4 Faced Woman in the Elevator

by Selamawit Mersha

Lauren is stuck in elevator for ten hours. She has multiple personalities, and forgot to take her medication. If she doesn't take it every two hours she begins to talk to her different personalities. She has four different personalities and has named them all; there is Lauren the normal one, Srta. Loquita the Angry, Ms. Merryweather the happy one, and Gertie the sad one.

Lauren stands in one corner eyes closed trying to remember her yoga breathing. Srta. Loquita is in the other corner with her arms crossed looking at the celling muttering/ cussing under her breath. Ms. Merryweather is also in the corner humming. Gertie is sitting in the corner crying.

LAUREN: Oh my god! Why won't this elevator open?!

 Lauren looks up and sees Srta. Loquita, Ms. Merryweather, and Gertie glaring at her from each corners of the elevator.

SRTA. LOQUITA: PLEASE TELL ME WE'RE NOT STUCK IN THIS STINKY ASS ELEVATOR?!

GERTIE: I'm always the one this happens to. I have the worst luck.

MS. MERRYWEATHER: It's okay everything will be alright. We will be out of here in no time.

LAUREN: Thank you Ms. Merryweather. We all have to stay calm and wait for someone to come get us out of here.

MS. MERRYWEATHER: Why don't you just call someone, hun?

 LAUREN: Well, I would, but I forgot my phone at home.

SRTA. LOQUITA:  HOW CAN YOU FORGET YOUR PHONE AT HOME? I thought your phone was like your baby? I guess we know what kinda mom your gonna be. I suggest  you learn how to take care of  your phone before you have a child because it's not gonna be safe forgetting your child everywhere.

GERTIE: I'm just a very unlucky person.

SRTA. LOQUITA: Can you shut the fuck up with your depressed self Gertie!

Gertie curls up in a little ball on the floor and puts her head down.

GERTIE: (mumbles) Worst luck.

LAUREN: Everyone needs to calm down.

Ms. Merryweather interrupts.

MS. MERRYWEATHER: Yes everyone needs to take a deep breath and calm down. Everything happens for a reason. Maybe there was a big accident and we would've been it if we were outside.

SRTA. LOQUITA: Or someone is just dumb enough to forget their phone at home so we're stuck here. Or someone has a bad luck so the elevator broke on us!

MS. MERRYWEATHER: Lou honey, can I have your lipstick?

LAUREN: Uh sure. why?

Ms. Merryweather gets the lipstick and draws large smiley faces.

MS. MERRYWEATHER: Everytime  you start feeling down you just look right here OK ducklings?

GERTIE: The worst, the worst, the worst, worst.

SRTA. LOQUITA:  Draw one more smiley face and I will slap your smile off your face and you will have to mop it off the floor!

LAUREN: Breath. Breath. Breath!

SRTA. LOQUITA: You stuck with us bitch!

MS. MERRYWEATHER: Oh peanut that attitude won't get you anywhere. Do you want a back rub?

SRTA. LOQUITA: Touch me, I dare you! 

Elevator shakes.

GERTIE: we're going to die, we're going to die, my life is over!

Lauren looks around trying to find a way to open the elevator.

MS. MERRYWEATHER: We should all just take a little nap and wait for someone to get us out of here.

LAUREN: How come nobody is trying to use this elevator? How long have been here?  A whole day?

GERTIE: (Whispers)  Because no one cares about us.

MS. MERRYWEATHER: I wonder what time it is. Does anyone know?

SRTA. LOQUITA: What is wrong with you miss little too happy all the time? How are you going to ask what time it is? We have been stuck in this hell with you this whole time! And you know none of us have a watch or a phone. (mummbles) This bitch is crazy.

MS. MERRYWEATHER: Excuse me honey bear, please watch your language.

cockroach runs across Gerties foot.

GERTIE: Oh my god it's going to eat me. My life is is going to be over. I'm going to be eaten a life by a cockroach.

LAUREN: Gertie lets calm down. A cockroach is not big enough to eat you.

SRTA. LOQUITA: : That thing touches me and I will shove it up your nose!

MS. MERRYWEATHER: Now now blossoms lets not freak out. He's harmless.

GERTIE: How do you know it's not a she?

SRTA. LOQUITA: That is it! I'm going off on the next person that says anything.