LOLA AND I

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LOLA AND I

By

Anthony L.

Copyrighted by Anthony LEntertainment.


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FADE IN:

EXT. ELLENS BEDROOM-MORNING

Ten year old girl ELLEN SPENCER is leaning on her desk as

she picks up a sharpened yellow pencil from her Bugs Bunnymug. The girl has blonde hair tied into a ponytail and wearsthin glasses. Next to her is a neatly placed pile ofbirthday invitation letters and white envelopes. Ellen picksup one invitation and starts writing with a small smile onher face.

ELLENS P.O.V.-INVITATION

Ellens handwriting reads "YOU ARE INVITED TO ELLENS 10THBIRTHDAY" and the invitation also has one of her friendsname, along with her address and contact details.

Ellen stops writing,swipes an envelope off the desk andslips the invitation inside. Holding the envelope like aprized trophy, Ellen quickly puts the envelope and gets asudden paper cut on her right thumb.

ELLENOw!

Ellen temporarily sucks the pain out of her thumb andcontinues with her invitation-writing routine.

EXT. SCHOOLYARD-LATER

During lunchtime, ELLEN is outside her school and at theplayground. With a rather anxious smile on her dial, Ellentries to pass out her invitations to the other kids whorudely ignores her.

INT. CHESSIRE MOTORS MANUFACTURING PLANT-DAY

Ellens father DAN is a young engine assembler for ChessireMotors-A humble All-American Car Company which specializesin making sedans, family vans and golf karts. The companysmotto (as stated on the big red sign behind Dan) is "WORTHSPEEDING". Dan appears to be in his early thirties. Both hisface and lean physique is best suited for a white collaroffice rather than being a glorified mechanic. Afterconnecting valves into a hunk of engine metal, Dan takes hissafety goggles off and uses a hankerchief to wipe the sweatoff his forehead. Exhausted, Dan glances to his plasticblack wristwatch and takes a short break.

INT. ELLENS KITCHEN-AFTERNOON

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After coming back from school, ELLEN is seen speaking to herfriend over the phone. Her GRANDMOTHER is washing dishes atthe kitchen sink. Ellen appears disappointed as she crossesout her friends name off her guest list with a black pen.

C.U. GUEST LIST

All the kids on Ellens guest list are marked out whichsadly indicates no one from Ellens elementary school iscoming to her tenth birthday.

INT. KITCHEN-NEXT DAY

Its finally Ellens birthday.Ellens GRANDMOTHER puts thefinal icing on her granddaughters birthday cake. The cakeis rectangle, creamy and its what every kid wants at his orher party.

INT. DEPARTMENT STORE-GIRLS TOY AISLE

Still wearing his engineer gear and in the middle of hislunch time break, DAN is searching for a present to Ellen.He holds two different Barbie dolls and looks a bitconfused. A random female shopper looks at him oddlyand Dan feels a bit embarrassed.

EXT. BACKYARD-SAME TIME

There is a banner hanging between two trees which reads

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLEN!" The picnic table is covered withdecorations and assortments including plates, party poppersand party hats. Even a pinata can be seen hanging under atree branch.

Despite the party decorations, ELLEN is sitting on aplayground swing. Alone and miserable.

C.U. KITCHEN WINDOW

Both Ellens GRANDPARENTS are watching their granddaughterfrom inside the kitchen and express concerned.

EXT. FRONTYARD/DRIVEWAY-NIGHT

DANS old 1980s brown sedan (Made by Chessire Motors ofcourse) pulls up into the driveway with its headlightsshining on the garage door. Ellens father steps out of hissedan and enters the front door. He carries a plastic bagwith Ellens present inside.

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INT. DINING ROOM

DAN enters the living room and sees his parents sitting downand bored. GRANDPA is reading the local newspaper andGRANDMA is just waiting with her elbow on the table.

DANS POV

The birthday cake is covered with plastic wrap anduntouched, while several birthday decorations were alsostanding still and useless. Dans concerns became true.

DANNo one came right?

GRANDPA

*sarcasm* You think.

GRANDMA

Now George. Stop it.

GRANDPA

*sighs* Sorry Bonnie.

DANGeez. Its the fifth year in a row.Now I dont know why we bother.

GRANDMOTHERDont say that Daniel. Shes stilla kid. Even kids have a hard timemaking friends.

DAN

*Sighs* Poor Ellen. Where is shenow?

GRANDMOTHERUpstairs at her room.

Dan is about to leave the kitchen until his father asks hima question.

GRANDFATHERWhats in the bag?

DAN(PATS ON THE PACKAGE)

Well dad. Its something to redeemeverything.

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INT. ELLENS BEDROOM-NIGHT

ELLEN is sitting against her desk and buries her head intoGrade 4 math books. She looks more concentrated on herhomework, ignoring what happened to her birthday.

SFX. DOOR KNOCK

ELLENCome in.

DAN walks into his daughters room and tries his best incheering up his birthday girl. His right hand is hidingsomething behind his back. Ellen could make her guesses.

DAN(SMILES)

Hows my little girl doing? Hittingthe big 1-0 yet?

Ellen is still doing her homework and not looking up to seeher father.

ELLENNice try dad.

DAN

*Sighs* I know nobody came to yourparty this afternoon. I am sorry Icouldnt be there.

ELLEN

(ALMOST EMOTIONLESS ANDDENIAL)

Thats okay dad. It happenedbefore. Its no big deal. At leastI have time to finish homework.

Dan gets closer to Ellen. He knows his daughter is hidingher true feelings.

DANEllen. Listen to me. I know lifehas been tough in the last fouryears since your mother

*long

pause* left, but I guarantee you Iwill deliver the best for both ofus.

ELLENI know.

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DANAnyway heres something you wouldlike.

Excited, Dan instantly reveals Ellens present ware not onebut two Barbie dolls. Oddly enough, they werent gift

wrapped.

ELLEN(SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED)

Theyre not gift wrapped dad.

DANHuh?

ELLENTheyre not really birthdaypresents if theyre not giftwrapped. Those are not gift

wrapped.

Dan is speechless and a bit upset. Ellen quickly realizesher mistake.

ELLEN

*Breathes in* But I guess thethought that counts.

Dan comes closer to Ellen, kneels down and puts his hand onher shoulder.

DAN

Hey. I know your birthdays are lessthan spectacular. I know what itslike being alone and not havingfriends. But no matter what, I willalways be here.

ELLENThanks dad.

DANSo everything is cool now?

ELLENYes. But I want to know something.

DANSure sweetie. What is it?

Ellen browses through her homework sheet and looks back ather father.

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ELLEN

*Pauses* How do you divide a commondenominator and then multiply itwith the number of pi?

DAN

(SMILES)Beats the heck out of me.

INT. CHESSIRE MOTORS MANUFACTURING PLANT-NEXT DAY

DAN is testing a new engine until his short, pudgy bossSMITH (wears white shirt, tie and orange helmet) has newsfor his loyal employee.

SMITHSpencer!

Dan is wearing ear muffs as the thundering sounds of

mechanical construction cover Smiths voice.

SMITH(LOUDER)

*Taps on Dan Spencers shoulder*SPENCER!

Dan turns around and sees Smith. He takes his ear muffs offand temporary switches off the engine.

DANYeah?

SMITHGood news. Remember that job youapplied for six months ago?

DANYou mean, engine assemblingsupervisor?

SMITHYes and you just got it!

DAN(HAPPY)

About time! Why so long?

SMITHYou know how messed up the jobapplication process is. But you myfriend, you are moving up.

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DANGreat. When do I start?

SMITH(NERVOUS)

Umm..you might want to ask "Wheredo I start?"

DANWhat do you mean?

SMITHWell...theres going to be a newplant at Centreville and most ofthe staff whos going to work thereare new and overseas..

DANAnd they want someone American towork there?

SMITHThat and someone experienced.

Dan pauses as he realise he and Ellen has to move to a newtown and start their lives all over again.

DANSounds more like a transfer than apromotion.

SMITHCome on Dan. They need youthere. People will kill for thisopportunity. Plus the pay is betterthan what are you doing now. Sowhat do you say?

Dan looks at his boss one last time.

INT. LIVING ROOM-NIGHT

The grandparents have packed their luggage and ready todrive back to their house. ELLEN is sitting on her coach andwatching an old black and white mobster movie on a small

flatscreen TV.

ANGLE ON TV

With the remote control on hand, Ellen flicks throughchannels. She sees a Betty Boop cartoon on one channel,random talk show programs and finally stops channel surfngwhen shes sees classic actress Rita Hayworth on TV. Somehowwatching something from the 40s intrigue her.

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DAN enters the house and sees everyone looking at him.

GRANDMAWe packed up everything and yourfather and I are ready to go backhome.

DANFunny thing you mentioned abouthome...

Ellen becomes curious.

EXT. HIGHWAY-SEVERAL DAYS LATER

The Spencers brown sedan drives toward a rising sun as DANand ELLEN makes their way to Centreville. There aresuitcaeses tied at the top of the car. The highway lines onthe road increasingly resemble to blurs as the car passes

under a bridge.

INT. SPENCERS CAR

The song Symphony For The Devil by The Rolling Stones isplaying from the radio.

DAN is driving as he looks at his duaughter ELLEN who isstill in quiet mode since the announcement. Dan tries tocheer her up by singing along with the radio.

DAN(SINGING)

Is the nature of my game, um meanit, get down. Woo, who. Oh yeah,get on down. Oh yeah!

Without a smile or smirk,

Ellen just rolls her eyes. Dan feels awkward.

DAN(TURNS RADIO OFF)

Err...I dont think this song issuitable for kids.

ELLENWhy are we moving...again?

DANI keep telling you Ellen. I got anew job at the car company but wehave to move to Centreville first.

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ELLENWhats so great about Centreville?

DANUmmm...lets see. Its the home ofThe Centreville Cats football team,

they have natural parks, theresthat House of Twine touristattraction...

ELLENI dont care about that. Do yourealise everyone in Centreville aregoing to treat us as strangers? Weare not going to fit in. Its nosuprise that you are planning tosend me to some new school where Iwont be able to make friends andstick out like a thumbtack.

