T.O.T.S.- The Bully Problem - The Script

Scene 6

PIP: They say if you want to tell a story right, you have to start at the beginning. When I was a little boy, my parents always told me one thing: I needed to try harder. I did try harder, but no try was ever hard enough for them. I studied a lot when I was younger, psychology, biology, and everything in and out. I liked to read, and read every book in the house. I wanted to read more, but my dad told me all this sitting around and reading was making my head soft, and by figure useless. I was short and a little fat, so they took me to the doctor to see what was wrong with me.

PIP: I was perfectly healthy. It turns out, some penguins are just fat. Unfortunately, my condition, though I didn't consider it a condition, wasn't as easily put off for my classmates as it was for me. Even my parents on some days, who knew there was nothing wrong with me, stole my desserts, always leaving me the worst part of the whole dinner. So, at least that proved I was eating healthy. But I was too small and too chubby to play sports, which was a huge thing in gym class. The coach started telling me to sit on the bench before we even got started. All the other kids, they called me names like Lump and Crybaby, and pelted me with balls, just to make me cry. So, I started telling myself, what right do they have to tell me what I am? What right do they have to say I'll never be anything?

PIP: Then, I'd tell my parents everything that was going on at school. But did they do anything to stop it? Nope! My mom and dad started to think I was nothing but a problem child. They went to child services, and asked what they needed to do to get rid of me, seeing as I was never going to be anything of use. So, I was thrown into an adoption service, set from foster home to foster home, and let me say, over half of those homes weren't safe. So, why does everyone think I'm useless, when they don't give me a chance? Finding love, it was hard.

PIP: So, I threw myself into my work. I became a psychologist, and graduated when I was ten. Was that good enough for everyone? No. I wasn't tough enough or big enough to get myself out of a real jam. Instead of letting me crush them with logic, they crushed me with violence. So, I ran away from home, and found T.O.T.S. I wanted to work hard, and the harder I worked, the less pain I felt. No one could hurt me again, and I would make sure that didn't happen. And now, it found me here.

PIP: It's going to happen again, I know it. I don't want to be around for the inevitable end of my world. I can work and fight all I want, but it won't change anything. It won't change the fact that I'm a mistake. Freddy, I meant what I said. Tell KC and Krysia for me. I don't think I'll have time. 

((Just to let y'all know, Pip didn't actually become a psychologist or graduate when he was ten.))