"Rawley Academy." "I still can't believe I'm here." "This setting, these people." "This world where dreams really do come true." "A place where a guy from the wrong side of the tracks lives the life of a prince." "What else could I hope for?" "What else could I hope for?" "A princess, naturally." "Yes, it's a mess." "Well, yeah, I'll try to get it done by this afternoon." "Yeah, alright." "Bye." " Hi!" " Don't you look great in Monkey Grease?" "Yeah, I bet you say that to all the girls." "Where's your dad?" "Oh, he's in Boston renewing our business license." "Maybe I should clip my fan belt so we have to spend time together." "Or, I could just get you lunch." "Lobster rolls, no tomatoes, right?" " Yes, you are a prince." " Thanks." "You have no idea how hungry I am." "Yeah, me too." "He working today?" "What?" "Scout." " Oh, no." "Sean" " Bella are you into him or not, cause if you are it's cool, I'll back off." "Actually, I won't." "But I need to know what battles lie ahead." "You know what?" "There's no battles." "I, um," "I talked to Scout yesterday and everything's just really complicated right now but" "it's gonna be fine." "So just let it go." ""And they built their gods a brazen pillar high as the sky." ""Yet reserved a thousand chariots of full force."" " Scout?" " Yeah?" " I've got one word for you:" " What is that?" "Cotillion." "Paige, would you like to be my date to the Cotillion?" "Never accept a date for Friday on a Thursday afternoon." "Sorry, I'm late." ""...and their glories and the rest." ""Love is best."" "The end." "What does this poem mean to any one of you?" " Scout." " Yeah." "So you like these coed classes." "Uh-uhm?" "Jake." "Had a crash lately?" "Maybe." "Ok, well, what poem..." "No, what song makes you feel?" "I try," "Macy Gray." "Let's hear it." "You don't have to sing it, just recite it." "Okay." ""I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiending." ""I try to say goodbye and I choke." ""Try to walk away, and I stumble." ""Though, I try to hide it, it's clear..." ""My world crumbles when you are not here."" "What?" "It's a good song." "These words comfort us because we personalize them." "Now, lets personalize Browning." "Mr. Krudski." "Maybe what Browning is saying is that even the strongest armies and empires can be wiped out." "No one can stop people from falling in love." "Spoken like a hopeless romantic." "Synch:" "Dodger, SleepingMoon, JDsClone, TutorGirl." "Caroline Busse, you like?" "So, ah, who's the guy?" "Ah, Josh Carson, went to Deerbrook with me." "He used... he used to wet the bed." "Probably still does." "Ow!" "Oh, dude, sorry, you all right?" "Yeah, I'm tougher than I look, I'm fine." "So, are you renting or do you own?" "Neither." "Still mooching off the parentals." "I meant a tuxedo." "Oh, for the Cotillion?" "I'm gonna do the dinner jacket thing." "You know, like Boagie in Casablanca." " Not bad." " You?" "I don't know, if I go at all it'll probably be a drop by solo." "Yeah, me too, solo." " Could be fun." " Yeah." "Lots of chicks in taffeta." "Um, why don't we just go solo together." "Yeah, ok." "Great." "It's a date." "So, how rich is she?" "I mean, compare to your family." "Rich." "Great..." "But compared to the Gates family, not so much." "And he sighs with relief." "Her parents have this place in St. Barts." "I used to see her on the beach all the time." "She had the most amazing teeny-weeny baby blue string bikini." " Wow." " Yeah." "Hey, why don't you ask her to the cotillion?" "Come on, she's kind of out of my league." "Oh, just what I thought." "Scared." "I am not scared." "Of girls?" "Yes, you are." "You know I've dated, okay?" "I've dated a ton." "Yeah, okay, Will." "You don't think I can do it?" "What, you don't believe me?" "I can do it." "In fact," " I'm gonna do it right now." " Whatever you say." " Hi." " Hi." "I'm Will." "Hi Will." "Caroline." "Yeah, I know." "So, you seen those banners around school?" "For the Cotillion." "Yeah, they're kind of hard to miss." "Look, ah, I was wondering if you were planning on going." "Ah, yeah." "I'm um, going with Josh Carson actually." "From Deerbrook." "Yeah." "Did you go to Deerbrook?" "Ah, no, but his reputation precedes him." "Caroline!" "That's me." "I guess I should get going." "It was nice meeting you." "See you around." "Yeah." " Bye." " Bye." "My kingdom for a coffee!" "That's good, cause we just changed our prices from a kingdom to a buck." "Sold!" "Just the girl I needed to talk to." "Alright, I have got a 'what would you do' question for you." "Ok:" "shoot." "All right, at school there's this cotillion tomorrow night and there's this girl that I really like that I wanted to ask but she already has a date." "All right, there's hope." "You go with someone else, then you ask her to dance, when