Once upon a time, there lived a 16-year-old boy named Caleb. He was always an introvert, but he loved to live the life of an extrovert. He had so many fun interests and habits. Despite that, he only used to have his own small group of friends. He doesn't expand his group much often. He likes to be with his group of 4 friends who are James, Henry, Natalie and Lily.
He lives with his parents in San Francisco. He is their only child. He studies in Downtown High School. Although he always talks with all his 4 friends, His only best friend among them is Henry. Henry has been a great friend to Caleb since he was 3 years old.
Scene 1:-
Ext. Downtown High, Classroom 11
Time: 9:30 A.M
Weather: Clear, Sunny
James enters the classroom along with his 3 other friends and takes his seat. James says, Dude! The weather is awesome today... We have some great chances to win against Mission High."
Henry replies, "You serious bro? They literally trashed us last month regardless of the weather. The weather's got nothing to do with us playing good or bad."
Natalie says, "Nah Hen, We lost the last match because of our bad band practice. Our cheerleaders literally came out straight from the bed. They didn't perform well."
Henry replies,
"Really Nat? That's just not the right excuse for our loss."
Lily says, "Guys... We couldn't give out a good fight last week since we didn't have Caleb on our side."
James replies, "Oh yeah... Speaking of him, where is he?"
Scene 2:-
Int. West Broadway, House 2612, Caleb's room
Time:- 9:50 A.M
Caleb's mom, Maria, shouts at Caleb from downstairs, "CALEB!!!! YOU'RE LATE FOR SCHOOL! WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!"
Caleb wakes up with a big yawn, looks at his alarm clock and realises that he is late for his school. Then he flips his clock and realises that he's run out of batteries. He slams his head against the wall and runs to the bathroom.
Scene 3:-
Int. West Broadway, House 2612, Caleb's home downstairs,
Time:- 9:53 A.M
Caleb sprints to get his backpack while drinking his milk quickly. After that, he leaves saying
"Bye mom, Love ya... See you in the evening!"
His mom waves at him in anger and disappointment, bidding him bye. She shouts, "You better have a proper lunch in the Cafeteria!"
Caleb nods and rushes to his school.
Scene 4:-
Ext. Downtown High School, Baseball Field
Time: 9:58 A.M
Caleb scurried right into the field just as his Coach, Mr Hudson, was taking attendance (Roll Call).
All the players, cheerleaders and musicians line up in 3 different rows. Just when Mr Hudson is about to call out Caleb's name, Caleb rushes into the players' row and shouts
"Present!" from the back.
His 4 friends look at him and sigh with relief.
After the attendance, James and Henry approach Caleb and Henry grumbles,
"Where the hell have you been? Did you forget we have a match today?"
Caleb replies,
"No man... The alarm went off, I do remember we have a match. But, when are we going to start the game?"
James replies,
"At 4 P.M. we're gonna be starting the game. Bro, I hope you practised well yesterday. This game is gonna be pretty important for next month's championship."
Caleb nervously asks,
"Um... Practice?"
Henry shouts,
"Yeah, bro!! Don't tell me you're here without practising for this game."
Caleb lies,
"Chill out dude! I... I did!"
(Flashback to the previous day)
Scene 5:-
Int. Caleb's home, Caleb's room
Time:- 5:30 P.M
Filter:- Black and White
Caleb enters his home while whistling, he throws his bag in his room and turns on his PlayStation and whispers to himself,
"Had a long day! I'm gonna be playing all night!"
(Back to present)
Scene 6:-
Ext. Baseball field,
Time: 10.30 A.M
Caleb along with his mates march onto the field to practice their pitching and catching. Being the centre fielder, Caleb goes to his position. Richard, the captain of his team and also the most popular kid in his class takes his bat and comes onto the field. James, who is a pitcher gets ready to pitch. The coach asks James to strike out Richard 3 times and asks the rest of the fielders to take at least 3 catches.
Being a professional hitter, Richard was the one called out as the hitter.
Scene 7:-
Ext. Cheerleaders stand,
Same time,
Lily, along with a few of her friends, looks eagerly at Richard as he marches towards the homebase
(Richard is not only the most popular kid, but he is also the biggest crush of his whole class)
Lily speaks out,
"Aw... Look at that cutie, he looks so good in that uniform."
Cheerleader 1 adds,
"Yesss, I wish I could talk to him!"
Scene 8:-
Ext. Baseball field,
Same time,
James starts off pitching with a curve ball. Richard leaves the ball since it was called ball. James then throws a fastball straight towards the middle. Richard hits the ball over the field for a home run.
The cheerleaders jump in joy as he continues smashing the balls.
Scene 9:-
Ext. Baseball field,
Time: 10:50 A.M
After the practice session, Coach runs to Richard in excitement and hugs him. He says,
"I'm glad you're on our side Rich, we're gonna be showing our opponents hell!"
Caleb regroups with his friends(James and Henry)
Caleb says, "Bro... It must feel so good to have the whole school on your side, right?"
Henry replies, "Yeah man, hopefully he performs well in the match just like he did now."
James speaks out with anguish,
"I am absolutely stressed, I'll catch up with y'all before the game."
Caleb and Henry notice James' disappointment and nod their heads.
Scene 10:-
Int. Downtown High Cafeteria,
Time: 1:15 P.M
Caleb picks up his food and sits on a bench with his friends, who were unusually silent
James and Henry remain silent, and finally, Natalie speaks out,
"Can y'all stop thinking about the game for a few minutes?"
Lily adds,
"Yeah, guys... We'll do great, especially when Richard is with us."
Caleb looks at James and smiles.
"CAN Y'ALL STOP TALKING ABOUT THAT GUY?!" cried out, James.
Lily replies, "Why? He's done nothing wrong!"
James says, "If he's so great, why did we lose the last game?"
Lily mockingly replies, "Because our pitching was so bad!"
James argues, "If you'd just step onto the field to pitch out there instead of jumping like a kangaroo you'd know how hard it is."
Lily shouts, "CHEERLEADING ISN'T JUST JUMPING!!"
James replies, "Y'all make it look like it is!!"
Lily says, "Shut Up!!"
James replies, "Make me!!"
Natalie interrupts and shouts
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!"
The whole cafeteria peered at Caleb's bench in silence.
Then after sometime, Caleb whispers to his group quietly,
"Pointing out each other's mistakes ain't gonna take us anywhere. We gotta play together."
James says in disappointment,
"I just need some space."
James storms out of the cafeteria. Caleb suggests, "maybe we should just leave him alone for sometime. We'll meet back again before the game."
Everyone nods their heads and finishes their lunch.
Scene 11:-
Ext. Baseball field,
Time:- 3:30 P.M
The whole school walks to the stadium and stands to watch the match. The players, cheerleaders and band members walk onto the field.
Richard and the captain of the Mission High Baseball team (the visiting school), step onto the field. Since the game takes place in Downtown High School, Mission High will be batting first.
The match continues in the next chapter.
Upcoming,
Chapter 2- The Game Night