The Fits Page #3

(GIRLS TALKING, INDISTINCT) Faster.

Faster. Faster. Faster.

KARISMA:
Channel 12 keeps calling

to see if I'll do an interview.

DIAMOND:
They didn't call me.

LEGS:
It doesn't matter.

We're not gonna be interrogated

on live television. Psst!

DIAMOND:
They don't believe us.

LEGS:

Let 'em think what they want.

Hey, K, are you still shaking?

Sometimes when I wake up.

DIAMOND:
So what was it like?

GIRL:
Yeah, how did it feel?

Come on!

Shh!

Actually, it's kind of

like competition.

When you're really nervous

right before the performance,

and you kinda

forget the choreography?

I mean, well,

your body knows it, but...

I don't know. It's like you

almost just stop thinking.

It's like time stops,

and you're just floating.

(CONTINUES, INDISTINCT)

(SCREAMS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Other hand.

We were all just in the locker

room, and Madison went crazy.

What do you mean, crazy?

She started shaking

all over the place.

Was the whole team there?

Pretty much.

You guys talkin' about Madison?

It was crazy.

She was like... (GRUNTS)

And her eyes was like...

And then her tongue was like...

She dropped to the floor,

was shakin' a lot.

Shaking. Shaking.

She twisted for a little time.

Twist. She got like that

and then like that.

And then, zombie.

She was, like, choking

and a zombie so she was like,

bleh-bleh, bleh-bleh.

Blah, blah-blah. (CHOKES) Choking.

(GIGGLES)

And then she was doing it again.

Spinning around.

It was live.

Everyone's getting sick.

Pretty much all the older girls.

Maia, can you do mine?

Yeah.

Give me your hand.

He's filling up a container!

They look like astronauts!

(GASPS)

(GASPING)

I can't breathe.

LEGS:
Is that Kira?

KARISMA:
She's in the kitchen!

(GASPING)

Shh. Shh.

Breathe in. Breathe out. Are

you just gonna stand there?

It'll be okay. Breathe in. Breathe out.

(GASPING) Okay.

(STICK RATTLES)

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?

Just thinking about everything.

Yeah.

Are you nervous?

About the parade?

You know it's gonna

happen to us.

Just thinking about what

my sister said, you know?

What do you mean?

I just... I just want

to know how it feels.

Aren't you scared?

Yeah, but it doesn't matter.

It'll happen to us anyway.

It hasn't happened

to any of the boys.

Yeah, but we're not them.

LEGS:
Maia!

Coming!

See ya.

(BALL BOUNCING)

(VACUUM WHIRRING)

(WHIRRING STOPS)

MAINE:
You know I just got done vacuuming.

What's up with you these days?

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight.

COACH:
All right! Lookin'

good, ladies. (SIGHS)

(CHATTERING)

(CRACKING)

(CHATTERING ECHOES)

(ALL GASP)

Maia.

Maia. Maia.

Maia. Maia.

Do you think we should

go see if Maia's okay?

I don't care. What do you

mean, you don't care?

Maia wanted it to happen to her.

Huh?

I don't want it to happen to me.

- You've been drinking the water.

- You still think it's that?

What do you know about it?

What do you know about anything?

I'll tell Maia you said hi.

What are you trying to do?

Break your wrist?

What do you care?

Dang, dancing must've

really got you weak.

Girl...

Dang. Hold up.

Come on now, Tone. What's wrong?

(SIGHS)

I'm scared.

Scared?

Scared of what?

It's all in your mind.

Trust me.

They gonna get better.

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

COACH:
Everyone! Please! Ladies!

WOMAN:
Which is why I'll be talking

with your daughters today,

discussing what's happening

in their lives,

trying to see if there's any warning

signs that may have caused all this.

Any patterns.

Like I said, I'm still

doing my degree.

WOMAN (SHOUTING):

Is it the water or not?

WOMAN #2:
I did read the report

that came from the city.

There is nothing wrong with the water

in this building. It is safe to drink.

(CHATTERING) YOUNG GIRL:

Have you gotten sick yet?

No.

(CHATTERING)

BEEZY:

Where are your earrings?

They were infected.

(CHATTERING)

Last time I came on my period...

Bianca?

YOUR TURN. GIRL:
I don't want

to talk to her about that.

(INAUDIBLE)

WOMAN (SHOUTS):

Help! Help! Help!

Somebody help, please!

(GRUNTING)

You think it'll happen again?

I don't know why everyone's making

such a big deal out of it. I'm fine.

It was crazy though. It was

like watching it from above,

like I had two sets of eyes.

Was yours like that, Maia?

No. Mine was,

like, serene.

What's that mean?

Peaceful.

It didn't look peaceful. It looked scary.

Did mine look scary?

I didn't see.

WOMAN:
Bianca?

That's me.

Your foster mom gave me a call.

How you feelin'?

She's feeling better.

That's good. You think you

can get yourself to the car?

You're good.

Feeling better, Beez? What

do you know about it?

(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

(HEARTBEAT)

(GRUNTS)

(PULSE QUICKENS)

(GRUNTS)

(PULSE SLOWS)

GIRL:
Mine? It was... (IMITATES

POPPING) Like pop rocks.

Really? Mine was terrifying. Like I

never want to go through that again.

Mine must've

happened in my room.

My mom came in, my teddy

bears were everywhere.

(LAUGHS) Wait. Did

y'all see Legs?

She was still twitching at the meeting.

(LAUGHS)

(CHATTERING, GIGGLING)

(CHATTERING)

(PUNCHES LANDING)

Get this hand.

This hand.

Step back.

(HITS LANDING)

Keep workin'.

Slip, slip.

(BIRDS TWEETING)

WOMEN:
Must we choose to

be slaves to gravity?

Must we choose to be

slaves to gravity?

We were born of the sun

Outshine the moon

Shouldn't we be light?

Shouldn't we be treasure?

We were born of the sun

Outshine the moon

Shouldn't we be light?

Shouldn't we be treasure?

We were once the dream

We choose to be slaves

to gravity (ALL GASP)

(GRUNTS) Must we choose

to be slaves to gravity?

(GASPING)

We choose

to be slaves to gravity

Must we choose

to be slaves to gravity?

We choose

to be slaves to gravity

Must we choose

to be slaves to gravity?

(PANTING)

(PANTING)

(BIRDS TWEETING)

(TWEETING CONTINUES)

GIRLS:
Ooh!

We choose

to be slaves to gravity

- (ALL GASP)

- GIRL:
Toni!

Must we choose

to be slaves to gravity?

GIRLS:
Pride takes the prey!

Let me hear you say!

GROUP:
Lionesses! Lionesses!

GIRL:
Don't mess!

Lionesses!

In stride!

One pride! Lionesses! Lionesses!

GIRLS:
Pride takes the prey!

Let me hear you say!

GROUP:
Lionesses! Lionesses!

Don't mess!

Lionesses!

In stride!

One pride! Lionesses! Lionesses!

GIRLS:
Pride takes the prey!

Let me hear you say!

GROUP:
Lionesses! Lionesses!

Don't mess!

Lionesses!

In stride!

One pride! Lionesses! Lionesses!

GIRLS:
Pride takes the prey!

Let me hear you say!

GROUP:
Lionesses! Lionesses!

Don't mess!

Lionesses!

In stride!

One pride! Lionesses! Lionesses!

(RHYTHMIC CLAPPING)

(CONTINUES)

(CONTINUES)

(FAST PUNCHING)

(CONTINUES)

(ORCHESTRAL)

(ENDS)

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