Good Boys_2019
<script>
  <scene>
    <character>GOOD BOYS</character>
    <dialogue>Written by</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lee Eisenberg &amp; Gene Stupnitsky April 4, 2017 HIGH ABOVE THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. Suburban sprawl. Blue pools and green yards as far as the eye can see. We slowly DESCEND to --</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. HANNAH'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Two teens -- HANNAH, 16, popular with strong, uninformed opinions and LILY, 16, intense and captain of the varsity field hockey team, sunbathe poolside. They pass a vape pen between them.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>I'm so over music festivals.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>They're so fucking corporatized.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Totally, except for Coachella, which is more than a festival.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, it's more a way of life.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>We HEAR a buzzing. They look up. REVERSE ANGLE A DRONE -- the PHANTOM 3 STANDARD QUADCOPTER -- hovers high above them.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>From inside, JASLYN, 16, approaches the sliding glass door. She has the beauty of Kendall Jenner and the intelligence of Kendall Jenner. She walks into the glass door.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Owww! Not again.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jaslyn, holding her head, opens the slider and joins them.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Do you hear that buzzing?</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <parenthetical>(re her head)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You can hear that, too?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO: THE SMILING FACES OF THREE SIXTH GRADE BOYS. One of them mans the drone on an iPad, which feeds into a FLAT SCREEN TV.</scene_description>
    <character>BOY</character>
    <dialogue>Tits.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. HANNAH'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The girls quickly cover themselves.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>I bet it's that old guy who tried taking pictures of your feet.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>I know who it is.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. SUBURBAN HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>ON THE DRONE FEED, the girls give them the finger.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Why do they hate us? They don't even know us.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>This is MAX, 12, flanked by the two other boys. He isn't the coolest or the smartest kid, but he's cool and smart enough. Loves dinosaurs and skateboards. Recently discovered masturbation. Two small hands snatch the iPad from Max.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Holy fucking shit! Drop the towels! Drop the towels!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>This is QUENTIN, 12. He's short and stout and isn't happy about it. Considers himself hyper-intelligent, but really just parrots sentence fragments he hears adults say. Recently discovered masturbation. Another boy grabs a couch cushion and humps it wildly.</scene_description>
    <character>BOY/FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Ayyyyyyyyeeeeeeeee!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>This is FABRIZIO, 12. Hyper and horny foreign exchange student. The language barrier is very real. Dresses like he's about to have lunch in Capri. Been masturbating for ten months.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm going lower. Get ready for some major titillation.</dialogue>
    <character>BOY'S VOICE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>TURN TO REVEAL XAVIER-RAYMOND, 12, bounding down the stairs. Everyone calls him X-Ray. Cool nickname, but he's neurotic, suffers from IBS and is prone to crying fits. He's just come from upstairs, where he was masturbating.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Your neighbor's in a bikini! And she has friends over! Girls!</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I don't care! I fucking told you, I'm not allowed to use my dad's stuff unless supervised. You guys never listen to me!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Just five more minutes.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>No!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray lunges at Quentin, who yanks the control away. BACK TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. HANNAH'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The Girls stare up as the Drone LURCHES from side to side, DROPS thirty feet, SPINS out of control. BACK TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. X-RAY'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Quentin and X-Ray jostle for control of the iPad. Fabrizio now dry-humps the pillow from behind.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>You're gonna break it! Give it!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Fine!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin lets go, sending X-Ray falling back. The iPad SLIDES under the couch. They all GASP.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. HANNAH'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The Drone suddenly NOSEDIVES, going straight for the Girls, who scream and DUCK for cover.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. X-RAY'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>ON THE DRONE FEED The boys watch in horror as the DRONE plummets. Max scrambles to the couch and stretches out his arm. The iPad is just out of reach.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Lift it!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The others can barely lift the couch, but it's just enough for Max to reach the iPad.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Got it!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. HANNAH'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The drone STABILIZES mere feet from the ground.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. X-RAY'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys breathe a sigh of relief. ON THE DRONE FEED Almost like a zombie movie, the three GIRLS move toward the drone, arms outstretched.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Go up! Go up! Go up!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max jerks the iPad up. The Drone rises, barely escaping Lily's outstretched hand. The guys CHEER, until --</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. HANNAH'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Hannah LAUNCHES herself off a chaise lounge, GRABBING the landing skids of the drone and taking it down.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. X-RAY'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The camera shakes, catching images of grass, sky and then -- HANNAH'S FACE comes into focus. The boys stare in horror.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Listen, you little --</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A hand covers the drone's camera. The screen goes BLACK. After a beat, all three girls appear in frame, smiling and flirty.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Hey guys, we want to hang out. We're soooo lonely over here.</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>I need someone to rub lotion on me.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ON THE BOYS Slack-jawed. Quentin turns to the others.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Let's go.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio pulls a travel-sized Axe Body Spray from his pocket and douses himself.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Wait! What if it's a trap?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Not everything is a trap, Max. Just deal with the fact that they want to party. We'll go over there, lick some tits, and get the drone back.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>They're four grades older than us!</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>They horny cougars.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We're not going to a stranger's house. We'll wait for your mom to come home. She can walk us over.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Fine. Whatever.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>They have my dad's drone. I'll go myself.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Wait, you can't go over there alone. They've been smoking drugs all day.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>We're coming with you. They could be erratic.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all head for the door. Quentin stops, considering:</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I hope they don't have STDs.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. HANNAH'S HOUSE - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Hannah opens the front door to REVEAL our four boys. They've all combed their hair and tucked in their shirts. Hannah towers over the boys.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Ciao, bella.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Come in, guys. We've been waiting for you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray clocks the drone on the kitchen island.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Thank you. This is a lovely home.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys study the girls with a mix of fear and desire.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(quiet, to Max)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>They're huge.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>As soon as they've stepped into the foyer, Lily appears behind them and SLAMS the door shut, LOCKING them in.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>It's a trap!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily and Jaslyn block the door.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>You think it's cool to objectify women?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys clearly have no idea what "objectify" means.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(unsure)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We weren't. We were just looking at your bodies.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>We need a guarantee that you'll never objectify anyone again.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Like what?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. HANNAH'S HOUSE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Hannah, Lily and Jaslyn stifle laughs.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Get out here!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Boys enter, completely transformed: dresses, makeup, painted fingernails, mascara, barrettes, the works.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Ooh, I want the little one. I want to put her in my pocket.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not little. My doctor says I'm going to be 5'9", honey.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Relax, Munchkin.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah holds up her phone and snaps PHOTOS.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What are you gonna do with those?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe I'll send them to my sister. She's in eighth grade at John Adams. Isn't that where you go?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah tosses the phone into her bright yellow BEACH BAG.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>You're gonna have to transfer schools.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray begins hyperventilating. Mascara RUNS down his face.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Give us... the ... drone!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily takes the Drone and puts it on the floor. She lifts her foot over it, taunting him. Hannah and Jaslyn laugh. X-Ray runs over and covers the Drone, protecting it.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck you, STD bitches!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They look over to see Quentin holding Hannah's beach bag.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I have her phone! Run!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin races out the back, Hannah hot on his heels. X-Ray BITES Lily in the calf.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Owww!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray scoops up the Drone and races for the yard. Max and Fabrizio follow. Jaslyn jumps in front of them. Fabrizio KICKS her in the crotch. She goes down.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That's what you get!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BAM! From the ground, Jaslyn UPPERCUTS Max in his balls. He crumples. X-Ray and Fabrizio scoop him up and keep running.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. HANNAH'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Quentin races alongside the pool. Hannah's gaining. He runs past a patio chair and knocks it down, TRIPPING Hannah. The other boys hurdle over her and join Quentin. They reach an EIGHT FOOT FENCE blocking them in. To them, it might as well be twenty feet.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Ten fingers!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max lifts Quentin up and over, followed by Fabrizio, who then pulls Max up. Max straddles the top of the fence and lowers his arm down to X-Ray, who cradles the drone. Max strains to pull him up. X- Ray looks back. The girls are gaining.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Pull! Pull!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He's almost over when suddenly, he's jerked back. Lily pulls at the drone's plastic frame.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>She's too strong!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray loses his grip on the drone.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>It's slipping!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily pulls the drone away from X-Ray. It falls to the ground. She grabs his leg. X-Ray struggles to wrestle free and accidentally KICKS her in the head.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Ow! You kicked me in the head!</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>On accident!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily SMASHES the drone.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Nooo!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max pulls X-Ray over the fence. ON THE STREET</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>She broke the drone!! FUCK!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(calling over the fence)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Fucking cougars!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A COUPLES passes pushing a stroller.</scene_description>
    <character>MOTHER</character>
    <dialogue>Language, girls!</dialogue>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <dialogue>Sorry.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys RACE down the street, sundresses flapping in the wind. CHYRON:</scene_description>
    <character>GOOD BOYS</character>
    <dialogue>The boys run THROUGH THE TITLE and turn into X-Ray's driveway, just as a BMW pulls in.</dialogue>
    <dialogue>A handsome, middle-aged man steps out. He carries himself like a former athlete. This is X-RAY'S DAD. He looks the boys up and down, taking in the dresses. He looks disgusted.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY'S DAD</character>
    <parenthetical>(snapping)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Why are you dressed like that?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>No one speaks. X-Ray's Dad shakes his head.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY'S DAD</character>
    <dialogue>Tell your friends you'll see them tomorrow.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys watch as X-Ray's Dad leads him to the front door -- dead man walking. CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. LILY'S MINI COOPER - THE NEXT DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Lily drives. Hannah sits shotgun, phone to her ear. Jaslyn leans in from the back.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Those little shits aren't picking up.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Should we call Jordy?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Whoever Jordy is, none of them jump at this idea.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Why were we even holding Jordy's drugs?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <parenthetical>(as to a child)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>When you have two strikes, you can't hold your own drugs, Jaslyn. And we each get a free pill.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>What if those kids open the bottle and overdose on Molly? We put them in a fucking Flintstones Vitamins bottle!</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <parenthetical>(optimistic)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Or what if they open the bottle, take Molly, and have the best day of their lives?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Off the Girls, considering.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BUS - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>CLOSE ON Quentin, struggling mightily to open a FLINTSTONES VITAMIN PILL CONTAINER.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Whatever. Chewables suck. Gummies are so much better.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>PULL BACK TO REVEAL Max, Quentin, and Fabrizio, all dressed in SCHOOL UNIFORMS, sit at the front of the bus. They rummage through Hannah's bag. Fabrizio pulls out a tampon. Quentin snatches and inhales deeply. Another KID peers over and gags.</scene_description>
    <character>KID</character>
    <dialogue>OH MY GOD! Gross!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, calling back)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Soren! They have a tampon!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SOREN, 12, who looks like the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, calls from the back of the bus.</scene_description>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, Quentin, stick it up your pussy hole!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck you, you sexist bitch! I'll stick my dick up your nose!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin stands on the seat and starts thrusting wildly in the air. Max slouches in his seat, embarrassed.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(quiet)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Just sit down. This is why they're always making fun of us.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Who cares what he thinks? He has the same haircut as my sister.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The bus STOPS and a few kids, including X-Ray, step on. He looks terrible.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So what happened with your dad?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray hands Max a BROCHURE.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(reading)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Camden Academy for Boys?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>That's that boarding school in Nevada. Matt Chestnut went there.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>It's where my dad went. He thinks I need it. He said I'm weak.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>If he think that, he don't know you.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>You can't go to boarding school. You couldn't even make it through tennis camp.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You need to stand up to him.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(defeated)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I know, okay?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray looks down.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>He's looking for an excuse. He said if I screw up again, I'm gone.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's just a stupid drone.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>He doesn't know that I broke it.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So when he finds out...</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(quiet)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>... I'm gone.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They take this in. Quentin pulls out his phone.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Ridiculous. I'm texting my nanny. She can go to the mall and get a new drone. She has my dad's credit card for emergencies. Problem solved.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray exhales, relieved. The theme song of "PRETTY LITTLE LIARS" starts playing from inside Max's backpack. He pulls out Hannah's phone. The caller ID reads: LILY.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>They've called a thousand times.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin takes the phone.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Get her passcode so we can delete the pictures.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin answers.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>You smell like a fart and taste like shit.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin hangs up. Fabrizio, Quentin, and X-Ray laugh, pleased with themselves.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You didn't get the code.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Who cares? We have the phone, what are they going to do?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>To establish. The bus pulls up to the curb. Waiting for them are HANNAH, LILY, and JASLYN.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. SCHOOL BUS - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The other students get off the bus. Our guys just stare out the window, terrified of the girls.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What do we do? We can't go out there.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(calling to Bus Driver)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We need SCAB.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No way. We'll look like losers.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Do you wanna die??</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>SLO MO. Over Katy Perry's "ROAR" -- Max, Quentin, X-Ray, and Fabrizio confidently step out of the bus and join a PONY-TAILED TEACHER and eight of the LEAST POPULAR STUDENTS in the school. They're all wearing blue smocks that read "STUDENT COALITION AGAINST BULLYING."</scene_description>
