(School garden: pupils are walking and talking.
Kevin is among them) Jess - (to Kevin) You are
wearing very nice clothes, Kevin. Are they Versace's ?
Kevin - I don't really know. My daddy
pays for everything.
David - You are lucky your father
has a big store.
Liz - Kevin's father is the richest
one in our school, they say.
Betty - He's the most popular boy
in school and he is so nice! All the people love him.
Fanny - And he hasn't got a girlfriend
!
Liz - Then go to the end of the line
right behind me. I saw him first !
(Jenny comes right behind) Jenny -(running to Liz's group)
I don't know why you are fighting. He's mine and only mine.
(Eddie and Johnny appear) Johnny - Oh, how I hate this bloody
bastard! Mister Perfect ! All the girls are crazy about him !
Eddie - What happens is that you
are jealous. I think you want to be like him.
Johnny - I'm not jealous. I like
myself.
Scene 2
(In the library, Kevin is reading the newspaper
and David is sitting next to him. Liz comes near Kevin)
Liz - Please, David, can you let
me sit next to Kevin ?
David - Why ? Sit on another chair
!
Liz - Please, I want to talk to Kevin
about private matters.
David - Take a chair and sit down.
I'm reading and I will not listen.
Kevin - Come on, David, I will tell
you later. Don't worry.
(David stands up and goes. Liz sits down,
but Eddie and Johnny appear) Eddie - Look, Johnny, your friend
Kevin is mooching with Liz. Aren't you jealous?
Johnny - I don't care (They walk
on and David's foot makes Johnny fall. Liz and David laugh at him)
Scene 3
(The toilets. Jess, Jenny, Betty, Fanny &
Liz are talking and washing) Jess - What happened in the library
today, Liz ?
Betty -They told me that Johnny fell
over.
Fanny - Did he get hurt?
Jenny - No, I saw him and he looked
well to me.
Liz - What else do you want to know?
You know everything!
Jess - But...why don't you want to
tell us anything else?
Betty - Is there any secret?
Jenny - Come on, we are your friends.
Friends don't have secrets.
Fanny - But you don't tell everything.
We all have secrets.
(The bell rings and the girls go out
of the toilets)
Scene 4
(In the school coffee shop, Kevin and David
are sitting at a table and they are playing chess) David - It's your turn, please. Move!
Kevin - I'm thinking, you know...
David -What are you thinking about?
Kevin - I don't know if my friends
are really my friends.
David - Don't think so much! Move,
please!
Kevin - I think that my friends like
me because of my father's money.
David - Don't say that! I'm the only
one who wants your money.
Kevin - Don't joke about this. I'm
serious about it. And I will show you.
David - What do you mean?
Kevin - I'm going to make believe
I'm poor. I will say that my family don't have any money.
David - You are crazy. Please, MO-OVE!
Scene 5
(Johnny, Eddie, Jess and Jenny are sitting
are lying on a monument stone in the school garden) Jenny - I heard that Kevin is poor.
Eddie - What?! Do you mean that he
has no money?
Jess - I don't believe that! His
father is rich!
Johnny - Fuck him! He deserves it
because he is a bloody bastard!
Jess - Why are you so bad with him?
Jenny - Because he is bloody jealous!
Eddie - He has a right to be jealous!
He is in love with Liz but she is in love with Kevin.
Jess - I didn't know that!
Jenny - Is that true, Johnny?
(Johnny blushes)
Scene 6
(In the classroom, the pupils are talking
about Kevin) Liz - His parents are selling their
house in New York because...
Fanny - Who told you that?
Betty - Dave, Kevin's friend, is
telling everybody.
Liz - Then, he isn't a good friend.
Fanny - The truth is that Kevin isn't
so special.
Betty - And now he is poor!
Liz - And I didn't really like him!
Fanny - Shhh! He's coming!
(Kevin comes in) Kevin - Hi, how are you?
(The girls answer with short words) Kevin - What happens? Is there anything
wrong?
(The teacher comes in) Teacher - Sit down, please.
(The pupils sit down) Teacher - Next Friday we're going
skiing and riding but you must pay $ 150 in advance.
Kevin - I can't pay so much money
because, teacher...
Teacher - Why?
Kevin - because...well...my father
is broke.
(All the pupils look at him in silence)
Scene 7
(Break time. Kevin is sitting alone. Johnny
and Eddie walk by) Kevin - Are you going to play football?
May I play?
Johnny - No, we aren't playing, sorry.
(Kevin stands up and walks to a group
of girls) Kevin - What are you doing?
Betty - I'm going!
Jess - I've got to piss! Jenny, are
you coming with me to the toilets? Please.
Jenny - Of course, right now.
(They go) Kevin - Do you want to have lunch
with me, Liz?
Liz - No, I'm sorry but I can't.
I'm having lunch with Johnny.
Kevin - I didn't know that you were
such good friends.
Liz - I'm sorry, Kevin, but I have
got to go!
(She goes) Fanny - (Alone with Kevin, she
turns round to Liz) Stop, please. Wait a moment. I'm coming, too.
Kevin - (A football reaches Kevin
and he looks at it) Just what I believed. Money is everything.
(Kevin calls David with a whistle. David
comes) David - Are you finally alone? Do
you need a good friend?
Kevin -Yes, I do. What's your price?
David - Why don't you take me to
an expensive restaurant ? I'd like some caviar and champagne
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