(ESTABLISHING SHOT: Middleton High School)

(Cut to the hallway, near KIM's locker. KIM, RON and MONIQUE stand)

MONIQUE: So, girl, you're directing the school play?

KIM: That's right. You gonna try out?

MONIQUE: Sorry, I can't. Club Banana has me working overtime.

KIM: That's all right. I'll still have Ron.

RON: Say what?

KIM: Well you're going to audition.

RON: Uh uh. No way.

KIM: Come on, Ron. I need people to audition.

(JILL walks up holding her hockey stick)

KIM: Jill's auditioning.

RON: (To JILL) You are?

JILL: (To KIM) I am?

KIM: Yeah. Don't worry, it won't interfere with hockey.

JILL: Okay, why not?

KIM: See, Ron?

RON: No.

JILL: Come on, it'll be fun.

RON: No way. Sorry, KP, but Ron Stoppable does not act. It's dorky.

(AMELIA walks up)

AMELIA: Um, Kim, you're directing the play, right?

KIM: Yeah.

AMELIA: When are auditions?

KIM: Right after school.

AMELIA: Cool. See you there.

(AMELIA walks away)

KIM: See, Ron? Amelia doesn't think it's dorky.

RON: Well...

JILL: (Brandishing her hockey stick at RON) That'd better not be a reason for auditioning.

RON: (Backing away) Kim. Help.

(KIM steps between RON and JILL)

KIM: That's not why he's auditioning, Jill. He's auditioning because he's my friend and friends do stuff like this for their friends.

JILL: (Putting her hockey stick down) Well, that's okay. (Checks watch) Well, I've got to get to class, see ya.

(JILL leaves)

MONIQUE: Yeah, I've got to go too. Good luck, girl.

(MONIQUE leaves)

RON: You really know how to guilt trip a guy, don't you?

KIM: You'd prefer to be hit by Jill when it's not an accident?

RON: Yeah.

KIM: Great. See you later.

(KIM leaves)

RON: Why'd she have to be a hockey player? Why couldn't she have been an artist?

(RON leaves)

(Cut to a sewer. GILL trudges through it, looking at a map)

GILL: (Studying map) Okay, so I follow this sewer for a few more days and I'll be in Middleton. (Put map down) Just a few days, Ronnie, then it's pay back time.