DISCLAIMER: *belch*
[INTERIOR. Balamb Garden Main Hall.]
[FADE IN. CLOSE UP on a swinging nunchuck chain.]
[PAN OUT. SELPHIE is slowly walking down the hall with RINOA, her nunchucku over her shoulder. Both of them are wearing their SeeD uniforms. Selphie looks quite morose.]
RINOA Come on, Selph... He was just having fun.
SELPHIE [flinging her nunchucku forward and swinging them]
I'm just tired of it, Rinny.
RINOA
Tired of what?
[A group of male SeeD walks by, giving the girls appreciative looks. Rinoa smiles at them. Selphie doesn't notice them. She sighs.]
SELPHIE
Tired of everything... There's hardly a day that goes by that I don't catch him ogling other girls... flirting with them... He doesn't give a crap how it makes me feel!
[SELPHIE swings her nunchucku again, more forecefully, and Rinoa has to strafe right to avoid being hit.]
RINOA
Have you talked to him about it?
SELPHIE [nodding]
He always says, "Oh, Sefie... You know you're my little cowgirl."... Butthole surfer.
[They turn a corner and head for the Quad. A very handsome SeeD walks by, and winks at Rinoa. She smiles politely, and looks away.]
RINOA
You knew how Irvine was when you started going out with him, Selphie. Did you really think you could change someone like that overnight?
SELPHIE
Guys flirt with me, too, Rinny... He's a very good-looking dude, and I know girls are gonna hit on him. It's just-
O.S. VOICE [masculine, cheerful]
Hey, Rinoa!... Hey, Selphie... You girls look great today!
[SELPHIE and RINOA both wave at an unseen male as they descend the Quad stairs. Rinoa smiles, Selphie doesn't.]
SELPHIE cont.
It's just that he seems to welcome it. He starts it a lot of the time.
RINOA
Selph, don't let it bother you. He belongs to you at the end of the day, doesn't he?
SELPHIE
I guess... It just makes me feel... It makes me feel... Insufficient. Like there's something I'm missing that he wants. We've only been going out for two months, Rinoa. He should still have stars in his eyes for me!
[RINOA places her hand to Selphie's back and rubs it.]
RINOA
He does, Selphie... It's obvious to everyone that he's smitten with you.
[SELPHIE takes a deep breath and weakly swings her nunchucku, hitting herself in the leg with its chain. She squeals and jerks her leg back.]
SELPHIE
Dammit!
[She stomps her foot and throws her nunchucku down, and she and Rinoa both stop. They are on the bottom level of the steps leading down into the Quad. People walking up the stairs hop away from them, giving Selphie curious looks.]
SELPHIE [crosses arms over chest]
He just breaks my heart, Rinoa!
[RINOA opens her mouth to speak, but a loud noise fills the Quad, making everyone jump.]
[ZOOM OUT. The Quad is filled with both faculty, students, and SeeD members, all looking around for the source of the noise... It happens again, and music begins to play.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA, who look at each other questioningly.]
[CUT TO a crowd of people in the Quad. They are all looking at something and separating. Soon, three junior classmen girls are revealed, and they are staring directly at Selphie, strutting toward her.]
[CLOSE UP of SELPHIE's face. Her eyes are wide as she watches the little girls approach.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA, both watching the girls.]
RINOA
What...?
[CUT TO the GIRLS. One is walking in front of the other two. They stop about ten feet from Selphie and Rinoa, and they start to shake their hips.]
GIRLS
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
[CLOSE UP of SELPHIE's face. She furrows her brows.]
[CUT TO GIRLS.]
GIRLS
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
[CUT TO SELPHIE's face. She is grinning slightly.]
[CUT TO GIRLS.]
GIRLS
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA as GIRLS sing to the music. SELPHIE is busting a groove, and RINOA is staring at her, puzzled.]
[CUT TO GIRLS.]
GIRLS
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
[CUT TO SELPHIE. She is shaking her hips in unison with the GIRLS.]
SELPHIE [funky]
Oooh you love so good, I don't wanna let go...
Although I should, I can't leave you alone
'cuz you're so disarming...
I'm caught up in the mist of you
and I cannot resist...
[CLOSE UP of RINOA's face. She is watching Selphie, her mouth agape as the Girls begin to sing.]
[CUT TO GIRLS, dancing wildly in unison.]
GIRLS
Boy... if... I... do...
the things you wanna do
the way I used to do...
Would you love... me... baaa... byyy...
Holding me... feeling me...
Or would you go and break my heeeeeaaaart?
