Crash: The Not Quite Unreal Sequel – Deleted Scene – The Kiss
I deleted several scenes from “Beta Draft” of Crash before I submitted the final manuscript to my publisher. Here’s one. In this deleted scene, the girls are up to no good. Please note that THIS SCENE DOES NOT AND WILL NOT APPEAR IN “Crash: The Not Quite Unreal Sequel” and should not be considered as part of the canonical narrative. This is a DELETED SCENE.
Crash: The Not Quite Unreal Sequel
Deleted Scene – “The Kiss”
(c) Carlos Malvar
Michelle Lim and Astrud Quinton almost bumped each other’s head as they peered closer to the screen. Mitch’s new netbook’s screen was only 9 inches diagonally, and her mother got it for her when she went to Seoul for a fashion show last week.
“Do you think he’ll take his shirt off?” Mitch whispered.
Astrud shrugged. “Let’s make him,” she said. She typed: “R U going 2 take it off or not?”
The boy on the screen grinned. His eyes were not looking directly towards the webcam, he was obviously reading the girls’ message.
“I can’t believe we’re chatting with Jack Avernon,” Mitch gushed.
“I know!” Astrud agreed. “No one will believe us tomorrow when we tell them THE Jack Avernon is on video conference with us.”
A sharp note buzzed through from the netbook.
“Look, he replied! He replied!” Mitch said.
They both shrieked.
“Keep your cool, keep your cool. He can see us through our webcam,” Astrud said, more to remind herself than her friend. “Let’s see what he wrote.”
I’ll take my shirt off, but… the message read.
“…but you girls have to make out for me,” Mitch read out loud.
Astrud raised an eyebrow challengingly. “White boys are so hot,” she said.
“Like black men,” Mitch agreed.
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