Getting to School

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[Chase extracts himself from Mom and dashes out the door. Chase has exited out the front door. Mom comes around from the back in clothea.]

Mom: Chasey! Wait up! You forgot your lunch! Have a good day!

[Mom kisses Chase. A few skateboarders passing by see it and start laughing. Chase grins embarrassed and waves, then gets a scowl on his face.]

Chase: (singing)They've been laughing since I can remember, But they're not gonna laugh anymore! No more "Chasey the geek"! No more "Goof of the week" like before!

Girl tearing up test: (singing) No more algebra tests 'til September!

Boy: (singing) No more looking at losers like him!

Boy with crib notes on arm: (singing) No more having to cheat!

Another Boy: [steals Chase's lunch] (singing) No more mystery meat!

Yet Another Boy: [snapping jock strap] (singing) No more gym!

Yet Another Another Boy: [snapping jock strap] (singing) No more gym!

Yet Another Boy: [snapping jock strap] (singing) No more gym!

Yet Another Boy: (shouting) No more gym!

Girl with credit cards: (singing) Gonna move to the mall!

Beach Boy: (singing) Gonna live in the pool!

Chase: (singing) Gonna talk to Skye and not feel like a fool!

All: (singing) 'Cause after today I'm gonna be cruising!

Chase: (singing) After today she'll be mine!

All: (singing) After today my brains'll be snoozing!

Chase: (singing) If I don't faint, I'll be fine!

Twin Girls: (singing) I've got forty more minutes of Home Economics!

Twin Boys: (singing) Then down with the textbooks...

Trekkie Boy: (singing) And up with the comics!

Chase: (singing) Just think of all of the time I've been losingFinding the right thing to say!

All: (singing) But things'll be going my way, after today!

[Skye passes by Chase. Chase waves, but Skye does not see him.]

Chase: (singing) She looked right through me! And who could blame her? I need a new me, Plus some positive proof That I'm not just a goof! And...

All: (singing) After today I'm gonna be cruising!

Two Girls in black: (singing) No more pep rallies to cut! (spoken) Yech!

All: (singing) After today my brains'll be snoozing!

School Bus Driver: (singing) I'm gonna sit on my butt!

Chase: (singing)I've got less than an hour And when this is ended, I'll either be famous...

Principal Goodway: (singing) Or you'll be suspended!

All: (singing) Just think of all of the time I've been losing Waiting until I could say: Gonna be on my own, kiss the parents good-bye! Gonna party from now 'til the end of July! Things'll be going my way after today!

[school bell rings]

Chase: (singing) I wish that this was the day after today!

[Chase is now at the top of the bleachers. He starts to step down, but trips and tumbles down, falling flat on his face at the bottom. Lots of kids laugh at him then walk away. Skye comes over and helps him up.]

Skye : Are you all right?

Chase: Yeah, yeah, I'm okay, I just ah, duh,...

[Chase then sees it's Skye and gets completely tongue-tied. Skye chuckles. Chase starts laughing, then emits a dog "ARH-WOOOOO!" He covers his mouth and dashes away, tripping over some garbage cans. He looks back at Skye for a moment, then runs away with an cry of anguish. Skye looks down at the ground for a moment. The school bell rings again.]

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