Struck by Lightning Page #6

'cause we will spread

that sh*t like nutella.

All right, for years

i have been poked and stabbed

with your b*tch fork.

You have beaten me down

to the bottom

of the high school food chain

with the shitty end of the stick

for far too long.

You don't think

they're gonna believe me?

I will

make them believe me!

You don't think

they've just been

waiting for an excuse

to turn against you?

I mean,

sure they all hate me,

but that's because

i'm the only person in town with

an iq larger than my shoe size

and i don't hesitate

to remind people that!

So go ahead and play

all the mind games you want.

I'm not accepting that

invitation to intimidation

any longer, all right?!

I've got a whole hell of a lot

to gain and nothing to lose

and this time

none of you are stopping me!

Do you need some examples?!

Here are some examples,

all right,

poetry, short stories, essays,

scripts, novels, anything!

As long as it's in your words,

in my hands asap! You got it?!

Write about

how much you hate me.

Write in detail about how much

you want to kill me, okay?!

Now get the hell out of

my classroom!

[Malerie]

Excuse me.

[Labored breathing]

I'm worried most of you

have taken

one too many tackles

to the head.

We can't beat a team

unless we outthink a team.

So...

to prove you are

all capable of doing that,

i want you all

to submit something

to the school

literary magazine.

- [Groaning]

- Uh, what the...

don't question me,

hit the showers now!

[Blows whistle]

[Male student]

I like the color green.

When i see green,

i think of trees, plants

and grass.

When i think of grass,

i think of football...

- brilliant.

- [Claire] we can't cheer

if we're not cultured.

I just want everyone

to write something

for the literary magazine,

okay?

[Sighs]

Now let's go do

a frickin' pyramid.

[Claire's voice]

I love cheerleading.

But the worst thing about

being on top of the pyramid is

you can get really hurt

if you fall.

[Vicki's voice]

It was a world of

vampires and demons

where innocence was rare

and so were the living.

[Dwayne's voice]

Why do people live

when they can live

Yeah.

[Scott's voice]

I have always known that

i was destined for fame.

The image

of my name in lights

isn't just a dream,

it's a premonition.

[Nicholas' voice]

Roses are red,

violets are blue,

no amount of money

could keep me away from you.

[Remy's voice] there was

once a little princess

with several responsibilities.

Her parents,

the king and queen,

put way too much

pressure on her

since they had troubles

managing the kingdom.

Malerie writing

part 38.

Action.

Call me...

isabella.

It's genius.

[Carson]

It was anything like

i'd ever experienced.

For the first time in my life,

i was winning.

For the first time,

everything seemed reachable.

It's like christmas.

So i'm blackmailing

the entire school

to better my chances

of getting into the university

of my dreams,

and it's exhilarating.

I mean,

who'd of thought that one of

my biggest accomplishments

would be criminal?

- Get out.

- Oh, no,

not today, grandma.

Please don't.

- Not today.

- Get out.

Get out.

I do not know you!

All right,

okay, i'm leaving.

[Claire]

So we still need a venue

for prom, any ideas?

I was thinking

quail gardens.

What about

motel 6 up the highway?

I mean, everyone heads up there

after prom anyway, right?

Any objections

to quail gardens?

[Together]

No objections.

Isn't quail gardens

like right in the middle

of the country?

And prom is usually

in the beginning of summer

so everyone's gonna be

eaten alive by bugs.

I think the uh,

the clover dining hall

would be cheaper

- and smarter.

- Okay,

clover dining hall it is.

- Awesome, moving on.

- We need a theme.

How 'bout

a fairy tale theme?

We could do

an easy

cinderella setting

for photos.

Oh, my god.

I love rapunzel.

Yeah, i'm not sure

all the students

would appreciate

um, that theme.

Like the male ones.

Why don't you guys do

like a, uh, era theme,

like the roaring '20s

or something?

[Sighs]

'20s is fine.

Super.

Okay.

Why are you guys, uh,

letting me make

all the decisions?

It was a lot more fun

when i got to argue with you.

Are you gonna make us

write more if we do?

- Anything for me?

- No,

just bills and ads

and bills, bills, bills.

Let me see.

Magazines...

uh, let me know

if you find anything.

- Yep.

- Thank you.

Howdy.

Here is my entry

for the magazine.

Uh, great.

Is it about contraception?

You know what?

It must be really nice

to have plans

to journey out into the world,

but some of us

don't have that capability.

Some of us are stuck here

and have to make the most of it,

so excuse me for wanting to have

a little fun my senior year.

It could be

the last chance that i get.

And why are you incapable?

Why are you stuck here?

Second grade

mrs. Mccoy's classroom.

I doubt

you remember this,

but i do.

We went around the room and

we all said what we wanted to be

when we grew up.

I said that i wanted to be

a nobel peace prize winner

- and you said...

- i wanted to be a ballerina.

What stopped you?

- They all laughed at me.

- But i didn't laugh at you.

In what grade do we

stop believing in ourselves?

Well, what grade do we

just stop believing period?

I mean, someone has to be

a nobel peace prize winner.

Someone

has to be a ballerina.

Why not us?

[Sighs]

Now i can't be

the only one that gets that.

[Cell phone rings]

You know,

when i'm here at school,

i just turn my phone off

so that i don't hear it

not ringing.

- [Ringing continues]

- Who is it?

It's... my dad.

Hello?

Hey, carson.

I didn't mean

to call you after school.

I'm sure you're busy

with your homework and so forth

but i got some really good news

i wanna tell you.

Yeah, i'm getting married.

Her name's april.

We're expecting

a baby and you're gonna

have a baby brother.

You gotta be shitting me.

So anyway,

she wants to meet you.

Is there any chance

you could make it

over for dinner sometime soon?

I... i'd have

to think about it.

Please do.

In fact,

i'd really appreciate it.

Hope to see you soon. 'kay?

- 'Kay.

- 'Kay, bye.

What happened?

Uh, um...

apparently,

my dad's getting married.

Congratulations.

I guess.

Where're you going?

Ah...

i'm gonna go

have dinner with dad.

- Why?

- Um...

apparently,

he's getting married.

Good for him.

He wants me

to go meet his fiance so...

have fun.

Be home at a decent hour and,

and all that

parenting sh*t.

Bye, mom.

Love you.

[Door opens, closes]

Your dad tells me

you're quite popular at school.

[Laughs]

No.

I'm active,

but i'm, i'm not popular.

Well, he's part of

the newspaper club.

Actually,

i'm president of

the writers' club.

Editor of

the school newspaper,

and i recently just started

a literary magazine.

Check you out.

You must get really good grades.

Yeah,

he does pretty well.

I have a 4.3.

I would have a 4.5,

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