DANDont think like that, Ellie. Useyour imagination and thinkpositive. As your grandma wouldsay, "All good things come intime." You will make friends and wewill fit in with everyone in town.Youll see. Youll see.

ELLENI hope so.

An exit sign to Centreville is seen. The car turns left andexits the highway.

EXT. CENTREVILLE TOWN SQUARE-DAY-AN HOUR LATER

Centreville is a mix between the suburbs and thecountryside. The Spencers are driving into CENTREVILLE TOWNSQUARE which resembles to the Hill Valley Town Square fromBack To The Future. The town square has its own small parkat the centre and the area is surrounded with shops and gasstations.

Ellen watches the town through her window and is less thanimpressed.

Their car drives passed the CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLand the CENTREVILLE MALL.

EXT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-FRONTYARD-DAY

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The Spencers new Centreville house is dramaticallydifferent from their last house. Their last house looks likea typical white suburban home. Their new house is placed inthe middle of a Centreville forrest and looks like it couldbe haunted. Calling it new is an understatement. TheCentreville home is run-down, brown and its exterior is made

out of wood. The house desperately needs renovation.

ELLENWoah. This place needs a womanstouch.

Ellen looks closer of her new home.

ELLENOr anyones touch for that matter.

DAN(OPTIMISTIC)

*Places hand on Ellens shoulder*Sure it doesnt look much now, butwith a little hard work, we cancall this place home.

ELLENBut for now Ill call it a dump.

DANNow Ellie. Remember what I saidduring the trip? If you thinkpositively you could achieveanything.

ANGLE ON ROOF GUTTER

A crow innocently lands on the rusty roof gutter and thecrows weight accidentally causes the gutter to break andfall down to the grass, leaving Dan speechless.

ELLEN(SARCASTIC)

So you were saying?

INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-LIVING ROOM-NIGHT

Luggages were placed on the floor and remained unopened.Sounds of munching and fast food wrappers opening are heardfrom the dining room.

INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-KITCHEN

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DAN and ELLEN are sitting at a small table and having TacosBurgers for dinner. Fast food wrappers and soft drinks areseen on top of the table. Dan is finishing off his salsaburger, while Ellen is chewing on fries. The dining roomwall is covered with some gunk and theres spider webs oneach ceiling corner. Both father and daughter are having aconversation about old movies.

ELLENDad did you remember to bring thefirst Godfather DVD?

DAN

*Swallows burger* Yes, but arentyou too young to watch that stuff?The bit with the horse freaked meout when I was at your age.

ELLENCmon Dad. That horse head is fake.

Besides I like seeing old movies.We can start from the first KingKong to the Godfather trilogy. Howabout it?

DANThat would be fun, but you need tosleep early because tomorrow isgoing to be a big day.

ELLENCool. Tomorrow we can paint thehouse together and fix this placeup.

DANUmmm...dont worry about thatpumpkin. I will be doing thosethings.

ELLEN(CURIOUS)

So what am I doing tomorrow then?

Dan gives Ellen a "Wellll..." facial expression and Ellen

instantly knows the answer.

ELLEN(IN FEAR)

Uh-oh.

SFX. RINGING SCHOOL BELL

EXT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-NEXT DAY

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The sun is out for the students at Centreville ElementarySchool. A flood of backpack-wearing kids walk towards theschools entrance.

A group of tweenage girls (aged from 10-12) are gossiping infront of the entrances stairways. They are five of them and

their leader is LAURIEL. LAURIEL wears slightly rich whitejacket and her shirt and pants resemble to what a girlantagonist wears from a Disney or Nickelodeon tween show. Infact her four friends, JESS, TESS, NESS and BESS dresssimilar to Bratz dolls but not as over the top. The cliquewere mumbling about Facebook and texting until they see theSPENCERS car pull up at the schools driveway. Laurielsenses a new girl in the midst and the girls quietly gigglesafter glimising DANs dodgy looking car.

INT. SPENCERS CAR

ELLEN is wearing a flannel jacket and plain casual clothes.

She doesnt like what she sees outside. DAN quickly comfortsher.

DANHere we are.

Ellen remains quiet.

DANMy new boss was nice enough toarrange you to be here. He promisesthe principle and the teachers willmake you feel comfortable as

possible.

ELLEN

*Sighs* Whatever. Thats what thelast boss said.

DANHonestly honey. Youve been to newschools before and you fitted inwell. You just need to make newfriends.

ELLENYou mean the kids of yourco-workers who are forced to be myfriends?

DANDont say that Ellen. You are asmart and brilliant girl. You needto communicate more. You know.

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DAN (contd)

Discuss your favorite hobbies,favorite TV show or maybe meet akid who likes The Godfather. *Shortpauses* Maybe not Godfather. Youknow. Something that you both like.

ELLENI will try, but I cant promiseanything.

DANYou dont need to. Just keep ontrying.

Ellen simply nods.

DANDont forget the piece of paper Igave you earlier okay?

ELLENI wont.

DANIf there is any consolation, Imnervous about my new job tomorrowtoo. Not even sure if theres abathroom inside.

ELLEN

*Laughs* Youll do well.

DANThanks. Now get out there and hitthe books.

Both father and daughter have a brief hug.

EXT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ELLEN finally exits the car and carries a blue backpack. DANtakes a last look at her and drives off.

ELLENs POV

The entrance to Centreville Elementary School is bigger (andmore daunting) than she thought.

Ellen sighs and walks through the big, towering doors. Sheis unaware that LAURIEL and her clique are secretly gigglingbehind her back.

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-MAIN HALLWAY

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ELLEN looks around the hallway. Over fifty kids were eithertalking among themselves, putting their bags inside theirlockers nor heading towards class. Not one of them tooknotice of her. She gets out the piece of paper her fathermentioned earlier and reads the scribbled information abouther classroom.

ELLEN(WHISPERS TO HERSELF)

Room 4B...room 4B...where are you?

Ellens eyes are directly on that small piece of paper andlittle did she know she is walking towards a tall thin man(aged in his late thirties)named DR. EUGENE PERRYSON.Perryson is wearing a suit and tie and carries a brownsuitcase. The man has flat hair and has the expression ofpompousness. His facial and physical appearance eerily andEXACTLY resembles to Sheldon Cooper from TVs "The Big BangTheory."

Ellen accidentally bumps into Perryson.

ELLEN(BUMPS INTO PERRYSON)

Ooff!

The bump causes Perryson to drop his suitcase to the groundand the suitcase pops open. Perryson becomes annoyed.

DR. PERRYSON(RAISE EYEBROW)

Excuse you young lady.

ELLENIm really sorry sir.

MR. PERRYSONArent you aware of our two waywalking system?

ELLENHuh?

DR. PERRYSON

*Sighs* In order to stop hallways

from being overcrowded andcongested, there is a line on thefloor as you can see below. *Pointsto the ground*

ELLENS P.O.V.

Ellen looks down to the grimy green vinyl floor and sees sheis standing on a red taped line.

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DR. PERRYSONSimilar to a car on highway road,students who are walking inwardsshould stay on the left lane, whilestudents who are passing outwardsneed to stay on the right lane.

Students who need to walk in au-turn need to indicate and lookout for passing students or riskbody collision. And furthermore....

ELLENS P.O.V.

Kids following the traffic rules on the hallway andPerrysons lips blabbing. In Ellens view, Perryson is onlysaying "Blah, blah, blah."

Perryson continues to refer students as speeding vehicles asEllen appears bored and confused. Ellen is about to nod off

until she hears a mysterious womans voice, with a Brooklynaccent, inside her head.

LOLA (O.S.)

*Voice echoing* Blah, blah, blah.Blabity smackity. Please. Please.Please. Shut this guys trapkiddo.

Ellen wakes up a bit and gets her focus back.

DR. PERRYSON

*Continues rambling* Do I make

myself clear?

ELLENDid you hear someone talk?

DR. PERRYSON(STOTIC)

I beg your pardon?

ELLENNot you. I heard some lady talkingto me. I didnt see her. She mighthave gone off somewhere.

DR. PERRYSON(LOOKS CURIOUS)

Its probably your imagination.

ELLENYeah.

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DR. PERRYSONIm sorry but are you new to thisschool? I dont think Ive seenyour face here before.

ELLENYes Im Ellen Spencer. Todays my

first day here.

DR. PERRYSON

*Forgiving smile* O h I d oapologize. I am Doctor Perryson. Iam the school psychologist ofCentreville Elementary School.

ELLENOh okay. Can you show me where room4B is?

DR.PERRYSON

$B? Hmmm. You must be in Miss.Kaminskys Grade Four class. Keepgoing straight to the hallway, turnleft at the drinking fountain, keepgoing straight again and youll seeher classroom next to thetrophy case. You cant miss it.

ELLENUm...thanks.

Ellen walks away from Perryson. Her eyes were rolling.Perryson is a jerk, but he is a school psychologist? Aint

school psychologist nice to be begin with? Ellen realizesshe is at a strange land.

DR.PERRYSON(VOICE RAISED)

Dont forget to stay on onelane!*Picks up suitcase off floorand heads off*

EXT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-LIVING ROOM

DAN is wearing overalls as he repaints the living room.Green paint and paintbrushes are lying on a white fabricmat. Ellens father is whistling the theme to "The A-Team"as he opens the lid off the paint can. He dips the brushinto a paint like a piece of meat in barbeque sauce. Danslops the paint on the wall and is about to stroke his brushuntil SMASH! Dan accidentally breaks a fist-sized hole onthe old, frail wall. Dan stops whistling.

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DAN(SUPRISED)

Darn it.

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-MISS KAMINSKYS CLASSROOM

ELLEN has finally found Room 4B-her Grade 4 class led byteacher MISS. IRENE KAMINSKY. Irene (aged late 20s-early30s) has long red hair, fit and generally a nice teacher whokids can follow. Irene wears a long sleeve top and whitepants.

