Carrie Page #3

This, by the way,

is your daughter's file.

And look at that.

Despite a "C" average,

she's been admitted to Oberlin.

Pull some strings, John?

I'll see you in court.

Court it is.

Oh, and Mr. Hargensen...

the minute

you file for damages...

on the grounds of

physical and verbal abuse...

I will cross-file

against your daughter...

on those same grounds

on behalf of Carrie White...

and the other nineteen students

in this folder.

Parent-teacher night...

is the first Tuesday

of even-numbered months.

Hope you stop by.

Did he really say,

"I'll see you in court"?

Sue, over here.

- Hey, Suze.

- Hey, Billy.

I heard you dry-heaved

in detention.

Heard your dad

dropped the lawsuit.

He's such a wuss.

It doesn't matter.

We're gonna crash the prom.

In protest or something.

Good luck with that.

I'm totally joking.

And thanks for having

my back with Desjarden.

Maybe if I wasn't the only one

who skipped detention...

we could've made a point.

The rest of us wanted

to go to the prom, Chris.

Besides, what we did sucked.

That's such a load of crap.

This is Carrie White's fault.

She walks around like

she gets her Massengill...

blessed down at Holy Family.

She freaked out.

Cut her some slack.

She's always freaking out.

Like that time

she had that seizure...

and told everyone

she was speaking in tongues.

Maybe she thought

she was speaking in tongues.

Please. She's been

working that martyr bit...

since the first grade,

and I'm sick of it.

Yeah, you'll be strong.

Look, where do you get off...

acting so righteous

all of a sudden?

I seem to remember

you were in there...

chanting with the rest of us.

Yeah.

Yeah, you're right.

Tommy's waiting,

so I'll see you later, OK?

Carrie?

Have you said your prayers?

I'm saying them now, Mama.

I'm talking to you.

I said I'm saying them now!

Are you high?

Seriously... are you high?

No.

We should have a rule.

If they do something

in a Freddie Prinze Jr. Movie...

we're not allowed

to do it in real life.

What are you talking about?

You want me to take

Carrie White to the prom?

Yeah.

It's like in that movie.

Freddie bets this dude

that he can turn...

some she-geek

into the prom queen.

Except, unlike Carrie White,

this chick's a supermodel...

but we're not supposed to know

because she's wearing glasses.

Anyway, it's a bad idea.

It's a good idea.

It's totally mean.

She'll think it's a joke,

and so will everyone else.

Just leave her alone.

She won't think it's a joke

if you don't make it a joke.

Ask her.

She'll say no.

She'll say yes.

She likes you, you're cute

and non-threatening.

Take her to the prom.

Take her and be nice to her

and hold her hand.

Please?

Carrie!

Sorry.

What are you reading?

Nothing.

Just something about sewing.

How you been?

OK.

If you don't

have a date for prom...

you want to go with me?

What?

Prom. It's on Friday.

I know it's late notice...

I don't like being tricked.

Carrie, it's...

The little creep

didn't even call me.

- What if he doesn't call me?

- I would call him.

Carrie...

Does everyone think they can

go on playing tricks on me?

It's not a trick.

I know who you hang around with.

Who I hang around with

has nothing to do with this.

I'm asking you

because I want to.

Why?

Because you're different.

I don't mean that in a bad way.

It's actually kind of cool...

like anti-establishment

or something.

OK, you're not different.

You're... mysterious.

How's that?

What about Sue Snell?

What about her?

She's your girlfriend.

Why aren't you taking her?

She doesn't want to go.

I asked her

if I could take you...

and she said

it was a really good idea.

Why would she say that?

Can you keep a secret?

I mean it.

If it gets back to Sue...

that I told you this,

she'll kill me.

I won't tell.

She thinks

you're really interesting.

She says you've got a lot more

going on than people know.

And a part of her wants to see

Chris Hargensen's face...

when she finds out you're going

to prom and she isn't.

I would love to, I would.

Then say yes.

No. It would be a nightmare.

Come on. Today is the last day

to buy tickets.

I'm going to be late for class.

- Will you?

- I can't.

- You're going.

- They'll laugh.

No one will laugh.

If they do,

I'll kick their ass.

OK.

Is that a yes?

Yes, I'll go.

I'll pick you up at 7:30.

Fine.

Thank you.

It's gonna be fun.

Don't worry.

My God.

Do you know what it means

to conspire, Sue?

Yeah. It's when you plot to do

something behind someone's back.

You make a secret plan

to commit unlawful acts.

What did I just say?

Some people are

having trouble believing...

that you had Tommy

take Carrie White to the prom...

out of the kindness

of your heart.

What is that supposed to mean?

Both Tommy and Chris

are friends of yours.

Look, I told you, OK?

Chris and I had a falling out.

I'd like to believe that,

but...

The going theory

is that the three of you...

conspired to get

Carrie White to the prom...

so you could humiliate her.

Something went wrong and

a lot of people were killed.

You haven't touched your cake.

It's Betty Crocker.

Cake gives me pimples.

Just the Lord's way

of chastising you.

Mama?

Yes?

I got invited to the prom.

He's a real nice boy.

He promised he'd come in

and meet you.

No.

He would have me home by 11:00.

No. No. No.

I've already accepted.

I have to try to get

along with people, Mama.

I'm not like you.

I'm weird.

Everybody thinks I'm weird...

and I don't want to be.

I want to try and be normal.

You're not going.

It's evil and it's a sin.

Everything isn't a sin, Mama.

- Go to your closet and pray.

- No!

You're not going

and that's final.

Mama, please sit down

and talk with me!

I'm not done talking yet.

Mama...

please sit and talk with me.

I want to start living

my own life.

I don't like yours.

Witch!

I'm not a witch. I just...

Sometimes...

I can move things.

I should have known

when you let the fire come.

Sin never dies.

I'm not the only one, Mama.

Other people can do it, too.

I read about them

on the internet.

The internet?

Things are going to change

around here, Mama.

That boy...

He's like all the rest, Carrie.

I don't care!

He asked me to go and I'm going.

You can't stop me.

I don't want

to talk about it anymore.

You look at a girl

like Carrie White...

and you don't know

if you want to slap her...

or feel sorry for her.

She's sort of pathetic.

Can I have another one?

They're really good.

Hot right now.

I have nothing against her.

I'm sad she died and all,

but I'm sad everyone dies.

How well did you know

Christine and Sue?

I had a few classes

with them...

but we weren't really friends.

They were ultras.

Ultras?

Ultra-popular,

ultra-pretty, ultra-etc.

And you weren't?

I'm senior class president.

It wasn't cool to be passionate

about school spirit.

I see.

It's like this...

you got jocks and ultras...

at the top of the food chain...

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