DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S04E02 - MOVIN´ ON UP

Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or any of the characters.

1. Int. Lola and Maya´s Apartment. Morning.

Lola is putting her last things in a small box, while Zoe carries another, larger box out with her. Maya looks at Lola with a sad smile on her face.

Maya:

I always knew the day would come, but I´m still not comprehending it.

Lola:

I´m only a phone call away and we´ll still see each other all the time. Look on the bright side. At least you and Jay won´t have to hide it anymore, when you´ve done it on the bed.

Maya:

So, you knew about that.

Lola:

Why do you think, I changed the sheets every other day?

Maya:

I´m sorry, I wasn´t open about it. Are you excited?

Lola:

It´s almost been a year already and it still feels right. I think we´re ready for it.

Maya:

I´m not sure about a lot of things, but I am about you and Zoe. You two are meant to last forever.

Lola:

It´s not all bad. I´m sure you´ll have fun with your new roomie.

Alex comes in.

Alex:

Is that the last one?

Lola:

I´ll carry it myself.

She picks up the box, sighs and looks around.

Lola:

We had some good times here, didn´t we?

Maya:

The best.

Lola hands over her key to Alex.

Lola:

Take good care of her.

Alex:

You´ve got nothing to worry about. It was cool to finally meet you and your girlfriend.

Lola:

You too. Bye.

She leaves them. Alex splashes down on the couch with a big smile on her face.

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2. Int. Degrassi Hallway. Morning.

Chrissy has arrived at school and is walking down the hallway. Several kids stare at her and she can hear whispers about her. Some of the boys are clearly undressing her with their eyes and It´s making her very uncomfortable. She sees Lisa and Suey walking towards her, not looking too proud of themselves. They reach each other and stop to talk.

Chrissy:

Do you know, why people are staring at me?

Lisa:

We might have an idea.

Suey:

Maybe we shouldn´t be talking about this in front of everyone.

3. Ext. Degrassi. Morning.

They´ve found a place behind some bushes, where they can talk in peace.

Lisa:

We didn´t think anyone could hear us. I´m so sorry, Chrissy.

Suey:

It´s all my fault. I should have known that this school has ears everywhere.

Chrissy:

Maybe it´s not that bad. All I did was ask her for advice.

Suey:

Which has already turned into you being "The Handjob Princess" of the 8th grade.

Chrissy holds her head in her hands.

4. Int. Hallway. Morning

The three girls hurry up the hallway, but Chrissy sees Jamie and stops.

Lisa:

You´ll have to wait or we´ll be late for class.

Chrissy:

This is more important than school.

She runs to catch up with him.

Up another hallway, we see Simon and Allison waiting outside their classroom. They see Jamie, looking depressed. Chrissy catches up to him, but he clearly doesn´t want to talk to her. Looking sad, she walks away in the other direction. Simon looks concerned.

Allison:

What was that all about?

Simon:

I´ll go and find out.

He walks up to Jamie.

Simon:

Hey, man.

Jamie:

Hey, Simon. I´m having a bad morning, so just leave me alone.

Simon:

We´re friends. You can tell me what´s up.

Jamie tries to walk past him, but Simon grabs his arm.

Simon:

It isn´t good to keep things bottled up.

Jamie:

Let go!

Simon lets go of him arm.

Simon:

You´re one of my best friends and you looked depressed. I just wanted to know what was up with you, that´s all. You don´t have to bite my head off, for trying to be a good friend.

Jamie:

You wanna know what´s up? What´s up is that my girlfriend cheated on me, okay? Is that enough information, or do I have to write it down?

Students around them stare at Jamie as they head in to the classroom.

Simon:

I´m sorry, man. That really sucks.

Jamie:

It´s not your fault. Right now, I just want to get through school.

Simon:

Sure.

He puts a comforting arm around Jamie´s shoulder and Allison eyes him with sympathy as the head into the classroom.

5. Int. Alex and Maya´s Apartment. Day.

Maya is in her bedroom. She´s got a keyboard and a laptop in front of her and she has headphones on. She´s also bought an acoustic guitar, since the last time we saw her. There´s a knock on the door and Alex sticks her head in. Maya takes her headphones off.

Alex:

How´s it going?

Maya:

Not great. I´ve got writer´s block.

Alex:

Well, that blows.

