Cut To:
Int. Principal's Office
"What da hell were ya thinkin'?!" Bugs shouted, while Buster Bunny cringed at his outrage, but maintained his compose.
"Bugs, I had nothing to do with that!"
"Half da students here said dat you did it, Buster."
"That's proposterous!" He shouted, but lowered his tone a little. "Why -- (scoffs) -- W-why would I beat up my best friend?!"
"You know what, I don't know. (points to buster) You...(points to self)...tell me."
Buster shook his head in denial, while gazing down.
"I never touched Hampton. I wasn't even in the bathroom."
"Oh, really. His attacker was described as a rabbit..."
Buster slowly looked from the ground to Bugs after that statement with a shocked expression in his eyes.
"...by the students who witnessed it as he left da bathroom. You tell me I'm wrong!" He shouted his last comment.
Buster paused with a mix of emotions unexplainable to the mind. He continued staring at Bugs, who noticed and sighs deeply, trying to calm down.
"Look, Buster, You're a good kid. And I have a lot of respect for ya. But I have got ta draw da line somewhere. I do not want 'dis ta end up like what happened last month. And ta insure dat it wont...you're suspended."
Buster's shocked expression knows no limit. He was never suspended before and did everything by the book of the school. He slowly gazed down with his ears following his example and his eyes closed tightly.
Bugs had his eyes down on his desk not making contact with Buster.
"I'm sorry it has to go down like 'dis Buster, but..." Was all Bugs could say before looking from his desk and noticing that Buster was out the door where Daffy saw him leave and entered the office.
Bugs puts a hand on his forehand and sighs deeply, while shaking his head in shame with his eyes closed.
Daffy walks up to him.
"How'd it go?"
Bugs was in the same predictament before responding.
"I don't know. I don't know if I was a little hard on him or..."
Bugs discontinued his statement, while removing his hand firmly from his head as Daffy gaze from him and nods, knowing what Bugs was trying to say. All the while, Bugs came with questions in thought. Was he doing the right thing?
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Ext.
(Bell Rings)
Outside, the school ended as many students left. Buster was coming down the stairs and started walking alone with his stuff in total sadness and shame at what just happened. If he'd had any parent, he'd tell them that he was suspended for something he didn't do. But he didn't, which got him on a lucky streak. However, that didn't apply to Buster. At one point, he believes he was framed. At another, he fully believed that he started the fight and brutalized Hampton. Buster didn't even know which to believe, but brushed it off for now and kept walking.
Although he was ready to leave the school, students haven't said a word towards Buster. And to Buster's state of mind right now, he didn't blame them.
Babs saw him from the front door, rushed over, and caught up with Buster, leading them both to the grassy forest.
"Buster, wait up!"
Buster noticed, but kept his sharp gaze forward, keeping his pace up while Babs follows.
"Go home, Babs." He said, softly
"Look, Buster, I believe you didn't do it."
"It doesn't matter."
"Why not?"
Frustrated, Buster stopped his movement and quickly turned to Babs in frustration as Babs stopped when he did.
"BECAUSE I WAS THERE, GODDAMNIT! I WAS..." Buster cringed his eyes closed, grabbed his ears and pulled them down in total frustration and grief at the same time, while sheding some tears in his eyes. "...fucking there."
Babs' expression was shocked in disbelief, while Buster sobs softly.
"I don't believe that." She said
Buster sobs and pants heavily while turning away from Babs.
"Well, I do."
Before Buster could walk off, Babs then grabbed him by the shoulders and turned him to face her.
"No, you don't. You hear me? Don't you ever believe that. It's bullshit! All of it!"
Buster kept his eyes to the ground, avoiding her eyes as Babs noticed and shook him.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" She said as Buster gazed her desperate worried eyes. "I know for a fact that you aren't responsible for it. Believe me, I know."
Buster shook his head.
"You don't know th--"
"Listen to me!"
Buster then shook off of Babs and sneered at her.
"No! Listen, Babs, I appreciate what you are doing. But it is too fucking late for that. (tear-eyed, weak tone) I'm sorry. Please leave me alone."
Babs shook her head and was tear-eyed herself.
"No, Buster, don't do this. Buster!" She cried as Buster paced away fast toward his burrow, not turning back.
Babs lowered her head with her eyes closed, slumped down to both knees, and sobbing her eyes out.
This was almost like when Babs started walking out on Buster.
