In Ms. Hatzilakos’ Class
Ms. Hatzilakos: So your exam will mainly focus on the second term, but much of what you learned last fall has influenced what we’ve covered since and…
Spinner: Wait, so what does that mean; we have to study both terms?
Ms. Hatzilakos: That’s usually how it works, Gavin. So what we’re gonna do…
Paige: More work?
Ms. Hatzilakos: It’s a comprehension assignment using molecular models I’d like you to illustrate the structure of three simple molecules by next week. Welcome to the real world guys, oh and Paige can you make sure that Ashley gets this? It seems like she’s sick…again.
Spinner: Ok, I can’t handle this. It’s so unfair.
Paige: Hatzilakos wants us to live in the real world. Then I say we do just that. Tomorrow we’re taking the day off.
Outside in Dylan’s car
Dylan: Ok you know this car means everything to me right?
Paige: Yes, this car means more to you than I do. Ok, now this goes to Ms. Smith excusing me from all classes today.
Marco: Oohh, the old forging your mom’s signature huh? Nice!
Paige: Just make sure she gets it.
Dylan: And you just make sure you return this car ok? Undamaged, with a full tank.
Paige: But it’s only at a quarter…
Dylan: Have fun! (As him and Marco get out)
Spinner’s house
Spinner’s mom: Here. Now I know having a thermometer in your mouth is uncomfortable but you gotta leave it there. Ok?
Spinner: Ok Mom, I love you. (As soon as she leaves he dunks the thermometer in a hot drink)
Kendra: Just wait till I tell mom.
Spinner: Oh yeah, go ahead miss I don’t have any evidence.
Kendra: Mom, he’s faking!
Spinner’s mom: With a temperature of 101? I don’t think so!
Spinner: Ugh, pain!
Kendra: Pain? I’m the one in pain. My arm! (Points to her broken (or sprained) arm)
Spinner’s mom: Kendra, this isn’t a competition! Now I’ll be home by 5. Be sure to drink plenty of fluids and call me at work if you need anything.
Kendra: But…
Spinner’s mom: Uh uh uh! (Kendra and their mom leave the room)
Spinner: (on the phone) Paige. The hen has flown the coop!
Paige: Nice
In Mr. Simpson’s class
Mr. Simpson: In constructing the CQ query we need to use a filter as in… where amount is greater than 100. No, that’s not right.
JT: So, the semi-formal coming up.
Emma: JT can we talk later?
JT: Uh that’d be a no. I was thinking about asking Manny but, I mean, I know she’s been through some tough times lately.
Mr. Simpson: Time’s going to get a whole lot tougher if you don’t stop talking. For (something) functions you need to use the pathing clause actually…
JT: We could just go as friends.
Emma: JT. Later!
Mr. Simpson: Hi, what are you doing at lunch? Defragging the MI lab? Thanks and Emma so glad you could help out!
At Ashley’s house
Ashley: (singing) I’m lost in a void of eternity. The eye of the storm, the depth of the sea. A black hole rips me from inside out. Gravity ending me.
Ashley’s mom: You don’t look sick to me kiddo. You know I have been really patient, but the end of the year is coming up and you’ve got exams.
Ashley: And I’ll do fine. I’ve been doing all the homework. I’ll go to school Monday but not today please!
Ashley’s mom: I’m going to be showing houses all day, but I’ll be home for dinner ok? Uh, what we talked about the other day… I think it might be a good thing.
Paige and Spinner driving along
Spinner: Here we are, fresh air, hot rod convertible, the world is our oyster! What do you wanna do?
Paige: What do you wanna do?
Spinner: Anything! Bowling, the mall… No, no, no mini golf!
Paige: (With an accent answering the phone) Paige Michaelchuk’s telephone!
Ashley: What’s with the weird accent?
Paige: Just uh pretending to be my mom!
Ashley: Why where are you?
Paige: Dylan’s car. Skipping with Spin, in case you’re at the school.
Ashley: Well I’m not and actually I’m just calling for yesterday’s homework.
Paige: Yeah I was just about to drop it off. Hey what are you doing today?
Ashley: Just feeling sorry for myself. Why?
Spinner: No, no!!
Paige: Well misery loves company hun, so get dressed. We’ll be there in five!
In Ashley’s bedroom
Paige: Hun we have a major metropolitan area at our disposal here.
Spinner: Yeah with at least 20 mini putt courses to explore.
Ashley: Go away!
