DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S03E10 - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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

1. Int. Pizzaria. Evening.

Julie and Jack are having a romantic dinner at a small Italian restaurant, having just shared a pizza and with a candle on the table. They´re holding hands.

Julie:

That was the most delicious thing, I´ve had in months.

Jack:

Now that you´re with me, you better get used to the high life. How many other boys do you know, who get 20 bucks allowance every week?

Julie:

You´re so lucky. I get 5. I don´t want tonight to end.

Jack:

We have to tell them sooner or later. If we don´t tell them tomorrow, we´ll have to wait for weeks until everyone gets home from vacation.

Julie:

You´re probably right. It´s better that we tell them, than if they caught us.

Jack:

That was a close call yesterday!

Julie:

Do you think they bought my story?

Jack:

It was pretty inventive. Maybe you should have left the Racoon out of it, but I thought it was pretty good. We´ll tell them tomorrow and then we can have the entire summer together.

They smile at each other.

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2. Ext. Skatepark. Day.

The sun is shining and it´s a great day for a skating tournament. Spinner is getting help from Michaela, Paige, Lola and Zoe to help setting up their food and drinks stand. Lola and Zoe are very playful with each other, which Michaela finds adorable, but Spinner thinks is almost too much. Paige gives him a "Oh, let them" look and he eases up. Manny and Eddy come up to the stand.

Manny:

Hi, guys.

Eddy:

Are you open for business?

Paige:

Only drinks right now. Michaela made home made lemonade.

Manny:

Two.

Paige gets out two glasses and pours them a glass each. Spinner comes up to the counter from behind the grill as well.

Spinner:

Are you here to support Jamie?

Eddy:

That and watching some skating. I used to skate myself, you know?

Paige:

Did you compete?

Eddy:

No, for me it was all about having fun.

Manny:

I loved skating, when I was a kid, just the kind you do on ice in stead.

Paige serves them their lemonade and they taste it. Michaela looks at them with great interest.

Eddy:

That´s good!

Manny:

I concur!

Michaela smiles to herself and gets on with her job. Spinner sees Zoe and Lola making out.

Spinner:

Could you at least do that in the back? There´s kids here!

Without breaking their kiss, they go behind a curtain, where they prepare the food.

Spinner:

And no getting naked back there! We´ve got hygiene codes to follow!

Paige:

Those two are so cute!

Manny:

You´ve got more than enough on your plate right now. We´ll be back later for some food.

Paige:

Bye!

3. Ext. Contestant´s Area. Day.

Jamie, Simon, Suey and Allison are chilling out before the competition is about to start. Alicia Adams (a 14 year old girl) comes skating by them. Allison eyes her.

Suey:

You´re gonna beat her this time.

Allison:

I hope so. Her finishing first and me finishing second is starting to get old.

Simon puts his and around her and gives her a small hug.

Simon:

It´s gonna happen this time. Just like I´m gonna crush Jamie out there.

Jamie:

In your dreams!

4. Ext. Skate Park. Day.

Julie and Jack have arrived together, both looking a little nervous.

Julie:

Should we tell them all at the same time or one at a time?

Jack:

We can´t just blurt it out in front of everyone.

Julie:

One at a time it is, then.

They spot Chrissy over at the food stand, talking to Zoe and Lola.

Jack:

In many ways she´s the easiest to tell.

Julie:

It almost seems easy, compared to when we have to tell Simon and Lisa.

We cut to Chrissy, Zoe and Lola.

Chrissy:

Then apparently Jack had to chase a racoon, that stole her sweater. He came back shortly after with it, but he didn´t look sweaty or anything from the chase.

Lola:

That story is pretty out there.

Jack and Julie come up to them.

Chrissy:

Hi, guys!

Julie:

Hi, Chrissy. Can we talk?

Chrissy follows them to a spot a bit away from everyone. Lola and Zoe eye them as they walk away.

Zoe:

Did you believe that story?

Lola:

Not for second.

We cut to the kids.

Chrissy:

What´s up?

Julie:

Chrissy, me and Jack are dating.

Chrissy gets an annoyed look on her face. Julie looks worried.

Julie:

What?

Chrissy:

Have you two about for a second, how this will hurt Lisa?

Jack:

We´ve thought about it a lot, but she´ll just have to get over it.

Chrissy:

Julie, if you continue with him, Lisa could get so mad, that she won´t talk to you again.

Jack:

This is Lisa, we talking about here. She might get mad for a few days, but I´m sure she´ll be fine again.

Chrissy:

What about Simon? She only broke up with him a few months ago. Isn´t there a "Bro-Code" or something like that?

Jack:

Simon´s happy with Allison. I hope, he´ll see that it would be selfish of him to come between us.

Chrissy:

You two are taking an awful lot of things on hope here.

She leaves them and they both look pretty down.

Julie:

Maybe she´s right. I can´t lose Lisa as a friend.

Jack:

You won´t, I promise.

They can hear the speaker begin to speak in the background.

Jack:

Let´s go watch some skating. We´ll tell Jamie afterwards.

Julie as a reflex tries to hold his hand, but realizes that she probably shouldn´t and looks a little sad.

Lisa is sitting next to Chrissy in the stands. She has a sign that says "Go Suey". Jack and Julie come up and sit next to her.

Jack:

Thanks for saving the seats.

Lisa:

I´m excited. I´ve never been to something like this.

Julie:

I just hope that no one gets hurt. Especially Simon.

Lisa:

Julie, you have to get over your obsession with him. Jack agrees with me.

Jack:

I´m not one to decide over, what she should and shouldn´t do.

Lisa:

He´s moved on. It´s time you do too and find someone else.

We see the first skateboarder rolling out on to the Street Course. The first one out is Jamie. The kids cheer wildly for him.

Speaker (voice over):

The first contestant in round one of The Skateboard Competion. Last year´s champion, Jamie Burnqvist.

Montage - music: "Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne.

Jamie comes out and lays out hard with a number of quick flips and a long grind. He´s in complete control and is in his zone. Chrissy is looking a little worried, that he´ll crash, but is at the same time excited, that he´s doing well. He hits a 540 Benihana off a small ramp, that wows the crowd to end it. He gets a 9.8 a 9.7 and a 9.5. He looks satisfied with it. We see other kids try their luck as well, but none on Jamie´s level and many of them have crashes. Last up is Simon, who the kids cheer for (although Chrissy holds back a little). He´s even more fluent than Jamie was and does more fancy airs than Jamie did, hitting a 360 Rocket Air followed by a 540 Kickflip and a long Nosegrind to end it. Jamie knows that he´s been beat and Simon looks ecstatic, when he sees the judges scores: Two 9.9´s and a 10! On the way out of the course, Allison gives him a hug.

Next it´s the In-Liner´s turn to compete. The first compeditors aren´t particularly good and Allison looks confident. Then Alicia comes out and completely tears things up, being at a completely different level than the other´s that went before her. Allison doesn´t look too happy when she sees the scores: A 9.8, a 9.6 and a 9.4. Alicia looks pretty happy with it and gives Allison a cocky look as she skates past her. A few more kids try, but fail to impress the judges. Suey is out next and she has a one person cheer squad in Lisa. Unfortunately, she crashes when she lands crooked after an air and falls down hard on her back. Lisa looks worried as she´s helped out. Allison´s confidence is shaken as well by Suey´s fall and she obviously holds back in her run. When she gets the marks, she looks a little disappointed: A 9.2 and two 9.1´s.

5. Ext. Skate Park. Day.

At the food stand, Spinner and Lola are working hard, making Burgers. Paige serves the last customer and wipes the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. Zoe hands her a towel and a bottle of water.

Paige:

Thanks.

Zoe:

You wanna sit down for a moment? My legs are already killing me.

Paige turns to Spinner.

Paige:

We´re taking a break, Spin.

Spinner:

Make sure to get some water in you. I can´t have you guys fainting out there.

Paige and Zoe sit down at a table and take a load off. They toast on water and both take a large sip.

Zoe:

I never knew water could taste that good!

Paige:

You don´t need it as much as me. Not with all that spit you´ve been swapping all day.

Zoe:

I´m sorry, if we´re being a little overly touchy.

Paige:

It´s fine with me. How long have you been together?

