Ghost World Page #2

ENID:

Remember that stupid hippie art

teacher who failed me sophomore year?

I didn't think that just because you

get an "F" that means you have to

take the class over again.

REBECCA:

You loser.

EXT. "DAYS INN" HOTEL - EVENING

The sign reads "Welcome Graduates".

INT. "DAYS INN" HOTEL - EVENING

Party in progress in the "Gold Room". A band plays TOP-40

"lite" rock

REBECCA:

(watching band)

This is so bad, it's almost good.

ENID:

This is so bad it's gone past good

and back to bad again...

CLOSE-UP ON ENID, we see the party from her POV: The six or

seven MOST POPULAR STUDENTS huddle closely together.

ENID:

Just think, we'll never have to see

any of these creepy faces ever again.

REBECCA:

Unless they're in your Summer school

class!

ENID:

Shut up!

REBECCA:

Uh oh... don't turn around...

ENID:

What? Why?

REBECCA:

Forget it...

MELORRA, an ambitious, incessantly upbeat classmate,

approaches them.

MELORRA:

Oh my God, you guys! I can't believe

we made it!

ENID:

Yeah, we graduated high school --

how totally amazing.

MELORRA:

So what are you guys doing this

Summer?

ENID:

Nothing.

MELORRA:

I'm going to be in this actor's

workshop, and I'm hoping to start

going on auditions soon. I'm so

excited to finally have some free

time. We have to get together this

summer!

ENID:

Oh yeah, that'll definitely happen...

MELORRA:

(spotting better people

to talk to)

Well, bye you guys... CONGRATULATIONS!

Melorra leaves.

ENID:

Since when is she an "actress"?

REBECCA:

I know, she needs to die immediately.

TODD, a friendly but slightly below-average-looking guy,

approaches from behind.

TODD:

Hey Rebecca!

REBECCA:

Oh... hi...

TODD:

(pause)

So... we finally --

ENID:

What about me? Am I not even here?

TODD:

Oh, hey Enid...

(starting over)

So... we finally made it!

REBECCA:

Yep.

TODD:

(awkward pause)

So... where are you going to college?

ENID:

(before Rebecca can

answer)

We're not.

TODD:

Really? Both of you?... Why not?

ENID:

Just because.

REBECCA:

We have other plans.

TODD:

I guess I should have figured that

you two would do something different.

ENID:

What are you going to be when you

grow up, Todd?

TODD:

Well I'm going to major in Business

Administration and, I think, minor

in Communications.

ENID:

See, that's exactly the kind of thing

we're trying to avoid.

(pause)

Todd starts to talk again but Enid has noticed something off

to the side.

TODD:

So... I --

Enid grabs Rebecca and turns her away from Todd before he

can finish his sentence.

ENID:

Oh my god, look! Is Stacy Himmler

going out with Rod Harbaugh?

REBECCA:

How perfect.

ENID:

He better watch out or he'll get

AIDS when he date-rapes her.

Todd, forgotten, walks away. The singer wails a sappy, maudlin

ballad. Enid spots DENNIS, the class loser, wandering around

by himself.

ENID:

God, just think, we'll never see

Dennis again.

REBECCA:

Good.

ENID:

God, think about that... that's

actually totally depressing.

INT. THE QUALITY CAFE - DAY

The QUALITY CAFE is Enid and Rebecca' s hangout. A 50-ISH

MAN with shaved head, and his VAGUELY DIABOLICAL WIFE sit

eating lunch. Enid is drawing a picture of them in her

sketchbook when Rebecca arrives.

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