DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S03E01 - SECRET
Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or any of the characters.
Author´s note: It´s time to wake the pets and call the neighbors, cuz´ it´s time for Season 3! Sorry you guys had to wait little while for this one. I´ve just been busy and haven´t had time to write. In return you get a slightly longer episode than usual. I hope you enjoy it.
1. Int. Girl´s Bathroom at Degrassi. Day.
Chrissy and Julie are waiting impatiently, when Lisa comes in. It´s been four months since we last saw them and Julie especially has had a growth spurt during that time. Lisa is developing at a more normal rate, while Chrissy is the one who´s changed the least looks wise, of the three of them.
Lisa:
Sorry I´m late, you guys. Ms. Raditch wanted to talk to me.
Julie:
I thought you were doing great in English class.
Lisa:
She says I haven´t been participating, like I used to. I wanted to tell her that it´s because she´s the most boring teacher in school, but I didn´t. If I show up and hand in my assignments on time, that should be enough for her, right?
Julie:
I have her for History. I kinda like her.
Chrissy:
We can discuss which teachers are lame and which are cool any time. Did you talk to your mom?
Lisa:
She thinks I´ll be at your house.
Julie:
Same thing with my parents.
Chrissy:
And my dad thinks I´ll be at Lisa´s. I´m not crazy about lying to him like this, but it´s in the name of fun and dating. He did say that he wanted me to enjoy my childhood.
Julie:
I don´t think he meant going to a party at the Ravine.
Chrissy:
Jamie´s going, so I am too.
Lisa:
From what I´ve heard, it was a blast last year.
Chrissy:
From now on, we´re done missing out on the good times!
Lisa is happy to see the change in Lisa´s attitude, while Julie looks less convinced.
OPENING CREDITS
2. Int. Prison Library. Day.
We´re clearly in a dream. We´re watching from Maya´s point of view as Val and Janine are approaching her. We hear her heart is beating so fast, that she´s clearly on the verge in panicking. She tries to hit Val with her book, but gets hit by Janine and goes down. She can only see Val´s feet as she is kicking her. We hear how Maya is gasping for air. She looks down at Janine who´s pulling her pants off. She looks up at Val, who is saying something, but her hearing is too distorted to hear it. She looks down to see Janine with a sadistic smile on her face. She´s spread Maya´s legs and holds up four fingers.
Janine:
I´m gonna make you scream, bitch!
Maya gets held down by Val and she screams.
3. Int. Maya and Lola´s Apartment. Night.
Maya wakes up on the couch in a cold sweat. She goes to the bathroom and sprays some water on her face. She looks herself in the mirror. She looks extremely tired.
Maya:
You can´t go on like this.
She walks back to the couch and lies down.
4. Int. Antonia Crowe´s Office. Day.
Antonia Crowe is a thin woman in her mid 40´s. Her office is decorated with several diplomas. Maya is lying on the couch, while Antonia sits on chair and takes notes regularly.
Maya:
Can we talk about my nightmares?
Antonia:
Do you have them every night?
Maya:
Almost. I´m even dreaming things that didn´t happen now.
Antonia:
After the attack, you must have thought about what could have happened, if they hadn´t been stopped.
Maya:
Constantly, but it went away pretty quickly. That´s the one good thing about having danger around you all the time. You don´t have time to dwell on things, because you have to be on your toes all the time.
Antonia:
Now you have all the time in the world to think about it. How´s it going with finding work?
Maya:
The only job I´ve done in my adult life is waitressing, but that´s out of the question. Sure, it might bring a few more customers in to have the known porn star work there, but you can be sure it´ll also bring in all the types, you don´t want in your restaurant.
Antonia:
We talked about going back to school. You´re still young and have your whole work life ahead of you. An education could help you move on once and for all.
Maya:
That´s what I´m thinking too, but the money to get started is the one thing I´m missing.
Antonia looks at the clock on the wall.
Antonia:
I´m afraid that´s all we have time for.
Maya gets up from the couch.
Maya:
So I´ll have to live with being a semi-insomniac?