Paige: Spin not helping. Ash, get up! Ok, let’s think of Dylan’s car as a genie. One that could grant us three wishes. Spin. I wish I could go eat lunch at a restaurant with my hunny and my oldest friend. (Looks at Spinner)
Spinner: I wish we could go play mini golf.
Paige: Fine, Ash one wish to go.
Ashley: I wish we could go visit Terri.
At the hospital, in Terri’s room
Terri: Ashley, I’m so glad you could come!
Ashley: Yeah finally huh? Well you look great.
Terri: I’m feeling so much better, other than the occasional headache from hitting the rock and the surgery.
Nurse: Here to change your bandage. (Takes her bandage off revealing a bald spot with a large cut)
Ashley: Um I need some air. (Goes out to the hallway)
Paige: Ashley?
(Paige and Spinner walk into Terri’s room.)
In the computer lab
Emma: Alex I need some time with that machine now. The row over there is finished if you could just…Can you please move?
Alex: Go away little girl. You’re annoying me.
JT: Well I’m done like dinner.
Emma: Me too. Now there’s just my dad’s and one that I’ll apparently be doing after school.
JT: Oh mama. Can’t blame you there! Hey Em I can’t defrag this if he’s working on something right?
Emma: Uh, no just save it and quit the program.
JT: Oh.
Emma: What’s wrong?
JT: Uh I don’t think I was supposed to see this.
Emma: What? His will…
At a nice restaurant
Spinner: Razcompalo (?), risotto with porcine and shitake… what?
Paige: Spin has trouble with foods he can’t pronounce. (Spin hits Paige with a breadstick)
Paige: Stop.
Ashley: Spin this is a restaurant, not the school cafeteria.
Waiter: Can I take your beverage order?
Paige: A ginger ale for me please.
Ashley: Fine.
Spinner: Um, I’ll have whatever’s on tap… Andrew. (Waiter gives him a look)
Spinner: What, if I were underage wouldn’t I be in school right now instead of your fine dining establishment?
Waiter: Three ginger ales coming right up.
Paige: Haha, so um Ash what are you gonna have?
Ashley: Nothing I’m not hungry. I’m sorry ok but seeing Terri in the hospital just sort of did that to me.
Paige: Yeah me too, but getting all down and sucky doesn’t help anyone.
Ashley: You just don’t get it do you? These are supposed to be the best years of our life and it’s just been one disaster after another after another. That school is cursed.
Spinner: Then just transfer already.
Paige: Spinner!
Ashley: No he’s right. Next year I’m leaving Degrassi.
At the restaurant (after a commercial break)
Spinner: Oh if only this was champagne, not just the champagne of ginger ales.
Paige: You’re ecstatic that Ashley’s transferring aren’t you? She is my friend who’s had a really rough year and she’s probably crying her eyes out in the bathroom right now.
Spinner: So let’s take her home to cry so we can enjoy the rest of our afternoon.
Paige: Or we could show her a good time and maybe make her change her mind.
Ashley: Guys! See that blond woman over there. Look who she’s with!
Paige: Raditch!!
Ashley: So maybe we should um… (They get up to leave quickly)
Paige: Spin, you did leave money for lunch like you were supposed to right?
Spinner: No…
Ashley: So what we didn’t pay?
Spinner: Cool!
Paige: Not cool! Give me the money, I’ll go pay…
Ashley: What and get caught skipping by Raditch?!
Spinner: So what are we gonna do?
(Shows the three of them driving, playing mini golf, at the movies (where Spinner is trying not to cry lol), then playing air hockey.)
At an art gallery
Paige: Enjoying the art honey bee?
Spinner: Art? That’s what they call this?
Ashley: Spin, someone poured their soul into these paintings.
Spinner: Really? I don’t see it. Oh wait there it is. (Pointing at a picture with a naked lady and pretending to kiss it)
Spinner: What!? I wasn’t doing anything.
Ashley: You were being a sexist jerk.
Spinner: No, I was trying to make you laugh.
Ashley: Yeah well it wasn’t funny. It was embarrassing.
Spinner: So what? Being an idiot is ok sometimes!
Ashley: Yeah and so is growing up.
Spinner: I’ll be in the sculpture garden.
Paige: Ok um, I’m sorry you had a crappy year. I’m sorry Craig treated you like dirt, but get over it.
Ashley: Paige you have no idea.
Paige: You take everything so seriously. Just lighten up.
Ashley: Yeah I’ll just do that Paige.
Paige: You should. I’m sorry to be brutally blunt but Craig didn’t cheat on you just because of hormones.
Ashley: Paige…
Paige: So run away next year but it won’t help cuz the real problem is you.
