The Rulin's house - Monday 23 Feb 2000
[Living room - 7:43 a.m]
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"Good morning, my baby boy." says a happy Heather Rulin as her 14 year old son climbs down the stairs to end up in the living room. He kisses his mother good morning, "Hi Mom." They then go in the kitchen. Shawn is wearing a black and white t-shirt, black jeans and blue-marine shoes. His mother is wearing her usual black coloured woman-business suit.

"Here's your lunch honey." she says as she hand to her son a small aqua plastic bag. "What's in there?" asks the latter with a smile as he takes the bag in his hands and put it in his black bag. "Tuna sandwich, your favourite." she replies as she approaches her son to give him a peck on the forehead.

"G'morning!" yells Maria accompanied by a tender smile. She's wearing a black and dark orange short dress, it's like a tiger's skin. "Maria, Maria, what's this dress? Is that what a girl student is supposed to wear?" asks Heather Rulin with a smile and widened eyes. Her daughter and her have always been close, maybe it's because they're both of the same sex. Heather always wanted to have a daughter, so that she would teach her how to cook and to charm boys. But with the revelation of her son, sometimes she says to herself that she has now, practically, two daughters. But sometimes she hates herself for thinking like that.

"Oh mom, I'm the new generation and the new generation girls dress like that." replies Maria still smiling. Shawn was going to go out of the house to go and meet his dear boyfriend but his mom interrupts him, "Shawn, dear, have you noticed the weather?" Shawn gives out a sigh, "Ohhh, mom!!!" he replies in a pleading tone.

"I guess that means yes. You remember? You promised that you would always wear a cap when the weather looks bad." says Heather as she puts a black cap on the head of her dear baby boy. "But mom...it's not even raining!" replies Shawn trying to get out of this horrible torture. He hates to wear a cap, he thinks he look like a fool when he does it. But, he promised to his mom one year ago that he would always do it if ever the weather looks bad. Once, he didn't want to wear it, as always, and that day it rained a lot. So, the next day, Shawn was lying on his bed, with a horrible headache and a nightmarish fever. He almost felt like dying.

"There're no buts! I don't want you to feel sick again." says Heather as she takes her briefcase. "But..." starts Shawn but his mom replies immediately, "Shawn!!" And the discussion was over. The family get out of the house, the kids kiss their mother good bye and the latter heads to her work-place in her car.

Shawn takes off the cap but Maria pokes him in the ribs, "Uh-uh! No way, I'm gonna make sure you wear this cute cap." teases Maria with a smile. Her brother replies with a smile, "If you force me to wear it, I'm gonna tell Michael what you do secretly in the bathroom." After hearing this, Maria pokes her brother harder in the ribs with a smile, "You little brat!"

Sunrise Valley
[Near Sunrise High - 7:45 a.m]
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Kristine Ericsson, wearing a black top, blue jeans and black shoes, is walking, slowly, she has a weight on her heart. She never did that before, of course, no boy stole her boyfriend before. She has suffered so much since Shawn Rulin spoiled her life by stealing HER boyfriend. "It's normal that he suffers too!" she says to herself to minimize the horrible...

"Hey Kristine!" yells a voice from behind, it's Christopher Hart. He's wearing his favourite white sweat with black jeans and black shoes. "Hey..." replies Kristine shyly.

"Something's wrong?" asks Christopher noticing the sad look on the girl's face. She asked him for help, she asked him to help her to hurt Shawn, and to hurt him very deeply. She found one way of doing it, a really good one to make Shawn Rulin suffer as much as she suffered.

"No, everything's ok. It's just that, Christopher, promise me that you will never tell anyone that I'm the one..." replies Kristine but with a smile Christopher interrupts her, "I won't, promise. You asked me for help, and you paid me well."

A smile appears on Kristine's face, "And what's that supposed to mean?" Christopher just raise his shoulders as reply and they both start to laugh a bit. "Christopher?" says the girl in a whisper.

