Stretch

The scene is a waiting room. A row of five seats holds a mixed group of people sleepily waiting for whatever they're waiting for. Among them is a young mother with a baby hidden in a bundle of blankets. She rocks the baby and pinches its cheeks, etc. throughout the scene.

As they sit in silence, one woman becomes increasingly uncomfortable and anxious. She squirms around, trying to become more comfortable in her very cramped seat, but can't take it anymore and stands up to stretch. She stands directly in front of the other people and begins to perform a series of complex contortions and yoga poses. She acts as if no one else is there as her stretches become progressively more strange and hilarious. She sighs loudly and takes extremely loud breaths as the others become increasingly taken aback by her behavior. She finally ends up pushing against the other people to support her balance, kicking them and even pressing against them, without seeming to notice she's doing so.

The woman with the baby in particular becomes increasingly annoyed and offended by the woman's bizarre stretching. Eventually, she snaps, letting out a shrill war cry and launching the bundle in her arms at the offending woman. The others shriek in horror as they watch the infant fly through the air and knock the stretching woman to the ground. As the scene settles they turn to look in shock at the mother, who calmly utters:

Don't worry, that baby's not mine.

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