Maya:

I´ve still got a few more days to work on it, before I have to turn it in. It´s just that Eli and Miles have given me a huge opportunity here. If people like the music I made for their movie, it could lead to a career. I can´t screw this up.

Alex:

A lot of artists smoke weed for inspiration.

Maya:

It doesn´t have a very artistic effect on me.

Alex:

How about alcohol, then?

Maya:

It did some times. The biggest hit we had was a song me and Eddy wrote at 5 o´clock in the morning, after a wild night of partying.

Alex:

Well, there´s the answer!

Maya:

It´s 10 o´clock in the morning.

Alex:

Which means, that the stores are open.

Maya:

Shouldn´t you be looking for a job?

Alex:

I didn´t tell you? I´ve already found a job.

Maya:

You have? That´s great!

Alex:

My stepdad´s cousin owns a company, that does security for concerts and other events. It´s long work days mixed with short ones and it´s mostly in the weekends, but the pay is good.

Maya:

They don´t have a problem with your criminal record?

Alex:

My stepdad sweet talked him. I never thought, that he´d actually be good for something, but he did alright this time, I´ll give him that.

Maya:

I get why you wanna celebrate. A new apartment, a new job.

Alex:

A new life.

Maya:

Let me take a shower and we´ll go shopping.

Alex:

What about your music?

Maya:

I can jam, while I´m drunk. Maybe I´ll strike lightning in a bottle again, who knows?

Alex:

I´ll give Amy a call.

Maya:

Let´s name this day: New Roomie Day!

She takes her headphones off and turns off the keyboard.

6. Montage - Music: "I Think I´m Paranoid" by Garbage.

We follow the kids through the next hours of their schoolday, as the rumors begin to spread like a wildfire. In a class, Chrissy can´t concentrate. She sees several kids whispering and staring at her. She looks like she wants to hide away. Jamie on the other hand is getting eyes from one girl after another, now that they think he´s single, but is far from enjoying it. Some of the 10th grade boys give Jack a thumbs up, when they pass him and Julie in the hallway. Julie and Jack tell Chrissy, what they´ve heard and Chrissy can´t believe it. Jamie hides out in the parking lot, while he eats his lunch. Chrissy is sitting with Lisa, Julie and Jack in the cafeteria, where several kids stare at her. It´s making the others very uncomfortable as well. A group of girls near her laugh loudly from a text message they all got. It becomes too much for her and she hurries out of the cafateria. Julie follows after her.

7. Int. Girl´s room. Day.

We hear Chrissy sobbing in one of the stalls, when Julie comes in.

Julie:

Chrissy?

Chrissy (voice over):

Go away! Just leave me here to die!

Julie:

So, you plan on spending the rest of you life on the toilet?

Chrissy (voice over):

I can´t go back out there!

Julie:

You have to at some point. I know, it´s not exactly the same, but last spring when me and Simon broke up all publicly, there were plenty of whispers about me.

Chrissy (voice over):

I remember.

She opens the stall door and comes out.

Chrissy:

Why aren´t you concerned? Everyone knows about you too now.

Julie:

Last year, I was the girl, who freaked out about everything. This summer, I decided that it´s not worth it. I think it´s being with Jack, that´s changing me.

Chrissy:

Aren´t you concerned about your reputation?

Julie:

People will think, what they want to think. Jack knows the truth and as long as he doesn´t care, I don´t.

Chrissy:

I should be mad at Jamie, but I can´t be. It´s not his fault, that I cheated on him.

Julie:

He isn´t without fault either. He owes you an apology.

Lisa comes in to join them.

Lisa:

Are you okay?

Chrissy:

I guess. If only I could tell people the truth.

Julie:

That´s NOT a good idea!

Chrissy:

It´s better than the story, about me giving handjobs to half the boys in Wasaga Beach!

Lisa:

Look, no matter what happens, you´ll still have us.

Julie:

We´ll be right there with you.

Chrissy is a little cheered up by their support.

8. Int. Lola and Zoe´s Apartment. Day.

Lola is carrying the last box in and wipes the sweat from her brow. Zoe comes and hands her a soda.

Lola:

You´re a life saver.

She opens it and takes a large sip. They sit down on the couch.

Zoe:

I hate moving.

Lola:

The hard work is done. Now we can start enjoying ourselves.

They kiss and smile at each other.

Zoe:

I know there´s financial reasons too, but I´m so happy, you said yes to living with me.

