LAKEHURST HIGH - EPISODE 2 - A THREE LETTER WORD, THAT STARTS WITH AN S

Disclaimer: I don´t own the rights to Degrassi or the characters from it.

1. Int. Michelle´s Apartment. Evening.

Michelle is having Alexa over for a girl´s night. They´re both enjoying themselves.

Alexa:

The worst was when his mom almost caught us. I haf to crawl under his bed and hide!

Michelle:

You didn´t!

Alexa:

I had to lie there and hear the story he came up with, to explain to his mom, why he was in bed in the middle of the day.

Michelle:

You´re gonna get caught.

Alexa:

That´s what makes it exciting! How far have you gone with Snake?

Michelle:

I´m not gonna tell you!

Alexa:

I told you mine. It´s only fair, that you tell me yours. Have you rounded second?

Michelle:

That´s where he touches your breasts, right?

Alexa:

It has to under the bra, for it to count.

Michelle:

In that case, we haven´t. Do you think, I should have sex with him?

Alexa:

I would wait, if I were you. Enjoy the ride, until you get there, like I did,

Michelle:

What would you do, as the next step?

Alexa:

Do you feel ready for it?

Michelle nods and smiles.

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2. Int. The Dot. Evening.

The early 90´s version of The Dot looks something, that´still out of the 80´s and very different from how it will look in the future. Tessa is helping Joey with his Spanish homework over a soda and some fries.

Joey:

Me soy de ... hopeless. I´m hopeless!

Tessa:

Do you think, it was easy for me in the beginning? You have to keep at it.

Joey:

Thanks for being patient.

Tessa:

It´s okay. Hanging out with you is more fun, than sitting at home and watching TV.

Joey:

My head just isn´t in it. Is it okay with you, if we call it a day?

Tessa:

Sure. You´ve done good.

Joey smiles.

Joey:

Do you mean that, or are you trying to cheer me up again?

Tessa:

A little of both.

Joey:

We´re becoming friends, right?

Tessa:

I´d like to think so.

Joey:

Can I ask you a question, friend to friend? I´d like to get a girl´s opinion on something.

Tessa:

Anything.

Joey:

How long would you wait, before you moved beyond kissing?

Tessa smiles nervously.

Tessa:

That all depends on the boy, I guess.

Joey:

I´m starting to feeel like a loser, because I haven´t ... been there.

Tessa:

For what it´s worth, I haven´t either. I would, if it were the right guy and it felt right, but it hasn´t yet with anyone.

Joey:

I just ... thought you might have. You hear stories.

Tessa:

I´ve kissed a few guys, but that´s it. The rest is what people have made up.

Joey:

Just so you know, I never believed in any of them.

Tessa:

I´m glad. I wouldn´t want you to think, that I´m easy. A guy has to win hy heart, before I kiss him.

They smile at each other.

3. Int. Hallway. Day.

Caitlyn is talking to Spike, as they walk up the hallway.

Caitlyn:

It´s like lately, it´s the only thing, he can talk about.

Spike:

Can you blame him? His friends have probably all been there.

Caitlyn:

Do you think so?

Spike:

Ehm, yeah! Snake and Michelle have been a couple for two months now, plus she has her own apartment. Yick dated Tessa and I don´t even want to think about what goes on, when Wheels and Kathleen are alone together! You´re falling behind!

Caitlyn:

I shouldn´t go any further, than I want to, should I?

Spike:

That´s the way it should be, in theory. In reality, guys move on, if you hold them off long enough, from getting what they want.

They see Tessa, Yick and Joey laughing together before class.

Spike:

If you don´t, I bet there´s someone else, who will let him get there.

Caitlyn:

They´re just friends. She doesn´t have anyone else here.

Spike:

The way they look at each other and laugh together reminds me of something.

Caitlyn:

Not that I´m gonna let you suck me into your paranoia, but what?

Spike:

You and Joey, just before you became a couple.

Caitlyn can´t help looking a little worried.

4. Ext. Degrassi. Day.

Snake and Michelle are getting a little alone time, sitting on a bench outside of the school.

Snake:

What do you want to do tonight?

Michelle:

Do you think, you can borrow your parent´s car?

Snake:

I probably could, if I asked nice enough. What do you have in mind?

Michelle:

You could come over to my place and I´ll make us dinner. We could fool around afterwards.

Snake smiles nervously.

Snake:

Okay! What time?

Michelle:

I six okay with you?

Snake:

Six is fine.

