Senior Year Page #17

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EXT. FANCY HOTEL - NIGHT

Ruby drives the pizza dude van up to the Prom Venue. She

looks out the window and seeing the appropriate signage, puts

two and two together.

RUBY SUE:

You gotta be kidding me.

INT. PROM - NIGHT

The prom goes on without a hitch. Everyone dancing and having

a blast. Principal Smith takes the stage.

The music fades. He taps the mic.

107.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

Ladies and Gentleman. May I have

your attention please.

ON TIFFANY:

Ear to ear smile. Then sensing...

TIFFANY:

She’s here.

Over her shoulder, the door opens and Ruby Sue enters

carrying the pizza.

RUBY SUE:

Who ordered the pizza?

Everyone turns, all eyes on Ruby.

PRINCIPAL SMITH (O.S)

I have in this envelope, the name

of your prom queen...

Tiffany pushes her way through the crowd.

TIFFANY:

Why is she here?

The crowd parts.

TIFFANY (CONT’D)

Who ordered the Goddamn pizzas!?

Seth steps out from the crowd.

SETH:

I did.

TIFFANY:

You son of a b*tch!

RUBY SUE:

Hey! This is between you and me.

TIFFANY:

Good! I’m glad you’re here. Now I

get to see your face when you

become the first person to lose

prom queen... twice.

Ruby Sue drops the pizza boxes on the floor.

Principal Smith puts his glasses on, opens the envelope.

108.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

This year’s prom queen is...

On Ruby. On Brittany. On Tiffany. On Seth...

PRINCIPAL SMITH (CONT’D)

Ruby Sue.

A blood curdling scream escapes Tiffany’s throat.

TIFFANY:

We had a deal, you chubby f***!

SETH:

For us to have a deal I would’ve

had to count your bogus votes.

Tiffany lunges forward and strangles Seth.

SETH (CONT’D)

She tried... to rig it...

TIFFANY:

I did no such thing!

Seth turns purple.

RUBY SUE:

You’re killing him!

Ruby Sue tackles Tiffany to the floor. The two women get back

to their feet. Tiffany stands between Ruby and the stage.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

That crown is mine. Now get out of

my way. You b*tch.

TIFFANY:

You’ll have to kill me first.

RUBY SUE:

If that’s how you want to play it.

BRITTANY (O.S.)

No. Stop!

Brittany runs between them.

BRITTANY (CONT’D)

It’s over! Let it go! She won.

Tiffany shoves her out of the way.

109.

TIFFANY:

Nothing is over!

RUBY SUE:

You know, Tiffany. I acted like an

a**hole, but I was in a coma for

twenty years. That’s my excuse.

What’s yours?

TIFFANY:

F*** you! That’s my excuse.

Tiffany charges Ruby Sue. They hit the ground hard and gator

roll across the dance floor until Seth intervenes.

SETH:

Stop! Violence is not the answer.

Suddenly, a hand grabs his shoulder and spins him around.

BLAINE:

Get off my wife, Novacelik.

Wham! He drops Seth with a punch to the face.

BLAINE (CONT’D)

F***ing creep!

He grabs Seth by the shirt collar, hoists him up and slaps

him across the face. Seth notices...

BLAINE (CONT’D)

What?

A rat is on Blaine’s shoulder, trying to bite his ear. He

drops Seth and struggles with the rodent.

Blaine throws it. The rat explodes against the wall.

Zit Face hisses from beneath the punch bowl table.

BLAINE (CONT’D)

Now where was I?

He grabs Seth again. Then... a primordial scream echoes out

of the darkness.

ON ODIE:

Diving off the stage. Soaring through the air.

ODIE:

Blaaaiiine!

110.

He lands on Blaine, taking them both to the ground. Blaine

scrambles back to his feet.

BLAINE:

Jesus Christ! It’s raining nerds!

He grabs Odie by the shirt collar and rears back to punch

him, then... PZZZZZZZZZZT! Odie tazes his balls.

ODIE:

Been waiting twenty years for that.

SETH:

You’ve been waiting 20 years to

taze Blaine’s nutsack? By the way,

you got here really fast.

ODIE:

Only got two speeds. Fast and

jackhammer fast.

They shake like Arnold and Carl Weathers did in Predator.

Meanwhile... Tiffany and Ruby Sue are still rolling around on

the ground, hands around each other’s throats. Finally, hotel

security arrives and separates them.

TIFFANY:

Get off me!

They drag Tiffany out of the ballroom, kicking and screaming.

Ruby Sue dusts herself off. This is her time.

The crowd parts for her. Battered and bruised, she quickly

tries to fix her torn shirt as she limps up the stage.

The moment catches up to her. Tears well in her eyes. She

turns and bows to accept her crown.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

What are you doing?

RUBY SUE:

I’m winning.

He covers the microphone with his hand.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

You didn’t win anything. You were

expelled. You’re not even supposed

to be here.

111.

RUBY SUE:

But... you just said my name.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

I said...

He points to Janet.

PRINCIPAL SMITH (CONT’D)

(into mic)

Ruby Suh. With an H.

Janet freezes like a deer in headlights. Every face in the

crowd spins her way.

PRINCIPAL SMITH (O.S.) (CONT’D)

Please come get this crown before

someone else loses their job.

JANET:

Oh, I... uh, I go by Janet now.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

Well, it’s up here if you want it.

I’m sorry these animals ruined your

moment. Congratulations.

He hangs the crown on the mic stand and walks off stage.

The crowd parts for Janet. Applause begins to swell as...

Janet makes her way onto the stage. The crowd is behind her,

cheering and clapping.

ON STAGE:

Ruby Sue has the crown in her hands, white knuckled as she

stares at it. Janet approaches, stopping in front of her.

After a beat, Ruby looks up at her.

JANET:

Maybe we can share it. Like...

friends.

RUBY SUE:

F*** that.

She places the crown on Janet’s head. The crowd erupts.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

The right person won.

Janet throws her arms around Ruby in a hug.

112.

JANET:

Kinda ironic, don’t you think?

RUBY SUE:

Yeah. I really do think.

Janet turns to the cheering crowd. She’s elated.

Ruby Sue walks off the stage.

DANCE FLOOR - MOMENTS LATER

The lights are dimmed as Janet makes her way onto the dance

floor. Lance is waiting for her. He extends his hand. She

walks past him and takes Lionel’s hand. A slow jam plays as

they dance and everyone dances around them.

ON BRITTANY:

Feeling sorry for herself on the bleachers. A hand reaches

out to her. She looks up. It’s Tim.

TIM:

You’ve never seemed more obtainable

to me than you do right now.

BRITTANY:

I’m not sure what that means.

TIM:

Wanna dance?

She takes his hand and joins the rest of the school on the

dance floor.

ON RUBY:

By the door. She takes one last look at what could’ve been.

SETH (O.S.)

Hey.

Seth does his best cool guy pose against the wall.

RUBY SUE:

Hey yourself.

SETH:

You and me. Why not?

RUBY SUE:

Because I gotta get back to work?

113.

SETH:

Jesus Christ. Just dance with me.

RUBY SUE:

OK. All you had to do was ask.

He takes her hand and they finally have their dance. As that

one Alanis Morisette song takes us out...

FADE TO BLACK.

SETH (OVERLAY)

So... It’s not a Maserati, but it

is a convertible...

FADE IN:

CODA:
EXT. FANCY HOTEL PARKING LOT - NIGHT

Holding hands, Seth and Ruby Sue walk to his car.

Ruby Sue kisses him.

TIFFANY (O.S.)

Well, isn’t that nice.

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