She Fought Alone

Caitlin Rose:
I thought you were different from the other guys. I thought we had something going

Ethan:
Like what, true love?

Caitlin Rose:
It felt real.

Ethan:
Listen Caitlin, I'm uh, I'm planning on getting out of this town. The last thing I need is uh something to stick around for.

Caitlin Rose:
You know, I see right through you.

Ethan:
Really?

Caitlin Rose:
Yeah

Ethan:
You don't know anything about me.

Caitlin Rose:
You work all hours on your car, making sure it runs just right, you go out by the old fairgrounds and you just let it go-put down the petal and you fly till your outta gas. You lie awake nights, thinking of the interstate, outside of town, where it goes, how far you can fly away from here.

Ethan:
How do you know all that about me?

[Jace drives up]

Jace:
Hey, been looking for you Ethan but I can see you been busy.

Caitlin Rose:
See ya around...

[walks away]

Jace:
Come on, just forget about him. He never lets anyone get this close to him.

[talking about Ethan]

Caitlin Rose:
Eh, No big deal.

Jace:
Now take me for example, you see I'm crazy about you and you know it!

Caitlin Rose:
Jace, I don't feel very well okay.

Jace:
Come on Caitlin, I'm asking you to be my girl.

Caitlin Rose:
I'm nobodys girl.

Jace:
[laughs] Okay, you can't pull this crap with me.

Caitlin Rose:
Look, this tough guy routine might work with other girls but it doesn't work on me.

Jace:
[grabs Caitlins arm] Look, you did Ethan now it's my turn!

Caitlin Rose:
Don't ever grab me Jace!

Jace:
[laughs] I'm sorry, I must be tripping tonight. Look, let's go outside and talk about this for a minute okay.

Caitlin Rose:
Jace, we may hang out sometimes...

Jace:
Just give me another chance. It won't happen again.

Caitlin Rose:
I know it won't!

[walks away]

Jace:
So uh, you wanna swim out to the really deep place?

Caitlin Rose:
You know what? I'll tell you Jace, I hear theres snakes out there.

Jace:
[laughs] Now that is definitly true, but you know the guys get a little slippery in the water. But hey I'll protect you. So what do you say we go skinny dipping? It's just you and me and all night long.

Caitlin Rose:
Naw, I'll catchya later Jace.

[walks over to Ethan]

Avon Rose:
Why won't you talk to me?

Caitlin Rose:
Just forget it.

Avon Rose:
Junie said that there was a boy here last night. Is that what this is all about?

Caitlin Rose:
[looks back at Junie] Look I just don't want to talk about it, okay?

Avon Rose:
I told you I don't want boys here!

Caitlin Rose:
Oh my god. Is that whats really bothering you?

Avon Rose:
Did something happen? Damnit Caitlin, just tell me the truth. I want to hear you say it. You brought him into this house and you had sex with him, didn't you?

Caitlin Rose:
[yells] He tore my clothes off and he raped me! Are you happy now? [starts crying]

Abby:
So how come you weren't in school today? It's about Jace right? I heard you two partied last night.

Caitlin Rose:
Well I'm sure thats what he thinks. Hes a rat.

Abby:
It's no big deal.

Caitlin Rose:
He forced me.

Abby:
If you want to go out with guys like Ethan and Jace, a guy all the girls want, you do it their way.

Caitlin Rose:
Not me.

Avon Rose:
[pulling condoms out of Caitlins dresser] What are these for Caitlin?

Caitlin Rose:
I don't know. Doing the nasty in the dark.

Avon Rose:
Your grounded! I don't want you to see Ethan or anybody else from that crowd you got that!

Caitlin Rose:
What are you gonna do? Lock me in the closet?

Avon Rose:
Ah, hell. Look, I know your crazy about Ethan, I know that. But you have to remember what I've been telling you. The most precious thing that a girl has is her reputation.

Caitlin Rose:
What planet are you from?

Avon Rose:
I just don't want you to make the same mistakes I did when it comes to sex. You have to pay for them.

