A/N: This is a little thing that I'm starting where it will basically be like and episode, with the same formatting and everything. Like, there will be an A plot and a B plot and the same number of "scenes". One plot will be about the high schoolers and one plot will be about the college students both new (Emma, Manny, Liberty and Kelly) and old (Marco, Ellie, Paige, Craig, etc.) It won't be in script form though, I promise. Enjoy!
Song "episode" is named after: "Scream" by Tokio Hotel
A plot: Alli wants more freedom. How far will she go to get it?
B plot: Emma and Manny need an escape from the stresses of college.
"I'm gonna fail!" Clare Edwards wailed at her best friend, Alli Bhandari. Alli sighed quietly, before reassuring her friend.
"Relax. I did way worse than you did. Why do teachers always spring up pop quizzes? It's like they want us to fail or something," she said.
"Yeah, I gue-"Clare started, before being interrupted by a very unfortunate circumstance.
"Allia Bhandari!" came the angry shout from behind them.
"Oh no," Alli said under her breath. There was no more hiding. Her dad saw her clothes.
(Cue theme music)
"You left your bag at home," he started, "But now I see we have more to discuss. What are these things you are wearing?"
"Clothes. They're called clothes, Dad." Alli replied.
"You have lied to me!" he said angrily. "You look like a slut!"
"So now my own father's calling me a slut?" Alli asked.
Meanwhile, her brother, Sav Bhandari was walking by with Danny Van Zandt and Derek Haig, but Alli's last outburst caused them to stop and stare at the scene in front of them.
"Dude, isn't that your dad?" Danny asked, in a hushed whisper.
Steering them away, Sav answered, "Yeah, so keep walking, don't make eye contact, don't make eye contact, don't make eye-"
"Sav!" their father yelled.
"Contact," Sav said in a defeated voice.
"Do you know what your sister wears to school?" he asked angrily.
"Uh, no, I had no clue. Shame on you!" he said, pointing a finger at Alli. She gave him a harsh look in return, acknowledging his obvious lie.
They had attracted enough attention that Mr. Simpson walked up to them, saying, "Mr. Bhandari, is there a problem?"
"Do you allow all the girls at this school to dress this way?!" he replied.
"Well, it fits the dress code," Mr. Simpson started, "Alli put your hands at your sides."
Alli did so and her fingertips could reach past the bottom of her skirt without effort, so Mr. Simpson said, "Yes, it does fit the dress code."
Still fuming, Mr. Bhandari said, "We will continue this discussion later," and left.
--
Meanwhile, at Smithdale University, Manuela, "Manny", Santos, Emma Nelson, Liberty Van Zandt, and Kelly Ashoona sat in class, listening either not very intently, or, in Kelly's case, not at all. He was sleeping peacefully through the class. That is, until Emma interrupted him.
"Kelly!" she hissed, shaking him a little. When he didn't wake up, she hit him hard on the shoulder.
"Cheesecake!" he yelled upon waking.
"Mr. Ashoona, nice of you to join us," their teacher started, "I would like to speak with you after class."
"Nothing new," he whispered playfully to Emma.
"Kelly!" she said, "This is serious! We've all already gotten in trouble this year and if we do anything else we could get removed from the school!"
"Not me," Manny interjected, "I haven't done anything."
"Yet," Emma muttered before Manny kicked her leg under the table.
"I think we should have some fun. Let go of all the stress," Manny suggested.
"Like a party?" Kelly said excitedly. "That would be sweet!"
"That would be awful," Emma said sternly.
"Suit yourself," Manny said nonchalantly, but with a mischievous gleam in her eye that said she wasn't giving up this fight any time soon.
--
The next day at Degrassi Community School, Alli walked down the hall in her itchy wool sweater and long, heavy skirt, ignoring the laughs and looks she received. Reaching her best friend's locker she said, "Something needs to be done about this."
"About what?" Clare said, not looking up.
