DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S03E03 - NEW LIFE
Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or the characters from it.
1. Int. Emma and Sean´s Apartment. Day
Manny is pacing around, while Emma is chilling on the couch.
Manny:
How much longer?
Emma:
30 seconds less, than the last time you asked.
Manny sits down.
Manny:
Okay. I just have to keep calm for another minute. What if it´s positive?
Emma:
Then you finally become a mom. You´re pushing 40. You can´t say that you´re not ready for it.
Manny:
What if I´m not? You saw how I lived in LA. I´ll be the worst mom ever.
Emma:
We don´t even know if you´re pregnant yet.
Manny:
I´m probably not. What if it´s a boy? I don´t know anything about how to raise a boy!
Emma:
That´s why you have Eddy. It´s time.
Manny:
You have to look for me.
Emma:
You´re seriously gonna make the super pregnant woman get up, just so she can go look at the color of your pee?
Manny:
Please, Em! I´ll never ask for anything again.
Emma:
Alright. Help me up.
Manny gives her a hand, so she can get up. Emma walks out to the bathroom. Manny is pacing like there´s no tomorrow. Emma comes back, holding the test.
Emma:
Congratulations, Manny Santos. You´re our grand prize winner!
Manny´s worry turns to happiness almost immediately.
Manny:
For real?
Emma:
It´s as blue as it can be.
She holds up the vial and we see that it is blue.
Manny:
I´m gonna be a mom!
She jumps around with excitement, while Emma goes back to the couch.
Emma:
Are you gonna call Eddy and tell him?
Manny:
I´ll tell him later. I wanna see the look on his face.
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2. Int. Teacher´s Room. Day.
Eddy and Marco are having their morning coffee.
Eddy:
How´s it going with the adoption process?
Marco:
We´ve just started it. Chances are that it´ll be at least a year until everything´s settled and that´s if we get cleared right away.
Eddy:
Why wouldn´t you get cleared?
Marco:
Carlos has some things in his past, that speak against us. It was a long time ago, but you never know.
Eddy:
You two will make great parents, I´m sure they´ll see that.
Marco:
What about you and Manny?
Eddy:
She´s taking her last exams this week. If she passes, I´m throwing her a surprise party some time over the weekend.
Marco:
I meant about you two becoming parents?
Eddy:
We keep trying, but nothing´s happening. I´ve been thinking about getting checked. I smoked a lot of dope in my teens. They say that it hurts your reproductive organs. Manny partied pretty hard too, the first time we got together. Maybe we´ve screwed up our bodies so much, that we can´t have kids anymore.
Marco:
There´s always room for another couple in the adoption line. In the mean time, I bet you´re having lots of fun trying.
Eddy:
It´s the only kind of exercise, I enjoy. We better get to class.
They finish their coffees and get up.
3. Int. Antonia´s Office. Day.
Maya is lying on Antonia´s couch.
Maya:
I´m starting to feel better, honest.
Antonia:
I´m happy to hear that. Have you had sex with your boyfriend, since the last time we spoke?
Maya:
That´s a bit personal!
Antonia:
Maya, I´m your psychologist. If I´m gonna help you, you have to be open with me about everything.
Maya:
We got closer than last time.
Antonia:
Then you had another flashback?
Maya:
I did, but this one wasn´t about prison. It was a much older one. Again one that didn´t happen.
Antonia:
Have you been having nightmares about this?
Maya:
One time.
Antonia:
Tell me about it.
Maya:
My ninth grade boyfriend Cam hung himself. It sort of the first of all the bad things to happen in my life.
Antonia:
You must have been devastated.
Maya:
The funny thing is, I wasn´t at first. I was more mad at him for leaving me and taking the coward´s way out. He had a terrible depression, sure. But I loved him. I would have done anything to help him and he didn´t let me. When it finally sunk in that he was really gone, it hit me like a ton of bricks.
Antonia:
It sounds like you´ve never managed to leave it behind you.
Maya:
Another addition to the "Reasons Why Maya is a Basket Case" list.
Antonia:
You´re not a basket case in any way, Maya.
Maya:
That´s easy for you to say. You don´t have to live in my head.
Antonia can´t help but giggle a little bit.
Antonia:
Sorry. Tell me about your dream.
