10 Things I Hate About You Page #28

KAT:

are you ready?

He rises and stares at her, taking in her image

appreciatively. She blushes and turns away.

KAT:

(continuing)

C'mon. Let's get this over with.

INT. PROM - NIGHT

A hotel ballroom transformed into a fantasy world. Patrick

and Kat enter, Kat attempting to deny the romance of it.

KAT:

Quite the ostentatious display

A cowboy two-steps by them, dragging some poor girl around

PATRICK:

Look, Clem even wore his good boots

Kat steps forward, looking around and spots Cameron and

Bianca dancing cheek to cheek. She smiles.

ACROSS THE ROOM:

Mandella enters nervously, in the long Elizabethan gown,

hair piled on top of her head. She spots Kat and hurries

over.

MANDELLA:

Have you seen him?

KAT:

Who?

MANDELLA:

William - he asked me to meet him here.

KAT:

Oh, honey -- tell me we haven't'

progressed to full-on hallucinations.

Patrick looks toward the door and taps Kat. She turns and

points Mandella the same way.

Michael - in full Shakespearean dress with a new goatee on

his chin - bows in their direction. Mandella's grin couldn't

be bigger.

Michael swashbuckles over to them, taking Mandella's hand

and leading her onto the dance floor.

MICHAEL:

Mi' lady.

(to Patrick)

Good sir.

Patrick rolls his eyes.

INT. PROM - NIGHT - LATER

Kat and Patrick dance to a slow SONG. Whatever he's

whispering into her ear is making her laugh.

Cam and Bianca dance nearby, glowing with happiness. She

whispers something in his ear and heads for the ladies' room

INT. LADIES ROOM - NIGHT

Bianca walks in, positively radiant. Chastity emerges from a

stall.

BIANCA:

(surprised)

What are you doing here?

Chastity checks her hair in the mirror, aloof.

CHASTITY:

You think you ' re the only sophomore

at the prom?

BIANCA:

I did.

Chastity maintains her snooty tone.

CHASTITY:

And just so you know, my date isn't

planning on spending most of the night

in his backseat.

BIANCA What're you talking about?

CHASTITY:

Joey Dorsey is only after one thing - -

your cherry. He practically made a

public announcement.

Appalled, Bianca storms out. Chastity tries to backpedal.

CHASTITY:

(continuing)

I wanted to tell you

INT. PROM - NIGHT

Joey, drunk, disorderly and pissed off, walks in with a few

stray jocks - also dateless. He zeroes in on Cameron, now

consoling a pissed-off Bianca.

Patrick and Kat continue to slow dance, oblivious to the

evil about to erupt.

PATRICK:

My grandmother's .

KAT:

What?

PATRICK:

That's where I was last year. She'd

never lived alone -- my grandfather died

-- I stayed with her. I wasn't in jail,

I don't know Marilyn Manson, and I've

never slept with a Spice Girl. I spent

a year sitting next to my grandma on the

couch watching Wheel of Fortune. End of

story.

He takes a breath and looks away, not meeting her eyes. Kat

stares at him for a moment and laughs a delighted laugh

KAT:

That ' s completely adorable!

PATRICK:

It gets worse -- you still have your

freshman yearbook?

He's interrupted by Joey's hand on his shoulder.

JOEY:

What's Bianca doing here with that

cheese dick? I didn't pay you to let

some little punk ass snake me.

ACROSS THE ROOM:

Michael spots the altercation and dances Mandella over to

Cameron and Bianca.

MICHAEL:

(to Cameron)

Feces hitting fan. C'mon

Michael takes Cameron aside, leaving Mandella and Bianca

staring after them.

ACROSS THE ROOM:

Michael and Cameron approach Joey as he continues to taunt

Patrick who keeps quiet, realizing the weight of this

situation.

MICHAEL:

(continuing)

Joey, pal, compadre. Let's take it

easy.

Joey turns toward Michael and Cameron.

JOEY You two are in big trouble

Cameron faces Joey.

CAMERON:

Admit it. You lost. Be a man.

Joey PUNCHES Cameron in the face, taking him by surprise

Cameron holds his nose as it bleeds onto his tux

The various cliques descend angrily and Joey is soon

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