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2
EXT. THE RX
PLEX – PARKING LOT – AFTERNOON
Daria,
Trinity and her former band colleagues Max, Nick and Jesse are talking.
MAX:
… So after
our World Tour in South Dakota, came our World Tour in North Dakota…
Daria notices that Trinity and Jesse are trying to ignore each other. Then Jesse says abruptly:
JESSE:
I better get
"The Tank".
He walks off.
DARIA:
The Tank?
MAX:
Yes my van:
"The Tank"! It's indestructible. It has survived Dakota!
NICK: (He
waits until Jesse has left.)
You know:
We are looking for a new lead guitarist.
MAX:
Yeah. Our
old one got a record deal… I mean: He sucked so we throw him out!
TRINITY: (she
stares at them, then she glances quick into the direction in which Jesse
left)
Good luck
guys! I hope you find a replacement.
She gets back into the car.
NICK:
We have an
audition at the Zon this Thursday. You can drop by, when you want.
MAX:
Yeah, it would
be like the old days. Jesse wouldn't mind…
(Nick elbows
him in the rips.)
OW!
TRINITY: (staring
at the steering wheel)
Yes. Bye
They both walk off. Trinity turns to Daria.
TRINITY:
Uh… Daria.
I need to be alone.
DARIA:
Never mind.
I take the bus.
Trinity
drives off.
SOME TIME
LATER:
EXT. LAWNDALE
– BUS TERMINAL – DAY
Daria and
Quinn exit a bus and walk side by side. Quinn is goggling at computer printouts,
while Daria is thinking about Trinity's odd behavior.
QUINN:
I need 6000$
to be cute! Still, I must be glad, I haven't got your face, since then
it would cost me 20'000$ to become cute.
DARIA: (glares
at her and then she glances at her own computer print-out)
Presumably
with 26'000$ I can look like you. Hmm, if we lend 32'000$ from a Bank,
we can become the new Olsen Sisters and pay the money back.
QUINN:
Who in the
world would want to see us both in a TV show? Sorry Daria, but you haven't
got the *personality* to be a Star.
DARIA: (sinister)
The same they
said about Charlie Manson.
Suddenly a huge van drives up beside them. Max and Nick look out the window.
MAX:
Hey you…
QUINN:
Push off guys!
I don't date people right of the streets…
NICK:
No! We are
talking to her.
QUINN:
What???
DARIA: (she
smirks at her)
Look Quinn!
I'm chatted up by strange men in the streets.
QUINN:
OH no! My
cuteness is fading! I need to check my make-up!
She runs into the lady's room of the bus terminal.
DARIA:
What do you
want?
MAX:
You are a
close friend of Trinity, right?
NICK:
Could you
persuade her to meet us at the Zon?
DARIA:
You want her
back in your band?
NICK:
Yeah. We offer
you free backstage cards to all our concerts, when you can talk her into
seeing us again.
DARIA:
Maybe, she
doesn't want to come back.
MAX:
She does!
She is an artist, not a teacher! We were the greatest band of Lawndale,
before she left.
DARIA: (she
peaks inside the van)
Where's the
third man, Jesse?
NICK:
We drop him
off before, but he would welcome her back too.
DARIA: (cautious)
Was there
something between Trinity and Jesse?
MAX:
Of course!
They were both the best friends and great songwriters. They spend every
minute with another. They were the core of our band, man. The eye of the
hurricane. The peanut in the butter… the academy in the police…
NICK: (cuts
in)
Yes! And suddenly
after High School she left the band and went to Middleton College. She
never told us why.
DARIA: (curious)
What about
Jesse?
MAX:
Jesse never
gave us an explanation, why she left. But when you ask me: I think it was
because of him.
NICK: (he
sights)
It's a sad
story: They got drunk and had an affair. She got pregnant from him, but
then she suffered a miscarriage, after that trauma they…
Daria couldn't believe her ears. Neither does Max.
MAX: (aghast)
B**LS**T!
Who told you that c**p?
NICK:
I've got it
from Monique.
MAX:
Do you really
believe all those fairy tales that b***h Monique let out??!! What happened
was: Jesse fall in love with Trinity, but she couldn't respond his feelings,
because she is… a lesbian.
Again Daria couldn't believe her ears. Neither does Nick.
NICK:
B**L**KS!
Trinity is NOT gay!
MAX:
She is!
NICK:
She's not!
MAX:
She is, because
she never hit on me.
NICK:
She never
hit on you, because you are a *namby-pamby* *nincompoop*.
MAX:
That is not
true!
NICK:
A *wimpy*,
*weedy*, *woodenhead* *weenie*. She suffered from a miscarriage!
MAX:
She is a lesbian!
NICK:
Miscarriage!
MAX:
Lesbian!
While they start to wrestle inside the van, Daria rolls her eyes and hoped that Quinn wouldn't walk out.
DARIA:
Guys! GUYS!
(Max and
Nick stop)
I talk to
Trinity, but I guarantee nothing.