Maya:
In my dream, I´m 14 again. I had this doll, an owl I named Hoot and the last I saw of Cam, was a video he left me, where he told me to meet him or I wouldn´t get Hoot back. When I showed up, he wasn´t there. In reality, it wasn´t me that found him. It was a guy named Eli. In my dream, i´m the one that finds him and Hoot is the one that leads me there. It´s me that sees him hanging there dead and lifeless, the first love of my life. I could feel the sadness like it was completely real and happening to me right now. That was the flashback, when I was with Jay. Of Cam hanging there.
Antonia:
Maya, it´s clear to me that your issues go way back. You were awarded all the psychiatric help you needed to get over your PTSD, when you got your settlement. I think that we got to you just in time.
Maya:
I´m not feeling suicidal, if that´s what you think.
Antonia:
Not in danger like that. But an experience, like the one you told me about and at such a young age. It´s bound to leave an impact on your relationship with men for the rest of your life, unless you deal with it.
Maya:
Why can´t life just be easy? Find a boy, fall in love, get my dream job, have some kids and live happily ever after.
Antonia:
You can still have all that. I want to help you get there.
Maya manages to smile a little bit.
4. Int. Grace Records. Day.
Amy is helping Lola serve customers. She seems to be enjoying it and Lola seems a little impressed by her. She rings in a sale and the customer pays by credit card.
Amy:
Thank you, sir and have a super awesome day!
Man:
You, too.
He takes his bag and leaves. Lola helps a female customer and after she leaves, Amy and Lola smile at each other.
Lola:
Thanks for the help! Are you a work-a-holic or something?
Amy:
Hardly. I wanted to get away from the "Will They, Won´t They" over at the store for a while.
Lola:
How do you think it´s gonna end? Will or Won´t?
Amy:
Will, absolutely. It´s like they´re meant for each other. After two days, it´s starting to get a little old, is all.
Lola:
So you thought, you´d come over here and work in stead?
Amy:
I wanted to ask, if you wanted to eat lunch together.
Lola:
I´m not allowed to leave the store for lunch.
Amy:
Then how about if tomorrow, I´ll get some food and we eat lunch together right here. It´ll be like a mid day picnic!
Lola:
Sure, Amy. You don´t think, you see enough of me in the apartment, huh?
Amy:
You mean that thing this morning? I thought that you were already dressed. I´ve already apologized for it. Are you mad at me?
Lola:
It´s okay. Don´t you think, you should get something to eat? Your lunch break must be over soon.
Amy:
I guess so. Time just always flies, when I´m around you. I´ll see you at home.
Lola:
See ya.
They wave goodbye to each other.
5. Int. Degrassi Counsellor´s Office. Day.
Snake is talking to Manny.
Snake:
To think that you´d end up becoming Degrassi´s school counsellor. Even if it is just for a day.
Manny:
Maybe I´ll end up back here in the future. If I pass my counsellor´s exam, of course.
Snake:
Do you feel prepared for it?
Manny:
I´ve studied way harder for this, than I have for anything in my life.
Snake:
Then what are you worried about? You´ll ace it, if you´re that well prepared.
Manny:
Thanks, Archie.
Snake:
Are you ready to talk to your first "customer". There´s a girl waiting outside, who needs someone to talk to.
Manny:
And I can´t wait to talk to her. Have a great day and say hi to Spike from me.
Snake:
She´s in a great mood. Jack is coming back from Italy for a visit, so she´s ready to go into full mommy mode for him again.
Manny:
I bet he´ll enjoy it just as much as she will.
Snake leaves her and lets in Taylor.
Taylor:
Hi Manny. You´re not the usual counsellor.
Manny:
No, I´m just filling in for the day. What a coincidence, huh?
Taylor:
I´m glad it´s you, I´m talking to and not some stranger.
Manny:
So, what´s up?
Taylor:
You know how I told you, that I´ve found a boyfriend.
Manny:
Don´t tell me that you´ve already broken up. You really liked him a lot.
Taylor:
No, were still together. He´s the best thing that´s happened to me, like ever. I´m so completely crazy about him, that´s it´s like I´m bursting with love from the inside or something.
Manny:
That´s what the first love does to you. I´m so happy for you and how your life has improved, since the first time I met you.
Taylor:
Yeah, everything´s great. Except for one thing. I´m pregnant.
Manny:
Oh. How did it happen?
Taylor:
We had sex. The condom slipped off, but I didn´t think any of it got inside me. I guess I was wrong.
Taylor looks pretty depressed.