As Ellen expected, it is the typical "MEET THE NEW STUDENT"school ritual.She is standing in front of the classrom withIrene standing next to her. The class consist of LAURIEL,JESS, TESS, NESS, BESS and ten otherbored-out-of-their-skull students. Under their desks,Lauriel and her clique are secretly texting each other

through their fancy and slick cell phones. They are quietlygiggling as usual.

Among the other bored students is a Vietnamese-American girlnamed REN who constantly looks at the classroom wall, hopingthe clock hits 3.30 PM.

The young teacher gets the class attention and startsspeaking in her slighty shrill voice.

IRENEOkay class. This is our new studentEllen Spencer. Everybody say "hi"

to her.

ALL STUDENTS(BORED AND MONOTONE)

Hi.

Irene deliberatly coughs ("A-HEM") as a reminder to theclass.

ALL STUDENTS(THIS TIME WITH FEELING)

Hi Ellen.

IRENEThats better. *Looks at Ellen*. SoEllen where did you come from?

Ellen feels nervous.

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ELLENWell me and my dad first moved fromMiddleton to Nearburg two years agoand *Gets interruppted*

LAURIEL(RUDELY INTERRUPTS ELLEN)

You moved twice? What are you acircus freak?

Most of the class, except Irene and Ren, starts laughing.Ellen frowns.

IRENE(SERIOUS)

Lauriel. Dont be rude.

The class shushes up again.

IRENE

Please continue Ellen.

ELLENUmmm...okay. My dad got a new jobat the Chessire Motors car companyand we now live at Centreville. Wejust moved in.

Lauriel and her clique were whispering to each other. Ellenlooks suspicious as she thinks the girls were saying nastythings about her.

IRENE

Fantastic. You and your dad willfit in just fine.

ELLENI hope so.

IRENESo class. Do you have any questionsyou want to ask Ellen?

With a shifty smile on her face, Lauriel raises her hand up.

IRENE(ALMOST RELUCTANT)

*Pause* Yes Lauriel?

LAURIELIve got a question.

Ellen waits in anticipation.

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LAURIELIs you and your dad poor?

IRENE(MAD)

Lauriel!

ELLEN(LOOKS AT LAURIEL)

Excuse me?

LAURIEL(CONT)

I saw you two this mornin. Yourcar looks like is bought from thedump.

Lauriels goons join in.

JESSThey must have came out from thehomeless shelter.

The clique cruelly laugh like hyenas surrounding their prey.

ELLEN(UPSET)

Thats not true!

LAURIELThen how come your dad dressed likea janitor today?

TESSI know he is really the janitor atthe car factory!

Lauriel and the girls keeps making bad jokes as most of theclass were laughing. Ren appears embarrsed shes in a classfull of clowns. The classroom is making a raucus.

IRENE(YELLING)

Quiet everyone quiet!

As the insults continue, Ellen just stands in front of theclassroom. She didnt cry, but appears to have her spiritsbroken.


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INT. SCHOOL BUS-AFTERNOON

Still upset about what happened at her class, ELLEN sits ona chair by herself as the bus drives her home. A RANDOM KIDfrom her classroom throw a paper ball at her just to mockher. Ellen didnt finch at all.

INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-LIVING ROOM-LATER

DAN is covering the hole on the wall with a gap filler. Mostof the living room wall is painted. The door opens and ELLENenters the house.

Dan notices his daughter.

DANHi there sunshine. How was yourfirst day at CentrevilleElementary?

Looking mad, Ellen faces her father.

ELLEN(CROSSED)

It sucks crap!

Dan becomes stunned. He never thought his daughter would saysomething like that.

Before Dan could say or do anything, Ellen runs upstairs andshuts her bedroom door.

INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-ELLENS ROOM

ELLEN is lying face first on her bed. After having her firstbad day at school, Dan Spencers little girl is drawingrandom pictures on her dotted notebook. Her mind is driftedas she illustrates.

ANGLE ON NOTEPAD

Ellens drawings include flowers, cars, tress and somerandom smiling lady wearing a long-sleeved dress and curly,wavy hair.

SFX. DOOR KNOCK

ELLEN(UPSET)

Leave me alone.

Without saying anything, DAN immediately walks into Ellensroom and appears to be serious. Ellen stops drawing.

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DANYou could have just said "No"earlier.

Ellen sits up. Her eyebrows are crossed.

ELLEN

This is your fault. If it werentfor that new job of yours, we wouldhave never moved here.

Dan sits down on the mattress next to Ellen. He expresses abit of guilt but he is willing to defend himself.

DAN

*Breathes heavily* I know itstough to be at a new place. We beenthrough this before.

Ellen stays still.

DANYou can keep getting upset but thatwont do anything. As I always sayto you, things will get better intime. Trust me. You will getfriends and my new job is good forboth of us.

Ellen rolls her eyes a bit, but Dan isnt too bothered byit.

ELLEN

*Sighs* Okay dad.

DANNow. Tell me whats reallybothering you?

ELLEN

*Short pause* I got picked on bybullies today. Some girls from myclass saw us this morning and saidwe were freaks.

DANFreaks?

ELLENYeah. We were circus freaks andpoor people.

Ellen looks ashamed but her father comforts her as usual.

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DANYou know all that stuff they saidare not true. This is your firsttime being bullied right?

Ellen nods.

DANOkay then. Heres what will stopthem from picking on you.

Ellen listens.

DAN

*Places hand on Ellens shoulder*Ignore them.

Ellen isnt sure what her father said.

SFX. SPORTS WHISTLE

INT. SCHOOL GYM-BASKETBALL COURT-NEXT DAY

ELLENS P.O.V.

With an almost evil smile on her face, LAURIEL chucks a reddodgeball towards ELLEN. The dodgeball hit Ellens stomach.

ELLEN(COVERS HER STOMACH IN MILDPAIN)

Ooofff.

Ellens class is having a PE class run by bolding,pot-bellied male teacher COACH BELZER. All of the studentsare wearing green and yellow PE sports uniforms, accompaniedwith sneakers. They are at the basketball court section ofthe school gym. The court doubles for a game of dodgeballhas just finished and Ellens team lost.

COACH BELZER

*Whistles* Spencer. Youre out!Moss team wins!

Moss happens to Lauriels surname as Lauriel and her cliquefriends celebrate their victory.

Ellen is in a crouching position as she is catching herbreath. She breathes for awhile and then puts her glassesback on from her pocket.

Belzer looks at Ellen.

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COACH BELZERSpencer. I have a job for you.

Ellen sighs and starts listening.

COACH BELZER

I want you to take the dodgeballsand safety pins back to the storageroom at the back.

Ellen just looks at Belzer.

COACH BELZER(IMPATIENT)

Cmon. Chop-chop!

Without arguing, Ellen agress and collects all theequipment. Sadly, nobody helps her while the rest of theclass awaits Belzers orders.

COACH BELZERFor the rest of you. Hit theshowers!

While Ellen stacks the safety cones one on one, Laurieljoins JESS and TESS.

LAUIREL(MISCHIVOUS SMILES)

Hey. Do you want to see somethingfunny?

INT. SCHOOL GYM-STORAGE ROOM

As people would expect, the storage room is filled withsports equipment, sport balls and dust. The room is dimlybrighten by a small sunny window. The door opens and incomes ELLEN. Minding her own business, Ellen followed her PEteachers orders and brought all the dodgeball equipmentinside.

EXT. SCHOOL GYM-STORAGE ROOM-ENTRANCE DOOR

The door is open until LAURIELS hand holds onto the doorhandle and *SLAM* shuts the door close. Then TESS lays afolded steel chair against the door and blocks the doorhandle from opening. JESS is standing next to them and shetries not to giggle loudly.


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ELLEN notices the door is shut close and realises she istrapped. She turns the handle but the door didnt budge. Sheis stuck and doesnt know why.

ELLEN

(PANICS)Hey! I am still here. Let me outplease! *Bangs door*

EXT. SCHOOL GYM-STORAGE ROOM-ENTRANCE DOOR

LAURIEL, JESS and TESS are laughing their heads off andhigh-fiving each other. They look proud of trapping the newgirl inside a storage room.

COACH BELZER (O.S.)Come on everyone. Lets go!

Belzer is too occupied in bringing order to his class thathe forgets about Ellen and focuses everyone getting into thechange room.

LAURIELYou heard him? Lets go girls.

The clique girls laugh and walks away from the storage room,ignoring Ellens cry for help.


ELLEN(STILL TAPPING ON DOOR)

Get me out please! This is notfunny anymore!

ELLENS right hand becomes red sore and she takes herselfaway from the door. The poor girl gives up, kicks the duston the floor and then sits on it. Her spirit has beenbroken. Legs crossed and hand under her chin. Ellen reflectson the misery she went through since moving to Centreville.She breathes in and out for several seconds.

The ten year old has shed one tear from each eye. Ellen isabout to cry until she notices something strange.

ELLENS P.O.V.

Basketballs start rolling off a shelf.

The floor starts shaking as if an earthquake is occuringunder her very feet.

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SFX. SHAKING METALIAC SHELVES AND SPORT BALLS BOUNCING.

Light bulbs break instantly as if a power surge isoccurring. Sports equipments crash to the ground and sportballs were bouncing to the fall. Ellen screams a bit.Nothing is protecting her but nothing is hitting or harmingher. The indoor earthquake is rumbling until the entire room

went into darkness. Even the sun outside the windowdisappears. The whole place disappears as Ellen wonders whatthe heck is going on.

ELLEN(CONFUSED AND A BITFRIGHTENED)

Ummm....hello?

It is if the world has ended in front of Ellens eyes untila bright spotlight lands on her. The spontaneous lightalmost blinds her. Ellen covers her eyes a bit until shehears something. A voice. A familiar voice. A familiar

female Brooklyn-accent voice coming through a microphone.Jazz instrumential music starts playing out of nowhere.

LOLA (O.S.)Ladies and gentlemen. Boys andgirls. And girl wearing gym shortsand glasses. Its time to get awayfrom your troubles, ignore yourobscurties, throw your stress away,sit-down, relax and enjoy the show.Because its time for *Pause*

ELLENS P.O.V.

In front of Ellen, huge lightbulb set brightens up asletters that spell "LOLA" and there is a silloutte of a athin, slender woman wearing a long-sleeved dress and wavy,curly hair standing in front of the LOLA set.

Another spotlight turns on and the mystery woman isrevealled. Her dress is glittery pink, her lips is coloredstrawberry red, her skin is snow white, her height is 58"and her hair is brown. The mystery woman, 29 or 30 yearsold, wears jewllery. She is speaking through a vintagemicrophone. There is a rose placed in her curly hair and the

color of her eyes are brown, while her smile is shiny white.She looks at Ellen who is standing still in shock and awe.This mystery woman is sure is beautiful.

LOLA(SMILES)

Lola. Lola Mahoney!

Ellen is speechless.

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LOLASo. Do you have a song request?

Ellen finally says something in response.

ELLEN

(SCREAMS LIKE MACULEY CULKEN)AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lola stares oddly as Ellen keeps on screaming. The mysterywoman who dress like if shes from the 1930s or 1940s hadenough and opens her right palm and does a "Talk To TheHand" pose. Almost out of instinct, Ellen stops screaming.The two strangers look squarely each other as spotlightscontinue to shine on them.

LOLA(SMILES)

Now thats better.

ELLEN(SHIVERS)

Are you a *gulp*...a..

LOLAA charming, beautiful, talentedlounge singer in the whole wideworld *sings* Sha-la-la-la! *stopssinging*?

ELLEN

*Pause* No. A ghost.

LOLA(RAISE EYEBROWS)

No kiddo. Just because I appear outof nowhere and scare you does notmake me a ghost.

ELLENThen who or what are you?

LOLAJust say Im a friend of yours.

Ellen listens to the mystery womans voice. She heard thatvoice before.

ELLENWait a minute. Your voice. You weretalking to me yesterday and youdisappeared before I could see you.

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LOLAWho said I disappeared honey?

Ellen had enough.

ELLENOkay lady. Who are you and what do

you want from me?

LOLAI could ask you the same question,Ellie.

ELLEN

*Grunts* This is ridiculous! Imgetting out of this room. Forgetyou!

The ten year old turns her back on Lola. Without hernoticing, the spotlight follows Ellen to the door.

LOLAYou want some help?

Ellen looks back at the wacky lounge singer.

ELLEN(CYNICAL)

I could ask you the same question.

Lola gets upset and like magic, a cup of tea instantlyappears on her right hand. The pretty woman takes a sip ofit and chucks it away.

LOLA

*Huffs and puffs* You think I cantbreak the door down, because I am

*A pause* a woman!?

ELLENWhat?

LOLA(INSULTED)

You heard me TOOTS! I am not going

to stay here and do nothing, whileyou get all the glory. I can breakall doors down with my ownundeniable strength as I am WOMAN!Hear me *Accidentally lets out along, loud, feminineBUUURRRRRPPPPP*

Ellen looks disgusted and confused.

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Lola is surprised and covers her mouth.

LOLA(SARCASTIC)

Well that was *small burp*liberating.

Ellen walk towards Lola and confronts her.

ELLENListen you! I...

The door opens and COACH BELZER barges in. The coach has apermament scowl on his face earlier and holds the foldedchair that was blocking the door handle.

COACH BELZEREllen! What took you so long? Goback to class!

ELLENSorry sir. I was locked and someweird lady popped out of nowhereand..

COACH BELZERWhat lady?

ELLENOh. Shes right next to....

Ellen notices the room is back to its usual self and

everything is back in position. Theres no brokenlightbulbs, no spotlight, no neon signs and finally, noLola.

ELLENMe?

Belzer just shakes his head and Ellen resembles to a deer infront of car headlights. She is figuring out what the heckis happening to her. And importantly, who or what Lola is?

INT. CHESSIRE MOTORS CENTREVILLE PLANT-ASSEMBLING AREA

DAN is having his first day at his new job. The workplace isfamiliar yet slightly different to him. This time he is thenew engine assembling supervisor for the Chessire MotorsCentreville Plant. He is with his new boss WILLARD, aseventy-something year old who is still working and incharge. Both men are wearing safety helmets, name tags andorange vests. Willard is giving a tour to his new employee.

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WILLARD(POINTS LEFT)

Just in case for emergencies,heres the first-aid kit, the fireextinguisher and the safety eyewash station. And that concludes

the tour. So are you ready to workSpencer?

The two men stop walking.

DANIm sure am. And please just callme Dan.

WILLARD(FALSE SMILE)

I *Short pause* rather not.

Dans smile disappears. A little awkward moment between Danand Willard.

DANOkay then.

Willard instantly changes the subject.

WILLARDSo have you and your family settledin good ole Centreville yet?

DAN

Eerr...not yet, Its just me and mydaughter, boss. I am stillrenovating the house and mydaughter Ellen just started school.

WILLARDAnd how about the missus?

Dan looks sad and sympathetic.

DAN

*Short pause* Well there is nomissus.

WILLARDOh. Im sorry about that. Sorry Iasked.

DANDont be.

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Dan and Willard move toward the engine production line.There are five men assembling their individual engines withtools and machinary. Sparks were flying everywhere. Thankgoodness all the workers were wearing googles.

WILLARD

Anyway, here are your teammates.Now excuse me...

In order to get the teams attention, Willard pushed theEmergency Alarm and a horrible, ear-bleeding WHOPPING soundcomes out from the speaker. The Engine Assembling teamgasps.

WILLARD(SHIFTY GRIN)

Relax guys. Theres no fire here. Ijust wanted to get your attention.

*Laughs* You guys should have seen

yourselves scared. You guys are ariot.

The workers grunt.

WILLARD(BACK BEING SERIOUS)

Now. I want you to meet your newsupervisor, Spencer. Please makehim feel welcome here. Treat himlike family...or at least a familyfriend *Pats on Dans shoulder*.

Willard walks away and leaves Dan together with his team.

DAN(FACES HIS ENGINE ASSEMBLINGTEAM)

Hey guys. Call me Dan.

INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-LIVING ROOM

It is the afternoon. After a terrible and somewhat bizzareday at school, ELLEN is sitting on the coach as she watchesa "Hannah Montana"-esque tween sitcom on TV. Ellen tries herbest to forget what happened at the gym and all thatearthquake/weird lady stuff were all in her head.Surprisingly the ten year old is thinking deeply as shewatches her show.

ANGLE ON TV

INT. TV SCHOOL-DAY

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The bubble gum, cheesy tween show is titled COOL FOR SCHOOLand it is set at an awfully bright-colored high school withblue lockers and bright orange walls. The school looks morelike an artificial sitcom/soap opera set. The two giddytween girls CHELSEA and TANYA are talking to each other asthey hold folders and exercise books in their arms.

CHELSEA(HOLDING I-PHONE)

Great news, Tanya! I just got atext from Tommy. He wants me to behis date for the school prom! YEAH!

SFX. CHEERS FROM THE UNSEEN STUDIO AUDIENCE

Chelsea and Tanya shriek in joy.

TANYACool. *Phone rings*

Tanya gets out her own I-phone and looks at the screen.

TANYA(LOOKED SHOCKED)

O-M-G! Phillip tweeted me.

CHELSEAAnd...?

TANYA(BIG SMILES)

We are going to the prom too!

SFX. APPLAUSE FROM STUDIO AUDIENCE

The two TV characters squeal again.

CHELSEAToday is the best day ever. I gotan A for the Math test and youpassed the drivers exam. And nowwe are going to the prom with ourboyfriends! Yeeaaahhhh!!!!

TANYA

Oh hang on. My little brotheraccidentally burnt my prom dresslast week and I havent got enoughmoney to buy a new one.

SFX. LAUGH FROM STUDIO AUDIENCE

Chelsea thinks on how she can help solve her friendsdilema.

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CHELSEAI know! My cousin Sally works atthe new Fashion Sense store and shegives out discounts to friends andfamily.

Both girls look at each other with excitement.

CHELSEAHey Tan.

TANYAYes Chels?

CHELSEAAre you thinking of what Imthinking?

TANYA

Yes I do Chels.

Both Tanya and Chelsea look directly at the camera andbreaks the fourth wall.

BOTH CHELSEA AND TANYAIts shopping time!

SFX. BIGGER LAUGH FROM STUDIO AUDIENCE

TANYAYoure the best friend a girl canhave.

CHELSEAYou too.

Then the TV scene ends with "AWWW" from the unseen audienceand generic pop music blasting from the background.


ELLEN continues to watch the perky show as DAN checks on herdaughter.

DANWhatcha watching princess?

ELLENCool For School.

DANEnjoying it?

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ELLENIts okay, but I wish my life islike that show.

Dan sits down with his daughter. He feels his daughter ishaving the blues again.

DANWhys that?

ELLEN

*Sighs* Because on TV, life isperfect. All problems get solved bythemselves and everyone gets whattheir want.

Dan listens in concern.

ELLENThat include friends and happy

endings.

Dan wraps his arm around his daughter.

DANThat would be nice, but sadlythats all make believe. If youwant to be happy, just be happy.

Ellen didnt respond and Dan notices his pep talk hasbackfired.

DANWell..er...I have to start cooking.Its close to dinner time.

ELLEN(SMALL SMILE)

What are we having?

DANOh something really special andgourmet.

ELLEN

(DISAPPOINTED)Alphabet spaghetti?

DAN(EMBARASSED)

Yeah.

Dan stands up and walks toward the kitchen as Ellen changesthe channel.

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ANGLE ON TV/ELLENS P.O.V.

ELLEN briefly sees a tacky reality TV show featuring twocontestants (one male and one female) arguing inside alocker room.

INT. TV LOCKER ROOM

FEMALE CONTESTANT

*Crying* I dont want to get hurt.

MALE CONTESTANTThen why do you want to become aprofessional wrestler then!?


Ellen shakes her head and changes channel.

INT. TALK SHOW SET

ELLEN is watching an "Oprah"-like talk show titled Mary-Suewhich is filmed in front of a studio audience. Daisy, thehost, is sitting behind a desk and theres a sofa next toher. The crowd (mostly filled with housewives) is static.

MARY-SUEMoving on now. Our next guest isthe author of best-selling selfhelp book "Relax, Be Happy". Pleasewelcome Doctor Bill Lawrance!

The crowd cheers as generic pop music plays live from theshows band.

Ellen is uninterested until someone caught her eyes. Insteadof seeing a man named Bill, she sees that bizzare lady LOLAwaving to the crowd and jumping around on the set.


ELLEN(WHISPERS TO HERSELF)

Not again.

Ellen quickly reaches the remote and changes the channel.

ANGLE ON TV/ELLENS P.O.V.

Ellen is watching a political debate on the local newschannel.

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An old TV ANCHORMAN is asking his guest via satelite.

TV ANCHORMANDo you support the Presidents planto decrease the surplus tax?

On the right side of the screen, LOLA is mysteriously theinterviewee via satelite. She just stands there cluelessly.

TV ANCHORMANWell Im waiting.


ELLEN freaks out a bit as her father is innocently cookingat the kitchen. She continues flicking channels and seesLOLA evrywhere from pre-school shows to documentaries untilshe simply turns the TV off.

Ellen breathes a sign of relief until she hears someonetalk.

LOLADid anyone tell you is rudechanging channels without askingguests what they want to watch?

Ellen immediately turns her head and sees Lola sittingcomfortably next to her, watching TV. Lola is now wearing ablack dress and a french beret (for some reason). She isvibrant as the last time Ellen saw her. Lolas hair is stillcurvey and curly.

ELLENWhat are you doing here?

LOLACan a gal go where ever she wants?

Ellen frowns and Lola notices.

LOLALook we had a bad start and I wantto reintroduce myself in the rightway. So. Hi. Im Lola Mahoney.Pleased to meet you...again.Properly. *Offers handshake*

Ellen doesnt shake Lolas hand.

LOLAOkay then *Takes back handshake*

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ELLENWhere did you come from?

LOLA(PRETENDS TO THINK)

Hmmm. Lets see. Now I remember.The Cloud Nine Club.

ELLENWhats the Cloud Nine Club andwheres that?

LOLAIts the swingiest nightclub intown. Its number one because ofyours truly. I.E. Me!

ELLENYou didnt answer me before and Iwill ask you again? Why are you

here.

LOLAOh Ellie. Im here to set you free.Im going to show you how to havefun. Its time for you to be happyabout yourself.Its time for you toignore what naysayers say and showwhos boss...boss!

ELLENI dont need your help. Im finethe way it is.

LOLAAre you sure?

There is silence between the two until Lola stands up andstarts exploring the Spencers house.

ELLENHey where are you going!?

Lola looks around the living room.

LOLAS P.O.V.

The daffy diva sees paint cans, tools, cobwebs on ceilings,white mats on the floor and cracks on the living room wall.

LOLANice place you got here. If you areopening a ghost train ride. HA!

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ELLENYoure not funny.

LOLAOh lighten up E. Live a little!

Lola scans around the living room and notices Dan at thekitchen. Lola develops a flirty smile.

LOLAHelloooo doctor.

Lola cartwheels her way to the kitchen like an Olympicgymnast. Ellen grunts and follows.

INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-KITCHEN

DAN is setting up dinner by pouring microwavable pasta ontoplates. Little did he know LOLA is peeking from the side of

the kitchens entrance. Lola appears to be attracted to Danuntil ELLEN grabs Lolas arm and drags her away from thekitchen. Dan turns his head to see whats happening.

LOLA(WHILE BEING DRAGGED)

Woah!


The two are back at the living room. ELLEN looks directly atLOLA face-to-face.

ELLENI dont want my dad to see you. Hedoesnt want strangers in the houseand if he sees you, Id be introuble.

LOLAOh my. You really are a worry wart.Ill fix that sooner than later.

Ellen gets curious. Lola gets a microphone behind her back.It is as if the microphone came out of magic.

LOLANow. Any song requests? *Cheesysmile*

ELLENI have one.

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LOLAYou do? Tell me.

ELLENHow about "Get out of my house" byEllen Spencer?

LOLA(CROSSED)

Now thats just rude.

DAN walks into the living room. Ellen and Lola sees him.

DANIs everything okay, Ellen?

ELLEN(NOTICES DAN)

I...

Ellen turns and realises Lola is gone. Again.

ELLENYeah its okay.

DANAre you sure?

Ellen senses day ja vu.

DANI heard you talking about something

from the kitchen. Whats thematter?

ELLENUmmm...nothing. Its probably yourimagination.

Dan just looks at her daughter.

DANCome to the table. Dinner is ready.

Ellen breathes and gets ready for dinner.

EXT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-ENTRANCE-THE NEXT DAY

What is now becomes routine, DAN drops off his daughterELLEN at the front of Centreville Elementary School andheads off to work. Ellen walks up to the entrance until shehears a familiar voice.

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LAURIELHey Spencer!

Ellen looks to her left and sees LAURIEL and three of herclique friends hanging around near the lamp post.

LAURIELBeen to any good storage roomslately?

Ellen frowns and didnt bother to reply. She just headsthrough the entrance as the mean girls laugh. Laughing atEllens expense is what they do best.

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-HALLWAY

As usual, the hallway is packed with kids and teachers whosecretly wish they went back home. ELLEN heads to her

locker, fiddles with the lock and opens the locker door.

ELLENS P.O.V.-LOCKER MIRROR

To her suprise, Ellen didnt see her own reflection on themirror. Instead, she sees a familiar 29-year-old woman withcurly, fayed hair. Ellen makes a statling noise.

LOLA(IN MIRROR REFLECTION)

*Giggles* Mirror mirror on thewall. Who showed the greatest prankof em all?

ELLEN(MAD)

I HATE it when you do stuff likethat!

LOLAHeh. Its funny to see your face.Its priceless! *Imitates Ellensscared face and laughs*

Ellen grunts a bit.

LOLAIn serious note. Im actuallydisappointed in you.

ELLENWhat! How come?

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LOLAYou let those hyenas outside pushyou around. Its time for you tostand up for once. Get some paybackand show the world what youre madeof and *Gets interrupted*

ELLEN(FROWNS, SARCASTIC)

Belch out the alphabet?

LOLADont get ahead of yourself missy.That would be in our next lesson.

ELLENMaybe I should be standing upagainst you then. You been nothingbut trouble Lola.

LOLAHey. Whatever happens, were stillbe buddies. And you know it.

Ellen and Lola continues to talk to each other.

DR. PERRYSON is walking through the hallway. Perryson iswearing a knit patterned suit and still has an arrogant lookon his face. He is carrying a long coffee thermos mug andhis black suitcase. The school psychologist and all-timejerk is minding his own business until he sees somethingvery odd. Perryson and Ellen are only ten footsteps apart.

PERRYSONS P.O.V.

Perryson sees Ellen talking to her own reflection on thelocker mirror.

The deadpan Perryson gets suspicious and walks away.Meanwhile, Ellen continues to talk to Lolas reflection.

LOLATrust me. I know how to overcomefear. Stage fright. Flying. Myuncles polka tribute party. Isurvived them all. You could too.

ELLENYes, but what if *Gets interrupted*

LOLAForget "What if"! How about "Whynot?"

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Ellen sighs and thinks for a bit. Her eyes turn away fromthe mirror for two seconds.

ELLENOne last question. Why did you keepon disappearing?

Ellen turns away and sees her reflection back on the mirror.As usual, Lola disappears.

ELLEN(Whispers to herself)

I hate her.

The ten year old closes her locker door and heads to class.

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-MISS KAMINSKYS CLASSROOM

Another typical day at MISS IRENE KAMINSKYS Grade 4classroom and another disappointing school experience forELLEN. Even worse, LAURIEL and her pals are in class andIrene is teaching mathematics. As expected, the entire classis bored.

IRENE(PRETENDS TO BE HAPPY ANDEXCITED)

Okay class guess what time it is.

The Grade 4 class didnt respond.

IRENEIts time to learn about...

With a piece of chalk, Irene writes "Division."

IRENEDivision.

The kids groan and moan.

IRENE(SLIGHTLY ANNOYED)

Now kids. Division is fun and easy.Its like multiplication butreversed. Now... *Faces chalkboard*

Irene turns her back and starts writing division sums on thechalkboard. Ellen tries to pay attention.

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IRENEClass. Get out your math book andturn to page twenty-one.

Ellen gets out her math book and turns to page 21. Laurielis sitting behind her. Lauriel returns to her bullying ways.

LAURIELBookworm. *Giggles*

Ellen tries her best to ignore her bully, whilemean-spirited giggles can be heard from the background.Ellen grunts a bit and looks a bit steamed, but she is ableto repress her anger.

Irene draws the division symbol on the board and didntnotice the tension between the popular girl in class and thenew girl who just moved into Centreville.

IRENE(STILL WRITING ON THECHALKBOARD)

Kids. We all know that five timesfive equals twenty five. But whendoing division, twenty five dividedby five is five. Its just thatsimple. So on page twenty-five...

Random kids are yawning and reluctantly reads the mathtextbooks.

ELLENS P.O.V.-MATH TEXTBOOK

Ellen looks at page twenty one which features typicaldivision diagrams and math instructions. Yawn.

Ellen blinks, looks at the math book again and noticessomething weird.

ELLENS P.O.V.-MATH TEXTBOOK

All the math diagrams and text paragraphs move in circles.Then all the math stuff disappears and like magic,handwriting appears on the page that reads "WHY NOT?" Thenthe question mark morphs into an exclamation mark. That "WHYNOT" is now not a question at all and Ellen knows whatsgoing to happen next.

Suddenly a familiar hairstyle appears FROM THE ROOF. Ellenlooks up and sees Lola UPSIDE DOWN. The crazy lady isdefying gravity by standing on the ceiling comfortably.Lolas two high heels are firmly near the ceiling lights.Strangly enough, Lolas hair and clothes are standing still

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despite being upside down. Lola is wearing a white,sleeveless, glittery dress.

LOLAHello Miss Crankypants.