MAX:
Please do
it for the sake of our band: Maximum Spiral!
NICK:
No, Mystic
Nickel!!
MAX:
MAXIMUM SPIRAL!!!
NICK:
MYSTIC NICKEL!!!!
They start to push each other, and then they again wrestle inside the van. Quinn comes out the ladies room.
DARIA: (she
smirks again at her)
Look Quinn!
Now they are fighting over me.
QUINN:
EWWW!
She runs
back into the ladies room.
NEXT DAY:
INT. LAWNDALE
HIGH – CORRIDOR
Zane walks
up to Daria, who stands at her open locker.
ZANE: (solemn)
Trinity told
me everything what happened yesterday.
DARIA: (wary)
Uh huh?
ZANE: (with
a dirty smile)
Well come
on! Where are they?
DARIA:
What?!?
ZANE:
Oh Daria,
don't be shy! Show me your boobs!
Daria furiously glares at him. But to avoid any further childish confrontations, she decided to give in. She sights, pulls out the little box from her locker and opens it in front of Zane's face.
ZANE:
Hmm.
He has a "Why-did-I-think-this-would-be-more-interesting?"
expression on his face.
But then he
smirks and reaches into the box.
ZANE:
Whoa! They
are so big, soft, juicy and warm.
DARIA: (She
closes the box with a snap, Zane manages to pull out his fingers in time.)
Cut that out!
ZANE:
Shouldn't
they be implanted first?
Daria notice that he has pulled out one faked boob. Zane looks up and sees Upchuck, walking towards them.
ZANE:
Hey Upchuck!
Catch!
He throws it and Upchuck catches it.
UPCHUCK: (looks
at it)
Hmm. Call
me country-bumpkin, but what is it?
ZANE:
It's a fake
boob.
UPCHUCK: (he
throws it back and runs away)
EWW!
ZANE: (he
give the fake boob back to Daria)
One day he's
going to be ready for a physical relationship. It's my predestination to
prevent that doomsday.
DARIA: (She
rolls her eyes, puts the box back into her locker and closes it.)
Zane, can
we talk?
Zane raises both his eyebrows.
DARIA:
… I mean:
About Trinity. She didn't turn up today at school to sleep.
ZANE:
Yeah, she's
acting strange. Yesterday she went at 10 p.m. to bed. Do you have an idea?
DARIA:
I was with
her yesterday, when she met her old band.
ZANE:
Yes. She told
me about that… Was she behaving weird to a guy called Jesse?
DARIA:
Yeah.
ZANE: (rolls
his eyes)
I don't believe
it! The same old story since 1993!
DARIA:
What?
ZANE:
Well… Trinity
and Jesse were friends since early childhood. And then… in High School…
well… they fall in love with each other.
DARIA:
Uh huh.
ZANE:
But their
parents were against it. Because… back the Seventies … before AIDS… wife-swapping
was pretty common in Lawndale.
Aghast Daria looks at him with wide eyes.
ZANE:
Yo! They are
biological half-sister and half-brother.
Daria's
jaw just drops down… but then she takes her close look at Zane's face:
He was trying not to laugh.
She rolls
her eyes…
DARIA:
Very disgusting
Zane!
Due the sick joke before, Zane bursts out into laughter, while Daria rolls her eyes and glares at him.
DARIA:
You're sick.
ZANE: (he
stops chuckling)
I must be,
I am talking to you…
Without a word Daria turns around and walks to the exit.
ZANE: (behind
her)
Why are you
asking? You aren't busybody, are you?
Daria stops and turns around.
DARIA:
I am concerned
about Trinity.
ZANE:
Since when
you are concerned about anyone?
DARIA:
She is my
only friend here. And to be honest, she is like my sister… I mean the sister
I should have had.
ZANE:
Now that's
*cute*.
Daria and Zane notice Quinn. She carries a notice board and talks to a couple of students.
QUINN:
So you see,
when you contribute to my surgery, it's like we're all sharing my surgery.
You get to look at me walking around like this all day. It's not even like
I'm doing that for me. I bring honor to the Lawndale High.
DARIA:
On the other
hand Quinn is like the sister you would have *deserved*.
ZANE:
What folly
is she into now?
DARIA:
She has started
a collection for her beauty operation.
ZANE:
Sheesh!
DARIA:
By the way:
Yesterday, Max and Nick asked me, if I could talk Trinity to join again
their band. They also had some wild stories about Trinity and Jesse.
ZANE:
Yeah, there
are a lot of freaky gossips around, but they aren't true. They didn't even
seem to had ever a crush on each other… but… I can't tell you. It's confidential.
DARIA:
Since when
you care about something confidential?
ZANE:
Hey! She is
my sis'… All right Daria, in confidence: She never told me, what actually
went on between them. It must be private girlie stuff. So: Why don't you
ask her yourself?
DARIA:
I will… …
bye
Zane watches
how Daria leaves. Then he walks up to Quinn.
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