10 Things I Hate About You Page #23

(frowning)

What are you doing here?

PATRICK:

I heard there was a poetry reading.

KAT:

You 're so --

PATRICK:

Pleasant?

Kat stares at him, deadpan.

PATRICK:

(continuing)

Wholesome.

KAT:

Unwelcome.

PATRICK:

Unwelcome? I guess someone still has

her panties in a twist.

KAT:

Don't for one minute think that you had

any effect whatsoever on my panties.

PATRICK:

So what did I have an effect on ?

KAT:

Other than my upchuck reflex? Nothing.

She pushes past him and heads out the' door

Pat looks down at the book he's been holding in his hand:

Taming of the Shrew.

INT. CAFETERIA - DAY

Cameron and Michael flank Patrick as he shovels food into

mouth.

PATRICK:

You were right. She's still pissed.

MICHAEL:

Sweet love, renew thy force!

PATRICK:

Man -- don't say sh*t like that to me.

People can hear you.

CAMERON:

(exasperated)

You humiliated the woman! Sacrifice

yourself on the altar of dignity and

even the score.

MICHAEL:

Best case scenario, you're back on the

payroll for awhile.

PATRICK:

What's the worst?

CAMERON:

You get the girl.

Patrick thinks for a minute

PATRICK:

If I go down. I'm takin' her with me

INT. ENGLISH CLASS - DAY

Kat and the other students sit at their desks, taking a quiz

Patrick's seat is conspicuously empty.

From outside, we hear the soft, unsure beginnings of a SONG.

Kat looks up, then out the window, HORRIFIED.

The song grows louder until we realize it's The Partridge

Family's "I Think I Love You". Being sung by Patrick.

PATRICK:

(0. S.)

"This morning, I woke up with this

feeling, I didn't know how to deal with,

and so I just decided to myself--"

The STUDENTS rush to the window. OUTSIDE Patrick stands

beneath the window, crooning.

Scurvy is next to him, keeping the beat on the bongos and

doing backup vocal s.

PATRICK:

"I'd hide it to myself. And never talk

about it. And didn't I go and shout it

when you walked into the room --"

He makes quite a sarcastic show of it.

IN THE CLASSROOM

Mrs. Blaise touches her heart, as if the song is for her.

Kat slowly walks to the window, peeking below.

OUTSIDE:

Patrick smiles at her as he finishes the verse with a big

finale.

PATRICK:

(continuing)

" I think I love you I "

INSIDE:

The other students laugh, clap, cheer, etc. Kat sinks down,

mortified, but with a slight smile

INT. DETENTION HALL - DAY

Patrick and several other miscreants sit quietly, mulling

over their misfortune.

MISCREANT:

Nice song, Verona.

PATRICK:

Flog me.

He makes the appropriate hand gesture

Mr. Chapin, the gym teacher, sits at the desk in front,

ignoring them while he reads a girly weightlifting magazine

KAT (0. S.)

Excuse me, Mr. Chapin?

Patrick looks up at the sound of her voice and sees Kat

standing in the doorway. She gives him a smile and he perks

up a little.

Kat walks into the room and addresses Mr. Chapin again. He

turns fully to face her.

KAT:

Sir, I'd like to state for the record

that Mr. Verona ' s current

incarceration is unnecessary. I never

filed a complaint.

MR. CHAPIN

You didn't have to. He disrupted a

classroom.

Kat glances over at Patrick and motions her head toward the

window.

Patrick shrugs, not knowing what she ' s talking about.

She motions again, and looks toward the window with an

expression that says, "Make a break for it, moron."

Kat brings her attention back to Mr. Chapin while Patrick

inches out of his seat toward the window.

The other miscreants watch with glee.

KAT:

But, Mr. Chapin, I hardly think a

simple serenade warrants a week of

detention. There are far more hideous

acts than off-key singing being

performed by the student body on a

regular basis.

Patrick is halfway out the window now. And none too happy

about it, considering they're on the second floor.

He eyes a large TREE a few feet away from MR. CHAPIN. He

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