06x19 - Don't You Want Me Pt. 2

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Degrassi Next Generation." Aired: October 2001 to July 2010.*
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About the kids at Degrassi Community School. Centralizing around the children of the original characters from Degrassi High (1987). The show aims to deal with serious and sometimes taboo issues that plague teenagers.
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06x19 - Don't You Want Me Pt. 2

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At Zanzibar

Announcer: Please give it up for Lextasy.

(Alex walks off the stage.)

Mel: How was it?

Alex: Honestly? The most terrifying experience of my life. I think I’m going to throw up.

Mel: Paige called. She wants you to call her back.

Alex: Mel! This never happened, okay?

(She makes a signal that she’ll keep Alex’s secret.)

At Alex’s

Paige: Hey sweets! I brought falafels.

Alex: Is that the only reason you came over? To fatten me up?

Paige: No. Um in fact…it’s not. I thought about what you said about labels, straight, bi, lesbian, whatever. I really, really care about you and I’ve decided to try to get over my fears. So Ms. Nuñez will you be my sweetheart?

(Alex kisses her.)

Alex: There’s your answer sweetheart.

At Alex’s, the next morning

Emily: Morning. Your regular cookie.

Alex: Mom.

(Emily drops the bag of cookies on the table and takes off her hairnet.)

Alex: God how can you stomach those things after a night shift?

Emily: Hey each cookie I mechanically assemble gets us one step closer to keeping a roof over our heads.

Alex: Will this help?

(She holds up the money.)

Emily: Holy. Did you rob a bank?

Alex: Job at a schmancy bistro equals big tips. That’s for the rent fund.

Emily: Thank you so much honey. You know that you’re the one thing I’ve ever done that turned out right.

Alex: Don’t be so sure. Right now I’ve got an exam.

At Degrassi

(Alex is falling asleep during the test and tries hard to concentrate.)

At the Dot

Jay: Eeyore, have you seen my friend Sean around?

Sean: Um sorry. It’s just everything’s about to change.

Jay: It’s about time you got some fresh gitch.

Sean: I’m talking about my life, jackass. Emma thinks she’s pregnant.

Jay: Are you serious? Congratulations man. Score!

Sean: Score? What have you been drinking break fluid?

Jay: You have got her, bro forever. Now this way Emma can’t ditch your ass when she comes to her senses.

Sean: Give me a break, alright? Knocking her up was never part of the plan.

Jay: This is your ticket, Sean. Ready made family, life at the garage. You’re set for life. Isn’t that what you always wanted?

At a club

Ellie: Did you tip or is every last dime still going to your dad?

Marco: Tip I did, gloomy one. I also have one for you. When boy hunting, try to look like you’re having fun.

Ellie: Jesse!

Jesse: You look great Ellie.

Jay: So what’s in the bag? A gesture of sweet, sweet romance?

Paige: This? A little post-exam gift for my belle. Super on sale.

(Alex pulls out a red dress.)

Mel: Sexy! It’s perfect for work.

Alex: Hilarious Mel. She’s, she’s joking.

Paige: Good. But as far as jokes go, hon? Not so funny. The thought of you wearing a parka in that place gives me an emotional boil.

Alex: Well then I guess I’ll just have to perform an emotional lancing. Tomorrow night I’ll quit. I’ll find a new job.

Paige: Are you serious? Best present ever! I suddenly feel like dancing!

(She goes dancing with Marco.)

Mel: New job?

Alex: As far as Paige knows, you bet.

Jay: A big, fat lie. Now there is a solid foundation for a relationship.

Alex: Yeah. A complicated one and if she finds out I’m an exotic dancer, there won’t be one at all.

Jay: Well good luck with that, Lextasy. You see when a hot girl shakes her naked ta-tas for a living, word gets around.

At Degrassi

Ms. Hatzilakos: Alex! You have a minute?

Alex: Yeah.

Ms. Hatzilakos: People are talking about you.

Alex: Whatever. It’s all lies.

Ms. Hatzilakos: These people are your teachers. They’re all very impressed on how you’ve had a major turnaround this year. However I did hear about your organic chem. exam. It’s not exactly your best work. Is everything okay?

Alex: Yeah. Uh couldn’t be better, Ms. H. I’ll study harder next time, okay?

Ms. Hatzilakos: Listen I wanted to talk to you about university.

Alex: Yeah universities cost money.

Ms. Hatzilakos: There are scholarships or loans, I’ll wrote you a glowing reference and with some part time work-

Alex: Is that all?

(She nods and Alex leaves.)

Outside the school

Sean: How was your exam?