Manny:
Have you thought about what to do? Have you told him?
Taylor:
He doesn´t know and I´d rather if he never knew. He got busted with cocaine a few weeks ago, so he´s got enough on his mind as it is. I´ll just get an abortion. It´s no big deal, right? Lots of girls get them.
Manny:
I had one, when I was 14.
Taylor:
There you go. You had one and you still turned out alright.
Manny:
Thanks, Taylor. But it´s not something you "just" do. In my case, I knew that it would pretty much ruin my life, if I had the kid. But that doesn´t mean, I haven´t played out all the "what if" scenarios in my head a million times since then.
Taylor:
What was like, the one thing that made you decide to get the abortion?
Manny:
I guess it was when I found out that Craig, that was the guy´s name, wouldn´t make for a good father. He wanted it badly, but we never would have lasted and as much as I loved him, I had to realize that this was about me, not him.
Taylor:
Charlie´s not really the reliable type, either.
Manny:
On the other hand, you have my best friend Emma. Her mom became pregnant, when she was 14 and she decided to have her. I don´t think she´s regretted it for a second. She also gave me the best friend, I´ll ever have.
Taylor:
This isn´t gonna be easy, is it?
Manny:
I´m afraid not. My mom was a big help, too. Knowing that she supported me was another big difference maker. I know you don´t have a mom, but no matter what you choose, having your dad´s support could make things a lot easier on you.
Taylor:
You´ve given me a lot to think about. Thanks, Manny.
Manny:
That´s what I´m here for!
Taylor gets up and leaves. Manny rubs her stomach and smiles to herself.
6. Int. Eddy and Manny´s Apartment. Day.
Eddy is trying to practice guitar, while he´s high on Soma, but it´s not really working for him. He shakes his head and puts his guitar away. The doorbell rings.
Eddy:
Oh, Crap! You can do this, man. Just imagine, that you´re not high.
The doorbell rings again and he gets up (with much trouble) and goes to answer it. It´s Maya.
Eddy:
Maya, hi!
Maya:
Hey. Did I come at a bad time?
Eddy:
No, it´s cool.
Maya:
I thought, we could talk about which songs I need to learn, if I´m joining the band again. Maybe you could show me how they´re played?
Eddy:
Of course. Come in.
She can see that he´s not himself and looks a little suspicious. She comes in and takes off her coat.
Maya:
Are you on some kind of heavy medication or something? You seem different than usual.
Eddy:
I´m still the same old Eddy. I´m trying out these new muscle relaxants, but i don´t really like them. They work, it´s not that. But they also make me dizzy as hell sometimes.
Maya:
Are you dizzy right now?
Eddy:
Kinda.
Maya:
Come here.
She leads him to the couch and he lies down.
Eddy:
It´ll pass soon.
Maya:
Is it these?
She picks up the pill bottle, before Eddy can react.
Maya:
No wonder, you´re dizzy. This is Soma. A guy I knew died from a heart attack because of these. He was only 32.
Eddy:
I know that they´re dangerous. I wanna stop taking them, but they´re the only thing that takes away all the pain.
Maya:
I don´t want you taking these!
Eddy:
Maya, you´re not my mom. I can make my own decisions.
Manny comes home.
Manny:
Hi, honey!
Maya:
He´s in here.
Manny doesn´t look too pleased to hear Maya´s voice. She comes into the living room to see Eddy on the couch and Maya sitting next to him.
Manny:
What are you guys doing?
Eddy:
I became dizzy again.
Maya:
I wanted his help learning the songs, we´ll be playing with the band.
Maya gets out of the way, so that Manny can tend to Eddy.
Maya:
Should I still come to rehearsal tonight?
Eddy:
Yes, of course. This will pass soon. ll be there too. Don´t worry about me.
Manny:
These attacks are coming more often. Maybe you should talk to your doctor about it.
Eddy:
You´re right, Sweetheart. I´ll call him tomorrow.
Manny:
Thanks for taking care of him.
Maya:
It was nothing. I´ll see you later, Eddy. Bye, Manny.
Manny:
Bye, Maya.
Eddy:
Bye.
Maya looks back at him one last time before she leaves. Manny is clearly worried about him.
Eddy:
At least tell me, that you had a good day.
Manny:
It was ... eventful. This might not be the best time to tell you, but I´m pretty sure, I´m pregnant.
Eddy´s face completely lights up. He gives her a big hug. She´s happy, that he´s happy.
Manny:
I still have to go to the doctor´s tomorrow to get it confirmed, but the home pregnancy test was pretty clear about it. You´re gonna be a daddy!
Eddy:
You´ve made this the best day ever!
The two of them kiss.
7. Int. Zoe´s Apartment. Evening.
Zoe is finishing setting up her bedroom for romance. She´s got candles burning and everything looks perfect.
Zoe:
It´s ready!
Lola comes into the bedroom. Her and Zoe kiss.
Lola:
What´s the special occasion?
Zoe:
That I finally get you to myself for an evening.
Lola:
My place has been a little crowded lately.
Zoe:
I have no idea how the three of you survive with one bathroom.
Lola:
I miss having it to myself. I was wiping myself off after my shower and guess what happens? Amy walks in on me.
Zoe:
She did, huh? So did she stand are stare or did she leave right away?
Lola:
I think, she was as shocked as I was. She probably stood there for a good ten seconds, until I made her leave. I wasn´t mad at her or anything. She showed up at the store during her lunch break and we talked it out.
Zoe:
I´ve seen the way she looks at you. This girl has a crush on you.
Lola:
No, she ... she did say that she was bi-sexual. She also said something about time flying by, when she´s with me. Oh,my god. She has a crush on me!
Zoe:
Don´t even think about trading me in for the younger, more attractive model.
Lola:
Honey, she´s a pretty girl. You´re a super hot woman.
Zoe:
I´m super hot, huh?
Lola begins undressing her.
Lola:
Yeah and I´m getting too old for girls. I like women now.
The two of them lie down on the bed and make out.
8. Int. Rehearsal Room. Evening.
Maya is having her tryout with No Regrets. They play "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac. You can see that they´re all very satisfied with how it sounds, while they´re playing. Kayla and Maya are already getting the vocal harmonies down and compliment each other´s voices perfectly. Eddy in particular is very into the dreaminess of the song and plays most of it with his eyes closed. They finish the song.
Maya:
It sounded pretty good to me.
Kayla:
Pretty good? We sound great together.
Eddy:
I never knew that we could sound this good.
Maya:
Does that mean, I´m back in the band?
Eddy:
Everyone for?
Everyone:
Aye!
Eddy:
I guess the only thing left is to say is welcome back.
Maya smiles from ear to ear.
Maya:
Can we play a couple more songs?
Kayla:
Maya Matlin is asking me politely, if I´ll play a song with her. If this had been 16-year old me, she would have thought, she was dreaming.
Maya:
I´m really nothing special, Kayla.
Kayla:
You are to me.
Eddy:
I gotta go to the can first. You guys start without me.
Kayla:
We´ll play any song you want. Start us off.
Eddy puts his guitar on it´s stand. On the way out the door. Maya notices that he grabs his coat and it throws her off for a second.
Maya:
How about this one? It´s just A-G-D in the verses and D-G-A in the chorus.
She begins to play "Change".
9. Int. Emma and Sean´s Apartment. Evening.
Manny is hanging out with Sean and Emma, watching TV. She checks her phone.
Manny:
I gotta get going soon. They´re almost done with rehearsal.
Sean:
He couldn´t have driven himself?
Manny:
It´s these pills he´s been taking these last months. They make him dizzy sometimes.
Sean:
Does he take them every day?
Emma:
Sean, that´s none of our business.
Manny:
No, it´s okay. He takes these pills called CarisoProdol. They´re a muscle relaxant.
Emma:
Have you tried looking them up online?
Emma picks up her phone and starts web-surfing.
Manny:
He says that they´re harmless. Why shouldn´t I believe him?
Sean:
Because he won´t want to worry you. Trust me, it´s a very guy thing to do.
Emma:
Here it is. Those pills are not harmless.
Manny:
They´re not? Let me see.
She takes Emma´s phone and begins reading. Her face quickly turns to worry at what she´s seeing.
10. Int. Lola and Maya´s Apartment. Evening.
Lola comes home from her date with Zoe. She can hear Amy watching TV in the living room and comes in to join her.
Lola:
Hi, Amy.
Amy:
Hi, Lola. How was your date with Zoe?
Lola:
It was great to get some alone time. Are you still watching "Game of Thrones"?
Amy:
I can´t believe, I haven´t seen it before now.
Lola:
How far into it are you?
