Sucking Red Snakes

Go in, says Maurice's mother. I'll come back for you when it's finished.

Terence and Maurice enter the movie theatre, and sit down.

How long is this movie? asks Terence.

How do I know? says Maurice. Hey, do you want a red snake?

Yes, says Terence. 

Maurice hands him the packet, and Terence picks one.

He starts to suck the red snake, which soon becomes slimy.

Maurice bites the head off his snake.

The movie has started.

Inside Out 2.

They watch it until....

Is this about a GIRL? asks Terence.

Riley, and her feelings, says Maurice.

She's got too many feelings, says Terence.

You're not kidding, says Maurice. In Inside Out 1, she only had five feelings.

Which ones? asks Terence.

Umm, says Maurice. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Anger. But now she's got older.

I didn't get more feelings when I got older, says Terence.

How old are you? asks Maurice.

That depends, says Terence. 

On what? says Maurice. I'm eleven.

I'm eleven, says Terence.

You don't look like eleven, says Maurice.

Shut up, you boys, says a girl who is sitting behind them.

Terence and Maurice suck their snakes, and watch Riley's new feelings.

The feelings have names: Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, Ennui.

This is dumb, says Terence. What's on-wee?

I don't know, says Maurice. Wetness?

If you boys don't shut up, says the girl behind them, I'm TELLING!

Let's go! says Terence. Let's run round the ferry and come back at the end of the movie.

Okay, says Maurice.

They sneak out with their snakes and start running.

They run past passengers who are sitting in groups chatting. 

Passengers who are eating and drinking.

Passengers who are strolling.

And Maurice's dad, who is just coming out of the rest room.

Maurice! Stop! shouts his father.

But Maurice does not stop. Nor does Terence.

They run till they get to an uninhabited part of the ferry.

Where they sit on a coiled rope.

In the dark. 

Sucking red snakes.