Hot 'n Cold scene three…

To show just how dedicated to this story I am, I'm updating/writing while out of town, in a hotel room…

(After school. LUKE and GRACE)

LUKE: Why now, Grace?

GRACE: I don't know, college?

LUKE: No, I don't think so…

GRACE: No it really is college…I got into Yale, which means I'm going away in August, and since we are now on limited time, I'm trying to make the most of it.

LUKE: Grace…

GRACE: (peers nervously at LUKE.) I know I didn't tell you I applied. But before you get all upset and try to convince me to not go--

LUKE: Grace, you got into an IVY League school. I'm not going to change your mind.

(LUKE and GRACE embrace as we fade to white. To JOAN and ADAM.)

JOAN: You needed to talk to me?

ADAM: Yeah, Jane…umm I was wondering if we could talk about us. I'm really sorry about what I did. Will you please forgive me?

JOAN: Adam, I have already forgiven you, you know that.

ADAM: Really? (Leans in to kiss JOAN. JOAN shifts and evades the kiss.)

JOAN: Adam, just because I've forgiven you, doesn't mean that I can just get back together with you like that. You had my heart, Adam, and you, you went and slept with Bonnie. And now, you have to deal with the consequences of your actions…Especially if I do. (tears begin forming, and JOAN quickly brushes past a now crying ADAM. CUTE-BOY GOD watches on from afar. GOD begins to run after the upset JOAN.)

CUTE-BOY GOD: Joan! JOAN! JOAN GIRARDI!

JOAN: (spinning around) What in Go--your name do you want now?

CUTE-BOY GOD: I want you to…umm.

JOAN: What?…Oh my goodness, you're at a loss of words!

CUTE-BOY GOD: No. Joan, I just don't want to say what I'm going to say.

JOAN: So don't say it, you're God.

CUTE-BOY GOD: I know…have you ever read 'Footprints?'

JOAN: No.

CUTE-BOY GOD: I want you to read it, Joan.

JOAN: Why?

CUTE-BOY GOD: You don't have too.

JOAN: God, we've been through this. I don't get the whole freewill thing. You ask me to do something, and I do it, that's our relationship.

CUTE-BOY GOD: Joan, I know our relationship.

(From afar we can see RYAN and some other MAN talking to each other. CUTE-BOY GOD looks suspiciously at them.)

CUTE-BOY GOD: Joan, saying this year 'is going to be hard for you' is an understatement. Please be cautious.

JOAN: Well, can't you do something with him?

CUTE-BOY GOD: Joan, I don't directly intervene…Read 'Footprints.' Good-bye.

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