DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S03E02 - PLEASE FORGIVE ME

Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or the characters from it.

1. Int. Spinner´s house. Morning.

Spinner is preparing breakfast, when Chrissy comes in to the kitchen. There is a tense air between them, like we´ve never seen before.

Spinner:

Good morning, honey.

Chrissy:

Same to you, Spinner.

Spinner:

So now, you won´t even call me dad anymore? You did something wrong and I had to punish you. You´re not the first kid who´s been grounded.

Chrissy:

Did you have to tell Lisa and Julie´s parents too? Now they´re in as much trouble as I am.

Spinner:

The three of you are way too young to be hanging around places like The Ravine. I all my teen years, I think I went down there two times. Both times were to hang out with Jay and that was when all my other friends hated me and I had nowhere else to go.

Chrissy:

No one forces you to do anything down there. We didn´t drink, we didn´t do drugs, all we did was have fun and make new friends.

Spinner:

I have nothing against you having fun and making new friends. I´m all for that. It´s just ...

Chrissy:

Lisa was killing it on the guitar. You should have seen her playing in front of all those older kids. She blew them away and I was so proud of her. Now her mom is making her quit the band, because she thinks they´re a bad influence on her. Julie´s parents are making her dump her boyfriend, who she´s completely in love with, for the same reason. Of course they both hate me now, because I was the rat who told on everyone.

Spinner:

You did the right thing. I know it sucks right now. When you get older you´ll think back and see that I was right to call them and that you did the right thing, by telling me the truth.

Chrissy:

What good is that gonna do me now, when my two best friends hate me?

Spinner:

They won´t stay mad at you for long, I´m sure of it.

Chrissy:

I hope so. I called and texted both of them, like a million times this weekend, but they won´t have anything to do with me. I know they weren´t doing anything, because they´re both as grounded as I am.

Spinner:

Sometimes it takes something special to win them back.

Chrissy:

How did you get you friends back?

Spinner:

It took time. Jimmy was my best friend and he completely cut me out of his live for over half a year. The only thing I really did, was show everyone how I was sorry for what I´d done and how I was trying to better myself.

Chrissy:

Half a year without Julie or Lisa talking to me. I don´t think I could handle that. Can´t I just stay home until they forgive me?

Spinner:

No chance of that, kiddo. Get some breakfast in you. We´ve both got a long day ahead of us.

He puts two plates on the table and she sits down to eat.

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2. Ext. Street. Day.

Lisa´s waiting for Simon and Jack to come in with the school bus. Julie comes up to her.

Julie:

Did your weekend suck too?

Lisa:

Like you wouldn´t believe. Can you believe that I actually spent my weekend looking forward to Monday?

Julie:

You´re not the only one. I tried to make homework fun, but it was a lost cause from the beginning. For the first time ever, I´m way ahead in all my classes.

They see Chrissy being dropped off by Spinner, before he drives away. Jamie was waiting for her immediately comes over and gives a good morning hug. Lisa and Julie don´t look too pleased.

Julie:

I guess Spinner forgave his little daddy´s girl after all.

Lisa:

This is so unfair. I´ll bet you a thousand dollars, that she ran right to her mom, played the guilt trip on her, so she would convince Spinner to let her keep seeing Jamie.

Julie:

She gets caught and nothing happens except that she gets grounded. We didn´t get caught and our lives are ruined because of her. I have to tell Simon before the end of the schoolday. He still thinks, he´s coming for dinner tonight.

Chrissy and Jamie tentatively approach them.

Chrissy:

Hi, guys.

Julie:

It´s so wonderful to see the happy couple together again and so soon. It´s like you were never apart at all.

Chrissy:

Look, I don´t think it´s fair that you´re being punished this hard.

Lisa:

It´s not just us. Simon gets his heart broken and Jack can´t come over and hang out with me anymore. Because of you, we have no other choice than to break up the band. I´m not even allowed to go to Eddy and Kayla´s classes anymore.

Jamie:

It´s not Chrissy´s fault, okay? It was my cousin, who got caught. If it hadn´t been for me, she wouldn´t have been anywhere near him.

Julie:

At least you weren´t the one who ratted your best friends out to your dad.

Lisa:

Chrissy, we´ve been best friends since we were six years old. I could never have done that to you. You really hurt me this time, I want you to know that. Let´s get out of here.

Julie and Lisa head towards the school as the schoolbus pulls up. Chrissy is on the verge of tears and Jamie gives her a consoling hug.

Jamie:

It´s gonna be okay, I promise.

Jack and Simon step out of the bus. Jamie smiles at them, but gets no smiles back. Chrissy sees them too.

Chrissy:

Do you think she´s broken up with him yet?

Jamie:

The way he´s looking at us, I think so. I´ve know Simon even longer than you´ve known Lisa. At some point today, I have to try to talk to him. At least I can tell him, I´m sorry, I cost him his girlfriend.

Chrissy:

I guess we have to go inside. Not that I´m looking forward to it in any way.

Jamie takes her hand and they begin walking up the stairs.

3. Int. Frankie´s Apartment. Day.

Maya is hanging out with her.

Maya:

Lola told me that today is the big day. The store is finally ready.

Frankie:

Yes, but that´s only the store itself. Now we have to fill it, so we actually have something to sell. The contractors will be done sometime during the day and then we can start tomorrow.

Maya:

You must be excited for the big opening. When is it?

Frankie:

Saturday. So we´ve only got four days. I hope it´ll be enough. Jonah seems pretty confident that we´ll pull it off, which helps a lot.

Maya:

You and Jonah, back together again. Except for that little detail about his girlfriend.

Frankie:

It´s not really a relationship, if you´re never together. He´s said lots of times that it´s hard to be without her all the time, but I think he might be reaching the end with her. Maybe if he had an alternative, a local girl who loves his company, finds him very attractive and is ready to hang out any time he wants to, he could be pushed in the right direction a little faster.

Maya:

For the record, I love Paige. She´s an amazing woman, but she´ll always put her career ahead of her love life. I think Jonah deserves better than a part time girlfriend after he was there for Grace, so I´ll stay out of it and give you my silent blessing.

Frankie:

That´s one of the things I admire about him. I don´t think I could have given my entire heart away to someone, I knew could die at any time. He still goes to visit her grave at least once a week to talk to her. I know that no one can replace someone´s love of their life, but in Jonah´s case, I might be the only one that could.

Maya:

It won´t be easy for you. He seems like the faithful type.

Frankie:

So what´s on your schedule for the day?

Maya:

Heading back to prison. This time it´s to pick up a friend I made in there. She´s getting released and needs some help getting her life restarted the right way.

Frankie:

It´s weird to think that you know all kinds of scary women, who have done hard time.

Maya:

Once you get to know this one, you´ve got nothing to be scared of.

4. In. The Dot. Day.

Spinner and Michaela have just opened up and are getting ready for the customers. A very pregnant Emma comes in and Spinner smiles at her.

Emma:

Whale coming through here.

Spinner:

What do we owe the honor?

Emma:

I thought we should have a chat about our daughter, before the customers come.

Michaela pulls out a chair for her and she sits down. Spinner sits down across from her.

Michaela:

I´ll go out back and wait for the delivery guy. He should be here soon.

She leaves them.

Emma:

How´s she doing?

Spinner:

She´ll live. I hope she´s learned her lesson, but maybe I should have been harder on her.

Emma:

In my opinion, you handled it right.

Spinner:

Thanks, Em.

Emma:

She´s young and curious about the world. That doesn´t make her a bad kid.

Spinner:

I just don´t want her to make the same mistakes me and my friends made or end up fourteen and pregnant like Manny did.

Emma:

I wasn´t an angel either. I was a Ravine girl for a short while and it turned out to be an important period in my life. Chrissy´s a smart kid and she´s got a big heart. She´s gonna get into trouble now and again and then we deal with it.

Spinner:

So as long as she doesn´t say, show her naked body to the entire school, I shouldn´t worry?

Emma:

Are we bringing up old mistakes here, mr. "Couldn´t Stop Getting a Boner, Whenever a Girl Touched Him", when he was 14?

Spinner:

That was a natural reflex from an extremely horny kid. You can´t blame me for that.

Emma:

I wish I ´d have been there, when Paige touched you arm in class.

Spinner:

You know about that?

Emma:

It was Junior High. The entire school probably knew, 5 minutes after class ended.

Spinner:

It had a mind of it´s own back then. There was nothing I could do!

The two laugh at their old memories.

Spinner:

Do you want a cup of coffee or something?

Emma:

Sure. I´m just passing the time until this little beast wants to come out of me, anyway.

He stands up and goes to get them some coffee.

