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Felicity

1X03: Hot Objects

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 10/13/1998





PROLOGUE



INT. FELICITY'S ROOM



Felicity: Dear Sally, (sits up) I'm probably making too big a deal of this, I'm sure I am, but tonight is my first official college party....ever.



INT. NOEL'S ROOM



Cut to Noel's room. Standing in the center of a group circle, Noel hold a notepad in hand.

Noel: I think I have everything down. Is there anything else you guys want to tell me that I haven't heard yet?

Mitch: (stands up) This party's gonna need a good band. I know some bands that are mint. (to Noel) And they'll come down.

Noel: Yeah, like, I think I've said, what, six times now, we're just going to have to use CDs and tapes, ok. It's a university ordinance, and as resident advisor, it's my responsibility.

Mitch: I think we should have a band.

Noel: Yeah, I think we're all very aware of that, and somewhat concerned that you're not giving it up. (the guy sits down) Now, I haven't heard back from the AV department, uh, does anyone have access to a good sound system? (he looks around)

A pager bell goes off. A Sensa stands in the doorway looking at her pager.

Sensa: I can do it.

Noel: You can do what?

Sensa: (looks up) The party. The whole thing. I'll take care of it.

Noel: The whole party?

Sensa: I've got a big family. My cousins, I mean it, they'd kill for me.

Noel: We just want to throw a party.

Sensa: (looking at her pager) I know. I'll take care of it. You'll meet Yuri. He'll get us what we need. Ok?

Mitch: (stands up) Like a band?

Noel: Mitch!



INT. FELICITY'S ROOM



Felicity opens the door and enters.

Felicity: No, he didn't!

Julie: (enters) Yes, that's what Noel said. Last year at the same party, three people showed up naked.

Felicity: Whoa. I'm going to be wearing clothes to this party.

Julie: (laughs) Me, too. (sits down)

Felicity: Hey, I want to ask you something. Um, I went by your room last night, and you weren't there.

Julie: Oh, I was -- I was at Lucky Strike.

Felicity: Really, with who.

Julie: I went over there with this girl Astrid. It wasn't very special.

Felicity: Oh. Well, I just to make sure something was ok with you before I did it. I want to invite Ben to the party.

Julie: Good. You should.

Felicity: What? You're getting weird.

Julie: No. (smiles) I'm not. You......you should definately invite Ben.

Felicity: That doesn't bother you?

Julie: In no way does it bother me. We were like a 24-hour virus, me and Ben. (laughs)

Felicity: I don't mean to blow this out of proportion, but it's kinda of a big deal, isn't it? You know, our first college party.

Julie: Oh, yeah. It's huge! You know, how older people are always saying, "I'll never forget my first college party"?

Felicity: Ok, I -- I just want to make sure that you're not....

Julie: I'm not. I'm fine with it. I swear.

Felicity: (thinking) Julie's right, right. I mean, the first college party is when it all happens. (Cut to Felicity taping) Ok, so, and this is just one version of how it could go, one secnario. Ben shows up and, uh..... we see each other from across the party, and he comes over. And we talk about, um, you know, Mr. Rogoflsky's class or something. He likes how I look, I like how he looks. And we basically, um, you know, appreciate you know how each other looks. And then we start dancing, and we dance for hours, until we're just exhausted and sweaty and ready to pass out. But the party's on my floor, so I say, "You want to go to my room", or, um, (sultry voice) "You want to go to my room?" Whatever. Um, and Meghan's not here, thank God. And so, we jus sit on my bed, and talk, about everything. Of course, I blew my first opportunity to ask him.



INT. REGISTRY BOARD



Ben looks on at the class assignments.

Ben: Damnit!

Felicity: Hey.

Ben: Yeah, hey.

Felicity: Are you ok?

Ben: There was a......I don't know.

Felicity: So you didn't get a class.

Ben: Well, I signed up for a language class, but they gave me, um.....they gave me drama.

Felicity: You're in drama.

