2 Minute Monologues for Teens | "Scared Popular" by Gabriel Davis
Scared Popular (Teen Female Monologue)
Dramatic monologue from the play Almost 16 by Gabriel Davis
Mononucleosis. How could you get this?
Until yesterday, it was you and me against the world. I didn’t care who was sitting with who at lunch. I had you to keep me afloat. Unsinkable against the crashing waves of teen angst all around us.
But yesterday, without you, I stood in that cafeteria alone, clutching my tray like it was a life raft, looking around at this sea of fearful freshmen faces. Realizing that very same fear was rushing into me so fast, I was going to drown in it.
So I found somewhere to set my tray down and I got out of there, as quietly and as quickly as I could. And I locked myself in a bathroom stall, and I just sat there, and I said to myself “you are being such a baby right now. This is silly. Go back out there. Find a place to sit and eat your lunch.” And then I told myself “In a minute.” And then a minute passed. And then 20 minutes passed. And then lunch was over.
You aren’t coming back tomorrow. Or the next day. Or the next day after that, are you? So I’m really on my own. And I’m sorry but I can’t stay like this until you return. I can’t stay ... I’m sorry, but unpopular. And I know what you think of popularity, but ...
If high school is an ocean voyage in shark infested waters, most of us are looking over the edge of our little inflatable boats, praying not to be dinner. But the popular, the popular are on a Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner ordering dinner. And I’m sorry, I know what you think. But I am getting on the big boat!
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Related Monologues: Almost 16, Candy Girl, Pinball Eyes
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Dramatic monologue from the play Almost 16 by Gabriel Davis
Mononucleosis. How could you get this?
Until yesterday, it was you and me against the world. I didn’t care who was sitting with who at lunch. I had you to keep me afloat. Unsinkable against the crashing waves of teen angst all around us.
But yesterday, without you, I stood in that cafeteria alone, clutching my tray like it was a life raft, looking around at this sea of fearful freshmen faces. Realizing that very same fear was rushing into me so fast, I was going to drown in it.
So I found somewhere to set my tray down and I got out of there, as quietly and as quickly as I could. And I locked myself in a bathroom stall, and I just sat there, and I said to myself “you are being such a baby right now. This is silly. Go back out there. Find a place to sit and eat your lunch.” And then I told myself “In a minute.” And then a minute passed. And then 20 minutes passed. And then lunch was over.
You aren’t coming back tomorrow. Or the next day. Or the next day after that, are you? So I’m really on my own. And I’m sorry but I can’t stay like this until you return. I can’t stay ... I’m sorry, but unpopular. And I know what you think of popularity, but ...
If high school is an ocean voyage in shark infested waters, most of us are looking over the edge of our little inflatable boats, praying not to be dinner. But the popular, the popular are on a Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner ordering dinner. And I’m sorry, I know what you think. But I am getting on the big boat!
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Related Monologues: Almost 16, Candy Girl, Pinball Eyes
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