Antonia:
I´ll prescribe some sleeping pills for you, but give falling asleep normally a chance before you take one.
Maya:
I´ll finally get a full night´s sleep. Thanks.
Antonia:
You´re welcome, Maya. See you next week.
Maya gives her a small smile and begins to leave.
5. Int. Grace Records. Day.
Frankie and Lola are having fun together.
Frankie:
Did I tell you, I talked to Miles yesterday?
Lola:
No. How´s he doing?
Frankie:
They´ve almost written the script. He sounded very excited about it.
Lola:
No wonder.
Frankie:
Now they need to get it cleared with the production company and after that they start preparing to shoot. He was thrilled to hear, that we´ve become close again. He thinks, you´re a good influence on me.
Lola:
Little old me?
Frankie:
You´ve helped me a lot with getting over the divorce. Without you I´d probably be some lonely ex-society lady, who drinks too much and complains all the time. Now I´m glad that whole life is behind me.
Lola:
And you still got a sweet bank account as a bonus.
She looks at her phone.
Lola:
I´m afraid being on time isn´t his strong suit.
Frankie:
I am a tiny bit nervous to see him again.
Lola:
Is that why you haven´t visited before?
Frankie:
It´s more that spending my time looking at a bunch of dusty, old records isn´t my idea of a fun day.
Lola:
He´s got a girlfriend. Long distance, but still.
Frankie:
Did I say that I was looking to date him again? It´s been a long time since we were a couple. We probably wouldn´t be compatible at all today.
Jonah walks in the store and smiles at her. She smiles back and looks very happy to see him.
Jonah:
Looking good like you always did, Frankie. How´s life treating you?
Frankie:
Not bad. How about you? Still rocking the "Modern Punk" style, I see.
Jonah:
If it works, why fix it?
Frankie:
You´re not gonna end up one of those 50 year olds, who dresses like a 20 year old?
Jonah:
I guess I´ll find out in about 20 years.
Frankie:
You´re exactly like I remember you. It´s nice to know, some things don´t change. Lola told me that you can help with some advice, now that I´m opening my own store.
Jonah:
My brain is yours to pick. I used to have an office, but it´s turned into our stock room. There´s a cafe across the street, where we can talk.
Frankie:
Lead the way and I´ll pay.
Jonah:
You know, that would make for a good song chorus. (sings) Lead the way and I´ll pay, dum da da dum dum, dum da da dae.
Lola:
We´ve never claimed to be normal in this store.
Frankie:
Business first, then we´ll figure out how to make it a hit.
Jonah is still humming it to himself as they head out. Lola smiles to herself.
6. Int. Cafe. Day.
Jonah and Frankie come in the door. Maya is waiting for her coffee. They spot her and come over to her.
Frankie:
Fancy seeing you here.
Maya:
I have a regular appointment near here every week. I´ve made a habit of getting a Latte for the trip home. What are you guys up to?
Jonah:
She´s decided to join the slave owner´s union.
Frankie:
Which is his way of saying that I´m opening my own clothing store.
Maya:
Lola told me about it. So you´ve decided to pick the brains of an experienced slave owner?
Frankie:
He must have picked up at least one thing over the years, I can use .
Jonah:
Actually, I´ve picked up three. 1: Don´t hire anyone you´re not sure that you can trust, because you usually can´t. 2: on´t try to fool the taxman and 3: As far as your staff goes, be good to them, when they deserve it and hard on them, when you need to be. It´s not a popularity contest and they won´t always like your decisions, so you have to trust your gut.
Frankie:
So, if I follow those rules. My store will be a success?
Jonah:
Nothing´s for certain, but at least you´ll know that you´re not getting robbed as much as you could have. You´re also not afraid to ask for help and this is something completely new to you. You´ll need the right people around you, while you learn.
Frankie:
Like you, for instance.
Jonah:
I´d feel like the worst person ever, if I turned you down. You´re a huge part of why I´ve become who I am today.
Maya gets her coffee.
Maya:
I´m home bound.
Jonah:
If you wanna hang with us, that´s cool too.
Frankie shakes her head and Maya gets the message.