    <character>SCAB MEMBERS</character>
    <parenthetical>(chanting)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Bullying is whack, get on the right track! Bullying is whack, get on the right track!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max is mortified. This is so uncool. The SCAB MEMBERS, along with our boys, interlock arms to form a HUMAN CHAIN. They march up to Hannah, Lily, and Jaslyn. The SCAB LEADER, a boy with a wispy mustache and a heavy lisp, addresses the girls.</scene_description>
    <character>SCAB LEADER</character>
    <dialogue>When you attack one of uth, you attack all of uth! Your weakneth giffs uth strength!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Girls stare back, like "Is this happening?"</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>These kids stole my phone and my bag! And there's important stuff --</dialogue>
    <character>SCAB LEADER</character>
    <dialogue>No, Bully! Not today!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Head out, headth up!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Human Chain marches to the school. As they march, we see the back of their smocks reads, "I'M A SCAB FOR LIFE." Our boys turn back to see the girls giving them the "slit your throat" motion. Hannah's shirt lifts up slightly, revealing a hint of flesh. The boys notice.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Did you see her belly button?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>As the boys enter the school, "ROAR" switches from Katy Perry to -- an ALL BOYS CHORUS.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. MUSIC ROOM - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>We pan over the bored faces of the STUDENTS until we land on the faces of our four boys -- eyes closed, passionate, deeply connected to the performance. A music teacher, MS. GRANDY, 70s, basically deaf, accompanies them on the piano.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter --"</dialogue>
    <scene_description>On the word, "FIGHTER," the boys all pantomime PUNCHING.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"Dancing through the fire / Cause I am the champion..."</dialogue>
    <scene_description>On the word, "CHAMPION," the boys raise their arms in triumph.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"And you're gonna hear me roar!"</dialogue>
    <scene_description>On the word, "ROAR," the boys all pantomime ROARING by rearing their heads back. The song concludes.</scene_description>
    <character>MS. GRANDY</character>
    <dialogue>That was great, guys!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The bell RINGS. All of the boys quickly head for the door.</scene_description>
    <character>MS. GRANDY</character>
    <dialogue>Wait, wait, wait. Big night tonight. Everyone needs to be in costume by five-thirty. And make sure to go to the bathroom before we get on stage. No accidents this year.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin's phone BUZZES. He looks around and then walks into a closet with instruments. He closes the door behind him.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN (O.S.)</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hola, Inez, que pasa?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. HALLWAY - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max, X-Ray, and Fabrizio exit. Soren calls out to Max.</scene_description>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>Max! Come over here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray and Fabrizio are surprised. Max hides his excitement.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Be right back.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max jogs over. Soren leans against his locker with two equally cool kids. They all have the same haircut, where they constantly flick the bangs out of their eyes.</scene_description>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, you were really fast in gym.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Thanks.</dialogue>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>So are you still coming to my party after the recital?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, I can't wait.</dialogue>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>I invited some seventh grade girls, so... could turn into a kissing party.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'll bring gum for the guys.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Soren look over, notices X-Ray and Fabrizio imitating their favorite DINOSAURS.</scene_description>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>They are so random.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, but they're kinda cool, too.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON Quentin. He exits the Music Room, joining X-Ray and Fabrizio.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Inez can't pick up the drone. Her husband needs the car.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck?!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, I don't know why they don't get a second car. She's loaded. She's always sending money to her family in Guatemala.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin notices Max and Soren talking. They fist bump. Quentin looks very concerned.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What the shit?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max returns to the others.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Why were you bantering with that individual?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, concerned)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You didn't invite him to Benihana after the recital, right? That's just us. That's our tradition.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(lying)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Soren just had a question about math.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max notices that X-Ray's eye are welling up.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What happened?</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Inez can no drive.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>X-Ray, you can't cry in school. It makes us all look weak. Just hold it in.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray lets out a squeak. He's on the verge.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SMASH CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The four boys are huddled in a tight stall. X-Ray is BAWLING.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Is gonna be okay.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin types into his phone.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>From here to the Fashion Square Mall is... seventeen minutes.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The door from the hallway opens. They all shush one another. They listen until they hear the sound of urination.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(whispering)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Okay, so we'll just miss lunch and be back by fourth period.</dialogue>
    <character>VOICE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Who's crying?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max peers over the stall to see ROBIN, 12, nosy, peeing.</scene_description>
    <character>ROBIN</character>
    <dialogue>Should I get a teacher? I'm gonna get a teacher.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>No, Robin! This is why people call you "narc."</dialogue>
    <character>ROBIN</character>
    <dialogue>Why are you going to the mall?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio pops up.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>To fuck'a your mom!</dialogue>
    <character>ROBIN</character>
    <dialogue>You wish. My mom's in San Diego at a wellness retreat.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin pops up.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Robin, get the fuck out of here!</dialogue>
    <character>ROBIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm allowed to be here. It's a free country.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They return to their huddle and continue whispering.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Even if we can get to the mall, how do we get five hundred dollars?</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>I know how get money. We sell peaches.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Peaches? Are you kidding?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>First we get money, then we go to the mall.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to X-Ray)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We're not gonna let you get sent to Camden.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Do you pledge it?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I pledge it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max extends his hand meaningfully. X-Ray takes it, forming the clasp for the "Boys and Girls Club of America."</scene_description>
    <character>ROBIN (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Second bell's about to ring.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin pops up, his face red with anger.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Go suck on your mom's fat tits!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Students roam the halls in between periods. An elderly SECURITY GUARD sits at the entrance, reading an AARP Magazine article about Antonio Banderas. The boys sneak past him.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Quentin, X-Ray and Fabrizio stand on the ROOF, twenty feet up. They look down nervously at Max, who's on the ground.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Come on, it's easy.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio grabs onto a PALM FROND and STEPS OFF THE ROOF. His weight LOWERS the frond all the way to the ground -- like a SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON "ELEVATOR." He lets go and the Palm Frond snaps back up to the roof. Quentin follows and lands on the ground. The frond snaps back up to X-Ray.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm scared.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Just wrap your thong around the branch and slide down.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to Max and Fabrizio)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You hear what I said to him?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray throws his bag to the ground and grabs the branch. He starts to lower, but then it STOPS, leaving him DANGLING ten feet above the ground. X-Ray's weight is not enough to bring the branch all the way down.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Help! Help!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>You should've kept your backpack on, so you'd be heavier!</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I took it off to be more nimble.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray shakes, but the branch doesn't move. A BEE buzzes by X- Ray's face.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Bee! I'm allergic!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He frantically tries blowing it away. The bee STINGS him.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Owww!! It stung me! Get my epi-pen! My throat's gonna close!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio springs to action and grabs X-Ray's bag, searching for the epi-pen.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, I'm gonna drop. Catch me!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Quentin gather underneath X-Ray, arms outstretched. He DROPS and lands between them with a THUD.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Owww!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio pulls the pen out of X-Ray's bag and JABS it into X- Ray's thigh.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Owww!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CLOSE ON a UNI-BALL PEN sticking out of his leg.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck is wrong with you?!</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>You say a'pen! A'pen!</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Epi-pen! Epi-pen! Fucking idiot!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max pulls the real EPIPEN out of the bag.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Found it!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max jabs it into X-Ray's other leg.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(weakly)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Thank you.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to Fabrizio)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Sorry I called you an idiot.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Is okay.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. WOODS BEHIND SCHOOL - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The school recedes in the background. X-Ray LIMPS behind the others. His pants have puncture wounds and his cheek is hugely swollen from the sting.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>... My sister said girls hate the word, "moist."</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Why?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin shrugs. Max smells his armpit.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'm moist right now.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin turns back and takes a photo of X-Ray's face.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What are you doing?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Taking a snap of that baby dick on your cheek.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max smacks Quentin's hand.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No snaps, no stories. Nothing. We can't be tracked. We have to stay off the grid.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max's phone buzzes. He checks it. Quentin smacks Max's hand.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What about staying off the grid?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We got a buyer!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The guys CHEER. They step out of the woods and onto --</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Their celebration is short-lived as a POLICE CRUISER, lights flashing, pulls up alongside them.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Lemme do the talking.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The OFFICER sticks his head out.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Hello, Officer. Just want to say "All Lives Matter."</dialogue>
    <character>POLICE OFFICER</character>
    <dialogue>Shouldn't you boys be in school?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A moment of panic as the guys all intuitively turn to Max. He thinks quickly.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's a Jewish holiday. We're going to temple.</dialogue>
    <character>POLICE OFFICER</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, you're Jews?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, gives them once- over)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Stay on the sidewalks.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Officer drives off.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>That was genius!</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>I liked it!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin's annoyed that someone else is receiving adulation.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I don't think it's "genius" to lie about religion. With what's happening in the world today.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>This seems like a deep observation. They contemplate it.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. FABRIZIO'S HOUSE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Quentin and Max play Grand Theft Auto while Fabrizio watches with interest. X-Ray peers out the window, impatiently.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Where the hell is this guy? He was supposed to be here already.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>He's coming. Relax.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max's Avatar lies prone on a rooftop, taking aim at a FEMALE COP, who stands beside a trash can fire. He shoots and misses.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Why are you shooting that cop? You're wasting bullets.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That's St. Cloud. She's not even a cop. She's bad. She just dresses like one to rob drug dealers.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>My dads say that these types of games make you numb to violence.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>St. Cloud comes at the Avatar and Max shoots her POINT-BLANK in the face, causing her head to EXPLODE. None of them react.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I wish you could see more brains in her hair.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>If you run her over, she'll shit herself.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The doorbell RINGS.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(exasperated)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Finally.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He's about to open the door when --</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(whispers)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Wait! What if he's a pedophile?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(considers)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>He can't molest all of us.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>He could if he drugs us.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>If he offers you anything to drink, do not take it.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe we should get some weapons, just to be safe.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(through the door)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>One minute please! Just need to put something on!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. FABRIZIO'S FRONT HALL - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys are weaponed up: Max holds a broomstick. Quentin has a tennis racket. X-Ray enters with a PAINTBALL GUN.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Check it out.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Switch.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin snatches the paintball gun and hands X-Ray the tennis racket.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What the hell, Quentin? That was mine.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>It's not a toy, okay? Better that I hold it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin tucks it in his elastic waistband. Fabrizio races down the steps. He's wearing an S&amp;M MASK and holding a set of ANAL BEADS.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Ugh, gross. Those smell like shit!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all take a strong whiff.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What are those?</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>I dunno. I find in Bill and Nancy's bedroom. I use to hit.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio whips the anal beads over his shoulder like nunchucks and smacks X-Ray in the face.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Stop!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray opens the door to REVEAL -- a balding MAN wearing a Vassar College t-shirt. He is surprised to be facing four twelve year old boys, one wearing a leather S&amp;M mask.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Hi.</dialogue>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>Hello... I'm looking for Max?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'm Max.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max politely extends his hand. Claude shakes it uncertainly.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Are you a pedophile?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Quentin)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>If you were a pedophile, would you admit it?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>No.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Then why would he?</dialogue>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not a pedophile.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>See? We don't know.</dialogue>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not!</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Do you have the money, Claude?</dialogue>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, yes you come now to basement but no shoes.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. FABRIZIO'S HOUSE - BASEMENT - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>CLOSE UP: A SEX DOLL'S lifeless eyes and open mouth. Claude inspects the doll carefully, gently opens her mouth.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>And is this her original mouth and tongue?</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Claude notices the kids looking at him strangely.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <parenthetical>(covering)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh, oh. You think? No, no! I want Peaches for the carpool lane... so I can get home to my family faster.</dialogue>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <dialogue>Ohhhhh...</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>We thought you wanted to fuck it.</dialogue>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>Ha ha terrific! I think you mean, "Fuck her."</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Claude hands Fabrizio a wad of cash.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>Here you go. Four hundred.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No, it's five-fifty. That's what we said in the ad.</dialogue>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, but now that I'm here and looking at it and it's out of the box -- I feel like it's only worth four.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin holds up his hand.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Claude, you have to see it from our side: we're running a business here. If you don't like the price, no hard feelings. Have a great day.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys look at Quentin like he's crazy. Quentin turns to Max.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Max, give that married couple a call and tell them they can pick up the doll.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Claude considers this.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>Well, I don't want to lose her.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He pulls out some more bills, hands Fabrizio all the cash. He pulls out a sundress from his satchel.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>Can you help me dress her?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Of course, Claude.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Boys dutifully lift up the doll's arms as Claude pulls a sundress from his bag and slides it over her arms.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. FABRIZIO'S HOUSE - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The Boys struggle to carry Peaches to Claude's Maxima.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>You can just toss her in the trunk.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He opens the trunk and motions for them to place her inside.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Didn't you need her up front for the carpool lane?</dialogue>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>... Right.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He opens the passenger door and the guys put her in. Quentin extends his hand.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Best of luck with everything.</dialogue>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>... Thank you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Claude gets in the car and drives off. They wave goodbye.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I liked Claude. He was relatable.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(realizing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Dammit! We should've asked him for a ride to the mall.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>OVER DEMI LOVATO'S "CONFIDENT":</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. FABRIZIO'S HOUSE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The garage OPENS and the boys step out, rolling out a woman's bike and a seven year old girl's bike. QUICK CUTS: -- The boys apply liberal amounts of sunblock to any exposed skin. They help each other apply lotion to their necks. -- Velcro straps are fastened around ELBOW PADS. -- HELMET straps are tightened. -- Water bottles are inserted into water bottle slots in a backpack. -- X-Ray clips on a REFLECTOR VEST. CHYRON: TWENTY MINUTES LATER They're about to set off.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(checks watch)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Come on, come on! We're behind schedule.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max runs back into the garage and comes out with the PAINTBALL GUN.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Why are you bringing that?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You never know... if the girls come at us...</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(holds up gun)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We can bribe them with this to let us go. Everyone loves paintball guns.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin holds the little pink bike.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not riding this. It can't fit my balls.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to X-Ray)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Switch.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin takes X-Ray's bike. Max leans over to X-Ray.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You gotta stand up for yourself.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>It's fine...</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Let's a'go!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They look over to see Fabrizio. He's riding a road bike with clip-ons. They pull out onto the street. Max sees Quentin isn't wearing his helmet.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Quentin, put on your helmet! We're going on a main street!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. HIGH SCHOOL - CLASSROOM - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Hannah sits in math class, bored. A MATH TEACHER motions to a right triangle on the board.</scene_description>
    <character>MATH TEACHER</character>
    <dialogue>So if side "A" is 4, and side "B" is 9, what is the length of the hypotenuse?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Everyone is silent. Hannah looks up, notices Lily in the little window in the classroom door. Hannah raises her hand.</scene_description>
    <character>MATH TEACHER</character>
    <dialogue>Hannah! Give it a go, girl!</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>May I go to the bathroom?</dialogue>
    <character>MATH TEACHER</character>
    <parenthetical>("why do I bother?")</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Take a pass.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. HIGH SCHOOL - BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Lily holds out her phone to Hannah and Jaslyn, who's also joined. A map with a blinking, moving cursor is on the screen.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>I put on "Find Your iPhone."</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CLOSE ON A map with a blinking, moving cursor on the screen.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>That little shit left school. Where is he going in the middle of a school day?</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe they're going to the cops.</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Now I think we need to call Jordy.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>No, we just need to find them before Jordy finds out the molly's missing.</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <parenthetical>(staring at phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Where are they going?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys bike down an empty street, laughing and smiling. They try to bike with no hands. This is freedom. QUICK CUTS: -- They unsuccessfully try to pull wheelies, jump curbs, bunny-hop, etc. -- The boys bike through a SPRINKLER, legs outstretched. -- A dog runs up to the edge of a fence and BARKS at them. The boys, startled, speed off, laughing. Pure joy.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. CANOGA AVENUE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys walk their bikes through a cross-walk.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>... Did you know a blow job and oral sex are the same thing?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>DISSOLVE TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. ROSCOE BOULEVARD - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys are stopped at a red light.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>... Jeremy Renner is the best Jason Bourne. He's Hawkeye. Matt Damon was only good in "We Bought a Zoo."</dialogue>
    <scene_description>DISSOLVE TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. DEVONSHIRE STREET - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys try getting air off a speed bump.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>... You know who's gotten really good at comebacks? Atticus L.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. WHITE OAK AVENUE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys have stopped to rest. Max drinks from a water bottle, passes it to the others. A PICKUP TRUCK pulling a COVERED TRAILER slows to a stop. Emblazoned on the side is "MONSTER ENERGY DRINK: UNLEASH THE BEAST." Through a fenced-in window on the side of the trailer, TWO YELLOW EYES appear.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Whoa!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What is it?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(calling to Driver)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What do you have back there?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Pick-Up Driver ignores the boys as he turns onto the congested 101 on-ramp.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I wonder what was back there.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, doesn't it feel like we've been biking forever? How much longer?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray checks his Apple Watch.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Seventeen minutes away.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That makes no sense. How far have we gone?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio checks his Fitbit.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>180 calories.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No, in steps!</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(pushes a button)</parenthetical>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Let me see your watch.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max looks at X-Ray's GPS app.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You put it in for car, not for a bike!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He types.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We're an hour and a half away -- and that's just one way.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>This hits them like a ton of bricks.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>There's no way we're gonna be back by the end of lunch. They're gonna know we're gone.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>If we get caught, they won't let us sing in the recital.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Quentin, you have Uber.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>No way! It goes straight to my dad's phone. He'll know.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>We're a'fucked.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Forget the recital --</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>FORGET THE RECITAL?? Did you forget we have a duet?!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I didn't mean, like, "forget about the recital." I mean, if we don't get that drone back, the next time we see X-Ray, his face will be covered in jizz.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What?? Why?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Matt Chestnut told Aiden Price that at Camden Academy, the eighth graders jerk off on the seventh graders' faces. And if you don't say "Thank you," they punch you in the nuts.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray puts his head in his hands. Max puts his arm around him.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Don't worry, it's probably just a stupid rumor.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin shakes his head at Max and Fabrizio like, "No, that's real."</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Also, I heard they make everyone shower after gym and the older kids will punch you in the nuts if you don't have pubes.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Quentin!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Well, hopefully, it won't get to that.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>How do we even make up time? I'm pedaling as fast as I can.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(looking at phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I find shortcut.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. LILY'S MINI COOPER - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Top down. The radio plays. Jaslyn checks the "Find Your iPhone" app.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>He should be pretty close.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Turn right here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She points to the 101 freeway on-ramp.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>I haven't driven on the freeway without my dad.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah rolls her eyes.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Don't roll your eyes at me!</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>I wasn't. I was rolling my eyes at the situation.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. THE 101 - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Bumper to bumper traffic. Cars honk. On the edge of the southbound side -- MAX, QUENTIN, X-RAY, and FABRIZIO.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>This is genius.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Grazie.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys step onto the FREEWAY and weave their way through the gridlock. DRIVERS poke their heads out of the car, shocked to see twelve year olds on bikes crossing a major freeway.</scene_description>
    <character>FEMALE DRIVER</character>
    <dialogue>Guys, get back to the side!</dialogue>
    <character>OLDER DRIVER</character>
    <dialogue>Are you crazy?!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Eat my balls!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Older Driver shakes his head as the boys reach the MEDIAN. ON LILY'S MINI COOPER stuck in traffic.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>I don't get it. It says we're, like, on top of him.</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <parenthetical>(pointing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>There!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She points to the boys CROSSING the freeway.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Take the next exit and turn around! We'll catch them on the shoulder!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON The boys make their way to the MEDIAN. The northbound traffic is still crawling along. The guys celebrate.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(pointing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Guys! Check it out! Celebrity sighting!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all look in the direction they just came from.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Holy shit...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>TURN TO REVEAL A blue and red eighteen wheel truck.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX/FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>OPTIMUS PRIME!!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I guarantee that's the real one.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Why would Optimus Prime have a human driver? That makes no sense.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>To throw off the Decepticons.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>The Decepticons can a'lick my asshole.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>They just want to get home.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all motion for the driver to honk his air horn, raising and lowering their arms feverishly. The DRIVER notices them, rolls down his window.</scene_description>
    <character>TRUCK DRIVER</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck are you doing? Get off the freeway!</dialogue>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <dialogue>Blow your horn! Blow your horn!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Driver shakes his head, then pulls on his air horn. The boys explode in CHEERS and HIGH-FIVES.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Alright, we should keep going.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They turn around. The traffic has picked up. Cars now whiz by at 70 MPH. The boys are startled by the sound of the zooming cars.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck. What do we do?</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>We should go back.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They turn back to see that the southbound traffic has begun moving as well.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>We're trapped!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Cars speed past them on both sides. Drivers honk and point.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(nervous)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We're not trapped. We just need to time it.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Is like video game.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They nod. They stare at the traffic, trying to time it, then --</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>NOW!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max, Quentin and Fabrizio pedal furiously across the freeway amid the sounds of long honks and screeching brakes. They make it across, followed closely by X-Ray, who RUNS WITH HIS BIKE BESIDE HIM. As he makes it to the safety of the shoulder, an SUV hits the BACK WHEEL of his bike, sending it FLYING into an -- ONCOMING PRIUS. The boys watch in horror as the Prius BRAKES to avoid the FLYING BICYCLE, which causes -- The Monster Energy Drink TRUCK to SWERVE -- FLIPPING the hitched trailer onto its side. Sparks fly as it rear-ends the Prius, which pancakes into the SUV. The battered rear door of the trailer hangs from a hinge. Cars behind them slam on the brakes, but it's too late. Each car SMASHES the one in front. ON THE BOYS Staring, slack-jawed.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We should go.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They hastily pull their bikes up the embankment. ON THE FREEWAY DRIVERS step out of their cars to survey the damage. ANGLE ON Claude and Peaches (the sex doll), now in the carpool lane. Claude sighs, stares out the windshield at the gridlock.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>Come on!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ON LILY'S MINI Now stopped in the gridlock. Hannah stands on her seat to get a better view.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>There's a trailer flipped on its side. We're gonna be here forever.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ON THE TRAILER The crumpled rear door swings OPEN -- And the two yellow eyes EMERGE from the darkness. They belong to a LION who surveys the unfamiliar surroundings and lets out a mighty ROAR. The Pick-Up Driver hops out of the cab, sees the lion, and immediately hops back in and locks his door. THE LION In predator mode, the beast stalks its way through the gridlock. CLICK CLICK CLICK. In rapid succession, automatic locks snap closed. ON LILY'S MINI Not moving. Jaslyn stands up on her seat to get a better look. She immediately drops back down.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Close the top. Now. Right now!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Lion emerges from between two cars and stops, studying Lily's convertible. It ROARS.</scene_description>