Ben: No, I'm not in drama, that's a mistake, obviously. Oh, um...did you get what you wanted?

Felicity: Inorganic chemistry.

Ben: You got that and you're happy?

Felicity: Yeah, the teacher is someone who, uh....Dr. William Garibay.

Ben: Uh, I don't know. I never.....

Felicity: He wrote the entire series of chemistry books I used through all through high school so it's kind of amazing, you know, I mean, college, being able to take a class being taught by the man who actually....um....I just, I really wanted the class.

Ben: Yeah. Hey, so you didn't -- you didn't go last night?

Felicity: What?

Ben: Lucky Strike. There was, uh -- there was a thing.

Felicity: Oh.

Ben: Yeah. Yeah, you should have gone. I don't know. Uh, maybe next time. (walks off)

Felicity: Yeah. Ok, next time.

Cut to Felicity taping

Felicity: Can you believe that? I was right there! All I had to say was, "Yeah, next time, this Friday." God! How incapable am I? That was lame.



INT. UNY CAFETERIA



Julie and Astrid are having lunch.

Astrid: L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T..... You don't hear it?

Julie: You think "q" comes too early in the alphabet?

Astrid: No, I know it does. "Q" should be at the end. Q, X, Y, Z.

Julie: Ok, but......why?

Astrid: Because it's not like "Q" comes after "O." which at least "Q" resembles, and if you move "Q" to where it belongs, at the end, "P" would come right before "R," which would be so sexy.

Ben sits down next to Julie and smiles.

Ben: Hey.

Julie: Hey.

Ben: I don't want to bug you. Uh, you don't have to return my calls, whatever, but....Chavez is, uh, is playing Trams on Friday, they're supposed to be pretty good.

Julie: Friday?

Ben: Yeah. You wanna go?

Julie: We're throwing a party on Friday at Kelvin, so I can't.

Ben: (smiles) All right. You're never going out with me again, are you?

Julie tries to hide her smile, and gets up.

Julie: I gotta......get to class. (grabs her stuff)

Ben: (smiles) All right.

Cut to Felicity walking to class.

Felicity: You know what's amazing? I couldn't feel better about sticking with premed, and this is going to be my first class, the beginning of my life as a doctor. (walks into a crowded class room) Because I'm not a Stanford, now I get to study under someone who, in a way, I've idolized. For years, through his books, I've learned so much from him, I kind of feel like I've met him already. (walks up to the teacher's desk) Excuse me, Dr. Garibay? Hi. I'm Felicity Porter. I'm in this class. Um, I couldn't find the book anywhere. I ordered a copy from the publisher, but if I don't have the book today will I be able to follow what we're doing?

Garibay: No. I call it required reading because it isn't optional.

Felicity: But I couldn't find the book anywhere.

Garibay: (to class) Pardon me. Everyone who did not get a copy of the text book, raise your hand.

Felicity and Dr. Garibay look at the class. Felicity is embarassed. No one raises their hands. Felicity turns back to the professor.

Garibay: I don't know what to tell you.



INT. DRAMA CLASS



The drama professor sits on his desk talking to his class.

Professor: The actor's responsibility is to communicate. To convey truth, to understand and express an internal life: subjective motivation. The next class, I want you to bring in an object. Something that has meaning to you. This first excercise is designed to reveal hidden internal life, not within characters, but within things.

A student raises his hand, and the teacher recognizes him.

Student: Would this be considered a Misner excercise?

Professor: No. Hopefully, we won't have (laughs) any repitition in this class. (Ben looks around nervously) I'm going to ask you to get up and, uh, describe the object, uh, physically, objectively, then I'm going to ask you to tell me what it means to you.

Time passes, and the class is dismissed. Ben grabs his books and heads for the front of the class where the teacher gathers his things.

Ben: Mr. Kinney? Mr. Kinney? Could I talk to you a second, please?

Kinney stops what he is doing and listens to Ben.

Kinney: Sure.

