DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S09E18 - DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE?
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1. Int. Classroom. Day.
Julie, Allison, Jamie and Heather are sweating hard over their exams. Julie in particular is having a hard time with it, but she manages to finish at the very last second.
Eddy:
Time´s up. Hand in your reports on the way out.
They get up from their seats and head to the door.
Julie:
Whew! That was close!
Heather:
How do you think, you did?
Julie:
Pretty good. It wasn´t too hard.
Heather:
At this point, I just want to get the last one over with, so we can graduate.
They hand in their papers and leave the room with the rest of the students.
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2. Int. Lisa´s Room. Evening.
Chrissy, Sally and Lisa are studying for their finals. Lisa can´t stop smiling to herself, which the other two pick up on.
Chrissy:
You´ve been doing that for a week now.
Sally:
Spill it. Who´s the guy?
Lisa:
There´s no guy.
Chrissy:
So it´s a girl then.
Lisa:
I´ve just been in a really good mood lately!
Sally:
Because you´re getting some again.
Lisa tries not to smile, but can´t help it.
Lisa:
I´m not. I might as well a nun, which how chast I am!
Chrissy:
Liar! I recognize that look on your face!
Sally:
So, is this girl your girlfriend or what is she?
Lisa:
It´s more of a friends with benefits deal.
Chrissy:
With a girl you´re crushing hard on, by the looks of it.
Lisa:
It´s just that I´m leaving soon and everything. I wish, that it had happened between us before this, but the timing sucks.
Chrissy:
For all these years that I´ve known you, you´ve been the "Love Can Conquer Everything Girl". Jamie´s moving to L.A. with me, so we can still be together. Maybe this girl would do the same for you.
Lisa:
It´s different for you. I mean, you´ve been together forever, even when you weren´t really together. You know, that you´re´with your soul mate. Me and her is so new and she´not even out yet. That stands in the way too.
Sally:
Wouldn´t that be more of an advantage? You do know, that New York is practically the LGBT capitol of the world, don´t you?
Chrissy:
You´ll never know, unless you ask her. It would be a shame to let the potential love of your life slip through your fingers, because you didn´t.
Lisa considers it.
3. Int. The Dot. Evening.
Julie, Heather and Hannah are enjoying some sodas and talking.
Hannah:
We got a suit for Seb at Blue Cross for thirity bucks.
Julie:
Prom on a budget. That sounds like my style!
Heather:
Kevin is using the one, he used for his own prom last year.
Hannah:
Which leaves the lone single girl among us.
Heather:
If she´s still single, that is.
They look at her and she smiles shyly.
Julie:
There might be a someone.
Hannah:
I knew it. You´ve been having this secretive look on your face, ever since you and Lisa went to that Discoteque.
Heather:
Was it someone, you met there?
Julie:
No, I already knew them from before.
Hannah:
Why won´t you tell us, who it is?
Julie:
Because ...
She starts to look sad.
Julie:
Because we agreed that it was just a friends with benefits kind of thing.
Heather:
Julie! I didn´t think, you were such a bad girl!
Hannah:
There´s a but, isn´t there?
Julie:
I now find myself totally in love with someone, who will be leaving town soon.
Heather:
So, it´s a senior. Have you talked to him, tried to find out where you stand?
Julie:
I´ve tried to, but it´s hard. We both agreed to have it be a casual thing, since school was ending and I´m worried, that I´ll ruin everything, because I read the situation wrong.
Hannah:
It sounds to me, like you need to find out.
Heather:
You won´t have many more chances, if he´s leaving for college soon.
Julie sees, that they´re right.
4. Ext. Degrassi. Morning.
Chrissy, Sally, Lisa and Suey arrive for school.
Suey:
Three more days and it´s bye, bye to Degrassi.
Sally:
It won´t be the same here next year without you guys.
Suey:
I won´t be any further away, than we could meet up for lunch every day.
Lisa:
It won´t be too hard for you to make friends. We´ll probably miss you and this place more, than you´ll miss us.
Chrissy:
Are you getting sentimental already?
Lisa:
Haven´t you loved going here? I know, that I have, since the first day me and Chrissy set foot thought those doors.
Chrissy:
I still remember it like it was yesterday. How big all the High School students were compared to us and how huge this place seemed at first.