she's all putty in your arms, you ask her out." "Who would I go with?" "I don't know, I'd usually say Scout but he's going with..." "You." " No, Paige." " No, I mean, I could go with you." " I mean, would you go with me?" " No, no, no way Will, no." "Come on, please?" "Why not?" "Because, Will, get serious, ok?" "I do not go to Rawley." "So what, who cares, I do." "We'll go, we'll dance..." "Look, it doesn't even matter, we're invited." "Well, who even says I want to be invited, ok?" "That's the last thing I need right now." "Snobby, stuck up bitchy girls saying:" ""Oh my god, you look really familiar", and... and me saying: "Yeah, I probably gave you a lube job yesterday, it's nice to meet you"." "What's going on Will?" "You used to laugh at these people." "I know." "But who cares, you'll be there with me." "So will Scout, so will Paige." "With the right dress, a little soap and water, your hair in one of those thingies." "Come on, you'd be so hot." "Please!" "Two townies, in the night, amist a see of privilege..." "Me and you twirling the night away..." "With four left feet." "Come on, let's go there and show these people how to have a great time." "Oh, like we know?" "Easy chairs, warm beer, cold pizza." "No, no." "All right, look, okay, come on." "Just do it as a favor for me," "Okay?" "Well, there is this one..." "this one dress..." " Oh Will!" " Bella, will you please go to the Cotillion with me?" " Ok, let's do it." " Ok!" "All right!" "Ah, a classic." "Huh." "Hardly, I'm renting a tux by like 7." "Cotillion or eloping?" "Well, if the Cotillion goes well, maybe both." "Got any suggestions?" "I might." " Hey." " Hey." " So, who you going to the dance with?" " No one." " You're not taking Jake?" " No." " Why would I take Jake?" " I don't know, I mean..." "I was gonna ask him but he doesn't seem like he's intrested in either one of us." "What are you talking about?" "Anyway, I don't have a date, if you don't either we could go together." " Uhm, to the cotillion?" " Yes, you and me at the cotillion." "Hey Jake." "Hi." "Hey." " How's it going?" " Great, just great." " Perfect." "So..." "I'll call you later." " Oh, ok." " Right." "Found a date, huh?" "Yeah, well, she was going alone." "I getcha." "So, you decide to ask anyone?" "No, think I'm gonna skip it." "Oh." "Besides the only person I had my eye on is going with someone else." "Well..." "Um, history." "A shoeless Cary Grant." "I was thinking more of a gunless James Bond." "I really appreciate this Finn." "I won't wreck it, I swear." "I trust ya." "You think I'll even actually own one of these?" "Yeah, I do." "You might need these." "All right, I got a proposition for ya." " Tonight..." " What?" "I'll finish your shift if you're here at midnight for the gas delivery." "Don't tell me you have plans." "I'm going to Rawley's cotillion." " Are you waitressing?" " No, I'm a guest." "You at the Rawley cotillion?" "With who?" "Will." "What does Sean think about that?" "Sean doesn't care about Cotillions and Will and I are friends." " So Grace, you'll be here?" "Tonight at midnight?" " Yes." " Grace, can you act like my sister just once?" " God, I said yes." " Hey sweetie." " Hey." "You excited?" "Will told me." "Going to the Cotillion, huh?" "Just standing in for the girl of his dreams." " Baby, you'll be the prettiest thing there." " Yeah, a scoury maid in a burlap sack." " Those Rawley girls got nothing on us." " Right." " You and Will going to a dance." " I know, can you believe it?" "Hey, do you need a dress?" "I've got this cute little red number it's off the shoulder." "Right." " You just call me if you need anything." " Thanks Mrs. Krudski." " Bye baby." " Bye." "Alright Will's gonna score after all." "Okay please tell me you know how to deal with this." " What?" " My bowtie, its out of control." "Here." "Am I going to make a complete ass out of myself?" "Will relax, it's a dance, alright but old fashioned you know," " more rules, better clothes that's all." " Okay so, Give me the basics." "Okay, um introduce yourself and your date using both your first and last names." "If you're introducing your date to a friend, tell the other person's name before hers, if the introduction is to a teacher, or someone older, just, uhm..." "Do the opposite." "Okay alright, forget all that, alright?" "That's totally confusing." "So, uhm..." "Bella's gonna be there." "Yeah." "Oh god, I didn't even think about it." " Are you cool with that?" " Oh totally." "Paige and I are gonna be there, we're all gonna be there, we're gonna have fun." "Cool, cause that's what I thought." "Look at you, you are good to go, buddy." " You think she's gonna want me bad?" " That's my sister you're talking about." " I mean Caroline." " Oh, just put a sock on the door." "Sure, Come on in, make yourself