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8. Int - B ethan y's bedro om - ev en in g.
S he is typing a t a co m puter an d listening to rock m usic as she w o r k s. J o is sitting on her
bed and flipping th ro ug h a m ag a zin e.

Bethany: I guess the plan to work at home didn't work out, huh?

Jo: I started my essay for English Lit. My brain hurts now.

Bethany: How can you just start things and leave them like that? I hate leaving things

unfinished.

Jo: I'm not you. Don't have your focus. And thank God for that.

Bethany: We've just got different things to think about. You just concentrate on not
getting chucked out; I'll worry about not getting locked up.

J o closes her m ag and sits u p. T he mag falls to th e flo o r.

Jo: What the fuck? !

B ethan y is furio u sly clicking a w a y, tryin g to chan ge the scr een. S he ends up
turn in g th e m o nitor o ff.

Bethany: It's nothing important. Really. It's just a silly little thing.

Jo: You can't just tell me you're a juvenile delinquent and leave me hanging.
We're best mates. You have to tell me - it's the rules.

S he tu rn s m o nitor back on an d J o steps clo ser to scr een.

Jo: Woah ! Where did you get this?

9. Ext - m idn ight - g a r d en.
R ichie an d B ethan y are sitting on so m e steps o utside a h o u se.

Bethany: Look at all the stars, Richie. Makes you feel small, really.

Richie: You didn't ask me to meet you to discuss the night sky; and it's too cold to sit
spouting philosophy crap at me. So what've you screwed up this time?