Senior Year Page #9

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FIELD HOCKEY GAME

Brittany weaves between two defenders and scores a goal. The

team celebrates around her as a whistle blows signalling the

end of the game.

BENCH:

Everyone celebrates on the field except for Ruby and Janet.

RUBY SUE:

Why aren’t you out there

celebrating?

JANET:

‘Cause you said to watch and learn.

RUBY SUE:

Then sit up straight. Posture sends

a message. And right now yours is

saying something ghoulish.

Janet sits up straight as the team comes running back to the

bench, still in celebration mode.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

Nice goal, Brittany.

(sotto)

Took you long enough.

53.

Janet giggles at her zinger. Brittany finishes up at the

water cooler and walks over to them.

BRITTANY:

Hey, Ruby Sue. There’s something I

need to say to you.

Ruby Sue stands up, fists raised.

RUBY SUE:

You wanna do it?

BRITTANY:

No. Not fight. I just want to tell

you that what you did yesterday was

pretty bad ass. Everybody’s talking

about it.

RUBY SUE:

Yeah. I guess it was kinda dope.

BRITTANY:

Maybe you’re cooler than I thought.

So I wanna like, offer you a truce.

RUBY SUE:

So offer it.

Brittany looks at her friends. They nod in unison.

BRITTANY:

We talked it over and we want you

to be in our study hall group. But

we don’t really study though...

RUBY SUE:

Lemme guess, you talk sh*t on

people?

BRITTANY:

Pretty much, yeah.

(to her friends)

Told you guys she was cool.

RUBY SUE:

OK. Lets do it.

Janet perks up.

BRITTANY:

(re:
Janet)

Not her though.

54.

Ruby Sue looks at Janet who is still trying her hardest to

sit up straight.

RUBY SUE:

Oh yeah, of course not.

Janet sleeks back into her ghoulish posture as Ruby leaves

with the cool kids.

INT. AUDITORIUM - DAY

A few kids study quietly in the auditorium.

The cool kids hang out around Lance as he strums a guitar,

near the edge of the bleachers.

Brittany and Ruby Sue climb up the steps and join them.

BRITTANY:

Lance is probably the best musician.

LANCE:

What’s another word for babe?

BRITTANY:

I don’t know. You wanna Google it?

Ruby Sue looks shocked.

RUBY SUE:

Umm, Brittany? Once you let a guy

do that, no one’s gonna respect

you. Trust.

Brittany gives her a confused look. Changing subjects.

BRITTANY:

Oh my God, you guys, I forgot to

tell you. I totally caught Mr.

Novacelik checking out Tinder while

we were taking our chemistry test.

HOT GIRL:

Oh my God!

Everyone laughs, but Ruby’s forced laughter is the loudest.

BRITTANY:

I know! I bet he spanks it in the

bathroom.

POPULAR GIRL:

What a horn dog.

55.

RUBY SUE:

He totally made a pass at me my

first day back. He was all sweaty

and nervous. It was disgusting.

LANCE:

No way!

RUBY SUE:

Wanna know the worst part? I’m

pretty sure he finished. Like... in

his pants.

Everybody reacts, grossed out.

LANCE:

That’s a great story. You should

write a song about it. I would.

Ruby Sue leans over and whispers in Brittany’s ear.

RUBY SUE:

(dead serious)

I think Lance wants to f*** me.

Before Brittany can react, Lance jumps to his feet.

LANCE:

It’s about that time!

BRITTANY:

(to Ruby Sue)

Oh, yeah, there’s this thing we

sometimes do that I invented...

LANCE:

Time for one lucky nerd to get

tossed into the crevasse!

RUBY SUE:

First off, you didn’t invent that.

And second, it’s kinda played out.

BRITTANY:

A, I’m pretty sure I did and B, no

it’s not because it’s LOL.

RUBY SUE:

I know we’re better than them, but

do we have to physically throw them

in a hole to prove it? Seriously,

it’s... major redunds.

Everyone just stares at her like she’s nuts.

56.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

Whatever. Fine. So who you gonna

throw down there?

All the kids smirk, sharing a knowing look.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

(less confidently)

So... who you throwing down there?

Brittany takes a step forward.

INT. CREVASSE - CONTINUOUS

Ruby Sue lands on her ass in the darkness. Laughter howls

above her.

BRITTANY (O.S.)

FYI! Google is a search engine, you

dinosaur.

RUBY SUE:

(to herself)

Dammit! I just got played.

She gets to her feet, squinting into the darkness. She hears

something moving nearby.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

Hellooooo! I can hear you.

The blue light of a cell phone screen illuminates a face in

front of her. It’s Tim Manning.

TIM:

Ruby Sue?

RUBY SUE:

(recognizing him)

Emilio?

TIM:

Um... Tim.

RUBY SUE:

Oh yeah, right. What are you doing

down here?

TIM:

Probably same thing you’re doing.

57.

RUBY SUE:

I didn’t get thrown down here if

that’s what you’re thinking.

Somebody buttered the railing and I

slipped. It’s messed up.

A second cell phone illuminates Lionel’s face.

LIONEL:

Follow me if you want to live.

RUBY SUE:

How many of you guys are down here?

The lights turn away.

TIM (O.S.)

It’s a world that your kind doesn’t

know about.

Ruby Sue follows.

RUBY SUE:

Hold up! I don’t have one of those

phone lights.

She watches them disappear around the corner.

INT. OBSOLETE STORAGE AREA - CONTINUOUS

Ruby Sue steps into a dead end hallway filled with overhead

projectors, VHS players, microfiche machines, etc.

RUBY SUE:

Where are we?

TIM:

School storage. Underneath the gym.

Ruby Sue examines an old, dust covered cabinet. She blows

away the dust and reads...

RUBY SUE:

This is the card catalog.

TIM:

The what?

RUBY SUE:

How nerds finds books...

She wanders around the room, looking at everything.

58.

RUBY SUE (CONT’D)

Overhead projectors... Holy sh*t!

Is that Oregon trail? What’s this

stuff doing down here?

TIM:

It’s old and useless.

RUBY SUE:

But Oregon Trail...

TIM:

Once you get used to it, it’s

really not that bad down here. Sure

the drop is kinda jarring, but it’s

a great place get some work done.

RUBY SUE:

That’s the most pathetic thing I’ve

ever heard. Just tell me how to get

outta here.

LIONEL:

Crawl through that vent until you

get to the boiler room.

Another cellphone light appears, illuminating a ZIT FACED

CHUBBY KID (15). Orange Dorito dust surrounds his mouth.

ZIT FACE:

Take thine enchantment.

He holds out a small bag of Doritos.

ZIT FACE (CONT’D)

As tribute for the rat king.

TIM:

(off Ruby’s look)

I should’ve mentioned the rats.

Just give them Doritos and they’ll

leave you alone.

RUBY SUE:

OK. This is sick. How long has that

dude been down here? No. Don’t tell

me. I got a better idea...

INT. CREVASSE - MOMENTS LATER

Ruby Sue stands illuminated beneath a beam of light shining

through the gap.

59.

She points to Lionel.

RUBY SUE:

You, Andre, boost me up.

The cool kids can still be heard having a laugh above them.

TIM:

They’ll just throw you in again.

RUBY SUE:

I told you! The rail was buttered.

Clean your ears out.

She starts physically climbing up Lionel. He’s not really

ready, but he’s sturdy enough for it not to matter. Her foot

presses against his face.

INT. AUDITORIUM - CONTINUOUS

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