06x16 - Love My Way

[bunniefuu]

At Marco and Dylan’s, during Dylan’s goodbye party

(A friend of his gives him a hockey poster with Dylan’s face on it.)

Dylan’s friend: Ah yeah!

Dylan: That’s awesome. Thanks.

Marco: Is that brie?

Paige: Only the best for my darling bro on the occasion of his moving to Sweden.

Dylan: Your brain’s clearly already redecorating my bedroom. It’s Switzerland Paige, as in Zurich.

Marco: Yeah as in 6497k away.

Paige: James I hear you are looking for a new manager. Someone to whip Squatch Designs into shape.

Jimmy: Yes Marco told you.

(Paige nods.)

Jimmy: Okay good so we can get together and talk about it tomorrow morning?

Paige: Résumé’s printed and alpha already.

(Paige and Spinner smile at each other.)

Ellie: Thank you for implying that I’m boring.

Jesse: I wasn’t implying that you’re boring just because you don’t like dancing, okay?

Ellie: Can we not fight about this now? It’s embarrassing.

Alex: So you’re moving in, eh?

Paige: A funky downtown address to go with my hopefully new job. Chin, chin. So where is the lovely Carla tonight?

Alex: Pottery class. Yeah my girlfriend ditched me to make a bowl.

Paige: Well at least you have somebody. I however have been walking through a romantic desert and my feet are tired.

Alex: Well don’t look at me to rub them, but I’m sure we can find a hot guy or two to warm up your cool autumn nights.

Paige: Well cheers to that dear cupid.

(She looks at Spinner who smiles.)

At the newspaper office

Jesse: Paige Michalchuck.

Paige: Jesse Stefanovich. You are the one I speak to about putting an add in the core?

Jesse: For Jimmy and Spinner’s store.

Paige: Yeah you are looking at their new manager.

Jesse: Congrats. Um these are our rates.

Paige: Yes. Uh rates. Funny thing. There is a minor issue of cash at present. Mainly that we are lacking it.

Jesse: As issues go, far from mine.

Paige: Well what if I told you that in lue of cash, our designer Jimmy Brooks will design t-shirts for the Core. I’m sure you could use them for promotions and once we fix our cash flow issue, we are going to present concerts by local bands under the Squatch banner. Core could co-sponsor.

Jesse: Good ideas. Great ideas.

Paige: Thank you. So do we have a deal?

Jesse: Count on it.

(They shake hands and smile at each other.)

At Degrassi

Mr. Simpson: Thank you for that incisive treatise on celebrity facelifts. Next class: Liberty and Emma.

Emma: Ouch. I haven’t even started.

Manny: Didn’t know lazy was in your vocab.

Emma: I’m not lazy, just distracted.

Manny: Don’t tell me, too many late night sessions at Casa Cameron.

Emma: Keep a secret? Sean and I are taking things to the next level.

Manny: Maybe you don’t realize, but you’ve told me this before.

Emma: Maybe you don’t realize that this time I mean it.

(She shows Manny a prescription for birth control pills.)

Manny: Wow. You’re not messing around sister.

At the mall

Alex: So I hope you’re ready. Today’s the first episode of Project Paige.

Paige: My life is a reality TV show?

Alex: In your case it’s The Bachelorette and we’re looking for guys hey, not the other flavour.

Paige: Guys will do thank you. I like them cute, funny, worldly. Oh and to fill out a vintage rock tee just so.

Alex: Sounds delish…in a hetero kind of way. Thing is Paige you’ve got to keep it cas’. Don’t get attached to anyone. Play the field. Be a pimp.

Paige: Oh I am the maddest of pimps and here comes my date.

(Spinner walks over.)

Alex: Spinner! Cute, funny… worldly?

Paige: Lose the lesbian filter hon. He is cute and funny. It’s two out of three. Give my best to dear Carla.

At the newspaper office

Jesse: Why is it every time I bring something up, a joke, a story idea, anything, you just sh**t it down? You can be so negative, Ellie.

Ellie: Guess so.

Jesse: You guess so? Taurus much?

Ellie: Whatever. I don’t want to argue anymore. It’s all we’ve done for weeks. Arguing was better than this.

