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Written by
Gianna Jackson
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2.
HANNAH
(surprised)
Oh. Hello, Jourdan.
Cece turns to face Hannah. Jourdan does not.
JOURDAN
Hey, Hannah.
Hannah crosses her arms.
HANNAH
You werent here when I went to the
bathroom. I thought you werent
gonna come.
JOURDAN
Why wouldnt I?
HANNAH
Oh you know, because of last year.
Jourdan turns.
JOURDAN
I made it to the final round.
HANNAH
Yeah, but you didnt win.
JOURDAN
You didnt win either, not really.
I did too.
Did not.
HANNAH
JOURDAN
HANNAH
JOURDAN (CONT'D)
Did not.
3.
HANNAH
Whats that suppose to mean?
Jourdan smiles.
JOURDAN
You dont know? Thought you knew
everything.
Hannah glances at the girls next to her and adjusts her bow.
HANNAH
I think youre just jealous of me
for winning.
JOURDAN
This time I will win the spelling
bee because I can spell anything
better than you, Hannah.
HANNAH
Ha! Youre nothing but a sore
loser, Jourdan.
The two girls next to Hannah smile.
GIRL#1
Once a loser, always a loser.
Yeah.
GIRL#2
JOURDAN
Im not a loser! Im a better
speller than all three of you
combined.
Jourdan crosses her arms, turns and stares at the stage. Cece
sticks her tongue out at Hannah.
HANNAH
Bet she gets stage fright and cant
even make it past the first round.
Jourdan ignores her. Next in line, Cece turns to face the
stage. In the boys line, BILLY(8 yrs old), in dark jeans and
a navy blue button-down, looks over at Hannah.
BILLY
(nervous)
Whats that?
Hannah swishes her hair over her shoulder and smiles.
4.
HANNAH
Its when you freeze up in front of
a crowd because everyone is
watching you. My brother says that
it happens when youre afraid of
messing up.
Hannah looks at the back of Jourdans head.
HANNAH (CONTD)
And that it always happens to
people who have messed up in front
of a crowd before.
Jourdan looks down at the name tag around her neck.
PRINCIPAL HAWK (O.S.)
Our next contestant is Cece.
Cece glances back as she walks onto the stage. Jourdan turns.
JOURDAN
I dont believe you. I think youre
making this all up.
Hannah swishes her hair back.
HANNAH
Fine, dont believe me.
Jourdan frowns.
PRINCIPAL HAWK (O.S.)
Our next spellers name is Jourdan.
Jourdan walks out onto:
INT. AUDITORIUM - STAGE -NIGHT
Jourdan looks down at her feet as she walks to the
microphone. The sound of her dress shoes echo in the silence.
CLICK, CLOCK, CLICK, CLOCK, CLICK, CLOCK.
Jourdan fidgets with the name tag, looks up, and shields her
eyes from the spotlight.
An audience member COUGHS.
PRINCIPAL HAWK
Jourdan, your word is immortality.
5.
Jourdan drops her hand and looks down at the floor. She
fidgets with the edges of the name tag.
Um...
JOURDAN
JOURDAN
6.
PRINCIPAL HAWK
Im sorry, Hannah, but that is
incorrect.
Hannah stammers, looks at Principal Hawk, then at the
audience. She opens her mouth to speak, and spots Jourdan off
stage. Hannah stomps off of the stage.
Jourdan smiles and turns.
INT. AUDITORIUM - BACKSTAGE - NIGHT
Jourdan skips her way towards a chair next to Cece.
JOURDAN
Did you see?
Cece nods and smiles. Jourdan sits and notices large poster
boards aligned against a wall.
JOURDAN (CONTD)
What are those?
Cece turns.
CECE
Oh, those are the fifth graders
projects for the Science fair
tomorrow.
JOURDAN
Science fair, huh?
Assistant Principal Kim enters.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL KIM
Everyone stand up. We are about to
begin the next round.
JOURDAN
(boastful)
Pretty good at Science, you know.
Jourdan and Cece stand and step into the girls line.
FADE OUT: