Degrassi Season 16
"With Ears to See, and Eyes to Hear" Episode 5
Maya is at her desk, waiting for class to start. She's smiling and working on lyrics. Milo waltzes in, carrying flyers for band auditions in his hand. He stands in front of Maya's desk and lays a flyer on her desk.
"The Metal Mouths would be honored to have you grace their presence with your amazing vocal abilities and musical talent," Milo joked. Maya looks at the flyer and smiles.
"Milo, these are awesome!" Maya exclaimed. "We'll be sure to get people to come in and audition."
"I just have to run them by Simpson, but I don't see how that will be a problem," Milo stated taking back the flyer. "I stayed up all night working on them, so I'm glad you like them."
"Why were you up all night?" Maya asked. "You're always in bed by ten."
"I just wanted to make sure that these got done so we could find band members faster," Milo smiled. "Besides, I couldn't sleep."
"This wouldn't have anything to do with your break up with Miles, would it?" Maya hesitated. Milo glares at her.
"Really, Maya?" Milo replied. "Are we really going to turn this into a discussion about my relationship?"
"It's just, people are talking about it," Maya said softly. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay. I'm sorry if caring about my friend makes me a bad person."
"It doesn't," Milo said shaking his head. "It's just, I don't really want to talk about it right now."
"What did he say?" Maya asked inquisitively.
"He said that he wasn't good enough for me and that he felt pressured to be perfect," Milo explained.
"But you don't pressure him to be perfect," Maya pointed out.
"I didn't think I did, but apparently, Esme told him otherwise," Milo sneered.
"Esme Song?" Maya asked.
"Yup," Milo sighed. "According to Grace, she's a real nut."
"Um, try psychopath," Maya said. "The girl is like a leech. Once she has a boy, she manipulates them into doing whatever she wants, batts her eyes, black mail, crocodile tears. And she makes suicide threats when they try to leave her." Milo shakes his head. "I'm sorry, I'm not really helping, am I?"
"He had a panic attack, Maya," Milo admitted. "I don't know if this girl is good for him considering everything that he's going through right now. I'm afraid he's slipping back into his old ways."
"So what are you going to do?" Maya asked.
"What Grace suggested," Milo replied. "Let him go. Let him get himself straight. If he comes back, he comes back. If he doesn't, there are other fish in the sea." Maya nods. "Now, let's talk about band stuff." Milo smiles at the theme song begins to play.
*Enter Theme Song*
SCENE 1
Kitty is in the library, working on an assignment on the computer. Scotty walks in and sits down next to her.
"How do you feel about student council?" Scotty asked her.
"It's a wonderful service that you can do for your school," Kitty smiled. "However, I'm not very political, so I probably wouldn't try to run."
"Well, what if I were to run?" Scotty asked.
"I'd say go for it," Kitty smiled enthusiastically.
"Really?" Scotty gushed. "Would you be my campaign manager?"
"Like I said, I'm not really good at politics," Kitty reiterated. "But I'll do my best." Scotty squeals and hugs Kitty.
"Oh my god, you're the best!" Scotty exclaimed.
"So what are you running for?" Kitty asked.
"Vice president," Scotty replied. "It's for next year."
"You're grade ten?" Kitty asked. "I thought you were my age."
"I am, but constantly transferring schools caused me to fall behind," Scotty explained. "But I'm trying to start new and do good for my new school. I want to stay here at Degrassi."
"So, what about you being trans?" Kitty asked. "I mean, I know how your mum feels about you, but are you going to run as 'Lindsay' or 'Scotty?'"
"I haven't really thought about it?" Scotty confessed.
"Well, think about it," Kitty smiled. "I think it would be really cool to run as 'Lindsay' but you have to think about how your mum is going to react. But for the record, I'm all for you being who you really are." Scotty smiles and thinks about what Kitty has said.
SCENE 2
Olivia is at her locker, getting her books for her next class. She sees Rose strutting by in the hallway, and Olivia smiles. She closes her locker and rushes to catch up to Rose.
"Rose!" Olivia called smiling. Rose sighs and rolls her eyes.
"What?" Rose asked annoyed.
"I heard you had a couple spots opened on the power cheer squad," Olivia started. "And I was wondering when you were holding try outs?"
