Heathers - ACT 1 (2/6)

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[Fight For Me- Veronica & Kids]

(Throughout the song J.D. kicks Ram and Kurt's asses as the shocked students look on. Everyone moves in stylized slow-motion except for Veronica, who moves normally)

KIDS:
Holy shit! Holy shit!
Holy shit! Holy shit!
Holy shit! Holy shit!
Holy shit! Holy shit!
Holy shit!


VERONICA:
Why when you see boys fight,
does it look so horrible, yet...
Feel so right?
I shouldn't watch this crap,
that's not who I am.
But with this kid...
Daaaaamn.

Hey,
Mr. No-name kid,
say who might you be?
And could you fight for me?
And hey,
could you face the crowd,
could you be seen with me
and still act proud?

Hey,
would you hold my hand?
And could you carry me
through no-man's-land?
It's fine if you don't agree,
but I would fight for you...
if you would fight for me.
Let them drive us underground.
I don't care how far.
You can set my broken bones
and I know CPR.
... Well, woah.

You can punch real good.
You've lasted longer
than I thought you would.
So hey,
Mr. No-Name kid,
if some night you're free...

KIDS:
Holy shit... (x9)

VERONICA:
Wanna fight for me?...
If you're
still alive...
I would fight
for you...
If you would fight
for me
.

[Freeze Your Brain- J.D & Veronica]

J.D.:
I've been through ten high schools.
They start to get blurry.
No point in planting your roots,
'cause you're gone in a hurry.
My dad keeps two suitcases packed in the den,
so it's only a matter of when.

I don't learn the names,
don't bother with faces.
All I can trust is this concrete oasis.
Seems every time I'm about to despair,
There's a 7-11 right there.

Each store is the same,
from Las Vegas to Boston,
linoleum aisles that I love
to get lost in.
I pray at my altar of slush;
yeah I live for that sweet
frozen rush...


(J.D. takes a hit of his frozen drink and grimaces.)

J.D.:
Freeze your brain.
Suck on that straw,
get lost in the pain.
Happiness comes
when everythings numbs.
Who needs cocaine?
Freeze your brain.
Freeze your brain...

(J.D. offers the Slurpee to Veronica.)

J.D.:
Care for a hit?

VERONICA:

Does your mommy know you eat all this crap?

J.D.:
Not anymore.
When Mom was alive,
we lived halfway normal,
but now it's just me and my dad,
we're less formal.
I learned to cook pasta,
I learned to pay rent;
learned the world doesn't
owe you a cent.

You're planning your future,
Veronica Sawyer,
you'll go to some college,
and marry a lawyer.
But the sky's gonna hurt
when it falls.
So you better start
building some walls...

Freeze your brain.
Swim in the ice,
get lost in the pain.
Shut your eyes tight, till you vanish
from sight,
let nothing remain -

Freeze your brain,
shatter your skull,
fight pain with more pain.
Forget who you are,
unburden your load,
forget in six weeks you'll be back on
the road.
When the voice in your head
says you're better off dead,
don't open a vein -

just freeze your brain,
freeze your brain,
Go on and freeze your brain...
Try it

[Big Fun- H. McNamara, H. Chandler, H. Duke, Ram, Kurt, Martha, &  Veronica]

RAM:
Dad says "Act your age."
You heard it man, it's time to rage!


ALL:
Blast the bass, turn out the light

HEATHERS:
Ain't nobody home tonight!

RAM:
Drink, smoke, it's all cool.
Let's get naked in my pool!


ALL:
Punch the wall and start a fight!
Ain't nobody home tonight!


KURT:
His folks got a waterbed.
Come upstairs and rest your head.


RAM:
Let's rub each other's backs
while watching porn on Cinemax!

CHANDLER, KURT, RAM, KIDS:
The folks are gone,
it's time for big fun! Big fun!
We're up till dawn
having some big fun! Big fun!
When mom and dad forget
to lock the liquor cabinet,
it's big fun! Big fun!


VERONICA:
So wait, it's lime, then salt, then shot?

HEATHER MCNAMARA:

No, salt, then -

HEATHER CHANDLER:
You're doing it wrong!

VERONICA:
Really? 'Cause I feel great.

PREPPY STUD:
Veronica, you're looking good tonight!

VERONICA:
Whoa.
A hot guy smiled at me,
without a trace of mockery
!

ALL BUT VERONICA:
Everyone's high as a kite,
ain't nobody home tonight!


VERONICA:

Stoned. Zoned. I should quit...
Hey, is that weed? I want a hit.


ALL BUT VERONICA

Fill that joint and roll it tight,
ain't nobody home tonight!


VERONICA:
Dreams are coming true
when people laugh but not at you!
I'm not alone! I'm not afraid!
I feel like Bono at Live Aid!


ALL

The house is ours,
it's time for big fun!
Big fun!
Let's use their showers,
that sounds like
big fun! Big fun!
Crack open one more case!


(VERONICA observes the couple making out)


VERONICA:
I that that's what they call
"third base."

ALL:
Big fun! Big fun! Big fun!

VERONICA:
That actually looks like -

ALL
Big fun! Big fun! Big fun!

(KURT holds up a pig pinata with a sign that says "Jefferson Razorbacks")


KURT:
All right, people! What is Westerberg gonna do to the Razorbacks at Sunday's game?

(RAM mimes sex with the pinata)

RAM:
Gonna make 'em go
Whee! Whee! Whee! Whee!

