Degrassi Season 15
"Love Me Like You Mean It" Episode 19
Kitty is sitting in the cafeteria on her laptop, editing her photos for the musical promotion poster. Jack sees her from across the cafeteria and walks over and sits down next to her.
"Hey, stranger," Jack greeted joking. "What are you up to?"
"Hey, Jack!" Kitty replied back in excitement. "I'm working on editing photos for the musical promo poster."
"Sounds exciting," Jack said. "Power cheer central over here. Regionals are literally in four days. Sweating my ass off trying to get down Rose's routine."
"Sounds like we've both been pretty busy," Kitty giggled.
"Well, Rose gave us the night off," Jack said. "So if you're not too busy editing photos, maybe we could grab some coffee at the Dot and catch up?"
"That would be great!" Kitty smiled. "How about six o'clock?"
"It's a date," Jack smiled. "I will see you then." Jack gets up and leaves as Maya comes over.
"Ooh, someone's smiling," Maya smirked. "Date with Jack tonight?"
"I guess," Kitty smiled. "It's a friend date."
"Just friends?" Maya asked.
"Yeah?" Kitty replied confused. "I'm not a lesbian, Maya. I mean, not that there is anything wrong with that, but I'm not."
"It's okay, Kitty," Maya chuckled. "I didn't think you were, but I didn't know for sure."
"Oh, well, I'm not," Kitty replied embarrassed.
"Does Jack know you're not?" Maya asked.
"Not exactly," Kitty replied sheepishly.
"You might want to tell her," Maya said. "You don't want to accidentally lead her on."
"You're right," Kitty agreed. "I'll tell her tonight."
"Good idea," Maya said. "I'll see you at rehearsal." Maya gets up and leaves. Kitty turns back to her computer and sighs as the theme music begins to play.
*Enter Theme Music*
SCENE 1
Tristan and Zoë have just finished up rehearsal and are conversing as everyone is filing out.
"This show is coming along brilliantly," Zoë smiled. "Good job, co-director."
"Thanks, co-director," Tristan smiled back. "Any big plans tonight?"
"Movies with Zig," Zoë replied. "Nothing too special. How about you?"
"Going home to binge on ice cream and Netflix alone," Tristan said bitterly.
"Go out!" Zoë suggested. "Have fun! Kiss boys!"
"No one wants to kiss me, sadly."
"What about Jasper?" Zoë grinned nodding at Jasper from across the room. Tristan turns to look.
"I don't think I'm his type."
"How do you know? You guys haven't actually talked. Ask him to hang out or something."
"I can't."
"Do it, Tristan. Don't be the sad little gay boy crying all alone in the corner listening to last year's Adele album." Tristan hesitates and then gets up and walks over to Jasper.
"Hey, Jasper," Tristan greeted nervously.
"Hey, Tristan," Jasper smiled swoon like. "What's up?"
"Well, I was just taking a shot in the dark and thinking that maybe you would want to hang out some time. You know grab some coffee, or watch movies. Unless you're not into that, I was just assuming..." Jasper laughed.
"Do you like dancing?" Jasper asked.
"Like line dancing, waltzing?" Tristan asked.
"Like bumping and grinding?" Jasper playfully bumps Tristan with his hip. Tristan chuckles.
"Yeah, I like that kind of dancing."
"Cool. Um, well I know a guy who can sneak us into this really happening club downtown. You free around 9?"
"Sneak into a club?" Tristan asked unsure.
"Yeah, I'm friends with one of the bouncers. He gets me in all the time."
"Won't we get caught?"
"Nah, I go all the time." Tristan pauses. "Look, if you're not into it, it's cool. We can find something else to do."
"No, let's do it. Pick me up at 9." Tristan gives Jasper a mischievous grin. "I'll text you my address."
"Cool," Jasper grinned. Tristan walks past Zoë.
"I'm about to have a wild night," Tristan smiled. Zoë grins at him as he walks away.
SCENE 2
Kitty is sitting at the Dot waiting for Jack to arrive. Jack finally walks in and sits down across from Kitty.
"Hey, beautiful," Jack smiled.
"Hey," Kitty smiled. "I already ordered you a macchiato. I hope that's okay."
"It's totally fine." There's a pause. "So how's the musical going?"
"It's going really well. I finally finished the poster so now all I have to do is give it to Tristan and Zoë for it to be printed and they will be covering the school."
