“Cracking Codes”

Teresa and Jill are sitting in a treehouse that they used to hang out in as neighborhood children.

Teresa: This is much higher than I remember. (she peers outside)

Jill: You used to say the same thing when we were young.

Teresa: I may be afraid of heights.

Jill: Come back in here. “You just have to look into my eyes” and take a breath. You’ll be fine.

Teresa: That helps. I can’t believe your parents are selling the house.

Tory yells from below.

Tory: Hey, I know you both are up there. I hear you. Appleblossom moosetracks.

Teresa: (laughing) “You don’t need a secret code.” Come on up.

Tory: It’s been so long. I’m pretty sure I had my first kiss here.

Teresa: Awww my little sister kissing in high school.

Tory: “No need” to reminisce on that. It was TERRIBLE.

Jill: Remember when we used “to play at being spies?”

Teresa: That was fun. We had our own Charlie’s Angels pact.

Tory: Do you remember the handshake?

Jill: No, but “I may speak to you in tongues.”

Tory: Trithee!!

Teresa: Threeat Wreeas Freeun.

Jill: Iree’m glreead youree knreeow itree treeoo.

Tory: “We don’t need Rosetta Stone” or French class for this one.

Jill shuffles under the window where there’s a pile of old magazines. She pulls one out victoriously.

Jill: This Sixteen was the quiz edition! (flips it open to a dog-eared page)

Tory: Was that the one that had all the hunks who could sing and no one knew they could?

Teresa: The best part was after that quiz. When you had to guess the lyrics to “how this song is sung.” It made no sense!

Jill: No it did not. My favorite part of the magazine was the horoscopes. That time I convinced you guys that I was always right for that month because that’s what my horoscope said. Plebes.

Teresa: Ugh, I remember that. You were the worst.

Jill: Who are we kidding? “What I say is true” now!

Tory: (rolling her eyes, sarcastically) “Yeah, it’s true.” You’re always right.

The women continue to flip through the magazine and speak in trithee.

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