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ALIEN YOUTH
EPISODE 3 THE JOCK
V.O
Previously On Alien Youth.
(WE NOW SEE SHOTS OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE
OF 2 EPISODES.)
ROLL TV SHOW THEME VIDEO
FADE IN:
EXT. SCHOOL YARD - AFTERNOON
(WE SEE JOE WHO IS OUR MAIN CHARACTER AND KHAMBREL WHO IS OUR
GAY CHARACTER FROM EPISODE 1 WALKING HAND IN HAND DOWN THE
COURTYARD WHILE EVERYBODY IS STARING AT THEM IN DISGUST.)
JOE
I love you
KHAMBREL
I love you too.
V.O
This is my life your probably
wondering how I got in this
situation... I would of never
guessed that I would be holding
hands with a gay kid I used to be
a football player super star as a
matter of fact most popular kid
in school and now I'm here.
FADE OUT:
V.O (CONT'D)
This is my story.
FADE IN:
EXT. HANDY CAM VIDEO - DAY
(WE SEE REALLY FAST SHOTS OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER IN A GAME JUST
TAKING OVER AS WE SEE MICHAEL FILMING EVERYTHING EVEN THE CROWD
GOING CRAZY.)
CROWD
WOOOOOPP.......
CROSS FADE:
INT. LOCKER ROOM - DAY
(JOE COMES AND SITS DOWN WITH HIS UNIFORM HANGING HALF OFF WITH
GRASS STAINS AND A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD TOO AND HIS HELMET AND
MOUTH GUARD IN HIS HAND AND HE SITS DOWN ON THE BENCH LOOKING
EXHAUSTED AFTER WINNING THE GAME WHEN ONE OF HIS TEAM MATES
COMES AND SITS NEXT TO HIM AND IS EXCITED ABOUT WINNING)
JOE
So how about that game tonight it
was hot or what!
JOHN
Most def... in fact I think we're
going to go out and celebrate it
tonight you in?
JOE
Nah... I'm gonna go home and
sleep....
JOHN
... oh that's cool alright than
peace out.
JOE
Yeah.
CUT TO:
EXT. HALLWAY OF SCHOOL - LATER
(JOE IS WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY WHEN HE SEES AND HEARS NOISES
COMING FROM A CROWD OF JOCKS AND OTHER GUYS THAT ARE FED UP WITH
GAY PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THEY'RE SCHOOL.)
KID
Faggots.
KID #2
Why don't you go home fags.
(JOE LOOKS OVER THEY'RE SHOULDER AND NOTICES IT IS AN OLD FRIEND
FROM HIS CHILD HOOD BUT HE DOESN'T STICK UP FOR THEM ALL OF A
SUDDEN THEY CALL HIM OVER AND HE HITS THE GAY KID IN THE FACE
AND LEAVES.)
CUT TO:
INT. JOES ROOM - NIGHT
(JOE IS AT HOME SLEEPING TOSSING AND TURNING BECAUSE HE CAN'T
SLEEP SO HE GETS UP AND WALKS OFF.)
CUT TO:
EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - NIGHT
(JOE IS WALKING ONTO THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND HE HAS A FOOTBALL IN
HIS HAND HE THROWS IT UP AND CATCHES IT AND SEES THAT KHAMBREL
IS STANDING RIGHT BEHIND HIM HE TURNS AROUND SLOWLY AND HE
NOTICES THAT HE HAS A BLACK EYE.)
KHAMBREL
Why did you do it?
JOE
Do what?
KHAMBREL
You hit me you could of saved me
but no you wanted to be all cool
and be a jock and a jerk! Your
nothing more than a high class
bully hiding behind a mask that
will soon fade away and your true
colors will show. You jocks and
upper class people look in
disgust on me because I know who
I am... Well at least I know who
I am Joe we used to be such cool
friends but now your just a jerk.
(KHAMBREL PICKS UP THE FOOTBALL AND THROWS IT AND IT HITS JOE IN
THE CHEST AND KHAMBREL WALKS AWAY AND JOES JUST STANDS THERE IN
AWE.)
CAMERA PULLS BACK SLOWLY
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
INT. MR. DEMISE'S CLASS ROOM - NEXT DAY
(JOE IS SITTING IN CLASS WITH HIS HEAD DOWN SLEEPING AS USUAL
AND HE IS SUDDENLY AWOKEN WHEN THE TEACHER IS IN HIS FACE.)
MR. DEMISE
Joe... do me a favor take this
key and go to the storage room in
the theater and grab me a box of
printer paper since your so
strong!
JOE
Yeah whatever.
(JOE GETS UP AND WALKS TO THE THEATER.)
CUT TO:
INT. THEATER - MOMENTS LATER
(JOE IS WALKING INTO THE THEATER AND OPENS THE DOOR TO THE
CLOSET AND WALKS IN AND NOTICES THAT HE CAN'T GET BACK OUT.)
JOE
Oh crap.
(JOE IS TRYING TO GET OUT AND THERE ISN'T ANY WAY OUT SO HE GETS
MAD AND STARTS TO KICK STUFF WHEN WE SEE KHAMBREL WALK IN WITH A
HUGE THEATER LIGHT AND HE IS PRE OCCUPIED SO HE CAN'T OPEN THE
DOOR SO HE SETS THE LIGHT DOWN AND THE DOOR SLAMS SHUT BEHIND
HIM.)
KHAMBREL
No.... Crap
JOE
Door won't open it locks on the
inside.
KHAMBREL
No you think Sherlock.
JOE
We're stuck.
KHAMBREL
Well you are rich don't you have
a cell phone?
JOE
Yeah but its in my car.
KHAMBREL
Typical.
JOE
You know people might actually
like you if you didn't have such
a bad attitude.
KHAMBREL
Well people wouldn't think you
were so stupid if you actually
tried for once in your life
instead of getting by on looks
and athletic ability.
CROSS FADE:
RANDOM SHOTS OF THE TWO GUYS PACING AROUND AND SITTING AND DOING
A BUNCH OF RANDOM THINGS.
(WE NOW SEE JOE AND KHAMBREL SITTING ACROSS THE ROOM LOOKING
DOWN AND THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET OUT.)
KHAMBREL
So tell me Joe how is it that you
managed to get locked in the
closest huh?
JOE
I didn't know this door locked
I'm not a nerd I don't know every
janitors room in the school by
heart and which ones lock and
don't lock.
KHAMBREL
Why...
JOE
Why what?
KHAMBREL
Why did you hit me I never did
anything to you.
JOE
Because... I don't know because
your gay!
KHAMBREL
Just because I'm gay doesn't mean
I don't have feelings just
because I'm gay doesn't mean I'm
not a person Joe you and every
other freaking person in this
school has looked at me like I
was diseased did you ever stop to
think that even though you beat
up some gay kid that the gay kid
actually has feelings or every
time you call a gay kid a name
like fag or queer that you kill
them on the inside you are the
reason why people commit suicide
Joe you are the reason teens are
scared to go outside anymore and
be themselves because they are
too concerned about what the
general media will say about
them. You think the gay
population is contaminating the
world its really your kind Joe
the shallow, feelingless,
heartless, shallow person who is
always running for money,
popularity, and girls who you get
a new one every week. You Joe are
contaminating the public not
gays.
(THERE IS DEAD SILENCE AFTER KHAMBREL GIVES HIS SPEECH AND JOE
HAS HIS HEAD DOWN AND IS UPSET.)
JOE
... I never thought about it like
that.
KHAMBREL
That is your problem Joe you
never stop to think ever since we
were best friends back in like
6th grade you never stop to think
about me and you, it was always
you in the lime light.
JOE
... I'm sorry I never once
thought that out I guess I mean I
didn't know...
(JOE BREAKS DOWN AND HIS EYES FILL UP WITH WATER.)
CROSS FADE:
INT. JANITORS CLOSET - MOMENTS LATER
(KHAMBREL AND JOE ARE NOW BACK TO BACK SITTING TALKING ENJOYING
EACH OTHERS COMPANY.)
JOE
So... Why are you gay?
KHAMBREL
Because it is part of who I am I
didn't choose to be gay I mean
just because a lot of people
don't choose that path doesn't
mean its the wrong one.
JOE
I don't get it.