In the school
Emma: Mr. Preno (?? The janitor) Is my dad in there?
Mr. Preno (?): No.
Liberty: So that Canadian Geography class was great wasn’t it…the Canadian Shield, the great lakes…
Liberty shut up for once! I’m looking for Mr. Simpson.
Alex: Pleasant as always Emma?
Emma: Don’t start with me.
(Alex throws a bunched up piece of paper at Emma.)
Emma: Alex, what is your problem?
Alex: Let’s see, your clothes, your voice, your holier than thou attitude. You.
(Emma throws Alex’s books down and pushes her. Major catfight. Emma knees Alex in the face making her bleed. Alex backslaps her and the two continue to fight.)
Mr Preno (?): Hey! Hey! That’s enough!!! Emma!! Simmer down.
At an Elvis impersonation competition
(An Elvis impersonator on stage.)
Spinner: Ok, the king is cool. That freak show on stage is not. Perfectly lame end to a lame day.
Paige: Spin what are you talking about? That guy is cool and I had fun today.
Spinner: Yeah can’t wait to tell everyone we skipped and moped around all day with the queen of doom.
Paige: He didn’t mean that.
Ashley: It’s cool. Um so why don’t you guys sit and I’ll get us a snack.
At school
(Emma has a huge black eye.)
Mr. Simpson: Where’s a good t-bone steak when you need one huh?
Emma: I thought we were done with secrets, dad?
Emma: I found your will. When were you going to tell me the chemo failed?
Mr. Simpson: No, no Emma you got it all wrong. The doctor just told me to be prepared.
Emma: Prepared for what?! What is going on?
Mr. Simpson: This afternoon I get the results from my last round of chemo. Your mom and I just wanted to protect you.
Emma: Well stop, ok?
Mr. Simpson: Ok, but this is big Em. It’s life or death big…because if the chemo didn’t work…
Emma: But I want to know what’s going on. I need to know.
Mr. Simpson: Ok. So come with us today to the doctors. There’s no more secrets.
(Emma and Snake hugging.)
Back at the Elvis impersonation competition
(Really bad little kid singing.)
Spinner: Uh ok. That’s just bizarre.
Paige: Where is Ash? She’s been gone for like 20 minutes.
Spinner: And that’s a problem?
Announcer: Nice job Little E! Ladies and gentlemen Little E! Now up a late addition. Next up Elvira, Queen of Doom. Elvira.
Ashley: (comes on stage in an Elvis costume) Thank you Howard. Thank you very much. This little number goes out to my dear old friend Ronnie who lent me this outfit and to my good friends Spinner and Paige. This one’s for you!
Paige: What is she doing?
(Ashley singing an Elvis song and Spinner and Paige standing and cheering.)
At the doctor’s office
Doctor: Ah the whole family’s here today. So the bone marrow tests are in. Your peripheral blood cell count could be better but your normal cellular marrow is just 3.2% less.
Mr. Simpson: Please in English.
Doctor: You’re in remission. Ms. Grant will set up your follow-ups. Congratulations. Um take as much time as you need in here.
(Everyone’s arms around each other, misty eyed, relieved.)
Spike: Good cuz I think we’re gonna be a while.
In Ashley’s room
Ashley’s mom: I cancel a house showing so I can be with you and then I find you pulling up in Paige’s car with the world’s weirdest trophy.
Ashley: I’m sorry little lady. (Ashley laughing)
Ashley’s mom: Ashley this is not funny. (Both of them start laughing)
Ashley’s mom: Ashley, sanity has left the building.
Outside by Dylan’s car
Spinner: Thank you, thank you very much.
Paige: Ok, that was a worse impression than that Mini E kid.
Spinner: Haha.
Paige: Oh, Time to pick up Dylan. He’s going to kill me if I’m late.
Spinner: Yeah not to mention, for this! (Waving around a parking ticket)
Paige: Which he will never know about!
Spinner: Small price to pay for a day off right?
(Paige and Spin kiss then drive off.)
Scenes For Next Week
Tracker: You gonna come with us to Alberta? I can drop you in Wasaga.
Sean: No, no I’m not living with mom and dad.
Voiceover: Faced with life changing news.
Sean: (to the camera) I’m sick of living by everyone else’s rules
Voiceover: Sean lashes out.
Auto teacher: Sean!
Voiceover: When a solution is offered.
Auto teacher: What about student welfare?
Sean: Yeah right.
Voiceover: Will he make the most of it?
Sean: It’s not just my house, it’s our house.