Turning Clare's head toward her and gesturing towards her outfit, Alli said, "This."
"Okay…but your dad searched your bag to make sure you didn't have any other clothes, and none of my stuff will fit you," Clare answered.
"That's why you're coming with me," Alli told her pointedly.
"Going with you where?" Clare asked, oblivious.
"To the store," Alli replied, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"But it's during school," Clare said bluntly.
"Exactly."
--
Emma returned to her dorm after a grueling study session in the library. She sighed and, looking at the dorm knob, and seeing there was no sock on the door, walked in to see a huge party in full swing.
Furious, she made her way through the crowd until she found a very drunk Manny.
"Manny! What are you doing?" she fumed.
"Oh, hi Emma!" Manny giggled drunkenly, "Glad you finally made it!"
"Manny! We need to get all these people out of here before we get in trouble!" Emma said.
Before she could respond, Manny threw her hands over her mouth before yelling "Bathroom!"
Kelly made his way over to her. "Sup, Emma?" he said in a supremely casual tone.
"Sup? SUP?" Emma replied, now in full freak out mode.
"Whoa, you need to chill," Kelly said.
"Alright, EVERYONE OUT!" she yelled.
At Emma and Kelly flailing their arms and pushing and yelling, people began to frantically leave the dorm room, leaving an awful mess behind.
--
At the store, Alli was modeling outfits for Clare's approval.
"It's cute," Clare said for the millionth time, clearly bored by the day's events.
"You're just saying tha-Oh no," Alli breathed.
"What?" Clare asked, before being pushed down by Alli.
"It's my dad," Alli said, clearly panicking. "Oh man, he's looking at sweaters. The one he has now has a kitten on it. A kitten!"
"He's making his way over here right now," Clare said, covering Alli up with clothes off the rack.
"Clare, what a surprise," Mr. Bhandari said. "Shouldn't you be in school?"
"Um, I stayed home sick," she lied, feeling guilty the whole time. "I came here to get medicine and, silly me, I ran into something."
"Oh, well, since you're here, I was looking at some new clothes for Alli and I was wondering which sweater you think she would like better, the one with the kitten or the flower."
"Definitely the ki-"Clare started before getting hit by Alli, "flower,"
"Thank you and I hope you feel better," he said before walking away.
Clare hurried to uncover her friend, saying, "That was close,"
"The kitten? Seriously?" Alli said.
"I thought it was cuter," Clare mumbled.
"It had a kitten," Alli said rolling her eyes. "Anyway, I picked something out and I just want to get out of here. Let's go."
They made their way to the checkout line, stopping when they saw Mr. Bhandari there. Dropping the clothes, the two girls ran to leave the store. Unbeknownst to them, however, a scarf had gotten caught on Clare's skirt and as they left the store, they set off the beeper. Hearing the commotion, Mr. Bhandari looked up and saw the girls standing there. Looking up into his eyes, Alli knew she was done for.
--
Looking at the destruction, Emma didn't know what to do. Manny walked out of the bathroom and said, "Where'd everybody go?"
"We have to get this cleaned up before anyone comes to inspect the room," Emma said nervously. Before they had the chance to, however, they heard a knock at the door. The inspectors walked in the room to see the disaster and said, "Whose idea was this?"
"Mine, sir," Emma said, stepping forward.
--
"You deliberately disobeyed me!" Mr. Bhandari shouted.
"Open your eyes! This is a free country and I should be allowed to dress how I want to!" Alli rebutted.
"Not as long as you live under my roof," Mr. Bhandari replied.
"Sav's ex-girlfriend dresses this way," she said to get the attention off of herself.
Sav was walking through the doorway at the time.
"So, does this mean I can dress how I want?" Alli asked smugly.
"Yes, fine," Mr. Bhandari said distractedly. "Sav!"
Sav stopped at the staircase at the sound of his name.
A/N: So that's my very long first episode. Review and tell me what you think!