Ben: Ok. Now I applied for Russian, the language, and they gave me drama by accident, so I shouldn't even be here.

Kinney: Might not be an accident. Theater's a communication elective, just like language.

Ben: Ok. I can't take drama.

Kinney: So your're dropping this course.

Ben: All right. As soon as there's an opening in Russian, Miss. Potessy's class, I'm transferring over. And they say there's usually at least one drop, and I'm first on the waiting list, so...

Kinney: I'll tell you what, I hope you get all the classes you want. Ben: Thank you.

Kinney: But, uh, while you're my student, you're obligated to participate.

Ben: Ok, ok. That doesn't mean I have to get up there.

Kinney: That means....you have to get up there. Next class, bring a hot object.



INT. UNY CAFETERA



Ben uses the thongs to reach a couple of slices of ham, and he places it on his bread. In the background, Felicity sits at a table watching Ben. Felicity pops up next to Ben as he continues down the bar.

Felicity: Hey.

Ben: Hey. How's it going?

Felicity: Good. Really good. Um....uh, there's this thing, I'm sort of -- um it's at Kelvin. It's basically, you know, a dorm party, it starts at 8:00 on Friday. Um, I'm just kinda spreading the word, so if you want to go, you know.

Ben: Um, Julie told me about it.

Felicity: Julie did?

Ben: Yeah.

Felicity: Oh, well, cool. So, um.....

Ben: You know, I gotta go. So I'll see ya

Felicity smiles as he leaves, but it fades away fast as her anger and sadness consume her. She walks back to her table.




ACT ONE



INT. MAILROOM



Felicity and Julie get their mail from their mailboxes.

Julie: So, my roommate, who uses a toothbrush sterilizer, said to me, "For the party on Friday, I'm going to put plastic on my bed." I was like, "Congratulations!"

Felicity does not take her eyes off Julie, but is not focused on the conversation.

Felicity: So here's the thing... I invited Ben to the party on Friday, and he said you had already asked him. And I -- I wasn't even going to say anything about it, except I -- I, well, I just did.

Julie: Ben and I are just friends.

Felicity: No, I know. You guys can be whatever you want to be. I just.....it's not Ben, ok? It's... it's you and me.

Julie: Look, I don't think there's anything to talk about.

Felicity: I just don't want us to resent each other.

Julie: Yeah, me neither, but you don't have to worry about me and Ben.



INT. JULIE'S ROOM



Noel sits in her window box, and Julie sits on her bed.

Noel: You and Ben?

Julie: I know. Can you believe this?

Noel: So -- so you like Ben, too?

Julie nods her head in agreement.

Noel: So does everybody like Ben? And I'm not asking that rhetorically.

Julie: It's complicated though, because I think Ben really likes me.

Noel: Should I be writing this down?

Julie: And this party on Friday, Felicity is *so* excited about hanging out with Ben.

Noel:Uh huh.

Julie: But, Ben wants to hang out with me, which I think would kill Felicity.

Noel: So don't do it.

Julie: I know. (falls back onto her bed) Oh, I really want to.

Noel: So your're really talking to you right now.

Julie: You know what? I think I'm just going to tell Felicity that Ben keeps asking me out.

Noel: No, I wouldn't do that yet. Because, (exhales) Because you're in this really confused state of mind, and if you do that now, it'll seem like you're asking Felicity's permission to start dating Ben, and that's not what you want to do.

Julie: (sits up) No, you're right, you're right. God, no offense, but this really did not help. Noel: You're welcome.

Julie: Thank you. And can you just not tell Felicity about this, because if she knew I told you she likes Ben.

Noel: No, it's ok. I already knew.



INT. DRAMA CLASS - NEXT DAY



Alice is up on the stage doing her assignment.

Alice: It's thin, smooth, material. Um, it's folded. Uh.....held together...with print on it.

Kinney stradles a chair in front of the stage.

Kinney: D-d-d-don't say print.

Alice: Ok. with color on it.