Sally:
I wish, I could have been there with you. At my old school it was mean girls and bullies, who set the standard and always got what they wanted. I never knew, that I could enjoy school so much, until I came here.
Suey:
I became friends with Allison my first day here. It´s weird how it´s so long ago and still feels like yesterday.
Lisa:
We can reminisc about the past later. After finals.
They head into the school.
5. Montage - Music "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie
We see the students take their places for their written exam. Among them are Lisa, Chrissy and Sally. They look at the clock as it counts down and start on their assignments. Lisa is strangely enough the one, who looks the most nervous.
We see Lisa after the exam looking very down and being comforted by Suey and Chrissy.
We see Seb and Regina taking their science exam together. It goes very well and Regina looks to be on the recovery after what happened with Deco.
We see her eating lunch in the sun with Julie, which has brought her smile back. The two of them are obviously very sweet on one another and neither of them can stop smiling, when they talk to each other. They wave at Talia and Nick sitting nearby and Lisa smiles at them to show, that they have her blessing now. Both of them look very pleased with it.
6. Int. Hallway. Day.
Julie and Lisa are walking up the hallway.
Lisa:
Are you coming to see Nick´s new band tonight?
Julie:
I was planning to. You don´t think it´ll be weird seeing them perform without you?
Lisa:
No, I´m more excited the hear how they sound. Anyway, it´ll probably be much better music, than what we´ll be forced to listen to at the prom.
Julie:
I feel like such a loser for going without a date.
Lisa:
We can go together, if you want. No one has to know ... you know?
Julie:
Yeah, we can pretend that we´re just two dateless friends, who went there together.
Lisa:
Right.
They both clearly wish, that it was more than that.
Lisa/Julie:
I ...
They smile at each other.
Julie:
You go first.
Lisa:
I would like it to be more than that. Like a real prom date. I know, that you´re not out, but ...
Julie:
But nothing! That´s what I want too!
Lisa:
I just thought that it would be the perfect way to cap this all off.
Julie´s smile fades.
Julie:
As in us?
Lisa:
No, I meant school and stuff.
Julie fakes a small smile for her.
Julie:
Of course. There never really was an us, was there?
Lisa looks hurt by her remark, but tries to hide it.
7. Int. Classroom. Day.
Julie sits down next to Heather. She sulks to herself.
Heather:
What happened to your smile?
Julie:
I misread the situation.
Heather looks at her with sympathy.
Heather:
I´m sorry. It´s still for the best, that you found out.
Julie:
Yeah. This way I can move on and try to get back to normal.
Heather:
There´s no chance at all?
Julie:
It doesn´t look like it. It´s a real shame, because I haven´t felt this way about someone since Jack and that was ages ago.
Heather:
You´ll find someone new soon.
Julie:
Not like this one.
Julie looks sad.
8. Int. Youth Club. Evening.
Lisa, , Julie, Chrissy, Simon, Jamie, Allison, Sally and Suey are listening to Nick and Talia´s new band "Uptown Yeti", that has Nancy on guitar and Sandy on drums playing "It´s a Long Way to the Top" by AC/DC at their first gig in a small youth club, along with 40 or so others. They sound pretty damn good together, which Lisa is pleased to hear and see. Peter, Isabella and Mia are there rocking along next to Craig, Jenna, Darcy, Emma, Sean, Spinner, Manny, Eddy, Jay and Maya. The band slows the song down to where it´s just the bass and the drums and Nick steps up to the microphone.
Nick:
We want to thank you for coming out to see us tonight. Down among you is one of the best guitar players, this city has ever seen. If it wasn´t for her, then me and Talia wouldn´t have got in touch with Nancy and Sandy and none of this would have happened. I we scream her name loud enough, then maybe she´ll come up and join us. So let me hear you say LISA!
Crowd:
LISA! LISA! LISA! LISA!
Lisa looks a little embarrassed and comes up on stage. The crowd applauds her and Nick hands her his guitar.
Nick:
She used to play a ton of gigs around here with Nancy and Sandy, back when they were in DFF together. Remember them? Yeah, they were pretty damn good! Tonight she´s here to show us how it´s done, before she takes off for a life of stardom in New York City. We´ll miss her, but we know, that she´s gonna make us all proud.
Nick and Lisa smile at each other.
