Bonded Like Braces

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And so, the PTA set up
a field trip for extra credit

with the goal of teaching teens

to become one with nature,
respect each other...

My life sucks.

and maybe, just maybe,
plant the seeds of friendship.

But instead, two boys,

desperate to be lords
of high school

and two adults
who never grew up past it

hatched a plan
involving reckless driving,

drinking, drugs,
violence and horror

to teach a teacher a lesson,

bully the bullies
into submission,

humble those with hubris,

and have unprotected apocalypse
sex with their crushes.

This plan was an epic fail.

However, as the sun rose,

something else about that night
dawned upon us,

an unintended side effect
of what we'd all been through.

A bully had become a protector.

HUNT: Who would've thought that we'd
be friends again, huh, Danny?

DANNY: (CHUCKLES) It's Daniel.

The estranged
had come back together.

HUNT: If I may ask,
what happened between you two?

RYAN: It's a long story.
DANNY: No, man, it's not.

We were best friends
at fat camp.

Yeah, and then
I lost all the weight,

but I became a bit of a dick
until this morning, so...

RYAN: (CHUCKLES) Guess
it's a short story.

DANNY: Onward. (CHUCKLES POINTING A SWORD)

A beauty queen
realized the inside

is just as important
as the outside.

Strangers were
no longer strangers.

TAMRA: Not to be rude, but...

who are you?
RANDOM KID: I got on the wrong bus.

Thanks.

And there it was.

This unlikely group
had bonded, like braces,

during the most combustible,
formative years of teen life

to become a loyal tribe.

HUNT: Matt, Juniper...

Candace, Wagoner.

I hear Karlak can help us
get the bus started.

How can I help?
CANDACE: Who says we want your help,
Jump Street?

I'm kidding.

Let's go, Hunter.

HUNT: It is amazing how much
you can learn about somebody

after you've been
held captive together.

Ain't that right, Fat Camp?

DANNY: I guess so, Jump Street.

And then, there were
the three old friends.

EVER: And...

then there's us.
(CHUCKLES)

What did we learn, you guys and I?

You first.
TAMRA: Um,

I-- I guess this is all about

getting out of your own way.

(TAMRA CHUCKLES)
I got stuck.

Sorry.

Well, I mean...

I was seriously close
to killing you back there,

so... sorry.

EVER: Yeah. What was up with that?

You know, in the moment, I...
Uh-huh.

...didn't recognize you.

But then...

I saw my friend.

But she wasn't
the same anymore.

EVER: Is it that bad?
EVELYN: Uh, more like badass.

EVER: What?

TAMRA: Yeah.
EVER: Really?

EVELYN: Yes.
You think so?

(ALL CHUCKLE)
TAMRA: It's totally you.

I mean, don't get me wrong,
that was crazy back there.

Like, you got a total
mayhem makeover.

But...

yeah, all of a sudden,
there you were,

standing there, like...

complete.

And that was the scariest
part of the whole night.

'Cause I thought...

"She doesn't need me anymore."

EVELYN: No one said
high school was easy.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

EVER: You know,

my mom said it's when
you get out of high school

that you learn
who you really are.

That's when you figure out
where you belong.

But maybe...

this completely
fucked-up night...

proved that we don't have
to wonder

which groups are gonna
accept us or define us,

because any group

would be fucking lucky
to have us consider them.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

TAMRA: What about you Ev?

EVELYN: I was in love with a guy who was crazy obsessed with me and would kill anyone to be with me and out of everything that happened I still think that Danny twitching on the stairs scared me the most.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

(ALL MAKE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE BUS AS EVER AND EVELYN LEAVE CHIP TIED TO A TREE FLICKING HIM OFF AND WALKING AWAY ONTO THE NEW FIXED BUS)

EVER: (IN THE DRIVER SEAT) You know, I think
we needed that.

(ALL SCREAM AS THE TEACHER WAKES UP SCREAMING)

TEACHER: What the fuck?

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