Chapter 10
Megara's Bedroom/Ariel's kitchen
*Split screen. Megara is on the phone from her bedroom.*
Megara: I hear you like Hercules.
*Ariel is terrified.*
Ariel: What are you talking about?
Megara: Aurora told me that you like Hercules. I mean, I don't care. Do whatever you want. But let me tell you something about Hercules. All he cares about is school and his mom and his friends.
Ariel: *V.O.* Is that bad?
Megara: But if you like him, that's fine. I could, like, talk to him for you if you want.
Ariel: Really? You would do that? I mean, nothing embarrassing, right?
Megara: Trust me, I know exactly how to play it. But wait. Aren't you so mad that Aurora told me about this?
Ariel: No.
Megara: You can tell me if you are. It was a bitchy thing to do.
Ariel: Yeah, it was pretty bitchy. But I'm not mad. She's just immature.
Megara: See Aurora? I told you she wasn't mad at you.
*Aurora, on the phone, slides into the frame.*
Aurora: I can't believe you think I'm immature!
Megara: *sweetly* Okay, luv ya! See you tomorrow!
*They all hang up. Ariel slumps against the wall.*
Ariel: *V.O.* I had survived my first three-way calling attack.
Senior Calculus Class. The span of a few weeks.
Ariel: *V.O.* Hercules and I started talking more and more. On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was.
Ariel: It's October 3rd.
*Hercules smiles and turns back around.*
Ariel: *V.O.* Two weeks later we spoke again.
Hercules: It's raining.
Ariel: Yeah.
Ariel: *V.O.* But I wanted things to move faster, so I followed my instincts.
*Two weeks after that, Ariel leans forward and whispers to Hercules.*
Ariel: I'm totally lost. Can you understand any of this?
Ariel: *V.O.* But I wasn't lost. I knew exactly what Belle was talking about.
Hercules: It's a factorial so you multiply each one by n.
Ariel: *V.O.* Wrong.
Ariel: Is that the "summation?"
Hercules: Yeah, they're the same thing.
Ariel: *V.O.* Wrong. He was so wrong.
*Ariel smiles.*
Ariel: Thanks. I get it now.
Hercules: Any time.
Ariel: *V.O.* It worked! He talked to me and he smiled at me and up close he smelled like fabric softener and shaving cream.
*Hercules leans over and whispers to Ariel.*
Hercules: We're having a Halloween part at my friend's house tonight. You should stop by. It's a costume party. People get pretty into it.
Ariel: Grool. *winces* I meant to say cool, then I started to say great.
Hercules: Right, well, grool. See you tonight.
Math Room- After School
*Belle and Aladdin hosts the Mathletes meeting. It's all nerdy boys. Ariel peeks in the window, thinks about going in, then skips it.*
Ariel: *V.O.* I was so excited, I blew off the first Mathletes meeting, to go home and work on my costume.
Ariel's Room- Evening.
*Ariel frantically trying to put together a Halloween costume.*
Ariel: *V.O.* In the regular world, Halloween is a holiday when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and other girls can't say anything about it.
Megara's Bedroom- Same time
*Megara's costume is a fuzzy bikini and bunny ears. Megara's smiling mom takes a picture while her father, a big red faced Irish guy looks horrified.*
Ariel: *V.O.* The hard-core girls just wear lingerie and some form of animal ears.
Aurora's Bedroom- Same time
*Aurora is wearing a low-cut cat suit, heels, and cat ears.*
Karen's house- Night
*Megara an dAurora pull up to pick up Snow. Snow is wearing a bikini top, a micromini, thigh high boots, tons of make-up, and mouse ears.*
Aurora: What are you?
Snow: *points to ears* I'm a mouse.