Donnie Darko Page #7

Sean's watch hits 7:55. No bus.

SEAN:

All right! 7:
55. Everybody goes home.

RONALD:

Let's go to Donnie's house. His

parents are both at work.

The three guys begin walking.

DONNIE:

Come on, Sam, you can call Joanie's

mom from home.

The two girls follow them. Cherita stands at the corner.

DONNIE:

Hey, Cherita... you should go home.

SEAN:

Yeah, if you're still here and the

bus comes, we'll get in trouble.

CHERITA:

Chut up.

SEAN:

Hey, porky pig. I hope you get

molested!

Suddenly, Emily Bates (ten) and Susie Bates (eight) run up

to the bus stop.

EMILY:

Hey! Our mom said that school is

cancelled today because it's flooded!

JOANIE:

No... way.

A horrible expression appears on Donnie's face.

INT. MIDDLESEX RIDGE SCHOOL - MORNING

A janitor named Leroy (fifty-five) stands at the end of the

hall with Principal Cole. Water rushes past their feet down

the steps.

LEROY:

I got twelve classrooms full of water.

All coming from a busted water main.

PRINCIPAL COLE:

What else?

LEROY:

What else? Sh*t, Principal Cole, you

ain't gonna believe what else.

EXT. BACK COURTYARD - MORNING

They stand before the bronze Middlesex mongrel. Spray-painted

on the concrete before it is the phrase: THEY MADE ME DO IT.

There are papers strewn everywhere. Embedded in the head of

the mongrel is an axe.

PRINCIPAL COLE:

Christ. Is that an axe?

LEROY:

Yep.

PRINCIPAL COLE:

How did this happen?

LEROY:

(beat)

I guess they made him do it.

Leroy can't help himself. He has to laugh.

PRINCIPAL COLE:

You're fired.

Principal Cole walks off.

EXT. BUS STOP 2 - EARLY MORNING (8:15 A.M.)

Donnie, Sean, Ronald, Samantha and Joanie, Emily and Susie

walk from their bus stop.

RONALD:

School's closed! Everybody go home!

EMILY:

Nuh-uh.

SAMANTHA:

Yeah-huh. A cat burglar broke him

and trashed everything.

Susie talks with Emily. Joanie and Samantha listen in.

EMILY:

Mom said that the boys' locker room

looked like a swimming pool... and

that they found faeces everywhere.

SUSIE:

What are faeces?

EMILY:

Baby mice.

SUSIE:

Aww.

JOANIE:

Oh my God, that is so grody.

EXT. BUS STOP 3 - NEXT

Sean looks down to another bus stop down the street.

SEAN:

School's cancelled!

A bunch of young kids scream out... jumping up and down.

EXT. BUS STOP 4 - NEXT

Donnie approaches another corner alone. Ricky Danforth

(seventeen) and Seth Devlin (eighteen) stand with Gretchen.

SETH:

(smoking a cigarette)

Has anyone ever told you that you're

sexy?

RICKY:

I like your b*obs.

Gretchen looks at them with disgust.

Donnie walks into the group.

DONNIE:

Hey...

GRETCHEN:

Hey...

DONNIE:

School's cancelled.

They look at one another, surprised.

GRETCHEN:

(to Donnie)

Wanna walk me home?

DONNIE:

Sure.

They quickly begin to walk off. Seth and Ricky look off at

them, furious.

GRETCHEN:

Don't look so freaked.

DONNIE:

I'm not. But you should check your

backpack 'cause those guys like to

steal sh*t.

GRETCHEN:

F*** them.

Gretchen smiles at Donnie, and then turns back and gives

them the middle finger.

EXT. NEIGHBOURHOOD STREET - NEXT (8:30 A.M.)

Donnie and Gretchen walk along the sidewalk together.

DONNIE:

So... you just moved here?

GRETCHEN:

Yeah. My parents got divorced. My

mom has a restraining order against

my stepdad.

(beat)

He has... emotional problems.

DONNIE:

Oh, I... have those too.

(beat)

What kind of problems does your dad

have?

GRETCHEN:

(long beat)

He stabbed my mom four times in the

chest.

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