(ESTABLISHING SHOT: Middleton High School)
(Cut to the interior. Play rehearsal is in process. AMELIA, JULIA ROBERTS [remember her, from that gag in "Crush"?], and JILL are on stage. KIM is directing them)
KIM: Okay. Good scene, just a few thoughts. Julia- when you fall out of the dressing room, try to land on your shoulder.
JULIA: Okay.
KIM: And don't worry, we'll have a mat laid out so you're not falling on the stage.
JULIA: Thanks, Kim.
KIM: (Looking through script) Okay, you guys are done for now. Take a quick break. I'll call you when we're ready.
(AMELIA, JULIA, and JILL exit into the hallway. As they do, RON approaches JILL)
RON: Hey, Jill.
JILL: Yeah, Ron, what up?
(Holding up RUFUS)
RON: Can you hold onto Rufus while I rehearse my scene? I'm not allowed to have him on stage)
RUFUS: Please.
JILL: Sure, Ron. No problem.
RON: Great.
(RUFUS jumps onto JILL and lands on her shoulder)
KIM: (OS) Ron, get on stage!
RON: (To KIM) I'm coming! (To JILL) Thanks, again. I'll see you after practice.
(RON goes to the stage)
(Cut to the the hallway. AMELIA is rooting through her locker. JILL approaches)
JILL: Um, Amelia?
AMELIA: Yes. And you are?
JILL: Jill Sloane. I'm in the play with you. I'm on the hockey team.
AMELIA: Oh. So, what do you want?
JILL: I just wanted to have a word with you about Ron.
AMELIA: Uh huh?
JILL: I just wanted you to know that he's my boyfriend, so, you know, don't get any ideas.
AMELIA: What? You actually think that I'd try to go out with Ron?
JILL: Well...
AMELIA: I would never try to make Ron go out with me.
JILL: Good. I'm glad...
AMELIA: Because, let's face it. He's a loser.
JILL: (Angry) Hey!
RUFUS: Hey!
AMELIA: Now I couldn't help it if he started to crush on me. Let's face it, it's hard not to. Plus, compared to you...
JILL: Hey!
(An annoyed RUFUS crawls down JILL to the floor. He crawls over to AMELIA's shoes and unties the laces)
(Cut to above-waist shot of JILL and AMELIA)
AMELIA: Nothing personal. I guess you were drawn to each other by your love of hockey.
JILL: Do you even follow hockey?
AMELIA: Yes, in fact, I'm a big Ducks fan. I was so happy when they came back in Game 3.
JILL: (Shaking with anger) Really?
AMELIA: Yeah. Jersey stinks. They don't stand a chance. Well, I've got to get back to the stage.
(Cut to RUFUS. He has tied AMELIA's shoe laces together)
AMELIA: See ya.
(AMELIA turns to go, and immediately trips. She grabs onto a nearby door and falls inside, falling down a stair well. JILL and RUFUS observe)
JILL: (To RUFUS) Nice. (Looking down stairs, to AMELIA) Don't mess with Jersey!
(JILL walks off)
(Cut to a tree outside the school. GILL sits in a tree, looking in the window. Play rehearsal can be seen through the window. GILL waits)
(Cut to the interior. Play rehearsal is in process. AMELIA, JULIA ROBERTS [remember her, from that gag in "Crush"?], and JILL are on stage. KIM is directing them)
KIM: Okay. Good scene, just a few thoughts. Julia- when you fall out of the dressing room, try to land on your shoulder.
JULIA: Okay.
KIM: And don't worry, we'll have a mat laid out so you're not falling on the stage.
JULIA: Thanks, Kim.
KIM: (Looking through script) Okay, you guys are done for now. Take a quick break. I'll call you when we're ready.
(AMELIA, JULIA, and JILL exit into the hallway. As they do, RON approaches JILL)
RON: Hey, Jill.
JILL: Yeah, Ron, what up?
(Holding up RUFUS)
RON: Can you hold onto Rufus while I rehearse my scene? I'm not allowed to have him on stage)
RUFUS: Please.
JILL: Sure, Ron. No problem.
RON: Great.
(RUFUS jumps onto JILL and lands on her shoulder)
KIM: (OS) Ron, get on stage!
RON: (To KIM) I'm coming! (To JILL) Thanks, again. I'll see you after practice.
(RON goes to the stage)
(Cut to the the hallway. AMELIA is rooting through her locker. JILL approaches)
JILL: Um, Amelia?
AMELIA: Yes. And you are?
JILL: Jill Sloane. I'm in the play with you. I'm on the hockey team.
AMELIA: Oh. So, what do you want?
JILL: I just wanted to have a word with you about Ron.
AMELIA: Uh huh?
JILL: I just wanted you to know that he's my boyfriend, so, you know, don't get any ideas.
AMELIA: What? You actually think that I'd try to go out with Ron?
JILL: Well...
AMELIA: I would never try to make Ron go out with me.
JILL: Good. I'm glad...
AMELIA: Because, let's face it. He's a loser.
JILL: (Angry) Hey!
RUFUS: Hey!
AMELIA: Now I couldn't help it if he started to crush on me. Let's face it, it's hard not to. Plus, compared to you...
JILL: Hey!
(An annoyed RUFUS crawls down JILL to the floor. He crawls over to AMELIA's shoes and unties the laces)
(Cut to above-waist shot of JILL and AMELIA)
AMELIA: Nothing personal. I guess you were drawn to each other by your love of hockey.
JILL: Do you even follow hockey?
AMELIA: Yes, in fact, I'm a big Ducks fan. I was so happy when they came back in Game 3.
JILL: (Shaking with anger) Really?
AMELIA: Yeah. Jersey stinks. They don't stand a chance. Well, I've got to get back to the stage.
(Cut to RUFUS. He has tied AMELIA's shoe laces together)
AMELIA: See ya.
(AMELIA turns to go, and immediately trips. She grabs onto a nearby door and falls inside, falling down a stair well. JILL and RUFUS observe)
JILL: (To RUFUS) Nice. (Looking down stairs, to AMELIA) Don't mess with Jersey!
(JILL walks off)
(Cut to a tree outside the school. GILL sits in a tree, looking in the window. Play rehearsal can be seen through the window. GILL waits)