    <character>GIRLS</character>
    <dialogue>Ahhh!!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily slams the button to close the roof. VRRRRRRR... The convertible roof motor slowly whirs to life. It feels like an eternity. People watch from the safety of their own cars.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Come on!</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Push harder!</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>This is as fast as it fucking goes, Jaslyn!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Lion jumps onto the hood and lets out a ROAR.</scene_description>
    <character>GIRLS</character>
    <dialogue>AHHHHHH!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Girls scream in terror, but that doesn't stop Jaslyn from pulling out her phone to record. She turns the phone on herself and immediately makes a pouty face as she continues to scream. The Lion makes its way up the hood, putting its enormous paws on the windshield. A single sheet of glass now separates them. It takes another step, just as the ROOF LOCKS INTO PLACE. It crawls onto the roof, which begins to BUCKLE and jumps off, disappearing between the stopped cars.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <parenthetical>(into camera phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I am in shock. I almost just --</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She lowers the phone, fixes her hair, and starts over.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>I am in shock. I almost just died.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Suddenly, they HEAR an earth-shattering SCREAM. The whip around to see -- THE LION VIOLENTLY PULLING a WOMAN THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW OF A PASSENGER SEAT. It's horrific. Fortunately, it's not a woman. It's Peaches (the sex doll). Claude desperately holds onto her by her legs.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Lion)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>No! Stop it! Bad!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Lion tears Peaches' head off and stalks away. It passes Hannah's car with the head in his mouth. The girls let out a blood-curdling scream. BACK ON CLAUDE Staring at the headless doll. He opens the front of her dress, making sure everything is intact. Breathes a sigh of relief.</scene_description>
    <character>CLAUDE</character>
    <dialogue>That could've been bad.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. VANOWEN STREET - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Small shops and restaurants. The boys pedal furiously, weaving in and out of pedestrian traffic. X-Ray checks his watch.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>We're almost there --</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Nope. Still in car mode.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Up ahead, a large demonstration blocks their path. PROTESTORS hold signs and chant outside of a PLANNED PARENTHOOD. As the boys get nearer, they make out the signs -- "I CHOOSE LIFE"; "BABIES MURDERED HERE."</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>We need to get around this nonsense.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A sweet-looking girl, WILLA, and a guy with a wispy goatee in a faded "Mike Huckabee for President" t-shirt, GIDEON, approach them, holding some pamphlets.</scene_description>
    <character>WILLA</character>
    <dialogue>Excuse me, can we have a minute of your time?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>... Okay.</dialogue>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <dialogue>Do you think that murdering babies is wrong?</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Of course. The murder of anyone is wrong.</dialogue>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <dialogue>What if I told you doctors were killing babies?</dialogue>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <dialogue>WHAT?!</dialogue>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <parenthetical>(handing a pamphlet)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Read the literature. Why do you think we're here?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(shrugs)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I thought maybe you were unemployed?</dialogue>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <dialogue>I'm a screenwriter.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Nice, where are you repped? My dad's an agent at Don Buchwald and Associates.</dialogue>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <dialogue>... I'm waiting to hear back on some query letters.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>You know, if you get a manager, they can help you get an agent.</dialogue>
    <character>WILLA</character>
    <parenthetical>(jumping in)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>So guys, we're trying to recruit more cool, young people to our movement. Come protest with us!</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>We can't. We have to get to the mall.</dialogue>
    <character>WILLA</character>
    <dialogue>Come on, guys. You don't really think the mall is more important than a human life.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Uno minuto, please.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The guys huddle up.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>We need to a'help. Doctors are a'killing babies. If a'not us, who? If a'not now, when?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>This is our community we're talking about. Who are these doctors?! How is this not in the news?!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We don't know if it's our community or a different community.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Guys, maybe we can get on a mailing list and help, but right now we need to get to the mall!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>X-Ray's right.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max turns to Willa and Gideon.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You guys seem like really good people, but we need to be back at school before lunch ends or we'll get caught for ditching.</dialogue>
    <character>WILLA</character>
    <dialogue>Tell you what: let us take a few pictures of you holding up signs for our email blast and we'll call your school and pretend to be your parents.</dialogue>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <dialogue>And then we'll drive you to the mall. How's that sound?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys light up -- all their problems are solved.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. PLANNED PARENTHOOD - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys watch as Gideon finishes up a phone call. He cups the phone to drown out the noise of the protest.</scene_description>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>... I will definitely make sure to sign them out with you next time. Okay, you, too.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gideon hangs up, turns to the guys.</scene_description>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, now you have to hold up your end...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys enthusiastically raise signs and protest aggressively.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON The front of the protest. Willa speaks through a MEGAPHONE.</scene_description>
    <character>WILLA</character>
    <dialogue>Our movement is growing stronger every day. And we will be here for years to come. How do I know? Because I've seen the future. And it's right here.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to boys)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Come up here, guys.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Protestors part to make a path. The boys, surprised, walk uncertainly toward the front as the Protestors applaud them.</scene_description>
    <character>WILLA</character>
    <dialogue>These guys get it.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to boys)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I want you to tell this crowd what you told me.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She hands the megaphone to Max, but Quentin snatches it away.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Hello, Los Angeles!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The crowd hoots and hollers. Quentin loves the adulation.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Thank you. Thank you, friends.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We were on our way to the Fashion Square mall when we were stopped and told that doctors were killing babies. And that ends now.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The crowds ERUPTS. Quentin begins pacing back and forth, really getting into it.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>So what do we do? Do we need to give these babies guns?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The crowd loves this idea. Shouts of "YES!" A DOCTOR hustles past the crowd toward the clinic entrance. Max takes the megaphone.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Doctor)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You! A murder!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Doctor enters.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I don't understand! Why isn't he in jail?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The crowd cheers.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No. Really, why? I don't get it.</dialogue>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <dialogue>Because we live in a world where the Supreme Court says it's okay for a woman kill her unborn child!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to crowd)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>End abortion now!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max lowers the megaphone. The boys look at each other.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What in the ass?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(confused)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Wait, wait, wait. Abortions are for fetuses. You said babies.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, my dads say that fetuses are just cells.</dialogue>
    <character>WILLA</character>
    <dialogue>Fetuses are babies!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(realizing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Are you anti-abortion?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to the other boys)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I think they're anti-abortion!</dialogue>
    <character>WILLA</character>
    <dialogue>We're pro-life!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys gasp.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>You don't believe in a woman's right to choose?!?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SMASH CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. VANOWEN STREET - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Willa and Gideon toss their bikes to the ground.</scene_description>
    <character>GIDEON</character>
    <dialogue>Good luck not going up in hell!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Good luck getting a response to those query letters!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. SHERMAN OAKS STREET - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The Boys struggle up a steep hill except for Quentin, who stands on Max's pegs. X-Ray rides Quentin's bike.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm starving. We should get lunch.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. YOGURTLAND - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>OVER BEETHOVEN'S "SYMPHONY IN A MAJOR" -- CLOSE ON A YOGURT spout as it fills a cup. And keeps filling and filling. Quentin laughs in delight as the yogurt spills over the side. X-Ray lovingly ladles hot fudge onto his towering mound of yogurt. Max scoops every topping imaginable onto his. He reaches a beautiful fruit section. He grimaces -- "gross" -- and walks right past it. Fabrizio puts his head under the spout and lets the yogurt spill into his mouth. The middle-aged CASHIER sees him.</scene_description>
    <character>CASHIER</character>
    <parenthetical>(calling out)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hey! Stop that!</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>What? What I do?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. YOGURTLAND - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>CLOSE ON TV A Helicopter POV of the now-shut down 101. Cars are backed up for miles. CAPTION: Escaped Lion Decapitates Sex Doll, Shuts Down 101. The boys are now seated and messily eating from their overflowing bowls, completely oblivious.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, Quentin, guess what?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray FARTS. The others laugh. A SENIOR CITIZEN COUPLE looks over, disgusted. They get up from the table.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Tonight is going to be so sweet.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin FARTS.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Performing. And then we can have a sleepover.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Sick.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>It's almost literally a perfect night.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max looks down guiltily. The CASHIER approaches their table.</scene_description>
    <character>CASHIER</character>
    <dialogue>Guys, you have to stop --</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He suddenly recoils from the smell.</scene_description>
    <character>CASHIER</character>
    <dialogue>Ugh. You have to stop farting. People are complaining.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>That wasn't us.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, I think it was those old people that just left.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Cashier rolls his eyes and begins to walk away. Fabrizio releases a long, thin, slide-whistle FART. The Cashier whips around.</scene_description>
    <character>CASHIER</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, that's it. You're gone.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. YOGURT LAND - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys cross the parking lot.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>He was outlandish!</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What does that word mean?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I can't describe it. I can just use it in a sentence.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Okay. Gimme the sentence.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I already said it! "He was outlandish!" I can't be any clearer.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They reach the bike rack. Lily's Mini is waiting for them.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, cuties. Miss us?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>... No.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Just give me back my bag. I need my phone and all my shit.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Not until you give us the code to your phone so we can delete the pictures.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>No! I have private texts and pictures of family members!</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Just give us the fucking bag.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>No!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah starts to open her door.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(panicked)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>If you get out of the car, I'll scream.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Girls roll their eyes.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>If you don't give us the bag, we'll tell everyone at your school that you're homophobes.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(re Quentin)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>His dads are gay!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>So lick my balls.</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Fine, we'll say you're racist.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>No!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'll sue you for libel and take your parent's house, darling!</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, fuck this.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah throws opens her door, when --</scene_description>