Maya:
I´ve got a lot of stuff I need to get done. See ya.
Frankie:
Bye.
Maya leaves the cafe.
Frankie:
Now that the business talk is out of the way, we can start enjoying each other´s company.
Jonah:
You get the coffee and I´ll get us a table. Black as tar for me.
He quickly finds them a table. Frankie is clearly checking him out while she´s waiting for the Barrista to take her order.
7. Ext. School. Day.
School´s just been let out and Chrissy, Lisa and Julie are hanging with Simon, Jamie and Jack.
Julie:
It´s not gonna be dangerous, is it?
Simon:
There´ll be older teenagers smoking weed and drinking beer, but no one says that we have to. I´m not gonna, not until I get older.
Jack:
The only thing we have to be afraid of is getting busted by the cops.
Chrissy:
You mean, we could get arrested just for being there?
Julie:
My dad would completely lose it, if I got arrested.
Jamie:
They´re not gonna put us in jail. We´re minors. My cousin Charlie and his girlfriend got busted smoking a joint a few weeks ago. All they did was drive him home and talk to his parents.
Julie:
What did his parents do?
Jamie:
They grounded him and took away his phone again.
Chrissy:
You remember my dad´s rules, right? You can´t get me in trouble. If you do, he´ll make me break up with you.
Jamie:
Do you really think he would?
Lisa:
He could never be that hard on his favorite daddy´s girl.
Chrissy:
It´s a conversation, I could do without. Maybe this isn´t the best idea.
Lisa:
Come on, Chrissy. You´re the one who said "We´re done missing out on the good times".
Chrissy:
And I fully meant it.
Jamie:
Once we get there, you´ll have a blast. It´s the getting there part that sucks.
Chrissy tries to look convinced.
8. Int. Maya and Lola´s Apartment. Day.
Maya comes home and crashes on the couch. She picks up her phone from the table to check her messages. She rings up the number, puts it on speaker and puts the phone back o the table.
Phone voice (voice over):
You have two messages. First message. Received today at 9:44
Margaret (voice over):
Maya, it´s mom. I still haven´t heard back from you about my birthday dinner. I just need to know if you and Jay are coming, so I know how many people to shop for. Have a nice day, honey.
Maya smiles to herself.
Phone voice (voice over):
Second message. Received today at 10:27.
Philip (voice over):
Miss Matlin, my name is Philip Theroux. I´m a producer for CTV. We´re putting together a series about people, who were unjustly accused of murder and the consequences it´s had on their lives. We think that your case would be perfect for our first episode of the series, but in order for us to do it right, we´ll need your involvement. We´re giving you the chance to tell the world the truth, in stead of the one certain, should we say, rather unreliable reporters stated as fact after your release. You will of course be fairly compensated for this. Please contact me as soon as possible, even if you don´t want to be a part of it. I wish you a pleasant day.
Maya considers it.
9. Int. Cafe. Day.
Jonah and Frankie are enjoying their reunion.
Frankie:
Remember how gross the bathroom was?
Jonah:
I was trying to stop you from running away, not encourage you. If I´d taken you to a nice place, you wouldn´t have seen how life as a teenage runaway would have sucked.
Frankie:
So it was all a cunning plan, huh? Did you bring the cockroaches from home, too?
Jonah:
Raised them myself.
Frankie:
You won´t believe how much I missed talking to you, when I had to hang out with those society ladies.
Jonah:
No matter how much I try, I can´t picture you with a bunch of rich snobs.
Frankie:
I came from money already, remember? It´s not like I hadn´t met enough snobs already. I fell for Jeff in college and that´s just where life took us to. I loved him and he´s not a bad person, but he turned me into someone I didn´t like. I didn´t realize until I fell out of love with him, that I was turning in to a copy of my mom. That in time I´d become completely dependent on him, like she is on my dad.
Jonah:
Got lost in love, huh? I can´t claim not to have been guilty of that a few times.
Frankie:
Lola told me, you have a girlfriend. What´s she like?
Jonah:
You´d like her. She´s the kind of person, it´s impossible not to like.
