INT. VISIONS ACADEMY - HALLWAY - DAY

Miles walks the halls, awkwardly trying to pull down his pants that are now suddenly too short for him. As he speaks HIS THOUGHTS APPEAR IN THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE BEHIND HIM.

MILES (V.O.): I gotta get new pants. Wait, why is the voice in my head so loud? (then) What--

His strut is interrupted by a high-pitched WHINE that STOPS when he bumps into the NEW GIRL FROM PHYSICS CLASS.

NEW GIRL: Oh! Are you okay?

MILES: What?

MILES (V.O.): Why am I so sweaty???

NEW GIRL: Why are you so sweaty?

MILES: It's a puberty thing. I don't know why I said that. I’m not going through puberty. I did. But I’m done. (”cool” and deep voice) I’m a man. (tries to be suave) So, you're, like, new here, right? We got that in common.

NEW GIRL: Yeah, that’s one thing.

MILES: Cool, yeah. I’m Miles.

NEW GIRL: I'm G-Waaaanda.

MILES: Wait, your name is Gwanda?

GWANDA: Yes, it’s African. I'm South African. No accent though, 'cause I was raised here.

Gwanda continues, though her voice FADES AWAY...

MILES (V.O.): Do the shoulder touch now! Before she walks away!

In SLOW MOTION, Miles' hand heads toward Gwanda's shoulder as she watches its slow, deliberate journey.

MILES (V.O.): Why is this so scary? Am I doing this in slow motion or does it just feel that way?

WANDA: ...I'm kidding. It's Wanda. No G. That's crazy.

The hand lands. Beat.

MILES: (”cool” and deep voice) “Hey.”

WANDA: Okay then. I’ll see you around.

MILES: Oh. See you.

Miles is mortified. Wanda turns to leave but is jerked back by Miles.

MILES : Sorry... um... oh crap-- WANDA: Hey! Um, can you let go please? Ow ow ow ow ow, calm down, it’s fine-- MILES: I can't... let... go... Miles is STUCK to her. He tries to unstick himself but it keeps getting worse. Now Wanda's hair is involved.

WANDA: Miles, let go!

MILES: I'm working on it. It's just puberty!

WANDA: I don’t think you know what puberty is! Just relax. MILES Okay, I have a plan. WANDA: Great. MILES: I’m going to pull REALLY hard. WANDA: That’s a terrible plan. MILES: 1... 2... WANDA: Don’t do this!-- WANDA : ...3!

Wanda finally has enough and FLIPS Miles, in full view of dozens of students. Miles SCREAMS.

MILES: AHHHHHHHH!!!

Pre-lap: An electric razor BUZZES.

INT. NURSE'S OFFICE - LATER

Miles looks on as his hand is freed from Wanda’s hair. Miles’ expression tells us her hair is ravaged. And it is.

MILES: Nice to meet you.

She won’t even look at him.

WANDA: Sure. Total pleasure.

INT. VISIONS ACADEMY - HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Exiting, Miles balls his hair-covered hands and puts them in his pockets. He walks the halls, mortified.

MILES (V.O.): No one saw. It’s okay. No one knows. No one knows. (everyone is staring) Everyone knows. Everyone knows!

The sentence “EVERYONE KNOWS” appears behind him, giant letters. The period appears last like a CANNONBALL.

MILES (V.O.): They’re talking about me. They saw everything. He knows. She knows. They know. (distracted by a tall girl) Wow. She's super tall. Why is he smiling? Am I the weird guy now? What am I doing? How do I stop? Can they hear my thoughts? Why are all my thoughts so loud?!

The SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD appears.

SECURITY GUARD: Hey! I know you snuck out last night, Morales.

MILES (V.O./THOUGHT BUBBLE): Play dumb.

MILES: (to the security guard) Who’s Morales?

MILES (V.O./THOUGHT BUBBLE): Not that dumb.