[PAN OUT. SELPHIE is grooving, and the Girls shimmy up the stairs to stand behind her. RINOA stands back, watching them, doing a little dance herself.]
SELPHIE
Heeeaaartbreaker, you got the best of me...
but I just keep on coming back incessantly...
Oh why did you hafta run your game on me?
I shoulda known... right... from... the... start
you'd... go and break my heeeaaart!
GIRLS
Gimme your love...
Gimme your love...
[CUT TO the CROWD. Most of them are dancing and watching Selphie and the Girls, cheering them on.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and the GIRLS. The GIRLS are still singing "Gimme your love" as SELPHIE walks down a couple of steps and grabs her nunchucku, then swings them around.]
SELPHIE
It's a shame to be
so euphoric and weak
when you smile at me
and you tell me the things
that you know just maybe
could relinquish my love to you
but I... cannot... resist... nooo!
GIRLS
Boy... if... I... do...
the things you wanna do
the way I used to do...
Would you love... me... baaa... byyy...
Holding me... feeling me...
Or would you go and break my heeeeeaaaart?
SELPHIE and GIRLS [all dancing in unison]
Heeeaaartbreaker, you got the best of me...
but I just keep on coming back incessantly...
Oh why did you hafta run your game on me?
I shoulda known... right... from... the... start
you'd... go and break my heeeaaart!
[CUT TO RINOA dancing. The music stops, and she halts, looking around.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and GIRLS. They are all looking at Rinoa expectantly.]
[CUT TO RINOA. She cocks her head and scowls.]
RINOA
Why do I have to do the guy part?
[CUT TO CROWD. They are all watching her expectantly, impatiently.]
[CUT TO RINOA. She stomps her foot and crosses her arms over her chest. We hear offstage pleadings from the Crowd, and she sighs, dropping her arms to her sides. The music resumes.]
RINOA [dancing jive]
She wanna shop with Irvy
play box with Irvy
She wanna pillow fight in da middle of da night
She wanna play wit his gun, have lotsa fun...
[CLOSE UP of SELPHIE's face. She giggles and covers her mouth.]
[CUT TO RINOA, still jiving.]
RINOA
She wanna roll wit Irvy, get real pervy
She wanna flip him da bird, kick him to da curb
'cuz he talked to a chick and it wadn't her
She wanna cuddle up in bed, mess wit his head
She wanna embarrass him in fronna his friends
She wanna throw shit at him, call him a dog
Tha's when he gotta send her back to her dorm...
Calls him heartbreaker...
When they apart it makes her
wanna piece 'a paper, scribble down I hate ya...
But she know she love Irvy because
She love everything Irvy say, Irvy does and uh...
[CUT TO SELPHIE and GIRLS. Selphie is laughing, and the Girls are dancing around her.]
GIRLS
Heeeaaartbreaker, you got the best of me...
but I just keep on coming back incessantly...
Oh why did you hafta run your game on me?
I shoulda known... right... from... the... start
you'd... go and break my heeeaaart!
[SELPHIE looks out at the crowd and resumes dancing.]
SELPHIE
Heeeaaartbreaker, you got the best of me...
but I just keep on-
[A bullhorn sounds, and SELPHIE and the GIRLS stop cold. The music stops as well.]
[CUT TO FUJIN and RAJIN, standing at the entrance to the Quad. Rajin's arms are crossed over his chest, and Fujin is tapping the bullhorn against her palm.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE, annoyed.]
SELPHIE
Is there a problem, guys?
[CUT TO FUJIN.]
FUJIN
DISTURBANCE! LOUD! DEMERITS!
O.S. VOICE [masculine, anonymous]
CARPET MUNCHER!
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA, suppressing laughter.]
[CUT TO FUJIN, unphazed.]
FUJIN
DISH DETAIL...
[This seems to stifle the crowd, and FUJIN grins icily. RAJIN slaps her on the back good-naturedly, and she turns and kicks him smartly in the shin. He yawps.]
[CUT TO the CROWD, which is slowly dispersing.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA, walking up the stairs past FUJIN and a hobbly RAJIN.]
RINOA [whispering]
What a tight ass...
[FUJIN raises the bullhorn and blows it in their faces, making them jump.]
FUJIN
WATCHING YOU.
SELPHIE [tugging on the hem of her skirt]
I bet you are!
[FUJIN blows the horn again. SELPHIE winces.]
SELPHIE
Stop that!
[CLOSE UP on FUJIN's face. She winks.]
[CUT OUT.]
"Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey
[INTERIOR. Balamb Garden Main Hall.]
[FADE IN. CLOSE UP on a swinging nunchuck chain.]
[PAN OUT. SELPHIE is slowly walking down the hall with RINOA, her nunchucku over her shoulder. Both of them are wearing their SeeD uniforms. Selphie looks quite morose.]
RINOA Come on, Selph... He was just having fun.
SELPHIE [flinging her nunchucku forward and swinging them]
I'm just tired of it, Rinny.
RINOA
Tired of what?
[A group of male SeeD walks by, giving the girls appreciative looks. Rinoa smiles at them. Selphie doesn't notice them. She sighs.]
SELPHIE
Tired of everything... There's hardly a day that goes by that I don't catch him ogling other girls... flirting with them... He doesn't give a crap how it makes me feel!
[SELPHIE swings her nunchucku again, more forecefully, and Rinoa has to strafe right to avoid being hit.]
RINOA
Have you talked to him about it?
SELPHIE [nodding]
He always says, "Oh, Sefie... You know you're my little cowgirl."... Butthole surfer.
[They turn a corner and head for the Quad. A very handsome SeeD walks by, and winks at Rinoa. She smiles politely, and looks away.]
RINOA
You knew how Irvine was when you started going out with him, Selphie. Did you really think you could change someone like that overnight?
SELPHIE
Guys flirt with me, too, Rinny... He's a very good-looking dude, and I know girls are gonna hit on him. It's just-
O.S. VOICE [masculine, cheerful]
Hey, Rinoa!... Hey, Selphie... You girls look great today!
[SELPHIE and RINOA both wave at an unseen male as they descend the Quad stairs. Rinoa smiles, Selphie doesn't.]
SELPHIE cont.
It's just that he seems to welcome it. He starts it a lot of the time.
RINOA
Selph, don't let it bother you. He belongs to you at the end of the day, doesn't he?
SELPHIE
I guess... It just makes me feel... It makes me feel... Insufficient. Like there's something I'm missing that he wants. We've only been going out for two months, Rinoa. He should still have stars in his eyes for me!
[RINOA places her hand to Selphie's back and rubs it.]
RINOA
He does, Selphie... It's obvious to everyone that he's smitten with you.
[SELPHIE takes a deep breath and weakly swings her nunchucku, hitting herself in the leg with its chain. She squeals and jerks her leg back.]
SELPHIE
Dammit!
[She stomps her foot and throws her nunchucku down, and she and Rinoa both stop. They are on the bottom level of the steps leading down into the Quad. People walking up the stairs hop away from them, giving Selphie curious looks.]
SELPHIE [crosses arms over chest]
He just breaks my heart, Rinoa!
[RINOA opens her mouth to speak, but a loud noise fills the Quad, making everyone jump.]
[ZOOM OUT. The Quad is filled with both faculty, students, and SeeD members, all looking around for the source of the noise... It happens again, and music begins to play.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA, who look at each other questioningly.]
[CUT TO a crowd of people in the Quad. They are all looking at something and separating. Soon, three junior classmen girls are revealed, and they are staring directly at Selphie, strutting toward her.]
[CLOSE UP of SELPHIE's face. Her eyes are wide as she watches the little girls approach.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA, both watching the girls.]
RINOA
What...?
[CUT TO the GIRLS. One is walking in front of the other two. They stop about ten feet from Selphie and Rinoa, and they start to shake their hips.]
GIRLS
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
[CLOSE UP of SELPHIE's face. She furrows her brows.]
[CUT TO GIRLS.]
GIRLS
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
[CUT TO SELPHIE's face. She is grinning slightly.]
[CUT TO GIRLS.]
GIRLS
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA as GIRLS sing to the music. SELPHIE is busting a groove, and RINOA is staring at her, puzzled.]
[CUT TO GIRLS.]
GIRLS
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
Gimme your love
[CUT TO SELPHIE. She is shaking her hips in unison with the GIRLS.]
SELPHIE [funky]
Oooh you love so good, I don't wanna let go...
Although I should, I can't leave you alone
'cuz you're so disarming...
I'm caught up in the mist of you
and I cannot resist...
[CLOSE UP of RINOA's face. She is watching Selphie, her mouth agape as the Girls begin to sing.]
[CUT TO GIRLS, dancing wildly in unison.]
GIRLS
Boy... if... I... do...
the things you wanna do
the way I used to do...
Would you love... me... baaa... byyy...
Holding me... feeling me...
Or would you go and break my heeeeeaaaart?