Kinney: Now, Alice, be subjective, (Ben is shaking his head in his hands) what does it mean to you?

Alice: It's a program from a play I did in ninth grade. Uh, Blood Wedding Lorca. (flips through the program) Uh, there are pictures of the cast and the history of the author. Well, after it was over, the play, my brother gave me back his program, and my brother, like, never talks about emtional stuff to me.

Kinney: Ok, hold your center.

Alice: Um, so I thought why is he giving me back his program (weeps) and then I opened it, and he had written something here.

Kinney: Tell us what your brother wrote in the book.

Alice: "Alice, you were wonderful. Love, Josh." Which was the first time, he ever......you know, showed me he might be proud............of me.

Alice cries as the class applaud her performance. Kinney reaches for a tissue and gives it to her as she leaves the stage. He faces the class.

Kinney: Ok. All right....uh, who's next.

Everyone looks around at each other, but no one raises their hands.

Kinney: Ben. Give it a go.

Ben gets up and goes to the stage. He carries a brown bag with him.

Kinney: Begin... .objectively.

Ben: Objectively? All right.

Ben opens the bag and pulls out a sandwich. The class laughs.

Ben: All right. So it's a multi-layered object. The, uh, top and bottom layers are white and soft with dark edges. And -- and, uh, in between those layers, sandwiched, uh, are additional layers.

Kinney: Um, why is this object so important to you?

Ben: Because, I just, I love sandwiches, I love them. You know what I mean. (Takes a bit of the sandwich) Mmm. The End.

The class applaud as he walks off stage.



INT. KELVIN DORM - HALLWAY



Felicity walks down the hall to her room. Noel darts out from a door to intercept her.

Noel: Hey, uh, you got any special requests for the party? You know, food -- drink or music?

Felicity: How about a copy of Inorganic Chemisty by William Garibay.

Noel: Am I supposed to understand that?

Felicity: I used up my entire metro card today. Going up to Columbia, down to Hunter, over to the Strand, back up to Shakesphere and Company, I have been to every Barnes and Noble, every college bookstore, it's out of stock. (opens her door)

Noel: Just keep repeating the phrase, "It's only college," it helps sometime.

Felicity exhales

Noel: So, uh, any special requests for the party? Felicity: I like chocolate.

Noel: Ok, what kind? Milk? Dark? Nuts? Pieces? Bark? Nestles? Hersheys?

Felicity: It's not really party food though, is it?

Noel: Sure it is. I'll take care of it. Done. Chocolate, ok. Oh, ah.....if you want to special order it, I know the guys in the bookstore. (Felicity smiles) Just....go freak out about your book. (leaves)

Felicity laughs and smiles and goes into her room.



INT. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY CLASS



Garibay: Negative Thermo expansion....may, then, be produced in two dimensions. Although at the atomic level, there is apparently no known example of this mechanism. Which we will discuss.....next time.

The class scrambles and dismisses from the class. Felicity goes up to Garibay's desk.

Felicity: Doctor. Excuse me. Um, Felcity Porter again. Just so you know, I did go to the library and photocopied the pages I need. Twenty dollars later,but, um, my book should be here by Monday, and I just wanted to make sure, we're ok.

Garibay: You want to make sure we're ok?

Felicity: Yeah.

Garibay: What do you think?

Felicity: Um, I was hoping so.

Garibay: Then we must be just fine.

Felicity: Ok. Good.

Garibay: You and I are doing exceptionally well.

Felicity: Great.

Garibay: In fact, you and I are on such good terms. I have an idea. Forget the assignment.

Felicity: What?

Garibay: Yeah, the weekend assignment. Don't do it. Forget it. Instead write an essay on how ok you and I are.

Felicity: I'm not -- I don't know what you mean?

Garibay: Then ask yourself if you belong in my class. (goes back to reading a paper)



INT. NOEL'S ROOM



Yuri: I got sound system, food, beverages, janitorial. For how many people?