Michelle:

I´m not ready to go all the way, if that´s what you´re thinking. We could still try some other new things?

Snake:

Sure!

He smiles his goofy smile.

5. Int. Hallway. Day.

Tessa is getting books out of her locker and looks to be in a great mood. Caitlyn walks up next to her and opens her own locker.

Caitlyn:

You´re looking chipper.

Tessa:

It´s this joke, that Joey told. It´s still making me smile, when I think about it.

Caitlyn:

You´re really getting along, aren´t you?

Tessa:

I totally get, what you see in him. I wouldn´t mind having a clone of him, of my own.

Caitlyn get defensive.

Caitlyn:

You´re not getting him!

Tessa:

I didn´t mean it like that ...

Caitlyn:

How did you mean it?

Tessa:

Just that he´s a great guy and you´re a lucky girl.

Caitlyn looks Tessa in the eyes.

Caitlyn:

Tessa, I don´t mind, if you´re friends with him. Lord knows, that he could use another female influence in his life and I know, that you don´t have anyone aside from him and Yick. But if you try to steal my man, I will get angry and come after you! Understood?

A shocked Tessa just nods.

Caitlyn:

It took me a long time to get him. I´m not letting you or anyone else, steal him away from me.

Tessa quickly locks her locker.

Tessa:

I should get to class.

Caitlyn:

Yes, you should.

Tessa hurries away. Caitlyn looks proud, that she stood up for herself.

6. Int. Classroom. Day.

Caitlyn sits down next to Spike, who´s surprised to see her.

Spike:

Aren´t you in the wrong classroom?

Caitlyn:

I just took care of the Tessa problem. I´m taking care of the other one tonight.

Spike:

Good for you! You should get out of here, before the teacher catches you.

Caitlyn:

It´s time to leave Caitlyn, the girl behind and start becoming Caitlyn, the woman!

She smiles and leaves the classroom. Spike is happy for her and smiles to herself.

7. Int. Hallway. Day.

Joey is talking to Wheels. Kathleen gives him a good scowl, as she passes them. Joey smiles to himself.

Joey:

What did you do this time?

Wheels:

Nothing. She´s just pretending to be mad at me.

Joey:

Why would she ...

Wheels:

So that we can make up, Doofus! It´s a game, we play, to get each other off.

Joey:

You´ve advanced to expert level, haven´t you?

Wheels:

She is one weird girl, but man, is this a fun ride to be on! It´s as if, she gets off on being angry!

Joey looks jealous.

Joey:

Caitlyn and me ...

Wheels:

You might want to cool it with the confessional. She´s coming towards us.

Caitlyn looks at Joey seductively.

Wheels:

See ya, Joey. Hi, Caitlyn.

Caitlyn:

Hi.

Wheels grins to himself and leaves them.

Joey:

English class next, huh? There´s no escaping mr. Hudson.

Caitlyn:

I want to apologize.

Joey looks surprised.

Joey:

You don´t have anything to apologize for.

Caitlyn:

Yes, I do. I´ve been a part time girlfriend lately and you deserve better. A real girlfriend.

Joey:

You are a real girlfriend.

Caitlyn:

I´ve been like a Junior High girlfriend. We´ve been in High School for two years and I´m thinking, that it´s time, we started acting like it.

Joey gets flustered.

Joey:

Caitlyn, this isn´t like you.

Caitlyn:

Say hello to the new Caitlyn. I think, you´ll like her.

She gives him a hug, that´s so sexy, that it almost makes him blush.

8. Montage

We see Alexa helping Michelle shop food for her big date. She´s clearly looking forward to it.

We see Snake trying to make his hair look right, but it isn´t co-orperating with him, like he wants it to.

We see Caitlyn wearing a racy new short skirt, she´s bought for the occasion. The feminist in her clearly isn´t liking it, but she convinces herself, that a girl´s gotta do, what a girl´s gotta do to keep her man sometimes.

We see Joey getting ready for his date, when he receives a phone call.

9. Int. Michelle´s Apartment. Evening.

The doorbell rings and Michelle rushes to answer it. She´s dressed to look her best and quickly touches up her hair and checks her breath one last time, before opening the door. It´s Snake, smiling goofily and dressed up too. He has a box of cholates with him

Michelle:

Hi. Come into my humble abode.

He comes in and she closes the door after him. He hands her the chocolates.

Snake:

I didn´t know whether to get you chocolate or flowers, so I flipped a coin.

Michelle smiles.

Michelle:

That´s romantic in it´s own way, I guess.

