- Angela: I'm supposed to give you a message.
- Jordan: From Tino?
- Angela: No. From Mrs. Learner.
- Jordan: Who?
- Angela: Mrs. Learner. She's been our English teacher for over a month, now. She says you have to start showing up to class, or she's going to have you kicked out.
- Jordan: So, what's the message?
- Angela: That you're gonna get kicked out of school.
- Jordan: Like it's doing so much for me.
- [walks away]
- Angela: You're welcome!
- [to herself]
- Angela: Don't you even care?
- Angela: When I was little I, like, worshipped Halloween. And truthfully, part of me still does. 'Cause it's your one chance all year to be someone else.
- Angela: You're not going to class?
- Jordan: What's it to you?
- Angela: You know you're gonna get expelled. Don't you care?
- Jordan: Don't matter.
- Angela: Of course it matters.
- Jordan: She's looking to throw me out, okay? She's been waiting for this. She thinks I'm a loser.
- Angela: You're crazy to let her tell you what you are.
- Jordan: What are you talking about?
- Angela: She doesn't know you. She doesn't know who you are! You can't let her decide what you do.
- Jordan: Hey! I decide what I do! And maybe I wanna get kicked out.
- Angela: Maybe you do, but that doesn't mean people can't try and stop you. And tell you.
- [pauses]
- Angela: I know you think how could someone like me understand, only I do.
- Enrique (Rickie) Vasquez: [runs into Jordan outside] Oh, sorry.
- Jordan: Public property.
- Enrique (Rickie) Vasquez: Well, I was just leaving so...
- Jordan: Wish I was. Every year, we come out here, we tear up the track, and throw garbage cans over. God, it's getting old.
- Enrique (Rickie) Vasquez: Well, can't you just go?
- Jordan: No. No. We still gotta find the guy who egged Tino's car. That's like, something I can't get out of. It's always the same. But you come because you think, you know, maybe something cool will happen. Because what if something did happen and you missed it?
- [pause]
- Jordan: You better get out of here, though. These guys are pretty ripped.
- Enrique (Rickie) Vasquez: Okay.
- Mrs. Lerner: OK, people! We're starting a new unit this week. You want to read new books. You want to study. Well, ah, in honor of All Saint's Eve, we're going to be reading stories about famous ghosts and spirits. Speaking of apparitions, where's Catalano? Does anybody know Jordan Catalano?
- Danielle Chase: [while trick-or-treating with Sharon] Feel my bag! Go ahead. Feel it.
- Sharon Cherski: Feel mine! I can't believe I almost missed it. Promise me you won't let boys drain all the fun out of your life.
- Danielle Chase: I promise. I wish you were my sister.
- Sharon Cherski: Danielle!
- Danielle Chase: I hate her. I do.
- Sharon Cherski: Okay. You hate her. So, why'd you want to be her if you hate her so much? I'll trade you this jawbreaker for that sucker.
- Danielle Chase: Deal.
- Nicky Driscoll: [Blue moon plays] I like this song.
- Angela: I know.
- Nicky Driscoll: You know, I heard Elvis was only our age when he recorded this. Where'd you get the flower?
- Angela: I, um...
- Nicky Driscoll: She threw it away, huh? Yeah, well, I'm not in her league. She thinks I'm a loser.
- Angela: No!
- Nicky Driscoll: What do you mean, no? She's right.
- Angela: Wait, where are you going?
- Nicky Driscoll: I'm going to help a friend do something.
- Angela: No, don't! Please don't!
- Nicky Driscoll: Oh, I've got to do it. I can't get out of it.
- Angela: No! You're going to get hurt!
- Nicky Driscoll: At least I'll know I'm alive.
- Angela: You're not! You're not alive! You threw your life away for no reason!
- Nicky Driscoll: See, ya.
- [Enters gym]
- Angela: No, wait! Nicky, wait!
- [She lunges for the gym door, but she doesn't reach it before it closes]
- Danielle Chase: [Sharon rings doorbell] Hi. The chafing dish is in here. What are you, a mouse or something?
- Sharon Cherski: Yeah, I'm a mouse. Oh my God! You're Angela!
- Danielle Chase: I can't talk about it, okay?
- Sharon Cherski: Only, Angela would stand more like this.
- Danielle Chase: Yeah, like the shirt's her only friend, or something. Well, I've got to go.
- Sharon Cherski: Oh. Trick-or-treating, huh?
- Danielle Chase: Yeah, there's this house on Rossmore, and they made it like a haunted house. And then on Courtney's street, they give really good candy. Where are you going?
- Sharon Cherski: Out with my boyfriend.
- Danielle Chase: Wow. Well, bye.
- Sharon Cherski: Bye!
- [Danielle leaves]
- Sharon Cherski: Danielle, wait!
- Angela Chase: Nicky Driscoll. This couldn't really be his book. It's a prank. It's fake.
- Rickie Vasquez: But look. It's faded.
- Angela Chase: Um, it's a costume. I wouldn't really dress like this.
- Jordan Catalano: From Tino?
- Angela Chase: No, from Miss Lerner.
- Jordan Catalano: Who?
- Angela Chase: Miss Lerner? She's been our English teacher for, like, over a month now. Ah, she says you have to start showing up to class, um, or she's going to have you kicked out.
- Jordan Catalano: So what's the message?
- Angela Chase: That you're going to get kicked out of school.
- Jordan Catalano: Like it's doing so much for me.