LAKEHURST HIGH - EPISODE 17 - IT´S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)
Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or the characters from it.
1. Ext. Degrassi. Day.
School has been let out and students are coming out from the school. Joey is with Caitlyn and has his arms raised in triumph.
Caitlyn:
Take your arms down. You look silly.
Joey:
One more day! I´m so close to making it through another year!
Caitlyn can´t help smiling at his boyishness.
Caitlyn:
You still have exams to get done.
Joey:
Don´t be a buzzkill! Let me enjoy this.
Caitlyn:
Enjoy it tomorrow, when school is over.
Joey:
You always do this.
Caitlyn:
Do what?
Joey:
You don´t let yourself enjoy things. Have you done one crazy thing, in all your years in school?
Caitlyn:
I did break into that chemical factory.
Joey:
Okay, that´s pretty out there. But I´m talking about things, they´ll remember you for.
Caitlyn:
Being a good student doesn´t count?
Joey:
It´s nothing against you. it´s just not it in you, to do anything, that sets you apart.
Caitlyn:
You know what? Tomorrow, I will do something, that they´ll remember me for. You just wait and see.
Joey:
I´ll see it, before I believe it!
Caitlyn looks annoyed, that he doesn´t believe in her.
OPENING CREDITS
2. Int. FotoMat. Day.
Tessa and Spike are working behind the counter. Dave is talking to Tessa.
Tessa:
If it was just the two of us ...
Dave:
Just say it. You hate my friends.
Tessa:
It´s not, that I don´t like them. I just think, they´re kind of boring. They make you boring, when you´re with them.
Dave:
I´m boring, huh? That´s really nice to know!
He leaves the store. She looks annoyed. Spike comes over to her.
Spike:
That wasn´t pretty.
Tessa:
We should break up, shouldn´t we?
Spike:
You know the answer to that question, better than I do.
Tessa:
We´ve been fighting all the time lately.
Spike:
Why haven´t you dumped him?
Tessa:
I´m waiting until the last minute, so he´ll have the entire summer to cool off. Until then, I´m keeping my distance.
Spike:
Sneaky.
Tessa:
Lucy has that graduation party. I´ll probably do it right after. Have you found out, what you´re doing this summer?
Spike:
What do you think? I´m working here. Between that and Emma, that´s my summer planned.
Tessa:
That mom thing always gets in the way, huh?
Spike:
Tell me about it! What are your plans?
Tessa:
Same thing. I could do much worse, than a summer in your company. Joey´s found a job at the convenience store up the street.
Spike:
Cool. Maybe this summer won´t be so bad, after all.
Tessa:
Mine is gonna be full excitement! No more boring boyfriend or school. Just a summer of fun and good times!
Spike is cheered up up by Tessa´s positivity.
3. Int. Hallway. Morning.
Yick is taking a bet from a student, who hands him some money. Caitlyn comes up to him.
Caitlyn:
You´re taking bets on me?
Yick:
Not here!
Caitlyn:
Here is fine by me!
Yick:
I´m just trying to make a buck. No one thinks, that you´ll do anything, so they´re all betting against it.
Caitlyn:
How do you gain from it?
Yick:
I was thinking, that I´d convince you. You want to shut Joey up, don´t you?
Caitlyn:
I just want him to see, that I´m not some quiet little mouse, who doesn´t know how to enjoy herself.
Yick:
Have you thought of what to do.
Caitlyn:
I know it doesn´t reflect well on me, as far as being boring goes. But I couldn´t come up with anything.
Yick:
Caitlyn, you have found your man for the job!
He puts his arm around her, but she shakes it off.
Caitlyn:
90-10.
Yick:
70-30.
Caitlyn:
Split the difference?
They shake on it.
4. Int. Classroom. Morning.
Tessa and Joey are sitting next to each other and takling.
Joey:
I can´t get these next eight hours over with fast enough!
Tessa:
I heard that they end the school year with the principal giving a speech.
Joey facepalms.
Joey:
Right at the end too!
Tessa:
I heard that he talked for almost an hour last year. Half the students were asleep, by the time, he´d finished.
Joey:
Would it be too provoking to bring a blanket and a pillow?
Tessa giggles.
Tessa:
Probably.
Joey:
At least we only have to sit through it once.
Tessa:
To talk about something more pleasant. When is your lunch break at the store?
Joey:
Noon probably.
Tessa:
Cool. We can eat lunch together from time to time.
Joey:
What about Dave?
Tessa:
It was fun for a while, but it´s not really working anymore. I´m thinking, that we should have stayed friends.
Joey looks sympathetic with her.
Tessa:
It´s not the end of the world. There´s plenty of fish in the sea. Hopefully, me and Dave can go back to being, like we used to be.
Joey:
It´s good to hear, that you´re taking it that way. I´ll have to see, if I can do the same, when Caitlyn leaves.
Tessa:
That will be tougher. You two have such a long history.
Joey:
It isn´t over yet, but that fat lady is starting to warm up those vocal cords. Maybe long distance will work, we´ll see.
Tessa smiles flirtingly at him.
Tessa:
If it doesn´t, then you know where to find me.
Joey looks serious.
Joey:
Tessa ...
Tessa:
I´m kidding! I´m still with Dave, remember?
He looks at her face to see, if she´s really kidding, making her shy. He finds it endearing.
5. Int. Classroom. Day.
Spike is trying not to look jealous, She´s with Lucy and the twins.
Lucy:
You´re really doing it?
Heather:
We start off in merry old England.
Erica:
We figured that it would be nice to start somewhere, where they speak English.
Spike:
Most Europeans speak pretty good English, from what I hear.
Heather:
Liz speaks Spanish and we both have French covered.
Lucy:
You´re gong to France too?
Heather:
We might as well, while we´re over there anyway! We´ll do France, The Netherlands, Spain and Italy, before finishing off in Greece.
Lucy:
Part of me wishes, I could go with you, but LD needs me to be there for her. Me and Bronco will probably go out on some daytrips and camping for a weekend or two.
Erica:
What about you, Spike? Any vacation plans?
Spike:
Oh, yes. I´ll be vacationing at the lovely PhotoMat, where I will be enjoying my favorite pass time of serving customers.
The twins feel guilty over raving about their upcoming trip.
Heather:
You never got to do any of the fun stuff, we did.
Erica:
Sorry, if we´re bumming you out.
Spike:
It´s not like I never had any fun in High School.
Lucy:
No. You got to change diapers, babysit, study, work. All the fun things, you see them do in teen movies.
Spike:
I was fun once, wasn´t I?
Heather:
You still are, in your own way.
Erica:
It´s just more of a subdued, mom kind of way. The kind of fun someone twice your age would have.
Spike:
You´re saying that I´m 18, going on 36?
Lucy:
You had to grow up faster than us. On the bright side, you´re probably much more ready for adulthood, then we are.
Spike:
I don´t want to be an adult!
Spike sulks.
6. Int. Hallway. Day.
Yick and Caitlyn are trying to plan, what to do.
Yick:
You could streak through the cafeteria.
Caitlyn:
Nothing that involves nudity!
Yick:
I suppose that rules out mooning the class?
Caitlyn:
That´s a hard no! Anyway, it wouldn´t have the same effect, with all the times, you´ve done it.
Dave comes over to them.
Dave:
Is there room for one more in your plan?
Yick:
Are you certain? She´s graduating, so they can´t touch her. You´ve still got a year left, where they can can do plenty of punishment.
Dave:
Tessa thinks, that I´ve become boring. I can´t have that hanging on me.
Caitlyn:
Any ideas?
Dave:
Haven´t you come up with one yet?
Yick:
I keep suggesting things, but she keeps rejecting them.
Dave:
She thinks, that you´ve become boring too, you know?
Yick points at himself and looks surprised.
Yick:
This guy? I´ve always been a barrel of laughs!
Caitlyn:
Not lately.
Yick:
What?
Caitlyn:
Sorry, Yick. But you´re not as fun to be around, as you used to be.
Yick:
Count me in. Yick Yu isn´t boring, he´s the fun guy, that you want to hang out with! If I need to show them that, so be it!
Spike comes over to them, looking determined.
Spike:
What´s the plan?
Caitlyn:
You too?
Spike:
Lucy and the twins are right! I never had as much fun in school, as I should have had. It´s my last day, so fill me in.
Caitlyn looks pleased, that she won´t be alone in doing it.
7. Int. Classroom. Day.
Caitlyn comes in and sits down next to Joey. She smirks at him.
Joey:
The day is almost over. Where´s my show?
Caitlyn:
It´s coming.
Joey:
No, it isn´t! I knew, you didn´t have the guts to do anything.
Caitlyn:
What do you say, we make it interesting?
Joey looks her in the eyes and tries to read her.
Joey:
Are you?
She shrugs.
Joey:
That´s first time, you´ve ever tried to bet me on anything. No, I´m not betting with you.
Caitlyn:
Suit yourself!
He looks annoyed, but at the same time a little impressed, that she´s playing mind games with him.
8. Int. Hallway. Day.
It´s time to clean out the lockers for the summer. Wheels and Snake have just started cleaning out theirs. Wheels has a large garbage bag.
Wheels:
I´m not looking forward to this.
Snake:
You´ll finally find out, where that smell came from. Aren´t you excited?
Wheels:
It´s ...
He pulls out a very old bag, that´s mostly filled with mold.
Snake:
You´ve created life!
Wheels dumps it in the garbage bag.
Wheels:
Consider it dead again!
Joey comes over to them.
Joey:
You´re still at it?
Snake:
Just because you´re always ready to leave in two minutes flat, doesn´t mean, that everyone else is.
Joey:
It´s ten minutes until the big speech. What is Caitlyn gonna do? Is she gonna do anything? It´s driving me crazy!
Wheels:
At least, she gave you a way to pass the time.
Joey:
She won´t! Or will she? Argh!
Joey looks frustrated.
9. Int. Principal´s Office. Day.
Principal Teasley is watching Raditch read his speech. It´s a thick stack of papers.
Teasley:
What do you think?
Raditch:
It´s long.
Teasley:
Exactly. This is the one hour a year, where they have to listen to what I say!
Raditch:
At our old school ...
Teasley:
This isn´t your old school! This is my school!
Raditch tries to take it in.
10. Int. Auditorium. Day.
The students are assembled. Raditch is on stage. Joey, Wheels and Snake are surprised to see him. Alexa, Michelle and Simon are sitting behind them.
Joey:
Raditch? What´s he doing here?
Alexa:
He´s been here all year!
The boys turn around and looks at her.
Wheels:
For real?
Michelle:
He teaches ninth grade! You really haven´t seen him until now?
Joey:
No.
He turns back around and wonders how he could have gone a whole school year without noticing.
Raditch steps up to the microphone.
Raditch:
Just two quick announcement, before we get started. Degrassi will re-open is doors next year!
This gets a moderately loud applause.
Raditch:
The second, that I think you´ll love even more, is that you won´t have to sit through Teasley´s boring speech!
This gets a HUGE applause. Raditch smiles.
Raditch:
He made ever member of the faculty read it and thanks to a small bit of conviction from a few students, we decided not to put you through it, since it would be inhumane. Before we leave, what do you say we go out with a bang?
He gets a huge applause. "Time of my Life" by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley starts playing over the speakers. Yick and Dave come out on stage to mime to the boy´s parts, only wearing their underwear and play it up to the crowd. Spike and Caitlyn, also only in their underwear come out to sing the girl´s part, to the cheers of every boy in the room! Tessa can´t believe her eyes and doesn´t know, whether she wants to look or not, when Dave comes down to her. He takes her hand and they start dancing. The auditorium has turned into one big party, where everyone´s dancing and singing along.
11. Ext. Hallway. Day.
We focus on the door to the principal´s office, that´s been blocked by the teachers. There´s frantic banging on the door being heard over the music playing from the auditorium.
Teasley (voice over):
LET ME OUT! THIS ISN´T FUNNY!
He keeps on frantically banging on it from the other side.
12. Int. Auditorium. Day.
Back in the auditorium, the party is still in full swing. Joey tries to cover Caitlyn up, when a pair of boys look a little too much at her, but she won´t have it.
Caitlyn:
How is this for crazy, Jeremiah?
He smiles at her.
Joey:
You got me good!
Caitlyn:
Maybe you´ll think twice before calling me boring again.
Joey:
I´m never using that word to describe you, ever again.
They kiss, as we slowly pan out.
13. Int. Joey´s House. Evening.
Joey is finally throwing a party and he´s being fuzzy about everything, to Lucy´s amusement. He puts coasters under Yick and Dave´s drinks.
Joey:
Some on, guys! It´ll leave rings on the table!
Dave:
Chill!
Lucy:
You´ve been to so many parties at my house! How does it feel to taste your own medicine?
Joey:
I have new found respect for you!
He sees something off camera and looks annoyed.
Joey:
THAT´S NOT FOR GARBAGE!
He goes to tend to it, to Lucy´s amusement. Liz and Heather come over to her.
Liz:
I have to hear the story from you too. I can´t believe, that I wasn´t there!
Lucy:
What did they do at your school?
Liz:
Nothing special.
She looks annoyed, but Heather cheers her up with a kiss.
Heather:
We still have Europe to look forward to.
They kiss again and we cut back to Dave, Yick and Tessa. The boys can´t help staring, to Tessa´s annoyance. She gets up from the couch.
Tessa:
You´re so immature! It´s just two girls kissing!
Yick:
Exactly! It´s two girls freaking kissing!
Yick and Dave high five. Tessa shakes her head at them and leaves them.
14. Ext. Joey´s House. Evening.
Alexa and Simon are fighting.
Simon:
That´s four proposals, Alexa!
Alexa:
It didn´t feel right, like it did the first time!
Simon:
Do you even want to get married?
Alexa:
Yes, but ...
Simon:
Then say yes. Make up any story you want to, because I´m not asking again.
Alexa rolls her eyes at him.
Alexa:
If you have to be so dramatic about it, then okay. I´ll marry you. Put the damn ring on my finger!
She looks annoyed, but Simon looks pleased.
Simon:
There´s no taking it back this time.
Alexa:
Will you just do it! I´m trying to think of a better story than this, whatever it is.
He puts the ring on her finger and kisses her hand. It makes her lighten up a little.
Alexa:
It does look really good on me, doesn´t it?
Simon:
Didn´t you already know that? I was you, who picked it out.
She looks at it and smiles.
15. Int. Joey´s House. Evening.
Wheels, Michelle, Erica and Snake toast on beers and drink.
Wheels:
We somehow made it through!
Snake:
Just a few exams and a graduation and it´s summer, here we come!
Wheels:
Don´t forget the graduation parties.
Erica:
Have you decided on what to do next year?
Wheels:
Work for a while, maybe go on a road trip with Karen.
Michelle:
I hope, you won´t be taking her in your car.
Erica:
No offense Wheels, but that thing has more rust, than paint left on it.
Wheels looks a bit annoyed.
Wheels:
It´s serviceable! It´s just needs a loving touch or two.
Michelle:
Or sixty!
Erica:
I´m gonna go with nine-ty!
Wheels:
Would you stop it?
The girls smile at each other and have a sip of their beers,
Snake:
You gonna make a go of it, huh?
Wheels:
Yeah, why not? She´s alright, once you get to know her.
Michelle:
Just alright?
Wheels:
It´s not like I love her or anything, but I guess, she´s pretty cool.
Snake:
And good in bed?
Wheels nods to himself.
Wheels:
There´s no denying that!
Michelle:
Now, it makes more sense.
Erica:
Yep!
Snake:
Meanwhile, I´ll be rolling in hotties down at the pool all summer!
He smiles, as he looks forward to it.
16. Ext. Joey´s House. Evening.
Spike and Caitlyn come outside to take a break from the festivities.
Spike:
Did it finally happen?
Alexa:
We didn´t want to tell anyone until afterwards.
Caitlyn:
How did you end up proposing to her?
Simon:
I ...
Alexa:
It was amazing! The most romantic proposal, yue could have dreamed of! I´ll tell you all about it later. Right now, we have to and tell Michelle.
They head inside. Caitlyn and Spike shake their heads, but can´t help smiling anyway.
Caitlyn:
Why do I have a feeling, that I won´t meet anyone quite like her, ever again?
Spike:
It´s crazy, isn´t it? I still remember my first day of school, like it was yesterday and now it´s over.
Caitlyn:
I´m just off to another one.
Spike:
You know, what I mean.
Caitlyn:
Yeah, I do. Degrassi has played such a huge part in shaping, who we´ve become. I started out over at the elementary school in mrs. Gonzales´ class. I was so small and shy on that first day. Twelve years seemed like such a long time, but it´s like it flashed by in an instant.
Spike:
What now? I mean about you and Joey?
Caitlyn shakes her head and looks off into the night.
Caitlyn:
I really don´t know. It all depends on what happens over these next months, I guess. How about you, will you be on the prowl for a boyfriend this summer?
Spike:
Only if the right guy comes along. It has to be someone, who´s perfect for Emma, as much as he is for me. We went to see Shane, but he´s too far gone.
Caitlyn:
There´s always Snake.
Spike smiles to herself.
Spike:
Yeah. Who knows, what can happen in the future.
Caitlyn:
Whatever we want to happen, that´s what.
The last freeze frame is them smiling at each other.
CLOSING CREDITS
THE NEXT PART IN THE SERIES IS THE "SCHOOL´S OUT" EPISODE, THAT YOU CAN FIND ON YOUTUBE, IF YOU HAVEN´T ALREADY SEEN IT OR FEEL LIKE A GOOD BLAST FROM THE PAST. I WAS 14, WHEN IT WAS SHOWN AND I REMEMBER FEELING SO BUMMED OUT, THAT THIS WAS HOW THEY ENDED THINGS WITH THESE CHARACTERS. TO SATISFY MY 14 YEAR OLD SELF, THE NEXT EPISODE WILL BE AN EPILOGUE, THAT WRAPS THING UP ONCE AND FOR ALL. THANKS FOR READING!
