MALTHUS SNACK BAR Rosa is at the diner door, anxious, and worried. Aurélio leaves also hurried and alarmed. "What is it, Rosa? You said it was urgent!" "And it is! Look at that over there!" Aurélio looks. From his vision, the crowd is formed and cheering for the fight between Monica and Fábia Peres, but the two are hardly seen because of the crowd. "Did an accident happen?" Aurélio asks. "No, it's just that you can't see right! But, a crazy woman appeared out of nowhere while I was talking to Monica and accused her of stealing her boyfriend." "Monica is not like that." "It seems that Monica knows the boy, the insane girl blames her for the breakup and offended her non-stop, Monica gave in." "Yeah, today I already had one annoying me with insults too. Where is the education of these people?" "And look, nobody is good at stopping the fight, they are cheering!" "I'm going to end this." Back to the turmoil, Aurélio is in the background striding closer to the scene of the fight.
MALTHUS SNACK BAR - DAYMonica is calmer, sitting at a table, and drinking sugarcane juice. Rosa is sitting on the other side and Aurélio is standing, his big dad worried."Now can you tell me why that crazy blonde was beating you, dear Monica?""Oh, Seu Aurélio, the story is long; it goes back to our childhood. I always liked Fabinho—" she corrects herself, "Fábio... But, he never took me seriously to date. It's that classic 'let's go be friends'."Aurélio becomes mysterious, "I know very well...""Then he met this girl called Fábia Peres who is just blonde hair and a hot body. Of course, he fell in love and wanted to be with her. Since then she has been seeing me as a threat. But I have always respected their courtship, although hurts inside me.""Poor girl..." laments Rosa."When we moved here, things between them started to get worse. No more high school, we started adulthood. Like that movie, ‘St. Elmo's Fire’. Fábia Peres seems to have been stuck in High School because in the rea
DEDÉ BARRicardo is talking with Rubens. The bar is still empty, and they are readying for one more working night."I came to get young Wellington's report. How did he behave?"Rubens is funny, "To wash glasses, he does very well. I want to see him serve customers as a waiter.Ricardo is a joker, "That's right; these young people don't take courses, don't study, and don't pay attention in class... Then high school is over, the break is over, and dad already wants them to do something... Mom doesn't give that allowance anymore, and no longer cleans the room or washes the clothes... The good life ends and they wake up too late for reality.""I'm glad we're not like that, right, buddy?""Of course not, my parents paid me for the best school, the best college, and even though I didn't work in the area where I graduated, I never had a problem facing adult life. I knew that the good life of a teenager was going to end and I prepared myself psychologically. In the meantime we have Luis having
FÁBIO'S LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOONFábio and Monica talk about his breakup."Thank you very much for coming here to check on me, Monica."Monica smiles, "Look, something was telling me that I wasn't going to find you in tears, but I wanted to come anyway."Fábio laughs, "Not really! Well, I'm not going to say dramatic things like 'Fábia was the worst mistake of my life' because in a way I liked her.""Yes, you liked her and I never interfered."Fábio takes two steps forward, "Never interfered... But, you never accepted."Monica lowers her head; she doesn't want to be the one who detonates the competitor, "Well, I wanted to keep the respect and distance between you. But it didn't help."Fábio complains, "Never! It was twenty-four hours complaining about something about you. 'Monica said that', 'Monica did that to me', 'Monica thought', 'Monica wants to separate us'. I don't understand why you became a threat to her."Monica speaks compassionately, "Gee, Fábio; it must have been difficult f
FÁBIO'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHTMonica realizes it's already night and tries to leave, Fábio wants to continue the conversation."Is there a problem, Monica?""It's already night, I have to go home.""That's not it, Monica. I feel like you're nervous. Is this our conversation?""No, Fábio, I already found out what I wanted when I came here."Fábio approaches and gently takes Monica's hand. She gets goosebumps."But, I still haven't figured out what you want with your coming.""What do you want to find out?"Fábio starts to speak romantically, "Monica... Is there any possibility that one day we... Have our story?"Monica looks at him in surprise, "Like... make all the accusations and paranoia of Fábia Peres come true? Fill her with reason, for her to leave the neighborhood saying 'I told you she was going to steal my boyfriend from me'?"Fábio sighs. It won't be easy, "I don't care what Fábia Peres is going to say... She was already complaining when there was nothing between us. Anyway, you
MONICA'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHTMonica opens the door for Carina and Annie, who coincidentally appeared at the same time. The three go to the couch."Girls, I'm glad you came. I have news to tell you."Annie says, "I have it too; it's more like a bomb."Carina is sadder, "I think mine is from Hiroshima."Monica notices their faces, "Oh, people, I’m so embarrassed to tell you what happened to me, nothing dramatic like that!""Then tell me, friend." Annie says, "Maybe it can cheer us up."Monica is all excited, "Well, there you go: Fábio kicked Fábia Peres! He's free!"It did not work."Oh, good for him..." Carina says without emotion, "But, what does that have to do with you?""Monica always had feelings for Fábio." Annie turns to Monica, "But, I don't know, my friend. I would tell you not to rush.""He already wanted and I said to wait. It's risky if later he wants to go back to her and I keep sucking my finger. No, let's take it easy, that's what I said. As seen, my news didn't cheer up,
CÉLIO HOUSE ENTRANCECélio is coming home. He has plastic bags in his hands indicating that he passed through the market. When he is approaching, once again he hears the Axé of the demons in the heights. Célio tries to ignore it and goes to the door of his house. Fábio appears behind him, shirtless, can of beer in hand."Oh, don't come with this call to the officer ‘cause today I have the right to celebrate!"Célio turns to him, hatred in his eyes, "Every day you want to celebrate. Look, I wonder how long your parents are going to keep this little king of yours. Fábia Peres will love it when the fountain dries up because if it depends on her, the two will go under the bridge.""Fábia Peres no longer has to worry about the future of my income. We are done!"Célio reacts to the novelty, surprised, "Is that the reason for the celebration? So you didn't really love her?""Of course I loved her, but she didn't appreciate that love. I wanted to go further, I even said about engagement, but s
CÉLIO HOUSE ENTRANCE - NIGHTCélio collects the bags that fell to the floor. Fábio laughs at his shock."Wow, man, were you in shock? Did you think that Monica didn't put up with me? The problem is that I chose Fábia Peres, now I intend to correct this mistake.""The only mistake I'm seeing here is just the two of you being together!""And by the way, have you declared yourself, clearly stated that you love her and want to date her?"Célio is quiet.Fábio goes on, "Of course not. You're always shy or proud. Because when you talk about it, you put your plans ahead of her.""I need to wait for the right moment!""Will Monica wait?""What do you mean by that?""Will Monica ever see you as a man she should trust? Will she be quiet waiting for you to quench your thirst to conquer the world? Until now, you only know how to pretend to be the mayor's secretary. I think not...""This is going to be her decision."Fábio smiles confidently, "I think she already decided by the time she came to my