Scene 19:-
Next Morning,
Int. Caleb's home,
Time:- 8:30 A.M
Caleb woke up just before the alarm was about to ring. Caleb brushes and gets dressed for school. He goes downstairs and his mother in surprise says, "Wow Caleb, what's the news? You've woken up fairly early... Is this a dream?"
Caleb laughs and replies, "Good morning mom!" He adds, "I slept early last night."
His mom smiles and shakes Caleb's hair with her hand.
Scene 20:-
Ext. Outside Caleb's Home,
Time: 9:20 A.M
Caleb starts off to his school.
Scene 21:-
Int. Downtown High, Corridor
Time: 9:35 A.M
Caleb goes to his locker to pick up his books.
As he is walking towards his classroom, his eye catches a picture on their school notice board. It was a picture of him with the caption 'Homerun Hero'.
Caleb smiles to himself, when his 4 friends come from the back and Lily calls out to Caleb, "What's up, Hero?"
Caleb responds, "Hey guys!"
James says, "Guys, I absolutely had no sleep last night... Last night's game was still hovering in my mind!"
Henry adds, "Yeah! Same with me too! What a fantastic game it was!"
Natalie, "I can't believe how good our Cheerleaders and Band members had performed!"
The five of them walk to the classroom while talking about the game. When suddenly, Caleb stops near the music room. James asks, "Caleb, why'd you stop?"
Caleb doesn't seem to respond... He was looking into the music room through the glass of the door.
Henry calls Caleb, "Caleb! Let's go!"
Still he doesn't respond.
Then the four of them come to join him. They look at the music room and they listen to Emma singing with a beautiful voice.
Emma finishes her performance after a few minutes, later.... James says, "Woah! What a beautiful voice dude!" He adds, "Who is she?"
Natalie replies, "That's Emma! She's new to our school... I heard that she's an absolutely brilliant singer."
Caleb still doesn't say a word, he continues to look at Emma from outside. Later, Henry says
"Aight guys, it's time for our next class... Let's go!"
Caleb nods while watching Emma who is adjusting her notes.
Scene 22:-
Int. Downtown High school Cafeteria,
Time: 1:15 P.M
As usual, Caleb sits at a table along with his friends. Lily starts talking, "Guys! Have y'all heard about our School trip to North Carolina?!"
Natalie replies, "Yesss! It's gonna be sooo fun!! Just a week left to goooo!!!"
James says, "Yeah... I'm excited too! I just hope Henry and I don't get the same room!"
Henry replies, "Bruhh... I'm hoping so too."
Caleb says, "Well... It sure will be a great trip, After lots of busy days... It's gonna be a much needed vacation."
Scene 23:-
Int. Downtown High Cafeteria,
Same time,
Just then, Emma enters the cafeteria. She waves at everyone and almost everyone in the cafeteria starts greeting her as soon as she enters. At last, she joined to eat with a group of 15 members.
Caleb thinks to himself, "Woah! It's quite amazing for a freshie to get so much popularity. I would never imagine talking with that many people."
Lily speaks out, "Guys... Look at her, it looks like she knows literally everyone around the school."
Henry says, "Yeah... Guys we should go talk to her... She might get us new friends."
James agrees and says, "Yeah man... I totally agree, shall we go?"
Caleb quickly says, "Um... No! Y'all go and talk... I wouldn't want to go talk bro."
Lily asks, "Why not? She looks like she's the coolest person in our school."
Caleb says, "Uh... Guys, I don't know... I'm not that great at talking to new people."
Henry replies, "Bro... Seriously? That's not right... We gotta expand our horizon in life. We gotta get to know more people!"
Natalie says, "Yeah. I'm with Henry on this... Suit yourself Caleb, We're gonna go and talk to her."
Caleb sighs... After a few seconds,
"Alright.... I'll come."
James says, "Great! We'll go once she's done with her lunch."
Scene 24:-
Int. Downtown High Cafeteria,
Time: 1:27 P.M
Emma finishes her lunch and she gets up to get to her next class. Then, Emma steps out of the washroom. Caleb and his group quickly move to her and greet her. Natalie says, "Hey Emma! How are you enjoying school so far?"
Emma looks at everyone and starts to look at Caleb who is standing behind everyone. She replies, "Hi! I'm lovin' it so far! New friends, New activities and most importantly a new band!"
Lily says, "Oh yeah! You are a band member aren't you?"
Emma replies, "Yeah! The quality of our band is much better than my previous school." After giving some pause... She looks at Caleb again and says, "Hey... Why are you standing behind your friends? You can talk to me... I'm not gonna bully you!" She laughs.
Caleb quickly gets nervous and comes forward.
Emma says, "There you go! Much better now!"
She adds, "So... what are your names guys?"
She adds again, "Except for you Caleb... We've met already! She smiles."
Each of them introduce themselves to Emma. Caleb stands silent. After the introductions,
Emma says, "Alright guys! Nice to meet y'all, See you later!"
The 5 of them wave at Emma while she goes back to her classroom. After the bell rings, the 5 of them go back to their classroom.
Scene 25:-
Int. Caleb's home,
Time:- 4:30 P.M
Caleb comes home after school. He goes up to his room. He falls on his bed. Just then his mom calls him downstairs to eat some food.
She shouts, "Caleb!! I've made you some pasta. Come down and eat!"
Caleb shouts, "Coming Mom!"
He looks at his phone and he gets a notification from Instagram. Caleb checks the notification and it is a follow request from Emma. Caleb smiles and accepts the request. He opens Emma's account and follows her back. Caleb then goes down to eat his pasta.
Scene 26:-
Int. Caleb's home, Downstairs
Caleb takes his pasta bowl and sits at the dining table. Just then, Caleb gets another notification. Caleb then checks it, it is a message from Emma.
Emma says, "Hey Caleb! How's it going?"
Caleb quickly texts, "Hey! What's up?"
Emma says, "I just wanted to ask if your group is coming to the trip to North Carolina."
Caleb replies, "Yeah... We're coming, are you?"
Emma replies, "Of course!! I wouldn't wanna miss out on the fun!! Anyway, I have music class right now. I gotta go! See you tomorrow!"
Caleb sighs and replies, "Alright... Bye"
Emma replies with emojis, "🥱👋🏼"
Caleb smiles and finishes his snack.
While going back up, Caleb's mom asks
"Hey Caleb! When are you going the trip to North Carolina?"
Caleb replies, "Next friday mom!"
His mom says, "Oh! That's great. By the way, Did you find any new friends at school?"
Caleb replies, "No mom... Not yet."
His mom sighs and smiles at Caleb with a painful smile.
Caleb notices it and goes up without saying another word.
Scene 27:-
Int. Caleb's room
Time: 9:40 P.M
Caleb lays on his bed and he checks out Emma's profile.
Emma's bio contains:-
1) Birthday:- 12th November, 2006
2) Personalities:- Social Bird, Music Lover, Gregarious, Dog Lover
3)"Can't stop talking! I'm a chatter box!!"
Emma has 2,863 followers. She has 43 posts. She follows 5,210 people.
Caleb checks out some of her posts and some of them include:-
1)Posts with her dog, Cookie
2)Posts with her dad
3)Posts with her previous school friends
Caleb gets surprised after watching some of her posts.
After sometime, Caleb yawns and checks the time. The time is 10:30 P.m
Caleb shuts off his phone and sleeps.
To Be Continued...
Upcoming,
Chapter:- Trip To North Carolina!