Snake:

It smells nice. What are we having?

Michelle:

My own version of Spaghetti Bolognese. It´s one out of three dishes, I can make, where I´m sure, it can´t go wrong!

Snake:

Anything for dessert?

Michelle:

There´s me, if that counts.

She gives him a passionate kiss.

Snake:

It definitely counts!

They kiss again.

10. Ext. Caitlyn´s House. Evening.

Joey has picked up Caitlyn for their date. He doesn´t look too pleased with her though.

Caitlyn:

Is it the skirt, that´s too much?

Joey:

The shirt is fine. Did you threaten Tessa in school today?

Caitlyn looks apologetic.

Caitlyn:

I wouldn´t call it threatening her.

Joey:

Yick called me. She hasn´t left his side all day, because she´s afraid, that you´ll find her and hurt her.

Caitlyn:

I´m just afraid, that she likes you.

She tries to touch him, but he backs off.

Joey:

Don´t you trust me?

Caitlyn:

I do, I´m not sure, if I trust her.

Joey:

After all we´ve been through to get here, you still think, I could do that to you? What do you take me for?

Caitlyn:

Can´t we forget about it and go on our date?

Joey:

There´s not gonna be a date. Not until you´ve apologized to Tessa. What you did crossed the line.

Caitlyn:

Joey, I´m sorry ...

Joey:

I´m not the one, you need to apologize to. What were you thinking?

Caitlyn:

I wasn´t thinking.

Joey:

How would you feel, if someone who´s older and bigger, threatened you? Wouldn´t you be scared?

He gets into his parents car and drives off. She looks annoyed with herself.

11. Int. Michelle´s Apartment. Evening.

Michelle looks apologetic, as Snake tries to get some pasta from a large bowl. It´s more or less one big chunk, that´s stuck together.

Michelle:

That´s never happened to me before.

Snake:

It can happen, when you way overcook it. Don´t worry about it, I´m a little to blame too, remember?

They smile at each other.

Michelle:

Is it edible? I have more pasta, it will just take time to cook it.

He tries to get his fork unstuck form the chunk, but it´s close to impossible and he has to use most of his strength to get it free, to Michelle´s amusement. He can´t help laughing at it either.

Snake:

I´m not sure, that eating this would be good for us.

Michelle giggles.

Michelle:

Well, we´re off to a fine start. I promise, that it will get better from this point on.

Snake:

It´s cool. I´m still enjoying myself .

Michelle:

I´m also looking forward, to what we´ll be doing later.

Snake:

I´m still not a hundred percent sure, what you meant.

Michelle:

You´ll find out. I´ll put some more water over.

She gives his a kiss and leaves him. He has a little finger test of the sauce and it looks to be good, from his facial expression.

12. Int. Caitlyn´s Room. Evening.

Caitlyn is looking over the yearbook and finds out that Tessa´s last name is Campanelli. She then gets out a phone book and starts shuffling through the pages.

13. Int. Car. Evening.

Joey is hanging out with Wheels.

Joey:

I don´t know, what´s gotten into her lately.

Wheels:

She´s jealous of you and Tessa. Are you so thick headed, that you don´t see it?

Joey:

She hasn´t got anything to worry about.

Wheels:

Hasn´t she? I´ve seen the way, you look at her. She´s not a little girl anymore, that´s for sure.

Joey:

It wouldn´t be the same with her, as it is with Caitlyn. Me and Caitlyn know each other, we´re each other´s best friend.

Wheels:

That could be the problem.

Joey:

How do you figure?

Wheels:

You and Caitlyn have known each other for so long, that it´s also turned into a brother/sister type relationship.

Joey:

EWW!

Wheels grins.

Wheels:

Not literally! I´m just saying that it could be easier to take that next step, if it´s with someone, you don´t have brotherly protective feelings for. Don´t pretend, that you don´t have those for Caitlyn, because you clearly do.

Joey:

Was it easy for you?

Wheels:

We didn´t really think about it, as much as just went for it in the heat of passion.

Joey:

What do boobs feel like?

Wheels:

Soft and smooth. They´re also good for warming your hands, if they´re cold.

Joey:

Have you felt up Kathleen in other places?

Wheels:

No offense, but some things, I´m keeping private. Mostly because I´m afraid of what she would do to me, if she found out, that I told you.

They both shake their heads simultaneously.

Joey/Wheels:

Those girls!

They look at each other and both start to laugh, when thinking about them.