5. Montage - music "I Want You To Want Me" by Letters To Cleo

Frankie meets Jonah outside her store, where she´s standing with the contractor. He reveals her new store to her and she´s extremely excited. She gives Jonah a big hug, but he´s not really reciprocating. She chats away about all the things she´s gonna do and he smiles at her enthusiasm. However, when she tries to hold his arm, he won´t let her. They eat lunch together at a cafeteria. On purpose, she drops her fork and gives him a chance to get a good look at her butt, but he´s busy looking at a picture Paige has just sent him of her and Quentin Tarantino on a set some where. When he shows it to her, he´s one big smile (since he´s obviously happy for Paige) so she tries to fake a smile as well. They say goodbye and he´s about to step into a taxi. They hug and she tries to make deep eye contact with him, but to no avail. He steps into the taxi and it drives away, leaving her disappointed but not looking like she´s ready to give up yet.

6. Int. Prison Waiting Room. Day.

Maya is waiting as the only one there. The door opens and Amy steps out into freedom. She sees Maya and is one big smile. The two embrace and Amy can´t help but cry a little.

Maya:

Your crying days are over, sweetie.

Amy:

I´ve always been a cryer. Now that I´m out, I´ll cry if I want to.

Maya:

Let´s get out of here. This place still gives me the creeps.

Amy:

There´s just one thing I need to do.

She turns towards the door she she came out of and holds up both middle fingers.

Amy (yelling):

Screw you Val, Screw you Janine and screw you Roxy! You can all rot in there! I´m never going back! Do you hear me? Never!

She calms down and turns to face Maya, who enjoyed seeing her get it out.

Maya:

My words exactly.

Amy:

Shall we?

They begin to leave.

7. Int. Car. Day.

Maya is driving Eddy´s car. Amy is in the passenger seat and is still one big smile.

Maya:

So where to?

Amy:

I have to find a place to live first. Maybe a hostel or something. until I find a job and get my own place.

Maya:

Hostels aren´t cheap. How much money do you have?

Amy:

About a hundred dollars.

Maya:

I don´t suppose you´d consider contacting your parents?

Amy:

I tried to, when I was locked up. They never wrote me back or came to visit. Not that anyone came to visit me.

Maya:

What about your ex-boyfriend? What was his name?

Amy:

Jared. I haven´t had any contact with him at all and if he´s still homeless, I have no idea how I´d find him. Ten minutes out and I´m already a hopeless case, huh?

Maya:

There´s nothing hopeless about you, Amy. When I look at you, all I see is hope.

Amy:

You´re sweet to say that. I don´t have contact with any of my old friends. It was nice of you to pick me up, but you shouldn´t feel like you have to be my friend. I´ll survive, like I always do.

Maya:

We´re already friends, Amy. I want to help you get a life, where it´s not just about survival.

The two smile at each other.

Maya:

We can try talking to my roommate. We don´t have a lot of room, but if I ask her nicely, I think she´ll let you sleep on the floor. We´ll get you an air mattress or something. Maybe I can help you get a job, too. Have you ever had one?

Amy:

I worked two summers in a candy store.

Maya:

I´m sure we can find you something. Things are gonna be alright, Amy. Trust me.

Amy:

Thanks so much.

They drive on and Amy stares out of the window with a huge smile on her face.

8. Int. School Hallway. Day.

Lisa and Julie are waiting for Simon and Jack.

Julie:

I should have gone to the bathroom before I did this.

Lisa:

It´s not gonna be fun, but I´m sure, he´ll understand why you have to do it.

Julie:

Here they come.

Jack and Simon come walking down the hallway. They spot the girls and they head right for them.

Simon:

Hi, cutie. What time should I come over tonight?

Lisa:

Hey Jack, there´s something important I have to talk to you about. But I don´t want them to hear about it.

Jack:

Okay, I guess.

Lisa:

Let´s go stand over there.

Lisa and Jack leave them alone.

Julie:

I have to tell you something.

Simon:

What is it?

Julie:

My parents want me to ...

Seeing how happy he is to be talking to her, she loses her nerve.

Julie:

... tell you that we have to postpone the dinner until tomorrow! They both have to work late today!

Simon:

That´s fine. I´m free there too. But I have to start practicing my skateboarding a little more, if I´m gonna win the Junior City Championship.

Julie:

You´re gonna kick everyone´s butts.

Simon:

I don´t know. There´s a lot of good skaters, I have to compete with.

Julie:

Yeah, but none of them are you. You´re my Superman and no matter what, you´ll always be the best in my eyes.

Simon:

That´s plenty for me.

The two of them kiss. Lisa looks over at them and shakes her head. Her and Jack come over to them.

Jack:

We gotta get to class, man. Later, Lisa.

Lisa:

Later.

The two boys leave them.

Lisa:

He took it very well.

Julie:

I couldn´t do it.

Lisa:

You´ve only got a few hours left.

