Cornelia:
You mean you like them?!
Hay Lin:
Sure! [She shows her braces] They make me feel special and they're so shiny. I can't wait to show Eric!
Matt:
Oh, he'll love them, H.L.
Nigel:
They're sweet.
Will:
I think your braces look great!
[Martin bursts through the cafeteria]
Martin:
Make way! Make way!
[Everyone, especially all the boys are stunned to see the young Nerissa walk through. All the boys are ecstatic, the girls are annoyed]
Andrew:
Yo, little dude, who is that?
[Martin walks backwards, looking at Nerissa]
Martin:
Stacey...senior...just transferred. [does his laugh]
Andrew:
Righteous.
[All the boys follow Stacey, who stops and faces "the" girls]
Irma:
Is that my Andrew and my Martin drooling over the new babe?
Taranee:
Irma, are you really in any position to be territorial?
[Nigel stands up]
Nigel:
Excuse me.
[Nigel walks over to Stacey]
Irma:
[smugly] I don't know. Are you?
[Nigel pushes the other boys out of the way]
Nigel:
[to Stacey] Ah, you are too sweet to wait in line. [To a group of girls] Make way. Make way.
[Nigel gets a dinner tray for Stacey, Matt is texting]
Taranee:
Nigel?
Will:
Uh, what's wrong with "your boy"?
Matt:
Uh, he's getting in touch with his inner jerk.
[Fire appears in Taranee's glasses. Nigel hands Stacey the dinner tray, then Andrew overtakes him]
Andrew:
Babe! Is this freshman making you serve yourself? [He grabs the tray and walks off with her] That is so wrong.
[He sits Stacey down in a chair]
Andrew:
You relax. Let a senior serve you.
Martin:
[grabbing a tray] No, let a geek do it! There's more grovelling that way.
[A mass of boys run towards Martin]
Boys:
No!
Uriah:
He-Hey, there's more trays over here!
[Loads of boys run towards Uriah, others take plates of food and fight over Stacey]
Stacey:
[smiling, softly] Oops! [She drops her napkin, all the boys freeze, Nigel skids across, runs over to catch it but knocks into Uriah and Martin, who are holding trays of food, making the food go everywhere. Stacey closes her eyes at the sound of the crash and Yan Lin, who has appeared out of nowhere, gasps]
Stacey:
[quietly] Quintessence. [She opens her hand, which telekinetically moves the food over to the girls' table, making the food go over them]
Stacey:
Oopsy. Guess...desserts...on you. [she giggles]
Andrew:
Stacey, babe, are you alright?
Martin:
Do you need mouth to mouth, my passionflower?
[Nigel appears, jumping from the floor]
Nigel:
I saved your napkin!
[Stacey stands up]
Stacey:
Boys! Boys! Give a girl a chance to breath.
[Taranee and Hay Lin are trying to wipe the food off]
Taranee:
Uh, hello? Nigel! [Fire appears in her glasses, Eric walks over] Like, I could use that napkin.
Eric:
[To Hay Lin] Hey, you. What's up?
Hay Lin:
[facing him and pointing to her braces] Look! Under the pudding, I've got...
[From Eric's POV, he gazes over and spots Stacey]
Eric:
Woah! [He pushes past Hay Lin and walks over to Stacey, with his hand waved]
Stacey:
[softly] Hey.
Eric:
Hey...you!
Stacey:
Wanna, oh, I dunno... Carry my books?
Eric:
You-you don’t have any books.
Stacey:
Find me some.
[He runs out of the cafeteria]
Eric:
I’ll find you a library!
[All the boys run after him]
Boys:
No, I will!
[Stacey walks off, out of the cafeteria]
Hay Lin:
[gasps] Did you see that? He took one look at my braces and bailed. They're ugly and horrible and...
Yan Lin:
Totally not the problem.
[Later]
Yan Lin:
Dallas to dim sum, the new girl's a glamoured Nerissa.
Will:
Woah, woah, woah! Come on. I learned the hard way that just because we don't like someone, doesn't mean...
Yan Lin:
I heard her Quintessence that pudding you're wearing.
Will:
I knew she was Nerissa!
Yan Lin:
With Matt un-enthralled and no longer spying for her, Nerissa's doing the job herself.
[Will sighs]
Hay Lin:
So, Eric hates my braces and is in love with Queen Nasty.
Yan Lin:
It isn't love. Just a spell
Taranee:
Of course! That must be how she hooked Nigel and the other guys.
Matt:
Well, how come I'm not all hot and drooling? [To Will] Well, I'm hot, but...
Will:
Maybe, when you defeated your inner jerk, uh, Shagon, you became immune?
Irma:
Are you telling me that we have to put up with Nerissa every day?
Cornelia:
Yeah, because I for one, do not appreciate the competition. I mean, one great beauty's enough [she flicks her hair and golden/yellow leaves appear] for any school, isn't it?
Yan Lin:
Ok. Silver lining time. You know Stacey as Nerissa but Nerissa doesn't know you know.
Irma:
And we know she doesn't know, y'know.
Yan Lin:
You can trail her, catch her off guard and maybe, just maybe, you can steal the Seal of Nerissa.
[Hay Lin walks over to Yan Lin]
Hay Lin:
Steal the Seal? [She hugs Yan Lin, their cheeks are touching] I like that plan. Grandma! You're a genius!
