Senior Year Page #8

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Tiffany goes inside. Martha gives Ruby a thumbs up as she

walks back to the...

POLICE CAR - MOMENTS LATER

Leaning against the car, Martha gives Ruby the news.

MARTHA:

I got her to drop the charges if

you promise not to do it again.

RUBY SUE:

I don’t know what came over me. I

promise it won’t happen again.

47.

The bedroom on the second floor lights up behind Martha. Ruby

Sue sees Tiffany in the window wearing her prom queen crown.

She does a beauty queen wave then gives Ruby the finger.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

(flipping out)

I’ll kill her!

Ruby rages, slamming her head against the police car window.

Martha spins around to see what’s bothering her, but Tiffany

quickly disappears behind the curtains.

INT. PSYCHIATRIST’S OFFICE - DAY

Dr. Bill leans forward in his chair.

DR. BILL

Would you say it’s like they’re

judging you for how you look on the

outside and not giving you credit

for who you are on the inside?

RUBY SUE:

Nailed it. Welcome to my life.

DR. BILL

And you don’t see the irony in

that?

RUBY SUE:

What do you mean? Like a no smoking

sign on your cigarette break?

DR. BILL

Uh... no. High school can be a real

struggle for a lot of kids. Not

everybody gets to be popular.

Little example. Talking about

nobody in particular here...

He leans back in his chair.

DR. BILL (CONT’D)

Setting - locker room. A young

freshman drops his pants. No big

deal, right? Wrong. He’s the only

guy not circumcised. Should that

haunt him for the rest of high

school? Is that fair? Huh? People

drawing anteaters on his locker...

48.

RUBY SUE:

Jesus! Who’s counseling who here?

DR. BILL

I’m saying there’s a lot of good

kids that catch a lot of bad

breaks. That’s life. Figuring out

how to live with that is what being

an adult is about.

RUBY SUE:

I don’t want to be an adult. I want

to be the prom queen. That’s step

one. Step two is weather girl. Step

three I marry a governor.

DR. BILL

OK, but in the mean time can’t you

just be friends with the kids who

want to be friends with you?

RUBY SUE:

Am I talking to a brick wall?

They’re nerds!

DR. BILL

You know, Ruby Sue. Sooner or later

people like you look back and

realize there’s more to high school

than being popular.

RUBY SUE:

And you know what people like you

don’t realize? That I busted my ass

to be popular. You think that’s

easy? Being the best field hockey

player, the best cheerleader, best

looking. That didn’t fall into my

lap. I earned that. Well, maybe not

the best looking part, but I lived

my life under a microscope because

everybody wanted what I had and I

never got what I wanted.

DR. BILL

And what’s that?

She leans forward in her chair.

RUBY SUE:

I want that f***ing crown on my

f***ing head.

49.

DR. BILL

OK. Well, sounds like we’re making

progress. I know I feel better.

He reaches over and manually turns the little timer on his

desk. Ding! Session over.

INT. GYMNASIUM - PEP RALLY - DAY

The marching band plays a tune in front of the stage. Two

cheerleaders hold up a giant paper banner of a snarling bear.

Lionel plays tuba in the back of the band. Next to him, Tim

stares intensely at the triangle, dinger at the ready.

Confetti cannons erupt as the football team, led by Lance,

bursts through the banner in their varsity jackets. They hoot

and holler through a column of pom-pom waving cheerleaders.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

(total deadpan)

Give it up for your Harding high

bears.

He holds the mic out for a response and gets only the sad

ding of the triangle. The entire school is packed into the

gymnasium - bored and could care less.

Ruby Sue stands off to the side in her mascot suit, holding

the bear helmet under her arm.

PRINCIPAL SMITH (CONT’D)

Sounds like you guys are ready to

take it to the next level. Ladies?

Brittany leads the cheerleaders rushing onto the stage as

Principal Smith exits.

PRINCIPAL SMITH (CONT’D)

(to Brittany)

I warmed them up for you.

BRITTANY:

Sound off! Brittany!

The cheerleaders sound off in front of the lifeless crowd.

Ruby Sue, dressed as the bear, runs across the stage. Playing

the role of hype man, she points at each girl and tries to

pump up the crowd.

LISA:

Lisa!

50.

SAMANTHA:

Samantha!

CHELSEA:

Chelsea!

Tiffany stands off to the side, looking on proudly, mouthing

cheers along with the girls.

JESSICA (O.S.)

Jessica!

MISSY (O.S.)

Missy!

CHRISSY (O.S.)

Chrissy!

Tiffany hits the music and the girls go into their routine.

Ruby Sue, dressed as the bear, joins in and dances with them.

BRITTANY:

(through clenched teeth)

Get off my stage!

RUBY SUE:

(in the bear suit)

Your stage? I’m saving this mess.

Tiffany fumes as she motions for Ruby to get off the stage.

When the girls turn and wiggle, the bear turns and wiggles,

getting a little bit of a rise from the crowd.

BRITTANY:

I said... get off my stage!

Brittany kicks her in the ass, sending her falling into the

laps of the marching band. The crowd roars with laughter at

Ruby’s expense.

ON RUBY - helmet off, red in the face angry. She picks

herself up off the floor.

RUBY SUE:

Son of a b*tch!

The bear helmet lands at Lionel’s feet.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

(to Lionel)

Get me back up there!

ON STAGE:

51.

The girls do a brief acrobatic routine before forming a giant

pyramid with Brittany at the top. The music changes into a

classic 90s MC Hammer style tune.

Suddenly, as if propelled by some unseen force, the bear

leaps back onto the stage!

Ruby breaks off some funky fresh authentic 90s dance moves.

Brittany is helpless to stop it from the top of the pyramid.

BRITTANY:

Get me down!

Ruby Sue hammer dances across the stage. She spins in one

spot like a figure skater, faster and faster until Tiffany

kills the music. Ruby Sue stands before the shocked, silent

crowd, arms raised in victory.

Peter, seated in the audience, leaps to his feet and points.

PETER:

That bear is too legit to quit!

The crowd erupts in applause.

CROWD:

Bear! Bear! Bear!

Tiffany runs over and closes the curtains on Ruby Sue’s

celebration as the upstaged cheerleaders look on furiously.

EXT. FIELD HOCKEY GAME - DAY

Less than a dozen people watch as Brittany streaks down the

field with the ball.

RUBY SUE (O.S.)

Pass it! Don’t be so selfish.

INTERCUT:
BENCH - CONTINUOUS

Ruby Sue is on the bench next to Janet.

RUBY SUE:

Ugh. If I was in there this game

wouldn’t even be close.

JANET:

Yeah, they’d really be giving it to

us. Coach made the right move.

52.

RUBY SUE:

Are you kidding me? Field hockey’s

in my veins. I’m the best player

this school ever had. You got that

loser blood pumping through your

body, I’m trying to give you a cool

blood transfusion.

JANET:

So how come you never play then?

RUBY SUE:

Blood of a champion.

The coach jogs passed them. Ruby shouts out to her.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

Because our moron coach wouldn’t

know field hockey gold if it

screamed in her face!

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