Scene I

(Enter Jolene, Polly, Brent, and Blayne)

John:  Thank you all for coming to our required meeting.  Today, I have only one thing to say.  As of right now, there will be no tolerance of homosexuality in this neighborhood.  All who are homosexuals will be thrown out into the bitter cold without anything except clothing, no food, no money, no nothing.  Anybody who befriends one is of their kind and will also be thrown out.  No one here is to help anybody with even the slightest bit of homosexuality in them.  There will be no exceptions.  Does everyone understand?

All: Yes, Leader.

John: Good.  Brent, take Polly out of here.  She is gay, she is unclean, and has no respect for anything.

Brent: Yes, leader.  As you wish.  (To Polly)  Do I need to force you or will you leave here willingly?

Polly: This is wrong.  I have just as much of a right to live here as everyone else.  So what if I am gay.  I’m not going to hurt any of you.

John:  Get her out of my sight NOW!

Brent:  Of course.  Whatever you say.   (To Polly)  Come.  (Polly follows, and exits crying.)

Scene II

(Jolene has found Polly and walks to her. This scene is in the woods.)

Jolene: Polly, are you okay?

Polly:  Jolene, what are you doing?  You shouldn’t be here.

Jolene:  Dude, I can’t leave you out here in the cold.  You are my best friend.  Here, I brought this so you could disguise yourself and stay with me.

Polly:  But you would get caught.  I can’t do that to you.  I love you too much.

Jolene: I don’t care what Leader John has to say.  I’m not going to dishonor my values and leave my best friend to die out in the cold.

Polly: Are you sure?  I can deal with living out here.

Jolene:  You would go insane; this town is empty.  There is no one to talk to.  There is no food for you to eat.  I am not going to let you say no.  Come on, put this on so we can go back to my house and get you something to eat and some warmth.

Polly:  You are the best friend in the world.  God I wish you were gay.  I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to say that out loud.

Jolene: Dude, its okay.

Polly: I know you don’t swing that way.

Jolene:  Come on, let’s go, its freezing.

Polly: Fine.  (Polly puts on the disguise and they start walking.)

Scene III

(As Jolene and Polly are walking back to Jolene’s house, Brent spots both of them. This is done near the church.)

Brent:  Both of you, stop right there. (They stop.)  Jolene, what have you done?

Jolene: I went to help my friend. 

Brent: Jolene, I thought you of all people should know better.  You are in love with our leader’s son, and you go and break his ruling.

Jolene: Yes, yes I did break his stupid rule!  You know Polly is very close to me.

Brent:  Yes, that may be true, but I still need to report both of you.  Follow me.  (They follow)

Polly:  I told you that this wasn’t a good idea.

Jolene: Well, at least I tried.

(Polly Runs away and Brent does not go after her)

(Brent and Jolene arrive at Leader John’s home.)

John: What do you need, Brent?

Brent:  Sir, I hate to be the one to tell you this.  I know I have to though, because I have to obey you. 

John: Come out with it.

Brent: (Pointing to Jolene) Jolene was walking with Polly.  Jolene planned to take Polly to her house, and Polly was and still is in a disguise.

John: Jolene, is this true?

Jolene: Yes it is, Leader.

John: You admit disobeying me then?

Jolene: Yes, yes I do.  It was a stupid rule to begin with.

John: I am going to have to throw you out of this neighborhood now.

Jolene: I figured as much, but I really don’t care.  As far as I see it, it was only right to help Polly.  You are not God, nor are you anywhere close to God.  You have taken our old religion and destroyed it with your foolish self.  I am sure God is looking down on you right now, shaking his head in strong disappointment.

John: Shut up, you foolish girl!  You have no right to speak to me as you are right now.  For all you know I could have spared you, but your actions towards me give me no choice.  I am going to do something horrible to you.  You will experience a lot of emotional pain. 

(Blayne enters)

Blayne: Jolene. Wazzup.

John: Son, Jolene is going to be thrown out.  She has tried to help Polly, so now she must be punished as well.

Blayne: Dad, I love you and respect you, and I would never want to go against your wishes.

John: Good, then you have no problem with her being gone.