KHAMBREL
Okay put it like this some people
cant accept it..they say things
like "they made Adam and eve, not
Adam and Steve!" But you
know...maybe Steve has a better
personality then eve......I think
its selfish to like people for
their body parts....you should
fall in love with someone because
they have a good personality,
nice, kind, sweet, etc.....
whether they be the same sex or
not.. I just happened to find
that my boy friend has all the
personality so it makes me unique
or as you call it gay but I'm
happy though and nobody can take
that from me.
JOE
So it should be about falling in
love no matter what sex it is
just as long as it makes you
happy?
KHAMBREL
Yeah... Pretty much
JOE
Wow never thought about it like
that.
KHAMBREL
Yeah....
(THERE IS BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE AND JOE TURNS AROUND AND LOOKS
AT KHAMBREL AND KISSES HIM AND KHAMBREL KISSES BACK WHEN THE
DOOR SUDDENLY FLIES OPEN AND THE JANITOR IS STANDING IN THE DOOR
WAY.)
JANITOR
You two are in big trouble.
FADE OUT:
INT. JOES ROOM - NIGHT
(AFTER JOE'S LITTLE INCIDENT IN THE CLOSET HE IS SLEEPING BUT IS
ONCE AGAIN TOSSING AND TURNING HE GETS UP AND LEAVES AGAIN.)
CUT TO:
EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - NIGHT
(WE HAVE A SHOT ON A CRANE ABOUT 14 FEET HIGH AND JOE IS BY
HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.)
CUT TO:
CLOSE UP OF OUR CHARACTER IN HIS FACE.
(WE NOW ARE IN JOE'S FACE WHEN HE HEARS VOICE OVERS OF GUYS
SAYING SEDUCING THINGS TO HIM.)
(V.O.)
Whats the matter scared of me?
JOE
No!
(V.O.)
Why not you know you like me.
JOE
No I don't I'm a jock I'm not
gay.
(ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SEE THIS IMAGINARY CHARACTER POP OUT OF HIS
HEAD AND INTO REALITY STANDING IN FRONT OF HIM JOE IS IN SHOCK
THAT THIS PERSON IS HERE.)
ILLUSION #1
Why not You think I don't know
what is going on I've been here
the entire time.
JOE
You're not real!
ILLUSION #1
Oh I'm real.
(OUR ILLUSION DISAPPEARS AND REAPPEARS BEHIND HIM)
JOE
You can't be I made you up!
(OUR ILLUSION DISAPPEARS AND REAPPEARS BEHIND HIM AND IN HIS EAR
WHISPERING TO HIM.)
ILLUSION #1
I'm as real as Your interest in
guys I will always be here no
matter what.
CUT TO:
EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD WIDE SHOT - MOMENTS
(WE COME BACK TO OUR 14 FOOT CRANE SHOT TO REVEAL THAT THIS
REALLY WAS AN ILLUSION AND JOE IS SUFFERING FROM FINDING OUT HE
IS REALLY INTERESTED IN GUYS WE SEE HIM NOW ON THE GROUND ON HIS
KNEES CRYING FROM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.)
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
EXT. JOE'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
(JOE IS SITTING OUTSIDE THINKING ABOUT HIS LIFE WHEN KHAMBREL
COMES WALKING UP.)
KHAMBREL
Hey...
JOE
Hey... about the other day I was
thinking I wanna be straight
up...
KHAMBREL
I'm sorry I shouldn't have kissed
you it was wrong.
JOE
No... its not that, Its just that
you told me I should be with
someone because of they're
personality and not because of
things people run after and I
think I have feelings for you and
I feel this thing I have never
felt before I feel truly happy.
KHAMBREL
Really...
JOE
Yes.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
EXT. SCHOOL YARD - AFTERNOON
(WE SEE JOE AND KHAMBREL WALKING HAND IN HAND DOWN THE COURTYARD
WHILE EVERYBODY IS STARING AT THEM IN DISGUST.)
JOE
I love you
KHAMBREL
I love you too.
KID #2
FAGGOTS!
JOE
I'm sorry I know what it feels
like now to be hated.
KHAMBREL
It's okay... Everything is going
to be okay.
KID #1
QUEERS!
CAMERA PULLS BACK SLOWLY AND EVERYTHING FADES TO BLACK AND
WHITE.
FADE OUT SLOWLY:
End Of Show
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