Noel: Uh, maybe-maybe a hundred.

Yuri: I say two hundred.

Noel: Uh, you understand we don't have a budget for this party at all.

Yuri: I understand. You should have disco light, yeah?

Sensa: He can get whatever we want.

Noel: Yeah, I--I don't think we need a disco light.

Yuri: It's party. You need disco light. Now for delivery, do you have beeper?

Noel: What? Like a pager? No.

Yuri: You don't have beeper.

Sensa: Really? (sits on bed)

Noel: Guys, not everyone has a beeper, you know?

Yuri and the Sensa talk in Russian.

Yuri: You, I get you beeper.

Noel: Thanks. I don't need one.

Yuri: You need one. (get ups)

Noel: Right, um....you know what? There is -- there is one more thing and it's sort of important. Um....

Yuri: You want girls?

Noel: What? No, (laughs) no, um.....ahem...do you have access to, um...to chocolate?

Cut to Felicity.

She sits on a bench thinking. Ben comes up and sits beside her.

Felicity: Hey.

Ben: Hey. So how's, uh, chemistry?

Felicity: Oh, it's.....it's sort of a crisis.

Ben: Really?

Felicity: Yeah, my teacher hates me, but, uh, I'm sure it's gonna be fine.

Ben: Well, I'm sure, uh, that, you know, he or she doesn't -- doesn't hate you.

Felicity: Yeah, he does actually. So how was acting?

Ben: Acting? Well, um...acting is a bit of a disaster, actually. Uh, I can't get out of the class, and I'm -- I'm about to get an incomplete.

Felicity: What's the, uh, assignment?

Ben: I have to -- I have to bring in an object that's important to me.

Felicity: So what? Anything?

Ben: Yeah. Anything. I have to bring it in, I have to sit there, and I have to talk about it in front of everybody.....which...

Felicity: God.

Ben: Yeah. Yeah.

Felicity: I don't know what I would bring in? This necklace maybe. It was my grandmother's.

Ben: Yeah, that wouldn't work for me.

They laugh.

Felicity: I think the most important thing to me isn't an object. It's just being here. (Ben smiles at her) What?

Ben: Are you still having that party?

Felicity: Tonight, yeah.

Ben: Good. I-I'll see you there.

Felicity: Ok.

Ben: Ok. (leaves)




INT. FELICITY'S ROOM



She is taping again.

Felicity: Sally, I would only say this to you....so after you listen to this tape, you have to erase it. But I can....actually picture, what it might be like....to be with a man for the first time....sexually. If you're laughing at me right now, I don't blame you.




ACT TWO



INT. CLASSROOM



Scene opens with the Professor Kinney sitting on the desk talking to the class.

Kinney: But first....although a huge sucess with his exploration of the sandwich, Ben will grace us with just one more try.

Ben approaches the stage and stops to talk to Kinney.

Ben: I don't think I can do this.

Kinney: Did you bring an object?

Ben: I'm just not so comfortable doing this.

Kinney: This excercise is ungraded. You know, If you don't participate, you get an imcomplete. It's your call.

Ben steps onto the stage reluctantly.

Ben: (holds out his keys and plays with them) Ok....it's uh....a smooth, hard, round loop, connecting three shiny sharp metal.

Class laughs

Kinney: No, no. Don't say metal.

Ben: Connecting three, uh, shiny, sharp, hard, thin, strips, which have teeth -- sort of.

Kinney: Ok. Now, talk about the object subjectively.

Ben: They're my keys to my apartment.

Kinney: Why are these keys important to you?

Ben: I don't know. This is stupid, sir. I shouldn't even do this.

Kinney: You're doing fine. Talk about the object.