Jesse: Not to mention all the movies and dinners and laughs we used to have.

Ellie: That’s why we need to end this before it ruins what’s left of us.

Jesse: See you at the staff meeting?

(She nods and leaves.)

At the pharmacy

(Sean is looking at condoms while Emma gets her pills.)

Sean: These have sensual in the name. Is that a good thing?

Emma: Uh are we really gonna do this?

Sean: Sex is an expression of our intimacy and closeness.

Emma: Your nose is so growing right now.

(Snake sees them.)

Mr. Simpson: Em! Sean! What are you doing here?

Sean: Well I’m, I’m late for work.

(He leaves quickly.)

Mr. Simpson: Later Sean. Em are you, are you sick or…?

Emma: No. It’s just that…well Sean and I are…Snake!

(She holds up the condoms and birth control pills.)

Mr. Simpson: Oh! Oh, oh god. I’m an idiot. Sorry. Um does your mom know about this?

Emma: Yeah. We had the talk.

Mr. Simpson: Cool. I just you know…I, I didn’t know.

Emma: Well I will see you at home for dinner.

Mr. Simpson: Sure thing. Later skater.

At the mall

(Paige and Spinner are signing up for a booth for their store.)

Spinner: Thank you. Entrepreneurs fair booth 112. You played the mall lady like a drum.

Paige: Thanks hon. You helped too.

Spinner: No I don’t have the ‘Paige power of persuasion’, but we make a good team, huh?

(Paige kisses him.)

Spinner: Not looking a horse gift in the mouth here, but what’s going on?

Paige: Banting was less than fun for me, so to paraphrase Sheryl Crow, I just want to have some fun.

Spinner: Fun’s good. It’s just the last time we did this, last year…it ended weird.

Paige: Because we had no ground rules. This time we do. We are just friends. Friends with a benefits package.

Spinner: Those are benefits I can live with.

Paige: It’s the best of both worlds. Cas’ is the way we rock it.

At the store

Alex: You said that without laughing?

Paige: The moment overtook. It just felt so good to mack on Spinner with impunity.

Alex: I have class with him in 20 minutes. I’ll try to ignore his big, dumb grinning face.

Paige: Jesse! Hey.

Jesse: Hey. Uh latest edition. Add’s on page 3 and I asked Nina to write a piece on you guys for her fashion column.

Paige: This is wow! Thank you so much.

Jesse: The Core and Squatch Designs could have a future together in business.

(Alex taps her pen impatiently.)

Paige: Alex! Um you know Jesse, right?

Alex: Yeah you’re Ellie’s boyfriend.

Jesse: Was. Ellie didn’t tell you we broke up?

Paige: She keeps to herself a lot.

Jesse: Yeah she’s like that. Well I’ve got to run. Interviewing a friend’s band.

Paige: How journalist of you. What are they like?

Jesse: Kind of an alt-country vibe. Yeah they’re playing tonight, campus club. If you’re into it, you should come.

(Paige nods and shrieks excitedly after he leaves.)

At Emma’s house

Mr. Simpson: So I ran into Emma at the pharmacy today with Sean, picking up birth control. You know, the pill?

Spike: Really?

(She keeps eating.)

Mr. Simpson: Right. She told me she asked you.

Spike: Well we had the talk a while ago. I told her to go on the pill whenever she was ready.

Mr. Simpson: And I was left out of this conversation, why? Don’t we talk about these types of things as a family?

Spike: I wasn’t sure if you could handle this type of thing or if you’d even want to. It’s a woman thing.

Mr. Simpson: It’s a parent thing and I want to contribute.

Emma: You contribute delicious nutritious dinners nightly.

(Snake doesn’t say anything.)

Emma: Kidding!

Mr. Simpson: Uh Emma you uh, you lied to me this afternoon.

Emma: I didn’t lie! There’s just some things you don’t need to know, okay?

Mr. Simpson: Oh well pardon me for being concerned about my teenage daughter who’s made mistakes and feels the need to hide things from me.

Emma: Step-daughter!

Mr. Simpson: Whatever. I deserve to be a part of your life!

(Emma walks away.)

Mr. Simpson: Hey.

Spike: Snake this is exactly why sometimes you aren’t. Emma, wait!

