LAKEHURST HIGH - EPISODE 9 - IT´S MY PARTY (AND I´LL CRY IF I WANT TO)

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

1. Int. Joey´s House. Evening.

Joey is saying goodnight to his parents, before heading out.

Mrs. Jeremiah:

Don´t do anything too crazy, just because you don´t have Caitlyn keeping an eye on you.

Joey:

I can take care of myself! We´re just going to Lucy´s.

Mr. Jeremiah:

We know, but it´s comforting to us, when she´s with you.

Mrs. Jeremiah:

It´s nothing against you, Honey, but she clearly has a better moral compass, than you do.

Joey:

There´s nothing wrong with my moral compass. Have a great new year´s.

His dad hans him some money. Joey smiles at him.

Joey:

Thanks, dad.

Mr. Jeremiah:

You deserve them, after you did good on your mid-terms.

Joey looks proud.

2. Int. Car. Evening.

Wheels and Snake are waiting in Wheel´s car, when Joey jumps in the back. Snake is driving.

Joey:

They even gave me an extra 30 bucks!

Wheels:

Awesome! Do you want a beer?

Joey:

Heck yeah!

Wheels hands him one and he opens it.

Joey:

Caitlyn is visiting her family in Ottawa ...

Wheels:

Kathleen is visiting her family in Ontario ...

Snake looks confused.

Snake:

Oh, I´m next?

Joey:

We were doing a bit!

Snake:

Okay, well Michelle still isn´t talking to me and my recent engagement has left me with a desire to stay single. For the next ten years, minimum!

Wheels and Joey laugh.

Joey:

That´s good enough for us!

Wheels:

Hit it!

Snake does so!

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3. Int. Spike´s Room. Evening.

Spike is having Tessa over. Emma is happily drawing with hew new friend Manny on the floor.

Tessa:

No offense, Spike, but this is just sad.

Spike:

What do you mean?

Tessa:

You and me, two girls in our prime and we´re spending new year´s eve babysitting!

Spike:

Emma´s loving it. She gets to play with her new friend Manny! Are you having fun, Manny?

Manny nods.

Spike:

See? This is the best party in town!

Tessa:

Wouldn´t you rather be at Lucy´s party?

Spike:

An evening with Snake and Michelle? I seriously doubt, that I´d feel welcome! It´s probably icy enough, as it is. Add me to the mix and we´ll be entering permafrost levels! Spending tonight in lovely downtown Tjernobyl sounds like a better alternative!

Tessa:

I didn´t get a single invitation.

Spike:

Not one?

Tessa:

It´s official. I´m the most unpopular kid in school!

Spike:

Welcome to my life. I´ve had to structure everything around Emma. The last time I went to a real party was the night, Shane got me pregnant.

Tessa suddenly cheers up.

Tessa:

Let´s have a party! It beats spending the evening moping, that we´re not at one!

Spike smiles at her enthusiasm.

Spike:

My mom would ground me until I´m 50, if she found out, I had people over!

Tessa:

You have me and two other party guests.

Manny and Emma look up at them.

4. Ext. Parking Lot. Evening.

Snake tried to hand Wheel´s car keys to him, as the boys walk towards an old warehouse, where there´s a huge party going on.

Wheels:

I´m not the one, who´s driving!

Snake:

It´s your car. I don´t want the respnsibilty for them!

Joey:

If I carry them, will that make for a satisfying alternative?

Snake:

Here you go.

He hands them to Joey, who puts them in his pocket.

Joey:

As long, as I don´t have to drive it.

Wheels:

I don´t know about you, but I plan on drinking my sorrows away.

Joey:

Kathleen will be back the day after tomorrow. Lighten up, man!

Wheels:

It´s not that I don´t miss her, but it´s other things.

Joey:

What kind of things?

Wheels:

My mid-terms went miserably, to say the least.

Snake:

How bad are we talking?

Wheels:

Do the year over kind of bad. My best was a lone D. The best I´´ve got all year is a C minus.

Snake:

Damn! I´m sorry, Wheels.

Wheels:

I can´t do anything to change it at this moment. What I can do is party my heart out!

Joey pads him on the back.

Joey:

Being held back sounds bad, but it it´s not the end of the world. I´m proud of you for taking it in stride.

Wheels:

Show me the bar and I´ll be alright!

Snake:

What happened to the Wheels, that doesn´t drink?

Wheels:

He grew up.

Joey:

This will be a million times more fun than Lucy´s prty.

They head into the warehouse.

5. Int. Lucy´s House. Evening.

Lucy is standing with Alexa, staring in disbelief at all the people, who have invaded her parent´s house.

Alexa:

Did you invite all of Toronto by mistake?

Heather comes over to them, looking flustered.

