#yasminc

MANNY- “What is she doing here?”

DEB- Who, what? Listen Manny I am trying to concentrate here.”

MANNY “Okay, I need to take care of something anyway.”

MANNY- “What are you doing here, Yaz, you know your momma said if you were caught over here with me again, she would have me arrested.”

YASMIN- “Manny, for what? What is my mother going to have you arrested for, flirting with me? We never even kissed, Manny. Arrest? Not gonna happen, and I ain’t here to see you anyway, so get over yourself.”

MANNY- “So what are you here for?”

YASMIN- “Her. Who is she?”

MANNY- “Her name is Deb, she lives in #1″

YASMIN- “Lives here? Manny this is a motel, not a damn apartment complex, people STAY here, they don’t live here. So she stayed in #1? Did that dude kill himself in there the other night?”

MANNY- “Hey, listen don’t freak her out, she is a paying customer and she already went to the Hotel to find a room.”

YASMIN- “Hey Deb, I am Yasmin Cisneros, I live down the street. So Manny here says you were looking for a place to live. You really can’t stay here, Okay this place is shit, Deb, and for losers. You do not look like a loser to me. Can we talk?”

DEBRA- “All three of those puppies are so cute, but you are right that little one did melt my heart. I think you should go with him.”

EDDIE- “I thought so to, but I wanted your opinion. There is something else I wanted to ask, Deb. I hope I am not being to forward.”

DEBRA- “Of course not Eddie, what is it you want to ask. I am a big girl!”

EDDIE- “Well, I was kind of hoping, well wishing... I will just say it. I think you are very pretty and nice and I would like to ask you out to dinner sometime. Would you be interested in maybe a dinner and a movie?”

DEBRA- “Eddie, Awe, I am flattered ------

“HEY GUYS!!!!”

It was Yasmine, as always there at an inappropriate time.

YASMINE- “Uh, Hello, I said HEY GUYS, Did you not hear me? 

SILENCE-

YASMINE- “Are either of you here? Earth to Deb and Eddie!! What are you two doing out here by the trash, in this heat it fucking stinks, Let’s go to the back patio!, I have something  I  JUST  have to tell you two!

EDDIE- “Yasmine, please, we were talking and I just asked....

DEBRA- “Yeah, he just asked me that. Wanted to know if I wanted to go to the back patio, Right, Eddie? Come on let’s all go. This trash does smell  a little.

DEB- “All night long i kept hearing this weird noise, like a light quiet type screeching or scratching. And that damn night light kept going off. After Manny told me someone was killed in here, I was kind of getting freaked out.”

YASMIN- “OMG!! DEB, LOOK!!!”

DEB- “WHAT!!??”

DEB- “AHHH  I see it!! Is that a rat??!!”

YASMIN- “That almost looks like a damn possum it’s so big!”

DEB- “I guess that was all that scratching and screeching I heard!”

YASMIN- “That settles it. We are going to go see my Uncle Eddie, right now!!”

DEB- “Can he kill that thing for me?”

DEB- “So, Yasmin? Right?”

YASMIN- “Yeah, that is it, in all my glory!”

DEB- “So what is it you wanted to talk about?”

YASMIN- “Can we go into your room, it is kind of not for his ears. He tends to be nosey.”

DEB- “Sure, want a soda or something?”

YASMIN- “Got a beer?”

DEB- “I don’t think that is age appropriate Yasmin., so we will have to settle on Sodas.”

YASMIN- “So I wanted to warn you about Manny. He really REALLY wants a girl friend. I mean he is cute enough, but he is kind of out in left field all the time. And he is like 22 or something. WAY too old for me.”

DEB- “So just how old are you? And don’t worry about Manny, I figured him out the first day I talked to him”

YASMIN- “I am 17 in years and 25 in mind. The other thing is Deb, it is not good you staying here.”

Yasmin ran up the stairs so fast, I hardly didn’t even notice her go by me, and Eddie was quick to follow. This place was cute on the outside, lets hope the inside is too. But anything would be better than that motel room!!

EDDIE- “Utilities are included in the rent, which is due the 1st of every month. You have 5 day grace period but after that another $50 is added to your rent for that month. No wild parties...

YASMIN- “Unless he is invited of course. Come on Eddie, does she strike you as a party girl?”

DEBRA- “Not in the least. No worries there Eddie. So does this furniture stay?”

EDDIE- “Use what you need, let me know what you don’t and I can store it over at Johnny’s. So what do you think. You like it?”

DEBRA- “I do! What I love the best is the roof terrace. I can see almost all of Oasis Springs up there!”

YASMIN- “Great! Let’s get your ass moved in!!”

EDDIE- “Yasmin, do you always have to be so brazen?”

MANNY- “So Deb, whatcha doin?”

DEBRA- “What’s it look like I am doing Manny?”

MANNY- “Paintin’ Looks like you are paintin’. So what are paintin?”

DEBRA- “Nothing in particular, just a random picture in my head. And it takes a lot of concentration to get it from in here to out here on this canvas, so if you could move along, Please.

MANNY- “Maybe I could help ya, Deb?”

“Can I tell you how much this guy annoys me? Seriously! I want to just look at him and say GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE. But, I am too nice for that. It would probably make him cry too. Then I would feel bad!”