Ben: (exhales) All right, well, for this to make sense, you gotta kinda understand -- that my father and I never....well...it's his fault, it's my fault. He'd say it's my fault. I don't know. It's not fair, but whatever. We don't have a very good thing, but as it gets bad for me and him. I think it gets, eh, even worse for my mom. Who's so incredible, she's so beautiful, and she's, you know, she's elegant. But, she gets so sad, she gets so upset when me and my dad fight. Her face just gets, um... she just cries a lot. And I've seen these pictures of them, too. My parents before they had me. And they looked so happy... so happy. So I know it wasn't always like it is now. Anyway, I guess, it's obviously that these keys mean I'm not home anymore. You know, which great for me. I'm sub-letting from this guy, Sean. He's this really nice, frustrated entrepreneur guy. It's me and three other guys. You know, it's cool, you actually want to hang out. It's a big place. But more then all that. These keys mean that I'm not causing anything at home. I'm here right now, so my dad and I don't have to deal with each other, you know. And so my mom isn't so sad. I hope. It's just good. It's better for everyone. I really believe that... that I have these keys.

The audience watches Ben in amazement and silence. Kinney gives Ben an approving look.




INT. OUTSIDE KELVIN HALL



Felicity carries a "big brown bag" up to the dorms.





INT. FELICITY'S ROOM




She stands in front of a mirror, holding her dress in front of her.

Meghan enters the room, and heads for her bed to grab her bag. She stops and looks at Felicity, and she looks back.

Meghan: Did you buy that for the party tonight?

Felicity: Yeah.

Meghan walks to her shelf.

Meghan: You going with your little friend Julie?

Felicity: My little friend?

Meghan: Julie and her Tiger Beat boyfriend.

Felicity: Julie doesn't have a boyfriend.

Meghan: Is Ben invisible to you?

Felicity: Oh, Ben isn't her boyfriend.

Meghan: Yeah, he is.

Felicity: Why do you think so?

Meghan: I always see them together.

Felicity: Oh, no, Julie says there's nothing going on between them.

Meghan: Oh, clearly, I've hit a nerve.

Felicity: You've hit no nerve. She's just my friend, that's all.

Meghan: Whatever. Just watch them, next time they're together. The way he talks to her, how get close, the way she laughs at his jokes. Trust me, they're couch dancing.

Felicity looks as Meghan leaves and stands thinking.

Rock Music fills the hall, and the disco lights the room. Lustrious food covers the table, and box of chocolates on top of an Inorganic Chemistry book sits at the end of another. Yuri, and a few cousin stand in the room. Sensa dances to the music. Noel enters the room.

Sensa: Nice isn't it?

Noel: Yes. Very, very tasteful. Now all we need is actually party goers.

Cut to Felicity standing in front of a mirror checking herself over. She dress is accented by her tennis shoes. She clicks the recorder.

Felicity: Ok, here it is, minutes before my first college party. Next tape, I'll tell you how it turned out.

Felicity clicks off the recorder and ejects the tape. Walking over to her dresser she places the tape next to an envelope. She begins writing Sally's address on the envelope. In the middle of writing someone knocks on the door, and she goes to answer it. Opening the door, she sees Noel.

Noel: Hey, so....God...Wow!

Felicity: Really?

Noel: Oh, yeah.

Felicity: Thank you. You look really nice too.

Noel: Oh, you were kinda obligated to say that, but thank you. Yeah, I--I feel handsome. So I have a question.

Felicity: What?

Sensa pops up with tapes in her hands.

Sensa: Uh, we're taking music requests. Do you got anything good?

Felicity: I--I have some stuff over there, but I don't know if it's really good. (turns back to Noel) What was the question?

Noel: Um....well....I--I was wondering...

Sensa: Thanks. (leaves with more tapes)

Noel: (smiles) Uh, I just thought, I'd get in line now and ask you to dance. Well, in advance of the party actually starting.

Felicity: I'd love that.

Noel: Good. Ok, that--that went exactly how it was supposed to go. (leaves)

Felicity smiles and closes the door.



INT. PARTY



Cut to full-fledged party in progress.

Cut to Astrid talking to a group of guys.

Astrid: You know what word disappears after high school? Tardy. I bet you twenty bucks you'll never hear that word again. Tardy, or hall pass. Hall monitors.