Heather:

I don´t want to worry you, but there´s been a fire in your room.

Lucy looks worried.

Lucy:

A fire?

Heather:

Someone dropped a joint on your bed and it caught fire.

Lucy:

My bed?

Alexa:

Did you put it out?

Heather:

Some guys did. You don´t want to know, how they did it!

Lucy tries her best not to panic.

6. Int. Kitchen. Evening.

Tessa and Spike have baked chocolate chip cookies and are waiting for them to cool off.

Spike:

Check this out. EMMA! I´VE BAKED YOUR FAVORITE COOKIES!

There´s immediately a rumbling from the living room, as Emma and Manny come rushing out tot he kitchen in record time. Spike and Tessa find it amusing. Spike hands a cookie to each of the girls.

Spike:

What do we say?

Emma:

Thanks, mom.

Manny:

Thanks, mrs. Nelson.

Spike laughs.

Spike:

It´s still miss Nelson, but you can call me Spike, like everyone else does.

Manny:

Okay, Spike.

The little girls munch down on their cookies at amazing speed for two girls, as young as them.

Tessa:

They can be fast, when they want to!

Spike:

A dollar says, that Emma finishes hers first!

Tessa:

You´re on. Manny is clearly winning!

They watch the little ones eating and Manny is close to winning, when she drops the last of her cookie on the floor. She´s about to pick it up and eat it, when Spike takes it from her.

Spike:

Honey, don´t eat things, that have fallen on the floor.

Tessa:

That´s not fair! She was winning!

Spike:

I can´t let her eat something off this floor!

Emma finishes her cookie and Spike smiles.

Spike:

My girl wins! Pay up!

Tessa:

Ah-Uh! Manny would have won, if you´d let her finish it!

Spike:

Best two out of three?

Tessa:

What do you say, girls? Can you eat another one?

Manny and Emma both nod with excitement.

Emma:

More cookies!

Tessa hands one to each of them.

Tessa:

This time, we do it professionally. One the count of three, girls. 1, 2, 3.

Emma and Manny both start eating their cookie.

Spike:

Come on, Emma. Mommy needs a new pair of shoes!

Tessa:

You can do this, Manny! Eat, like you´ve never eaten in your short life before!

Tessa and Spike are both very into the competition. Emma and Manny are just enjoying their cookies.

7. Int. Warehouse. Evening.

Wheels and Joey are both drinking tropical drinks and are looking drunk. Snake is drinking soda and looks bored, even if it´s a pretty wild party.

Wheels:

Show us a smile!

Snake does a very forced smile for them.

Snake:

We should have gone to Lucy´s party.

Joey:

This is a babe fest! As the one single guy among us, it´s your duty to pick one of these fine young girls up.

Wheels:

Let us live out our single fantasies through you.

Snake:

I don´t know. Michelle ...

Joey:

Has dumped you and moved on. It´s time you did too.

Three pretty young 17/18 year old girls (Karen, Lita and Molly) come over to them.

Lita:

Do you guys want to dance?

Joey:

Mw and Wheels here both have girlfriends, who would mind, but Snake doesn´t and he loves to dance!

Lita makes eye contact with Snake, who becomes shy.

Lita:

I think that tall guys are very sexy!

Snake:

You do?

Lita:

Let me see those dance moves.

She takes his hand and leads him to the dance floor. Wheels and Joey are happy for him.

Joey:

Show her what you´ve got, Snake!

The other two girls look at them. Joanie pulls a joint from her pocket.

Karen:

If you can´t dance, maybe you want to party another way?

Wheels and Joey make eye contact.

Wheels:

What do you say? Should we try it?

Joey:

Caitlyn would kill me, if she found out.

Molly:

Is Caitlyn here?

Joey:

No, she isn´t.

Karen:

Then what are we waiting for?

Wheels:

Come on, Joey. We only live once.

Joey:

I suppose, it can´t hurt to try it

Wheels and Joey fist bump.

8. Int. Living Room. Evening.

Tessa and Spike are watching Emma put blocks in holes of a toy. Tessa is holding Manny and has a stop watch.

Tessa:

Ten seconds!

Spike:

You can do this, Emma!

Emma looks up at her.

Spike:

Don´t look at me! Concentrate on the blocks, Sweetie.

Tessa:

Time!

Spike:

Ahh!

Tessa gives Manny a small hug.

Tessa:

Ha, ha! Mine´s the smartest!

Spike:

She´s usually good at it. You sabotaged her!

Emma:

Are you mad at me, mom?

Spike smiles at Emma and picks her up. She gives Emma a kiss on the forehead.

Spike:

No, it´s just a game, that me and Tessa are playing. You´re still the toddler cookie eating champion of Toronto!

