The clapping dies down, besides Dalton who squeals even harder, before cautiously getting back in his seat. His best friend Drake Alexander bumps him in the shoulder.
DRAKE: “Dude, you just screamed like a thirteen year old girl One Directioner over Union J. You sure the tap water didn’t catch up with you?”
Dalton narrows his eyes.
DALTON: “What’re you trying to imply? You think I’m a knob gobbler? You want me to fist your arsehole?”
DRAKE: “What, no, dude, it was a-”
DALTON: “I’m not a little sissy!!!”
Dalton’s screaming echoes through the gym, as Sasha looks on embarrassed.
SASHA: “Um… anyhow, I hope to see you all there. It’s gonna be THE party of the year! Oh, and of course, tomorrow our honorable Lakeview Chickens will be having their own wrestling match against the Riverside Cock-a-Doodles.”
The Wrestling Team cheers on Sasha’s announcement, as most of the other students roll their eyes and wait for the gym meeting to end, when suddenly the infamous hipsters Elijah Rothschild and Fern Mayfield walk inside the gym. The crowd instantly starts whispering.
ERICA: “...Is… Is that Robert Pattinson?”
JORDAN: “What? No, those are the two poor homeless teenagers that survived the Starbucks explosion. They’re new students at Lakeview. Didn’t you watch the news?”
ERICA: “I got stuck having to write Aidan’s English essay.”
Jordan rolls her eyes as a curious Alvin Adams, sitting next to Erica Anderson and Jordan Crawford, locks eyes with Elijah Rothschild as him and Fern sit down.
After the gym meeting ends, Karolyn Vega gets off the bleachers, turning to her fellow news club members and holding her notepad.
KAROLYN: “So, did anyone you get any sort of details on McKenna’s possible murder? Like, who did it? Why did they do it? “
SANA: “Um, the police said it was an accident. So, it probably was an accident!”
OWEN: “An accident doesn’t sell! There’s no drama in it.”
KAROLYN: “Okay, Owen, pipe down, I’m the one who’s supposed to get mad at your incompetence. Besides, the police force in this town is totally incompetent.”
Owen rolls his eyes as Josie Allan speaks up.
JOSIE: “Actually there were two survivors.”
Karolyn snaps her head in Josie’s direction.
KAROLYN: “Who are the survivors?”
JOSIE: “They’re homeless teens. And I didn’t catch their names because I was um…”
- A cut scene shows that Josie was doing attention seeking poses in the background of Elijah and Fern’s interview -
JOSIE: “Busy? I was busy. Let’s go with that?”
Karolyn glares at Josie.
KAROLYN: “Don’t take this the wrong way or anything, but your mother should’ve smothered you when you were a baby!”
Josie gasps dramatically as Chloe Versace side-eyes the news club freaks before turning to the other cheerleaders.
CHLOE: “She’s literally so obsessed. It’s concerning.”
LINDSAY: “It might be a mental illness or something.”
The two nod in agreement as Lilac Williams begins to sob into Kori Morgan’s shoulder.
KORI: “Ew. No.”
Koir pushes Lilac away from her.