LAKEHURST HIGH - EPISODE 19 - DREAMS CAN COME TRUE PART 2
Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or the characters from it.
1. Int. Airport. Day.
CAPTION:
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
JULY 26TH, 2032
Erica, Heather and Liz are in line for the check-in.
Erica:
Who picks the 40th anniversary of their first break up for their wedding day?
Liz:
I think, it´s cute. The whole symbolism, that they never should have broke up in the first place.
Heather:
And it happened to fall on a Saturday.
Erica:
I´m just glad, that they´ll finally tie the knot. It means, there´s hope for all of us.
Liz:
I still don´t think, that I´ve been to your last wedding.
Erica:
Yeah, going for that magical 7th is what I´ve always dreamt of!
Heather:
Maybe you´ll reconnect with someone, like they did.
Erica:
Who? I can´t think of one.
Liz:
Don´t count it out. Anything can happen at a wedding.
Erica doesn´t look convinced. Liz´s face freezes in terror.
Liz:
Please tell me, that I´m not seeing, what I think, I´m seeing!
Erica and Heather see it too and look nervous.
Erica:
There must be several flights to Calgary.
Heather:
She´s coming this way.
They force a smile for Alexa, who´s delighted to see them.
Alexa:
Hi guys! We´re on the same plane!
Erica:
Hi, Alexa.
Heather:
How have you been?
Alexa:
Fabulous, as always!
Liz:
We´re flying coach. You´re probably flying first class, if we know you right.
Alexa:
I decided to slum it for once. Mingle with the common folk, you know?
Heather/Erica/Liz:
Great!
They try appear as enthusiastic, as Alexa is.
OPENING CREDITS
2. Int. Airplane. Day.
Erica is the unfortunate one, who´s been seated next to Alexa. Liz and Heather look like, they feel sorry for her.
Alexa:
Last year, I went to the Mayor´s Ball! You should have seen the dress, I wore!
Erica:
Uh-huh?
Alexa:
I tell you, I´m living the life! How about you?
Erica:
Well, I ...
Alexa:
Sorry to interrupt, but I almost forgot to tell you. Michelle and the A-Hole were there too and Michelle´s dress looked like something, right off a discount clothing rack! It´s like, grow some fashion sense, will you? I was seriously embarrassed on her behalf!
Erica looks like, she can´t get the plane ride over with soon enough.
3. Int. Banquet Room. Day.
CAPTION:
CALGARY, ALBERTA
The banquet is being set up for the night´s wedding reception. Angie is trying to get things done, but Caitlyn´s constant suggestions aren´t helping matters.
Caitlyn:
What if we moved these tables, so they´re closer to each other? That way, we have more of a dancefloor.
Angie:
Then the waiters won´t be able to get around. This is what I do for a living, Caitlyn. Let me do it.
Caitlyn:
I´m getting in your way, aren´t I?
Angie:
A little, yeah.
Caitlyn:
I didn´t mean to. I just want to feel like, I´m contributing.
Angie:
Thanks, but it´s really not needed. I´ve planned over a hundred weddings, so trust me. I´m completely on top of it. Be honest. Are you here, because you can´t think of anything else to do?
Caitlyn sees, that Angie has seen right through her.
Caitlyn:
Maybe a tiny bit.
Angie:
Why don´t you call up some of your old friends, who are in town?
Caitlyn:
They´re exactly that. Old. It´s more fun, hanging out with you.
Angie:
Do you want to go out on the town tonight?
Caitlyn:
What do you have in mind?
Angie:
Remember that place, we went to on my 25th birthday?
Caitlyn:
That still exists?
Caitlyn looks excited.
4. Int. Car. Day.
Joey is driving with Snake and Yick in the car.
Yick:
So, this is Calgary.
Joey:
You´ve never been here before?
Yick:
No, it´s my first time. Is it different from living in Toronto?
Joey:
Not much, but business is better, than it was there. How is yours and Arthur´s company doing?
Yick:
I can´t complain. It´s been a long time, since we fired in stead of hired. Arthur and Dorothy say hi, by the way.
Snake:
They still look the exact same, that they have for the past 30 years!
Joey laughs.
Joey:
It´s nice to know, that some things don´t change.
Yick:
Who else from the old gang isn´t coming?