Tessa:

That puts us at one all. I feel unfulfilled.

Spike:

Me too. Is it wrong of us to make a pair of three year old´s compete, so we can bet money on it?

Tessa:

Probably.

They reflect on it.

Tessa:

I have a great idea for a tie breaker!

Spike:

Let´s do it!

They both look excited.

9. Ext. Parking Lot. Evening.

Joey, Wheels and the girls are all looking very stoned, sitting on the hood of Wheel´s car.

Joey:

It´s ... weird!

Him and Wheels both start laughing for no reason.

Karen:

What´s weird?

Joey:

Everything. There´s so many things, I don´t get.

Molly:

Like what?

Joey:

Like, why can´t I just be friends with a girl, without her falling for me?

Wheels:

Are you talking about Tessa?

Joey:

Yeah.

Karen:

Who´s Tessa?

Joey:

She´s this girl, I became friends with.

Molly:

Let me guess, she fell for you?

Joey:

I did nothing to lead her on. Not that I know of.

Wheels:

A small part of you must have wanted to go for it! She is a little cutie, that one.

Karen:

We´re too young to be tied down to one person anyway.

Wheels:

Do you think so?

Karen puts her arm around him and starts to caress his back.

Karen:

Your girlfriend isn´t here either, is she?

Wheels thinks about it in his stoned mind.

Wheels:

No, she isn´t.

Karen:

Your car has a big back seat, doesn´t it?

She starts kissing his neck and he doesn´t fight it. Joey makes eye contact with him.

Joey:

I won´t tell Kathleen, if you want to go for it.

Wheels and Karen get into the back seat. Joey makes eye contact with Molly.

Joey:

Sorry, it´s not gonna happen.

Molly:

With that mullet?

She laughs to herself and he eases up.

Joey:

Wheels´ is worse than mine!

Molly:

Her standards are also lower than mine! If you want to get into these pants, you have to work for it!

Joey:

We still have a few beers in the back. They´re getting warm, but they´re still drinkable.

Molly:

Yeah, sure.

Joey walks over to the back window and Wheels hands him the beers out of the window.

Wheels:

Can you give us some privacy?

Joey:

Sure thing. Good luck.

Joey hands a beer to Molly and they walk off, leaving Wheels and Karen to their "business".

10. Int. Lucy´s Room. Evening.

Lucy has locked herself in her room with Heather, Erica, , Bronco, Alexa and Simon. She looking out the window. It´s clearly a crazy party going on outside of the door, by the sound of it. There´s a large burn mark on the middle of the bed.

Simon:

Why does it smell like pee?

Alexa:

Firefighting, frat boy style!

Lucy:

Where´s the police? It´s been an hour, since we called them.

Heather:

It´s closer to ten minutes. You can´t expect them to show up right away, on new year´s eve

Simon:

This is probably their busiest night of the year.

Lucy:

That´s no excuse! They´re wrecking our house, that´s the emergency, they should care about!

We hear the sound of something being smashed outside of the door.

Lucy:

That better not have been my mom´s vase!

She looks out the window with angst written all over her face.

11. Ext. Parking Lot. Evening.

Joey and Wheels have been left by their girls and are reflecting on it.

Wheels:

Did you go anything with Molly?

Joey:

Nah, we just talked. What about you and Karen?

Wheels smiles at him.

Joey:

You dog!

Wheels:

Kathleen doesn´t find out, ever. Understood?

Joey:

Neither does Caitlyn, understood?

The laugh together.

Joey:

How was it?

Wheels:

Not as good, as I expected. I pictured that she was Kathleen, the entire time.

Joey:

I don´t mind waiting until Caitlyn feels ready.

Wheels:

You can try your luck with Tessa, if it gets to be too much.

Joey:

I´m not ruling her out as a possibility for next year. I don´t see me and Caitlyn making it through three years of her going to college. It would be for the best, if we broke up when she leaves.

Wheels:

What about Molly?

Joey:

Molly was a girl I made out with, end of story.

Wheels:

Do you want to get a beer?

They see police sirens approaching and start to panic.

Joey:

We have to get Snake.

Wheels:

There´s no time! You have the keys.

Joey searches his pockets for them.

Joey:

I must have dropped them.

Wheels:

You´re kidding!

Joey:

I wish, I was!

Lita, Karen, Molly and Snake come runnign towards them.

Snake:

Let´s get out of here! Joey, keys!

Wheels:

He´s lost them.

Snake:

No!

Molly:

Actually, he hasn´t.

She hands the keys to Snake, looking apologetic.

Joey:

You were gonna steal our car?

Molly:

Do you want to argue or get out of here?

They get in the car and speed off.

12. Int. Living Room. Evening.

Tessa and Spike are addressing Manny and Emma, who are both looking hyper, from all the sugar they´ve had.

Spike:

Somewhere in here, there´s a cookie hidden. Whoever finds it, gets to eat it!

Manny:

I don´t know, if I can eat more.

Emma:

My tummy hurts!

Spike:

I´ll give you an ant-acid!

Tessa:

Spike, we´ve put them through enough. Look at them!

The two little ones can´t stop fidgeting from their sugar high.

Spike:

You´re right! What kind of mom am I?

Tessa:

How many did we feed them?

Spike:

I gave them three each.

Tessa:

I gave them one. Plus, I might have snuck one to Manny, before the last competition.

Spike looks at her in disbelief.

Spike:

You gave her a cookie as doping?

Tessa:

What do you say, we make a pact, that we never tell anyone about this?

Spike:

I second that. I´d rather if Social Services didn´t know, that´s for sure!

Tessa:

We´re lucky, that they still have a limited vocabulary.

Emma and Manny race around the living room chasing each other, totally hyper out their minds!

Spike:

It´s not gonna be pretty, when they crash!

Spike and Tessa look remorseful.

13. Int. Lucy´s House. Night.

Lucy is cleaning up the house with the help of her friends and Bronco. It´s pretty much a wreckage.

Alexa:

You are in so much trouble!

Lucy:

It´ll be a while, until I throw a party again.

Bronco:

Hey, it´s almost midnight.

Heather:

He´s right. Turn the TV on.

Erica turns the TV on. It´s almost time for the ball to drop at Times Square.

Everyone:

6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Happy New Year!

Everyone cheers and even Lucy forgets her misery. Bronco and her kiss.

Bronco:

It´s a new year.

Lucy:

It could have started out better.

Bronco:

I don´t know about that. I´m with you and that´s the only thing, that matters to me.

She hugs him tightly.

14. Int. Living Room. Evening.

Tessa is watching TV, when Spike comes in. They´ve both changed to their PJ´s.

Spike:

They´re both off to dream land.

Tessa:

Three year olds forget pretty fast, right?

Spike:

We don´t really know. What´s your earliest memory?

Tessa:

When I was four years old and decided to ride my tri-cycle to Ottawa.

Spike giggles.

Spike:

Why Ottawa?

Tessa:

I´d heard the name and thought, I wanted see what it was like there! I however only got to end of the street, until my dad stopped me. What´s yours?

Spike:

My grandmother´s 60th birthday, when I was five. I ate so much cake, that I ended up lying on a sofa with a tummy ache, for most of the evening.

Tessa:

So, four years old for me and five years old for you. I´d say, we´re in the clear, as far as long term damage goes!

Spike:

It neded up being a pretty fun New Year´s, don´t you think?

Tessa:

I enjoyed it. I´d still rather go to a party next year.

Spike:

You´ll probably have a boyfriend and won´t have time for me and Em anymore.

Tessa:

I´ll always have time for you and Em. It´s impossible not to like the both of you, or mine and Em´s new best friend.

Spike:

Right now, you´re the closest, I have to a best friend.

Tessa:

I could say the same. if it hadn´t been for you, this year really would have sucked.

They smile at each other.

15. Int. Train Station. Night.

The boys are dropping off the three girls at the train station. Lita writes her number on Snake´s hand with a biro.

Lita:

I´ll be seriously disappointed, if you don´t call me.

Snake:

Is tomorrow okay?

She gives him a kiss. Wheels and Joey look happy for him.

Lita:

Not too early, okay?

Snake:

It´s a shame the night had to end so early.

Lita:

We can make up for it next weekend.

Karen writes her number on Wheel´s hand.

Karen:

Give me a call, in case, things don´t work out with your girlfriend. I had fun tonight, until the cops ruined it for us.

Wheels:

Me too. But just so you know, I´m not looking for anything long distance.

Karen:

Neither am I. That doesn´t mean, we can´t have fun, does it?

Wheels smiles at her. This just leaves Molly and Joey, which is a bit awkward.

Joey:

I´m still mad, that you tried to steal our car.

She gets his wallet from her inner pocket. He hadn´t even realized, that it was missing.

Joey:

How did you do that?

Molly:

I should let you know for future reference, that I´m a certified clepto. I steal and I don´t know why. It´s a compulsive thing.

Joey:

If we see each other again and I don´t come near you, know that it isn´t personal!

Molly:

I get that a lot!

The train arrives and the boys wave goodbye to their girls. Lita blows Snake a kiss and he pretends to catch it.

Joey:

You do know, that she lives 50 miles away, don´t you?

Snake:

Joey, shut up and let me enjoy it. This doesn´t happen to me every day.

The last freeze frame is Joey and Wheels smiling knowingly at each other.

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