"I'm not," Rose replied. "I may have a couple of spots open but I still have enough girls to compete."
"But, aren't you worried that you might be over working them by trying to compensate for the missing girls?" Olivia asked.
"My girls can handle it," Rose said.
"But, it's been my dream to be on a high school cheer team," Olivia confessed. Rose stops and rolls her eyes turning to her.
"Not another one," Rose mumbled to herself. "Fine, I'll give you one chance to try out today after school. In the gym, three o'clock, be on time or you're wasting my time, and I don't like having my time wasted."
"I'll be there," Olivia smiled.
"Good," Rose said. She walks away, leaving Olivia in the middle of the hallway, smiling.
SCENE 3
Miles has just gotten home from the hospital. He's unpacking his bag in his bedroom when his dad walks in after knocking.
"Miles," his dad greeted anxiously.
"Dad," Miles greeted back not giving him eye contact.
"I just want you to know that if you need anything, please, let me know," Mr. Hollingsworth said. "I want to help you in any way that I can. I know I haven't been the best father, but I want to change. I want to fix things. I want to do things right."
"Don't you think it's a little too late for that?" Miles asked taking clothes out of his bag.
"I hoping that it's not," Mr. Hollingsworth admitted. "I know that I have messed up, big time, but I love my family, and I want to put this family back together, so we can all be happy again." Miles looks at his dad. "Please, just give me a chance to prove to you that I can change. I hate seeing you in pain."
"Then you should've just stayed away from us," Miles growled.
"Please, Miles, I know you don't mean that," Mr. Hollingsworth said. "You're just upset."
"Oh, so now you're going to tell me what I'm feeling?" Miles asked. Mr. Hollingsworth is speechless. Miles turns back to his bag. "I'll think about it, but right now, I really need to get to school." Miles grabs his back pack and walks out of his room, leaving Mr. Hollingsworth feeling defeated.
SCENE 4
Maya and Milo are in the music room, having just seen another person audition for the band. They're starting to feel as though there is no one good enough to join their band. Milo slams his clipboard on the desk. Maya sighs heavily, running her fingers through her hair.
"Another dud," Milo huffed.
"This is starting to looking hopeless," Maya sighed.
"Maybe we should just quit and recruit," Milo suggested.
"We can't quit," Maya insisted. "This band needs to happen!"
"Maya, we've auditioned ten people already of them and none of them are good," Milo explained.
"We have to keep trying," Maya said. "There has to be someone." Milo shakes his head. Suddenly, there's a knock and Nikki stands in the doorway.
"Am I too late?" Nikki asked calmly. "I heard you guys needed a drummer." Maya and Milo look at each other.
"No, you're not too late," Milo said. "Show us what you got." Nikki walks over to the drum set and looks at Milo and Maya.
"May I?" Nikki asked. Milo motions for her to play the drums. Nikki pulls out her sticks and sits down at the drums.
"One, two, three, four!" Nikki exclaimed slapping her sticks together. She starts playing the drums and Maya and Milo are instantly impressed. Nikki finishes up her piece. Milo and Maya are blown away.
"Wow, that was awesome!" Maya exclaimed.
"I think we found our new drummer," Milo smiled. Nikki grins.
"When are you available for practice?" Maya asked.
"Any time," Nikki replied. She hands Milo her number.
"Perfect, we'll hit you up when we figure out a time to practice," Maya smiled.
"Sounds great," Nikki said getting up from the drums. She starts to walk out and turns back to Milo and Maya. "By the way, the name's Nikki." All three smile to each other and Nikki walks out. Maya smiles to Milo.
"See?" she asked. "I told you we would find someone."
"Well, we found a really good drummer," Milo stated. "But what about a bassist. I mean, I can't play both guitar and bass."
"Maybe we could ask Grace to stand in until we find a permanent bassist," Maya suggested.
"It's worth a shot," Milo agreed. Maya smiles.
SCENE 5
Olivia is sitting on the bleachers in her workout clothes, waiting for Rose to arrive. Rose walks in and sets her bag down at the foot of the bleachers. Olivia gets up and excitement. Rose looks up to see she has already arrived.
"Oh, you're here already," Rose said surprised.
"You said not to be late," Olivia smiled.