Zoe:

About 10 months.

Paige:

10 months and you´re still hot and heavy like that? That´s an achievement, right there.

Zoe:

Fact is, that we don´t get to spend as much time together as I wish we did. She´s so patient with me, that sometimes I feel like I don´t deserve her.

Paige:

Do you see yourself as a career woman?

Zoe:

I´m a lawyer. I´ve been wondering lately, if it´s all worth it. Spending all that time in a boring offfice, when I could be spending it with her.

Paige:

At least you have someone. Don´t be like I was, hun. I woke up one day and found out that my youth had passed me by and I was still single. It doesn´t get any easier with age.

Zoe:

Do you regret it?

Paige:

I try not to think too much about regrets.

Zoe:

It´s not like every ship has sailed yet. There´s still Spinner.

Paige:

Ever since me and Jonah broke up, all I´ve been hearing is "get together with Spinner".

Zoe:

In some ways, he´s been like a dad to me. I just want the best for him and I think that´s being with you.

Paige:

I don´t live up here, that´s the problem.

Zoe:

I get that L.A. is your home, but is Hollywood really that much better than the Canadian entertainment industry?

Paige looks over at Spinner and is obviously considering it.

6. Ext. Contestant´s Area. Day.

Suey is lying on her stomach and is being attended to by the competition doctor. She´s got a big skin scrape on her back. She winces in pain, when he cleans it. Lisa´s holding her hand and looks on with great sympathy.

Suey:

Auw!

Doctors:

I´m almost done.

Suey squeezes Lisa´s hand and looks up at her. Lisa gives her a comforting look and Suey fights through the pain.

Doctors:

There.

He very gently pulls her T-shirt down again and she sits up. Her and Lisa look each other in the eyes.

Suey:

I stunk it up out there.

Lisa:

I thought you looked amazing and gracious. Right up until where you didn´t.

Suey:

I´ve trained so hard for this and now I don´t even get to finish the competition.

Lisa:

I´m sorry. Look on the bright side. Now you get to enjoy the rest of the competition with me!

Suey:

I hope Allison kicks Alicia´s butt now.

Alicia comes rolling over to them with a mocking look on her face.

Alicia:

That was an amazing new move you showed us out there! I´ve thought of the perfect name for it: The 360 Crash and Burn!

Suey:

Allison´s gonna wipe the floor with you in the Half Pipe competition!

Alicia:

No way! She´s never beaten me in the Half Pipe and today will be no different!

With a mocking smile, she skates away from them. Lisa helps Suey get up.

7. Ext. Contestant´s Area. Day

Elsewhere in the contestant´s area, Jamie is sulking over being behind after the first round. Julie and Jack were looking for him and spot him.

Jack:

There he is.

Julie:

This could be perfect timing.

Jack:

How´s that?

Julie:

All he has on his mind right now is the competition. Maybe he won´t be upset at all.

Jack:

I hope so. Wish me luck.

Julie:

How about a kiss for luck in stead?

She kisses him on the cheek and the two of them smile at each other. It also looks to have worked, as far as making him feel braver.

We cut to Jamie sulking away, as Jack comes over to him.

Jack:

Hey, buddy.

Jamie:

Hi, Jack. How did you get back here?

Jack:

I came in with Lisa. We said that we were here to check on Suey.

Jamie:

How is she?

Jack:

Bruised, but nothing too bad. Look, there´s something I need to tell you.

Jamie:

What?

Jack:

I´m dating Julie now. I hope you´re not mad at me.

Jamie:

Why would I get mad over that?

Jack:

Because she´s Simon´s ex?

Jamie:

Simon´s been flaunting Allison right in Julie´s face for weeks. He deserves to get a little back.

Jack:

Chrissy wasn´t nearly as cool with it.

Jamie:

I´ll talk to her. Don´t worry about it.

The two of them fist bump.

Jamie:

I can´t convinve you to kiss right in the middle of Simon´s run, so that he sees you and crashes?

Jack:

You don´t wanna win that way. Besides, we still have to tell Lisa.

Jamie:

Ah, crush girl. Julie is her friend so I think, she´ll be okay with it eventually.

