DISCLAIMER : THIS WASN'T WRITTEN IN A SCRIPT FORMAT BECAUSE I HAD NO WAY OF DOING IT AT THE TIME IT WAS WRITTEN. BUT IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH. ENJOY!
[We’re presented with a black screen]
[The screen fades into color]
[The camera focuses on the face of a young girl around 9 years old with short neck length jet black hair , blue-ish hazel brown eyes and light tan skin wearing a long sleeve white shirt with yellow sleeves and royal blue gym shorts along with calf high white gym socks and white sneakers as well as glasses and a blue burette on the right side of her hair and who at this moment is staring at the camera with her head resting in her left arm while her right hand is resting on her lap as she is sitting on of the seats of the bleachers]
[The camera zooms out a little more]
[We see that she’s watching a bunch of other kids playing volleyball]
[The camera focuses back on the girl]
[We hear several whispers offscreen]
[She looks to her left]
[The camera shows us who she’s looking at]
[We see a group of girls , who are in the same type of shirt just different colors and the same color shorts , socks and shoes whispering and looking over their shoulder at the girl]
[We can’t hear what she’s saying though]
[The girl turns her head back to her peers on the court]
[The camera cuts to the girl looking in her locker wearing something different ; she’s wearing a pair of loose jeans and a blue and white short sleeve collared striped T shirt and white sneakers]
[Suddenly we see an older boy around 15 with shoulder length jet black hair , blue-ish Hazel brown eyes and light tan skin just wearing a red t shirt and loose jeans and sneakers come up behind her and ruffles her hair which startles her and causes her to turn around]
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Riley : Hey, Pen-Pen!
Penelope : I told you to stop sneaking up on me, Riley! It’s not fun.
Riley : Can’t I say hi to my little sister?
Penelope : Of course you can. As long as you make your presence known.
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[Penelope takes her book from her bag from her locker and swings it over her shoulder]
[She and Riley begin walking to god knows where]
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Riley : So , are you ready for your party tomorrow?
Penelope : Mm. I guess so.
Riley : You guess so?
Penelope : I mean…The party isn’t necessarily for me to be honest. It’s more like a pity party that Mom and Dad decided to throw because they don’t want people to think I have no friends. Which I don’t.
Riley : Then what am I? An onion?
Penelope : You’re my brother. That doesn’t count. At least not to Mom and Dad. I still can’t believe they invited everyone in my grade.
Riley : It’ll be fine. Don’t worry.
Penelope : You’re right…I shouldn’t worry. Because I doubt anyone’s coming.
Riley : Of course they will.
Penelope : Believe me. They won’t.
Riley : Why not?
Penelope : Because everyone in my grade thinks I’m weird.
Riley : No they don’t!
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[Penelope looks at Riley with a straight face]
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Riley : Ok , maybe some of them do. But that’s because they’re stupid jerks.
Penelope : [sighs]
Riley : Don’t worry sis. Your 10th birthday is gonna be the best birthday you’ve ever had! Trust me!
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[The camera focuses on Penelope with a worried look on her face]
[The camera cuts to large , expensive looking home in a suburban neighborhood]
[We cut to the inside of the home]
[We’re brought into the kitchen where we see a beautiful woman with back length jet black hair with a feathered style , blue-ish hazel eyes , and light tanned skin , and wearing rose red lipstick dressed in a white button up shirt and black skirt that reaches just 2 eaches below her knee , stockings and black high heels as well as a diamond necklace and earrings , sorting out decorations on the kitchen counter]
[We see a handsome man with above shoulder length slicked back straight brunette hair, dark blue eyes and peaches and cream skin wearing a suit and dress shoes walk into the kitchen through the arch way]
[He sneaks up on the woman and wraps his arms around her waist from behind which causes her to scream loudly]
[The man begins laughing]
[She turns her head to see who it is and she begins hitting the man playfully and laughing as well]
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Mrs.Bloom : Henry! What’re you doing home so early?
Mr.Bloom : I wanted to surprise my beautiful wife.
Mrs.Bloom : [chuckles softly] Consider me surprised.