Joey:
There´s a few, we couldn´t get in touch with. Do any of you know, what happened to Dave?
Yick:
He´s in jail again. What about Kathleen?
Joey:
She´s coming. It´ll be good for her to get out. I don´t think, that she does much, since Wheels passed away.
Snake:
Can you blame her? Those two were everything to each other.
Yick:
I´m seeing, if I can´t cheer her up. She deserves better, than being miserable.
Joey pulls into a parking lot.
5. Int. Hotel Lobby. Day.
Erica, Heather and Liz are wishing, that they could be rid of Alexa, who won´t stop talking. They´re in line to check in to the hotel.
Alexa:
Isn´t this place beautiful? I haven´t stayed at a hotel in ages.
Erica:
You haven´t?
Liz:
I would have thought, that someone with the money you have, went on exotic trips all the time.
Alexa sees that she over spoke and tries to save it.
Alexa:
You know, what they say. There´s no place like home!
Heather:
You really should see more of the world, than just Vancouver. We´ve visited 6 of the 7 continents.
Alexa tries not to look jealous.
Alexa:
Which one haven´t you been to?
Liz:
Antarctica. We figured, that the Penguins and the Walrusses didn´t need us interfering in their daily lives.
Heather:
Which ones have you visited?
Alexa:
I´ve only been to Hawaii. It was nice.
Erica:
Didn´t you go there on your honeymoon?
Alexa sees the need to change the subject and is saved by the sight of Joey, Yick and Snake walking in.
Alexa:
Look, it´s Joey and Snake and that Asian guy, I can never remember the name of! Hi, guys!
She waves at them and they come over to her and the others.
Joey:
Hey! Welcome to Calgary.
Erica:
It´s great to finally be here. What are you doing at this fine establishment?
Joey:
Checking up on how things are moving along.
Alexa:
Hey, we were thinking about going to a bar later. You must know all the god places.
Heather:
She was. The rest of us are saving our strength for tomorrow.
Alexa:
You´re bailing on me? At least tell me, that one of you guys are up for some fun.
Snake:
I´m taking Spike on a romantic date. We don´t get the chance that often.
Alexa:
Aww! How cute, that you´re still so in love.
Erica:
You picked well, Snake.
Alexa:
What about you ... ehm ...
Yick:
It´s Yick.
Alexa:
Sorry. It´s been a few years and my memory isn´t what it used to be.
He smiles at her.
Yick:
I think, we´re all a little guilty of that nowadays, Alexa. Actually, I don´t have any plans and I didn´t come here, just to sit in a hotel room.
Alexa:
Awesome! I´ll meet you down here, after I´ve checked in.
Yick:
See you later.
The guys leave them. Alexa looks thrilled.
6. Int. Hotel Room. Day.
Liz and Heather are settling in to their hotel room.
Liz:
Am I the only one, who thinks, that Alexa is lying about how much money , she has?
Heather:
It´s so obvious. I don´t know why, she doesn´t just give it up.
Liz:
I feel bad for her. She comes off as someone, who´s very lonely.
Heather:
That´s what you end up with, if you keep pushing people away from you.
Liz:
She was one of those girls, that I never really liked, bit didn´t exactly dislike either. She was just Alexa, take it or leave it.
Heather:
The take it or leave it approach doesn´t work, when you´re an adult. If you can´t budge a little, then you end up like her.
Liz lies down on her bed and invites Heather to lie down next to her. Heather does and snuggles up in her arms.
Liz:
Let´s be glad, that we don´t have all of that to worry about.
Heather:
Would you change anything in the past, if you could?
Liz:
No. Because I got to spend it with you.
They smile at each other.
7. Int. Hotel Lobby. Day.
Alexa comes down to find Yick, Caitlyn and Angie waiting for her.
Yick:
Guess, who I ran into.
Alexa:
Caitlyn? Is that you?
Caitlyn:
I haven´t changed that much, have I? This is Angie, Joey´s daughter.
Angie:
And soon to be Tessa´s.
She shakes hands with Alexa.
Alexa:
I go way back with the both of them, but mostly Joey.
Angie:
He´s told me plenty of stories, from back then.
Alexa:
Where are we going?
Caitlyn:
To one of the most unique places, you´ll ever go to.
Alexa looks intrigued.
