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FriendsBy Nancy QinScene One:CHARACTERS:GARY: a 30-year old painting teacherOLIVIA: a 28-year old reporterSUZY: a 28-year old pop singerJOHN: a 29-year old businessmanSTEFANIE: Johns wife; a 27-year old house wifeBACKGROUND:They were old members of a painting group in high school. They were invited to attend the 10-year reunion.SETTING:In a villa located on the peak. Required: a big sofa and a tea table. Gary, Olivia, Suzy and John are sitting in the sofa. Stefanie is making the tea.OLIVIA: My! My! Time flies! It has been ten years since we sketched here last time!SUZY: Yeah. Everything has changed but the villa. Its still so clammy. Hey, is anyone here who can help to turn on the heater? Oh, my baby cat, are you cold?JOHN: Suzy, your little cat is so cute, but why did you bring him here? Its a little inconvenient. There is no pet bed.GARY: I dont like cats, but I dont mind.SUZY: My sweetie Missy, youll fall in love with her soon!STEFANIE: Im coming Here are the drinks. The semi-skimmed milk for Suzy; the oolong tea for Olivia; the coffee for Gary and John Yes? Oh, Suzy, your cat. (Sits down in the side of the sofa.)GARY: Thank you. John, you are so blessed to have Stef in your life. I envy you.JOHN: Oh, come on, Gary. Did you know how much I have envied your painting talents? 10 years later, so many times, I sat in the empty office, thinking about our past, the hearts full of memory. Good old days!SUZY: Good old days, good old days. Yeah. However, we should focus on nowadays. Do you think so? I enjoy my life and Im always living for todayGARY: Of course you do. I watched your gossips again on TV last night. You should be more careful when you have dinner with Johnny Depp next time.STEFANIE: Wow. Johnny Depp! Suzy, youre so. fantastic!SUZY: Gary, did you know how stars can live in the public? Heightening their popularity creates gossips. Olivia, politicians are the same, arent they?OLIVIA: First, I think over which stories are newsworthy enough to merit front-page status and then I do the report. Second, usually I have an interview with statesmen instead of politicians.GARY: Good. Good. Youre great. Only me, a useless painting teacher now.STEFANIE: Dont be upset! Youre so brilliant. Havent you been writing poems recently? John has mentioned it several times. So, how is it going?GARY: They are not worth talking about. Always something dejected about lost dreams.JOHN: Gary, cheer up, you know we are always by your side. GARY: Stef and you, I always appreciate you.SUZY: Gary, if you have any financial worries, I would be glad to offer help, anyway my father likes you so much, hahaha.GARY: If you really mean it, I would have asked you for help in high school.OLIVIA: You two. I dont know what to say. Gary, I heard that you are getting married next mouth, to the principals daughter?STEFANIE: Yeah, she is a fantastic girl! Im so happy for you.GARY: Yes. Its high time that I raised a family. Whenever I think of her, I feel warm and satisfied, forgetting my terrible situation. SUZY: Oh, Stefanie, you just say Im fantastic, and how can you say the other is fantastic, too?JOHN: Youre all fantastic, but just in different ways. Stef, is it?STEFANIE: Err. Yes.OLIVIA: Hahaha, Suzy, youre glamorous, but that girl must be wonderful, otherwise how can she make our lordly prince willing to be down to earth?GARY: She is considerate and kind, and Im not who I used to be any more. SUZY: Why didnt you keep painting? Its such a big pity. Once I adored your works very much.OLIVIA: Oh, just let bygones be bygones. Talk about something happyGARY: I agree. STEFANIE: Thats goodOLIVIA: Hey, Stef, tell me, how did you two get together? I have been curious about that for at least 500 yearsSUZY: Oh, Olivia, youre big-eared. Hahaha, Stefanie, come on. Dont be shy. Tell us.GARY: Im even curious about your process. JOHN: Gary, that you would banterSTEFANIE: Did you remember when we went to the cinema? It began in the day we, John and me, went to watch Titanic on opening day. Oh, I didnt even know what the movie was. All my heart was around him. He stared at me with a gentle look. Naturally he took my hands and we snuggled up together. So, we.OLIVIA: WowGARY: Thats sweet. STEFANIE: Well, we often had dates at that time. After graduating from high school, we went to the same city. Just like most of the students in the university, we often sat and talked in the playground. We saw and observed the crowds who came and went away hurriedly. We always talked, talked, talked.SUZY: Oh, its a dish without salt.OLIVIA: But they must have sugar!JOHN: Maybe much more mustard.GARY: Keep going. Its very nice.OLIVIA: Well.I think John was a little blue and worried about our future in senior year. You know were mediocre, so it was not easy to live in that big city together. But I never lost confidence in him. We tried our best to support each other. My life was filled with sunshine in that period of time.OLIVIA: Oh, little Stef, anyway you have made it