"That I did," Rose nodded. "Okay, let's see what you got." Rose pulls out the portable stereo as Olivia gets into position. Rose nods for Olivia to start and she presses play. The music begins to play and Olivia goes into her routine. Rose stands and watches. Olivia's routine is really basic and more dance like than cheer. Olivia is smiling and having a good time, but Rose is not impressed. The music stops and Olivia freezes and smiles, panting. Rose shakes her head.
"What did you think?" Olivia asked.
"This isn't power dance, it's power cheer," Rose replied as Olivia smile fades into a frown. "I'm sorry, but your routine was too basic. I need a more advanced girl." Rose grabs her bag and the stereo. "But you've definitely got the smile down." Rose walks out of the gym, leaving Olivia alone, almost in tears.
SCENE 6
Miles is sitting in psychology class. The conversation he had earlier with his father is still playing over in his head. Esme walks in and over to her desk in front of Miles. She notices he's looking pretty down.
"Someone doesn't seem to be to happy to be out of the hospital," Esme joked smiling. She sits down in her seat and turns to Miles.
"It's not that, my dad is just getting to me," Miles explained. "He's trying to convince me that he's changing and that he wants to makes us a family again."
"He sounds like a total jerk," Esme smiled.
"You don't know the half of it," Miles shrugged. "I just don't believe him." Esme half smiles as Mr. Kratz walks into class.
"Okay, class," he began as Esme turns around in her seat. "Today, we're going to be talking about communication, and why sometimes it's hard for us to say what we're really feeling. Does anybody have any input?" He looks around the class. Nobody raises their hand. "Miles, what do you think?" Miles hesitates.
"I don't know," Miles admitted. "Maybe because we're afraid of what people will think if we tell them how we're really feeling."
"So do you think that we're afraid to tell people how we feel because believe they might not care?" Mr. Kratz clarified.
"They don't want to know how we feel," Miles explained. "They want you smile and say, 'Yeah, I'm fine. Everything's great.' Nobody really cares how you feel, because no one wants to hear it. You bring people down when you complain about your problems."
"So it's best to keep quiet and hope that it doesn't all build up?" Mr. Kratz asked. Miles doesn't reply. "Because when you keep quiet about how you feel, everything boils over." Mr. Kratz turns back to the class and converses with other students. Miles leans forward and whispers to Esme.
"I heard my dad was having lunch with a 'colleague' today," Miles whispered. "We should ditch class and see what that is all about."
"Sounds adventurous," Esme smirked.
"I just want to catch my dad in the act," Miles stated. Esme grins in agreement to go with him.
SCENE 7
Grace is in the cafeteria, working on her laptop. Milo and Maya see her from a distance and become hesitant to ask her to fill in for the band. Milo sighs after they nudge each other back and forth, and they walk over to Grace. Milo taps on her laptop and she looks up, taking off her headphones.
"Hey, guys," Grace greeted in confusion. "What's up?"
"Maya and I were wondering if you like to fill in as our bassist for our band," Milo stated. "We just barely found a drummer and we want start up this band as soon as possible. We'll find a permanent bassist, we just a need a stand in until we find one. So what do you say? We're desperate." Grace looks at him and then at Maya. She sighs.
"Since you guys are desperate, I think I can squeeze you guys in," Grace agreed. "Just don't take forever to find a new bassist because I already have a band and they come first."
"We're still holding auditions," Maya explained. "We're hoping it won't take too long."
"When is your first practice?" Grace asked.
"We were thinking tomorrow night at Maya's house," Milo replied.
"Perfect, I'll be there at seven," Grace said putting her headphones back on. Milo turns to Maya.
"That was easy," Milo sighed in relief.
"Now all we have to do is tell Nikki that band practice is tomorrow night, and the Metal Mouths will be in full gear," Maya smiled in excitement.
SCENE 8
Miles and Esme arrive at the outdoor cafe where his dad is meeting his "colleague." They stand in the bushes as Miles looks around for his father.
"Are you sure he's here?" Esme asked helping him look.
"The phone tracker on my phone said he was here," Miles explained. Miles spots his father from across the patio. He nudges Esme and she looks in his direction. "There he is." They watch Mr. Hollingsworth approach a table with a lady already sitting. She stands up and embraces Mr. Hollingsworth and they peck on the lips. Miles heart drops to his stomach and he becomes upset. "I knew it. He's not trying to change. Just cover up another affair."
