Zack and Cody -- Act 2 Scene 1

ACT TWO

SCENE ONE

INT. SCHOOL – NEXT DAY (DAY 3)

(ZACK, CODY, BARBARA) ZACK AND CODY ARE AT THEIR LOCKERS. CODY LOOKS TIRED AND WORRIED.

ZACK

Don’t worry. Barbara didn’t suspect a thing. She probably doesn’t even remember we were at the movies by now.

BARBARA ENTERS.

BARBARA

(TO CODY) What was wrong with you at the movies?

ZACK

(TO CODY) See ya.

ZACK EXITS.

BARBARA

You’ve been acting really weird the last few days.

CODY

No, I haven’t.

BARBARA

Yes, you have. For our poem project in English, you wrote a poem called "Four-Eyed Betrayer" and you stared at me the whole time you were reading it aloud. What was that about?

CODY

That is my art, Barbara. I am not at liberty to disclose where my inspiration lies.
BARBARA I wish you would just tell me what is bothering you.

CODY

I found it, okay?!

BARBARA

Found what? Your sanity?

CODY

The letter.

BARBARA

What letter?

CODY

You tell me, "my dearest buttercup."

BARBARA

Who did you hear that from?

CODY

I found the letter after I saw you writing it at the library with Devin.

BARBARA

You spied on me and then went through my personal belongings?

CODY

"Spy" has such a negative connotation. I would call it "casual observation behind the bookshelves." And technically, Zack opened the letter.

BARBARA

You let your brother go through my personal belongings? That’s even worse!

CODY

What’s even worse is that I thought you liked me.

BARBARA

I do like you, Cody. Or, I did before you went through my stuff. For the record, that letter belongs to Devin. I was helping him write a love letter to his girlfriend back home.

CODY

A likely story.

BARBARA

He’s bad at grammar and needed my help. I wouldn’t lie to you, Cody. Believe me or don’t. I’m telling the truth.

BARBARA WALKS AWAY AND EXIT. ZACK ENTERS.

ZACK

Well don’t you feel stupid. You shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions like that.

CODY

You’re the one who wanted to spy. And you’re the one who wanted to go to the movies.

ZACK

When is it ever a good idea to listen to me?

ZACK REACHES INTO HIS LOCKER AND PULLS OUT AN ICE PACK.

ZACK (CONT'D)

Ice pack?

CODY TAKES THE ICE PACK BEGRUDGINGLY AND PUTS IT ON HIS HEART.

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