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[Mr.Bloom walks over to the other side of the counter towards the refrigerator ]
[Mr.Bloom looks over his shoulder and sees the decorations]
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Mr.Bloom : I see someone went shopping.
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[Mr.Bloom turns his head back around towards the fridge and opens the refrigerator door]
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Mrs.Bloom : Well , we have to make sure Penny’s party tomorrow is perfect!
Mr.Bloom : Seems like you’re more excited about Penny’s birthday than Penny is.
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[Mr.Bloom takes out a bottle of water , opens it and starts drinking it]
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Mrs.Bloom : I just want her to have a fun birthday party this year. And make some friends too! She always seems so lonely and desperate. No daughter of mine is going to be seen as lonely and desperate, that’s for sure!
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[We hear the sound of the door open offscreen]
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Voice (female , 17 yo) : Mom! We’re home!
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[The camera cuts to the front door where we see , Penelope , Riley and another girl around 17 years old with back length jet black hair , dark blue eyes , and light tan skin wearing a yellow short sleeved shirt with a mid thigh white pleated skirt , all taking their shoes off and put them on the shoe rack]
[They walk further into the house]
[Penelope makes her way to the white tiled stairs with golden railings]
[Penelope proceeds to sprint up the stairs]
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Aurora : Hey! Pen-Pen! Don’t you wanna watch TV with us?
Penelope [offscreen] : No. I’m good!
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[Penelope continues going up the stairs and it seems she’s already gotten to the top]
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Aurora : Hm? That’s weird. She normally wants to watch TV with us.
Riley : Maybe it’s puberty.
Aurora : Puberty doesn’t stop you from watching TV , Riley.
Riley : That’s what you think-
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[Riley and Aurora go towards the archway leading to the living room which is conveniently just a few steps away from the entry]
[The camera cuts to what seems to be a fairly large bedroom with light blue walls , a crisp white vanity , crisp white night stand and a queen sized bed with fancy white and light pink sheets with frills at the end with a few stuffed animals (a panda, a koala , a duck , a moose and a bear) resting against the pillows]
[We see Penelope walk into her room and close the door behind her and lock it]
[Penelope lets out a sigh of relief and walks over to her bed
[Penelope takes her backpack off of her back and puts it on the ground]
[Penelope plops herself face down on her bed and groans in frustration]
[Penelope shifts her head and looks towards her left where her night stand is]
[Penelope shifts over and opens the drawer of the nightstand]
[Penelope takes a book out of the drawer of the nightstand]
[She closes the drawer and opens up the book]
[The camera shifts its focus to what's inside the book marked "Diary"]
[We see "List Of Things To Do Before Turning 10" at the top of the page]
[Underneath there's "make friends" and "kiss a boy" with check boxes beside them]
[Penelope closes the book and buries her head in her pillow]
[The camera fades to black]
[The camera fades back to color]
[It seems to be night time now and we're outside the Bloom household]
[The camera cuts to inside of the home , in the kitchen where we see Mrs.Bloom in a pearlescent long white tight fitted dress with puffed sleeves, a diamond necklace and earrings with matching pearlescent white colored stilettos preparing different snacks and refreshments to serve with a pink and light blue heart shaped cake on a cake stand in the middle of all the snacks]
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Mrs.Bloom [talking to herself] : [proud] Perfect!
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[Mrs.Bloom leaves the kitchen]
[The camera switches to the living room where we see Mrs.Bloom enter through the archway and walk up to her two children , Riley (who's wearing a suit and dress shoes) and Aurora (who's wearing a regular thigh length blue dress with puffed sleeves and black rounded toe shoes) , who are sitting on the couch]
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Mrs.Bloom : Where is everyone?
Riley : What do you mean?
Aurora: No one's here , Mom.
Mrs.Bloom : [confused] What? I've been in the kitchen for hours preparing everything and you mean to tell me no one's here yet? The party should've started two hours ago.
Riley : Maybe they're running late.?
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[Mrs.Bloom lets out a sigh of frustration]
[We see Mr.Bloom walk into the living room]
[Mrs.Bloom turns around and sees Mr.Bloom]
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Mrs.Bloom : Oh , Henry! Is Penny ready yet?
Mr.Bloom : I thought she was down here with you ?
Mrs.Bloom : Huh?
Riley : [sighs knowingly] I'll call the police
Aurora : Huh!? Why ?!
Riley : Knowing Pen-Pen , she's probably halfway across the state by now- just saying.
Mrs.Bloom : That's absurd.
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[Mr and Mrs.Bloom look at one another]
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Mr.Bloom : I'll go get her
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[Mr.Bloom walks out of the living room]
[All of a sudden we hear the doorbell ring off screen]
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Aurora : I'll get it.
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[Aurora gets up from the couch and walks out of the living room]
[The camera cuts to Penelope's bedroom]
[We see Penelope sitting on the edge of her bed staring at her ceiling, wearing a frilly pink dress with puffed short sleeves, white stockings and pink rounded shoes with a small heel]
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Penelope *IM* : What's the point in living in this room? No one's even here. Maybe if I stay here long enough I'll implode-
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[A knock can be heard on Penelope's door but she doesn't react to it]
[The sound of Penelope's door opening can be heard off screen]
[The camera shifts to a side view where we can see Mr Bloom and Penelope in the same frame ]
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Mr. Bloom : Hey, champ!
Penelope: Hello Father
Mr.Bloom : Are you excited?
Penelope: [sarcastic, robotic like] Yes, father. I'm elated. In fact, I'm bursting with joy.
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[Mr.Bloom walks into Penelope's room]
[Penelope straightens her self and begins sitting up on the bed]
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Mr.Bloom : What's wrong?
Penelope: Nothing…
Mr.Bloom : C'mon champ, it's me, Papa Bear! You can tell me.
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[Penelope turns her head and looks at her father]
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Penelope: This dress makes me look like a bedazzled poltergeist.
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[Mr.Bloom chuckles]
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Mr.Bloom : Is that all?
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[Penelope looks at her father not wanting to hurt his feelings]
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Penelope: Yeah ..
Mr. Bloom : Ah. Don't worry, champ . I think you look beautiful. Like a modern day Disney Princess.
Penelope: No offense, Dad. But I'm pretty sure Ariel didn't look like this.
Mr.Bloom : [laughs] Come on. Let's go downstairs. Your party awaits.
Penelope: [sighs] Okay.
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[The camera cuts to Mr.Bloom and Penelope getting to the end of the stairs and making their way to the living room]
[Mr.Bloom and Penelope get to the archway]
[Penelope's eyes widen as soon as she enters the living room]
[The camera shifts to a different view point where we see why Penelope's eyes widened]
[We see 5 kids around Penelope's age]
[One girl has black hair, blue eyes , caramel skin tone , rounded nose , full lips and is wearing a sleeveless violet knee length dress with a white cardigan with one button buttoned at the front , and light violet shoes with a small heel and a giant white bow in her hair and an amethyst pendant necklace]
[The second girl has brunette hair , emerald green eyes , ivory skin tone , narrow nose , thin rosy lips and is wearing short sleeved wine red dress with a black bow around the waist and red shoes with a small heel and a black head band and pearl earrings and a pearl necklace ]
[The third girl has dark blonde hair , dark brown eyes , peaches and cream skin tone , narrow nose and full glossy and is wearing an emerald green short sleeved satin layered dress with flat emerald green shoes . upper arm length white satin gloves and a pair of emerald earrings and a matching emerald necklace]
[All three of the girls are sitting on cushions around the coffee table
[One boy with short straight brunette hair, dark brown eyes , light olive skin tone , rounded nose and thin-full lips and is wearing a standard suit with a bow tie and black dress shoes , who’s sitting on the couch]
[The second boy with curly shoulder length jet black hair (but is tied up) , dark blue eyes , button nose, thin lips , bronze skin tone and is wearing the same kind of suit except it’s navy blue and he’s wearing an undone tie and not a bow tie, who’s just standing up ]
[Penelope turns to walk away from the living room but her father stops her and turns her back around]
[Penelope hesitantly walks further into the living room but stands at a specific spot]
[We see Mrs.Bloom getting everyone settled]
[Mrs.Bloom looks up and sees Penelope]
[Mrs.Bloom smiles]
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Mrs.Bloom : Sweetie! You're here, finally! Look who arrived!