"That's great," Jack smiled. She put her hand on top of Kitty's. Kitty looks down and pulls away. Jack looks confused. "What's wrong?"
"I'm sorry. I should've told you a long time ago, I'm not gay." Jack looks down embarrassed. "I'm really sorry. I thought you knew I was straight."
"It's okay," Jack said trying not to cry. "I have to go. I just remembered that I have a lot of homework to do. I will see you tomorrow."
"Jack, wait," Kitty pleaded. Jack gets up and rushes. Kitty sighs deeply and sinks down in her seat.
SCENE 3
Tristan is looking in the mirror, getting ready for his night out with Jasper. He sprays on his cologne and finishes combing his hair as a text from Jasper pops up on his phone reading "I'm here." Tristan smiles widely. He hurries out the door and hops into the passenger seat of Jasper's car.
"Hey," Tristan smiled.
"Hey, good lookin'," Jasper grinned. "You look hot!"
"Thanks," Tristan blushed as Jasper begins to drive. "So where are we going?"
"This little hole in the wall gay club," Jasper smiled. "Nice and intimate." Jasper put his hand on Tristan's thigh.
"Oh, really?" Tristan grinned. "Just how intimate? Because I thought this club was happening" Jasper smirked.
"You'll find out." They drive into downtown and park. They walk to the front of the club where Jasper's bouncer friend is standing.
"Hey, Big Dave!" Jasper greeted shaking the man's hand.
"Yo, J-man," Big Dave said. "What's up?"
"Entry for two?" Jasper asked.
"Go in," Big Dave grinned letting them pass. Jasper and Tristan walk into the club where loud music is playing and gay men are dancing. Jasper takes Tristan's hand and leads him through the crowd to a table in the back. They sit down. Jasper looks around.
"This is really different," Tristan shouted over the roar of the music. "I'm actually really excited to start dancing."
"Well, you're going to have a lot more fun," Jasper grinned. Tristan looks at him with curiosity. Jasper pulls out a small bottle from his pocket and shows Tristan. "Try this."
"What is it?" Tristan asked.
"Poppers," Jasper smiled. "Just take a couple whiffs."
"Excuse me? I don't do drugs." Jasper chuckles.
"They're legal. Try them."
"No! I don't know what they are. What if I pass out? You could have your way with me."
"You're not going to pass out." Tristan becomes uncomfortable. Jasper smiles. "Here, I'll sniff them first." Tristan watches nervously as Jasper opens the cap and takes a couple deep whiffs. He smiles at Tristan and hands him the bottle. "Sniff them. They'll relax you. Make you feel great." Tristan hesitates and takes the bottle. He takes one sniff. He coughs as his face wrinkles in disgust.
"That's nasty," Tristan said.
"Just give it a second," Jasper smiled. Tristan starts to feel the effects. He starts smiling, becoming relaxed.
"That feels really good actually," Tristan laughed. Tristan takes another whiff of the poppers and hands them back to Jasper and grabs his hand. "Come on, let's dance." They get up as Tristan leads Jasper to the dance floor. They start to dance to the remixes of top 40s hits. They're getting closer to each other, grinding on each other, their hands all over each other. Both of them are smiling, sharing sniffs of poppers as the scene fades out.
SCENE 4
Kitty is pacing back and forth in her living room. She's nervous and anxious. She keeps looking at the clock and then back at the floor as she paces. Suddenly the front door opens as Milo walks in.
"Hey, I got your text," Milo said coming in front of her. "What's wrong?"
"I'm so glad you're here," Kitty said throwing her arms around him. "I'm so sorry that I've been ignoring you."
"It's okay," Milo said hugging her back. "But really, what's wrong?" Kitty let's go and falls on to the couch.
"I think I messed things up with Jack," Kitty replied softly. Milo looks at her in confusion.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I thought we were just friends but then Maya said that Jack had feelings for me, and that I should tell her that I'm not a lesbian so that I don't lead her on. I mean, not that anything is wrong with being a lesbian, it's just, well, I'm not. But I told Jack and now she hates me."
"Okay, first off, it's okay that you're straight," Milo said. "And second, if Jack is really your friend, she'll come around. Just give her some space. She'll come around."
"But I think I hurt her feelings," Kitty said.