Lola:

You´ll find a full time job soon.

Zoe:

I hope so. I know I wanted fewer hours, but I have to survive.

Lola:

I don´t wanna waste today talking about money.

Zoe:

You´re right. Today is a happy day!

Lola puts her soda on the table. She climbs on top of Zoe, who puts her soda way too and looks excited.

Lola:

Do you know what it also is?

She kisses Zoe´s neck and Zoe is clearly enjoing it a lot.

Zoe:

Hump Day?

Lola:

You could call it that.

They kiss passionately.

9. Int. Alex and Maya´s Apartment. Day.

Maya and Alex are in a great mood and are both quite drunk. Maya´s got her guitar.

Alex:

Play another one!

Maya:

Another one. Let me see.

Alex:

Do you need another shot to figure it out?

Maya:

It can´t hurt!

Alex pours both of them a shot fo Bailey´s.

Maya:

Cheers.

Alex:

Cheers.

They drink it and Maya smiles afterwards. Alex liked it too.

Alex:

It´s pretty tasty, I´ll give you that.

Maya:

The first time I tasted it, it was like "Where have YOU been all my life?". Mmm.

She wipes her mouth with the back of her hand.

Maya:

I´ve thought of a song. Have you ever seen "Trailer Park Boys"?

Alex:

Have I seen "Trailer Park Boys"? Only every episode and every movie!

Maya:

That´s so cool. My friend Jonah recommended it to me last year and I´m almost finished with it already.

Alex:

If you had to marry one of the guys from TPB, who would it be?

Maya:

J-Roc is pretty hot. Julian´s got that cool beard and he´s smart. But I´d probably go for Bubbles.

Alex:

It´s the glasses, isn´t it?

Maya:

He´s just so sweet. Have you heard his songs?

Alex:

Only in the series.

Maya:

Okay, so this one is called "Kitties are so nice".

Alex:

That has to be the best title ever!

Maya starts playing a G.

Maya (singing):

Kitties are so nice ...

Kitties are so nice ...

Get them down ...

Spin them round ...

Tickle their bellies twice ...

Kitties, kitties, kitties are so nice ...

Her phone rings. She keeps playing for a few seconds, while looking at the phone to see who it is, before she stops playing. She picks the phone up.

Alex:

Aww, man! I was enjoyng that.

Maya:

It´s my man. I gotta keep him happy.

She presses the touch pad and hold the phone up to her ears.

Maya (in the style of Ricky from Nightmare on Elm Street 4):

Hello, Bayyyyyyby!

Jay (voice over):

You sound like you´re in a good mood.

Maya:

Sure am. I´m just hanging with my homegirl Alex, playing some tunes and enjoying some fine alcoholic beverages.

Jay (voice over):

Are you drunk?

Maya:

Well, on a scale of one to ten, I´d say I´m approaching a six.

Jay (voice over):

How high do you plan on going?

Maya:

I´m thinking an eight, We have got lots of things to celebrate. Alex got a job, she´s moved in and I´ve been doing great with writing songs for the movie. I´ve written three this afternoon alone. I´ve forgotten two of them, but I´m sure they´ll come back to me.

Jay:

You certainly sound drunk.

Maya:

That´s probably because I am! Are you still coming over later?

Jay:

No, that was why I called. Sean and Emma need me to help them put together some baby furniture, they´ve bought. Is it okay if I come over tomorrow in stead?

Maya:

Absoluterino, Sirerino! Say hi to them from me.

Jay:

Say hi to Alex from me and don´t get too drunk tonight, okay?

Maya:

Okey Dokey.

She presses the touchpad and puts the phone on the table.

Maya:

Jay says hi. So, we got to the first verse.

She starts playing again as Alex grooves along.

Maya (singing):

I found Vinci in a storm drain ...

Covered in liquor and glue ...

I took him home and cleaned him off in kitty shampoo ...

10. Ext. Degrassi. Day.

School is being let out. Jamie is waiting for Chrissy to come out, with Simon keeping him company.

Simon:

You don´t owe her anything.

Jamie:

It´s my fault, the way it´s blown up. All that happens to me is, I get hit on by girls and get sympathy stares. If she gets a reputation as a slut, it could follow her for years to come.

Simon:

Did you know about the thing with her and Julie?

Jamie:

I had no idea, I swear.

Chrissy comes out alone, trying to be as anonymous as possible.