"Yeah?" replies the golden haired boy still smiling. He's remembering how Kristine paid him for his help. And it was a very special payment. But also, he could understand how she felt, she has been humiliated and hurt. This red-haired girl never wanted to hurt anybody, but she got hurt. And the source of all her misery must pay for what he did.

"Thanks...Thanks a lot for helping me." says Kristine before giving a little kiss on Christopher's cheek. The latter's face starts to get red, "Oh well, no problem." he says with a smile.

Sunrise Valley
[The Matthews' house - 7:49 a.m]
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"Have a nice day and work well." yells Mrs. Matthews from the kitchen as her unique son, Tommy, walks out of the house, "Bye mom." he says one last time before closing the door. He sighs and then continue to walk. He's wearing a white t-shirt, navy-blue jeans and white shoes.

"Today will be a very tough day." he says to himself. Menrad and his buddies asked him...no...ordered him to do something he doesn't want to. But what can he do? His only friend is a girl, he's not strong and it's not his ability of making sweets appear thats gonna help him out.

He takes out the pic of Shawn from his jeans' pocket and stares at it. "This guy...he didn't do me anything and...I'm going to help those assholes." he says as tears comes to his eyes. "Fuck them! Fuck them! FUCK THEM!!!" Two other students who were walking on the other side of the road are surprised by the yells of Tommy and they start to walk faster.

"Maybe I shouldn't go to school today. Yeah, maybe I can---" says Tommy but a hand grabs his shoulder. Menrad. "How ya doin', Queeny?" he asks with a silly laugh, "Ready for today?" he asks as he tightens the grasp he has on Tommy. The latter tries to resist the pain but...he can't, "Y-Y-Yeah..." he replies shyly and with fear.

"Good, that's very good Queeny. But remember, if ever you don't do it, I'll be very very very angry at you. I suppose you don't want that, right?" asks Menrad with a menacing tone which makes Tommy want to pass out.

"No, I..I don't want that..to happen." replies Tommy losing his breath a little.

Sunrise High
[Infront of the main entrance - 7:53 a.m]
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"Hello. Hi. How are you? Hey there!" says Teri Runnels, wearing a white top, black jeans and blue shoes, walking by the side of her sister Jessica, who's wearing the same clothes as Teri. Everybody surprised, first of all, by the return of the girl accused of taking drugs and also by the fact that the sisters never showed that they were close.

"Ah, it feels so good to be back." says Teri to her sister, with whom she has just made up. "Oh, wait until you know how much work you'll have to do for next week's History test." replies Jessica with a little laugh. They continue their chat, talking about what happened in the school etc.

Suddenly, the sisters come across a couple. A couple that Jessica doesn't really like but she doesn't let it know. "Hey Mike! I'm back!" says a happy Teri as she hugs her friend. Maria looks on and she glances at Jessica, and the latter does the same.

"How? I don't understand..." asks Michael a confused and surprised. He didn't even notice that Teri is wearing the same clothes as Jessica and that they were walking together, side by side. "Well, I talked to the police inspector. They said it was ok because they have found the one responsible for all this. But, they're not totally sure, so they're gonna check." explains Teri with a smile.

"I'm so happy for you, Teri." replies Michael as he hugs her once again. Then, he realizes that the sisters are wearing the same clothes and that they're standing next to each other. "What the...?" asks Michael now really confused. Teri holds the hand of her sister, "Mike, I was wrong about my sister. She's really nice and she's not...well...you know. We've made peace, please, Michael, do the same. Make peace with her. I'll ask Christopher to do it too." explains Teri still smiling.

Michael eyes are now wide open, it's not possible. How come Teri changed her mind so suddenly and so quickly. "What did Jessica do to her??" he asks to himself. "Michael, are you all right?" asks Teri as he didn't reply to her request. "Yeah...I'm ok. I..I can't promise anything, but I'll try." replies the amazed and confused boy.

"Cool then, see ya later." says Teri as her and Jessica head towards their class room. Maria and Michael look at each other, both really surprised. "I thought you said Teri hated her sister. How come they're so close now?" asks Maria. "I don't know, but I'll find out. Yeah, I'm gonna find out." replies her boyfriend.