8. Int. Medieval Times. Evening.
Medieval Times is a medieval themed restaurant, where the patrons are seated around a large arena in the middle, where "fights" take place for show.
Caitlyn:
This place looks exactly like I remember it.
Angie:
You can´t go to Calgary for the first and perhaps only time and not come here.
Alexa:
You haven´t been here before either, Yick?
Yick:
No, I´ve never had a reason to, until now.
Alexa:
Me neither. So, tell me, Yick. What do you do for a living?
Yick:
I´m the co-owner of a successful software provider in Toronto,
Alexa and Caitlyn both look impressed.
Caitlyn:
You really worked your way up, didn´t you?
Alexa:
Is there a mrs. Yick?
Yick:
I´m a widower.
Alexa/Caitlyn:
Ahh!
They both nod and look very interested in him. Angie can´t help finding it a little funny.
Angie:
What do you say we start out with a hearty Grog?
Yick (in his best pirate voice):
Aye! Bring on the Grog!
Alexa:
Can you teach me to talk like that?
Caitlyn:
Me too!
Yick is clearly enjoying the attention.
9. Int. Hotel Restaurant. Evening
The twins and Liz are waiting to order, when Kathleen, who´s looking timid, comes over to them.
Kathleen:
Is there room for another former Degrassi girl at this table?
Erica:
There´s plenty of it. Have a seat.
Kathleen sits down at their table.
Liz:
It´s great to see you again, Kathleen.
Erica:
Wheels´ funeral was really beautiful.
Heather:
It was wild to see, how many people cared about him.
Kathleen:
It was a good, but tough day.
Liz:
Have you started dating again?
Kathleen:
No. I don´t know, if I´ll ever date again, to be honest.
A waiter comes over to them.
Waiter:
Good evening. Can I get you a drink, while you order?
Heather:
A bottle of your house red and one of your house white.
Waiter:
Very good.
The waiter leaves them.
Kathleen:
That´s a lot of wine!
Heather:
It´s not every day, that we´re on holiday!
Erica:
We´re here to enjoy ourselves, aren´t we?
Kathleen:
I suppose so,
Kathleen smiles.
10. Int. Medieval Times. Evening.
The show is underway and the crowd is very into it. Yick is between Alexa and Caitlyn. All of them are drunk.
Alexa:
This is the most exciting thing, I´ve ever seen!
Angie:
I´ll get us some more drinks.
We see both Caitlyn and Alexa rubbing Yick´s thighs, making him uncomfortable.
Yick:
I´ll help you carry them!
He stands up.
Caitlyn:
Don´t be long!
He walks away with Angie. Alexa looks mad at Caitlyn.
Alexa:
No offense, but would you quit getting in the way of me and Yick´s blossoming romance?
Caitlyn looks at her in disbelief.
Caitlyn:
Me? You´re getting in the way of me and him!
Alexa:
Like you need it! You have your career going for you.
Caitlyn:
What does that natter? You couldn´t even remember his name!
Alexa:
I´m not good with Asian names! They sound the same, so I get them mixed up!
Caitlyn:
Me too!
They look at each other and laugh,
Alexa:
Are we so old and lame, that we can´t evn have a decent girl fight over a guy anymore?
Caitlyn:
I think, we are. I don´t have much of a career anymore, to be honest, Just the podcast.
Alexa:
I´ve actually heard it.
Caitlyn:
You have?
Alexa:
Yeah. It´s unbelievably boring!
Caitlyn looks insulted.
Caitlyn:
Are you trying to start something again?
Alexa:
I´m being honest. It´s just you bitching about things for an hour.
Caitlyn:
Actually, it´s three hours long.
Alexa:
I didn´t get through all of it. There´s no entertainment value, unless you´re as angry, as you clearly are. It´s fine enough that you want to spread the message, but what good are you doing, if no one´s listening?
Caitlyn moves over, to sit next to Alexa.
Caitlyn:
Let´s talk.
They clang glasses and drink.
11. Int. Restaurant. Evening.
We´re back with Kathleen, the twins and Liz. Everyone´s at least a little tipsy.
Kathleen:
I´m still getting over my empty nest syndrome. It´s weird after so many years, to come home to an empty house.
Heather:
You don´t have any pets?
Kathleen:
Only the fish in my fish bowl, if they count.
