bathroom? Trowa points to a door and Duo walks over to it and enters. Heero- What’s up with Duo?

Quatre- I’m not sure but I think when you hit him in the head you gave him…am…amna…forget disease.

Heero- Rubbing his hands together diabolically. Excellent. Trowa Mom enters.

Trowa Mom- Is everyone here?

Trowa- Yeah. Duo’s in the bathroom.

Trowa Mom- We’ll wait for him. They wait a moment for Duo to return. Okay, what do you children want to do? Everyone stares blankly at the chalkboard. Trowa, can’t your guests read?

Trowa- Well, Wufei can read CHINESE but not English and no one else can read at all.

Wufei- Angrily. I see my name!!

Quatre- Why can’t MY name be on there?

Duo- Why are they always writing on chalkboards?

Heero- Because they are too anti-social to talk.

Duo- Do they ALWAYS do this?

Quatre- I’m afraid so. Duo groans.

Trowa- Turning to Wufei. Since you’re the only one who can read, you will have to read everyone what we write.

Wufei- I don’t wanna!! Make someone else do it!!

Trowa- We can’t.

Wufei- Fine! Groans loudly. I don’t see why you can’t just TALK!

Trowa Mom- Okay…we’re going to eat dinner first!!

Wufei- Time to eat. Trowa Mom leads them all into the kitchen.

Duo- YAY!!

Quatre- Sitting down. What comfortable chairs!

Heero- What kind of food do you eat here? Trowa Mom comes out.

Trowa Mom- What does everyone like?

Wufei- What do you guys like to eat?

Quatre- I don’t mind.

Heero- I’ll eat anything.

Duo- I forget. Wufei shrugs. Trowa Mom throws her arms up into the air and storms out of the room.

Quatre- Umm, don’t you think she was over-reacting?

Trowa- No.

Quatre- See? I can read! I know that says, "No." Can’t you just write to me?

Trowa- You can’t read enough. Quatre stares at the chalkboard for a minute and then emerges sadly. Trowa smiles satisfyingly.

Duo- Tell me again how you knew me because none of this is familiar to me.

Quatre- Duo! You have the Forget Disease!! You’ll get your memory back soon!

Duo- Scratching his head with a confused look on his face. I don’t REMEMBER getting the forget disease.

Quatre- Laughing playfully. Of COURSE you don’t!

Duo- How DID I get it? Quatre looks at Heero.

Heero- Proudly. I hit you on the head with a baseball bat.

Duo- Ow. So that’s why I have this Band-Aid on my head!! You’d think I’d remember THAT!!

Quatre- No, you can’t remember ANYTHING! You have the FORGETTING DISEASE, remember?

Duo- REMEMBER WHAT?! Continues in background. Trowa Mom comes out with five tubes of Play-Doh. She places one in front of each boy. YAY!!

Heero- Is this dinner? Opens it up, grabs a handful and stares at it. Oh well. Takes a bite out of it.

Trowa Mom- NO!! Trowa, tell your friend not to eat the Play-Doh!!

Trowa- Turning to Wufei. Tell Heero not to eat the Play-Doh.

Wufei- Turning to Heero. Don’t eat the Play-Doh.

Heero- Taking the green glob out of his mouth. So this ISN’T dinner.

Quatre- I got PINK!! Starts forming a little pig.

Wufei- Mine’s BLUE! Starts pressing his into a pancake.

Duo- Rolling his black Play-Doh out. I’m making the LONGEST worm in the whole wide world…that’s black. Looks at Trowa who has shaped his red Play-Doh into a ball.

Trowa- It’s a CLOWN NOSE!! Attempts to put it on his nose.

Wufei- It’s a clown nose.

Trowa Mom- Dear, we don’t use Play-Doh that way.

Trowa- Letting it fall on the table. Sorry.

Quatre- Holding out his pig. LOOK!! It’s a PIG!! The head falls off. AHHHH!! PIG!! HE’S BEEN BEHEADED!! Begins squishing it back on.

Duo- Look how long my worm is!!

Heero- Eyeing his wet Play-Doh. I want to eat it. Picks it up and runs into the bathroom and slams the door.

Wufei- He’s gonna eat the Play-Doh.

Quatre- What makes you say that?

Wufei- Why else would he take the Play-Doh into the bathroom? Looks at his blue tiger on a rock. It is done so well that it looked as though a professional guy did it. I messed up!!