through. GARY: Now John is successful. You dont need to worry any more.SUZY: I never knew life could be so difficult. Sometimes I even get rid of what I have had.JOHN: Youre so lucky to have a good father.OLIVIA: Yeah. Just like a princess.JOHN: Our lordly prince may not be happy to hear that, hahaha.GARY: Im only a painting teacher now. I dont care about what I am called any more. It has been so far away from my life.SUZY: So.Talent is not enough, just like show business, it is as competitive as other businesses. Without a good manager, a performer can never hope to succeed. JOHN: You have your father, the biggest boss of the top 10 company in China. Isnt it enough?OLIVIA: Oh, it sounds a little mean, but its really true. Youre very lucky, indeed. SUZY: You dont understand. The life of a successful pop singer is not at all easy. I can only relax when I am alone, because everything I do is watched and reported in the special newspaper written for fun.GARY: Dont you enjoy it? I still remember you were very excited when you were around with your little fans in high school. SUZY: Maybe, but sometimes they can be very annoying. Their enthusiasm gets so hysterical that they do everything to get a “souvenir”. They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons, and they even cut off pieces of my hair!STEFANIE: Suzy, you must be tired of it. They almost lose their mind!SUZY: However, the fans are the most important people in the world for a singer. They buy our records, they go to our concerts, and they make us popular and famous.OLIVIA: Everyone has his own hard time. Some are just relatively lucky. But you have realized your dream anyway, and lived the life you like.JOHN: Yeah. But Im just the negative example. I had to give up painting, and then chose business as my major, convinced that business is where the big money is.SUZY: You have entered into the upper class in a way. Your efforts are worthy.JOHN: You never know how I managed over these years.STEFANIE: John, dont worry. Its fine now. Im here for you.OLIVIA: Well, in university, I took several part-time jobs as a warm-up for the real battle, took GRE texts, and worked on 3 languages or computer certificates. I was so busy at that time, but I really enjoyed it.JOHN: Youre just that kind of person.STEFANIE: Yeah, youre always motivated and keep a positive mind. I appreciate it so much.SUZY: Or aggressive.GARY: I just couldnt adapt to university. It made me confused, and I couldnt figure out the reasons why I came to the university. Utilitarianism prevails on campus, leaving no space for the cultivation of students minds or the nurturing of their souls. We can always see universities churning out well-trained yet spiritless working machines. OLIVIA: What do you mean?GARY: Im not talking about you.STEFANIE: Gary, youre brave, but not everyone can be so brave like you. JOHN: Stef.GARY: I understand.SUZY: Only his complaints, haha.OLIVIA: Sometimes I also think about my choice. A certificate may give us some advantage, but no broad horizons, positive attitudes and captivating integrities. These are assets we cant acquire through any quick fix. SUZY： Come on, come on. What are you talking about?OLIVIA: Haha, Suzy got rid of our topicSUZY: Im tiredGARY: Me, too. It sure was a long drive.OLOVIA: Why not take a rest upstairs? I want a napJOHN: What do you think, Stef? STEFANIE: OK, well meet at suppertime OLIVIA: Good.GARY: Agree.SUZY: Im more and more sleepy Go, go, go*Scene Two:GARY, OLIVIA and SUZY go back to the dining room. OLIVIA: Oh, I feel better after a napSUZY: Yeah, enough rest makes me prettier.GARY: I just did some reading. I couldnt clam down. Its strange.STEFANIE: Supper time John and I have made some Chinese foodOLIVIA: Youre so sweet!GARY: You must be tired. Thank you for everything you have done for us.JOHN: Youre welcome. We are friends!STEFANIE: I like cooking I have even taken cooking lessons before. SUZY: Wow so what are the dishes? Im so hungry.STEFANIE: Plain boiled chicken, fried sweet and sour pork, sauted lily root and celery and tomato and egg soup.OLIVIA: Fantastic!SUZY: Im even hungrier!GARY: I envy you again JohnJOHN: Hahaha, so. enjoy your dinnerSTEFANIE: Make yourself at homeOLIVIA: I really feel as if I was at home.SUZY: Its much better than being at my home.GARY: Just like the old days when we got together to celebrate the New Year.OLIVIA: Oh, my heart is so warm Thank you allSUZY: Lets startOLIVIA: GoSUZY: Wait a minute!STEFANIE: Whats wrong？SUZY: Did anyone see my Missy?GARY: Who?JOHN: Didnt she follow you?SUZY: Yes, but I didnt see her after the short rest！