Bader Zamalano the movie Page #2

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Bader groans in disgust.

Bader (voiceover): "This is Henry Bowers. He is also one of my best friends Henry gets sent home for hygiene issues at least once a month."

Henry:
"Check it out, it's got a hair in it."

Caleb:
"What color is that?"

Henry rubs his freckle and Bader groans again in disgust.

Suddenly, the teacher interrupts them.

Teacher:
"Okay, everyone, time to hit the showers!"

FADE TO BLACK.

[The scene opens with Bader, Everliegh, Caleb and other fifth and fourth graders in the gymnasium. The sixth graders, who are all wearing shirts, are getting ready to play basketball.]

Gym Teacher:
“Alright, sixth graders, you’re shirts. Everyone else is skins. Let’s play!”

[Bader looks around and realizes that all the fifth and fourth graders are now taking their shirts off to become skins. Bader hesitates and turns to Scott, a nerdy kid in his class.]

Bader:
“Why are we skins? I hate this.”

Scott:
“I think the gym teacher wants to make kids like us feel bad. He thinks it will motivate us to try harder.”

Bader:
(voice-over) That’s my nerdy friend Scott Johnson he’s the technical genius in the group

Bader:
“What do you mean, kids like us?”

Scott:
You know, kids who aren’t as cool as sixth graders

Bader:
well I just don’t want to get a sunburn right Caleb?

[Meanwhile, Caleb, who is now shirtless, starts to joke around to lighten the mood.]

Caleb:
“My name is Belly Button. What’s yours?”

[Everyone around him starts to laugh, and even Bader can’t help but crack a smile.]

Bader:
“Okay, fine. Let’s play.”

[The game starts, and even though they are skins, Bader, Everliegh and the other fifth and fourth graders give it their all. They may not have won the game, but they gained a new sense of confidence and camaraderie with each other.]

[The scene ends with Bader, Everliegh, and Caleb walking out of the gym, with their shirts on sharing a laugh about Caleb’s silly remark.]

Everliegh and Bader laugh and start to join in, but then they notice something on the floor. A dead rat.

EVERLEIGH Ew, gross.

BADER I ’ll pick it up.

SCOTT Stop! Good God, man, you almost got the Guatemalan mole tick.

Bader looks confused.

BADER The what?

SCOTT. Nobody knows when or how but one day that rat mysteriously appeared on the blacktop nobody knew who it belong to nobody touched it nobody threw it away until the day is settled becoming more foul and rotten by the day until one day a kid named Eric Johnson made the biggest mistake of his life he gave the rat mouth to mouth and got bitten by the Guatemalan Mole tick Symptoms include blue lips, nosebleeds, shivers, and death and unfortunately Eric died in front of other people

Bader looks horrified and steps back from the rat. Everliegh and Caleb start to put their shirts back on.

EVERLEIGH Guys, I think I’m done for the day.

CALEB Yeah, me too.

BADER (Looks at Scott) Do you really think that the mole tick is real?

SCOTT (Shrugs) Who knows? Better safe than sorry, though.

Bader looks thoughtful as the coach blows his whistle to resume the game.

FADE OUT.

FADE IN:

INT. SCHOOL YARD - DAY

Caleb is waiting by the gate of the school yard as Bader walks up to him.

Caleb:
Hey Bader, wanna come over and play?

Bader:
(Embarrassed) Uh, I don't know man.

Just then, Quentin, one of the school bullies, walks up to them with his gang of friends.

Quentin:
(Mocking tone) Hey, hey, hey, what did he just say to you?

Bader:
(Nervously) Um, I think my ride is here .

Quentin:
(Laughing) so This guy says to that guy you want to come over and play.

Caleb:
(Trying to joke around) Yeah, you guys wanna play with us?

Quentin and his friends all laugh, mocking Bader and Caleb. Bader and Caleb decide to just laugh it off as if nothing is happening.

Bader:
(In voiceover) That's the problem though. Because of this, I have to take abuse from these morons. And in 20 years, Quentin here will be working for me.

CUT TO:

INT. BADER'S MANSION - DAY (20 YEARS LATER)

Adult Bader is seen sitting in a beach chair shirtless as Adult Quentin, now a garbage man, walks up to him.

Adult Quentin:
Bader, please don't fire me. I really need this pathetic job scooping your dog's poop.

Adult Bader:
(Nonchalant) Whatever, I'll think about it.

Bader's female servants come over and give him an ice cream sundae, but Bader is not happy.

Adult Bader:
No, no, no, no, no. Vanilla on the bottom and chocolate on the top. I can't eat this.

CUT TO:

INT. NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY (BACK TO PRESENT)

Bader, Caleb, and Everleigh are walking together towards Bader's house.

Bader:
(Mad and embarrassed) Seriously, Caleb, play? I told you like a billion times that kids our age say hang out, not play.

Everleigh:
(Trying to lighten the mood) Wanna go over to your house and play some video games?

Bader:
(Smiling) Now that's more like it.

They continue walking towards Bader's house as the camera fades out.

EXT. BADER’S HOUSE - DAY

Bader, Everliegh, and Caleb walk towards Bader’s house, laughing and chatting. They approach the front door, and Bader suggests they go into his older brother Slim Z’s room to look at his elementary school yearbook.

CALEB:
If he catches you in there, he’s going to kill you. Literally, kill you.

BADER:
(Laughs) Don’t worry, he’s not even home.

They sneak into Slim Z’s room and start looking at the yearbook. But just as they start to enjoy themselves, Slim Z walks in.

SLIM Z:
What did I tell you guys would happen if you went into my room again?

CALEB:
But your band is still playing!

SLIM Z:
It’s a bass solo, turd burglar. You don’t know anything about music. (turns to Bader) And now that Annie and caleb are gone, I’m going to kill you. Literally, kill you.

CALEB:
(Turns to Everliegh) I told you!

SLIM Z:
(Points to the door) Beat it.

EVERLEIGH:
(Whispers to Caleb) We have to say one thing.

Everleigh and Caleb hold onto Slim Z’s legs and say in unison, “Run, Bader, run!” Bader runs to his room and locks the door.

SLIM Z:
(angry) Let go, baby hippos.

Slim Z goes to his room and finds that Bader has locked it from the inside.

SLIM Z (CONT’D)You’re gonna have to come out sometime, loser. I’ll wait here as long as it takes. And then you’re dead.

Everleigh and Caleb run back to their houses, and Bader is left alone. Suddenly, he realizes he has to pee.

BADER:
time out Slim, I have to pee.

SLIM Z:
(Shakes head) No timeouts. Only death.

BADER:
(Pleading) But I really have to go!

SLIM Z:
don’t care

Bader hears water sounds coming from the bathroom, and he gets scared. He puts on protective gear and heads to the bathroom.

BADER (CONT’D)Hi-ya!

But when he gets to the bathroom, Slim Z is gone. Bader starts to pee, feeling relieved, when suddenly Slim Z jump scares him.

BADER(Screams and starts peeing on Slim Z)

ANNIE(From the other room) What’s going on in there?

SLIM Z:
Bader started it! I’m just trying to take a shower!

BADER(Panicking) He’s lying! He said he was going to kill me because I went into his room.

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