Frankie:
Sounds like she´s some girl.
Jonah:
I think she´s reached the age, where you can´t call her a girl anymore. She´s 40.
Frankie:
40!
Jonah:
You´ve been with older guys. Present company included. Maya´s boyfriend is her age, so what´s the difference?
Frankie:
It just reminds me of a lot of divorced women from my society days. It´s kind of sexist of me to judge her. No one would have cared if she was the guy and you were the girl.
Jonah:
So you´re saying that unknowingly, I´m helping her make a feminist statement.
Frankie:
If you love her, that´s all that matters.
Jonah:
I care about her so much, but the whole long distance thing blows a big one. We´ve been a couple for seven months and out of those, we´ve spent about three weeks together.
Frankie:
Again, something I don´t think I could do.
Lola comes up to the table.
Lola:
Haven´t you picked his brain dry yet?
Jonah:
You haven´t left the store unattended, have you?
Lola:
It´s five o´clock. You´ve been here for three hours.
Frankie has to check her phone to be sure.
Frankie:
She´s right. How was that three hours?
Jonah:
Time flies, when you´re in good company.
Frankie:
You know, Zoe and Lola are coming over to my place for dinner. Maybe you could help me make something. My cooking skills are, let´s just say, at a beginner´s level. But I´m trying to learn, so I won´t have to eat take out all the time.
Jonah:
You´ve found yourself a willing teacher. We start tonight.
Lola:
He´s the best vegan chef I´ve ever met. You know I´m not usually the vegan type, but this guy knows what he´s doing in a kitchen.
Frankie:
Coming from a girl who was raised in a restaurant, I believe it. Maybe after dinner we could watch a movie or something?
Jonah:
Well, it beats my original plan of doing nothing.
Lola looks pleased that her two friends are still getting on so well, all these years the way they´re looking at each other she also suspects that they might be getting on a little too well.
10. Int. Spinner´s House. Evening.
Chrissy and Spinner are doing the dishes.
Spinner:
What´s the big plan for tonight?
Chrissy:
Just a normal girl´s night. A little gossipping, maybe a chick flick or something.
Spinner:
A "No Boys Allowed" night?
Chrissy:
Kinda. The three of us don´t hang out as often, as we used to.
Spinner:
How about we raise the cufew a little, just for tonight to start with. Let´s say eleven o´clock.
Chrissy:
Really? Thanks!
Spinner:
You´re a good kid, Chrissy. So many parents have to worry about where their kids are and what kind of trouble they´re getting up to. I consider myself lucky to have a daughter, I´ve always known, I can trust.
Chrissy obviously feels guilty about lying, but tries to hide it.
11. Int. Jay´s Bedroom. Evening.
Jay and Maya are getting hot and heavy, but they´re still dressed. He unbuttons her pants and we get a glimpse of Maya having a flashback to when Janine did it. She stops him.
Maya:
I´m sorry. I can´t.
Jay can´t hide his disappointment.
Jay:
I thought the shrink was helping.
Maya:
She is, but it´s the nightmares. They´ve been getting worse lately. When you unbuttoned my pants just now, I had a flashback.
Jay:
I thought we were past all that.
Maya:
I did too. I want you, it´s not that. I understand if you want to dump me.
Jay:
Do you think this is just about sex for me?
Maya:
It´s not just that. All that media attention for all the wrong reasons. You had to deal with all that with me. You still have to pay for that camera you smashed.
Jay:
The guy got right up in your face. What was I supposed to do?
Maya:
We have to watch how we act now. A TV station has made me an offer to be on a program.
Jay:
What kind of program?
Maya:
Basically a biography, focusing on how I was unjustly accused of murder and the consequences that have come from it.
Jay:
If you do that, this will never die down.
Maya:
They´re giving me the chance to get the truth out there. Not what that bitch Lois wrote about me. She painted me as this evil manipulator, who made Shelly kiil him. When it´s just me, I can take it. But now it´s reached the point where Katie gets bullied at work and has to quit. Some of my mom´s old friends have turned their backs on her. I hate knowing that the only reason this is happening to them, is me. I have to at least try to set things right.