OLIVIA: Maybe she is just playing somewhere else. Dont worry.SUZY: You dont understand! My Missy is always a good girl!OLIVIA: Pets can never be good. They are always so naughty.SUZY: How can you say that? Have you ever had a pet?OLIVIA: Oh, come on. When she is hungry, she will appear.SUZY: What if she lost her way?GARY: All the doors and windows are locked, unless she can jump out from the air conditioner distributor.STEFANIE: Lets look around. OK?GARY: Ill be happy to do that after supper.OLIVIA: I agree.JOHN: Suzy, well help after supper. OK?OLIVIA: I bet she is having fun somewhere. Lets finish our meal first.SUZY: Olivia, are you that hungry?OLIVIA: Arent you hungry, too?SUZY: My Missy must be hungrier than me!OLIVIA: But not than me.SUZY: Are you resentful of my Missy?STEFANIE: Ive not been hungry yet. Ill look around to findJOHN: Stef.OLIVIA: Stef, dont you allergy to cats hair?GARY: Stef, have a bowl of soup. You look tired.SUZY: You! Youre cold-blooded!OLIVIA: Come on. You should learn to take good care of yourself first; otherwise how can you take good care of your pets?SUZY: I can take better care of myself than you, anyone here!OLIVIA: Are you sure? SUZY: Stef, come with me to find my Missy!GARY: Suzy, dont act up.JOHN: Stef, come here, sit down.SUZY: You all stick up for her! Why? OLIVIA: She is our little sister. She is kind to us.JOHN: Not like you, you always try to control us.SUZY: How can you say that? Whats wrong with your brains?GARY: I dont want a quarrel.OLIVIA: You dont? Do you know what Suzy has done?GARY: Just do the things in the heiress way.OLIVIA: Really? Suzy, you say.JOHN: Olivia, dont, please!GARY: What?STEFANIE: Nothing. Suzy, lets go and find Missy, Ok?SUZY: I dont know what youre talking about!OLIVIA: Dont be silly. Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.GARY: What on earth are you talking about?OLIVIA: You ask Suzy what she has done to you.JOHN: Gary, dont. Nothing important.GARY: Then how is it you all know something but me?SUZY: I have done nothing! OLIVIA: Really?SUZY: Everything I did is exactly right!OLIVIA: Destroying someones dream included?STEFANIE: Olivia, I beg.JOHN: No.GARY: What do you mean?OLIVIA: Gary, are you living a happy life?GARY: What?OLIVIA: Do you regret for your old dream? SUZY: Its enough. Olivia.GARY: She destroyed my dream?OLIVIA: What do you think?GARY: Although in the old days she used to make trouble out of nothing, I think that was just her way to do things.SUZY: Gary.OLIVIA: Gary, once she loved you but you refused her.GARY: Yes, the only thing I wanted to do is to paint at that time.OLIVIA: Yeah, so you know what kind of person Suzy is.SUZY: Olivia, stop!JOHN: Olivia, its enough. Let bygones be bygones! OLIVIA: Dont show your weakness again!JOHN: What?! Im not weak! The cat, Missy, I locked her in the cabinet!SUZY: You! OLIVIA: Are you disappointed? You must have thought I did that, didnt you?SUZY: John, stupid! How can you do that! She is my Missy!GARY: John, whatre you doing? Im confused!JOHN: Because of Stef, she is allergic to cats hair! GARY: Oh, my god. Are you OK, Stef?STEFANIE: Im fine, but please dont quarrel. Were friends, yes?OLIVIA: Friends! Friends!JOHN: She knows it! She always knows Stef is allergic to cats hair.GARY: She still took a cat here?SUZY: I didnt know!OLIVIA: Sure you do!JOHN: She always makes nothing of us! GARY: Im crazy!STEFANIE: Have a cup of tea. I want a rest.OLIVIA: Stef.JOHN: Lets calm down. SUZY: You! You! You! Inferior!OLIVIA: Suzy! Youre perfect. Youre brave. You tell Gary!JOHN: Oh, no, Olivia.STEFANIE: Please!SUZY: I have nothing to say!OLIVIA: You destroyed Garys dream! Do you think you can deceive everyone?SUZY: I did not! You slander me!OLIVIA: Last year I went back to school to collect materials for my report, and then I had a talk with our director!GARY: The director? Oh, that stupid old man.OLIVIA: Yeah, that stupid old man. Suzy even had a so exciting affair with such a man!STEFANIE: No.GARY: Oh, my god! I cant believe it. But does it have anything to do with me?SUZY: Olivia! Shut up!OLIVIA: Do you really think you can control everything?SUZY: Its you, not me! GARY: Ladies! I Im losing my patience!OLIVIA: Suzy asked the director to destroy your works.GARY: What works?OLIVIA: The Central Academy of Fine Arts entrance competition, your submitted works.GARY: What?!SUZY: You slander me!OLIVIA: You know what Im saying!GARY: Suzy, is it true?SUZY: I didnt do that!OLIVIA: Stupid!GARY: Stef, is it true?STEFANIE: I dont know. Please dont ask me.GARY: John.JOHN: Yes, but.GARY: You. Everyone knows it except me!OLIVIA: I didnt. Not until last year.STEFANIE: Im sorry.GARY: Why didnt you tell me?STEFANIE: Im so sorry.GARY: John, why didnt you tell me, either?JOHN: Gary.GARY: Why!JOHN: Im so sorry, but I couldnt.OLIVIA: Of course you darent. Suzy, you say what you had done.SUZY: Olivia! I hate you! I hate you!OLIVIA: Suzy threatened Stef. All you knew how Stef used to suffer from her school life before joining our group.JOHN: You never know how much she suffered! I just protected her! We were only common students. We had no power to revolt against Suzy and what her father offered her!OLIVIA: Suzy, what else do you want to explain! SUZY: I just did what I thought I should!GARY: Suzy! You! You. Why!SUZY: Why? Why did you refuse my love! Do you know how much I loved you at that time! You didnt fulfill me, so I didnt! You loved painting, so I destroyed your love!GAR