(A close up of Ethan's feet come into view of the camera and circle up to his face as he's walking down a busy hallway. An extra slips from a wet floor with people laughing. Some papers are flying to add to the chaos of the high school. He finally reaches the doorway on the left to an English class. Ethan scans the room as he strolls leisurely to a desk. When he sees Lena Duchannes talking to 'Mrs. English' about her being transfered into the class.)
Lena (fustrated): They messed up my schedule and I didn't have an English class. I had U.S. History for two periods, and I already took U.S. History at my old school.
(Ethan snuck a sly smile at how fustrated Lena was at her new schedule.)
Mrs. English (sympathetically): Of course. Take any open seat.
('Mrs. English turned and grabbed a copy of to kill a mocking bird off the shelf. As Ethan sat his bookbag down, Lena sharply looks up and catches his gaze. He quickly looks away and gives a slight coral blush to his cheeks. He was embarassed that someone might have seen him, which just made him blush a deeper red and smile wide.)
(Lena ignored Ethan when she saw 'Mrs. English' push the book, kindly, toward her. She waved her hands back and forth.)
Lena: That's okay. I brought my own.
(She reaches into her side messenger back and pulls out a copy that was worn down.)
Lena (smiles): It's one of my favorite books.
(Before Ethan got a chance to move out of the way, Emily pushed past him brutally and almost knocked him over in the process. But, it was the signal to move to the back of the classroom with the other jocks and cheerleaders. Lena sat on the other side of the classroom where all the other desks were deserted and dusty. She took a front desk right next to 'Mrs. English's' desk. Emily walked up the aisle and gave her a sinister smile as she knocks over her bookbag with a quick kick of stelettos. The camera zooms in on the shoe and back to Emily's face. Which had a cheeky grin glued to it. Lena scrambles to the ground and picks up her books.)
Emily (sarcastically): Whoops.
(she picks up a worn out spiral notebook)
Emily (curiously): Lena Duchannes. Is that your name? I thought it was Ravenwood?
(Lena, slowly looking up from the ground, stares up at Emily on her knees. She stands up, and ready to defend.)
Lena (firmly): Can I have my book?
(Emily flips through the pages and yanked it out of Lena's grip as she tried to reach for it.)
Emily (carelessly and sarcastically): Is this your journal? Are you a writer? that's so great.
Lena (face softens and reaches her hand out): Please
(Emily suddenly snapped the book shut and yanked it out of her reach.)
Emily: Can I just borrow this for a minute? I'd love to read somethin' you wrote.
Lena (fustratedly): I'd like it back now please.
(Lena walks toward Emily with anticipation and Emily steps back. But Ethan sneaks behind Emily and snaches the book out of her grip.)
Ethan: First off, you'd have to be able to read.
(Ethan handed the notebook to Lena. Lena snatched it quickly and sat back in her desk. Ethan grabbed his bag and plopped himself in the desk to the right of Lena. Emily looked at Ethan appauld, and walked back to her desk. The bell rang and the camera flash to 'Mrs. English' writing something on the board.)
Mrs. English: (claps) Can we get started, people?
(In the distant background you hear Mrs. English blabber on and on about a quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird. Then the camara fades to when the bell rings for the end of the period. Ethan looks over at Lena. Expecting her to say something when the number 156 on her hand caught his eyes. The camera zooms to the number on Lena's hand, and back to Ethan as she walks out of the classroom.)