Try Again (A Scripted Series)-Part One

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INT. PARKING LOT – DAY

Music blasts from Abram's car as he lounges on the hood, drumming his sticks on a textbook. The driver's door still open. Mr. Edwards emerges from the building. Shakes his head. Approaches Abram.

MR. EDWARDS

What are you doing?

ABRAM

Practicing, sir. I've got to stay sharp.

MR. EWARDS

Get down from there. Now.

Abram slides off the car. Tosses his book and sticks in the back seat, turns off the radio and shuts the door.

ABRAM

I get it. Not your style.

MR. EDWARDS

What are you doing, huh? Are you trying to fail my class?

ABRAM

No offense, Mr. Edwards, but your class just doesn't do it for me.

MR. EDWARDS

You're so close to making it out of here. Why are you fighting so hard to be a failure?

ABRAM

Maybe I just don't care.

MR. EDWARDS

After everything your sister sacrificed for you, you're just going to throw it all away? You're better than that.

ABRAM

Yeah, well, maybe you're wrong about me.

MR. EDWARDS

That's up to you. But I'm going to give you one more shot to get back in there and finish that test because everyone deserves a second chance. Whether they believe it or not.

He walks away, his words sinking in.

INT. HISTORY CLASS – DAY

Flynn is tapping his pencil wildly against his desk. The knob jiggles. He looks up. Savannah knocks on the door. Flynn jumps up.

FLYNN

Thank, God. You guys almost got me killed. What took you so long?

TRISTEN

Relax. We got held up.

Savannah fiddles with the storage cabinet. She gets it open. Tristen grabs his phone.

TRISTEN

You're more efficient with that thing than you should be.

Savannah smiles and goes back to her seat. Tristen sits, navigates through his phone. Torie enters.

TRISTEN

Where'd you go?

TORIE

I don't want to talk about it. You got it open.