School RP (Closed 😬Stalkers welcome)

RIFF Riga tiga tum tum. Why not? ...You can't say ya won't, Tony boy,  without sayin' why not?

RIFF Because it's me askin': Riff. Womb to tomb!

TONY Sperm to worm! [Surveying the sign.] You sure this looks like  skywritin'?

RIFF It's brilliant.

TONY Twenty-seven years the boss has had that drugstore. I wanna  surprise him with a new sign.

RIFF [shaking the ladder.] Tony, this is important!

TONY Very important: Acemen, Rocketmen.

RIFF What's with you? Four and one-half year I live with a buddy and  his family. Four and one-half years I think I know a man's  character. Buddy boy, I am a victim of disappointment in you.

TONY End your sufferin', little man. Why don't you pack up your gear  and clear out?

RIFF 'Cause your ma's hot for me. [Tony grabs his arms and twists it.]  No! 'Cause I hate livin' with my buggin' uncle uncle UNCLE!
[Tony releases him and climbs back up the ladder.]

TONY Now go play nice with the Jets.

RIFF The Jets are the greatest!

TONY Were.

RIFF Are. You found something' better?

TONY No, But-

RIFF But what?

TONY You won't dig it.

RIFF Try me.

TONY OK... Every single damn night for the last month, I wake up-and  I'm reachin' out.

RIFF For what?

TONY I don't know. It's right outside the door, around the corner. But  it's comin'!

RIFF What is? Tell me!

TONY I don't know! It's-like the kick I use to get from bein' a Jet.

RIFF [quietly] ...Or from bein buddies.

TONY We're still buddies.

RIFF The kick comes from the people, buddy boy.

TONY Yea, but not from a Jet.

RIFF No? Without a gang you're an orphan. With a gang you walk in  two's three's four's. And when your gang is the best, when you're  a Jet, buddy boy, you're out in the sun and home free home!

TONY Riff, I've had it. [Pause.]

RIFF Tony, the trouble is large: The Sharks bite hard! We got to stop  them now, and we need you! [Pause. Quietly.] I never asked the  time of a day from a clock, but I'm askin' you: Come to the dance  tonight... [Tony turns away.] ...I already told the gang you'd be  there.

TONY [after a moment, turns to him with a grin] What time?

RIFF Ten?

TONY Ten it is.

RIFF Womb to tomb!

TONY Sperm to worm! And I'll live to regret this.

RIFF Who knows? Maybe what you're waitin' for'll be twitchin' at the  dance! [He runs off.]

TONY Who knows? [Music starts and he sings:] Could be!... Who knows?...  There's something due any day;  I will know right away,  Soon as it shows.  It may come cannon-balling down thru the sky,  Gleam in its eye,  Bright as a rose!  Who knows?...  It's only just out of reach,  Down the block, on a beach,  Under a tree...  I got a feeling there's a miracle due,  Gonna come true,  Coming to me!

Could it be? Yes it could.
Something's coming, something good,
If I can wait!
Something's coming, I don't know what it is,
But it is
Gonna be great!

With a click, with a shock,
Phone'll jingle, door'll knock,
Open the latch!
Something's coming, don't know when but it's soon-
Catch the moon,
One-handed catch!

Around the corner,
Or whistling down the river,
Come on-deliver
To me!

Will it be? Yes, it will.
Maybe just by holding still,
It'll be there!
Come on something, come on in,
don't be shy,
Meet a guy,
Pull up a chair!

The air is humming,
And something great is coming!
Who knows?
It's only just out of reach,
Down the block, on a beach…
Maybe tonight…
The Lights Dim