Jay:
And that´s the only reason you wanna do it?
Maya:
It´s the main reason. They also talked about some money but I don´t know how much it is yet.
Jay:
Suck ém dry.
Maya:
What?
Jay:
If you have to do it, get as much money as you can.
Maya:
Does that mean, you´d be fine with it?
Jay:
Not fine, but I get why you want to do it. If you feel like it´s something you need to do, I´ll support you.
Maya:
You´re the best boyfriend ever.
They kiss.
Maya:
And I promise that this whole "PG relationship thing" won´t last much longer.
She rests her head on his chest.
12. Int. Frankie´s Apartment. Evening.
We focus on the TV. Manny from about ten years ago is riding a jetski, while she being chased by two poorly CGI´d Giant Shark/Alligator hybrids.
Manny:
No Shargator is making me into it´s lunch.
The camera cuts to Jason London riding his own jetski, but armed with two bazookas, one on each shoulder. He´s chasing the Shargators, while steering the jetski with his feet and looks ready to fire.
Jason:
I don´t care if you´re a shark or an alligator or half of each. No one messes with my girl. Eat rockets, you finned bastards!
He fires both bazookas at the same time and the CGI Sharks explode into a million extremely bloody pieces. The shock causes Manny to fall off her jetski. Jason slowly rides up next to her.
Jason:
Need a ride, miss?
He helps her get onto his jetski and they kiss passionately. Manny´s face then turns to shock, when she looks into the camera.
Manny:
Look.
They see that there´s hundreds of Shargators coming right towards them, only a few hundred feet away.
Jason:
They´ve declared war on Mankind itself.
Manny:
It´s Shargator vs. Man. Let the best species win.
He fires up the jetski and they head back towards the shore.
We pan out to show that it´s Frankie, Lola, Zoe and Jonah, who are sitting on the couch watching "Shargator 3: War of the Species".
Zoe:
This is supposed to be the good one?
Jonah:
It´s the only that cracked the three´s on IMDB. I kinda like it.
Frankie:
You´ve become weirder with age.
Jonah:
I´m not disputing that, but it´s got a certain meta existentialism to it. It´s all an obvious metafor for the eternal war between the workers, symbolized by mankind against the oppressive powers that be, symbolized by the man eating Shargators.
Lola:
I think you´re the only one in the entire world, who got that from it.
Frankie stretches her back.
Jonah:
You have a bad back too, huh?
Frankie:
Only sometimes. I just need to lie down for a while and it´ll pass.
Zoe:
We can sit on your chairs, no problem.
Lola:
Yeah, of course. Lie down.
They both get up.
Jonah:
I can take one of the chairs from the kitchen.
Frankie:
No, you can stay on the couch.
Zoe gives Lola a "Huh?" look. Frankie lies down and rests her head on Jonahs´s lap.
Frankie:
I used to love lying like this, when we watched TV. You´d stoke my hair and my shoulders. I always felt so completely safe and at ease, when you did that.
Jonah:
Like this?
He gently strokes her hair and she smiles. Lola and Zoe take their seats and exchange knowing looks.
Frankie:
Exactly like that.
We cut back to the TV just in time to see Manny slice a flying Shargator in half with a samurai sword.
Manny:
It´s time to make sushi!
13. Int. Spinner´s House. Evening.
Chrissy is in her room, getting ready to go out. She´s a little dressed up, but not so much that it´s too obvious. She comes down the stairs and sees Spinner playing with Adam, who´s having the time of his life.
Chrissy:
Looks like you guys won´t miss me too much.
Spinner:
I think we´ll manage.
He tickles Adam, who laughs his little heart out.
Adam:
Stop!
Spinner stops, so that Adam can get his breath back.
Spinner:
You look nice. I thought you we´re having a "No Boys Allowed" night.
Chrissy:
There´s nothing wrong in looking nice, is there?
Spinner:
Not that I know of. Soon you´ll start wearing make up too.
Chrissy:
Dad, I am wearing make up. Me and Julie started two months ago.