"It's okay," Milo smiled sitting down next to her. "It happens but you can't pretend to be into her because you don't want to hurt her feelings."
"I guess, I just can't stand when people are mad at me."
"I know, but it's okay. You can't make everyone happy. It's just how life is." Kitty wipes her eyes.
"Listen to me carrying on about my problems, I haven't even asked you how you are doing."
"It's okay. We don't need to talk about me."
"I think we need to. You haven't said anything to about the incident with Miles. What was that all about? I thought you guys were doing great." Milo hesitates.
"We just weren't heading in the direction that I thought we were heading in."
"Is it because of what Tori said?"
"How do you know about that?"
"Miles told me about it. He told me some other things but I didn't feel like it was my place to say anything."
"Like what?"
"You'll have to talk to him, Milo. I can't speak for him, especially not now. Things have changed."
"I can't talk to him."
"He doesn't hate you, Milo."
"I know that. He keeps trying to call me and he leaves me text messages, but I just need some time. I'm not ready to talk to him."
"Promise me at some point you will. I feel like you made a really big mistake."
"I promise. To be honest, I confessed to Grace that I'm in love with Miles. Now, I don't know how I feel."
"Well, when you're ready, talk to him. Maybe things haven't changed as much you think." Kitty smiles and rests her head on Milo's shoulder. "When did life get so complicated?" Milo sighs.
"When we started making choices for ourselves."
SCENE 5
The sun shines bright in Tristan's eyes. He squints as he wakes up. He runs his hand over his face. He blinks a couple of times and leans up, looking around. He sits up and looks over at Jasper who is still sleeping, his back to Tristan. Tristan shakes his shoulder.
"Jasper, wake up," Tristan said softly. Jasper begins to wake up. Jasper rubs his eyes and turns over to face Tristan. "What happened last night?"
"You should remember," Jasper said sleepily. "We didn't drink alcohol."
"So that wasn't a dream," Tristan said quietly.
"Nope," Jasper said starting to fall back asleep.
"Look, I'm not the hook up kind of guy," Tristan said. Jasper opens his eyes and sits up.
"I'm not either." Tristan looks at Jasper. "Look, I don't have hook up with a guy unless I see relationship potential." Tristan smiled.
"You see relationship potential?"
"Of course I do. You're a lot of fun, and hella sexy! But look, if you don't think is going to happen between us, I'm sorry about last night."
"No, don't be sorry. I like you, too, and last night, was actually really fun. I had a great time."
"Well, from the sounds you were making, it sounded like you were having a fantastic time." Tristan laughs and pushes Jasper playfully. Jasper smiles and they lean in to kiss.
"Okay, we better get dressed or we're going to be late for school." Jasper nods and gets out of bed. Tristan smiles, watching Jasper get dressed.
SCENE 6
Jack is at her locker that morning. Kitty walks up to her sheepishly. She's anxious as to whether or not Jack will talk to her.
"Hey, can we talk?" Kitty asked weakly. Jack pursed her lips and nodded. "Look, I didn't know you were into me like that. I thought you knew that I was straight and that we were just really close friends. I didn't mean to lead you on, and when Maya pointed out to me that I was accidentally, I wanted to tell you the truth before I caused anymore damage." Jack closed her locker.
"Don't apologize," Jack said. "I knew you were straight. I was just trying to convince myself that maybe there was a chance that you weren't. Ever since Imogen and I broke up, it just seems like I'll never find what we had again. I wasn't mad at you, I was upset with myself. I'm sorry. I really do enjoy our friendship, I hope we can still be friends."
"Of course," Kitty smiled as they hug it out.
"Good, because you've become like my best friend," Jack said. "I would hate to lose that."
"Well, as your best friend, I will be there this weekend to cheer you on at regionals."
"What about the musical?"
"Regionals are during the day, right? I don't have to be at the musical until that night. I have time to come cheer you on and watch you girls kick Newman's asses!" Jack chuckles.
"This is why you're my best friend." They both chuckle and walk off to class together.
SCENE 7
Zoë is dealing with hustle and bustle of getting ready for the first dress rehearsal, waiting for Tristan to show up.
"Zig, get to hair and make up, now!" Zoë commanded. "Maya, get the soundtrack ready, stat!" Tristan rushes in to Zoë's side. "There you are, you're late."
"Sorry, I had a really wild night with Jasper," Tristan panted. "We woke up late."