    <character>MALE VOICE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Hey!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah and the girls and our boys all look up to see a BIKE COP approaching.</scene_description>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <dialogue>Boys!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Girls realize the Cop is addressing the Boys. They quickly drive away.</scene_description>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <dialogue>Any reason you guys aren't in school?</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>We go to a Jewish day school and today's a Jewish holiday.</dialogue>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, okay, gotcha.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bike Cop begins to pedal away.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(calling out, politely)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Excuse me, Cop?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bike Cop looks up.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>There are some sketchy girls in a Mini Cooper that were making anti- semitic remarks and made us feel unsafe.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Can you let the police know so they'll stop?</dialogue>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <dialogue>I am the police.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>No, like the ones with cars and guns.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>And pants.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, helpful)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>The real police.</dialogue>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <parenthetical>(annoyed)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I am the real police. I'll talk to the girls.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Wait, I have a question. What's next? Do you become a horse cop and then you get a car?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Duh. It goes walking cop, bike cop, horse cop.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Do you know anyone in SWAT?</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Or a Navy SEAL?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Are you allowed to wear pants if it's raining?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bike Cop shakes his head and bikes off.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What an asshole. He didn't answer any of our questions.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>He's probably upset because he doesn't have a car.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. JASLYN'S CAR - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Jaslyn drives.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>If they narc'd on us, I'll kill them.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily's phone BUZZES.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>It's Jordy.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jaslyn pulls up to a red light. Lily reads the text.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <parenthetical>(reading)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"Call me." All caps.</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck! How are we supposed to explain that a bunch of little kids stole the Molly?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Jordy's Molly.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, correcting)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Six thousand bucks worth of Jordy's Molly. We are so fucked.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bike Cop pulls up next to them, KNOCKS on their window. The Girls jump and SCREAM.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. RIVERSIDE DRIVE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Our boys, sweaty and tired, bike down the sidewalk of the busy thoroughfare. They round a corner -- and then, like an oasis in the desert -- they see -- The Fashion Square Mall.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We made it!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They cheer. High-fives all around.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. MAGNOLIA BOULEVARD - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The Bike Cop approaches Hannah's car. Hannah rolls down her window. Her eyes are welling up.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <parenthetical>(choking back tears)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Am I in trouble?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bike Cop sighs.</scene_description>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <dialogue>You don't need to cry... What are you girls doing out of school?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily leans over from the passenger seat. She's crying, too.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <parenthetical>(tearing up)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We have off-campus lunch privileges.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>From the back, also crying --</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>We're upperclassmen.</dialogue>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <parenthetical>(annoyed)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Seriously. Cut it with the crying.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all stop crying.</scene_description>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <dialogue>Second, stop harassing those kids.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>They were harassing us!</dialogue>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <dialogue>I don't care! Be role models. Those little boys look up to you.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Yes, sir.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>That's really inspiring.</dialogue>
    <character>BIKE COP</character>
    <dialogue>Jesus Christ. Just go back to school.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bike Cop walks off. Hannah turns to the others.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Call Jordy.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. TUJUNGA AVENUE - SIDE OF THE ROAD - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Lily's Mini has pulled over, hazards flashing. A hulking Ford F-150 with an illegal tint job pulls up behind them. They tense, nervously awaiting their fate. TRUCK NUTZ dangle from the back bumper. The front door of the pickup opens, revealing a TATTOOED HAND. A combat boot steps out.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <parenthetical>(nervous)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hey, Jordy.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>TURN TO REVEAL JORDY, 18 -- and she's not happy. Inked up from her hands to her neck. Dressed like Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider, tassled suede jacket, ripped jeans.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <parenthetical>(whispers)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Why does she dress like that?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <parenthetical>(whispers)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>She went on "23 and Me" and found out she's one-sixteenth Apache.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy stares the girls down. There's a menace to her.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>I had to leave anger management early to deal with this shit.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hannah, come here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah doesn't move.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Come here. I'm not gonna hurt you.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Once blood, always blood.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah reluctantly walks over to Jordy.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>And if your cunt dad hadn't divorced my mom, we'd still be sisters.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <parenthetical>(nervous)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I still think of you as a sister.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A Minivan pulls up to a red light. The passenger window rolls down. RAFI is playing. A little girl sits in a car seat. A SUBURBAN DAD calls through the window:</scene_description>
    <character>SUBURBAN DAD</character>
    <dialogue>If you're going to park here, you should put on your hazards.</dialogue>
    <character>GIRLS</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, sorry. / We're moving.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Don't come at me.</dialogue>
    <character>SUBURBAN DAD</character>
    <dialogue>I was just saying, this is a really busy street and the cars fly by.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy takes a step toward his car.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>You keep coming for me, but I didn't send for you. So don't tell me where I can stand, bitch.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The girls exchange a look -- Jordy's crazy. Scared, he rolls up his window and stares straight ahead. The light turns GREEN and the minivan PEELS OUT.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, Jordy, we need to get back to school, so...</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(dismissive)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Yeah, that's not gonna happen. Hannah rides with me.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. FASHION SQUARE MALL - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Your basic suburban mall. Muzak. Fountains. Food court. Fluorescent lighting. Pac Sun. Lids. GNC. Aldo. Starbucks. Starbucks-To-Go. The doors automatically open and our boys step in. They made it.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. FASHION SQUARE MALL - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max, Quentin, X-Ray and Fabrizio race up the escalator, pushing past shoppers.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKSTONE - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>It's mostly electric corkscrews and towel warmers. Fabrizio plays with an electric corkscrew as the others approach the check-out counter. The Brookstone SALESMAN, 35, with thinning hair and goatee, looks up.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hi. I called about the Phantom 3 Standard Quadcopter drone.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>I spoke to a woman.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That was me.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh. Well, we sold it.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>What?! No!</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh yeah, just sold the last one. Like, ten minutes ago.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys are shell-shocked. The Salesman laughs.</scene_description>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>I'M JUST FUCKING WITH YOU, BRO.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He pulls it out from underneath the counter. They breathe a sigh of relief.</scene_description>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Now, do you guys want the three year warranty?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They hadn't considered this.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Do we need it?</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>It's piece of mind. It's protection. It's a condom.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh okay, thanks.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>In the b.g., Fabrizio sits in a vibrating massage chair.</scene_description>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Very smart. And do you guys want the guarantee?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What about the warranty?</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>The warranty's great, but it doesn't cover everything. The guarantee covers the rest.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(glancing at others)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Uh, okay.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Alright, we're all set. Oh, wait. I forgot the most important one: do you want Brookstone Care?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Do we need it?</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Do you travel internationally?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio flips over in the chair so that the front of his body is pressed into the chair.</scene_description>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Look, say you're with your parents in Spain and they start fighting in some tapas restaurant. You're like, fuck it, I don't need this. And you go outside to play with your drone. And then you fly the thing into a thousand year old church. Hey, that's cool, I've got a warranty and a guarantee, life is good...</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(buzzer sound)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Ehhhh! Here's what you don't know. The warranty and guarantee are only good in the continental United States and some parts of Canada. Brookstone Care is worldwide. So should I throw it in or do you want to be fucked in Europe?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>... Okay. Let's take it, just to be safe.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio is now straddling the chair, his legs dangling over the arms. He's really working the chair.</scene_description>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Very smart. How old are you guys? Eight? Nine?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Twelve and a half.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Almost thirteen.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Exactly, so I was in the range.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Salesman rings up the drone.</scene_description>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, the drone is five-fifty and then another three-twenty for the protection plans, et cetera... that'll be... nine hundred nine dollars and eighty-eight cents.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We only have enough money for the drone.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Why'd you let me go on about the protection plans? I've got shit to do. Fuck.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Salesman removes the warranties from the price.</scene_description>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Five eighty-two and eighty-eight cents.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No, just the drone.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>That is just the drone.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>The drone is five-fifty.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>And tax. Are you familiar with tax?</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, but we call them push pins.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Sales tax! Jesus.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>But this is all we have.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Can't help you.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(re X-Ray)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Look, if we don't get that drone, his dad is going to kill him. He's crazy. He drinks wine every night. And he once screamed at me for going into his music memorabilia room without permission.</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>This is my business...</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Whoa, you're Brookstone?</dialogue>
    <character>SALESMAN</character>
    <dialogue>Just... come back when you have thirty-eight dollars or don't come back.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, noticing Fabrizio)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hey, stop fucking the chair!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. FASHION SQUARE MALL - SECOND FLOOR - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys stand dejectedly outside of Brookstone.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Fucking taxes. Now I get why my dad hates paying them.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The other guys try to comfort him, but are clearly distracted by something just off-screen.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(glancing off)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We'll figure it out. There has to be, um, a way of, um, the money.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(glancing off)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Yeah, um, your dad and, um, the drone.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(staring)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Yes. Suck it, baby.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>WIDEN TO REVEAL A YOUNG MOTHER BREASTFEEDING ON A BENCH a few feet away. She notices them staring at her.</scene_description>
    <character>YOUNG MOTHER</character>
    <dialogue>Can I help you?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>We just think your baby is adorable.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Young Mother rolls her eyes.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>She would make so much money if she charged for that.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I wish I had breasts. We'd get the money so fast.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Wait, we have something better than breasts.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. FASHION SQUARE MALL - FOOD COURT - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Half full. RETIREES read newspapers and eat alone. MALL EMPLOYEES on lunch break. Tired MOTHERS contend with restless children. CLOSE ON QUENTIN</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(counting off)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>A one, a two, a one two three...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CLOSE ON MAX As he belts out the first lines of ADELE's "Rolling in the Deep" in an angelic falsetto.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>There's a fire / starting in my heart / Reaching a fever pitch / it is bringing me out the dark...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Customers slowly look up from their food to find -- Fabrizio standing ON TOP OF A TABLE and singing his heart out. He sings in perfect English.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Finally I can see you crystal clear / Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON Max and Quentin, at the next table over. They begin rhythmically pounding their fists onto the table, providing a back beat.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>The scars of your love remind me of us / They keep me thinking that we almost had it all.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio walks over to a SIX-YEAR OLD sitting with his mother and musses his hair. The boy pushes Fabrizio away, who continues to perform.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>The scars of your love, they leave me breathless / I can't help feeling...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON The ESCALATOR. X-Ray RIDES down the bannister. At the bottom, he jump off and dance-jogs into the Food Court. He joins Fabrizio in the chorus.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO/MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We could have had it allllllll.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Quentin jump on their table and sing backup. Quentin accidentally steps on an OLD MAN's burrito.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX/QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing backup)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You're gonna wish you never had met me.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO/X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Rolling in the deee-eeep.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX/QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing backup)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Tears are gonna fall/rolling in the deep.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO/X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You had my heart inside of your hand.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Quentin grab two ORANGE TRAFFIC CONES nearby and sing through them, like two synchronized trumpeters. The Guys are way more into it than the Shoppers, although a few mouth the words.</scene_description>
    <character>SHOPPER</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing along)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You're gonna wish --</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin immediately shushes her.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY/FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>You're gonna wish you never had met me.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max comes over to Quentin and they sing to each other, beaming, their faces just inches away.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX/QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>And you played it to the beat.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A female SECURITY GUARD comes over. Instead of stopping, the boys immediately surround her, dancing and singing, trying to incorporate her in to the show.</scene_description>
    <character>SECURITY GUARD</character>
    <dialogue>Wrap it up, children.</dialogue>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We could've had it alllllll.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray and Fabrizio grab squeeze bottles off of a table, sending streams of ketchup and mustard into the air. ANGLE ON A stone-faced JANITOR watching. The boys all clasp hands and bow deeply. Shoppers APPLAUD.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Thank you! If you enjoyed today's performance, please donate.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>And there are still seats available for our winter recital tonight at John Adams Middle School. God bless.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys take their bike helmets and go table to table soliciting money.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Grazie! Grazie!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. FASHION SQUARE MALL - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys exit Brookstone, triumphant. X-Ray holds the large Drone box over his head. They're in high spirits.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Max, that was so genius. You don't even understand -- you saved my life.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I can't believe we still remembered the routine from Sing Camp.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>That song is so old. It came out when we were six!</dialogue>
    <character>WOMAN'S VOICE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Max?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They look up to see a SUBURBAN MOTHER, early 40s, dressed in workout clothes.</scene_description>
    <character>SUBURBAN MOTHER</character>
    <dialogue>What are you doing here? Shouldn't you guys be in school?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all look caught. This is really bad, then --</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>... My grandmother died.</dialogue>
    <character>SUBURBAN MOTHER</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god! I'm so sorry.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>She was murdered by a mugger in Ottawa.</dialogue>
    <character>SUBURBAN MOTHER</character>