Spinner:
You´re growing up way too fast for me. Have fun tonight.
Chrissy:
We´ll try.
On her way out the door, she looks back to see Spinner and Adam enjoying themselves. After a moment, she makes up her mind and leaves.
14. Ext. Street. Day.
Julie, Lisa and Chrissy are walking towards The Ravine. There´s several kids heading there, most of them older than the the three girls. Julie and Chrissy look a little intimidated by the whole thing, while Lisa is soaking in the atmosphere.
Julie:
Okay, so now we can say that we were here. Can we turn around and run home now?
Lisa:
Run if you want, but I´m staying.
Chrissy:
For your non-boyfriend?
Lisa:
Hey, him and me not becoming a couple was the best thing that could have happened. Look at him and Megan. They got together the week after I told him I liked him, broke up three weeks after that and a few days later, she quit the band because things got weird.
Chrissy:
You and Simon have been a couple for almost half a year already. Isn´t that crazy?
Julie:
Not as crazy as I am about him.
Chrissy:
Aww.
Lisa:
Have you guys done other stuff? You know, besides kissing?
Julie:
There´s been a lot of touching and groping going on lately.
Chrissy looks a little shocked.
Lisa:
You and Jamie aren´t "there" yet?
Chrissy:
Not at all. You shouldn´t be doing all that stuff yet. I could lead to, you know, sex.
Julie:
I not gonna have sex with him until I´m much older. But that doesn´t mean, that we can´t enjoy the time until we actually get there. That way, when it does happen, I don´t think it´ll be weird at all. It´ll be like the last step of a long, beautiful journey.
Chrissy:
Maybe I should lighten up a bit.
Lisa:
If you don´t, I´m sure there´s plenty of girls who wouldn´t mind letting your little skater boy play with their "goodies".
Julie:
Don´t listen to her. Jamie´s the faithful type, exactly like my Simon.
Chrissy:
Speaking of which.
They spot Jamie, Jack and Simon standing with Charlie and Taylor by the entrance. Charlie and Taylor are holding each other around the waist and look pretty happy together. Julie and Simon french kiss when they see each other, so Chrissy (to Jamie´s surprise) does the same. He doesn´t seem to mind at all, though.
Charlie:
Cool it there, Cous. There´s kids present.
Lisa:
I take it, you´re talking about yourself?
Taylor:
She´s so spunky, I love that. What´s your name?
Lisa:
I´m Lisa.
Charlie:
You´re the guitar girl.
Lisa:
You could call me that, I guess.
Charlie:
I saw her playing with her band. She´s a beast on that thing .
Lisa:
Julie´s in the band, too. She plays bass and sings back up vocals.
Taylor:
I had no idea, I´d be partying with tiny little rockstars tonight.
Charlie pulls a small bag of weed out of his pocket.
Charlie:
We know exactly how rockstars like to party.
Lisa and Julie look at each other.
Lisa:
I don´t do drugs.
Julie:
Me neither. I´m sorry if that makes us uncool.
Taylor:
This is the Ravine. You free to do what you want to and not do what you don´t want to.
Charlie:
There´s only five rules down here. No weapons, no violence, don´t bring in hard drugs, if a girl or guy says no, you respect it and most importantly, never bring the cops here. If you break any of those rules, we have our own justice system to deal with it.
Taylor:
Stay smart and you´ll never have trouble down here. The people down here are much more likely to protect you than hurt you. So are you guys ready for some fun?
They head down to The Ravine in great spririts.
