Zack and Cody -- Act 1 Scene 4

ACT ONE

SCENE FOUR

INT. LIBRARY – LATER (DAY 2)

(CODY, ZACK, BARBARA, DEVIN)

CODY AND ZACK ARE HIDING BEHIND THE LIBRARY SHELVES, PEERING THROUGH THE BOOKS AT BARBARA AND DEVIN. BARBARA AND DEVIN ARE SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER AT A TABLE, SURROUNDED BY SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER ROMANTIC WORKS.

CODY

Is that a Danielle Steele novel? It’s three in the afternoon! People can see!

ZACK

Shh! You’ll blow our cover.

BARBARA

(LOOKING AT HER WATCH) Oh, Devin, we have to go now if we want to make that foreign film at the plaza.

BARBARA AND DEVIN GET UP TO LEAVE. BARBARA ACCIDENTALLY LEAVES HER NOTEBOOK BEHIND. THEY EXIT. THE BOYS EMERGE FROM BEHIND THE BOOKCASE.

CODY

(WORRIEDLY PACING BACK AND FORTH, TRYING TO REASSURE HIMSELF) Maybe it’s not what it looks like. They were probably just doing some homework. We have that big book report due date coming up, and there is so much work to do in math….

ZACK WALKS UP TO THE TABLE WHERE BARBARA’S NOTEBOOK IS. HE PICKS IT UP AND A LETTER FALLS OUT.

ZACK

I wouldn’t be too sure about that.

CODY

What is that?

ZACK

It’s a letter. I found it in Barbara’s notebook.

CODY

What are you suggesting we do? We can’t open it. That would be a complete invasion of privacy. It would betray Barbara’s trust in me. I refuse to open that letter.

ZACK

What if I open it?

CODY

Oh yeah, that’s fine.

ZACK

(READING FROM THE LETTER) "Dear my dearest buttercup, I think about you constantly. Absence certainly makes the heart grow fonder. Mi amore, mi corazon beats for you. Love, your Stallion."

CODY

"Stallion"? Barbara’s vegetarian! (TURNING TO ZACK) You’re the idea man. What should I do?

ZACK

It’s time for Plan B: Make Barbara Realize What She’s Missing.

CODY
What?

ZACK

We need to bring in reinforcements. Reinforcements that are blonde, 16, and can appreciate a good foreign film.

CODY
You’re not suggesting…?

ZACK
Oh yes.

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