14. Int. Michelle´s Apartment. Evening.

Snake and Michelle are sitting on her couch. It´s a little awkward between them, since they´re both nervous.

Snake:

This is ... a little weird.

Michelle:

I have an idea, where we can start.

She takes her shirt off, revealing her bra to him. She looks at him nervously. He´s lost for words.

Michelle:

Do you like, what you see?

Snake:

Oh, yes! Those are some nice boobs!

Michelle smiles shyly.

Michelle:

Why don´t you take off your shirt?

Snake:

Alright.

He takes his shirt off. His athletic physique is clearly to her liking.

Michelle:

Mamma mia!

They´re almost about to kiss, when a loud alarm goes off. Both of them have to cover their ears.

Snake:

WHAT´S THAT?

Michelle:

IT´S THE FIRE ALARM! WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT AWAY!

They put their clothes back on.

15. Ext. Tessa´s House. Evening.

Caitlyn is nervously waiting for Tessa to come down. She smiles apologetically, when she does.

Caitlyn:

Tessa, I´m so sorry, if I scared you.

Tessa:

You did. No one´s threatened to come after me before.

Caitlyn:

I´m just worried, that I´m gonna lose him. Please understand, that it has nothing to do with you. You´re an innocent victim, who got caught in the middle of our relationship issues and that isn´t fair on you. I had no right to say what I did.

Tessa:

You´re at least willing to admit it. I know, what they say about me. That I´ve done this with that guy and that with some other guy. None of it´s true. It´s probably my ex-boyfriend Alex, who spread those rumors to get back at me, for dumping him.

Caitlyn:

That just makes me feel worse. I shouldn´t have judged you, based on here say. You seem like a very nice girl and if you and Joey are buddies or whatever, it´s fine with me.

Tessa:

I´m just trying to make friends. It´s a new school and everything is so foreign. Yick and Joey remind me of Degrassi.

Caitlyn:

I miss it too. I won´t keep you any longer.

Caitlyn is about to leave.

Tessa:

We´re about to have hot chocolate and cake. It´s my mom´s home baked.

Caitlyn turns and smiles at Tessa.

Caitlyn:

Even after I threatened you?

Tessa:

I´m trying to make new friends and why shouldn´t that include you? Despite how you acted today, I usually like you. Now that Dorothy is busy with her friends from her new school all the time, I don´t have any girlfriends anymore. The closest I have is my nine year old sister and I can´t exactly talk to her about everything, can I?

Caitlyn:

How can I say no to an invitation like that?

Tessa lets her in.

16. Ext. Degrassi. Morning.

Joey arrives at school to find Tessa and Caitlyn waiting for him. He smiles at the sight of them together.

Joey:

Are things fine between you?

Tessa:

Caitlyn gave me a nice apology and I slept like a baby last night.

Joey:

I´m glad to hear that.

Caitlyn:

I also learned an important lesson about judging people, based on what other people say. I hate to admit it, but sometimes, you´re smarter than me, Joey.

Joey smiles at Tessa, who smiles back.

Joey:

You´re a witness to that! She just said, that I´m smarter than her sometimes!

Tessa:

I heard it, loud and clear.

Caitlyn:

Don´t let it go to your head! Just know, that I won´t stand in the way, if you two can help each other, or just want to hang out together.

Joey:

You won´t become jealous again?

Caitlyn:

The best I can do, is promise to take it out on you, in stead of her.

Joey:

That´s all I ask for.

They kiss and Tessa sneaks away into the school, to give them some privacy.

17. Int. Hallway. Morning.

Michelle is opening her locker, when Alexa comes over to her, looking desperate to hear the gossip.

Alexa:

How was it?

Michelle:

The whole date was one big disaster. I messed up with the food and the fire alarm went off, just when things were getting interesting.

Alexa giggles.

Alexa:

No way!

Michelle:

Yes way! We spent most of the evening freezing down on the street with my neighbors. He had to go home, when they finally let us in, because of how late it was.

Alexa can´t help laughing.

Alexa:

At least you know, that it can only go better the next time!

Michelle:

It was still a very nice date.

Alexa:

Despite it being a disaster?

Michelle:

He wasn´t. He held me as tight, as he could, to try to keep me warm. It was really nice, even if it was a bit cold.

Alexa:

Simon would probably go off somewhere, to try to find us a pair of coats. He isn´t much of a romantic, that boy!

Michelle:

Snake is. I think, that I´m falling in love with him.

The freeze frame is Michelle smiling to herself.

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