Sunrise High
[Near the Grade 4 S class - 8:01 a.m]
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Shawn waited for Taylor at their meeting place but he didn't show up. He waited near the main entrance of the school, but again, he didn't show up. So, he thought maybe he was already in the school, but no, no sign of him. And no sign of Kevin too. Shawn wonders if...no, it can't be. Taylor would never do such a thing. Maybe he's sick or something.

He walks towards his class, he looks behind to see if Taylor or Kevin has arrived but...no sign of either of them. Maybe they'll come later, yeah, maybe they're just late. Maybe Taylor woke up late and he'll come afterwards. Though he trust Taylor, Shawn can't help thinking about the fact that the 2, Taylor and Kevin, have been acting really weird since they met each other.

Suddenly, someone bumps into Shawn from behind, "Oops, I'm sorry." says the boy. "Oh, it's ok." replies Shawn with a little smile. Then he realizes something, "Hey...we're in the same class, right?" The other boy smiles back, "Yeah, I'm Scott Hughes and you must be...Shawn, right?"

"Yeah, that's me. Shawn Rulin." replies the latter as he gives his hand for a shake. "You're the one who's...?" asks Scott as he gives his hand for the shake. "Hehe, yeah, I'm the fag, as some would say." replies Shawn with a smile. "Where's your...boyfriend?" asks Scott as he looks around. "I don't know. He didn't arrive yet, maybe he'll come later." replies Shawn still smiling.

As Scott was going to walk towards the class, Shawn stops him, "Hey!" he says. Scott turns around, "Yeah?" Shawn remains silent for a moment, "Uh..um..I was wondering. Would..would you like us to be friends?" He don't know why he asked that, perhaps it's because he's feeling a bit lonely right now or is it something else? A smile appears on Scott's face, "Yeah sure. But, don't you rape me!" he replies with a wide smile which makes Shawn laugh a bit, "I won't!" And they start talking of what they like or what they don't like. Well, the usual stuff you talk about when you meet someone new.

As the two boys walk towards their class, Tommy Matthews is having regrets. He was looking at Shawn. He can't do anything, if ever he runs away, Menrad's gonna get him, if ever he does what he was ordered to, he will hate himself more than he already does. His friend is absent today, she went to Canada to see her family. She'll be back in a month or so. If she was here, maybe she would know what to do. The bell rings, and Tommy's heart sinks.

Sunrise High
[The Garden - 9:28 a.m]
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The first two periods of the day are over, Kristine Ericsson is walking around the garden, swimming in her thoughts. Maybe she shouldn't have thought about getting revenge, she might get into trouble. She sighs and continue her walk. She looks around, seeing a few couples here and there. Happy to be together, maybe they're promising to each other that they'll never ever break up, like she and Taylor did once. But it seems that he forgot his promise as well as the love he once felt for her.

"Kristine?" says a voice behind her, Jessica Runnels, "What are you doing here all alone? I was waiting for you near the cafeteria." Kristine stares at her for a moment, if ever Jessica learns that she has plotted a revenge against Shawn, she would never forgive her, "I..uh..umm..I was thinking and well..." replies the red-haired girl.

"Still thinking about Taylor?" asks Jessica with concerned eyes. Kristine replies with a nod of agreement. "Oh Kristine, you should try to forget about him. There're so many other boys. Taylor is gone and he's on the other side, let him go and...live your life." says Jessica before giving her friend a warm hug. "It's just that...I love him so much." replies Kristine as tears start to come to her eyes.

"I understand but...you should really try. I'm sure if you go out with another boy, you'll forget Taylor easily. Believe me." explains Jessica with a friendly and tender smile. "Yeah, maybe you're right, but...there's not a single boy who interest me." replies Kristine, managing a little smile.

"Have you met Fox Richards? The new guy of the Grade 4 A Class? He's really hot. You want me to introduce you to him?" asks Jessica still smiling. "If he's a hot one, why don't you go out with him? You don't have any boyfriend, right?" replies Kristine, still smiling too.

"I've got someone else on my mind." replies Jessica, stroking her golden hair. "Do I know him?" asks Kristine, wondering who's that someone on her friend's mind. But, the latter just smiles and change the subject. Kristine doesn't insist because for the moment, it's not that important.

Sunrise High
[Near the cafeteria - 9:29 a.m]
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Christopher Hart is standing in a little isolated place, waiting for someone. The latter is going to help him to humiliate Shawn Rulin, to the request of Kristine. The latter's boyfriend has been stolen, that's what she pretends, by Shawn and of course, she wants revenge. She wants him to suffer as much as she suffered, she wants him to be humiliated as much as she was.

"Hey Chris, gimme a high five!" says a voice coming from infront of Christopher. It's Menrad Waide, the 'bully' of the school. He's strong and he's the nightmare of all the weaklings of the school. "Hey, how are you man?" replies the blond boy as he gives Menrad a high five. "I'm ok, and ready for some action." says Menrad before a little evil laugh.

"Here's the stuff, you know how to use them, right?" asks Christopher as he hands to Menrad a brown box, not really big. "Of course, dude. You explained it to me a lot of times, I think now it can't even get out of my head." replies Menrad before laughing again. Though his joke isn't funny, Christopher manage to smile a little.

"When am I gonna get paid?" asks Menrad, now in a serious tone. Christopher, after hearing this, takes out his black coloured wallet and takes out a few notes, "Here's half of it, the other half when you'll have finished, and...do it well, kay?" he says as he gives Menrad the few notes.

"I've got a question." says Menrad as he puts the notes in his black jeans' pocket. "What?" replies Christopher as he puts his white bag on his back. "What did that Shawn Rulin do to you? I mean, what you asked me to do will be very humiliating for him, so I was wondering what he had done to you to deserve such a punishment." explains Menrad as he scratches a little bit the back of his head.

"I can't tell you, I'm sorry. I must go now, I hope you will do the job well." replies Christopher as he walks away. "Yeah, don't worry about it." says Menrad as a reply.

Sunrise High
[Near a range of lockers - 11:05 a.m]
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The 3rd and 4th period of the day are over. It's now, recess time. 30 minutes for the students to relax, chat and eat. Among those students, Shawn Rulin and Scott Hughes. They talked a lot since this morning, they got to know each other a little. They both love pasta foods, they both enjoy pop music and they both hate Mariah Carey.

"Geez, that Mr. Douglas is such an asshole. He gave us soooooooo much homework, god, I hate that guy." says Scott as he closes his locker. "Well, maybe we could work together after school, it'll be fun." replies Shawn with a smile. He quickly felt relax around Scott, first he was a bit nervous but now he's ok. "Yeah sure, but your boyfriend won't be jealous?" says Scott with a grin as a reply.

"You are such a---" starts Shawn but he's interrupted by a finger, tapping his shoulder. He turns around to face Tommy Matthews. "Yes?" asks Shawn, wondering what this boy wanted. "Are..are..are you Shawn..Shawn Rulin?" asks the latter shyly and nearly whispering. "Uh, yeah." replies Shawn with a little smile. "Can..can..can you come with me? I..I..need to tell you.. something..very..important." explains Tommy, still in the 'shy' mode.

"Yeah sure." replies Shawn, he tells Scott that he'll be back in a moment and then follows Tommy in the boys' toilets. There, the latter remain silent.

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"You said you wanted to tell me somethi---" starts Shawn, to break the ice, but someone knocked him out from behind. He falls on the ground, unconscious.

"Queeny, you did a very good job. Now, go away." orders Menrad Waide. Tommy doesn't wait any longer and makes his way to the door but before he goes out, Menrad gives him one last warning, "If ever you tell someone about this, you're DEAD. Hear me??" And Tommy nods in agreement.

"Pat, close the door and Jon, give me the box." says Menrad to his two friends. Menrad stares at the face of the unconscious Shawn, with an evil smile, "Sleep well, buddy, cause when you're gonna wake up, you're gonna wish to have slept forever."