Nick:
But there´s one thing, that she´s sure to find out ...
THAT IT´S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP, IF YOU WANNA ROCK N´ROLL!
YEAH, IT´S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP, IF YOU WANNA ROCK N´ROLL!
IF YOU WANNA BE A STAR OF STAGE AND SCREEN
LOOK OUT, IT´S ROUGH AND MEAN!
IT´S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP, IF YOU WANNA ROCK N´ROLL!
PLAY IT, LISA!
Lisa starts playing a solo and looks down at Eddy, who gives her a thumbs up. She mouths "thank you" to him and he´s clearly proud of how far she´s come.
9. Ext. Youth Club. Evening.
Lisa and Nick are talking and waiting for the others to come out.
Nick:
What did you think? Are we a lost cause?
Lisa:
Far from it. If you manage to keep the band together, then you could really have something there.
Nick:
Thanks. It means a lot coming from you.
Lisa:
I hope, I can find a good band in New York.
Nick:
You´ll meet the first hundred musicians and that school alone. It won´t be an issue, I assure you.
Lisa:
We had some fun times playing together, didn´t we?
Nick:
We sure did. I meant it, when I said, that I´m gonna miss you. Exept for these past few months, you´ve been the best friend I´ve had, since day I got here.
Lisa:
Even if I wasn´t always the best girlfriend?
Nick:
In a few years, when we´ve put it all a bit behind us, I don´t think that it´ll be the break-up´s or the fights, that we´ll remember. It´ll be all the good times we had, just hanging out and laughing and talking about geeky guitar things, that no one else would get. I won´t have anyone to talk to about that stuff now.
Lisa:
You won´t remember the sex, because I´m pretty sure I will!
Nick:
That too!
They laugh together.
Lisa:
I´ll miss you too, Nick. There will always be a special place in my heart for you and what we had together.
Nick:
You still haven´t found anyone?
Lisa:
I thought, I had for a moment there. I guess, I was alone in feeling that way.
Nick:
Tough luck. Are you okay?
Lisa:
Yeah, that´s just how it goes sometimes. What about you and Talia?
Nick:
It couldn´t be much better.
Lisa:
I´m glad to hear it. I just want you to be happy, Nick.
Nick:
Ditto.
They give each other a hug. Chrissy, Jamie, Julie, Sally and Suey come out from the club.
Chrissy:
We´re getting a pizza. Are you coming, Nick?
Nick:
No, I have to help get our gear back to the rehearsal room.
Lisa:
Have a good night. It was a great gig.
Nick:
Only thanks to your amazing guest performance.
They smile at each other and he heads back inside.
Julie:
I´m taking a rain check on that pizza too. I should be at home studying right now.
Lisa:
Me too. I´m just totally beat after that show. Can I catch a ride with you?
Julie:
Yeah, sure.
Allison:
Suit yourselves. That just means that there´s more pepperoni for me!
Jamie:
And me! See ya tomorrow!
The others head up the street. Lisa and Julie look each other over.
Lisa:
Which exam is it?
Julie:
Biology. It´s the part about female G-Spots, that really need to cram on!
Lisa:
Do you need some help studying?
Julie:
Lots of it!
They smile at each other and race each other to Julie´s car.
10. Int. Pizza Parlor. Evening.
Chrissy, Suey, Sally, Jamie and Simon are waiting for their pizza.
Chrissy:
Don´t you miss being up there and playing?
Suey:
A little, but I´m having fun doing my own thing.
Jamie:
How many views is your song up to?
Suey:
A hundred and two. I didn´t say, I was there yet!
Simon:
I wonder, if Julie is sneaking off to meet her mystery boy.
Chrissy:
There´s a mystery boy?
Simon:
Apparently she´s pretty crazy about him, but he´s leaving town soon.
Suey:
Lisa has a mystery girl. Funny, that it would happen at the exact same time.
Sally gets an idea.
Sally:
A mystery guy, who´s leaving town and Lisa is with a girl , who isn´t out yet. Am I the only one who´s thinking, what I´m thinking?
Simon:
Julie´s straight. I´m sure of it.
Chrissy:
All the clues match up. Lisa did say, that it was someone, she´s know for a while.
They smile to themselves.
Suey (singing):
Lisa and Julie, sitting in a tree
G!
Jamie:
We don´t know for sure.