Emma: I’m meeting Sean. Don’t wait up.

(She leaves and Spike looks at Snake.)

At the concert

Jesse: Really in the pocket. Like in the groove.

Paige: I, I like how relaxed they are.

Jesse: Totally vibe-ing off each other.

Paige: In the moment, yes! It is the only way to be. Hey let’s dance.

Jesse: Sure.

(They start dancing.)

Jesse: This is good. I almost forgot what it feels like. Ellie hated dancing.

Paige: Well it’s too bad because you are a natural. Move over Antonio Banderas.

Jesse: Ain’t seen nothing yet, Michalchuk.

At the store

Paige: Thank you.

Alex: Tell me again why you need me to model at the dumb fair.

Paige: Because Marco looks lousy in pink.

Alex: So uh you and Jesse dancing up a storm last night. Did it end there?

Paige: There was coffee at his place. Had an amazing convo…and then some other stuff.

Alex: And bachelor #1 knows about bachelor #2, IE Spinner?

Paige: Bachelors 1 and 2 both know the score. As a matter of fact, I am seeing them both tonight.

Alex: Oh ménage Paige.

Paige: Not quite. Spinner is my 7:00 and Jesse’s my 9.

Alex: Hey you uh wanna come to my place when you’re done for a post-game wrap-up? We got the good ice cream.

Paige: Sure hon. Love to.

(They look in the mirror and Paige puts her arms around Alex.)

Paige: Pretty in pink. Just like the movie.

In the media immersion room

Emma: Hey. Thought we could maybe talk.

Mr. Simpson: Emma my server blew a hard drive.

Emma: Look I’m sorry about last night, but I’m old enough to make my own decisions. Hello?! I’m trying to have a conversation here.

Mr. Simpson: Emma! No hard drive means no server means no classes for the day. I need to handle this right now.

Emma: ‘Cause you obviously can’t handle the fact that I’m a sexual being and you can’t keep avoiding it forever.

At Spinner’s

(Paige and Spinner are making out.)

Paige: Oh not that this isn’t fun, but I really need to get going.

Spinner: Gotta go see the other guy, Jesse Stupid-face.

Paige: Spinner you know the deal.

Spinner: Yeah I know. It’s just being with you feels so right and I always go by my feelings.

Paige: Spin don’t trust your feelings, okay? Feelings are the enemy. Honey, sweetie you are clearly new to the ways of friends with benefits. Maybe it’s better if we just stop.

Spinner: No. No it’s cool. I’ll, I’ll get used to it.

Paige: See you at the fair tomorrow.

(She kisses him goodbye.)

At a club

(Jesse is reading Paige’s palm.)

Jesse: Like what I’m seeing here. Lots of adventures.

Paige: Of the freshman flameout kind? Kind of on ‘adulthood: take 2’.

Jesse: Really? I did that two years ago and thought everything was ruined, but it kind of opens up the road, you know?

Paige: That is exactly how I feel. Just hit the gas and go.

Jesse: Totally! But I’m a cautious driver.

Paige: Let’s dance, okay? Show me some more of those moves.

Jesse: Okay.

(They start dancing.)

At the fashion show

Paige: Afternoon Ms. Nuñez. Ready to rock the catwalk with insouciant smile?

Alex: Yeah whatever. Let’s just get it over with.

Paige: Um is it everyone hates Paige day?

Alex: Maybe seeing it was ditch Alex and don’t even call her last night.

Paige: Hon I forgot. I’m sorry.

(She looks at Marco.)

Paige: Babe could you just straighten our sign a bit?

Alex: Don’t tell me your 9:00 with Jesse became a 10, then an 11, 12, 1…

Paige: I said I’m sorry. It’s just I think things are becoming a bit more than cas’ with Jesse. He’s kind of special.

Alex: Rush into stuff much? Pathetic Paige. Pathetic.

In the media immersion classroom

Liberty: Hence the inevitability of environmental collapse. Thank you.

Mr. Simpson: Okay. Thanks Liberty. Uh Emma you’re up.

(Emma starts her presentation.)

Mr. Simpson: Your theme?

Emma: Women and sex. More specifically it’s about how men have stifled women’s sexual expression throughout history.

