Beautiful

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Kotoha: "September 1st, 1989... Dear Diary: I think I'm a good person! I believe there's good in everyone. But here we are! First day of senior year! I see these kids I've known all my life and wonder...'What happened?'"

Kotoha walks through the halls and comes across a room full of kids... the Cafeteria.

Kids: "Freak! Slut! Burnout! Bug-eyes! Poser! Lard-ass!"

Kotoha breathes in and sighs as she entered the room.

Kotoha: "We were so tiny, happy and shiny. Playing tag and getting chased"

She stops infront of a bunch of kids.

Kids: "Freak! Slut! Loser! Shortbus!"
Kotoha: "Singing and claping, laughing and napping, baking cookies, eating paste."
Kids: "Bull-dyke! Stuck-up! Hunchback!"

Kotoha looks at everyone.

Kotoha: "Then we got bigger, that was the trigger, like the Huns invading Rome -"

Someone walks into Kotoha.

Kid: "Move!"
Kotoha: "Sorry! Welcome to my school, this ain't no high school: This is the Thunderdome. Hold your breath and count the days, we're graduating soon."

Everyone looks at Kotoha.

Kids: "White trash!"
Kotoha: "College will be paradise, if I'm not dead by June! But I know, I know, life can be beautiful. I pray, I pray for a better way. If we changed back then, we could change again. We can be beautiful..."

A preppy kid shoves a hipster dork.

Hipster Dork: "Ow!"
Kotoha: "Just not today."

Kotoha reaches out to the Hipster Dork.

Kotoha: "Hey, are you okay?"
Hipster Dork: "Get away, nerd."
Kids: "Freak! Slut! Cripple! Homo! Homo! Homo!"

Kotoha sighs and stands up.

Kotoha: "Things will get better soon as my letter comes from Harvard, Duke, or Brown. Wake from this coma, take my diploma, then I can blow this town. Dream of my ivy-covered walls and smoky French cafes..."
Sanemi: "What's this?"
Kotoha: "Fight the urge to strike a match and send this dump ablaze!"

Sanemi upends Kotoha's lunch tray.

Sanemi: "Ooooops."
Kotoha: "Sanemi Shinazugawa. Third year as linebacker. And eighth year of smacking lunch trays and BEING A HUGE DICK."
Sanemi: "What did you say to me skank?"

Kotoha hides her face with her book.

Kotoha: "Nothing!"

Kotoha steps away from Sanemi.

Kotoha: "But I know, I know, I know... Life can be beautiful. I pray, I pray, I pray. For a better way. We were kind before; we can be kind once more. We can be beautiful..."

Mitsuri runs up to Kotoha.

Kotoha: "Hey Mitsuri"
Mitsuri: "Hey"

Mitsuri reaches to pick up Kotoha's tray.

Kotoha: "Konroji Mitsuri. My best friend since diapers. Shes got a huge heart, around here thats not enough."

Mitsuri hands Kotoha her lunch tray.

Kotoha: "Thanks"
Mitsuri: "We on for movie night?"
Kotoha: "Yeah, you're on Jiffy Pop detail."
Mitsuri: "I rented 'The Princess Bride.'"
Kotoha: "Again? Don't you have it memorized by now?"
Mitsuri: "What can I say? I'm a sucker for a happy ending."
Kaigaku: "Mitsuri Kon-chuncky! You wanna lose a few pounds, you  need to add more protein in your diet!"

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