Cut to a couple on the couch.

Guy: You've got really pretty eyes.

Girl: Oh my God. I was just going to say the same thing to you.

Guy: Are you serious? Or are you just acting?

Cut to Felicity walking up to the chocolate table. She smiles and laughs.

Cut to DJ digging into a box to tapes. He just grabs one and places it into the player.

Noel comes up to Felicity.

Noel: Hey you care for a beverage?

Felicity: What is it?

Noel: I don't know.

They take a drink, but Felicity doesn't like it. Her attention is taken when Ben enters the dorm from the elevator. He smiles and goes to Julie. She watches in horror. Ben whispers in Julie's ear. They walk away.

Sensa comes up to Noel.

Sensa: Hey, there's a guy over there that's getting pretty damn sick.

Noel: What?

Sensa: You better come check this out.

Noel: (to Felicity) I'll be right back.

Felicity nods. She stands watching as Julie approaches her.

Julie: Hey. What's going on?

Felicity: Maybe you should tell me what's going on.

Julie: What do you mean?

Felicity: What I mean is everytime, I'm with you, I keep getting this horrible feeling like--like I can't trust you. And everytime you talk about Ben, you just get really weird. And I know you keep saying there's nothing going on, but that's just not what it looks like at all. I just -- I really feel like your lying to me. And that's just....I don't like how that feels.

Julie: Well, I don't like the way it feels either. Ben wanted to go out with me tonight, ok. But I told him about this stupid party because I knew that you would be here and that is what you would want. He calls me, and he asks me out alot, and everytime I say no. But, you know what, I'm just sick of protecting you, and that's the truth! (leaves)

The DJ changes the tape.

Mitch and a friend stand by the speakers.

Mitch: You know what would've made this party better? Like, a band.

Felicity looks around the room for Noel, and she sees him.

Felicity: Noel, can I talk to you for a minute?

Noel and Sensa carry a sick man.

Noel: I can't. I got to go to the emergency room. This guy's is having some kind of freakout allergic reaction.

Felicity: To what?

Noel: I think Estolian chocolate.

Felicity stands friendless and sad.

Elena: What's wrong with you?

Felicity: Nothing.

Elena: Tough day?

Felicity: Tough day.

Elena: I hate these things. A room full of junior high insecurites. Everyone paranoid people will be making judgements about them. We never really met. I'm Elena.

Felilcity looks at her. Cut to DJ changing tape again.

Elena: So where in California are you from?

Felicity's voice echos throughout the room: In my life, I can actually -- Sally I would only say this to you.

Everyone stops dancing. Felicity looks up.

Felicity: Could someone please turn that off!?

Felicity: -- So after you listen to this, you have to erase it.

Felicity: (screams) SOMEONE TURN THAT OFF, PLEASE!! (Felicity makes her way though the crowd)

Ben listens to the tape as Felicity struggles to get to the player.

Felicity: But I can actually picture what it might be like....to be with a man...for the first time...sexually. If you're laughing at me right now, I don't blame you....

Felicity reaches the deck and hits stops. She ejects the tape. She grabs the tape with a horrified look on her face. She slowly turns to the crowd. And nervously laughs. She walks out through the paved crowd. Ben and Julie watch as she leaves.



INT. FELICITY'S ROOM



She enters the room, and shuts the door behind her and places her head against the door.

Guy: Hey.

Felicity startled, turns around.

Guy: (sits up in her bed) Is this your room?

Felicity: Who are you!

Guy: Oh, hey, we're just making out.

Felicity: Could you, uh, make out somewhere else, please!

Felicity opens the door as the couple leaves. She goes to sit on her bed. The door opens again. The guy pops back in.

Guy: My jacket.

Felicity throws it at him. He leaves. The door opens again.

Julie: Hey. That came out all wrong. What I said before.

Felicity: Could you, uh, just leave me alone, please.