Ellen is flabbergasted. She scans around the classroom. Miss

Kaminisky, Lauriel and the rest of the Grade 4 class doesntseem to notice a crazy-haired woman hanging on the ceilinglike a bat. They were too busy learning about division andbeing bored.

ELLENWhat! *Realises she is in themiddle of a math class*

Lauriel hears Ellen. Lola waits for Ellens reply. Ellen hasannoyance in her voice.

ELLEN

(WHISPERS)I mean...what are you doing here?

LOLAAttending class of course.

*Shivers* Oooo. I hope I dont getdetention for being late.

Lola glances at Ellens teacher, Irene. Irene is wearing adress with yellow Daisy patterns on it.

LOLA(LOOKS AT IRENE)

Ugh. That dress. Lousy. What wasshe thinking?

LAURIELS P.O.V.

Lauriel sees her arch-nemesis Ellen talking to...thin air asIrene continues the math lesson. Lauriel tilts her head asshe eavsedrops on Ellen.

LOLA

*Fake yawn* This education stuff isa real bore. How about a good olefashioned snowball fight? Guesswhos gonna win that? *Points toherself*

ELLEN(WHISPERING)

Cant you see Im busy? Plus we arein the middle of Spring!

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LOLANot anymore blondie *Snap fingers*

ELLENS P.O.V.

The whole classroom is literally SNOWING and slowly turning

into a winter wonderland. Snow are landing on the studentsand no one is noticing. Ellen doesnt know whether to be inawe with the snows beauty or scowl on Lola.

Lola mischiviously gets out a snowball and in wild glee, sheaims at Ellens face. Lola throws the snowball, Ellenquickly dodges and WHAM! The snowball hits Lauriels face!But strangly, Lauriel doesnt finiches and just stares atthe whiteboard.

Ellen cant help but smile. This is the first time shegenuinly smile.

LOLAOh lucky.

As things get weirder, Lola is still wearing her shortsleeved dress and unaffected with the clod blizzard insidethe classroom.

Ellen gets her revenge on Lola by grabbing a handful of snowon her desk, roll into a snowball and starts throwing it atLola.

Lola gets hit by the snowball and laughs.

LOLA(PLAYFULLY)

Why you little!

Being happy for the first time, Ellen repeatedly makesnowballs and keeps throwing them at Lola. Both Lola andEllen engaged at a fun snowball fight until...

IRENE(MAD)

Ellen Spencer!

Lola turns her head and Ellen looks up.

ELLENS P.O.V.

Lola and the snow have disappeared and the class is back toits normal, dull state. All Ellen sees is her teacherstaring at her her with her arms on her hips. The teacherdoes not look pleased.

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Ellen looks at her desk. She notices the math book she wasreading earlier had its pages teared off and ripped beyondrepair. Ellen also glances at the front of the classroom.The floor is covered with scrunched up paper balls.

IRENE

Well...explained. Im waiting.

Ellen is speechless.

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PSYCHOLOGIST OFFICE

ELLEN is just sitting on a sofa as she try to figure outwhat had happened earlier. What or who made Ellen rip pagesout of her mathbook and started throwing paper balls at theteacher?

EXT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PSYCHOLOGIST OFFICE

Outside the room is IRENE KAMINISKY and DR. PERRYSON. Thetwo school employees were talking about Ellen in front of aclosed door.

IRENEThanks for coming in short notice,Eugene.

DR. PERRYSON(UNIMPRESSED)

You owe me one, Irene. You made me

miss Dr. Phil. Todays show isabout peoples obsession with pets.That one is supposed to be good.

IRENE(SLIGHTLY ANNOYED)

Whatever.

Dr. Perryson looks through the door window and sees Ellenlooking up the ceiling in boredom.

DR. PERRYSONSo whats wrong with the new kid?

IRENEWhen I was teaching math, Ellenstarted throwing paper balls at meand it took me nearly forever tostop her.

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DR. PERRYSONTypical juvinille behaviour.

IRENENot only that, but according to oneof my students, Ellen keeps on

talking to herself. Talking toherself and arguing herself.

DR. PERRYSONOdd indeed.

IRENEI dunno Eugene. When I first mether, she was generally quiet butall that teasing and bullying fromthe other kids have really affectedher. Shes not used to this schoolor this town. Come to think of it,

I dont think she have made any newfriends yet. Have you come acrossthese type of kids before?

Irene turns to Dr. Perryson who is looking at his smartphone and appears as if he is not listening at all.

DR. PERRYSONHmm? Oh. Not really. I mostly dealwith kids who wont stop pickingtheir noses and wont stopbed-wetting. You know trivial stuffthat a psychologist like myself

shouldnt be dragged into at thefirst place.

IRENECan you at least talk to her andfind out whats bothering her?

DR. PERRYSONYou made me miss Dr. Phil.

Irene just looks at Dr. Perryson in pity.

DR. PERRYSON(RELUCTANT)

*Sighs* Okay fine. I will talk toher. But you shouldnt scare kidswhenever somebody throws a paperplane or drop a pencil. No need togo berserk over stuff like that.

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IRENEI was just doing my job like theone you are suppose to do now.

DR. PERRYSONNo need to be catty.

IRENEJust go.

DR. PERRYSONAlright. Alright.

Irene crosses her arms as she is impatient.

DR. PERRYSON(MUTTERS TO HIMSELF)

I dont get enough pay at thisschool.

Perryson sighs again and enters the detention room. Irenewalks away.

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PSYCHOLOGIST OFFICE

DR. PERRYSONS office has framed degrees on its wall, a deskand a palm tree plant next to it. Perrysons long coffeethermo is on his desk. The school psychologist make his wayto his desk as ELLEN innocently sits on the office sofa.Perryson sits down on his leather office chair and opens hisnotebook. He is still upset about missing the Dr. Philspecial on pet obsession.

DR. PERRYSON(STARES DIRECTLY AT ELLEN)

Okay Linda.

ELLENIts Ellen, sir.

DR. PERRYSON

*Laughs* Oh sorry, Ellen. All yougirls look the same.

Ellen raises her eyebrow.

DR. PERRYSONNow then. Since you are still newand all, how do you find thisschool so far? Are you fitting inwell? Making friends? Enjoying thecafeteria food?

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ELLEN(REALISES SHE FORGOTTENSOMETHING)

Ummm...hang on for one sec.

Ellen stands up and starts searching through the room. She

looks behind the sofa, scans through the windows and looksunder Perysons desk. Perryson grows suspicious.

ELLENOkay Im good.

Ellen sits back on the sofa.

DR. PERRYSONWhat was all that about?

ELLENOh...ummm...nothing.

DR. PERRYSON(DEADPAN)

Doesnt look like nothing to me.You look like you were on an Easteregg hunt or something.

Ellen just sits on the sofa nervously and shows a nervoussmile.

ELLEN(LIES)

I was...ummm..checking for ants.

DR. PERRYSONRiiigght.

Perryson sits behind his desk like an authority figure withhis name plaque in front of him.

DR. PERRYSONEllen. You know as much as I do onwhy youre at my office right now.Something is troubling you. I am atrained psychologist and its my jobto help people solve their problemsin their everyday lives. Im hereto make your school life easier andeverything we discuss is justbetween you and me. So whatsreally bugging you?

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ELLENWell if you must know. *Startstalking fast* When I first came toCentreville Elementary, everyone ispicking on me because I am the newkid. I get mostly picked on by a

girl in my class named Lauriel.Then one day in gym class, I waslocked inside a storeroom until aweird lady named Lola Mahoneypopped out of nowhere. She scaredme at first, but she some kind ofsinger and she acts weird andstuff. She appears in my TV, mymirror and just today she made myclassroom all snowy and I threwsnowballs each other. It was funbut she really is annoying,especially when she keeps

disappearing all the time. Shesone weird lady.

Perryson just sits still on his chair. He has a blank lookon his face.

ELLENHope that answers your question. Ohand I swear its all true. Lola isreal.

PERRYSONS P.O.V.

Perryson secretly writes the word "CRAZY!" on his notebookand underlines it with his golden ballpoint pen.

There is an awkward silence between the two until Perrysonopens his mouth.

DR. PERRYSONCan anyone see this "Lola Mahoney?"

ELLENSo far no. Whenever I try to showLola Mahoney to people, she justdisappears.

DR. PERRYSONI see. Are you familiar to the term"Imaginary friend"?

ELLENImaginary friend?

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DR. PERRYSONYes. Do you know what "Imaginaryfriend" means?

Ellen remains silent. Deep inside she knows what animaginary friend means, but Lola is a real person...or she

think she is.

DR. PERRYSONThe term is self-explanary. Animaginary friend is a friend or acompanion who doesnt physicallyexist in real life and just simplymade up by children who are lonelyand have trouble in fitting intonormal society.

Ellen continues to listen.

DR. PERRYSONIn other words, your "friend" Lolais not real and shes just in yourhead. Shes just a figment in yourchildhood imagination.

ELLENShe cant be imaginary. Shes real.She made an earthquake at the roomI was locked in and made a blizzardin the...

Perryson makes a "I told you so" frown.

ELLENYoure right. She is not real andshes just my imagination.

DR. PERRYSONA-ha.

ELLENSo how do I stop her from poppingup again?

DR. PERRYSONWell for your case, I wouldrecommend extensive medication buton the other hand Im not really apsychiatrist. All you have to do isstop thinking about her. Pretendshe is not real. Its that simple.I found it strange that a girl inthe age of ten like yourself have

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DR. PERRYSON (contd)an imaginary friend as imaginaryfriends are usually associated withkindergardeners. If Lola reappearsagain just say to her, "You are notreal". Say it with me.

ELLEN AND DR. PERRYSON(TOGETHER)

You are not real.

DR. PERRYSONNow say it yourself.

ELLEN(QUIETLY)

You are not real.

DR. PERRYSON

Say it louder.

ELLENYou are not real!!

DR. PERRYSON(PROUD OF HIMSELF)

Good. Just keeping saying that aday and you will be fine. I promiseyou will never see this *shortpause* "Lola" again.

ELLEN

I hope so too. How about the kidswho were picking on me?