Allison:
It´s pretty obvious, now that you think about it.
Simon:
Good for them! If it´s true, that is.
They have a huge pizza delivered to them.
11. Int. Car. Evening.
Julie and Lisa are making out on the backseat.
Julie:
You were so sexy, up on that stage. It´s easy to see, why you´re so good with your fingers.
Lisa:
You´re starting to get there too.
Julie:
It´s easy, when I only have to do, what you tell me to. I´ll probably suck at it with someone else.
Lisa:
I wouldn´t be so sure.
Julie looks Lisa in the eyes.
Julie:
Lisa, I don´t want to do this with anyone else. I´m crazy about you.
Lisa:
You´re not too bad yourself there!
Julie:
I mean it. You´ve shown me a whole new world, I never knew existed. I want the last time we get together to be the best it can be.
Lisa:
Me too.
They kiss.
Julie:
Now lie down and relax. Let me do the hard work for a change, so I can show you how good I´ve become.
Lisa smiles to herself, lies down and closes her eyes.
12. Int. Suey´s Room. Evening.
Suey is lying on her bed reading, when Lisa tries to quietly sneak past her door.
Suey:
Where did you go, after you left us?
Lisa sees that she´s busted and comes inside.
Lisa:
I helped Julie study.
Suey:
You´re a Junior. How can you help her with her senior exams?
Lisa tries to think of something fast.
Lisa:
Ehm ... she ...
Suey:
Is she better in bed, than I was?
Lisa closes the door.
Lisa:
How did you know, it was her?
Suey:
I wasn´t sure until now.
Lisa sits down on the bed next to Suey.
Lisa:
Does anyone else know?
Suey:
It wasn´t too hard to put two and two together. You could have told me.
Lisa:
I didn´t want to out her, but I guess, I failed at it.
Suey:
I hear, that she´s crazy about you.
Lisa:
Just not enough for us to be a real couple.
Suey:
Have you asked her straight out "Will you be my girlfriend, Julie?"
Lisa:
What if she says no?
Suey:
She won´t, if she´s crazy about you.
Lisa considers it and gets an idea.
Lisa:
I have a crazy idea. Will you help me with it?
Suey:
Just tell me what to do.
Lisa smiles cheekily.
13. Int. Music room. Morning.
Lisa has a guitar, Nick a guitar, Simon a behind the drumkit, Talia a bass and Suey is behind the piano. Chrissy and Jamie are ready to sing back up. Sally comes running in.
Sally:
They´re almost here!
She joins the other back up singers.
14. Int. Hallway. Morning.
A sleepy looking and blind folded Julie is being led up the hallway by Hannah and Heather.
Julie:
This isn´t some dumb prank, I´m gonna be a part of, is it?
Hannah:
No, this is something you´ll like.
Julie:
What I would have liked was getting an extra hour of sleep!
Heather:
You won´t think the same way in a moment.
Julie:
I seriously doubt it!
They lead her into the music room.
15. Int. Music Room. Morning.
Julie is led in and Hannah removes her blindfold. She smiles widely. Lisa and the band start playing "If This Is It" by Huey Lewis and the News.
Lisa (singing):
I've been phoning
Night and morning
I heard you say
"Tell her, I'm not home."
Now you're confessing
But I'm still guessing
I've been your fool
For so, so long
Lisa/Choir (singing):
Girl don't lie
Just to save my feelings
Girl don't cry
And tell me nothing's wrong
Girl don't try
To make up phony reasons
I'd rather leave
Than never believe
Lisa:
If this is it
Please let me know
If this ain't love
You'd better let me know
If this is it
I want to know
If this ain't love, baby
Just say so
She puts her guitar away and walks over to Julie.
Lisa:
I´ve never been the best at saying things with words, so I thought, I´d use music.
Julie:
You did this for me?
Lisa:
I did it, because I couldn´t be more in love with you, if I tried. I did it because I want to be your girlfriend and if that means I have to follow you to where ever, then that´s what I´m doing.
Julie:
Actually, I´ve been talking to my parents about going to live in New York. it´s not like they can afford to send me to college, anyway.
Lisa smiles widely.
Lisa:
Are they on board?
Julie:
Let´s just say, that they owe me a big one.
They smile at each other and kiss as their friends watch them with smiles all around.
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