What happened to Jill?

Characters:

Jack: around 21 years old. A spoiled child wears expensive clothes

Jill: 18 years old. Timid looking, maid

Jack’s Mum: gentle looking mother, wears simple clothes


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Opens with children singing different nursery rhymes

In Jack’s home

Jack’s Mum: Jack sweetie can you please get a pail of water from the well?

Jack: Aww ma! Why do I have to go get it? I’m on my vacation for crying out loud. Why don’t you just get one of the servants to do it for you?

Jack’s Mum: Watch that mouth of yours young man! You should respect your mother more than that!

Jack: … … … … Sorry ma

Jack’s Mum: Alright baby, just watch your mouth next time ok?

Jack: Yes ma

Jack’s Mum: That’s my boy. Ok now, do you remember where the well is?

Jack: Not really, it has been a while since I’ve been there

Jack’s Mum: It’s on top of the hill, a few minutes walk from here. Oh never mind. Jill knows where it is. Jill?

Enter Jill

Jill: Yes?

Jack’s Mum: I’ve asked Jack to go get a pail of water from the well but he can’t remember where it is, will you please go with him?

Jill: Of course miss



On the way to the hill

Jill: Uhmm… it’s been a while since you visited. How are your studies going? Are you enjoying your break? What do you plan on doing after graduating?

Jack: Well I don’t really want to talk about school

Jill: I understand… (after a few minutes of silence) giggle

Jack: Eh? What’s so funny?

Jill: Well nothing really, I just remembered something.

Jack: Huh?

Jill points to a tree with a carving of J + J inside a love heart

Jack: Oh! Right… I remember from when we were young.

Jill: I missed you. It’s been two weeks since you asked me to visit you in your room and… uhmm… yeah… that happened. Are you trying to avoid me Jack?

While getting water from the well

Jack: Huh? No! No… whatever gave you that idea?

Jill: Well you haven’t talked to me since… that night.

Jack: Oh… I didn’t mean to ignore you. But you know, you’re a maid and I’m well, you work for our family. People might start talking if they see us together, ya know. I just don’t want to put you under that kind of pressure. I’d feel bad.

Jill: Aww… thank you. I’m sorry for not thinking about that. I guess not seeing you for more than 5 years then … having you visit all of a sudden… then that night in your room. And then not being able to talk to you for two weeks after that… I’m sorry. I … I wasn’t thinking.

Jack: It’s alright Jill, remember what I said before? Leave the thinking to me, you just be yourself and play the role of the supporting girlfriend and do everything I ask you to do… In the background of course.

Jill turns and walks away from Jack

Jill: Jack… I’m pregnant

Jack: Huh?! What?! Are you serious?! Are you sure its mine?! I mean… That’s wonderful!

Jill: Really? You’re happy? Oh my gosh! That is such a relief! I thought that you were going to freak out or something. Well you did freak out but uhmmm yeah…

Jack: No… no… I was just surprised that’s all. I mean I love you, and we’re going to have a baby that’s wonderful! (Walks towards Jill) Jill hunny?

Jill: Yes?

Jack punches Jill in the jaw causing her to pass out

Jack: Oh shit shit shit shit shit! I am in so much trouble. (cursing) What do I do? What do I do?! Well duh I need to calm down first. Hahaha!!! Oh man I think I’m going mad I’m talking to myself. Alright Jack old man, think… (rats running to and fro) Stupid rats! They’re distract…ing… me… rats…? Pail? Lighter… Yes! I get it now.

Catches a rat and places the rat on Jill’s stomach and places the pail caging the rat. Gets a lighter and starts heating up the pail making the rat claw at Jill’s tummy breaking skin. Rat dies. Jack goes off to catch another rat. Jill screams then faints again. Jack comes back with another rat and does the same thing. After the second rat dies Jack starts kicking and hitting Jill

Jack: Die! Die! HAHAHAHAHA!!! You actually thought I’d want to be with a nobody like you?! DIE!!!

Kicks Jill down the hill. Jill manages to grab onto Jack making Jack fall down the hill as well; Jack and Jill tumbling down the hill.


Few hours later

Jack: Ooooww… my head. Didn’t think that she would actually wake up. Ouch… now what the hell do I do with her… body? Where is it? Screw this. My head is killing me.

Jack starts making his way home



Back at Jack’s home

Jack: Mum? Dad? Where is everyone? AHH!!! My head!!!

Goes to the kitchen and get a bottle of vinegar and then goes to the bathroom

Jack: Where is that first aid box? Ah here it is! What?! No freakin bandages?! Pish! I guess this will have to do.

Grabs a pile of news paper starts making his way to his bedroom. Soaks the news paper in vinegar and wraps the paper around his head then went to sleep



After a few hours

Jack’s Mum: Jack! Jack! Wake up Jack!

Jack: (mumbling something inaudible)

Jack’s Mum: What happened to you? Where’s Jill?

Jack: I don’t know where Jill is, we got attacked by a wild animal. The last time I saw her was her running away.

Jack’s Mum: We have to alert the neighbours!


Dusk near the well

Little Girl: (singing while bouncing a red ball) Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of waterJack fell down and broke his crownAnd Jill came tumbling after.Up got Jack, and home did trot As fast as he could caperHe went to bed and bound his head
With vinegar and brown paper.

Ball rolls into a huge bush, Little Girl goes to get the ball enters the bush and screams. Screen goes black

Last post of my previous blog

In a way it is still unrequited, atleast that’s how I see it. But I promise myself, for the sake of us, I will not end it THAT way. If anything I hope this will make me more eager to be with you.

Every passing day adds fuel to my desire and passion for you, I am only hoping that it doesn’t engulf my entirety as I know that this flame has to be kindled. When that day comes I pray that I not be brought down with it, I hope that day will not kill my want to be happy. If those that I hope for will come to pass, my feelings for you will lay doormat waiting for you to rekindle it again. Be it during the right or wrong time, I don’t think I will care. When, not “if” but “when”, that day comes I know that I will not hold back and will continue loving you as I do now. In the long run, I don’t think it really matters how many times we get it wrong. In the long run, I do not care how many times I would have to kill a part of myself to preserve my whole being.

Your voice that night was soothing, whispering sweet nothings and gently lulling me to sleep.

They say that I am young and naïve, but that’s what every older adult tells someone younger. When will u ever be seen as “wise”? I know that cannont be measured in years. So screw them I tell myself. That doesn’t mean that I do not heed their caution, it just means that I know what I want and need in this stage of my life.

Ever since Tuesday I was completely blissful, given I had to undertake that bloody surgery and am still in pain but with you, with us, I was at peace. Apparently it wasn’t the same with you, late last night you said that something was amiss since Monday and that made me feel stupid. Here I was content and happy yet you weren’t, I’m sorry for not noticing that you were still irked from our previous argument. As always, you’re right. We are walking in thin ice, I was too caught up in my little bubble to notice, I guess a part of me knew but was too stupid, or something, to heed it. I cant give u something that you want/need and because of that I think we wont last for years, maybe months a year or two but that would be pushing it in my opinion. That doesn’t mean that I’ll give up and start trying to ease the impact the end would have on me, if anything it makes me want to give you more. I want to be able to say to myself that I have given you all of me during our short errrr relationship? :p uhmm yeah. I want these moments to make up for those coming when I’m not by your side showing you how much I adore and love you.