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[Everyone turns around to look at her]
[Mrs.Bloom walks up to Penelope]
[Mrs.Bloom looks Penelope up and down with a bright smile]
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Mrs.Bloom : You look so adorable! You look like a little princess ! Do you like it? I know pink is your favorite color.
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[Penelope nods and gives her mother a very awkward smile]
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Mrs.Bloom : Great! Your father and I are going to leave you and your friends here to catch up and talk !
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[Mrs.Bloom walks towards Mr.Bloom and they both walk off hand in hand leaving Penelope alone]
[Penelope is very uncomfortable and wishes to leave]
[We see the three girls whispering amongst one another and talking while they're sitting on three cushions around the coffee table]
[Penelope notices and tries her best to ignore it]
[Penelope wants to sit on the couch but can't seem to find the courage to move as Theo is sitting there drinking from his red cup]
[We see a boy , (the one wearing the undone tie and has curly hair) , walk up to Penelope and stand beside her]
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Elijah : [scoffs, laughs] Nice dress, Four eyes.
Penelope : [looks at Elijah] Leave me alone, Elijah.
Elijah : I can do what I want.
Penelope : It's my house.
Elijah : Whatever
Penelope What’re you even doing here?
Elijah : My mom forced me to come. Also free cake.
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[Penelope rolls her eyes and sighs]]
[Elijah walks off screen]
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Penelope: [mumbles to herself] Just my luck. The only people who decided to show up were the mean girls , the school troublemaker and the bane of my existence and the most attractive boy in my grade. Can this day get any better? [Sarcastic]
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[Suddenly we see one of the girls walk up to Penelope]
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Emma (girl with black hair) : Hey, Penelope!
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[Penelope is very confused as to why Emma is talking to her]
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Penelope: Hi,Emma?
Emma : Why are you standing all the way over here?
Penelope: I-
Emma : [interrupts] Come sit with me and the girls!
Penelope: No th-
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[Emma grabs Penelope's hands and brings her over to the coffee table]
[Emma kneels down and then sits with her knees splayed to the left side ]
[Emma yanks Penelope's arm lightly edging her to sit with the rest of them]
[Penelope hesitantly kneels and sits down with her legs folded beside the other two girls]
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Ava (girl with brunette hair) : So, when's everyone else coming?
Penelope: Uh..I don't think anyone else is coming.
Sophia (girl with dark blonde hair ) : Wait, seriously?
Penelope: Well-
Sophia : I only came because I thought Nick was coming!
Emma : You shouldn't be surprised, Soph. My mom had to beg me to come to this party. She said Mrs.Bloom was desperate to find sweet Penelope here, some friends.
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[Penelope puts her down slightly; embarrassed]
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Ava : What do you guys wanna do?
Penelope: [Shyly, unsure] We could play Scrabble?
Emma : Boring! Oh, I know! Let's play Kiss, Marry, Make out!
Sophia : Isn't it Kiss , Marry , Kill?
Emma : Yeah but we don't really wanna kill anyone here do we? Though I'd probably kill myself if I was wearing your dress, Penelope. [Laughs]
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[Everyone laughs a little bit except Elijah, who's sitting on the single couch]
[Penelope laughs awkwardly feeling slightly offended but tries to brush it off]
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Emma : Alright! I'll go first! I'd kiss Ava , on the cheek ,of course . Marry a doctor. And Make out with….Theodore! Your turn Ava.
Penelope: [interrupts] Are you sure this is how the game goes?
Emma : Of course it is! Now shut up. It's Ava's turn.
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[Penelope does as told]
[Penelope starts fidgeting with her fingers]
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Ava : I'd kiss Elijah. Marry the weather guy on TV and Make out with Liam
Sophia : Ew.