Blayne: I didn’t say that; I said I would never want to go against your wishes, but I love

Jolene.  She is the only girl for me.  I want to marry her some day.

John: Blayne, that is very foolish of you.  You can not marry a dead woman anyway; once she is thrown out, she will freeze to death.  And besides, there are many other women you can have fun with.

Blayne:  No there is not.  She is the only girl I will ever love.  And if you throw another out, you will cause another to leave as well.

John:  Oh, what a threat, coming from a child.

Blayne: Yes I may be a child, but I know what is right and what is wrong.  You obviously don’t, considering all the dumb rules you make up from time to time.

John: Fool, how dare you talk to your father like this?  Come with me, I will take her myself and throw her out, and you will have to watch her cry, and you won’t be allowed to touch or to speak with her.

Blayne: Who is being the foolish one now?  Well, guess what?  You have lost your son forever; I am no longer your son.  Good-bye.  (Blayne runs out of sight)

John: Brent, take this ungrateful piece of trash out of here.

Brent: But sir, this is your son’s girlfriend!  Are you sure?

John: I no longer have a son.  Now quit your stalling and take her away.

Brent:  As you wish, Leader. (To Jolene) Come with me. (Jolene willingly follows.)

(Scene goes to where Brent drops off Jolene in a place that is unknown to her.)

Brent: How shameful.  I honestly regret having to do this.

Jolene: It is fine; at least I am dying for trying to do something worthy.  You can leave me to myself now.

Brent: Still, I am sorry for this.

Jolene: I said it is fine, now go and leave me alone!

Brent:  Okay, good-bye.

Scene 4

(Brent is talking to Leader John)

Brent:  I am back.

John: Good, and good riddance to all of them.  Though I do miss my son.

Brent: Will you permit me to say something to you I usually would never say.

John: Yes, but do not make a habit of it.

Brent: Now, I support you in everything that you do.  And I know you do the things you do because you think it is the best way to do them.  However, I hear others talking around the neighborhood, and they don’t agree that it is really fair to not tolerate homosexuals.  Think about it, because of one rule, you lost your son, and many of the people’s respect.  I am not saying it is right to be homosexual, but to punish them for it is wrong.

John: I lost my son because he is a fool.

Brent: No sir, you lost your son for being a fool to try to punish Jolene for doing right.

John: It breaks my heart to say this, but there is one thing she said that stuck into my head.  I am not God.  She is right.  God would not have thrown Polly out and leave her to die, and would have especially not punished Jolene for trying to help her.

Brent: Think about this sir.  If you permitted me to get Jolene and bring her back here to safety, perhaps your son would hear of it and would come back.

John: Once again, I hate to be wrong, but for my son, I will admit to it.  Yes, you may go get Jolene and bring her back here.

Brent: Thank you sir, I am sure you will look like a better leader to everyone in our group for this.

John: Yes, but hurry up.

Brent: I am leaving right now. I will see you soon sir.

Scene 5

(Jolene kills herself with an icicle and gasps.  Blayne hears her, runs to her, only to find her dead.  He takes the same icicle Jolene used and stabs himself in his heart.  Brent arrives, only to find both Jolene and Blayne dead.)

Brent: Oh no, they are dead.  What will I tell Leader John? How will he take it?  Will he take it out on me?  God, please help me! 

(Scene switches to Brent and Leader John talking)

John: Well, where is she.

Brent: She is dead Sir, she stabbed herself in the heart.

John: Oh no.  My son will never come back.

Brent: Umm, sir, your son could never come back.

John: (angrily) What makes you say that?

Brent: Well, I took a long route to come back here, and I found Blayne on the way.  This kills me to say this, but he also stabbed himself in the heart.

John: No, not my son.  He is the only person in the world who meant anything to me.

Brent: Sir, I am sor…

John: Don’t call me sir anymore, call me John, I don’t deserve to be called Sir.  This is entirely my fault.  All Because of my foolish self, and my insensitive rules.  I did this.  If I would have never tried to become a God, and kept God in charge of me, this whole joke of a neighborhood would not be following such a lunatic.  If only I would have known what would happen.  I don’t deserve anyone’s sympathy.  I am going into my house; make sure no one ever tries to bother me.  That is not a command; it is my last request, even though I don’t deserve it.