DR. PERRYSON

*Stops packing up his suitcase*Hmmm? Oh just ignore them.

Thanks for the lousy advice, Eugene.

ELLEN(SARCASTIC)

Thank you. You had been a goodhelp.

DR. PERRYSON(PROUD AND HAPPY)

Youre welcome.


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ELLEN finds herself back in the dreaded school bus. The samekid who threw paper balls at her is back in the bus too.Ellen reflects on what happened to her today. She closes hereyes a bit and then falls asleep. Ellen begins dreaming.

START DREAM

INT. ELLENS DREAM-DRESSING ROOM

Like an old movie, everything is in BLACK AND WHITE. It isset at a dressing room of an unknown venue. There is amysterious but shifty looking woman wearing a costume of amagicians assistance. She has light-browned hair. The womanfrowns and leaves the room in a huff. The person who she hadan argument over is LOLA MAHONEY who pokes her tongue outbehind the mysterious magicians assistance back. Lola ischewing gum and spits it inside a high heel shoe.

Ellen shifts her body on the bus chair while she continuesto dream.

INT. ELLENS DREAM-THEATRE

A magical act is occuring on a stage featuring a malemagician wearing a top hat and the same woman who confrontedLola earlier. The magician is trying to bring a rabbit outof his hat, which is on a table, but finds nothing. Themagicians assistant sees the rabbit sneaking under themagic table and then starts hopping off the stage. Theaudience starts booing.

Ellen gets a bit uncomfortable in her sleep.

INT. ELLENS DREAM-BANK

A group of mobsters break into a closed bank at night. Asafe gets blown open by dynamite. The safe is open and themobsters raids in to steal the money. The mobsters is led bya sinister middle aged man, resembles to Michael Douglas theactor, with a scowl on his face.

SFX. EXPLOSION

END DREAM


Back to reality on the school bus. ELLEN wakes up from herstrange dream and she lets out a big gasp. Ellen breathes inand out. She then sighs and disregards the dream.

The same kid from the last bus run throws another paper ballat Ellen, but Ellen catches it perfectly and throws it backat the kid. Ellen frowns.

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INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-ELLENS ROOM

ELLEN is inside her bedroom and lying on her bed. She islooking at a framed picture in her hands.

ELLENS P.O.V.

The photo has Ellen when she was four years old. Her youngerself appeared vibrant and full of happiness. She was betweentwo adults and the photo was taken at a nature park. OnEllens right, there was her smiling father DAN, but theperson on the left was a blonde adult woman who had her armwrapped on Ellens shoulders. The womans hair matchesEllens and they look a bit like each other. Yes, the womanon the left is ELLENS MOTHER.

Ellen continues to reminisce until she hears DANs voicefrom downstairs.

DAN (O.S.)

Ellen. Dinner is ready. Comedownstairs please.

Eventually Ellen gets up from bed and makes her way to thekitchen.

INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-DINING ROOM

ELLEN walks her way to the dining table. She didnt expectmuch for dinner until she sees suprise visitors.

ELLENS P.O.V.

Ellens GRANDPARENTS have arrived to visit their son andtheir granddaughter. They are sitting at the table andeating roast beef and potatoes. Dan is still cooking at thebackground.

GRANDMAHi Ellen. Hows my little flowergoing?

Ellen didnt respond as LOLA MAHONEY is sitting right nextto Ellens seat and in front of Ellens grandparents. Lolais back wearing her french beret and simply has a sly smile

on her face. Ellen just stays still.

GRANDMAEllen?

ELLENOh. Im good thank you.

Ellen looks at Lola again.

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ELLENI think.

GRANDMAThats good to here. Please take aseat.

Ellen agrees. She sits down and tries her best to ignoreLola. Lola herself has her own meal on a dish.

GRANDPAHey Danny. Are you going to join usfor dinner or what?

DAN(FROM THE KITCHEN)

Just a sec. I have to turn thestove off first.

As Ellens grandparents were focusing on Dan, Lola breaksher silence.

LOLA(TO ELLEN)

Thanks for inviting me to dinner,kiddo. I feel like Im part of thefamily.

ELLEN(WHISPERING)

I did not invite you.

LOLA(SINGS A BIT)

We are family...

ELLEN(WHISPERING)

Enough!

Grandpa gets his attention on Ellen.

GRANDPA(HEARS ELLEN)

Enough of what, Ellen?

ELLENOh. Ummm..nothing.

Lola covers her mouth and tries her best not to laugh. Thenshe realizes something.

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LOLA(LOOKS UP)

I almost forgot.

Lola takes her French beret off.

LOLAAs my mother always say, itsimpolite to wear hats indoorsespecially in dinner time. BesidesI dont want to be a weirdo here.

Ellen face-palms herself and starts having a headache.

Dan finally gets out of the kitchen and joins the diningtable.

GRANDPASo son. Hows things at your new

job?

DANIts good so far, dad. My boss is abit obnoxious, but the crew Imsupervising are great. Its a pieceof cake. Hate to sound cocky, butthe job is easier than I expected.

GRANDPA(PROUD)

Thats my boy. Youre finallymoving up.

DANThanks pop.

ELLENSo Grandpa and Grandma, what madeyou come here at Centreville?

GRANDPAWell we are here to help your dadin fixing up your house, sweetie.Seriously Dan, why did you buy thisdump in the first place?

GRANDMAGeorge!

GRANDPACmon Bonnie. Even you admit thisplace is falling apart.

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DANWell, the real estate agent saidits the only house available onsale at Centreville. Besides itskinda fun to do home improvementshere.

GRANDPA(SARCASTIC)

Are you serious?

While Ellen is listening, Lola is drinking a long glass oflemonade through a straw and makes a loud straw SLURPINGsound. This naturally irritates Ellen.

As they were still sitting next to each other, Ellen nudgeher elbow at Lola. Lola accidentally spills her drink.

LOLA

Hey watch it!

GRANDMAAre you alright, Ellen?

ELLENHmm...what?

GRANDMAI said are you alright? Your elbowwas twitching just then.

ELLEN

(NERVOUS SMILE)Yes Grandma, Im fine. I have a bitof...er..itch thats all.

LOLA(EYES ELLEN)

Liar liar paints on fire.

Ellen frowns and shrugs a bit as she tries her best toignore the weirdo sitting next to her.

GRANDMAHows school then?

ELLENS FLASHBACK STARTS

INT. SCHOOL GYM-COURT

ELLEN gets repeatedly hit by dodgeballs during her P.E.class, while LAURIEL and friends laugh. this occurs beforeEllen meets Lola for the first time.

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ELLENS FLASHBACK ENDS

Back at the dining room...

ELLEN(LIES)

Its good thank you.

Lola shifts her eyes. She sense another of Ellens lies.

GRANDMAMade any friends yet?

Ellen quickly glances Lola who has a big shiny white smileand expects Ellen to talk about her. Of course, Ellen hasanother answer in mind.

ELLENNot yet.

Lola sighs in disappointment. Shes been snubbed.

DAN(WHILE HAVING DINNER)

Dont worry Ellen. Remember what Isaid. Good things come in time.

ELLEN(SARCASTIC)

I bet it does.

The entire dining table became silent as everyone is

finishing off their meals until Lola decides to be Lolaagain. She gets the straw out of her glass of lemonaide,puts a spoonful of peas in her mouth and faster than you say"Mahoney", she starts pea-shooting at Ellen.

LOLA(PLAYINGLY)

Thats for the snowball fight fromthe other day.

ELLEN(FORGETS TO WHISPER)

Enough already! I dont want to gogoofy like you.

LOLACmon E. Admit it. You enjoy beinggoofy as much as I do. *Shoots morepeas at ellen and laughs crazy*

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Ellen lets out a loud GROOWWWLLL of annoyance which gets theentire familys attention. She goes face to face with Lolaand temporarily forgets her family who were watching her oddbehaviour.

ELLEN(FACES LOLA, CLOSES HER EYES,

YELLS)YOU ARE NOT REAL! YOU ARE JUSTSOMETHING OUT OF MY IMAGINATION!YOPU ARE ONLY AN IMAGINARY FRIEND!YOU ARE NOT REAL!

Lola has no idea whats going on and her face is blank.Ellen re-opens her eyes and she still sees Lola.

ELLEN(CLOSES HER EYES AGAIN,REPEATSHERSELF AGAIN)

YOU ARE NOT REAL! YOU ARE NOT REAL!

YOU ARE NOT REAL! YOU ARE NOT REAL!

Ellens grandparents look at each other and tries tocomprehend what their granddaughter is doing. Dan didnothing but witness his daughters seemingly nervousbreakdown. Ellen reopens her eyes and sees Lola again.

LOLAUmmm...Ellen.

ELLENWhat!?

LOLAYou are scaring the beejevous outof your folks hon.

Ellen stops and sees her folks starring her oddly.

LOLAHey Ellie.

Ellen faces Lola again.

LOLA

If Im not real, can I do this?

Lola flicks her finger on Ellens nose and natually Ellenfiniches, like something really did touch her nose.

THE SPENCER FAMILYS P.O.V.

Both Ellens grandparents and Dan are seeing their daughterarguing to an empty seat as they are too puzzled to respond.

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LOLA(SMILES)

Ha! Whos a figment of yourimagination huh?

The entire family goes awkwardly silent as Ellen pats herown nose.

INT. THE SPENCER HOUSE-KITCHEN-MINUTES LATER

LOLA is leaning against the kitchen wall. Her arms are ascrossed as her face. She appears to be waiting and bored.

Both DAN and GRANDMA are cleaning the kitchen up as ELLENtries to explain what happened earlier.

DAN(SMILES)

Youre kidding about all this,right?

ELLENIm not kidding dad and before yousay anything, Im not going crazy.

LOLA(TO ELLEN)

You think?

ELLEN(TO LOLA)

Quiet.

Grandma is puzzled yet amused while she is washing thedishes. Dan himself is almost having fun at Ellens expense.

DANBut arent you a bit too old toplay make-believe?

ELLENIts not make-believe, dad. I justhave an imaginary friend.