Cut To:
Int. Shirley's Place
(A Few Minutes Later)
Shirley had a shocked expression on her face, while on the phone with Babs, who was telling her everything.
"Babs, are you, like, serious?"
Int.
Babs was the bed, sniffing her tears up before speaking on the phone.
"I have never seen him like this before. He suddenly believes that he was responsible for what happened to Hampton."
"Oh, god." Came shirley's reply from the phone.
Babs blew her nose on a tissue paper.
Int.
"Listen, Babs, don't worry. He'll, like, totally blow through this whole ordeal."
Int.
"'Kay?"
Babs nods.
"Okay." She sniffed after her comment.
"I'll see you later."
"Goodbye."
Babs hung up the phone and sat there for a while getting into her own thoughts.
"But it is too fucking late for that." Buster voice echoed in Babs' mind. "I'm sorry. Leave me alone."
The words Buster said to her has never been so desperate in the years that they've been in school and known each other. But Babs was not one to believe such lies that Buster was responsible and she was willing to find out sooner of later.
Int.
Shirley laid back in her bed and got into her thoughts as well. She wanted to straighten Buster out, but doesn't know how. Babs couldn't do it, due to the stunt Buster pulled on her at the forest. She closed her eyes slowly and exhales softly.
"What the hell are you talking about?" A voice said, voice-over
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Ext.
Somewhere in the forest, Fifi and Dorian were at fits with each other, standing in the middle of the forest facing each other.
"You know exactly what I am talking about, Dorian. You did this to Hampton, didn't you?!"
Dorian pulled a long pause and shot a glare at her
"What if I did, huh? What the fuck are you gonna do about it?!" He shouted his last statement.
Fifi tried to counter, but couldn't find the words to do so.
Dorian noticed.
"I thought so." He then firmly placed the index finger of his left hand under Fifi's chin. "Don't forget what I told you."
Fifi shivered as his eyes pierced through her soul. She tried to resist, but had little strength to do so.
"Because if you do, I promise to make your life a living hell."
That were Dorian's final cold words as he left her sight into the forest, smoking a cigarette.
Fifi stood there watching him leave, while closing her eyes, relieved that he was gone.
Int. Principal's Office
"What da hell were ya thinkin'?!" Bugs shouted, while Buster Bunny cringed at his outrage, but maintained his compose.
"Bugs, I had nothing to do with that!"
"Half da students here said dat you did it, Buster."
"That's proposterous!" He shouted, but lowered his tone a little. "Why -- (scoffs) -- W-why would I beat up my best friend?!"
"You know what, I don't know. (points to buster) You...(points to self)...tell me."
Buster shook his head in denial, while gazing down.
"I never touched Hampton. I wasn't even in the bathroom."
"Oh, really. His attacker was described as a rabbit..."
Buster slowly looked from the ground to Bugs after that statement with a shocked expression in his eyes.
"...by the students who witnessed it as he left da bathroom. You tell me I'm wrong!" He shouted his last comment.
Buster paused with a mix of emotions unexplainable to the mind. He continued staring at Bugs, who noticed and sighs deeply, trying to calm down.
"Look, Buster, You're a good kid. And I have a lot of respect for ya. But I have got ta draw da line somewhere. I do not want 'dis ta end up like what happened last month. And ta insure dat it wont...you're suspended."
Buster's shocked expression knows no limit. He was never suspended before and did everything by the book of the school. He slowly gazed down with his ears following his example and his eyes closed tightly.
Bugs had his eyes down on his desk not making contact with Buster.
"I'm sorry it has to go down like 'dis Buster, but..." Was all Bugs could say before looking from his desk and noticing that Buster was out the door where Daffy saw him leave and entered the office.
Bugs puts a hand on his forehand and sighs deeply, while shaking his head in shame with his eyes closed.
Daffy walks up to him.
"How'd it go?"
Bugs was in the same predictament before responding.
"I don't know. I don't know if I was a little hard on him or..."
Bugs discontinued his statement, while removing his hand firmly from his head as Daffy gaze from him and nods, knowing what Bugs was trying to say. All the while, Bugs came with questions in thought. Was he doing the right thing?
Cut To:
Ext.