Julie leaves. Felicity cries in the dark.




EPILOGUE



INT. FELICITY'S ROOM



Scout: Day Before Yesterday

Later that morning, Felicity slips on a sweater and grabs her jacket. She goes to turn off her light. Fade to Felicity standing in front of a ice cream section in a store. She opens the door and grabs a buck of Ben and Jerry's. Cut to Felicity picking up a spoon. She makes her way through the store. She stops and sees Dr. William Garibay. She continues to the counter.

Felicity: Dr. Garibay. I need to know what I did to make you hate me.

Garibay: Excuse me?

Felicity: Is it what I said about ordering the books, or did you look in my record and see something you didn't like?

Garibay: I've been a professor a long time. Twice as long as you've been alive plus a few years. You want to be a teacher's pet, sign up for Mr. Jergensen, he's not tenured.

Felicity: No, I--I don't need to be teacher's pet.

Garibay: Then you'll do just fine. The beauty is that you don't need to be ok with me to learn something in my class. My advice is this: Don't worry about me....worry about you. (leaves)

Cut to Felicity walking in her dorm. Noel steps out of his room.

Noel: Hey. I, uh, I heard about the...

Felicity: Can we not talk about it.

Noel: Yeah, sure.

Felicity: Thanks for the chocolate.

Noel: So, we'll, uh.....take a rain check on that dance, which is ok.

She smiles.

Cut to Felicity sleeping in bed and an empty container next to her. Someone knocks at her door. She slowly wakes up after the second knock. The door opens. Ben pops his head in.

Ben: (low whisper) Hey, it's Ben. I'm sorry, I'd thought you might still be up.

Felicity: (sleepy) Oh. Oh, you can come in.

Ben: Yeah. (closes the door.)

Felicity pats her bed, and moves the container.

Ben: (sits) You know, I was only at the uh,....I was only at the party for a little while, but I think people has a pretty good time.

Felicity: Oh, that's nice. Did you hear my tape?

Ben: No, not really.

Felicity: Yeah, you did. (pauses) So how'd that um...that acting thing go?

Ben: Uh, I should thank you sort of. You sort of helped me out with that.

Felicity: Oh, I did?

Ben: Yeah. Yeah, it went ok. It was pretty good.

Felicity: That's great.

Ben: Yeah. I'm getting the hell out of that class though.

They both laugh.

Felicity: Um....

Ben: So, look....I,uh, I got a favor to ask. When I was doing that thing for drama. I, uh, sort of left my keys in the classroom.

Felicity: You lost your keys?

Ben: Yeah. And none of my roommates are home, so....um...do you think I could stay in here. I mean, I would stay on the floor.

Felicity: (wide-eyed) You want to sleep in my room?

Ben: Yeah, I mean, if that's cool. And if you're roommate doesn't mind, yeah.

Felicity: Oh, yeah. I mean, you can sleep in Meghan's bed. She, uh, she's never here at night.

Ben: All right. Thank you.

Felicity: Mmmm.....

Ben: Ok, I'm gonna go pass out.

Felicity: Yeah, me too.

Ben: Goodnight.

Felicity watches as Ben goes to Meghan's bed and slowly falls back to sleep.

Next morning, the some party goers pass out around the party area.

Sally: Dear Felicity, Ok. Brace yourself. A guy asked me out. He's a teacher at the elementary school.

Cut to Felicity sleeping in bed.

Sally: His name's Emmitt, for God sakes. But I said no for now.

Felicity slowly rises from bed and looks over at Ben, sleeping.

Sally: I'm still not ready to move past John.

Felicity walks over to Ben and looks at him sleep. She sits down next to the bed.

Sally: It's sort of like what you were saying on your last tape. How, on one hand, expectations can inspire you, but then again, they can really let you down. I'm just not ready to be let down quite yet. But you know me...I still have hope....that one day....maybe even pretty soon...I'll take a chance again, in the horrible face of expectation, and maybe it'll even be worth it.



The End