Julie:

I told him that the dinner was tomorrow in stead.

Lisa:

So we have to go through all this again tomorrow. Great.

Julie:

What did you tell Jack?

Lisa:

I thought I could make something up on the spot, but I couldn´t think of anything at all to say. I´m not sure the things I did say, made any sense at all. He had this weird, confused look on his face most of the time.

Up a different hallway, Chrissy and Jamie are heading to class together. They spot Simon and Jack.

Jamie:

I guess this is my chance.

Chrissy:

It´s perfect. You can tell him that you´re sorry and he won´t have time to argue, because he has to get to class.

As Jack and Simon approach them, they begin pulling out to the side. Jamie steps in front of them.

Jamie:

Can we talk for second?

Simon:

Get out of the way, Jamie. I have to get to class.

Jamie:

Look, I just wanna apologize for what happened.

Simon:

Your girlfriend is the one I´m really mad at.

Jamie:

Then you´re mad at the wrong person. Be mad at Charlie, because he was an idiot for doing cocaine. Blame me, because I insisted to Chrissy that we should wait for him, when she wanted to leave half an hour earlier. If we´d left then, nothing would have happened. She´s a good person and good people tell the truth. Don´t hate her for that.

Jack:

You know that we´ve had to break up the band because of this?

Jamie:

Yeah, I heard. That really sucks, man. All I can say is that I´m really sorry and if I could turn time back and not leave with Charlie, I would. You guys are my best friends.

Simon:

What about Chrissy?

Jamie:

She´s great, but no one´s ever gonna replace you guys. You´re like my brothers. But unlike my actual older brother, I like you.

Jack:

You´re pretty cool, too.

Simon:

Yeah, we can get over this.

Jamie fist bumps with them and Chrissy comes over to them, smiling.

Chrissy:

So, are you guys friends again?

Jamie:

Now we just need to fix things with you and your two friends.

Jack:

I can talk to Lisa. I´m pretty sure I can convince her to forgive you.

Simon:

I´ll do the same with Julie.

Chrissy:

So you guys are staying friends? That´s great.

Simon:

What do you mean?

Jamie:

We know all about, how Julie´s parents made her break up with you. That´s probably the thing I feel worst about.

Simon looks shocked.

Chrissy:

Oh, no. She hasn´t ...

Simon:

Hasn´t what? Dumped me? I have to find her.

Jack:

She´ll be getting ready for history class to start.

Jamie:

Simon, we thought she´d already done it.

Simon:

How long have you known?

Chrissy:

Julie shouted it at me last Monday.

Simon resolutely marches up the hall, followed by Jack, Chrissy and Jamie.

Chrissy:

Don´t make a scene in front of everyone, please.

Jack:

We´ll be late for class, man. I don´t wanna get in trouble.

Simon:

Then go to class.

9. Int. Classroom. Day.

Ms. Raditch is getting ready to start the class, when Simon comes in. He doesn´t look happy and Julie is surprised to see him, just not in the good way she usually is.

Ms. Raditch:

I think you´re in the wrong classroom, young man.

Simon:

No, I´m not. Is it true, Julie?

Pretty much every kid in class is staring at Julie, who very uncomfortable at all the attention.

Julie:

Can we talk about this in private after class?

Simon:

No, I want to know now. Are your parents making you break up with me?

Julie fights to hold back the tears.

Julie:

They say that you got me in trouble, so you´re a bad influence on me. I have to do it, Simon. They´re my parents.

Simon can´t stop himself from crying and runs out of the classroom, past Chrissy, Jamie and Jack, who look worried. Julie is crying too and most of the class is staring at her.

Ms. Raditch:

Julie, are you okay?

Julie runs out of the classroom. Chrissy follows her, while Jack and Jamie just stand there in shock.

Ms. Raditch:

Don´t you two have a class, you should be getting to?

The boys nod and head up the hall.

10. Ext. School Couryard. Day.

Julie comes out to the courtyard and look around for Simon. When she can´t find him, she sits down on a bench and sobs. Chrissy finds her.

Chrissy:

I´m so sorry, Julie. I know how much he meant to you.

Julie:

No, you don´t. I love him. This is the most unfair thing ever! It´s all you and your boyfriend´s fault!

Chrissy:

I know. Maybe they´ll forgive you soon and the two of you can get back together.

Julie:

My dad made it very clear, that he never wants to see me even talking to him again.

Chrissy sits down next to her and puts her arm around her. Julie cries in her arms.

Chrissy:

I was so afraid that my dad would make me break up with Jamie. He wanted to, but my mom talked him out of it.