Quatre- IT LOOKS WONDERFUL!! A lot better than my pig!! Looks at his "Pig" with a squished head, disfigured body and missing a leg.

Duo- Not as good as my WORM!! Aw, darn, it broke again. OH WELL!! Squishes all his Play-Doh into a ball. Heero emerges from the bathroom looking as though he had just eaten…Play-Doh. He looked as though his stomach hurt.

Heero- I don’t feel so good. He throws up a green substance all over the floor.

Quatre- AHHHHH!! HE’S COUGHING UP VITAL ORGANS!! AN ALIEN HAS INVADED HIS BODY WITH GREEN SLIME!! HE’S DEAD!! Quatre runs out of the room crying. Everyone else just kinda stares at Heero as he continues to throw up. Trowa Mom walks over.

Trowa Mom- Oh…my…goodness…gracious…me…

Trowa- Feeling that he needs everyone to know what his mom just said, turns to Wufei. Oh…my…goodness…gracious…me…

Wufei- In a slightly annoyed tone. Oh my goodness gracious me. Wufei looks at Heero in a disgusted way and walks out of the room.

Trowa Mom- Where’s the Blond One.

Trowa- He ran out of the room crying.

Trowa Mom- Why?

Trowa- Looking at Heero. Why do you think?

Duo- You know what? It’s really annoying the way you guys talk on chalkboards and stuff!! How do I know that you’re not writing bad stuff about me or plotting to kill me and stuff?! Trowa and Trowa Mom choose to ignore Duo. Bad choice. Now they are talking through THOUGHT and stuff like that!! People can do that ya know. They’re probably thinking to each other right now!! At this very moment…and stuff!! He turns to Heero. Hey…YOU! STOP!! You’re being disgusting!! Trowa Mom escorted Heero to the bathroom where he stayed for a little while. Quatre emerged from the other room.

Quatre- Where’s Heero?! Is he dead?!

Duo- Just to be annoying. Yup.

Quatre- AHHHHHHH!! Duo starts laughing.

Duo- I was just kidding!! Quatre looks offended. Trowa Mom points the children to go into the other room as she cleans up the mess. She lies Heero down on the couch and attempts to find Wufei but fails. Duo and Quatre stare at Trowa. They suddenly both get evil smirks on their faces.

Quatre- I know what we can do!!

Duo- ME TOO!!

Quatre- Let’s teach Trowa how to TALK!! Trowa’s eyes pop out at this as he makes his way to the door but Duo jumps in front of him and slams the door closed. Trowa looks scared.

Duo- You’re not going ANYWHERE!! Quatre and Duo start laughing diabolically. Trowa runs over to the window but Duo and Quatre grab his feet and drag him inside.

Trowa- Must…not…talk… Duo and Quatre looked at the chalkboard and then smiled. Trowa looked scared. AHHHHHHH!! HELP ME!! Quatre looked at the chalkboard. Duo decided not to bother.

Quatre- It says, ‘Ahhhhh!! Something…me!!’ Quatre attempted to sound it out. Haaa…eeeee…lp? HELP!! He’s says, ‘AHHHH!! HELP ME!!’ I’m good at this!!

Duo- Sounding a bit annoyed. He’s calling for help on a chalkboard? The door swings open to reveal Trowa Mom.

Trowa Mom- Is there something wrong Trowa…OH MY GOD TROWA!!

Trowa- On the verge of tears. They were trying to make me…TALK!!

Trowa Mom- GASP!! You’re joking! Trowa shakes his head sadly. Well, tell your friends to come and help us find your other friend. Trowa turns to his two illiterate friends and began motioning to them to follow him.

Quatre- Not catching on. Umm…yeah, come to think of it, I AM hot.

Duo- ME TOO!! Trowa shakes his head and tries again only with different hand motions. Yeah, it does smell in here.

Quatre- But not THAT bad. Trowa sighs and pulls out his chalkboard. He writes in all capital letters and presents it to Quatre.

Trowa- DUO AND QUATRE COME WITH TROWA

Duo- I can’t see it.

Quatre- Okay, there’s Duo, Quatre and Trowa and stuff in the middle. He smiles, feeling smart. Trowa motions to him to continue. Umm, cooommmmee …COME…wit…he…wit-he?

Duo- THAT’S NOT A WORD!! Trowa, I thought you were SMART!! Duo and Quatre come wit-he Trowa? Trowa sighs and walks away. Hey!!