"Are you going to confront him?" Esme asked.
"I feel like I should, but I don't know," Miles replied.
"Do it now," Esme commanded. "If you wait until later, he can talk his way back out of it. Confront him now while he's still in the act!" He looks at Esme and then charges over to his dad.
"So this is your idea of changing?" Miles yelled at his father. Mr. Hollingsworth and his colleague stand up, Mr. Hollingsworth in shock.
"What are you talking about?" Mr. Hollingsworth asked confused.
"You said you and mum were working things out and that you were changing," Miles explained angrily. "Kissing another woman is not changing!"
"You're right, it's a common greeting," Mr. Hollingsworth said calmly. "Um, Lydia, I'd like you to meet my oldest son, Miles. Miles, this is Lydia Surrells, her husband and I were business partners a few years back and we're meeting today to plan a surprise fiftieth birthday party for him. And if you had waited about two seconds before you started accusing me of having an affair, you would've realized that your mother would be joining us." Mr. Hollingsworth points to Mrs. Hollingsworth who is walking over to the table. Miles and Esme turn to see his mother.
"Mum?" Miles asked confused.
"Miles, what are you doing here?" Mrs. Hollingsworth asked sternly. "You're suppose to be in school."
"I'm sorry, it's just, I thought..." Miles trails off looking at his dad. Miles fumbles for words and then storms off. Esme smiles at his parents and then chases after Miles. The three adults are left looking at each other baffled.
SCENE 9
Miles is heading back into school, Esme chasing after him.
"Miles!" she called. "Miles, stop!" Miles stops at the steps and turns to Esme. "I've been chasing after you for blocks."
"And you couldn't get the hint that I wanted to be alone?" Miles snapped.
"Look, I understand you're upset," Esme cried. "But let me help you."
"I don't need help!" Miles barked. "I need to be left alone! Why don't you get that?" Esme looks at him with tears in her eyes. Miles sighs apologetically. "I'm sorry, Esme. This is just a lot for me to handle."
"You don't have to handle it alone," Esme smiled. "I'm here for you. We can handle this together." Miles smiles at her.
"I'm glad I actually have someone who wants to help me," Miles said.
"Milo would never do that," Esme said. He hugs her, and looks over his shoulder and sees Milo and Kitty laughing and talking with each other in the distance. Miles becomes upset but masks it from Esme.
"Yeah," he sighed. "Something like that." Miles continues to watch Kitty and Milo. Miles' heart becomes heavy.
SCENE 10
Rose walks into Simpson's office, having been given word that he wants to see her. She walks into the office to see Simpson standing with Olivia and Mr. Spicewood. Rose is confused and looks at Simpson.
"What's going on?" Rose asked Simpson.
"Don't worry, you're not in trouble," Simpson smiled. "Actually, this is good news. Mr. Spicewood here has generously donated at large amount of money to the power cheer squad." Rose looks at Mr. Spicewood and then back at Simpson.
"Why?" Rose asked. "Olivia isn't on power cheer."
"Yeah, that's why you're here," Simpson said softly. "You see, Mr. Spicewood is only giving the squad the money in exchange for his daughter joining the team."
"He's bribing me?" Rose asked offended. "Forget it. He can keep his money. We'll fundraise the money that we need."
"Rose..." Simpson started.
"No, Mr. Simpson," Rose interrupted. "She tried out, like every other girl, and she wasn't good enough to be on the team. I'm sorry, but she's not going to be bought on to my power cheer squad." She turns to Mr. Spicewood. "Thank you for the generous offer, but I happily declined. I'm sorry you wasted your time coming here." Mr. Spicewood looks at Simpson.
"You said she would be cooperative," Mr. Spicewood grumbled. Simpson hesitates.
"I really think you need to consider this offer, Rose," Simpson advised.
"I have and I said 'no,'" Rose stated. Simpson bites his lip. Rose catches on and sighs in frustration. "You're making accept the offer, aren't you?"
"I'm afraid so," Simpson admitted. Rose shakes her head and looks at Olivia.
"Fine, practice is ten o'clock tomorrow morning, sharp," Rose grumbled. Olivia smiles widely. Rose shakes her head in anger.
END EPISODE