Ava : Liam's cute !
Sophia : He has braces -
Ava : So…?
Emma : Ok.
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[Emma turns her head to face Theodore]
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Emma : Theodore, your turn.
Theodore (boy with brunette hair) : I don't really wanna play.
Emma : Come on! It's not like we have anything else to do here. Unless you wanna play [mockingly] Scrabble.
Theodore: I wouldn't know who to say.
Emma : That's ok! I'll do it for you!
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[Emma starts to think]
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Emma : I think you'd kiss Penelope .Marry Sophia and make out with me .
Theo : Oh…
Penelope: [interrupts] Excuse me. I have to go get something from my room.
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[Penelope picks herself up from the floor and leaves the living room offscreen]
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Theo : Why would you make me kiss her, Emma ?
Emma : What do you mean?
Theo : Why would you make me kiss , Penelope?
Emma : Hey, don’t blame me! I felt bad for her. I mean look at this party. Look at her. She screams pathetic!
Theo : I wouldn’t want to kiss Penelope
Emma : Relax. It’s just hypothetical.
Theo : [scoffs] I don’t care. I don’t even wanna be here.
Ava : None of us do. But I kinda feel bad for her.
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[The camera shifts to Penelope coming back from her room]
[Before she goes into the living room- Penelope stops after hearing on going conversation and she listens in]
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Ava [offscreen] : I mean , her Mom had to throw her a party just for her to make friends.
Sophia [offscreen]: Yeah. That’s pretty sad.
Elijah [offscreen] : [interrupts] Don’t you think you guys are being a little harsh?
Emma [offscreen] : It’s not being harsh , Elijah. It’s being honest.
Theo [offscreen] : Yeah, Elijah. You gotta admit- she’s pretty weird.
Ava [offscreen] : I heard she has a crush on you.
Theo [offscreen] : Ew!
Emma [offscreen] : [laughs] Aw! That’s so adorable ! You two would look cute together
Theo [offscreen] : Stop! Yuck! I wouldn’t be caught dead with her. She’s not even my type. I don’t think she’s anyone’s type.
Sophia [offscreen] : She looks like Pete’s type.
Ava [offscreen] : Pete?
Sophia [offscreen] : Yeah. My poodle.
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[The sound of abrupt laughter fills the air from four of the kids offscreen]
[We see a somber look come across Penelope’s face as she listens in]
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Emma [offscreen] : I don’t even think your dog would like her [laughs severely]
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[Penelope slowly backs away from the arch way]
[Penelope turns around and walks away and goes into the kitchen]
[She opens one of the cupboards on the island counter and crawls in there]
[Penelope’s legs are hugged towards her chest and she locks the spacious hiding spot]
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Mrs.Bloom [offscreen and slightly muffled] : Time for cake everyone!
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[We hear several footsteps rush towards the kitchen]
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Riley [offscreen and slightly muffled] : Where’s Penelope?
Emma : She went to look for something in her room. She’ll be back.
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[Indistinct chatter goes on as Penelope hides in the cupboard]
[The camera slowly fades out and in slowly - indicating some time has passed]
[Penelope opens the cupboard doors]
[Penelope crawls out of the cupboard and closes them]
[Penelope stands up and sees that almost half of the cake is gone]
[Penelope takes the rest of the cake that's on the cake stand from the middle of the counter , a candle , and a lighter]
[Penelope places the cake on the kitchen floor]
[Penelope sits and crosses her legs next to where she placed the cake stand]
[She picks it up and puts it in front of her]
[Penelope places the single candle in middle of the cake]
[Penelope switches the lighter on and lights the candle]
[Penelope stares at the dancing flame atop the lonely candle on her half eaten birthday cake]
[Penelope closes her eyes]
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Penelope *IM* : I wish I could disappear. Forever
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[Penelope blows out her candle]
[She takes the already sliced parts of the cake and brings it to her mouth]
[Penelope begins eating the cake slowly getting frosting and crumbs all over her face]
[Penelope swallows it and goes to take another piece and repeats the process]
[Penelope’s glasses begin to fog up as tears begin to fall]
[The camera cuts to the living room where everyone is eating all the snacks and cake quietly]
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Mrs.Bloom : Hm. Penny should be down here by now. I’m going upstairs to look for her.
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[Mrs.Bloom gets up from the couch]
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Emma : Mrs. Bloom , can I have more cake please?
Ava : Same here!
Mrs.Bloom : [Hesitant] Of course!
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[Mrs.Bloom takes their plates and makes her way towards the kitchen]
[The camera cuts to Mrs.Bloom entering the kitchen only to see the cake gone]
[Mrs.Bloom is very confused]
[Mrs.Bloom keeps searching around until she hears soft sniffling sounds coming from the other side of where she’s standing]
[Mrs.Bloom walks around and sees Penelope who’s dress and face and right hand is covered in cake , cake frosting and crumbs as well as tears]
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Mrs. Bloom : Oh my God1 Penelope! What’re you doing!?
[Penelope turns and looks up at her Mother]
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Penelope : [sniffles, voice trembling] Celebrating another year on this horrible planet.
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[We see Mr.Bloom , Riley and Aurora walk into the kitchen concerned ]
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Mr.Bloom : Honey, what’s wro-
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[Mr.Bloom sees Penelope on the floor]
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Mr. Bloom : Dear God! What happened?! Why is Penelope crying!?
Mrs.Bloom : I don’t know!
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[Penelope takes another bite of the cake]
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Mrs.Bloom : You’re ruining your dress! Do you know how much money that costs?!
Penelope : I don’t care [sniffs]
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[Penelope continues eating]
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Mr.Bloom : Penelope, what are you doing here? You should be in the living room with your friends. Not doing whatever this is.
Penelope : If a bunch of people started making fun of you and called you pathetic at your own party, in your own home, you’d be doing the same thing I am!
Mrs.Bloom : I’m sure they didn’t mean any of it. Now stop crying , clean yourself up and come into the living room
Penelope : They meant every single word! The only reason they’re here is because they were forced to. They don’t want to be here! I don’t even wanna be here! I didn’t ask for this party! The only reason you planned one is because you wanna prove to all your snotty friends that I'm not some desperate loner ! And who cares if I am? The only reason I don’t have friends is because everyone would rather hang themselves than be within 3 ft of me. Do you even know how that feels?! No! If this is my party , then I can cry as much as I want!
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[Penelope tries to hold in as much of her tears as she can even though she’s about to burst as she stuffs her face with more cake]
[The family look at one another , feeling sad and guilty]
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Mrs.Bloom : Penny I-
Penelope : Just go enjoy the rest of your party without me…It’s not like anyone’s gonna notice anyways.
Mr.Bloom : Ok…we’ll leave you alone. Come on everyone. Let’s just call everyone’s parents and say the party ended early.
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[Everyone leaves the kitchen leaving Penelope alone to eat , cry and drown her sorrows in birthday cake]
[The camera fades to black and fades back in immediately ; some time has passed , maybe 30 minutes or so]
[We’re outside the house]
[We see the kids and their parents walking away from the house]
[The camera cuts to the inside of the house and into the kitchen]
[We see Penelope still sitting on the kitchen floor , her face and clothes covered in cake and tears]
[The empty cake stand has been placed next to her on her right]
[Penelope stares out into space]
[We see Elijah walk into the kitchen to return his plate]
[He looks to his side and is startled not realizing Penelope was there]
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Elijah : Long time no see , Four eyes.
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[Elijah takes a long look at Penelope]
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Elijah : What happened to you? Did you get barfed on by a unicorn or something ?
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[Penelope looks at Elijah with a straight face with tears still in her eyes and her face covered in frosting and cake crumbs without saying a word]
[Penelope turns her head around and goes back to staring out of space]
[Elijah sits next to Penelope on the kitchen floor with his legs stretched out in front of him and he crosses his ankles]
[Elijah looks over at Penelope]
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Elijah : You know, being covered in cake and frosting suits you.
Penelope : You know what would suit you?
Elijah : What?
Penelope : Duct tape.
Elijah : Is that any way to treat your future husband?
Penelope : [looks at Elijah confused] Husband?
Elijah : Yes. While you were gone , I chose to Kiss Jennifer Aniston . Make out with Halle Berry. And Marry you.
Penelope : Me? Married to you? As if! I’d rather catch mange from Sophia’s poodle….(beat) Then again…I’m not his type either.
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[Elijah is unsure of what to say]
[The two don’t speak - they just stare out of space]
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Elijah : Don’t listen to them. Those guys are jerks.
Penelope : You’re no better.
Elijah : I know..but my mom won’t be picking me up till 10. So I guess you’re stuck with me.
Penelope : [sighs]
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[Silence ensues]
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Elijah : Ava said you “like like” Theo.
Penelope : Oh…
Elijah : Well?
Penelope : Well what?
Elijah: Do you really “like like” Theo?
Penelope : I don’t know…I like his hair? I guess…I don’t know.
Elijah : Oh…I see
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[Elijah goes back to staring out of space]
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Penelope : Why? Are you jealous? [ teasing]
Elijah : Pfft! Please! It’s your life. You can like whoever you want to.
Penelope : Well…if it makes you feel any better. He wasn’t exactly the first one on my crush list.
Elijah : Okay.
Penelope : He’s kind of crossed off of it as of today.
Elijah : Okay…
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[Silence takes over yet again]
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Elijah : But just out of curiosity. Who was?
Penelope : Who was what?
Elijah : At the top of your…”crush list”
Penelope :Hmm.. Leonardo DiCaprio.
Elijah : [disappointed] Oh. I see. Is it because of the hair?
Penelope : No.
Elijah : Mmm.
Penelope : You sound disappointed.
Elijah : Why would I be disappointed?
Penelope : I don’t know. You just do.
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[Silence takes over yet again]
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Penelope : Why did you say you wanted to marry me anyways ?
Elijah : Why do you wanna know?
Penelope : No reason…There’s just a lot of other people you could’ve picked.
Elijah : [blushes slightly but turns away a little more so Penelope doesn’t see] Yeah, well, I picked you….You were the safer option.
Penelope : Glad to know I was even an option in the first place.
Elijah : Why wouldn’t you be?
Penelope : No one wants to be with someone with glasses , has no friends , likes scrabble and ate a cake with her bare hand on her 10th birthday while she cried and wished she was never even born.
Elijah : Who wouldn’t want someone like that?
Penelope : Theo , apparently.
Elijah : Theo only cares about himself and video games. His opinion doesn’t count. And I don’t know about you but you’d always be an option..for me at least..in a hypothetical [clears throat] situation.
Penelope : I just know they’re all gonna talk about this on Monday.
Elijah : We’ll cross that bridge when the time comes. Until then-
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[Elijah pauses , gets up from the floor and picks up some napkins that were near the sink]
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Elijah : Let’s get you cleaned up. I don’t think frosting is good for the skin.
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[Elijah hands Penelope some napkins]
[Penelope takes them and begins wiping her face (specifically the mouth area)]
[Elijah leans over and takes Penelope’s glasses off]
[Elijah uses his tie and cleans them up - since they were still slightly foggy]
[Elijah places the glasses on Penelope’s face]
[Penelope finishes cleaning up her face and some parts of her dress
[Elijah gives Penelope a hand and helps her up off of the floor]
[Penelope brushes herself off]
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Elijah : There’s still some time left before my Mom comes to pick me up…Do you wanna play a round of Scrabble?
Penelope : Depends. Can you spell?
Elijah : Of course I can spell!
Penelope : Just checking-
Elijah : Just you wait. I bet I can beat you-
Penelope : Ok , Mr Spelling Bee.
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[Penelope walks away and heads out of the kitchen with Elijah following slowly behind her]
[The camera cuts to Elijah and Penelope on the living room floor playing scrabble]
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Penelope : And I win. Again.
Elijah : [disbelief] Come on! Seriously? You’re cheating!
Penelope : How?
Elijah : I don’t know. But you are.
Penelope : Do you wanna go again?
Elijah : ….Yes.
Penelope : Ok! [smiles]
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[Penelope begins clearing the word pieces off of the board]
[Aurora walks into the living room]
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Aurora: Elijah?
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[Elijah and Penelope turns their heads to look at Aurora]
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Aurora : Your Mom’s here.
Elijah : Oh , okay.
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[Penelope and Elijah pick themselves up from the living room floor]
[Penelope and Elijah walk towards the front door]
[Elijah opens the door and lets Penelope walk through first and he walks through after]
[The camera cuts to outside the home]
[We see that a car is parked by the curb- we can only assume that it’s Elijah’s mother]
[The two begin walking together]
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Penelope : Hey..Elijah?
Elijah : Yeah?
Penelope : Thank you for staying.
Elijah : No problem, four eyes. I actually had fun talking to you. And playing scrabble with you. Even though you cheated-
Penelope : [scoffs] I did not! You’re just bad at it.
Elijah : How can I be bad at it?!
Penelope : I don’t know. You just are!
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[Elijah lets out a soft chuckle and so does Penelope]
[They continue walking but they stop talking]
[Penelope stops walking and Elijah immediately notices]
[He turns around to face Penelope]
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Elijah : What’s wrong?
Penelope : I lied.
Elijah : About what?
Penelope : Leonardo DiCaprio is actually second on my crush list…
Elijah : Oh. Okay. Then..who’s first? Heath Ledger?
Penelope : No…
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[Penelope looks down at her shoes while blushing]
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Penelope : You.
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[Elijah is slightly stunned by the answer but plays it cool]
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Elijah : Cool.
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[An awkward silence arises]
[The sound of a car horn honking two times is heard offscreen - disrupting the silence]
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Elijah : I better go now.
Penelope : Okay. Bye.
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[Elijah turns to walk away and begins walking towards his Mother’s car but stops]
[Elijah turns back around and runs back up to where Penelope is still standing]
[Elijah leans forward slightly and plants a kiss on Penelope’s cheek which stuns her and causes her eyes to widen]
[Elijah straightens himself and smirks]
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Elijah : See you on Monday, Four eyes.
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[Elijah quickly rushes towards his mom’s car and goes offscreen]
[A smile begins to appear on Penelope’s face as she lifts her hand up to her cheek]
[The camera cuts to Penelope walking into her house and closing the door with the smile still plastered on her face]
[We see her family waiting for her - all worried about how she is]
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Mr.Bloom : Sweetie , are you ok?
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[Penelope nods]
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Mrs.Bloom : We didn’t mean to make you feel bad about being who you are. We just thought maybe you’d like having people your age to hang out with.
Riley : Don’t worry , sis. Monday, I’ll beat those kids to a pulp!
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[Mr and Mrs. Bloom look at Riley with serious faces]
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Riley : With kindness, of course.
Aurora : They’re just jealous of you. That’s all. Y-
Penelope : It’s okay.
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[Everyone looks at one another and then back at Penelope slightly confused]
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Aurora : Really?
Penelope : Mm-hmm. I’m gonna go up to my room and sleep. Good night.
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[Everyone moves out of the way in order for Penelope to pass and walk towards the stairs]
[Penelope proceeds to walk the stairs slowly and in a trance like state]
[Everyone looks at one another still very confused]
[The camera cuts to Penelope in her nightgown hugging her pillow as she stares at the ceiling and smiles]
[Penelope looks over at her diary]
[Penelope puts the pillow aside and reaches over to pick it up as well as the pen beside it]
[The camera focuses on the pages]
[Penelope opens up her diary and turns to the page we saw previously]
[We see Penelope cross off Kiss A Boy - off of the checklist]
[Penelope closes her diary and then puts it back on the nightstand]
[Penelope turns on her side and begins hugging her pillow again]
[The camera fades to black]
[The instrumental to Pity Party by Melanie Martinez starts playing as the credits roll]
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