Rock and Roll High School
(Craig is reading a flyer and Spinner, Marco and Jimmy walk by)
Craig: Hey guys, check this out.
Jimmy: What is it?
*Marco starts reading*
Marco: Does your band have the heat to make hot sounds in T.O.?
Jimmy: Win two days of studio time and record your own single?
Craig: That�s exactly the kind of exposure we need right now.
Jimmy: Then we get the limos, the private jets, the blingety bling.
Spinner: The panties flying at us onstage.
Craig: Man, we have to win this.
*Ashley walks over and pushes them out of the way, with Ellie behind her*
Ashley: Excuse us, posers.
Ellie: Real musicians coming through.
Craig: Oh, you�re signing up? Cool. A little competition never hurt.
Ashley: �Cause nothing ever gets in the way of what Craig wants. Not emotions, honesty, other people�s feelings.
*Ashley and Ellie walk away*
Craig: You hear that? She still hates me.
*Ashley turns around*
Ashley: And that�s why the girls and I are gonna blow you right off the stage.
(Craig is in his garage trying to write lyrics and the rest of the band shows up)
Marco: Yeah, but Ashley�s been playing the piano for what�12 years? And Paige is really good. And then there�s Hazel�
Craig: Marco, relax! There�s no way I�m gonna let my ex-girlfriend beat me in a band competition. So you guys learn the song?
Spinner: Yeah. Yeah, we listened all day.
Jimmy: Are the lyrics ready?
Craig: Well, how about you just concentrate on getting the song down. OK?
(Ashley, Ellie, Paige, Hazel, Craig, Jimmy and Marco in Miss Kwan�s class. They have to read entries from their creative writing journals. Ashley volunteers)
Ashley: These are the lyrics to a song I just wrote: Black, twisted agony. The fires of chaos burn on. Run for her tombstone before it�s too late. The blood runs cold in her veins.
*Marco and Craig laugh*
Miss Kwan: Great, just great. Let�s save our discussion until we�ve heard more, shall we.
*Class ends and they walk out*
Ashley: I can�t believe nobody said anything about my song.
Paige: Um, hon�I don�t think anyone got it.
Ashley: It�s about a girl who died in the Spanish Civil War.
Craig: Yeah, um�I feel her pain.
Ellie: I hate to be brutal�
Ashley: But you�re going to anyway.
Ellie: You�re supposed to write about things you�ve experienced.
Hazel: Yeah, like your ex.
Ashley: I just can�t pretend to forgive or forget. Gonna make the day you met me, a day you�ll regret.
Ellie: I think Craig�s in trouble.
(Craig is in the music store and Ashley walks in, but tries to leave as soon as she sees him)
Craig: Ashley�wait. Listen�I�ve been thinking about things between us and�I respect you too much for things to keep going on like this�and you�re not shouting at me. I�m gonna take that as a good sign.
Ashley: If you have something to say then�I want to hear it.
Craig: Good. So, I�m sorry I made fun of your lyrics earlier. You�re a really good writer and musician and that wasn�t fair.
Ashley: This is about my lyrics?
Craig: Yeah�what did you think?
Ashley: No�what was I thinking.
*Ashley walks away*
(The boys are practicing in the gym, while the girls are waiting their turn. The boys don�t sound good and the girls laugh from their seats)
Paige: Um�this song, it has lyrics.
*The girls start playing and Ashley sings the words to Craig*
Ashley: This song is a prize for breaking my heart. Should�ve written these words to you right from the start. You say it doesn�t matter, how it�s all in the past. My pain doesn�t
show, it�s disguised by its mask.
All: I can�t pretend to forgive and forget. Gonna make the day you met me, a day you�ll regret.
*Craig is fuming*
Ashley: �Cause you�re the dust in my eye, you�re the rock in my shoe. Yeah, You lie, lie, lie.
(Ashley, Paige and Ellie are sitting in class and Craig walks up to Ashley)
Craig: Those lyrics of yours�not cool.
Ashley: Typical, self-absorbed Craig actually thinks the song is about him.
Ellie: Wow�so vain.
Craig: What�s your problem? You attack me every time I pass you in the hall and now you�re performing that?
Paige: Well, what did you expect? For he�s a jolly good fellow?
Craig: Ash, I swear if you play that song in the competition I�ll�
Ashley: Have sex with more grand nines?
Simpson: Guys, settle down please.
Craig: You know, if you weren�t such a prude�I�d never of been with Manny.
Ashley: Oh, but I thought you loved her?
Craig: Oh, you know what go�
Simpson: Hey! One more word, double homework.
(The girls walk down the hall wearing matching outfits with Craig�s head surrounded by flames on their shirts, and pass by the boys)
Marco: Is that�Craig?
Ashley: You like? It�s amazing what you can do with a computer these days.
Craig: I give up.
Ashley: I�m sorry, I care why?
Craig: All you care about is making my life a living hell.
Ashley: Do you have any idea what my life�s been like for the past few months?
Craig: Please. Not this again.
Ashley: You think this t-shirt�s hard to deal with or our song? I wanted to die, Craig. I felt that bad.
Craig: OK, well you�re not listening�
Ashley: No, it�s not OK. It�ll never be OK.
Craig: I�m sorry. OK. I�m sorry. I�m sorry. I�m sorry. I�m sorry. I�m sorry. I�m sorry. I�m sorry. How many times do I have to say it?
Ashley: Until you mean it!
(The girls� performance)
Ashley: You say it doesn�t matter, how it�s all in the past. My pain doesn�t show, it�s disguised by its mask.
All: I can�t pretend, to forgive and forget. Gonna make the day you met me, a day you�ll regret.
Ashley: �Cause you�re the dust in my eye, you�re the rock in my shoe. Yeah, you lie, lie, lie. Better watch what you say �cause I�m on to you, Mr. Nice Guy. Whooaaa, Mr. Nice Guy. You�re so nice!
(It�s the guys� turn and they go onstage without Craig. They�re about to start but Craig walks onstage with his lyrics written on a piece of paper and sings to Ashley)
Craig: I don�t know if you�ll forgive me
*the girls in the band watching all turn and look at Ash*
for being so blind to how you felt. Don�t ask me why I couldn�t see it and that�d take me years to figure out. And that�s not something I know much about. But there�s only one way to find out. Yeeaahhhh. What I know is that I hurt you, oh. And what I know is that I suck and what I know is that I�m sorry. What I know is that I�m a loser, yeah and what I know is I screwed up and then I never earned your trust. What I know is that everything I touch just turns to dust.
(The boys win the competition and Ashley has something to say to Craig)
Spinner: Oh, are you here to bring us down because�we won fair and square.
Ashley: Yeah, you did. Congratulations. And Craig, nice lyrics. They were just right.
Craig: Thanks.
*Ashley walks away and Craig smiles*
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