comfortable." "My white dress Grace where is it?" "Where's my white dress?" "The dance starts in an hour." "I can not believe you!" "What did you wear this to?" "A tractor pull?" "Its reeks like beer Grace, what am I supposed to do?" "Do you like live to screw me?" "What are these?" "I got them in the attic, they're Mom's wedding shoes." "Grace." "What?" "You can have them." "They don't fit anyways." "The dress." "Come in, Mrs. Krudski." " Hey." " Hi." "I brought you something." "These were my grandmothers." "Pearls never really worked on me, so..." "They're beautiful." "Thank you." "You know who you look like?" "Yeah, I look like my mom." " They're all naked." " What?" "It's a sure cure for stagefright." " Um, shall we dance?" " Yeah." " Hey." " Hey guys." "Hi." " You look fabulous." " Oh, so do you." "Thank you." "Hey you guys want to go outside on the terrace?" "Um, you guys go ahead, we're on a mission over here." "Caroline Busse?" "Well if we see her, we'll send her your way." " Okay." " Yeah." "See ya, guys." "And there she is." " She's really uh..." " Something." "Yeah." " So, you wanna dance?" " Love to." "All right then quit standing next to me and go get her." " What?" "I'm not just going to leave you here." " Will, go get her." "I'm fine." "So do you go to Rawley girls?" "Uh no, I'm not." "Did you come with somebody?" "Yeah I came with Will Krudski." "Oh." "Do you think he'd mind if we danced?" "Maybe later." "Okay, maybe later." "Yeah he's cute." " What?" " Jake." "I've got a crush on him too." "Hell, I'm a 15 year old girl, I've got a crush on you." "Look at you, you're gorgeous, you both are." "You're also in love with each other, its like its so obvious." "Wait, we're not a..." "Stop saying that." "God!" "I had this freshman girl fantasy that I would somehow end up with one of you, but its crystal clear that it's not going to happen." "I don't know what I was thinking when I said yes to this." "Stop thinking." "Sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind, take the leap while you're still young, its time to follow your heart." "I, I know that's so cliché." "Go be with Jake, I'll be over by the punchbowl, there's some guys who've been giving me the hairy eyeball all night." "You know, I'll see you later." "Nice break." "Thanks." "You're good." " I'm average..." " And humble." "So what are you doing here all alone." "Uh, crowds kinda get to me." "So I was doing that poetry assignment, and I didn't know that Florence was one of Browning's favorite places to write." "It's certainly one of mine." "After St. Barts?" "How did you know that?" "Okay, uh which pocket?" "That one." "Nice shot." "A gentleman never lets his lady wander unescorted at a Cotillion." "What can I say, I'm progressive." "Where's your date?" "Uh hopefully asking some other girl to dance." "You look beautiful." "Yeah, I, uh, fix up okay." "That's the understatement of the year." "So maybe later you'll save a dance for your sister?" "I mean of course if Paige doesn't mind." " So is this what its like?" " What?" "Is this what it's like to be you." " Oh, Bella this is not me." " No no, it's just, it's so different, it's like... it's not even real." " Oh that's because you don't fit in." " What?" "That is a compliment there's not a guy here that's not talking about you." "It's my Mom's dress." " Bella, do you ever pretend..." " Scout" "Do you ever pretend that its not true, about us?" "How about that dance?" "Ok." "Bella?" "Yeah." "It's going to be okay." "Scout!" "You're blushing." "I have to..." "I have to go." "So where's your boyfriend?" "He's gonna be looking for you." "Josh?" "He's not my boyfriend," "He's my friend." "Where's your date?" "Oh, um she's just a friend too." "So, where are you from?" "Planet Earth." "I know what you mean." "I've lived on three continents before I was twelve." "So tell me how did you learn so much poetry?" "The universe is a dictionary of information." "Do I know you from St Barts?" "I'm seeing a tiny baby blue bikini." " You better tell me, or I'm gonna..." " What?" "Do something naughty to you." "Was it Posatano?" "Nope" "The Vineyard?" "Oh my God, you went to school in Locus Valley, you were friends with Mitch Batton and that whole bunch." "It's okay, I don't like to brag about it either, they're a bunch of jerks, huh?" "Look, um.." "Will, will you be honest with me?" "Yesterday you were going to ask me to the Cotillion, weren't you?" "Yeah." "I was hoping you were." "Hey, will you dance with me?" "Grace, what you doing here?" "Knitting a sweater, what does it look like I'm doing?" "What about the gas delivery?" "That's at like midnight, chill out." "That's great Grace, 'cause we've got a whole six minutes." "What?" "You are unbelievable" "So I'll call them up, they can come tomorrow." "They're