Never Been Kissed Page #32

Looks of confusion and teenage disgust. Rob is pissed. Sam

looks shocked.

JOSIE:

I'm here as an undercover reporter

for the Sun Times for God's sake

and I've been beating my brains

out trying to impress you.

She tears off her crown, and chucks it. She's on a roll.

JOSIE:

I want to tell you something. You

people- Guy, Gibby, the rest of

you who have been keeping the geeks

down through the ages. You will

spend your lives trying to figure

out ways to keep others down,

because it makes you feel more

important. And you will miss out

on so much.

(indicating Aldys)

Why her, huh? What did she ever

do to you? Let me tell you something

about this girl. She is

unbelievable. I was new here, and

she befriended me- no questions

asked. But you people, you were my

friends only after my brother,

Rob...

She points out Rob in the crowd. He's mortified.

JOSIE:

posed as a student and told you to

like me. But y'know--l have to

thank you. I got to go to an amazing

prom. I got to be prom queen. I

got to be cool. It felt good.

(beat)

But not as good as being myself.

(turns to crowd)

And to all of you-- there's a big

world out there. Bigger than prom.

Bigger than high school. When you

get there, it won't matter if you

were prom queen or the quarterback

or the biggest nerd in school.

What matters is that you don't

regret who you were, who you are-

What if Steven Spielberg had quit

the audio/visual club because it

wasn't "cool"? What if Rosie

O'Donnell had stopped cracking

jokes because someone told her

they were stupid? What if Michael

Jordan never went back to basketball

after he got cut from his high

school team?.

(a beat)

In this room right now, there could

be a future Nobel Prize winner, a

Supreme Court Justice, an amazing

Mom. Find out who you are and don't

be afraid of it.

(a beat)

And if you'll all excuse me, I

have some business to take care

of.

Reaction shots' all around. Kids start clapping, hollering,

whooping. The MUSIC STARTS UP again. They all go back to

dancing The Denominators lead their own conga line.

ANGLE ON:
JOSIE

She looks around for Sam but he is gone. She runs out,

brushing past the Judges.

ANGLE ON:
JUDGES

Judge #2 dabs his eyes.

JUDGE #1

This prom had it all. Laughter,

tears, an amazing climax.

Judge #2, still overcome, just raises his "two thumbs up."

EXT. COUNTRY CLUB PARKING LOT - MOMENTS LATER

Josie exits the club, looking for Sam. George runs up to

her.

GEORGE:

Hey--I lost the feed! What happened

with Coulson? Gus is going crazy!

Out of the shadows emerges Sam. The look on his face says

he just heard everything.

JOSIE:

So--surprise!

He shakes his head in disbelief and walks off. Josie chases

after him. He turns back to her.

SAM:

"Surprise!" you were doing a story

on me?!

JOSIE:

No, surprise, I thought you'd be--

SAM:

What? Happy? Why? Because it turns

out all along that I was allowed

to be attracted to you?

JOSIE:

(touched)

You were attracted to me?

SAM:

Goddamnit, Josie! Drop the act. Do

you have any idea what I went

through every night because of

you?! I was attracted to a 17

year old! When I wasn't taking

cold showers, I was trying to figure

out what the hell I was going to

do when I couldn't teach anymore!

I thought I was the one being

unethical.

JOSIE:

Wait, I was going to tell you--

SAM:

You set me up. For a story.

(beat)

You know what's crazy? I was

actually considering waiting for

you.

JOSIE:

But now you don't have to--

SAM:

Now I don't want to! I bought all

of your penguin crap. I thought I

found her--the right one! And the

problem was she was too young! No -

the problem was--she didn't even

exist!

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