INT.

BATHROOM
Megan comes bolting through the ladies room door. It closes
ever so snug behind her while she heads into a stall.
INT. BATHROOM - STA
She dro!s her !ants and sits down. oc"s the door. A smile
eases across her #ace. That$s when she hears it. M%&&'(
SOBBIN) #rom the stall ne*t to her.
M')AN
Hello+
SNI&&'. SOB.
M')AN
Are ,ou o"a,+
A beat.
M')AN
He, loo"- whatever it is...
)IR O.
He bro"e u! with me/
M')AN
Oh. I$m sorr,+ That alwa,s
suc"s.
)IR O.
It$s aw#ul.
M')AN
He,- it doesn$t have to
com!letel, ruin ,our da,.
)IR O.
But he did he ruin it. It$s
m, birthda,.
0e #inall, see TH' )IR. Blonde- !rett, des!ite being
smeared with mascara.
Megan to hersel#1 OH SHIT.
M')AN
O"a,. 0ell- that$s a thing.
)IR
I$m not gonna be one o# those
tragic emo girls who sit
around reciting Bright ',es
and ta"ing down-angle
bathroom shots to ma"e m,sel#
loo" thinner. 'ver,one "nows
me/ I$m !o!ular/
M')AN
And a!!arentl, also "ind o# a
2er".
)IR
3#alling a!art4
That$s not #aaaiiirrr/
The )irl in the other stall reall, lets loose 0AIIN).
Megan cowers in her hands.
Then- a moment. She loo"s at the wall.
M')AN
O"a,. O"a,. Hold on. 0hat$s
,our name+
)IR
3calming down4
Brittan,. M, girls call me
Britt.
M')AN
5our girls+
BRITTAN5
.heer S6uad/
M')AN
Oh. Brittan, McArthur.
BRITTAN5
5ou "now me+
M')AN
0ho doesn$t right+ 5ou$re
!o!ular.
BRITTAN5
0ho are ,ou+
M')AN
5ou wouldn$t "now.
BRITTAN5
No- reall,.
M')AN
One o# those emo girls-
dri!!ing blac" in"- listening
to 'lliott Smith- gliding
across dar"ness.
BRITTAN5
3sna!s #ingers4
Megan 7e!!ertree/
M')AN
Oh what the hell.
BRITTAN5
Nonono. 5ou sang $.lementine$
at last ,ear$s talent show.
It was reall, !rett,.
Actuall,- reall,
so!histicated #ingerwor"
considering the sim!licit,.
M')AN
Are ,ou being serious right
now+
BRITTAN5
Totall,. It$s a reall,
underrated song. 'ver,one
goes straight #or $Needle In
The Ha,$- because 8it$s so
dar" and tragic and raw.8
M')AN
3to hersel#4
Oh.
BRITTAN5
0hat+
M')AN
.hris bro"e u! with ,ou. Oh.
Oh no.
BRITTAN5
0hat+
Brittan, ta"es a beat. .onsiders.
BRITTAN5
No.
M')AN
0e were drun". It was an
accident.
BRITTAN5
3to hersel#4
0hat are the odds+
M')AN
I "now- right+/
Brittan, starts to sob again.
M')AN
No. Oh no. Sto! that. (on$t
do that. Brittan,- I$m sorr,.
I was wasted. He was wasted.
3MOR'4
M')AN 3.ONT$(4
And now I "now ,ou$re
actuall, "ind o# cool- and I
do #eel bad. And o"a,- I "ind
o# did it out o# s!ite
because o# a !erceived !ower
la!se in the high school
social structure. I thought--
I don$t "now what I thought.
BRITTAN5
0hat the hell are ,ou sa,ing+
M')AN
3a beat4
I was stu!id. I did a stu!id
thing- because I wanted what
,ou had. Or what I thought I
wanted. I did it to hurt ,ou-
and I didn$t even "now ,ou.
But .hris--he bro"e u! with
,ou- because he didn$t want
to tell ,ou. He #eels
horrible. He reall, cares
about ,ou.
BRITTAN5
He does+
M')AN
He does. But ,ou shouldn$t
let that change things i#
,ou$re reall, unha!!,- Britt.
5ou need to #igure out what
you want.
Brittan, crac"s a small smile.
BRITT
5ou called me Britt.
M')AN
I guess I did. Are ,ou
smiling+ I could hear ,ou
smiling when ,ou said that.
BRITT
How can ,ou hear someone
smiling+
M')AN
5our chee"s !u## u!.
Brittan, A%)HS. She can$t sto! laughing now.
M')AN
0ill ,ou come out o# the
stall so I can hug ,ou+
BRITT
Totall,.
A'RIA SHOT #rom above as the, both move to o!en their
bathroom stall doors at the same time. The doors are 2ammed
shut.
TH' 'N(