WERNER: Elle... To think I didn't take you seriously. I was wrong.
ELLE: Thanks, Warner.
WARNER: We do belong together. You showed me who we can be together again.
WARNER gets down on his KNEE.
ELLE: Oh, Warner. Vivienne dumped you, didn't she?
WARNER hangs his head, affirming this.ELLE sits down beside the dispondent WARNER.
#20 FIND MY WAY/FINALE
THOUGH I DREAMED OF THIS DAY LONG AGO,
NOW MY ANSWER IS THANK YOU, BUT NO.
LOOK, I'VE BARELY BEGUN, I'M HARDLY THROUGH.
I WAS LIVING IN IGNORANT BLISS,
TILL I LEARNED I COULD BE MORE THAN
(gesturing to hair)
THIS.
AND YOU KNOW, IN A WAY, I OWE IT ALL TO YOU.
I THOUGH LOSING YOUR LOVE
WAS A BLOW I COULD NEVER WITHSTAND,
BUT LOOK HOW FAR I HAVE COME
WITHOUT ANYONE HOLDING MY HAND
I HAD TO FIND MY WAY.
THE DAY YOU BROKE MY HEART,
YOU HANDED ME THE CHANCE
TO MAKE A BRAND NEW START;
YOU HELPED ME FIND MY WAY.THERE'S STILL SO MUCH TO LEARN;
SO MANY DREAMS TO EARN.
BUT EVEN IF I CRASH AND BURN TEN TIMES A DAY,
I THINK I'M HERE TO STAY,
I'M GONNA FIND MY WAY.We transition to graduation day. The entire cast enters in cap and gown as a giant banner reads "CONGRATULATIONS HARVARD LAW GRADUATES." VIVIENNE addresses the graduating class, facing out towards the actual audience.
VIVIENNE: William Shakespeare wrote: "To thine own-------
WAITWAITWAITWAIT. Hold up a sec.
Has anyone else ever realized that Legally Blonde just kinda jumps into the future, casually skipping 2 years of law school, after the proposal.
What happens to Elle? And Emmett? And Warner? And Paulette? And even Sundeep Agrawal Padomadon? Well I'm ready to find out.
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Hiii! So yeah I just kinda started this story 🙈 Also, the above is the excerpt from the actual script! 😁 I'm really excited for it and hope all the other theatre geeks are too! 🎭🎀
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The Harvard Variations
FanfictionWe know that Elle Woods survived Harvard Law School. We know about the beginning of her journey. But what about everything in between the trial and graduation day?