not delivering pizza, Grace." "God, it's gonna take days to get another appointment." "We cannot afford this right now." "God." "She's so uptight." " Can I tell you something?" " Yeah." "I wanted to talk to you from the second I saw you." "And you thought if I could just meet that girl, then everything in my life would work out." "Something like that." "Well..." "We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?" "Bella." "Will!" "Caroline Busse, this is my date, Bella Banks." " Nice to meet you." " Me too." "Will, I'm so sorry, but there's a problem at the gas station," "I have to go." "Her dad's in oil." "But, we're just friends, so you guys stay and have fun," "I'll see you later." "Hey Bella, wait, I'm coming." "Go, off course, go." "Look, um, I'll call you tomorrow." "Yes, call me, tomorrow, call me." "Bella, wait up, I'm coming." " Hi." " Hi." " I need to talk to you." " Me too." "Yeah, but not here." "I'm sorry, I can't do this." "What are you doing?" "Throwing Caution to the wind." "Oh my God!" " That was..." " I know, but this is not..." " It is, we're gay." " No, we're not Hamilton, okay?" "I have, look I've got to tell you something, alright?" "But you have to promise not to be pissed off at me, alright?" "I'm a girl." " What are you talking about?" " It is true, Hamilton." " Jake, stop it." " I'll prove it to you, okay?" "You don't believe me?" "I am One Hundred Percent female, alright?" "I am obsessed with Sarah McLachlan, and" "I have a subscription to Seventeen, and my favourite nail polish is Barely Pink, and I think I look fat in bikini's." "Okay, and these... are not fake." "So My dad's in oil?" "Well, he is, Bella, in a way." "Uh-huh, so you are crazy for her." "We were having fun." " Getting to know each other?" " Sort of." "Come on, Will, hurry." " Wait, wait wait a minute." " Wait, wait!" " No, no, stop, please!" " Stop!" " Wait!" " Wait, oh!" "Will..." "Oh Bella, I'm sorry." "Sorry, Bella." "Sean!" "Wow!" "You look incredible." "What are you doing here?" "I was just hanging out, after the game and I saw the truck come in, I knew you two were at the dance, and Grace is Grace." "Uhh, here's the receipt for the gas." "God!" "Where have you been?" "I told ya, at the game." "All right guys, that's my cue." "I've got to get this bike back to Mrs. Haggerty before, uh.." "Before it turns into a pumpkin?" "I'll turn into a thief." " Bye Will." " Good night, guys." "See ya." "So, how was it?" "It was nice, but I um..." "I never got to dance." "I'll ruin your outfit." "You didn't care when I was filthy." "I wasn't wearing a nice dress." "You have never looked better." "Besides, theres' no music." "Someday, when I'm awfully low," "and the world is cold," "I will feel a glow just thinking of you," "and the way you look... tonight." "Oh my God!" "What are you doing here?" "I was looking all over for you." "You dropped this." "Oh, thank you." "At first I was going to drop it off at your Cedar street address, and then I thought I'd come here," "and ask why you lied." "Wait, I didn't exactly lie to you." "You concealed the truth, you made me think that I..." "Look, it's just..." "You didn't really see me in St Barts, did you?" "No." "You seemed so set on finding a connection, I just..." "I guess I didn't think you'd be interested in..." "Me." "You didn't really give me a chance, did you?" "Look, Will if you trying to fit in with all the phonies around here, congratulations, you've succeeded." "I..." "If you were a guy, I would punch you." "Well, that's the point, see I'm... not." "Matthew Arnold's poem, Self Dependence, hopefully you've all read." "In it he talks about a trip he's taking across the sea." "Why?" "Why was he going?" "Will!" "He was frustrated, right?" "About who he was and where he belonged so he took the trip to... understand that better." "Was the trip worthwhile?" "Well, sort off." "He got the answers from watching the stars, which he could of done that in his own backyard." "See..." "He realized how the stars work by knowing how they fit into the universe." "They don't exist by trying to be something else, or comparing themselves to other things." "Like Arnold was doing." "Like a lot of us do." "Like all of us do." "Resolve to be thyself, and know that he who finds himself," "loses his misery." "Be yourself, what a cliche'." "We hear it over and over in literature, fairytales, songs." "but we still don't get it," "It might be because when we dream we don't worry whether the dream is worthy of us, but whether we're worthy of the dream." "So we lose our identities in order to chase what we want, but if we can stay proud of who we are and not run from ourselves," "then maybe our dreams, like the prince with the glass slipper will come find us." "Synch:" "Dodger, JDsClone, TutorGirl."