Simon:

See you tomorrow.

Jamie:

See ya.

He walks up to meet her and she looks pleasantly surprised.

Chrissy:

Hey.

Jamie:

Do you have time to talk?

Chrissy:

Of course!

We cut to them standing behind the same bushes from earlier in the episode.

Jamie:

I wanna apologize for spilling the beans in public like I did. I should have kept it private, but I was so worked up and he just wouldn´t take no for an answer.

Chrissy:

I forgive you. It´s been a total nightmare today!

Jamie:

Have you heard the things, they´re saying about you?

Chrissy:

Only a few and I don´t need to hear more!

Jamie:

If someone asks me, if we´ve done what they say we have, I´m telling them the truth. I don´t want you to get hurt or get a bad reputation because I was stupid.

Chrissy:

Lisa and Suey are partly to blame.

Jamie:

How?

Chrissy:

Suey overheard me talking to Julie in the bathroom and told Lisa about it. Someone overheard them and that´s how the whole "handjob" rumor got started.

Jamie:

I´m still sorry.

Chrissy:

So am I. Can we try hanging out tonight? We don´t have to kiss or anything.

Jamie:

Chrissy, I´m still not sure if I can forgive you.

Chrissy looks even sadder than she did before.

Chrissy:

It was one mistake.

Jamie:

You have to give me time to think about it. Right now, I still have this image burned in to my mind of you with another guy on a beach.

Chrissy:

How long will it take?

Jamie:

I don´t know. Maybe you don´t think it´s fair on you, but what you did wasn´t fair on me either. I gotta go. Take care, alright?

Chrissy:

You too.

He leaves her and she starts crying again.

11. Int. Zoe and Lola´s Apartment. Evening.

Zoe and Lola have invited Frankie and Miles over for dinner. Miles and Lola are cooking together in the kitchen, while Frankie and Zoe are chatting in the living room. We cut to Miles and Lola. She´s impressed by his cooking skills as he´s whisking away to make a homemade Bearnaise sauce.

Lola:

Someone likes to cook for themselves.

Miles:

It´s become a passion of mine. After eating nothing except catering for days, I can´t wait to eat a fresh made meal.

Lola:

How do you like our place?

Miles:

It´s very nice. When did you move in?

Lola:

This morning.

Miles:

You know, when Frankie told me about the two of you, it sounded weird in my head for about 30 seconds and then it made perfect sense.

Lola:

Just between the two of us. Which of us was the better kisser?

Miles:

You were. No doubt about it! You seem like a couple, that´s meant to last.

Lola:

That´s what everyone says about us.

Miles:

Don´t you think they´re right, then?

They smile at each other. he takes the pot off the pan and takes a sip of wine. She inspects it, dips a spoon in and tastes it. She looks impressed.

Lola:

Close to perfection. There´s plenty of professional chefs that have trouble making it, so bravo!

Miles:

Thanks.

Lola:

How about your love life?

Miles:

My disaster of a love life? Let´s just say, that I´m still looking for the one.

Lola:

A handsome guy like you. That´s hard to believe!

Miles:

I was with Francois for over 2 years, but he´s the only one that´s lasted more than a few months.

Lola:

The right one for you is out there, whether it´s a he or a she. Or have you completely given up on the superior sex?

Miles:

Not at all. The relationships I´ve had since Tristan and me broke up have been more of less 50-50.

Lola:

Maybe you could hook up with one of those hot young actresses from your movie.

Miles:

The one that plays your counterpart has a crush on me.

Lola:

How old is she?

Miles:

19, I think.

Lola:

It could be a wild ride. Maybe you could have her put on the blue wig and relive the past for a night.

Miles:

It could never match up to the real thing.

Lola:

It´s not fair to compare her to the master.

They toast and take a sip. Frankie and Zoe come out to join them.

Frankie:

It smells great!

Zoe:

I should have known, you´d make a great team. We´ll set the table.

Zoe has to bend over to get the plates out. Lola is clearly checking her butt out, which Miles finds amusing.

12. Int. Emma and Sean´s Apartment. Evening.

Chrissy is with Emma and Manny in the bedroom. We can faintly hear Jay and Sean working in the next room. Emma is gently rocking the cradle with little Liz (who´s already being called Lizzie), named after Spike´s best friend from High School, while they talk.

Manny:

Emma told me about your problem.

Chrissy:

Which I hoped would stay as private as possible.

Emma:

Manny has a certain expertise in this area.

Chrissy:

How?

Manny:

I got this reputation as a boyfriend stealer, which I totally didn´t deserve!

Chrissy:

Didn´t you steal my dad away from Paige?

Emma:

There was also that little thing with Craig ...

Manny:

That´s beside the point! I know what it´s like to have everyone talking about you behind your back. To have the girls hate you for no reason and to have the guys undressing you with their eyes. It´s not funny in any way.

Chrissy:

You can say that again! All I did was make out with a boy one night. Yes, I had a boyfriend and I shouldn´t have done it, but that´s all I did. Kids are saying horrible things about me and some of them probably believe it.

Manny:

What are they saying?

Chrissy:

My unofficial new title is "The Handjob Princess".

Emma and Manny both chuckle. Chrissy doesn´t find it funny at all.

Emma:

I´m sorry, honey.

Manny:

Me too.

Emma:

Should I tell her?

Manny:

This might be the best time.

Emma:

Honey, after I almost got shot by that guy at school, I acted out for a while.

Chrissy:

Like how?

Emma:

I did some sexual things with a guy. We didn´t have actual sex, but we did other things and I got a disease called Gonorrhea.

Chrissy:

I know about it from sex ed class. But if you didn´t have sex with him, then how did you get it?

Emma doesn´t really want to answer. Manny finds it entertaining.

Emma:

I got it in my mouth.

Chrissy:

That means you ... eww!

Emma:

We were both in this play where I had to kiss a boy, but I still wanted to go on. Thankfully I had Manny here, who had more sense than me and warned him. After that the story started to spread. There were cat calls in class and a whole lot of embarrassment, but I got over it.

Manny:

Tell her what Chris called you.

Chrissy:

It can´t be worse, than what I´ve already heard tonight!

Emma:

He called me "The Blowjob Princess".

Manny:

Like mother, like daughter.

Chrissy doesn´t find any of it funny.

12. Ext. Tarrello´s. Evening.

Alex and Maya are both very drunk and are steadying each other, while Amy is still pretty sober, walking behind them. They stop outside the bar.

Maya:

See this bar, this is a nice bar. I played in there about a year ago. We played a great gig!

Alex:

Sounds cool.

Maya:

I´m still not 100 % sure about this, Alex. I haven´t been out much since that program aired.

Alex:

You can´t hide away from the world forever! Am I right, Amy?

Amy:

You actually make a little sense.

Maya:

Let´s try it then.

13. Int. Tarrello´s Evening.

Maya is sitting at the bar with Amy, watching Alex dancing to "Dancing on the Ceiling" by Lionel Richie. Maya and Amy both smile at the sight.

Amy:

If the girls in prison saw this, her reputation would be shot in a second.

Maya:

It seems so long ago and still it´s like part of me hasn´t left yet.

Amy:

I know what you mean. I still have nightmares about Val and Roxy sometimes.

Maya:

We made it through, Amy. The future´s bright now.

They toast and drink. A man and a woman in their forties come up to their table.

Man:

You´re Maya Matlin, aren´t you?

Maya:

What´s it to you?

Woman:

We saw that documentary about you. You´re one sick bitch!

Alex has seen them and comes to the table.

Alex:

What´s their problem?

Maya:

It seems they don´t like me. Funny, since I´ve never met them or done anything to them.

Man:

People like you don´t deserve to live!

That remark got Alex in the red immediately.

Amy:

Let´s just leave.

Maya:

They´re not worth it, Alex.

Amy:

You´re on parole. Do you really want to get sent back because of these two jack-off´s?

Man:

Who are you calling a jack-off?

Amy:

You for a start. You have no idea what you´re talking about, so shut the hell up!

Alex and Maya are both impressed by Amy´s courage and Alex cools down a little.

Maya:

The corner store´s still open. We´ll pick up some beers on the way home, okay?

Alex:

Alright.

Maya, Amy and Alex start to leave, but Alex doesn´t let the couple out of her sight until they´re almost out.

14. Ext. Tarrello´s. Evening.

Alex, Amy and Maya are walking out.

Maya:

I should have known, that it would happen.

Alex:

You´re the nicest person and you´d never hurt a fly. It´s so unfair!

Maya:

That´s the world I live in.

They walk away from the bar as we pan out.

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