    <dialogue>That's horrible!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>So what are you doing here?</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>It's a Jewish Holiday.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max puts his arm on Fabrizio's shoulder to quiet him.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>My mom took us out of school. We were all close to her.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>And my grandmother loved malls, so we came here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Woman nods, taking this in.</scene_description>
    <character>SUBURBAN MOTHER</character>
    <parenthetical>(looking around)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Where's your mom?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>She's on the phone with the Ottawa Police.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>No leads yet.</dialogue>
    <character>SUBURBAN MOTHER</character>
    <dialogue>Well, tell her how sorry I am and that I'm thinking of her.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I will.</dialogue>
    <character>SUBURBAN MOTHER</character>
    <parenthetical>(squeezes his shoulder)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>And if you don't want to come to Soren's birthday tonight, I'm sure he'll understand.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to others)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Bye, guys.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She walks off. Max returns to the others, who are clearly annoyed.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>You're invited to Soren's party? When were you going to tell us?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I wasn't going for sure.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Sounded like you were going.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What's that erratic piece of shit doing this year? Did his dad rent puppies again?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>... It's a kissing party.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Fuuuuuuck.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(covering)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>No, no, it's cool. You can finally join the kissing club. Took you long enough.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Girls a'love it when you lick the back of their teeth.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. WESTFIELD FASHION SQUARE - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys exit the mall.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>It makes them wet.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Gross. Why?</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I think from sweat.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio sees something over Max's shoulder. His eyes go wide.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>They a'found us!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The guys look over to see Lily's MINI charging right at them. They take off running. X-Ray struggles to keep up while holding onto the drone box.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. LILY'S CAR - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Lily drives.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Go! Go! Go!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily FLOORS it, then brakes abruptly.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Speed bump.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ON THE BOYS Running for their lives. Behind them, Lily continues to floor it, brake, gingerly go over a speed bump, and repeat. Quentin turns back to X-Ray.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>X-Ray, come on!</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>The box is heavy! I'm running as fast as I can!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin runs back and helps X-Ray carry the box.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We need to find an adult!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Suddenly, a black PICKUP TRUCK screeches to a stop, almost running them over. It's JORDY.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, kiddos.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy swings open her door, KNOCKING X-Ray and the drone to the ground.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Run!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They grab X-Ray and take off into the PARKING STRUCTURE.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>The drone! We have to go back for it.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>I don't wanna die!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON JORDY She picks up the drone box from the ground and smiles.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. MALL PARKING STRUCTURE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Jordy's truck slowly drives down the aisles looking for the boys... They're nowhere to be seen.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(to herself)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Come here, little babies... Come to mama...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah scans the garage from the passenger window. Nothing. They pass a MINIVAN and continue down the row. A WOMAN approaches the mini-van, gets in, and drives off, REVEALING -- OUR BOYS LYING IN THE NOW-EMPTY PARKING SPOT. They stand, covered in dirt, grease, and oil and scurry off to a nearby stairwell, narrowly avoiding -- LILY'S MINI. She pulls up alongside Jordy's truck. Lily rolls down her window.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>They're not on the third floor.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>We don't need to find them. They'll come to us.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. PARKING LOT STAIRWELL - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The "Pretty Little Liars" theme song PLAYS. Max pulls out Hannah's phone, checks the caller ID. It reads: CRAZY BITCH.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(to others)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>It says "Crazy Bitch."</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Answer it. It could be important.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max answers. The others listen.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hello?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>INTERCUT WITH:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JORDY'S TRUCK - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Jordy speaks into her truck's bluetooth.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm gonna make this real simple: give me my Molly back and I'll let you get back to recess.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max covers the phone, turns to the others.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Who's Molly?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys shrug.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(confused)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We don't have your friend.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Molly is drugs. You have Hannah's bag, which has my drugs.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(eyes go wide)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Illegal drugs?</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Yes, you stupid fucking cunt!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(covering phone, to others)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I think she's angry.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Do you know who you're talking to?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Umm, you came up as "Crazy Bitch" on the phone...?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy shoots Hannah a dirty look.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Alright, here's what's gonna happen: there's a playground on the corner of Chandler and Van Nuys. Meet me there in thirty minutes. Call the cops and you'll never see your family again.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CLICK. Quentin holds out his phone to the others.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I just looked it up. Molly is a sex drug. We're dealing with nymphomaniacs.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>This rocks them to their core.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We've been carrying illegal drugs the whole time and we didn't even know. We're such idiots.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max opens his bag, pushes the paintball gun aside and grabs HANNAH'S BAG. He pulls out the FLINTSTONES PILL BOX. Quentin takes the pill container and tries to open it. He struggles with the child seal.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Let me try.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio bangs the pill box against the metal railing.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Fuuuuck!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>QUICK CUTS: -- They all take turns trying to open the container. -- X-Ray throws it against the wall. -- Max tries using the edge of the step as a fulcrum. CHYRON: 10 MINUTES LATER</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. PARKING LOT STAIRWELL - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>An ELDERLY WOMAN opens the pill bottle for them.</scene_description>
    <character>ELDERLY WOMAN</character>
    <dialogue>You'll get nice and strong now.</dialogue>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <dialogue>Thank you!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She walks off. Fabrizio's about to pull one out when Quentin stops him.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Never touch drugs.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Fabrizio carefully dumps a pill onto his outstretched shirt. On the pill is a SMILEY FACE EMOJI. They look relieved.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I thought it would look different.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>What if they spread them into our community?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Well, we don't know if it's our community or some other community.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What if it's a trap?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>You think everything's a trap! It's a business transaction. They're businesswomen. If they fuck us, we'll never do business with them again.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I don't like it.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Like I care.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>My dad's probably on his way home. We have to get the drone.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's too dangerous.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(snatches pill box)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm making the trade, with or without you.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm coming with you.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>I come, too.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(pointed, to Max)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Friends don't leave friends behind.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max shakes his head.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'm coming. It's just... drugs on a playground... I hope there's no kids there.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>DISSOLVE TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. PLAYGROUND - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys sit on the swings, waiting. X-Ray checks his watch.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(looking around)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>This playground is sweet. We should come back here.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Totally. Check out those monkey bars.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Wasn't talking to you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy's truck and Lily's Mini pull up. The girls exit the car and approach. Lily holds the drone box. The boys tense.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Strip.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(nervous)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What, why??</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>How do I know you're not wearing a wire?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys are petrified. They look at one another and then slowly unlace their sneakers. Fabrizio casually begins undressing.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(laughs)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm just fucking with you.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, serious)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Give me my shit.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max pulls Hannah's bag from his backpack.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Same time.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray approaches Lily. Max walks over to Jordy.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>One, two --</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(snatching bag)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Just give me the bag.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Lily gives X-Ray the drone box. Jordy looks through the bag, pulls out the pill box. Gives it a shake.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Good boys.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah takes the bag, rifles through it.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>My phone's not in here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin holds up the phone.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>That wasn't part of the deal.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Look, I just want my phone back. I'll delete your pictures. We weren't really going to post them.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>How do we know we can trust you?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>I promise.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Do you pledge it?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'll delete them right in front of you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin looks at the other boys. They nod. Quentin walks over and hands the phone to Hannah. She opens her phone to REVEAL the pictures of the BOYS DRESSED IN DRAG. Jordy looks over and cackles. She snatches the phone from Hannah and starts typing.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm posting these.</dialogue>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <dialogue>No!!</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Jordy, don't... we were just messing with them.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, that's what I'm doing... And... posted.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy tosses the phone back to Hannah.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>And if you delete them, I'll crush your skull with my thighs.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Let's go.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah, Jaslyn, and Lily look back at our boys, whose eyes start to well up.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(holding tears back)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hannah's sister will re-post it to her 40,000 followers.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(quiet, holding back tears)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Do not cry in front of the girls.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The girls mouth "sorry" and follow after Jordy. The boys are desperately trying to hold back their tears. As soon as the girls hop in the car, the flood gates open. All four boys BURST INTO TEARS.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. VENTURA BOULEVARD - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys, still crying, pedal down the sidewalk in silence. The drone box sits in the basket of Max's bike.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>My life is over.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>I move back to Italy.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Something catches Max's eye. He drops to the ground.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hide!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys quickly duck down between two parked cars.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>What now?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max points across the street. They all turn to see X-Ray's Dad exiting a jewelry store with a small bag. He heads to a parked car.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(panicked)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Shit.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I don't think he saw us.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(relieved)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Okay, he's leaving...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A YOUNG WOMAN exits the jewelry store and follows X-Ray's Dad to his car. She gets in.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Who's that woman?</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>It's Dana. She works with my dad.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray's Dad and the Woman share a passionate KISS in the car. The boys watch, shell-shocked, as the car drives off. They all fall silent. None of them know what to say. After a beat --</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(quiet)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Maybe they're just friends.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>... I don't want to talk about it.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What are you going to tell your mom?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>He doesn't want to talk about it.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>My best friend is going through a crisis, so can you mind your own business?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin awkwardly puts his arm around X-Ray.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm here for you. We all are.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>I do sleepover.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max hesitates.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'll come by in the morn --</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Are you kidding me right now? Our friend needs us.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I already promised Soren. What do you want me to do?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I want you to be there for your friend. You think Soren will be there when shit goes down?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck you, Quentin. I skipped school. I don't even know where the fuck I am. I could get in so much trouble. I'm risking everything for my friend.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>That's not because you're a good friend. That's just because you feel guilty. Admit you'd rather be with Soren.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, maybe I do. He doesn't freak out every time I do something without him and he can talk about things other than singing. It's hard being your friend.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I expect a lot because I give a lot.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Fabrizio is a better friend than you and we've only known him three weeks.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Grazie.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Max)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You're a...</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(searching for word)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Travesty!</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(stepping between them)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Okay, okay...</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You're the most insecure person I've ever met.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I thought you were woke, but you're the least woke person ever.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck you, Quentin, you're not woke!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>My dads are gay! Of course I'm woke!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That's your excuse for everything!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Eat my ass, honey! You're the biggest traitor ever. Go jerk off to Mrs. Huberty's yearbook picture.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That was a secret!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max pushes him. Quentin pushes him back.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Guys, a'stop.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They feint pushing one another.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's your fault we're even here!