Caitlin Rose:
Yeah, I'm living proof.

Avon Rose:
I have dreams for you that's all.

Caitlin Rose:
Well I got my own dreams.

Avon Rose:
You invited him into this house didn't you?

Caitlin Rose:
I was trying to let him down easy. I didn't want to hurt his feelings.

Avon Rose:
Did he touch you first?

Caitlin Rose:
I held his hand.

Avon Rose:
And then things just went to far.

Caitlin Rose:
It wasn't like that.

Avon Rose:
Just went a little to far!

Caitlin Rose:
He made me!

Avon Rose:
Caitlin, that is a perfectly convenient excuse.

Caitlin Rose:
Oh god, just forget it!

Avon Rose:
Girls run around are asking for it. Now everyone in town knows that.

Caitlin Rose:
Well everyone in town can just go to hell.

Avon Rose:
You had sex with this guy right here in this house, right here. You invited him in, now what did you expect would happen?

Caitlin Rose:
Maybe to you thats sex!

Avon Rose:
[slaps Caitlin] Don't you talk to me like that! When I was in high school I knew how things work.

Caitlin Rose:
Yeah, you knew how things work? Knocked up at seventeen, high school dropout, that makes you an athority. [walks out the front door]

Junie Rose:
Jace made her do it! He's a creep! [leaves with Caitlin]

Caitlin Rose:
Junie, come on. Let's go

Jace:
Hey Caitlin, your cute sister has your pretty eyes. Hey maybe she wants to join the crew. I could break her in.

Caitlin Rose:
It will never happen Jace. You raped me!

Jace:
That was love baby. [Caitlin throws milkshake in his face]

Ethan:
What the hell happened back there man?

Jace:
That lying b*tch!

Ethan:
What happened?

Jace:
That's the kind of girl who cuts your johnson off in the middle of the night man.

Ethan:
I thought you said you went over to her house and she jumped your bones. What's up with...

Jace:
Yeah I go over there, she wants it, shes hott, we do it. And uh I felt like it wasn't right, you know? So she starts tripping and uh now she's lying about it.

Ethan:
We'll take care of her.

Jace:
She'd be trouble man. We gotta shut her up! This is embarrasing.

Ethan:
Jace, listen to me alright? If she wants to cry wolf, she'll see what happens.

Jace:
Yeah

Ethan:
Alright?

Jace:
Yeah

Caitlin Rose:
Look, I know it was you and Jace who wrote that stuff all over school.

Ethan:
Hey, fair warning.

Caitlin Rose:
This is not about you! This is about me and Jace!

Ethan:
Caitlin. The crew, we stick together. It's us against the world. I kinda figured you'd know that by now.

Caitlin Rose:
Why would I lie about it, what do I have to gain?

Ethan:
Why would Jace or I have to rape anybody? I got girls following me around all day long.

Caitlin Rose:
Jace didn't do this for sex. He's wired wrong, he likes to hurt girls.

Ethan:
Well you must really believe those lies going on in your head. Your pretty damn good at it.

Caitlin Rose:
You know, I used to think this crew was so cool. I wanted to belong. Is this because Jace told you I slept with him? I didn't.

Ethan:
It doesn't really matter. A year from now I'll be playing ball in L.A.

Caitlin Rose:
I don't think so. Your just a small town boy going no where.

Ethan:
Why don't you get the hell outta here!

Caitlin Rose:
Yeah you got your chevy all fixed up. But you got no where to go.

[walks away]

Caitlin Rose:
Um can I ask you a question?

Receptionist:
Sure, take your best shot.

Caitlin Rose:
Is it rape if I let him into my house, according to the law?

Receptionist:
Let me call a nurse.

Caitlin Rose:
Is it rape if I didn't want to do it even if he's a friend of mine?

Receptionist:
Look I just answer the phones...

Caitlin Rose:
Forget it. [starts to walk away]

Receptionist:
Did you say no?

Caitlin Rose:
[turns around] If I said no, is it rape?

Receptionist:
No is no.

