JUST ONE CHANCE

THE BEGINNING

STAGE OPENS ON KAYLIE WAKING UP ANGRILY BECAUSE OF HER BIG BROTHER MARTIN WHO WAS BLASTING LOUD MUSIC BY 4AM. I KNOW RIGHT, WHO DOES THAT?

KAYLIE: (BARGES INTO HIS ROOM FUMING) EXCUSE ME, IF YOU DON'T MIND IT IS 4AM

MARTIN: OH, BUT I DO MIND

KAYLIE: WHETHER YOU MIND OR NOT, I'M TRYING TO GET MY BEAUTY SLEEP

MAXWELL: (WALKS INTO THE ROOM LAUGHING) OH VIV, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT NO AMOUNT OF MAKEUP, MAKEOVER, BEAUTY SLEEP OR WHATEVER CAN CHANGE MY OGRE LOOKING ELDER SISTER (TURNS TO MARTIN) BUT, SERIOUSLY, YOU NEED TO KEEP IT DOWN, I'VE GOT THIS BIG MATCH LATER ON SATURDAY AND I REALLY NEED TO GET THAT TROPHY HOME

KAYLIE: OH, BABY BRAINS, HOW MANY TIMES WILL I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE LOSERS TROPHY?

MAXWELL AND KAYLIE: (FAKE LAUGH)

KAYLIE IS SEEN RUSHING DOWN FROM THE CAB AND RUNNING TO SCHOOL, SHE RUSHES INTO THE CLASS AND SITS NEXT TO HER BESTIE

MARION: (LOOKS AT HER)

KAYLIE: I KNOW, I KNOW, I'M LATE AGAIN. IT'S MARTIN'S FAULT THIS TIME. I WAS TRYING TO GET MY BEAUTY SLEEP AND MARTIN DECIDED 4AM WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO BLAST LOUD MUSIC. HOW DO I GET JASON TO NOTICE ME NOW?

MARION: I'VE TOLD YOU, YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FOR HIM TO NOTICE YOU IF YOU GUYS ARE MEANT TO BE

KAYLIE: I KNOW WE'RE MEANT TO BE BUT HE'S STILL NOT NOTICING ME EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN IN THE SAME CLASSES FOR A YEAR NOW.

BELL RINGS AND THEY GO TO THEIR DIFFERENT CLASSES. IN KAYLIE'S CLASS;

MISS LINDA: HELLO CLASS, TODAY WE WILL BE DOING AN EXPERIMENT SO I WILL BE PAIRING YOU INTO GROUPS OF TWOS. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO MAKE IT A BOY AND GIRL STUFF BUT THE BOYS HAVE THE GIRLS OUTNUMBERED SO, SYDNEY AND DIEGO, ANDY AND LEAH, GRAYSON AND XAVIER, PIERRE AND TRISTAN, KAYLIE AND JASON.

KAYLIE HEART SKIPPED A BEAT WHEN HER NAME WAS CALLED WITH JASON'S AND SKIPPED 10 MORE BEATS WHEN HE WALKED TOWARDS HER.

JASON: WELL, TODAY MUST BE MY LUCKY DAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVERYONE WHO'S LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE PAIRED WITH A REAL LIFE CINDERELLA

KAYLIE: (BLUSHES AT THE COMPLIMENT AND CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY)

JASON: SO, WHERE DO WE START

THEY BEGIN THE EXPERIMENT VIS-À-VIS CHATTING AND FINISH AS QUICKLY AS THEY START. AFTER THEY FINISH, JASON LOOKS KAYLIE IN THE EYE

JASON: YOU'RE WAY COOLER THAN I IMAGINED

KAYLIE: UH, THANKS

JASON: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FREE BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAYBE HAVE DINNER WITH ME SATURDAY NIGHT, LIKE A DATE?

KAYLIE: I'LL CHECK MY SCHEDULE AND GET BACK TO YOU

JASON: COOL

HE BRUSHED A STRAND OF HAIR AWAY AND HER HEART LITERALLY JUMPED OUT OF HER CHEST.

JASON: YOU HAD SOME SCIENCE JUICE ON YOUR FACE

MINUTES AFTER, THEY SUBMIT THEIR EXPERIMENTS AND THE BELL IS RUNG FOR THE NEXT CLASS WHICH IS FRENCH, SO, THEY GO BACK TO THEIR JOINT CLASS.

MR. FINN: BONJOUR DE LA CLASSE

CLASS: BONJOUR MONSIEUR

MR. FINN: D'ACCORD, COMMENT CA VA