[PAN OUT. SELPHIE is grooving, and the Girls shimmy up the stairs to stand behind her. RINOA stands back, watching them, doing a little dance herself.]
SELPHIE
Heeeaaartbreaker, you got the best of me...
but I just keep on coming back incessantly...
Oh why did you hafta run your game on me?
I shoulda known... right... from... the... start
you'd... go and break my heeeaaart!
GIRLS
Gimme your love...
Gimme your love...
[CUT TO the CROWD. Most of them are dancing and watching Selphie and the Girls, cheering them on.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and the GIRLS. The GIRLS are still singing "Gimme your love" as SELPHIE walks down a couple of steps and grabs her nunchucku, then swings them around.]
SELPHIE
It's a shame to be
so euphoric and weak
when you smile at me
and you tell me the things
that you know just maybe
could relinquish my love to you
but I... cannot... resist... nooo!
GIRLS
Boy... if... I... do...
the things you wanna do
the way I used to do...
Would you love... me... baaa... byyy...
Holding me... feeling me...
Or would you go and break my heeeeeaaaart?
SELPHIE and GIRLS [all dancing in unison]
Heeeaaartbreaker, you got the best of me...
but I just keep on coming back incessantly...
Oh why did you hafta run your game on me?
I shoulda known... right... from... the... start
you'd... go and break my heeeaaart!
[CUT TO RINOA dancing. The music stops, and she halts, looking around.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and GIRLS. They are all looking at Rinoa expectantly.]
[CUT TO RINOA. She cocks her head and scowls.]
RINOA
Why do I have to do the guy part?
[CUT TO CROWD. They are all watching her expectantly, impatiently.]
[CUT TO RINOA. She stomps her foot and crosses her arms over her chest. We hear offstage pleadings from the Crowd, and she sighs, dropping her arms to her sides. The music resumes.]
RINOA [dancing jive]
She wanna shop with Irvy
play box with Irvy
She wanna pillow fight in da middle of da night
She wanna play wit his gun, have lotsa fun...
[CLOSE UP of SELPHIE's face. She giggles and covers her mouth.]
[CUT TO RINOA, still jiving.]
RINOA
She wanna roll wit Irvy, get real pervy
She wanna flip him da bird, kick him to da curb
'cuz he talked to a chick and it wadn't her
She wanna cuddle up in bed, mess wit his head
She wanna embarrass him in fronna his friends
She wanna throw shit at him, call him a dog
Tha's when he gotta send her back to her dorm...
Calls him heartbreaker...
When they apart it makes her
wanna piece 'a paper, scribble down I hate ya...
But she know she love Irvy because
She love everything Irvy say, Irvy does and uh...
[CUT TO SELPHIE and GIRLS. Selphie is laughing, and the Girls are dancing around her.]
GIRLS
Heeeaaartbreaker, you got the best of me...
but I just keep on coming back incessantly...
Oh why did you hafta run your game on me?
I shoulda known... right... from... the... start
you'd... go and break my heeeaaart!
[SELPHIE looks out at the crowd and resumes dancing.]
SELPHIE
Heeeaaartbreaker, you got the best of me...
but I just keep on-
[A bullhorn sounds, and SELPHIE and the GIRLS stop cold. The music stops as well.]
[CUT TO FUJIN and RAJIN, standing at the entrance to the Quad. Rajin's arms are crossed over his chest, and Fujin is tapping the bullhorn against her palm.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE, annoyed.]
SELPHIE
Is there a problem, guys?
[CUT TO FUJIN.]
FUJIN
DISTURBANCE! LOUD! DEMERITS!
O.S. VOICE [masculine, anonymous]
CARPET MUNCHER!
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA, suppressing laughter.]
[CUT TO FUJIN, unphazed.]
FUJIN
DISH DETAIL...
[This seems to stifle the crowd, and FUJIN grins icily. RAJIN slaps her on the back good-naturedly, and she turns and kicks him smartly in the shin. He yawps.]
[CUT TO the CROWD, which is slowly dispersing.]
[CUT TO SELPHIE and RINOA, walking up the stairs past FUJIN and a hobbly RAJIN.]
RINOA [whispering]
What a tight ass...
[FUJIN raises the bullhorn and blows it in their faces, making them jump.]
FUJIN
WATCHING YOU.
SELPHIE [tugging on the hem of her skirt]
I bet you are!
[FUJIN blows the horn again. SELPHIE winces.]
SELPHIE
Stop that!
[CLOSE UP on FUJIN's face. She winks.]
[CUT OUT.]
"Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey