HOMEWORK
Homeroom: n/a
Intro to Creative Writing: Describe a scene out your window
English: Franny and Zooey
French: Finish décrire un soir amusant avec les amis
G & T: Prepare a summary for Mrs. Hill of what you hope to accomplish in G&T this semester
PE: Wash gym shorts
Chemistry: Ask Kenny/J.P.
Precalculus: Seriously. This class HAS to be a joke.
ME, A PRINCESS???? YEAH, RIGHT.
A Screenplay by Mia Thermopolis
(first draft)
Scene 13
INT/DAY—The Palm Court at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Close-up of MIA’s face as she tries to digest what her father, PRINCE PHILLIPE, has just told her.
MIA
(fighting tears, and hiccups)
I am NOT moving to Genovia.
PRINCE PHILLIPE
(using his now-let’s-be-reasonable voice)
But, Mia. I thought you understood—
MIA
All I understand is that you lied to me my whole life.
Why should I come live with you?
MIA leaps up from the table, tipping over her chair, then rushes from the restaurant, nearly knocking over the snobby doorman on her way out.
Tuesday, September 7, W Hotel
So they’re converting the Plaza into condominiums and luxury time-shares. And Grandmère’s already bought the penthouse.
But they’re still renovating it. And Grandmère can’t live there with all the dust because of her sinuses. Not to mention the banging, which starts promptly at 7:30 a.m.
So she’s taken up residence at the W Hotel.
And she doesn’t seem to be liking it very much.
“This,” Grandmère was saying, as I walked into her suite—which, can I just say, is pretty freaking nice? I mean, it’s not exactly her style (it’s more modern than frou-frou—stripes and leather as opposed to floral and lace), but it’s got views all up and down the island of Manhattan, and a lot of shiny wood—“is completely unacceptable.”