Jack:

Good luck with your run.

Jamie:

Thanks, man. I want to win this one for Charlie.

Jack walks back to Julie with a smile on his face. She´s looking cheerful, too.

8. Ext. Skate Park. Day.

Up in the stands, Chrissy, Lisa and Suey are waiting for the competition to restart. Suey is still hurting, so Lisa does what she can to make her comfortable. Jack and Julie come back to find that there´s only one seat.

Lisa:

You can sit on Jack´s lap, can´t you? Suey needs the seat.

Julie:

If it´s okay with you?

Jack:

Yeah, sure.

They try to hide their excitement as she gets comfortable. They put their arms around each other, her around his shoulder and him around her waist. Chrissy looks over and frowns a little, but doesn´t want to waste her time on it anymore. She looks at Lisa to see if she´s noticed, but Lisa is too busy caring for Suey, who clearly likes all the attention Lisa is giving her.

Speaker:

Now it´s time for the Half Pipe competition! Allison Lambert trails Alicia Adams in first place by 4 and a half points after the first run, so she´ll have to pull out something spectacular here, if she´s gonna win overall!

We see Allison, super concentrated, at the top of the ramp and ready to go.

Montage - "Sleep Now in the Fire" by Rage Against The Machine.

Allison means business with this run! She comes out and makes some huge and extremely brave airs. Chrissy and Julie are almost afraid to look as she pulls off one after another, with some big grinds and a few handstands as well to wow the judges. When she finishes, the crowd gives her a standing applause and she looks proud. The judges loved it too: two 9.9´s and a 9.8! The next skaters aren´t anywhere near as brave or skilled as Allison was, but still pull off some nice moves here and there. Last out is Alicia, who´s not looking as confident as she did earlier. She tries to go as big as Allison did right from the start, but it soon goes wrong for her on a 540 spin, where she hits the edge of the rail and has to slide down the ramp on her kneepads. Disappointed, she continues her run but knows that she´s lost now. We see Allison and Simon already celebrating Allison´s victory. Alicia finishes her run and looks disappointed in herself. The judges scores aren´t as good either: an 8.3 and two 8.2´s. The kids in the stand celebrate Allison´s win and Suey is so happy, that she´s forgetting that she´s supposed to be in pain.

Now it´s time for the Skateboarders. The first compeditors all try their best, but their low level difficulty means that they couldn´t win, even if they did it perfectly. A few of them crash and burn, but nothing too bad. Now it´s Jamie´s turn. He´s 100 % focused and right from the word go, he´s left everyone that came before him in the dust. He pulls off one big air after another (which makes Chrissy cringe every time) and almost loses control a few times, but pulls it off. He holds a one handed handstand for 5 seconds to end it and looks pretty pleased with it. The Judges liked it too: two 9.6´s and a 9.5. Simon is the last rider and he comes out focused, until he sees Jack and Julie in the stands holding each other. He loses his focus and stalls for a few seconds, before he starts his run. He starts off well, but he´s not as fluent as he usually is. He´s not nearly as graceful on his landings as Jamie was either and is close to losing control several times. In a final desperate attempt to win it, he tries a 360 McTwist! He almost lands this insanely difficult trick, but doesn´t complete the spin fast enough and lands sideways on the ramp. He falls almost from the top of the ramp and lands right on his shoulder. Allison and the competition doctor immediately come out to check on him, while the kids look concerned.

9. Ext. Contestant´s Area. Day.

Simon is on a stretcher. Allison and Jamie are with him. He´s looking a little stoned from the painkillers.

Jamie:

Come on, Allison. We have to pick up our trophies.

Allison:

It seems pretty pointless now.

Jamie:

Yeah, I didn´t wanna win like this, man.

Simon:

Was it your fault, that I got cocky?

Allison:

I´m coming with you. Screw the trophy.

Simon:

Go get your trophy. Both of you. You deserve them.

Allison kisses him on the forehead and they leave him. Jack and Julie tentatively approach him.

Jack:

What´s the damage?

Simon:

Probably a broken collarbone. Right as the summer is about to start!

Julie:

I´m so sorry, Simon.

Jack:

You were amazing in the first run. What happened?