15. Ext. The Ravine. Montage - music: "I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are" by The Runaways
The young ones are at first a little intimidated by seeing drunk and stoned teenagers, but soon realize that they´re in a peaceful place and that Taylor wasn´t lying about the people there. Chrissy and Jamie spot Seb and Deb and go to have fun with them. Jamie and Simon (who as always, have brought their skateboards) are having a little friendly competition with two other boys. Chrissy and Julie couldn´t be prouder of their boys, but when two other girls try to talk to them, they make out with their respective boyfriends to show the other girls up and scare them off. Lisa and Jack meanwhile have fallen in with 3 sixteen year old boys, who have brought their guitars. The older boys are drinking beer. Lisa declines, but Jack has one. Lisa in stead impresses them with her guitar skills and they obviously think that both her and Jack are pretty cool. Later there´s a band playing an acoustic set. Charlie and Taylor finish smoking a joint and step into a trailer together. Julie looks a little jealous when she sees them and gives Simon a big kiss. Chrissy and Jamie on the other hand, just sit and enjoy the show. Lisa is even brought up to play a song and is one big smile as she gets to show off her new found skills. The crowd obviously liked what they saw too. Chrissy and Jack stand next to each other applauding and looking proud of their friend as Lisa radiates with pride.
16. Ext. Street. Evening.
Up at the entrance to The Ravine, we see that Chrissy and Jamie are waiting for Taylor and Charlie to stop making out.
Jamie:
Charlie, dude. We haven´t got all night here. Some of us have curfews.
Charlie and Taylor finally break their kiss.
Taylor:
Call me first thing, when you wake up tomorrow.
Charlie:
What if you´re tired and need extra sleep after you know ... that thing w ...
Taylor shushes him.
Taylor:
The last thing in the world I want to do right now is leave you.
Charlie:
We have to. That´s just the way of the world, babe! You live in that direction and I live in the other.
Jamie:
Oh, God! Charlie, we´re leaving. With or without you.
Charlie:
I´m coming.
He gives Taylor a kiss on the forehead and they smile at each other.
Taylor:
Bye, handsome.
She blows him a kiss and he catches it. Jamie shakes his head at them. Him and Chrissy begin walking up the street and Charlie quickly catches up to them.
Charlie:
Did I lie, when I said this night would be awesome?
Chrissy:
Not at all. I don´t know why that place has such a bad reputation. If they want to get high and drunk, at least they have this safe space to do it in. No one bothered us at all, because we didn´t try it.
Jamie:
You think it´s cool that teenagers get wasted and smoke their brains out? That doesn´t sound like something you´d say.
Chrissy:
Maybe I changed my mind about some things tonight.
They turn around a corner and right there waiting is a police car with two police officers standing next to it. Charlie for a second thinks about running, but decides against it.
Officer #1:
Well, if it isn´t our new pal, Charlie.
Officer #2:
Been down to the party at the Ravine with your little friends here?
Charlie:
I promised my dad to stay away from there. You saw it yourselves.
Officer #1:
Come over here, Charlie boy. Let me have a look at those eyes.
Charlie walks slowly over to them, trying to appear sober. The officers clearly aren´t buying it. The first officers looks him in the eyes and chuckles to himself.
Officer #1:
You´re high as a kite.
Officer #2:
We have to search you. Unless you show us what you´re carrying voluntarily.
Jamie:
Charlie, just get this over with. If you´ve got some more weed on you, hand it over to them. Don´t make it harder than it has to be.
Officer #1:
Your little buddy has a lot more brains than you do. You should listen to him.
Chrissy impatiently looks at her phone. Her face turns to worry though, when she sees what Charlie is holding. He has a little weed in a small baggy, but also another one with a tiny bit of white powder. We can see on Charlie´s face, that he knows how bad this is.
Officer #2:
Is that cocaine?
Charlie:
Yes.
Officer #1:
The only good thing is that you showed us and we didn´t have to search you. Apart from that, there´s not a whole lot of positives right now.
Chrissy:
Look, this doesn´t really involve us.
Officer #2:
How old are you, miss?
Chrissy:
I´m 13.
Officer # 2:
!3. I think we need to have a talk with your parents about the company you´re keeping. Thirteen year olds shouldn´t be hanging out with people, who do hard drugs.
Chrissy:
My curfew is coming up really soon. Can I at least leave, so I won´t get in trouble for breaking curfew?
Officer #1:
First we need your details, so the youth department can get in touch with your parents. You´re coming to the station with us and one of our patrol cars will drive you home afterwards to make sure that you told the truth. Same thing for your friend. You should call them, to tell them that you´ll be late.
Chrissy and Jamie realize that they´re screwed.
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