Manny: Right on sister.

Emma: When men think of girls, this is what they see…

(She shows a picture of herself looking completely innocent.)

Emma: But when confronted with something like this…

(She shows a couple steamy pictures of herself and Sean.)

Emma: A healthy natural expression of physical intimacy, men can’t handle it…at all. They feel free to ride their instincts, but when women stand up and declare their right to be sexual, it’s this…

(She shows a picture of herself with tape covering her mouth.)

Emma: A typical double standard. Men don’t want to hear it.

At the fashion show

Paige: Are you sure you want to model Jimmy’s fab designs with that un-fab pout?

Spinner: I’m not pouting. Okay I am, but Paige here’s the deal. I need all of you or none at all.

Paige: Babe I’m sorry. I should have known this would happen. It’s just ultimatums make me itchy.

Spinner: It’s not an ultimatum Paige, but if you don’t break it off with Jesse right now, we’re through.

Paige: And now I’m itchy. Don’t make me choose. You won’t like my choice.

Spinner: Then you pick stupid Jesse with his stupid hair and his stupid shirts and his stupid face!

Alex: Five minute warning and you’ve got a visitor Paige.

Paige: Jesse um what a crazy surprise.

Jesse: Wanted to wish you luck and get a quote for the Core.

Paige: Now is not such a great time hon.

Spinner: Yeah go drink a latte, emo boy.

Paige: Spinner could we please be grown up about this?

Spinner: Yeah. No. Get out of here loser.

Jesse: Oh I’m a loser? Okay Spinner.

Spinner: You’ll be cursing my name when I kick your ass.

(They keep arguing as Paige starts having a panic att*ck and Alex calms her down.)

Alex: Come on aim for 10. 1, 2, 3. That’s it.

Spinner: I mean whatever. You suck!

Alex: Will you both shut up?! You go stand out front. You go put on the rest of your outfit and a smile because we have to go model these freaking clothes. Clear?!

Paige: Alex.

Alex: Save it.

(Alex storms off.)

At Emma’s house

Emma: Got a minute for someone who’s mean, cruel and hurtful?

Mr. Simpson: I have all the time in the world because you are none of those things.

Emma: I’m sorry for what I did in class. I know it kind of hurt.

Mr. Simpson: It’s fine because you were right and your presentation, by the way, was good. Not very subtle, but good. Emma I’ve known you since you were in a stroller and the idea of you growing up, it’s…it’s a trip.

Emma: For me too! I mean I’ll be moving away, going to university. I’m not a little kid anymore.

Mr. Simpson: I just thought this was going to be easier. I guess I better get used to it.

Emma: So dad, do you want to have the talk?

Mr. Simpson: You know what? I think I’m good.

At the Dot

Jimmy: Well here’s to our first fireworks-filled fashion show, but hey three new buyers came through. Cheers!

Paige: So Spin spoke to me after the show. All apologies for freaking out, but we both know that it just, it wasn’t mean to be. But Jesse is still into the cas’ thing, so what say you wise counsel?

Alex: I say they both suck and for that matter, so do you.

(Alex leaves and Paige follows her.)

Paige: You know what Alex? You suck too.

Alex: Sorry!

Paige: Oh your apology is k*lling me with its plaintive sincerity!

Alex: God I hate your thesaurus.

Paige: And I hate how you’re acting right now. Why are you doing this?

(Alex kisses her.)

Alex: Because I love you, you idiot. So much it scares the crap out of me.

Paige: Why? Just why did you tell me to go on all those dates?!

Alex: Because I thought you being cas’ with guys was nothing serious and a lot better than you with some other girl.

Paige: I just can’t with you right now. I really do…I really have to go back inside.

Scenes for next week

Spinner: Every cent I had went into the store.

Marco: Don’t worry. I have a plan.

Voiceover: A get-rich-quick scheme.

Spinner: This is your plan? Playing online poker?

Voiceover: Becomes a dangerous addiction.

Marco: Everybody goes bust.

Spinner: You just lost $1100!

Voiceover: That threatens to destroy a friendship forever.

Police officer: Is this a friend of yours?

Spinner: No.

(Marco is being led away in handcuffs.)