(Bell Rings)
Outside, the school ended as many students left. Buster was coming down the stairs and started walking alone with his stuff in total sadness and shame at what just happened. If he'd had any parent, he'd tell them that he was suspended for something he didn't do. But he didn't, which got him on a lucky streak. However, that didn't apply to Buster. At one point, he believes he was framed. At another, he fully believed that he started the fight and brutalized Hampton. Buster didn't even know which to believe, but brushed it off for now and kept walking.
Although he was ready to leave the school, students haven't said a word towards Buster. And to Buster's state of mind right now, he didn't blame them.
Babs saw him from the front door, rushed over, and caught up with Buster, leading them both to the grassy forest.
"Buster, wait up!"
Buster noticed, but kept his sharp gaze forward, keeping his pace up while Babs follows.
"Go home, Babs." He said, softly
"Look, Buster, I believe you didn't do it."
"It doesn't matter."
"Why not?"
Frustrated, Buster stopped his movement and quickly turned to Babs in frustration as Babs stopped when he did.
"BECAUSE I WAS THERE, GODDAMNIT! I WAS..." Buster cringed his eyes closed, grabbed his ears and pulled them down in total frustration and grief at the same time, while sheding some tears in his eyes. "...fucking there."
Babs' expression was shocked in disbelief, while Buster sobs softly.
"I don't believe that." She said
Buster sobs and pants heavily while turning away from Babs.
"Well, I do."
Before Buster could walk off, Babs then grabbed him by the shoulders and turned him to face her.
"No, you don't. You hear me? Don't you ever believe that. It's bullshit! All of it!"
Buster kept his eyes to the ground, avoiding her eyes as Babs noticed and shook him.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" She said as Buster gazed her desperate worried eyes. "I know for a fact that you aren't responsible for it. Believe me, I know."
Buster shook his head.
"You don't know th--"
"Listen to me!"
Buster then shook off of Babs and sneered at her.
"No! Listen, Babs, I appreciate what you are doing. But it is too fucking late for that. (tear-eyed, weak tone) I'm sorry. Please leave me alone."
Babs shook her head and was tear-eyed herself.
"No, Buster, don't do this. Buster!" She cried as Buster paced away fast toward his burrow, not turning back.
Babs lowered her head with her eyes closed, slumped down to both knees, and sobbing her eyes out.
This was almost like when Babs started walking out on Buster.
Cut To:
Int. Shirley's Place
(A Few Minutes Later)
Shirley had a shocked expression on her face, while on the phone with Babs, who was telling her everything.
"Babs, are you, like, serious?"
Int.
Babs was the bed, sniffing her tears up before speaking on the phone.
"I have never seen him like this before. He suddenly believes that he was responsible for what happened to Hampton."
"Oh, god." Came shirley's reply from the phone.
Babs blew her nose on a tissue paper.
Int.
"Listen, Babs, don't worry. He'll, like, totally blow through this whole ordeal."
Int.
"'Kay?"
Babs nods.
"Okay." She sniffed after her comment.
"I'll see you later."
"Goodbye."
Babs hung up the phone and sat there for a while getting into her own thoughts.
"But it is too fucking late for that." Buster voice echoed in Babs' mind. "I'm sorry. Leave me alone."
The words Buster said to her has never been so desperate in the years that they've been in school and known each other. But Babs was not one to believe such lies that Buster was responsible and she was willing to find out sooner of later.
Int.
Shirley laid back in her bed and got into her thoughts as well. She wanted to straighten Buster out, but doesn't know how. Babs couldn't do it, due to the stunt Buster pulled on her at the forest. She closed her eyes slowly and exhales softly.
"What the hell are you talking about?" A voice said, voice-over
Cut To:
Ext.
Somewhere in the forest, Fifi and Dorian were at fits with each other, standing in the middle of the forest facing each other.
"You know exactly what I am talking about, Dorian. You did this to Hampton, didn't you?!"
Dorian pulled a long pause and shot a glare at her
"What if I did, huh? What the fuck are you gonna do about it?!" He shouted his last statement.
Fifi tried to counter, but couldn't find the words to do so.
Dorian noticed.
"I thought so." He then firmly placed the index finger of his left hand under Fifi's chin. "Don't forget what I told you."
Fifi shivered as his eyes pierced through her soul. She tried to resist, but had little strength to do so.
"Because if you do, I promise to make your life a living hell."
That were Dorian's final cold words as he left her sight into the forest, smoking a cigarette.
Fifi stood there watching him leave, while closing her eyes, relieved that he was gone.