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Have fun when Soren drops you and then you'll have no squad!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max lamely does a side kick.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>No karate!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SMASH! They look over to see the drone box on the ground. X-Ray picks it up and slams it to the ground. The boys watch in shock. He kicks the box, then picks it up and swings it into a telephone pole. Fabrizio takes a step forward to stop him, but Quentin holds him back. X-Ray drops the destroyed box in a trash can.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm going home.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray doesn't wait for the others and starts to bike off. They start to follow. Quentin turns to Max.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Find your own way back.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO: ON X-RAY AND FABRIZIO, WITH QUENTIN ON HIS PEGS -- Biking down a sidewalk. ON MAX -- Biking down a different sidewalk, alone. WIDEN TO REVEAL They're all biking down opposite sides of the same street. Max sees Quentin and the others turn down a side street and disappear. He shakes his head. DISSOLVE TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. HAZELTINE AVENUE - DUSK</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Streetlights hum to life as the sun sets. Max's phone RINGS. He stops and pulls his phone from his backpack. Checks the caller ID: QUENTIN. Max answers.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(cool)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hey.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>INTERCUT WITH: TIGHT ON Quentin.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>So, we got stopped by some cops...</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Shit! Did you tell them you were Jewish?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>They didn't care. But we told them everything about the girls and the drugs. They're being really cool about it and said they'd let us go if you bring the real drugs. Do you still have them?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max pulls a FLINTSTONES VITAMIN PILL BOX from his pocket.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. Text me the address.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin nervously glances over his shoulder to REVEAL -- Jordy menacingly playing with a butterfly knife in an ABANDONED RAILYARD.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Okay.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, and I'm sorry for earlier. I didn't mean what I said.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>And I'm sorry I told everyone that you jerked off to the lunch lady.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy shakes her head. She motions for Quentin to wrap it up.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe the cops can give us a ride back to school.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Good idea. I'll ask.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to Jordy)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Can you drive us back for our recital, Officer St. Cloud?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BACK TO MAX His eyes go wide -- "Officer St. Cloud?" BACK TO RAILYARD X-Ray and Fabrizio look up -- "Officer St. Cloud?" Jordy glares at Quentin, doesn't say anything. Quentin nervously puts the phone back to his ear.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Officer St. Cloud said yes.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Okay. Thanks for letting me know. I'll see you soon.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max hangs up. He thinks, then makes another call. INTERCUT WITH:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. SOREN'S BEDROOM - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Soren studies three OUTFITS laid out on his bed. His phone rings.</scene_description>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What's up, Bitch?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(urgent)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hey, I need your help.</dialogue>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>What's going on? Kinda in the middle of something.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Some older girls kidnapped Quentin, X-Ray and Fabrizio.</dialogue>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>What do you want me to do?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I didn't know who else to call. The girls are in your brother's grade. Maybe he could call them or something.</dialogue>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm sure Quentin and those guys are just being weak.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's real! They're in trouble!</dialogue>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>I told you, I'm busy!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>... Okay, forget it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max hangs up, unsure what to do.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. ABANDONED RAILYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Saticoy and Van Nuys. This is a far cry from the bright lights of Ventura Boulevard. A graffitied billboard for a long-shuttered strip club hangs above a blown out ticketing office. Jordy's headlights illuminate Quentin, X-Ray, and Fabrizio, all huddled together on the ground. Jordy grabs one of the boys' bikes from the bed of her truck and tosses it to the ground. ANGLE ON HANNAH, LILY, AND JASLYN They speak in hushed tones.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>We're literally involved in a kidnapping.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Don't be so dramatic. We didn't kidnap them. We just took them.</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>We're kidnapped, too.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>No, we're not.</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Tell Jordy that we need to go. What's her problem?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>She's always been crazy. When she was fourteen, she dated a thirty year old.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Isn't that illegal?</dialogue>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. She should be in jail.</dialogue>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Hannah, you need to tell her we need to go.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Hannah shakes her head, scared. Jordy grabs the other bikes from the back of her truck.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>You think you can switch out my drugs for kids vitamins and there won't be consequences?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She tosses the bike on top of the other and walks back to the truck. She rummages inside, grabs something from the glove compartment. Quentin looks around for an escape.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(whispers)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Okay, I'm going to cause a diversion by pretending I have appendicitis.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Behind them, Jordy walks over to the bikes and DOUSES them with lighter fluid.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(oblivious)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>When they come over to see what's wrong, you guys grab the bikes and haul ass.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Ready? On three --</dialogue>
    <scene_description>WHOOSH! The boys' bike IGNITE into a pyre of twisted metal and rubber. The boys watch in horror as their only way home goes up in flames.</scene_description>
    <character>JASLYN</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, Jordy, I need to get going. I have dinner with my grand --</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>No one goes anywhere.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. VENTURA BOULEVARD - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max pedals furiously down the sidewalk. He skid stops and races over to a TRASHCAN. He rummages through it until he pulls out -- THE DRONE. He tears open the box and inspects the damaged contents. He lifts a propeller that's broken in half.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. ABANDONED RAILYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Jordy sits on her truck bumper. The TRUCK NUTZ dangle between her legs. She cracks her neck, checks her watch. The remains of the bikes smolder in the background.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I need to go to the bathroom.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Hold it in.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I could get a UTI!</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(shaking her head)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hannah, take the dwarf.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin bristles as Hannah leads him off.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. ABANDONED RAILYARD - SIDE OF BUILDING - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Quentin has his back to Hannah. He looks over his shoulder.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I can't pee while you're here.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Believe me, I'm not trying to look.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He starts to go.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>She didn't have to say that.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>That I'm a dwarf. I'm not a dwarf.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Okay.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I don't suffer from dwarfism. That's offensive to me and it's offensive to dwarfs.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Why are you friends with her?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>When you're in high school, sometimes you're not friends with your friends.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>My best friend is ditching us for the popular kids because he thinks we're losers.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Why?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know. Because we're not into sports, we're into singing.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Are you good?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>We won the tri-county Voice of an Angel tournament last year.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>That's cool. I wish I could sing.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Really?</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, I'm so jealous of people who can sing.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>This buoys Quentin's spirits. They start to head back, Quentin walking a little bit taller.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, you should come to our recital later.</dialogue>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <dialogue>I hate to break it to you, but I don't think we're getting out of here any time soon.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. VENTURA BOULEVARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>We HEAR a sputtering hum. ON an OLDER COUPLE -- SOMETHING comes right at them. They duck out of the way. ON A CAR -- The bored DRIVER's eyes suddenly go wide and she REAR-ENDS the car in front of her. TURN TO REVEAL THE DRONE -- Sputtering down the middle of the street, like a drunken bumble bee. The drone drops five feet, swerves to the left, then coughs its way back to its flight path. It turns down a street, rising higher and higher. ON MAX -- Manning the drone from his iPhone while simultaneously biking.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. ABANDONED RAILYARD - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>EYE IN THE SKY POV Taking in the location from above: -- THE ABANDONED STRUCTURES -- THE TRAIN TRACKS -- THE BOYS HUDDLED BY THEIR BURNING BIKES (Note: it has a striking resemblance to the GRAND THEFT AUTO level the boys played earlier.) ON MAX Surveilling the layout on the drone controller. ANGLE ON THE DRONE, sputtering, flying erratically. It suddenly drops twenty-five feet. Stabilizes, then drops again. ON THE GIRLS</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Do you hear that noise?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy and the girls look up to see the drone quickly descending like a comet, flying past them and crashing into -- JORDY'S WINDSHIELD.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She pulls the drone from the cracked windshield. She sees a note attached to it. She opens it.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(reading)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"Moist."</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Girls grumble.</scene_description>
    <character>GIRLS</character>
    <dialogue>Ugh! / I hate that word. / What kind of pervert would write that?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to X-Ray and Fabrizio)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>It's Max!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>FROM THE DARKNESS --</scene_description>
    <character>MAX (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Leave now and you won't get hurt!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy flicks open her butterfly knife, waves it toward the boys.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm about to start cuttin' off fingers.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(shrieking)</parenthetical>
    <scene_description>ON MAX Perched on the roof, the paintball gun pressed into his shoulder, like a sniper. His finger touches the trigger. He adjusts the sight -- Jordy is in the CROSS-HAIRS. And he FIRES -- And hits Fabrizio in the kneecap!</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Ahhhh!! I bleeding!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, checking)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>No, it's paint.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ON MAX</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Dammit!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max starts SHOOTING, spraying paint everywhere. They all take cover, hiding behind Jordy's car. Jordy grabs Quentin and puts the knife to his fingers.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Stop shooting or I cut his pinky!</dialogue>
    <character>GIRLS</character>
    <dialogue>Jordy! Stop! / What are you doing?!</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(calling to Max)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What's it gonna be, tough guy?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>In the shadows, Max cautiously steps down a wooden ladder attached to the building, making certain to put both feet on each rung. He jumps the last one, dropping eighteen inches to the ground. He lifts his arms up in surrender.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(nervously)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Don't hurt me.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>I am gonna hurt you, but first you're gonna give me the drugs.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>REVERSE ANGLE The paintball gun is messily taped to the back of Max's T- shirt. Max pulls the Flintstone Pill Box from his pocket.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(re pills)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I won't let you destroy my community -- or any community -- with these.</dialogue>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm going to enjoy this.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She shoves Quentin out of the way and charges Max with the outstretched knife. Max reaches behind down his back for his paintball gun, but he's taped it TOO LOW. He reaches up his back, but it's TOO HIGH. ON JORDY Now running full speed, snarling and determined, just like the pitbull chasing Josh Brolin through the river in "No Country For Old Men." As she leaps, Max pulls his shirt over his head, giving him access to the gun. And at the last moment -- HE SHOOTS HER POINT BLANK IN THE FACE. Jordy goes down, writhing on the ground, her face covered in BLUE PAINT splatter.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Ahhh!! Fuck! Ahhh! Fuck!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max DROPS the gun in shock -- that wasn't a video game.</scene_description>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Holy sheet! You shot her in the fucking face.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin runs to Jordy's truck, hops in, and pulls the keys from her visor.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Got her keys!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Are you serious?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>She burned our bikes. It's the only way to make it back in time.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to X-Ray)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>But only if you still want to sing.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck, yeah I wanna sing. This might be the last time we ever sing together.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SPLAT! A paintball EXPLODES on the windshield beside X-Ray's face. REVEAL Jordy leveling the paintball gun on the boys. She has a crazed look in her eye.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>I'll fucking end you!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT! The guys jump into the truck, narrowly avoiding the paint. Quentin turns the ignition and keeps turning it, shredding the starter. The truck REVERSES at high speed, kicking up a cloud of dust before missing the exit and SMASHING THROUGH THE CHAIN LINK FENCE, FISHTAILING out onto the street.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JORDY'S TRUCK - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Heavy breathing.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Seat belts.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>We hear the CLICKS of belts being buckled. Quentin puts the truck in DRIVE and takes off. THE YARD Disgusted, Jordy points the paintball gun at Hannah's face, who instinctively puts her hands up.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Take me to the recital, fam.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. SHERMAN WAY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>A HELL'S ANGEL rumbles down the street. He looks over to his right to see Jordy's truck -- he double takes as it looks like the truck is driving itself.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. JORDY'S TRUCK - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The seat has been moved all the way forward and all the way up, yet Quentin can still barely see over the steering wheel. Max, X-Ray, and Fabrizio are crowded beside him. Max looks at his phone's GPS.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Take this ramp!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin jerks across two lanes of traffic to make the 170 freeway entrance. He steadies the truck.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You're doing good.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Thanks.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, quiet)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You came back for us.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(solemn)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I pledged it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin reaches over and Max takes his hand -- they do the "pledge" clasp. Up ahead, the rush hour traffic is slowing down.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Shit. There's too much traffic. We're not going to make it.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(pointing to the shoulder)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>There's no one in that lane.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Good eye, Maxwell!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin swerves onto the shoulder and guns it. The Truck FLIES past the stopped traffic.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Why doesn't anyone use this lane?!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Probably because people are sheep.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A SIREN SOUNDS. A STATE TROOPER IS BEHIND THEM, LIGHTS FLASHING.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck. Five-oh.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <dialogue>Now we'll miss the recital.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We're gonna get grounded.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>We're not getting grounded and we're not gonna miss that recital.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin SWERVES ACROSS FIVE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET ON TO THE 101 FREEWAY. The boys cheer. The cheers fade when the see the gridlock up ahead.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>LA has a real traffic problem.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A SIREN screams as flashing lights pull up behind them.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. POLICE CRUISER - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The STATE TROOPER barks into the police radio.</scene_description>