"We?" Zoë grinned with curiosity.
"Yeah, we kind of did it last night," Tristan blushed.
"Oh, so you're just a one night stand?"
"Actually, he did it because he wants to be in a relationship with me." Zoë raises her eyebrow. "I know it sounds totes trashy and so melodrama status, but trust, we're very into each other."
"So when do you get the title?"
"Not sure yet, but hopefully soon if things stay the way they're going." "Well, we can dish later, but right now, we need to make this dress rehearsal happen." Hannah rushes up to Zoë and Tristan.
"I can't find Miles," Hannah said.
"What?" Zoë roared.
"He hasn't checked in with the stage manager," Hannah explained. "No one has seen him or knows where he is. He isn't answering his phone." Zoë sighs in frustration and turns to Maya who is across the room.
"Maya!" Zoë called. "Go find your hot mess ex, now!" Maya nods and runs out of the auditorium.
Miles is sitting on the roof, his feet dangling over the edge. He's contemplating everything that has happened and is happening in his life. He keeps thinking about Milo. Maya opens the door to the roof to find him sitting down. She gasps.
"Miles, what are you doing?" she called. "Get away from there!" Miles turns over his shoulder and turns back away from her. Maya runs over to him. "Miles, I'm serious! Get away from the edge!"
"Do you every just chill out?" Miles asked agitated. He patted the spot next to him. "Just sit down." Maya hesitates and sits down next to him, dangling her feet over the edge.
"What are you doing?" "Just thinking about things." Miles pauses. "I'm sorry, for everything that happened between us. I don't want you to hate me."
"Miles, what are you talking about? We've been through this. We're fine. What happened between us is in the past."
"Yeah, well, it seems like no matter how hard I try, I just end up messing things up. You, Zoë, Tristan, my parents, Milo." Miles pauses. "I can't do the musical."
"Miles, you're the star. You can't just quit. You say that you don't want to mess things up, but what do you think you're doing quitting the musical? You're letting down Zoë and Tristan, who are your friends, and everyone who worked really hard on this production."
"Great, just throw everything back in my face."
"I'm not throwing anything back in your face. I'm trying to make you see that trying to make things right is not just going to happen all at once. You have to take baby steps. You have to keep going, because giving up is messing things up. You do that Miles. When something isn't going your way you just give up, like it's not worth it."
"Yeah, well, the one person I didn't give up on, gave up on me like I wasn't worth it." Maya puts her hand on his knee.
"I know your break up with Milo hurts a lot, but right now things are chaotic. Just get through the musical, and see what happens afterwards."
"You don't get it, Maya! He's the one person that I want. I'm in love with him and now he won't even talk to me. He gave up on me, he doesn't think I'm worth it."
"I just don't think you found a balance in a relationship. This is your first serious relationship and you're still figuring out how to handle it. Take this experience and when it's over, learn from it. But right now, you have a whole crew who are counting on you. Put Milo on the back burner and worry about it when the musical is over." Miles stares at her.
"Do you think he will come back?" Maya smiles.
"I'm sure he will. You guys will work this out when all of this is over." Miles hugs her.
"Thank you." Maya hugs him back.
"You're my friend. I love you. I want you to be happy." Miles hugs her tighter.
"I'm really hurt, Maya."
"I know, but it's going to be okay."
SCENE 8
Maya and Miles walk into the chaos of the auditorium. Miles takes a deep breath as Zoë and Tristan turn to them. They rush over to Miles and Maya.
"Where have you been?" Zoë asked.
"I've just been thinking," Miles replied.
"About what?" Zoë snapped.
"Just things," Miles said. "But I'm here now."
"Well, go find Hannah so she can get you into hair and make up," Tristan said pulling Miles in the direction of the stage.
"Where was he?" Zoë asked Maya.
"He was on the roof," Maya replied. "Look, go easy on him. He wanted to quit but I convinced him not to. He's hurting a lot right now."
"Well, he needs to learn to swallow those tears," Zoë snarled. "We have a show to put on."
"Please, Zoë," Maya pleaded. "Don't be hard on him, just for once." Zoë hesitates and nods, heading back to the stage. Maya takes a moment, watching Miles and Tori get set up on the stage.
"Let's go people," Zoë called in the distance. "Three, two, one!" Maya gets ready to start the music.
END EPISODE