Write on by David Hill
Characters Radio (voice) | Solomon | Nadia
Radio: Hi there, listeners! It's seven-thirty in the morning on Radio Raucous. Seven-thirty on February the fourteenth. Yes, it's Valentine's Day!!
Solomon: Oh, no! Fifty minutes till I have to go to school!
Fifty minutes to think up a message for Lara Ackroyd's Valentine's Day card. (He sits down at the table and holds up the card.)
Let's see … (He puts down the card and begins writing on a piece of paper, reading aloud as he writes.)
"To Lara Ackroyd from Solomon Atene. Happy Valentine's Day." (He screws up the paper.)
How pathetic! How uncool! (He throws the paper into the bin.)
I know … (He calls out loudly). Hey, Nadia!
Nadia: (entering). Hey, little bro.
Solomon: Um … Nadia … um … what sort of message would you like to get on a Valentine's Day card from what's-his-name – from Kyle?
Nadia: From Kyle? Why?
Solomon: Oh, it's … it's for a school project.
Nadia: School project, eh? I'll believe you.
Solomon: No, come on.
Nadia: Well, there's those poems, you know: "I look into your eyes of blue, and know I always will love you."
And some of my friends, they like the real lovey-dovey stuff. Hey, you sure this is for a school project?
Solomon: Course it is. Thanks.
Nadia exits.
Solomon picks up another piece of paper.