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CHEERLEADERS (O.S.)

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MERYL

(stumbling into Truman)

Ow! Ouch!



TRUMAN

Oh! Ohhhh!



MERYL

Ouch!



TRUMAN

You okay?



MERYL

Excuse me! Hi!



TRUMAN

Hi!



MERYL

Oh..I'm so sorry I fell on you.



TRUMAN

It's okay.



MERYL

I'm just--I've just..been a klutz all day.



TRUMAN

It's all right.



MERYL

I think I...sprained my ankle. I could be...

sorry...I'm so sorry for falling on you like

that.



TRUMAN

It's all right.



MERYL

I--I'm Meryl.



TRUMAN

Hi. It's... Truman.



MERYL

Hey, nice to meet you...



College Dance



Twentieth Century Boy plays here.



Library



MERYL

Let's go.



TRUMAN

Shh.



MERYL

You can study later. C'mon.



TRUMAN

No. I gotta' commit this to memory.



MARLON

C'mon, Truman. Let's go for a brewski.

C'mon. C'mon.



TRUMAN

You're going to hafta' copy off me so be

careful.



MERYL

No..? ...Better person than I am. I'll

see you later, kay? Bye.



TRUMAN

Bye.



MARLON

See ya' later, loser.



TRUMAN

Ow! Shhhh! *sigh*....... Hi...Konichiwa?



LAUREN

What?



TRUMAN

You take Japanese.



LAUREN

Oh! Yes. Yes..



TRUMAN

Lauren, right?....It's on your book.



LAUREN

Lauren. Right. Right.



TRUMAN

Well, I'm Truman.



LAUREN

Yeah. I know. Look, Truman, I'm not allowed

to talk to you. You know.



TRUMAN

Yeah, well, I can understand, I'm a pretty

dangerous character.



LAUREN

I'm sorry. It's not like that.



TRUMAN

A girl's gotta' be careful.....It's a boyfriend,

right?



LAUREN

No, it's not like--



TRUMAN

Of course not. Is it--was it Meryl, the girl I was

with? We're not--we don't--we're--we're--we're just--

we're friends. It's how I look. Not your type.



LAUREN

No. (that's not it)



TRUMAN

I like your pin. Was wondering that myself.



LAUREN

Mm.



TRUMAN

Would you wanna maybe, possibly..sometime

go out for some pizza or something? Friday?

Saturday? Sunday? Coming Tuesday?....

(re: Lauren's note "NOW")

We have finals tomorrow...



LAUREN

Yeah, I know. If we don't go now, we won't have

the chance. Do you understand? So what are you

gonna do.



Beach



TRUMAN

Woohoo! Please keep your hands inside the

caaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!...This is my favorite pizza

place. Tony! I wanna large, extra plankton.



LAUREN

We have so little time. They're going to

be here any minute.



TRUMAN

Who are they?



LAUREN

They don't want me talking to you.

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TRUMAN

Then don't talk.



They kiss.



LAUREN

Truman.



TRUMAN

What do they want?



LAUREN

Listen to me. Everyone knows about--

everyone knows everything you do. 'Cause they're

pretending, Truman. Do you--Do you understand?

Everybody's pretending.



TRUMAN

__?__.



LAUREN

No no no, ah, my name's not Lauren. No no.

My name's Sylvia.



TRUMAN

Sylvia?



LAUREN

Yeah.



LAUREN'S FATHER

Lauren, sweetheart. Out again?



TRUMAN

Hey, wait a minute. Who are you?



LAUREN'S FATHER

I'm her father!



LAUREN

What? I've never even seen you before today.



LAUREN'S FATHER

C'mon, sweetie. Please, honey.



LAUREN

He's lying! Truman, please! Don't listen to him!

Everything I've told you is the truth!



LAUREN'S FATHER

Please...



LAUREN

This..it--it's fake. It's all for you.



TRUMAN

I don't understand.



LAUREN

An--and the sky and the sea, everything. It's a set.

It's a show.



LAUREN'S FATHER

Please. It'll be all right.



LAUREN

Please don't listen! He's going to lie to you!



Everyone's arguing at once.



TRUMAN

I really would like to know what's