Amy:
This is the last episode of Season 4. I´m dying to see the rest of it and how they finish the story. It must be even better than the first half of the series, right? With all those big battles and the war with The Nightking. I can´t wait to see Daenaerys become Queen of Westeros. She´s like the perfect combination of badass and beautiful. I wish I was more like her.
Lola:
Can you put it on pause?
Amy:
Sure, what´s up?
She puts it on pause and gives Lola her undivided attention.
Lola:
Amy, I´m not gonna beat around the bush with this. Zoe thinks that you have a crush on me.
Amy looks a little shy, like she doesn´t want to have this conversation.
Amy:
Lola, I ...
Lola:
It´s okay i you do, but you need to know that Zoe and me, we´re a serious couple now and I´m not gonna leave her for anyone.
Amy:
Lola, if ...
Lola:
I still wanna help you and be friends with you, but it can´t happen. You´re a very beautiful girl, but I´m not the type, who sleeps around.
Amy:
Can I talk now?
Lola:
Yes.
Amy:
Lola, I don´t have a crush on you. If you were single, then hell yeah. I probably would have fallen head over heels for you. But I respect what you and Zoe have. I wouldn´t wanna do anything to mess that up for you. I do have a crush on someone, but it´s not you. I honestly just wanna be your friend.
Lola:
So, who´s the one you have a crush on? It´s that cute waiter from the cafe, isn´t it?
Amy:
No, it´s a female.
Lola:
Ahh. It´s not Frankie, is it?
Amy:
No, it´s not Frankie.
Lola:
Well, you only know three girls right now on the outside, that I know of. Me, Frankie and ..
Amy:
Maya. Yes, I´m the dumb Bi-Sexual girl, who has a crush on someone, she can never get. I´ve had a crush on her, since we were in jail together. It´s not the first time I´ve fallen for a straight girl, so I should know better. But it´s Maya. She´s this fantastic person and she´s done more for me than anyone ever has. How can I not have a crush on her?
Lola:
Oh, honey.
She moves over and gives Amy a hug.
Lola:
You´re not the first one, it´s happened to and you won´t be the last. She´s become someone special to you, I get that. But she´s straight as an arrow, sweetie.
Amy:
I know.
Lola comforts her.
11. Int. Car. Evening.
Manny is driving with Maya on the passenger seat. Eddy is slumped out in the back and is massaging his shoulder. Manny pulls over to the side of the road.
Manny:
First stop.
Eddy:
See you in a bit, honey. Maya, you rocked tonight.
Maya:
You weren´t half bad yourself, considering how you could barely stand up a few hours earlier.
Eddy:
I told you, it passes. See you soon.
Maya:
Sleep tight.
Eddy gets out of the car.
Maya:
You´re really nice to do this. I could have taken the bus, it wouldn´t have been a problem.
Manny:
It´s nothing. Did Eddy tell you, he´s about to become a dad?
Maya:
You´re pregnant! Congratulations! How long have you known?
Manny:
I took a home pregnancy test this morning and I have a doctor´s appointment tomorrow to confirm it.
Maya:
I bet Eddy was happy.
Manny:
Totally psyched!
Maya:
He´s been eating a lot of pills lately, hasn´t he?
Manny:
He has. I don´t like it, but he´s the only one, who can feel how much pain he´s in.
Maya:
He´s taking Soma. I knew a guy, who died at 32 because he abused them.
Manny:
I read up on them tonight over at Emma´s. I never knew how dangerous they are until tonight. I think, he´s been eating them almost every day lately.
Maya:
I´m not saying, that he has a problem. But we need to keep an eye on him. He´s probably taking some kind of upper too.
Manny:
He´s not a drug addict.
Maya:
This afternoon, he could barely stand up. This evening, he´s prefectly fine, like nothing happened. That´s not normal.
Manny:
Are you suggesting an alliance of sorts?
Maya:
You know his work buddy Marco, right?
Manny:
Yeah, he´s an old friend.
Maya:
If you get him to watch him at work, I can keep his afternoons busy until you come home. Between the three of us, we can keep an eye on him all the time.
Manny:
You´re suggesting that I take all his privacy away from him.
Maya:
I´m suggesting that we do it. It´s only because we both care about him, he´ll understand that.
Manny:
Okay. But only because I don´t want my child to lose it´s father, before it´s even been born.
The two of them shake on their new alliance.
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