Avon Rose:
Oh baby. I'm so sorry. I am so sorry! [hugs Caitlin]

Caitlin Rose:
I can't prove it happened.

Avon Rose:
We're gonna press charges.

Caitlin Rose:
It'll be my word against his.

Avon Rose:
I know, I know.

Caitlin Rose:
I just wanna forget this ever happened.

Avon Rose:
Whatever you want.

Caitlin Rose:
Kay

Avon Rose:
We'll just uh, we'll just put this all behind us.

Jace:
Yeah look. I really need to talk to her, it's important.

Avon Rose:
Well I'll tell her that you called. Whos calling?

Jace:
Is this her mom? I did your daughter... on your bed.

Avon Rose:
Your sick!

Jace:
You know I liked your bed. The little sea shells on the sheets.

Avon Rose:
Why are you doing this? [Jace hangs up]

Jace:
Hi Caitlin, Caitlin? Listen to me you slut b*tch, and I know your listening. If you ever come back to school we'll hunt you down. Only this time we'll take you into the bathroom and all the guys in the crew will pull a train on you. [hangs up]

Aaron:
You wanna remove nail polish, try nail polish remover.

Hanna:
Stuff it sideways b*tch!

Jace:
It's Caitlin, isn't it? That b*tch! She's getting to you.

Ethan:
Jace, we're done with her alright. She doesn't even go to school anymore.

Jace:
Yeah well I'm not done with her. She was the best I ever had. I love it when they fight back.

Ethan:
What? What did you say?

Jace:
Hey, no really means yes. Know what I mean?

Ethan:
Wait, she was telling the truth?

Jace:
Forget it.

Ethan:
Jace, you raped her in her own house?

Jace:
I taught her a lesson alright. We got to break down anyone who gets in our face.

Ethan:
We've been going after this girl for no reason.

Jace:
She was threatening us Ethan. If she can face you and me down, what happens to the rest of the crew? What do you care anyway? She's history. Who gives a rats ass!

Caitlin Rose:
What?

Ethan:
Jace told me the truth.

Caitlin Rose:
So your good buddy let it slip and now you believe me. So grateful!

Ethan:
Yeah I didn't mean it like that.

Caitlin Rose:
Now you come running to me thinking everythings gonna be okay.

Ethan:
Look let's just try and start over alright? Pretend this whole thing never happened.

Caitlin Rose:
Pretend it never happened? It happened. You made it happen. You did it!

Ethan:
Yes I made a mistake alright, we made a mistake. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make things right. Just give me a chance.

Caitlin Rose:
I don't need you. I don't want you!

Ethan:
Your all I think about.

Caitlin Rose:
I deserve better.

Ethan:
Yeah, yeah your right.

Caitlin Rose:
I don't even know if I-If I like you. I don't even know how I feel about you.

Ethan:
Look just let me come over to your house and ask you for a date alright, real staright? I'll sit in the living room and talk to your mom. I'll bring flowers and candy, whatever guys do.

Caitlin Rose:
Are you nuts?

Ethan:
Yeah. [pauses] I'll do that.

Caitlin Rose:
Kay. Let's see how you like being turned inside out like me.

Ethan:
Let's get the hell out of this town, never come back. [saying to Caitlin]

Caitlin Rose:
It's Jace's baby isn't it?

Abby:
Yeah well he wasn't so careful, or gentle.

Caitlin Rose:
Why you choose to have this baby? I mean you don't care about Jace and he sure as hell doesn't care about the two of you.

Abby:
It's hard to explain. I guess I felt that this way atleast I'd have somebody love me.

Caitlin Rose:
I understand.

Abby:
I don't even know why your talking to me after what we did.

Caitlin Rose:
I don't know why you did it.

Abby:
You stood up for yourself, we never did.

Caitlin Rose:
But that's no reason to hate me.

Abby:
No cause see, if you were telling the truth about the way things really were then we were sluts to.

Caitlin Rose:
I uh, I gotta go.

Abby:
I can't believe your going to college.

Caitlin Rose:
Junior college.

Abby:
Your gettin out.