    <character>STATE TROOPER</character>
    <dialogue>Code 3. 2-Adam-4 in pursuit of a black Ford F-150 heading southbound on the 405. Possible drunk driver.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>JORDY'S TRUCK</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What's happening?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max tilts the REARVIEW MIRROR completely toward the passenger side.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Cop's still there. Lose him! We could get grounded!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>This guy's so erratic!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin cuts the wheel, hops off the freeway and onto an EMBANKMENT. The engine WHIRS as the truck OFFROADS up the hill. The Cop Car attempts to follow them, but BOTTOMS OUT when it hits the embankment, shooting SPARKS everywhere. The black and white slides to a stop.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. HANNAH'S CAR - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Silence. Hannah drives. Lily and Jaslyn sit in the back. Jordy stares straight ahead, her finger dancing on the trigger of Max's PAINTBALL GUN. In the dark of night, with the dried blue paint cracked across her skin, she looks possessed.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>A dozen cars snake into the driveway, passing a school marquee that reads: SIXTH GRADE CHORUS RECITAL: "WINTER CONCERT: MANIFEST DESTINY":</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. JORDY'S TRUCK - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys pull up a block away from the school.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>We can walk from here.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Wait. I can't bring drugs into the school. It's a drug-free zone.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>If you leave it in the car, some little kids might think they're vitamins and O.D.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max pulls out a pen and writes a note. He tapes it to the pill box.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We'll come back later and give it to an adult.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Quentin shuts off the truck (leaving it in "Drive"). They quickly exit and start running toward the school. BEHIND THEM -- JORDY'S TRUCK BEGINS TO SLOWLY ROLL DOWN THE STREET. It picks up speed, side-swiping a row of parked cars and leaving a trail of broken side mirrors in its wake. It hops the curb, rolls through a grassy median. Cars honk and swerve. CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. POLICE CAR - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>A SPOTLIGHT shines from the Police Cruiser as a COP looks for any sign of the truck. He talks into the radio.</scene_description>
    <character>COP</character>
    <parenthetical>(into radio)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm on Hazeltine. Pretty quiet over here. Wait, I'm hearing something --</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A sound -- metal scraping? -- comes closer... and... closer. Car alarms begin going off. The Cop shines his spotlight and then stops on -- THE LION.</scene_description>
    <character>COP</character>
    <parenthetical>(into radio)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Holy shit!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Cop looks back just in time -- To see Jordy's truck barreling down the street BACKWARDS at his cruiser. CRASH! The Truck T-BONES the POLICE CAR. The Lion runs off into the woods.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys race up the stairs and burst into the school --</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JOHN ADAMS - HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>In the harsh fluorescent light, we see the toll the day has taken on them: ripped and dirty clothes. Grimy faces. They look like they've been through battle. The boys race down an empty hallway, turn a corner and reach civilization: STUDENT VOLUNTEERS serve refreshments to PARENTS, TEACHERS, and SIBLINGS. The boys freeze as people look up and stare. The boys race past them toward the side entrance to the auditorium when they hear a stern voice.</scene_description>
    <character>MALE VOICE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Xavier Raymond.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all turn to see X-Ray's Dad. Quentin turns to X-Ray.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm going to tell him it was my fault.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We'll tell him it was all of us.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>No.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray nervously walks over to his dad. The others watch.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY'S DAD</character>
    <dialogue>What happened to your clothes? You're filthy. What's going on with you?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray stares at his feet.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <parenthetical>(quiet)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I broke your drone.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY'S DAD</character>
    <dialogue>Speak up. Take responsibility for your actions.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>This is why you're going to Camden next year. You need to learn character.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>I don't want to go.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY'S DAD</character>
    <dialogue>Well, it's not your decision. After the show, we're going to sit down and have a talk about respect and honesty.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray looks his father directly in the eye.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Is Dana going to be there?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Beat.</scene_description>
    <character>X-RAY'S DAD</character>
    <dialogue>Xavier-Raymond, it's not --</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Like I said, I don't want to go.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>X-Ray heads back to the others, surprised at his newfound courage. CUT TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>I/E. JORDY'S TRUCK - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Two other Black and Whites are on the scene, surveying the damage of Jordy's totaled Truck and the police cruiser. A COP inspects the inside of the truck. Lowers the visor. Pops open the glove compartment, pulls out the registration. He's about to step out when something on the floor catches his eye. He reaches over and picks it up. It's a FLINTSTONES PILL BOX with a note taped to the side. "ILLEGAL SEX DRUGS -- DO NOT EAT" Off his look.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. AUDITORIUM - BACKSTAGE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The guys frantically change into costume. Soren walks over.</scene_description>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>Hey bitches, saw your pics on Instagram. Did it take you a long time to do your makeup?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(stymied)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>... We didn't do it ourselves.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys deflate.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>For the record, I'm not coming to your birthday.</dialogue>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <parenthetical>(scoffs)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You think you're still invited? You and your squad is tragic.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(correcting)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We are tragic.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Soren shakes his head and walks off. Robin, dressed in all BLACK, runs up to them.</scene_description>
    <character>ROBIN</character>
    <dialogue>You're not in costume?! You're on in thirty seconds!</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm on your mom in thirty seconds!</dialogue>
    <character>ROBIN</character>
    <dialogue>She's still in San Diego! I just talked to her on the phone!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He races off. The boys hurriedly change into their costumes.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. AUDITORIUM - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The curtain is down. Mrs. Grandy, wearing an Old West-style dress, walks onto the stage to polite applause. She sits down at the piano and begins PLAYING the jaunty opening to "GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY." Robin pulls up the curtain to REVEAL -- THE BOYS CHORUS ENTERING FROM THE SIDES OF THE STAGE, ALL DRESSED IN ADORABLE COWBOY OUTFITS. IN THE AUDIENCE Dozens of iPhones go up, poised to record. ON THE STAGE A few boys "ride" in on papier-maché horse heads connected to broom sticks. Our boys proudly step to the front row. Their LASSOS are latched onto their pleather belts. As they sing, they use hand motions and choreography to act out the lyrics and give the audience a better sense of the song's story.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS CHORUS</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy daaaaaay / Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his waaaaaaay...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The SONG plays over the following --</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. SIDE STREET - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The lights of the school can be seen a block away. Jordy and the girls approach the accident scene. Police lights, fire trucks and ambulances are everywhere. The Girls are alarmed by the carnage.</scene_description>
    <character>LILY</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god. They're dead.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy sees her crumpled up truck. She slams the dashboard and tucks the paintball gun into her waistband.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>They're dead.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. AUDITORIUM - SAME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Our boys step to the front, now holding their LASSOS. They twirl them over their heads, while continuing to sing.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS CHORUS</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the skyyyyy...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The boys now lower their lassos and deftly jump in and out of the rope. The audience APPLAUDS.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS CHORUS</character>
    <dialogue>For he saw the riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cryyyyy...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ON THE GIRLS Entering from the back. With her suede fringe jacket and face paint, she looks like she's part of the show. In the audience, a FATHER nudges his daughter and points at Jordy.</scene_description>
    <character>FATHER</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, look, it's a Native American.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jordy heads toward the stage, followed closely by the other girls.</scene_description>
    <character>HANNAH</character>
    <parenthetical>(whispering)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Are you nuts? There are parents here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BACK ON THE BOYS They spot Jordy. Uh oh. They share a look -- there's nowhere to run.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS CHORUS</character>
    <dialogue>Yippie yi oohhhh...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>All the boys but Max drop their ropes and begin to form a human pyramid, still singing. ON THE GIRLS Hannah, Lily, and Jaslyn step in front of Jordy.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(growling)</parenthetical>
    <character>MOVE.</character>
    <dialogue>She lifts her shirt and pulls out the PAINTBALL GUN. Lily and Jaslyn, frightened, run back toward the exit.</dialogue>
    <character>BOYS CHORUS</character>
    <dialogue>Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred / Their shirts all soaked with sweat...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ON STAGE Soren and some other bigger kid form the base, followed by X- Ray, Fabrizio, and Quentin. ON JORDY AND HANNAH Hannah holds her ground. Jordy shoves Hannah out of the way.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS CHORUS</character>
    <dialogue>He's riding hard to catch that herd But he ain't caught em yet...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max climbs to the top and continues to twirl his rope. The audience goes nuts. ON JORDY Leveling the paintball gun at Max. As she's about to shoot, Hannah SHOVES her from behind. Jordy squeezes the trigger as she trips, which causes her to mis- fire and shoot Soren IN THE FACE. Over the singing, we HEAR:</scene_description>
    <character>SOREN</character>
    <dialogue>Owww!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He collapses... Which causes the whole pyramid to collapse. The deaf Mrs. Grandy, eyes closed, oblivious, keeps playing. The audience turns, sees Jordy wielding the paintball gun.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <dialogue>Stay in your seats. It's just a paintball gu --</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A rope LASSOS her. REVEAL MAX Lassoing Jordy with his lariat. Jordy struggles. She's about to break free when -- ANOTHER LARIAT This one belonging to Quentin. TWO MORE LARIATS From Fabrizio and X-Ray. Hannah jumps on top of Jordy to restrain her. ON THE BACK DOORS Lily and Jaslyn rush in, followed by several COPS. Mrs. Grandy opens her eyes, sees the chaos, and abruptly stops. The Cops head over to Jordy and handcuff her. They pull her from the auditorium.</scene_description>
    <character>JORDY</character>
    <parenthetical>(not so tough)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Call my dad!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ON STAGE Quentin motions to Max, X-Ray, and Fabrizio.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(whispers)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Come on, we need to finish. These people paid for a show.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Our boys step forward. They're the only ones left on stage.</scene_description>
    <character>BOYS</character>
    <parenthetical>(singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Yippie yi yay... Ghost riders in the skyyyyy.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The audience is quiet. Then we hear a few whoops. It's Hannah, Lily, and Jaslyn. They give the boys a knowing nod.</scene_description>
    <character>GIRLS</character>
    <dialogue>Woo!!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The audience, unsure, joins in. Quentin beams, takes the hands of the other boys and they all take a deep bow. DISSOLVE TO:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL - CAFETERIA - A WEEK LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The boys walk through the cafeteria carrying their trays. Other kids pat them on the back. Girls smile at them. WIDEN TO REVEAL A CNN CAMERA CREW and REPORTER trailing them.</scene_description>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to camera)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>This is the cafeteria.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>This is where we eat lunch.</dialogue>
    <character>X-RAY</character>
    <dialogue>Some kids call it the lunch room, but we call it the cafeteria.</dialogue>
    <character>FABRIZIO</character>
    <parenthetical>(points to apple)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I eat nine apple a'day.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They take a seat at their table. The Reporter sits down with them.</scene_description>
    <character>REPORTER</character>
    <dialogue>You guys are pretty popular these days.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Thank you. As well, we're big fans. It's an honor to be on CNN Heroes.</dialogue>
    <character>REPORTER</character>
    <dialogue>Between the videos of you fighting for women's reproductive rights at a pro-life rally to capturing a drug dealer to the viral Instagram photos of you dressed as women, which has inspired so many boys and girls to identify with what's in their heart... you truly are CNN heroes.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(touched)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Thank you. Thank you for objectifying us.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, we're proud of the message, but we're not really transgender.</dialogue>
    <character>REPORTER</character>
    <parenthetical>(disappointed)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh?</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>What Max means is, we're still figuring it out. For instance, I love to sing, but I also love to dance. That's what my bio says on my Instagram account.</dialogue>
    <character>REPORTER</character>
    <dialogue>Well, for all you've done for your community, we have a little surprise for you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Reporter motions to the entrance. The lights go down.</scene_description>
    <character>REPORTER</character>
    <dialogue>We've brought your favorite singer! Ladies and gentlemen, Lady Gaga!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>LADY GAGA, dressed in an outfit that is definitely inappropriate for children, bursts through the door.</scene_description>
    <character>LADY GAGA</character>
    <dialogue>You guys aren't just CNN Heroes. You're my heroes. Any chance I could get you to sing with me?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The cafeteria goes crazy. But no one goes crazier than our boys. Max turns to Quentin, nervous.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I don't think I'm trans.</dialogue>
    <character>QUENTIN</character>
    <dialogue>Let's put a pin in that.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON Soren with a bandage over his bruised nose, watching jealously. Fabrizio takes Lady Gaga's hand, kisses it, then helps her onto the lunch table. And as they all start singing "BORN THIS WAY," we FADE TO BLACK.:</scene_description>
  </scene>
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Best friends Max, Lucas, and Thor enter sixth grade facing their own personal dilemmas: Max has a crush on his classmate Brixlee, Lucas learns his parents are getting divorced, and bullying from his peers discourages Thor from pursuing his love of singing. When presented with the opportunity to kiss Brixlee at a party hosted by popular student Soren, Max and his friends use his father's valued drone to spy on his teenage neighbor Hannah in an attempt to learn proper kissing. The plan goes wrong and results in the drone being destroyed and the boys in possession of Hannah's ecstasy. To avoid getting grounded, they cut school to buy a new drone at the local mall, with Hannah and her friend Lily in pursuit. Amid a series of escapades, Max, Lucas, and Thor reach the mall, but they learn that Hannah and Lily bought the drone and will only give it to the boys in exchange for their ecstasy. Having surrendered the drugs to a police officer, the boys manage to obtain new ecstasy from Hannah's ex-boyfriend Benji and trade it for the drone. Nevertheless, Max is unable to prevent his father from finding out that he used the drone and is grounded. An argument ensues between the friends and the three go their separate ways, although Max takes the blame for what transpired to prevent Thor and Lucas from getting in trouble. When Lucas speaks to his parents about the potential end of his friendships, they advise him that he, Max, and Thor are growing apart. That night, Lucas convinces Max to sneak out to attend the party, tricking him into meeting up with Thor in the process. Max successfully kisses Brixlee while Thor and Lucas re-encounter Hannah and Lily, the latter revealed as Soren's sister, who encourage Thor to continue his passion for singing. In the ensuing weeks, Thor lands the role of Stacee Jaxx in the school's amateur production of Rock of Ages, Lucas joins the school's anti-bullying group, and Max begins dating his classmate Scout after his relationships with Brixlee and then her friend Taylor end in heartbreak. Following a performance of the school musical, Max, Lucas, and Thor reconcile and promise to remain in each other's lives.