Simon:

I saw Julie sitting on your lap. You looked like you were getting pretty cozy up there.

Jack:

Yeah, about that ...

Simon:

Maybe it´s the painkillers talking, but I´m fine with it.

Julie:

Are you sure?

Simon:

I only want the best for you, Julie. It wasn´t fair that we had to break up, but I still love seeing you smiling and being happy. If Jack can do that for you, then I´m all for it.

The paramedics come to load him in to the ambulance.

10. Ext. Skate Park. Day.

The food and drinks stands are being packed down after a busy afternoon. Lola and Zoe load the last table on to the back of a pick up truck and take a breather.

Lola:

Good thing we don´t have to do this every day, huh?

Zoe:

I don´t know. I´ve had more exercise today than I usually have in a week!

Lola:

Are you up for some more exercise tonight? Like maybe some "Bedroom Gymnastics"?

Zoe:

You know I am! Look, would you hate it, if I try to find another job? One where I don´t have to work as much.

Lola:

I´d love it. But it all comes down to what makes you happiest.

Zoe:

I´ve been the worst girlfriend these last months.

Lola:

Why would you think that?

Zoe:

Because I put my career ahead of you. I´ve been a part time girlfriend and you deserve better than that.

Lola kisses her and Zoe looks happy.

Lola:

You are so cute sometimes! Think of all the things, we´ll get to do!

Zoe:

I can´t wait either!

The two go back to working.

We cut to Spinner and Paige, packing down the grills. Chrissy comes over to them.

Chrissy:

Are you coming to watch the prize ceremony?

Spinner:

Did he win?

Chrissy:

He did!

Paige:

You must be so proud of him.

Chrissy:

I am. Look, I know we said that we were going out for dinner after the competition, but I kind of want to celebrate with Jamie in stead. Is that okay?

Paige:

This is how it starts. Give it a year and she´ll be so boy crazy, that you never see her because she´s off chasing them all the time.

Spinner:

It´s okay, honey. Just be home by 11.

Chrissy:

Thanks, dad. Are you coming?

Spinner:

In a minute.

They finish packing down the last one and he shuts the box with a satisfied smile on his face.

Paige:

I´m not doing anything for dinner either tonight. Do you want to go out and eat at a restaurant with me?

Spinner:

Like a date?

Paige:

No. Not unless we want it to be.

Spinner:

Well, I want it to be. In fact, I really want it to be.

The two of them smile at each other.

Paige:

Then I really want it to be, too. If you wanted to go on a date with me, why haven´t you asked me out?

Spinner:

First you were with that Jonah guy and then I didn´t know how long I had to wait afterwards. It´s been a long time, since I was part of the dating game.

Paige:

I´m sure you´ll pick it up quickly.

She takes his hand and they go to watch the ceremony.

11. Ext. Skate Park. Day.

Podiums have been set up for the prize ceremony and most people have stayed to watch it. Jack and Julie coma back from the Contestant´s Area and see Lisa waiting for Suey by the toilets. Julie gathers her nerve.

Julie:

It´s now or never, right?

Jack:

We do it fast and get it out right away.

Julie:

Good Plan.

She squeezes his hand and they walk over to Lisa. She spots them.

Lisa:

Hey. How´s Simon?

Jack:

Broken collarbone.

Lisa:

Poor guy.

Julie:

Lisa, we have to tell you something.

Lisa:

That you´re a couple?

Jack and Julie both look surprised.

Lisa:

You two are the worst actors in the world! The only reason why I haven´t told you, that I know, is because it´s been so funny to watch you squirm. Julie, those stories you came up with were way out there!

Julie:

I thought you would hate me and never talk to me again.

Lisa:

Don´t you know me better than that? I love both of you and it´s gonna take a lot more than this to change that.

Jack:

Lisa, you are the coolest.

Lisa:

And don´t you forget it!

Suey comes out from the bathroom, just as Chrissy comes up to them.

Chrissy:

Hurry up or we´ll miss it!

They rush down just in time to see Jamie climb the top step. He´s handed his trophy and lifts it in the air to applause from the crowd. He looks out and sees Chrissy proudly staring back at him.

CLOSING CREDITS