Pushing Daisies"Pushing Daffodils"byR.A.PorterR.A.Porter3054 E. CapitanDreyfusAve.Phoenix, AZ 85032Phone: 916.813.9000Email: coyotesqrl@gmail.com

ACT ONEFADE IN:INT. SCHOOL GYM - NIGHTYOUNG NED in school blazer, tie, and slacks stands by arefreshment table. The gym is decorated with streamers,banners, and fairy lights. Some BOYS hover nearby, many moreare scattered in clots of three or more.NARRATORThe LongboroughSchool for Boysclung firmly to many traditions,but none more firmly than theseparation of the sexes.A tweed-clad INSTRUCTOR opens double doors. He is pushedaside by a stream of YOUNG GIRLS, each carrying a daffodil.NARRATOR (CONT’D)But one day each year the musty oldschool opened its doors to let inthe sweet perfume of spring, borneon girls in crepe.The girls spread out and begin targeting the boys. Each girlindicates her selection with her flower.NARRATOR (CONT’D)After the long cold winter, thegirls of the WaverlyFinishingSchool augured the coming of springin parti-colored dresses andcarefully coiffedhair.One SHY GIRL stands a few feet from Ned. The other girls andboys are dancing. She casts sideways glances at Ned.NARRATOR (CONT’D)Young Ned did not notice the girlstanding near him. He was too busy watching the kaleidoscope of whirling color on the dance floor.The Shy Girl turns to face Ned and nervously walks to him.NARRATOR (CONT’D)Finding untapped reserves ofcourage, Lucy Winterbottomwalkedright up to the dreamy young boyadrift in his own world and saidhello.

LUCY(silently)Hello.NARRATORFinally noticing another personnoticing him, Young Ned turned awayfrom the dance floor and turned tothe young girl......who holds out her drooping daffodil to Ned...NARRATOR (CONT’D)...and saw that she wanted to jointhe kaleidoscope of whirling color with him. Deciding it would be niceto be alone with someone else foronce, Ned accepted.Ned reaches out to take the daffodil and there is a smallSPARK. It stands straighter and becomes a brighter yellow.NARRATOR (CONT’D)Clutching the flower in his righthand, Young Ned led LucyWinterbottomonto the dance floor.Forgetting his cares for a moment,he smiled as they twirled.The music ends and everyone stops dancing.NARRATOR (CONT’D)When the music stopped, the shyyoung girl and the shy young boystood, smiling at each other.Lucy leans in and pecks Ned on the lips.NARRATOR (CONT’D)But when the shy young girl didsomething not so shy, Young Nedretreated back into his protectiveshell.Ned runs out of the gym.INT. DORMITORY - NIGHTAt his bedside, Ned carefully places the daffodil in a glassof water. He is wearing thick skiing gloves.PUSHING DAISIES - "PUSHING DAFFODILS" 2.