Senior Year Page #11

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RUBY SUE:

Tiffany is such a b*tch. Punching

you in the face and stomping on my

foot. Who does that?

SETH:

You’re kinda right. Should I press

charges?

RUBY SUE:

Nah. That would be tacky.

Beepbeep! The camaro pulls up behind the bleachers.

SETH:

That’s my ride.

Seth stands up.

SETH (CONT’D)

You gonna be OK here?

RUBY SUE:

Yeah, I’m totes cool. I just need

to be alone for a minute. You know,

like... reflecting and sh*t.

Seth starts to walk away, then...

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

Seth. Wait.

He turns, revealing a bruise the shape of a bear foot,

covering one side of his face. She pretends like she doesn’t

notice as she extends the bag of mostly melted ice.

67.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

Can you throw this out for me?

She tosses the baggy at him.

SETH:

Sure.

It spills all over him when he attempts to catch it. He looks

down at the mess. A car horn blasts.

Odie rolls down the window of the Camaro.

ODIE:

What the f***? Happy hour!

SETH:

You sure don’t want to come with?

RUBY SUE:

No, I’m OK. I need to think about

some stuff anyway.

SETH:

Maybe some other time then?

RUBY SUE:

Yeah, sure.

SETH:

For real?

RUBY SUE:

Yeah. Just bring your Maserati,

already. What the f***?

SETH:

Oh yeah, of course. How ‘bout

Saturday night then?

RUBY SUE:

OK. Pick me up.

Beeeeeeep! Odie lays on the horn.

SETH:

Awesome! Gotta go!

Seth waves goodbye as he gets in the Camaro.

68.

EXT. FIELD HOCKEY GAME - DAY

Girls run up the field in their skirts. Brittany has control

of the ball. A BIG GIRL on the opposing team charges her way.

Intimidated, Brittany quickly fires a pass to a teammate down

field. It’s intercepted by a player on the visiting team.

The two girls move it down field like Lemieux and Gretzky,

crisscrossing the breakaway until they put it between the

GOALIE’s legs.

Tight on the scoreboard, Bears: 0 Visitors: 5.

BENCH:

Where Ruby Sue sits next Janet.

RUBY SUE:

Come on! These girls suck. If I ate

anything today I’d puke. I don’t

know why they don’t put us in.

JANET:

Probably because we suck.

RUBY SUE:

Even if you suck as bad as you

think, there’s still no way it

could stop me from lighting up that

scoreboard. I could beat this team

with you shackled to my leg.

(yelling at the field)

Move the ball!

A whistle blows on the field. The COACH brings the team in

for a time out. Two girls carry an injured teammate in on a

roman chair.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

We’re getting creamed out there!

BRITTANY:

Oh, f*** you. That girl has bacne

and a voice like Louis Armstrong.

COACH:

Ladies! I need you to focus. OK,

they’re bigger than us, stronger

than us, faster than us. But what

do we have?

The team goes silent.

69.

COACH (CONT’D)

Teamwork! Looking for teamwork on

that one, guys. Come on!

Ruby Sue points to SHARLENE, the injured player.

RUBY SUE:

Sharlene is injured, put me in.

BRITTANY:

Take a seat, grandma. This isn’t a

knitting contest.

The coach goes over to the Sharlene.

COACH:

Can you play?

Sharlene shakes her head, no.

COACH (CONT’D)

Alright? What are we down, five?

Ruby Sue you’re in.

RUBY SUE:

Yes!

COACH:

Not you. Ruby Suh.

Her finger lands on Janet. She freezes. The ref blows the

whistle signalling the end of the time out.

JANET:

Uh... I’m really high right now...

BRITTANY:

Stay out of my way, stoner.

She purposely bumps Janet’s shoulder as she struts past.

JANET:

What do I do?

RUBY SUE:

Hit somebody!

Ruby Sue shoves Janet onto the field. A piece of tape on the

back of her jersey covers up her name. Written in black

marker it says “Janet”.

70.

FIELD HOCKEY GAME - MOMENTS LATER

Janet, head down with the ball, gets knocked to the ground by

a bigger girl on the other team.

Ruby Sue paces on the sidelines, fuming.

Brittany gets control of the ball. She sprints up field

toward the opposing goal. Raising her stick to shoot... a

girl comes out of nowhere and steals the ball. Brittany

swings and the ball is gone.

Instead of chasing after her opponent, she grabs the back of

her calf and falls to the ground, faking an injury.

BRITTANY:

Ahhh!

A whistle sounds. The REFEREE runs up to her. It’s Martha,

moonlighting as a Field Hockey Ref.

MARTHA:

Gonna need another player, Coach.

Brittany, Martha and the Coach look to the sidelines where

Ruby Sue is warming up by throwing air punches.

COACH:

Here comes a lawsuit... Conway!

You’re in.

Ruby Sue puts her mouthpiece in and sprints onto the field.

She runs past Janet.

RUBY SUE:

Keep the big one off me.

JANET:

How?

RUBY SUE:

Tell her a story, blow smoke in her

face, whatever you gotta do...

MOMENTS LATER:

The two teams line up for a face off. Ruby Sue pushes her own

teammate out of the way so she can take the face off.

RUBY SUE:

I got it.

71.

Ruby lines up across from a tough girl on the other team.

TOUGH GIRL:

I’m gonna bury you on this field.

RUBY SUE:

Bring it. Butch.

(beat)

Sorry, Martha.

Martha shrugs and drops the ball in between them.

WHAM! Ruby Sue delivers a forearm shiver to the girl’s

throat. She goes down gasping for air.

MARTHA (O.S.)

Clean hit!

Ruby commands the ball down the field, weaves through two

defenders and puts the ball in the net.

RUBY SUE:

That easy!

SCOREBOARD - Bears: 1 Visitors: 5

EXT. FIELD HOCKEY GAME - DAY

Ruby Sue steals the ball as two defenders converge on her.

Her stick work is on another level. She knocks the ball

between a girl’s legs and regains it on the other side.

RUBY SUE:

Welcome to the 90s!

She cuts back and jukes out another girl, then rips a shot

past the goalie. The whistle blows.

Down field, Janet watches in awe.

JANET:

You truly are great.

SCOREBOARD - Bears: 2 Visitors: 6

EXT. TENNIS COURTS - CONTINUOUS

Word spreads. Students and teachers get wind of what’s

happening. They jog over to the field hockey game.

SOCCER FIELD:

72.

More kids get in on the action and jog over to watch the

field hockey game.

EXT. FIELD HOCKEY GAME - CONTINUOUS

Janet has the ball, head down and focused on controlling it.

The big girl on the visiting team comes out of nowhere. She

lays into Janet, knocking her on her ass. She steals the

ball, moving it back up field.

Nothing between her and the Bear’s goalie. She winds up...

THWAP! Her eyes go cross. Ruby Sue stands behind her, her

stick between the girl’s legs.

RUBY SUE:

We used to call that the vagina

popper!

The big girl drops to her knees and Ruby steals the ball.

EXT. PARKING LOT - MOMENTS LATER

Seth walks to his car, briefcase in hand. A few kids sprint

by him on their way to the field hockey game.

SETH:

Whoa! Where’s the fire?

TEENAGE GIRL:

Crazy old lady’s lighting up the

scoreboard.

SETH:

Crazy old..? Oh my God, Ruby Sue!

EXT. FIELD HOCKEY GAME - MOMENTS LATER

SCOREBOARD - Bears: 6 Visitors: 6

Half the student body is crowded around the field hockey

game. Seth pushes his way through the mass of bodies.

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