ALL:
Big fun! Big fun!

HEATHER DUKE:
Way to show maturity!

ALL:
Big fun! Big fun!

(RAM grabs HEATHER by the hips and does to her what he's been doing to the pinata)

HEATHER DUKE:
Quit it jackass, get off of me!

ALL:
Big fun! Big fun!

VERONICA:
Yo! Ram! Emergency!
I just saw some freshman sneaking over the pool fence!

RAM:
I hate freshmen! Where are you little pricks? I'm coming for you!...

VERONICA:

(to HEATHER DUKE) You okay?

HEATHER DUKE:
I didn't need your help.

(HEATHER DUKE gives VERONICA the finger)

VERONICA:
Aw, thanks for the finger, Heather, but I don't need to vomit right now.

ALL:
The party's hot, hot, hot.
It's time for big fun! Big fun!


KURT:
You need a jello shot!

ALL:
We're having big fun! Big fun!

(MARTHA arrives at the party)

HEATHER CHANDLER:
Martha Dumptruck, in the flesh.

HEATHER DUKE:
Here comes the Cootie Squad.
We should -

HEATHER CHANDLER:
Shut up, Heather.

HEATHER DUKE:
Sorry, Heather.

HEATHER MCNAMARA:

Look who's with her -- Oh, my God!

(Points to VERONICA)

ALL THREE HEATHERS:
Dang! Dang! Diggety-dang-a-dang!
Dang-dang! Diggety-dang-a-dang!


VERONICA:
I can't believe you actually came.

MARTHA:
It's exciting, right? Excuse me, I want to say hello to Ram. I brought sparkling cider.

HEATHER CHANDLER:
Showing up here took some guts.
Time to rip them out.


(HEATHER DUKE holds up the pig pinata)

HEATHER DUKE:
Well, who's this pig remind you of?
Especially the snout.

HEATHER CHANDLER:
Hah!

ALL THREE HEATHERS:

Dang, dang, diggety-dang-a-dang!
Dang, dang, diggety-dang-a-dang!


(THE HEATHERS exit with the pinata, and MARTHA approaches RAM)

RAM
Where the hell are those freshmen?

MARTHA

Hi, Ram. I wasn't gonna come, but since you took the time to write that sweet note...

(Hands RAM the sparkling cider)

RAM
What note? Why d'you gotta be so weird all the time? People wouldn't hate you so much if you acted normal.

(Chugs and spits the cider)

There's no alcohol in here!
Are you trying to poison me?

KIDS:

Dang, dang, diggety-dang-a-dang (x3)
Diggety-dang-a-dang!

The folks are gone,
it's time for big fun! Big fun!
We're up till dawn
having some big fun! Big fun!
So let the speakers blow,
they'll buy another stereo.
Our folks got no clue
'bout all the shit their children do.
Why are they surprised?
Whenever we're unsupervised,
it's big fun! Big fun!
Big fun! Big fun! Big fun! Whooo!

[Dead Girl Walking- Veronica & J.D.]

VERONICA:
The demon queen of high school has decreed it:
She says Monday, 8 am, I will be deleted
They'll hunt me down in study hall,
Stuff and mount me on the wall;
Thirty hours to live -
how shall I spend them?

I don't have to stay and die like cattle;
I could change my name and ride up to Seattle
But I don't own a motorbike -
Wait...here's an option that I like:
Spend those thirty hours gettin'... freakay!
Yeah!

I need it hard,
I'm a dead girl walking!
I'm in your yard,
I'm a dead girl walking!
Before they punch my clock,
I'm snappin' off your window lock.
Got no time to knock
I'm a dead girl walking!


(VERONICA climbs through J.D.'s window)

J.D.:
Veronica? What're you doing in my room?

VERONICA:
Shhhh.
Sorry, but I really had to wake you;
See, I decided I must ride you till I break you.
'Cause Heather says I gots to go;
You're my last meal on death row.
Shut your mouth and lose them tighty-whities!

Come on!
Tonight I'm yours,
I'm a dead girl walking!
Get on all fours,
Kiss this dead girl walking!
Let's go, you know the drill;
I'm hot and pissed and on the pill.
Bow down to the will of a dead girl walking!

And you know, you know, you know
it's 'cause you're beautiful.
You say you're numb inside,
But I can't agree.
So the world's unfair,
Keep it locked out there...
In here it's beautiful.
Let's make this beautiful!

J.D.:
That works for me -

(VERONICA kisses him hard. They make out.)


VERONICA:
Yeah! Full steam ahead!
Take this dead girl walking


J.D.:
How'd you find my address?


VERONICA:
Let's break the bed!
Rock this dead girl walking!


J.D.:
I think you tore my mattress!

VERONICA:
No sleep tonight for you,
Better chug that Mountain Dew!

J.D.:
Okay, okay.

VERONICA:
Get your ass in gear,
Make this whole town disappear!


J.D.:
Okay, okay!

VERONICA:
Slap me! Pull my hair,
touch me there and there and there
But no more talking!


J.D.:
Whoa, whoa! Hey, hey!
Yeah, yeah!

VERONICA & J.D.:
Love this dead girl...

J.D.:
Whoa, whoa! Hey, hey! Wait, wait!

VERONICA:
Love this dead girl...

VERONICA & J.D.:
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

J.D.:
Ow!

VERONICA & J.D.:
Yeah!!!


Words: 1281

Date: April 18, 2023

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