Julie:

It´s a good thing, I didn´t bet with Lisa. She said word for word, that that´s what happened.

Chrissy:

I know I messed up, but I want to be friends again. How can I make it up to you?

Julie:

You´re there for me right now, when I need a friend the most. You´ve made it up to me.

Chrissy:

So, we´re friends again?

Julie nods and wipes her eyes. Chrissy gives her a small hug and it seems to cheer her up a little bit.

11. Int. Grace Records. Day.

Lola is playing with her phone, when Maya and Amy come in. She´s happy to have some company.

Lola:

Hi, Maya and friend!

Maya:

This is Amy. Becoming friends with her and Alex were the two good things that happened to me in prison. Amy, this is my room mate and best friend, Lola.

Amy:

It´s nice to meet you. This store is so cool. So retro-chic!

Lola and Amy shake hands.

Maya:

Could you go and look at the records or something, Amy. I need to talk to Lola alone.

Amy:

Sure thing.

She goes to look at the records.

Lola:

She seems like a sweetheart.

Maya:

She is. She had it a lot rougher than I did in there, before she met me and Alex. I´m pretty sure that she was sexually molested by this psycho girl named Val.

Lola:

Poor girl.

Maya:

She´s had it tough. Ran away from home to escape her step-father´s abuse when she was 17 and had to survive on the streets, any way she could. She´s like what could have happened to me, if everything was worst case scenario. I wanna help her get a chance at a good life this time.

Lola:

You can´t help but feel for someone like that. Good girls like her deserve to have good things happen to them.

Maya:

I´m glad, you feel that way. Can she live with us for a short period?

Lola:

I don´t know. It´s not like we have a whole lot of space as it is.

Maya:

I´ll get her an air mattress, a pillow and a blanket. She can sleep on the floor.

Lola:

She´s fine with this?

Maya:

She doesn´t have anywhere else to go.

Lola looks over at Amy, who´s looking at the old record covers with great interest.

Lola:

I guess it´ll be okay, if it´s not for too long.

Maya:

You´re the best!

Lola:

Just out of curiosity. She didn´t kill anyone or anything like that, to end up in jail?

Maya:

No. This may not be the best time to say this, but she did some burglaries with her boyfriend. They also stole some pills from a pharmacy.

Lola:

Oh, brother!

Maya:

She wants to change! Don´t tell me, you´re changing your mind.

Lola:

No, it´s okay. Get her over here.

Maya:

Hey, Amy!

Amy puts the record she was looking at back and comes over to them.

Amy:

Those old record covers are so cool!

Maya:

Amy, you have a temporary home. We´ll go get that air mattress right away.

Amy couldn´t be happier. Some customers come in to the store.

Lola:

Work calls, laides.

Amy:

Thank you so much. You two are like angels.

Lola and Maya both laugh a little.

Maya:

If an angel did the things we´ve done, I don´t think they´d be an angel for much longer.

Lola:

Hey! I´m not nearly as bad as you are!

Amy:

This whole day has been like a dream already and I´ve only been out for a few hours.

Lola:

Tonight, we can celebrate your release. I´ve got tomorrow off. You can meet my girlfriend, too.

Amy:

You´re gay?

Lola nods.

Amy:

I´m bi. I figured why cut half the world´s population out of your dating pool. Guys are nice, but there´s nothing like the feel of a girl´s hands on your body.

Maya:

I think, the two of you will get along just fine.

Maya and Amy leave the store and Lola tends to the customers.

12. Int. The Dot. Day.

Chrissy is doing her homework at a table and snacking on some french fries, while she´s doing it. Lisa comes in to the restaurant. Chrissy sees her and smiles. Lisa at first tries not to smile back, but can´t help herself. She comes over to Chrissy´s table and sits down.

Lisa:

Can I have a french fry?

Chrissy:

Knock yourself out.

She moves the plate over, so that it´s between them. They both pick up a french fry. knock them together as if they were toasting and eat them.

Lisa:

I haven´t entirely forgiven you, but Julie told me what you did for her. That was pretty cool of you.

Chrissy:

I was just being a good friend to her.

Lisa:

Just like you´ve always been a good friend to me.

The two girls smile at each other.

Lisa:

So, what are you studying?

Chrissy:

Physics. It´s complete gibberish to me. I don´t think it´ll make any difference that I read it.

Lisa:

What is it that´s gibberish to you?

She moves over and sits next to Chrissy, so that they can both look at the textbook. The two talk like we´ve always known them to as we pan out.

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