Scene Seven: William Henry Harrison High School Cafeteria
Scene opens with a shot of Memphis, Jordan, and Rico sitting at their lunch table with their lunch boxes unpacked in front of them. Rico is reading something off of his IPad to Jordan who has a look or pure horror on his face while Memphis is sitting across from them with his arms folded and a sour look on his face, and once again has a gigantic Monster in front of him. Rico seems to be explaining something very passionately while Jordan looks somewhat confused.
Rico
(Quoting whatever is on his IPad in a dramatic fashion)
As much as Nick didn't want to admit it, he couldn't deny the fluttering in his chest every time he saw the handsome bootlegger. He couldn't deny the way he blushed whenever Gatsby laughed. He couldn't stop himself from thinking unthinkable thoughts about the Oxford man whenever he laid awake in his bed at night. It was as if-
Jordan
(Cutting Rico off)
-Stop, stop, STOP! I don't need to hear anymore.
Rico
Come on man, it was just getting to the good part!
Jordan
Yeah no, I definitely don't need to hear the end of that. How did you even find this?
Rico
We're reading The Great Gatsby in my ELA class, and I have no clue what's happening in that book! The test is today, so last night I tried to find some cliff notes to help me study, but instead I found this fanfiction about it, so I used this to study instead.
Jordan pauses for a moment as he stares at his friend with wide eyes.
Jordan
(Slowly)
I don't know what's worse: the fact that you think reading Great Gatsby fanfiction is gonna help you pass your test, or the fact that Great Gatsby fanfiction actually exists.
Rico
(Genuinely insulted)
Excuse me, but I'll have you know that this is a beautifully written fanfic.
Memphis
(Finally speaking up)
You're a moron.
Rico frowns before continuing to scroll.
Jordan
(Sarcastically)
Oh my God, he speaks! I spent the entire day thinking you had gone mute.
Memphis
(Sarcastically)
Oh wow, aren't you a comedic genius?
Jordan
Jesus, who spit in your breakfast this morning?
Memphis
(Sighing)
It's Chelsea. She's dragging me to that stupid speech club meeting after school.
Jordan
Forensics?
Memphis
Yeah, that. She thinks it'll help us boost our college applications or some crap like that. She claims that it's just one meeting, but I know for a fact that she's gonna rope my ass into doing it full time. It's gonna be brutal.
Jordan
Well, what if Rico and I joined too?
Memphis
Wait, really?
Jordan
Yeah, I mean, it should make it a little more bearable. Plus, Larson said he'd give me extra credit if I joined.
YOU ARE READING
Prose: Season One, Episode One: "We're Joining the FBI!" (TV Episode Script)
Teen Fiction"In short, Forensics is Speech and Debate. The title originates from Aristotle's 'The Rhetoric'. In this book, he divided all forms of rhetoric into three different categories: epideictic, deliberative, and forensics which referred to speech pertain...
