(ESTABLISHING SHOT: Middleton High School)
(A school bus pulls out of the parking lot)
(Cut to the interior of the gym. KIM and the other cheerleaders finish up a very difficult routine. RON and JILL sits on the bleachers, watching)
KIM: Okay, that was great. I'll see you all tomorrow and we'll go over this again.
(The cheerleaders disperse. KIM walks over to RON and JILL)
RON: Are you people ever out of season?
KIM: Nope. They use us to cheer for almost every sports team the school has.
JILL: Which reminds me: why do they refuse us to use you guys at the hockey games?
KIM: Well, it's kind of hard for us to do our routines on the ice.
JILL: There's an excuse for everything, isn't there?
RON: So, what's the new routine for?
KIM: Regionals.
RON: Yeah, I remember regionals from last year.
JILL: Why? What happened at regionals last year?
KIM: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
RON: So, are they being held here again?
KIM: No, they moved them to Upperton this year. And after regionals we're going to compete all over the state.
RON: All over the state? That would mean-
KIM: Yeah, I'm gonna be gone for a while.
RON: Oh my gosh! Do you know what that means?
KIM: Don't worry, if anything happens with villains Wade will be able to reach me.
RON: No, I'm going to have nothing to do! With you gone I'll have no one to hang out with!
KIM: What about Jill?
JILL: I've got hockey. We're traveling too.
RON: See? I'm totally alone!
(RUFUS climbs out of his pocket)
RUFUS: Alone.
(Pause)
(JILL gets an idea)
JILL: Hey, I have an idea! Be the manager of the girl's hockey team.
KIM: Yeah, that's a great idea.
RON: You guys don't have a manager?
JILL: Well, our coach does it, but if you did it, it would free up a lot of time.
KIM: That sounds like a great idea, Ron. It'll give you a chance to do something different.
JILL: What do you say?
RON: Sure. What've I got to lose?
(A school bus pulls out of the parking lot)
(Cut to the interior of the gym. KIM and the other cheerleaders finish up a very difficult routine. RON and JILL sits on the bleachers, watching)
KIM: Okay, that was great. I'll see you all tomorrow and we'll go over this again.
(The cheerleaders disperse. KIM walks over to RON and JILL)
RON: Are you people ever out of season?
KIM: Nope. They use us to cheer for almost every sports team the school has.
JILL: Which reminds me: why do they refuse us to use you guys at the hockey games?
KIM: Well, it's kind of hard for us to do our routines on the ice.
JILL: There's an excuse for everything, isn't there?
RON: So, what's the new routine for?
KIM: Regionals.
RON: Yeah, I remember regionals from last year.
JILL: Why? What happened at regionals last year?
KIM: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
RON: So, are they being held here again?
KIM: No, they moved them to Upperton this year. And after regionals we're going to compete all over the state.
RON: All over the state? That would mean-
KIM: Yeah, I'm gonna be gone for a while.
RON: Oh my gosh! Do you know what that means?
KIM: Don't worry, if anything happens with villains Wade will be able to reach me.
RON: No, I'm going to have nothing to do! With you gone I'll have no one to hang out with!
KIM: What about Jill?
JILL: I've got hockey. We're traveling too.
RON: See? I'm totally alone!
(RUFUS climbs out of his pocket)
RUFUS: Alone.
(Pause)
(JILL gets an idea)
JILL: Hey, I have an idea! Be the manager of the girl's hockey team.
KIM: Yeah, that's a great idea.
RON: You guys don't have a manager?
JILL: Well, our coach does it, but if you did it, it would free up a lot of time.
KIM: That sounds like a great idea, Ron. It'll give you a chance to do something different.
JILL: What do you say?
RON: Sure. What've I got to lose?