Erica:
Can you believe, that both of my kids are over 30? Where did the time go?
Liz:
It flew by. I don´t think it really hit me, until I turned 50.
Kathleen:
There´s no guy in your life at the moment?
Erica:
No, it´s been a while. I could probably get one, if I was willing to take just anyone, but I´m too old for that. If I´m gonna try my luck one last time, then there has to be potential in it.
Kathleen:
I don´t think, that anyone could take Wheels´ place. I´m not sure, that I want anyone to.
Heather:
How long were you together?
Kathleen:
36 years. 34 of them as a married couple.
Liz:
We celebrated 40 years together this year.
Heather takes her hand.
Heather:
And we plan on doing another 40 on top of it.
Erica:
And meanwhile, here´s the loser, who´s never held onto a guy for over two years!
Heather:
You´re not a loser.
Erica takes a large sip of wine and looks annoyed.
12. Int. Karaoke Bar. Evening.
Yick, Angie, Alexa and Caitlyn have moved on to a Karaoke bar. Alexa and Angie are doing their best version of "I´m So Excited" by The Pointer Sisters. Yick and Caitlyn are watching her perform.
Caitlyn:
Why don´t you go up there and do a number?
Yick:
I know, that my people invented it, but that doesn´t mean that we should use it. What about you?
Caitlyn:
No, it´s never been my thing. I´m better at talking than singing. About earlier. I´m sorry, if I came on a little strong.
Yick:
It was a bit much.
Caitlyn:
It´s not like I would stand a chance with you anyway, would I?
Yick:
We live far apart.
Caitlyn:
Maybe not for long. I´ve seriously considered moving back.
Yick:
You have?
Caitlyn:
I can do my podcast from anywhere and my parents probably won´t be around for another ten years. I´ve lost so much time with them, by being constantly on the road. Are you glad, that you stayed?
Yick:
I am. Those years away at college was enough for me. My kids live there, my grandkids, my parents. Some people need to see the entire world, to be happy. That was never me.
Caitlyn is clearly very into him, from the way she looks at him. Alexa and Angie finish their jaw dropping performance and they applaud her.
13. Int. Hotel Room. Evening.
Kathleen is helping Heather and Liz put a very drunk Erica to bed.
Liz:
Sleep tight. We have a long day tomorrow.
Heather:
We´ll wake you up at six.
Erica:
I´ll chase you out, if you do!
They leave the room and shut off the light.
14. Int. Hallway. Evening.
They step out into the hallway and close the door.
Kathleen:
She isn´t always like that, is she?
Heather:
Only, when she gets emotional.
Liz:
Which is pretty often. She´s not got good with being alone.
Kathleen:
Me neither.
Heather:
Seriously, are you okay? You were with Wheels for a lifetime.
Kathleen:
It gets easier with every day. It´s better to have loved and lost, than not lost at all, right? If you´d told my teenage self, that she would have all of those great years with the love of her life, then she would have been over the moon about it. Good night.
Liz:
See ya tomorrow for the wedding of the century.
Kathleen:
Let´s net over do it. It should be fun though.
She smiles at them and leaves them. Heather makes lusty eyes at Liz.
Heather:
It´s still pretty early, you know?
Liz:
Let´s go, Cowgirl!
Liz takes her hand and leads her into their hotel room.
15. Ext. Street. Night.
Alexa, Angie, Yick and Caitlyn are waiting for their taxis. One pulls up to the curb.
Yick:
You get the first one.
Alexa:
I whish, we lived at the same hotel, so we could continue the party. I don´t want it to end.
Angie:
We have to be at the church in ten hours.
Alexa:
And then it´s party time again! I could get used to this.
Caitlyn:
See ya. Thanks for the good ideas.
Alexa:
No sweat. Don´t do anything, we wouldn´t do.
Alexa and Angie get in the taxi and it drives off. Another one pulls up.
Yick:
Ladies first.
He opens the door for her and she gets in.
16. Int. Taxi. Night.
Yick gets in the backseat next to her.
Cabbie:
Where are you going to?
Yick:
First the Mindiale Hotel and then ...
Caitlyn:
No one says that our party has to end.
They smile at each other.
Yick:
The Mondiale Hotel.
Cabbie:
I´ll have you there in ten.
Yick and Caitlyn lock eyes and kiss.
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