LOLA

(CROSSED)Hey! Who you calling imaginaryfriend?

ELLENThere two separate things. Believeme, dad. Im a kid I know all aboutmake-believe.

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DANOf course you do.

ELLENLola is not even my friend. Shejust pops out of nowhere and does

weird stuff in front of me.

DANSo this "Lola" is not made up andshe is a real person?

ELLENNo. She is imaginary but I see herclearly like a real person like Iam seeing you right now. Lola isweird, crazy, gross and wont goaway.

Dan is even more confused.

LOLAYep Im an enigma wrapped in glossyfabric.

ELLENDad you gotta believe me. Shesright here leaning on the wall.

Dan leans down, sees his daughter face-to-face and sharesanother father and daughter moment.

DANEllen. I love you no matter what,but you need to get your head backto the real world.

ELLENThats what I had been doing in thelast few days.

Grandma joins the conversation.

GRANDMAOh Danny. Kids having imaginaryfriends is a perfectly normalphrase. They will grow out of iteventually. Didnt you have animaginary friend when you were akid, Dan?

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DANIm pretty sure I dont.

GRANDMASure you do. When you were five orsix years old and in one afternoon,

you were running around at thebackyard and talking to G.I. Joe.

DANG.I. Joe was my action figure, mom.

GRANDPA walks pass the kitchen and accidentally bumps intoLola, but the old man doesnt notice it.

GRANDPAAction figure? Dont you mean yourdoll *Gruffy laugh*?

GRANDMAOh George.

DANPlaying an action figure as a kidand having an imaginary friend istwo different things mom.

GRANDMA

*Dries the last mug with a cloth*Regardless. Let Ellen have fun forthe time being.

ELLENTrust me Grandma. Im not havingfun.

LOLA(SHIFTY LOOK)

Not yet, toots.

Ellen hears Lola and grunts.

GRANDPA(TO ELLEN)

*Yawns

*Well this talk about

imagination and fairy tales ismaking me tired. Your grandma and Iare going to sleep now. We needsome rest for tomorrow if we aregoing to make this house look likea million bucks.

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ELLENOkay then.

DANGoodnight you two.

GRANDMAGoodnight Danny and goodnightEllie.

Grandma hugs and kisses Dan and Ellen.

GRANDPAAlrighty champ. See you bright andearly tomorrow. I want to show youhow a real man fix up his house.Get some rest too Ellen. You reallyneed it.

The grandparents make their way out of the kitchen.

LOLA(TO THE GRANDPARENTS)

Goodnight-y. Dont let the bedbugsbite.

Ellen is about to lecture Lola but pauses instead.

ELLEN(ANNOYED, WHISPERS TO HERSELF)

Why do I even bother?

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-MISS KAMINISKYSCLASSROOM

SFX. SCHOOL BELL

IRENE KAMINISKYS class is silent and calm for once as theirteacher is about to make an announcement.

IRENEListen up class. Ive got anannouncement to make. Good news, Icorrected all of your division testfrom Monday and everyone passed.All of you deserve a big pat on theback. So yeah!

The class silence just shows how much they care about theirrecent accomplishment.

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IRENEI also have a specialcongratulations to our own RenNguyen who recently got the topscore on The Annual CentrevilleFuture Geniuses Test from lastweek. Lets give her a round of

appaulse.

The entire class obilges and claps. REN NGUYEN is sitting onher chair and looks proud of herself (Rightfully so too).Little did she know that LAURIEL is plotting about somethingwith JESS, TESS, NESS and BESS. All of Lauriels clique weresitting next to each other horrizintally. Their gigglinggets ELLENS attention and she sense something amiss.

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-CAFETERIA

Its lunchtime at the Centreville Elementary School. All thekids were either buying food (Healthy sandwiches and pieces

of apples-those damn parent groups banned pizzas, hot chips,sloppy joes, etc) or brought food from home. COACH BELZER isthe teacher in charge of looking over the cafeteria just incase if any juvenile delinquency occurs. Belzer wears abaseball cap and a big puffy yellow jacket that has theCentreville Cats football logo on it.

ELLEN is sitting at a table by herself. With her elbow onthe table, Ellen is just munching on her sandwich andnotices REN walking through the cafeteria aisle. Ren walktowards to her own group of friends at a seperate table. Inher mind, Ellen is kinda jealous of Ren. Both Ren and Ellenare smart, top-A girls but Ren has something that Ellendoesnt: proper friends and popularity. Ren doesnt dresslike a popular girl from TV. She is a down to earth girlwith life going well for her at school.

Unfortunately, Rens table is close to LAURIELS clique.Lauriel gets back in bullying/teasing mode.

LAURIEL(NOTICES REN)

Well, well, well girls. The eggheadhas just arrived.

On-cue and like if they were paid to do so, Lauriels goonslaugh at their leaders crummy joke.

ELLENS P.O.V

Lauriel and her clique continues to pick on Ren.

Ellen just shakes her head and goes back to minding her ownbussiness.

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Coach Belzer is carrying a huge tray of deep fried foods(only teachers and adults can have deep-fried potato gemsand onion rings at school) and sits an empty table behindEllen with his back turned.

Ellen continues to be alone until she sees a FAMILIAR, CURLY

HAIRDOO walking across the cafeteria aisle. Ellen blinks andshe has a sigh of relief as it was only one of the oldlunchladies walking back from her bathroom break. Thinkingit was her imaginary friend coming back, Ellen gets herattention back to her lunch, but suddenly, Coach Belzertakes his cap off and strangely has a feminine curly hairdo.

He takes his jacket off and reveils a slender female bodyand his face isnt his own but the face of LOLA MAHONEY.lola is back wearing the long-sleeve gliterring red dress.

LOLASuprise!

Ellen didnt respond at all. Lola shows off her shiny smileand does a "Ta-Da" pose. Ellen is simply ignoring her.

LOLAOh I know what you are trying to domissy. Its the ole cold shoulderslash snubbing slash ignoring trickyou are trying to pull. I bet youlearnt this from that kooky dweebwith the long horse face and theflat Moe Howard haircut.

Ellen continues to ignore Lola.

LOLAAlrighty then. Two can play thisgame.

Lola crosses her arms and whistles the tune of "Aint We GotFun"-A real old 1930s song. Ellen pretends Lola is not infront of her and vice-versa for Lola. Finally Lola hasenough.

LOLA(Frustrated)

*Sighs* Oh this is getting boring.Maybe I should go away and returnto the Club Nine Club.

ELLENGood.

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LOLAHa! I win!

ELLENYou win what?

LOLA

You went to my trap. When I said Iwas going away, you said "Good" andyou stopped ignoring me. ThereforeI exist and I win toots!

ELLENUgh.

LOLANo need to pout. I outwitted youfirst.

Out of impulse, Ellen gets a handful of mashed potatoes from

her lunch tray, aims at Lola and throws it.

LOLAUh-oh.

Lola dodges and SPLLLATTT!!! The mashed potatoes actuallyland on LAURIEL who is walking to the front of the foodcounter.

ELLEN(SMILES FOR REAL)

Whoops.

Without hesitation, Lauriel grabs a bowl of tomato soup fromanother persons table and chucks at Ellen. Ellen quicklydodges and the soup lands on Ren. Instantly Ren wantsrevenge and throws her food at Lauriel, but misses and hitsa RANDOM KID and he starts throwing food at ANOTHER RANDOMKID. Everyone knows whats going to happen next.

LOLAFood fight!

Thats right everyone at the cafeteria gets into a messyfood fight caused by Ellen and more or less, Lola.

Tomato soup, bitten sandwiches, drinks and so on are tossedin the air. Even Lola is not safe in Ellens point of viewas Lola is covered with split pea soup and crackers.

LOLASo glad this dress is only a spare.

LOLAS P.O.V

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The food fight going out of the control at the cafeteria.

LOLAIts a madhouse I tell you. Amadhouse. And I love it!

Similar to the snowball fight in her classroom, Ellen isenjoying herself and truly having fun. The real Coach Belzeris blowing his whistle as he tries to stop the food fightbut fails.

Thinking he is going to have a peaceful lunch, DR. PERRYSONmistakingly walks into the cafeteria and SPLLATT!!!Thecranky psychiatrist gets a pie in the face by none otherthan Ellen.

Ellens face lets out a nervous smile as Perryson frowns.

LOLA

(TO ELLEN)Errr..Ellie. Something tells me heis mad about something.

Perryson is making eye contact with Ellen. When repressinghis anger, Perryson makes an internal quacking sound fromhis closed mouth.

INT. CENTREVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-DR. PERRYSONS OFFICE

ELLEN is back in trouble and back in DR. PERRYSONS office.Eugene himself is not going to let episode of TVs Dr. Phil

distract him from getting answers off his patient. Ellen issitting on the coach as she stares at a big motivationalposter featuring a picture of the human brain and theheading that reads "The Brain: Use it or lose it". Ellen hasher jacket off after the food fight. In fact there are driedstains of sour cream on her pants.

DR. PERRYSON(EMOTIONLESS)

Welcome back Miss Spencer.

ELLENUmm...nice to be back here DoctorPerryson.

DR. PERRYSONOh please. Dont flatter yourself,Ellen. You know you would end upbeing more juvinille.

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ELLEN(INTIMIDATED)

Sorry. You got a bit of ketchup onyour chin.

DR. PERRYSON

*Touches his chin* Oh? Oh you areright.

Perryson gets out his hankerchief and cleans his chin.

DR. PERRYSONSo how was your detention?

ELLENLousy, but Im suprised Lola wasntthere.

DR. PERRYSON

*Sighs* Again with Lola. Didnt youfollow my advice from the lastsession we had?

ELLENYes. Several times. I keepscreaming she is not real, but shewont go away to the Cloud NineClub?

DR. PERRYSONCloud Nine Club?

ELLENThe Cloud Nine Club is the placewhere Lola sings at.

DR. PERRYSONOh yes. She is a singer. *Dotsnotes in his notepad*

ELLENI know all this stuff is crazy buttrust me I am not crazy.

DR.

LOLA AND I

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