Emma: I managed. Thanks for the study help.

Sean: Okay if you’re pregnant, let’s keep the baby if that’s okay with you.

(They hug.)

Emma: Yes, yes, yes! It’s okay with me. Just us doing this together makes it okay with me.

Sean: Just promise me your parents won’t k*ll me.

Emma: Well there will be serious drama, but it’s better than boot camp.

Sean: I’m still going to enlist, Emma.

Emma: What?

Sean: I’d send money. I’d see you on leave. It’s best for everyone.

Emma: Leaving me alone? It’s the worst idea Sean. It’s ridiculous.

Sean: I wouldn’t bail on you, Emma. I just want to get a career. I want a chance to become something.

Emma: And I’m stuck being a teen mom. Well that’s fantastic. Why are guys so typical?

At Zanzibar

Vlad: All by yourself sweetheart?

Alex: I didn’t want to join the dressing room nose candy party.

Vlad: Smart girl, but that tells me you need the money for something else.

Alex: Yeah. I’m just not sure dancing topless for a bunch of lonely pervs is worth it. No offence.

Vlad: Allan here is one of my best clients.

Allan: Lextasy is it? Is that French?

Alex: Look Vlad I don’t think I can do this anymore. If you still need a waitress, I can-

Vlad: But you are a natural, Alex. I like you. My clients like you. So I’m going to give you weekend shifts. Huge money. Cash every night.

Alex: What’s the catch, aside from taking my clothes off?

Vlad: Just be sexy.

Announcer: Lextasy to the stage please.

Paige: Mel! Where’s Alex? I want to wish her a happy last night in the cesspool.

Mel: You should go Paige.

Announcer: And next up, one hand meets the other for the sexy Lextasy.

(Paige watches as Alex goes to the stripping room.)

After Alex’s performance, she walks offstage

Alex: Paige, what are you…?

Paige: Oh I just thought I’d drop in, check out some naked chicks and surprise! One of them was you.

Alex: It’s not what you think.

Paige: I saw you stripping! Devoid of clothing. What is there to think? What else aren’t you telling me? How bad is it that you have to do this?!

Alex: I’m doing what I have to do, okay? Just don’t worry and don’t be mad please.

Paige: How can I not worry?

Vlad: What is all this? Young lady if you want a job, auditions are on Thursdays. Goodbye.

(Paige throws the flowers at Alex and leaves.)

At Degrassi, people are setting up for the winter dance

Darcy: So your votes for winter fest ice queen, are you taking bribes?

Manny: You’re our girl, Darcy.

Darcy: Thanks for helping set up. It would be a winter-y nightmare without you.

Manny: I had a nightmare. Mr. Armstrong chased me off a cliff. Must have been that functions exam. Emma, help I’m falling!

(Manny pretends to fall on Emma.)

Emma: Stop it. I’m sorry. I’m just trying to skip over the whole functions memory.

Manny: Speaking of functions, when we lived together we were in synch. Last week I asked you for a tampon, but you weren’t you know…

Emma: I think Sean and I had an accident.

Manny: Oh no. Are you sure?

Emma: I think so. I didn’t know it was possible to be this scared.

(Manny hugs her.)
At Zanzibar

Allan: Buy you a drink, Lextacy?

Alex: Wait ten minutes Allan. Show’s free.

Allan: Sorry. Have a good night.

Alex: Who are you? Five words or less.

Allan: Entrepreneur, golfer, divorced twice, old and lonely.

Alex: That’s seven.

Allan: You’re counting the ‘and’?

Alex: My turn. I’m a lesbian.

Allan: Huh. I just wanted to talk.

Alex: Super. Thing is, my partner wants me to quit working here and uh it’s getting hard to find reasons not to.

Allan: You know it takes a brave, supremely confident woman to do what you do. She can’t handle it, her loss.

Alex: Thing is I don’t want to lose her.

Allan: I bet she doesn’t want to lose you either.

(He gives her some money.)

Allan: Here. For your time.

At Marco and Ellie’s

Marco: Ellie! Rise and shine sleepyhead. El? Half hour ‘til class. Hey come on!

(He opens the door.)

Ellie: No, no, no, no. Stay down!

Jessie: What? What?

(Marco sees Ellie and Jesse in bed together and he quickly leaves.)

At the Dot

(Alex and Paige start talking at the same time.)

Alex: There’s something-

Paige: I just want to-…sorry you first.

Alex: I’m sorry you had to find out the truth like that. The look on your face at the bar…

Paige: You need help. So I’ll forgive you, erase that image from my memory and we’ll celebrate your new job at the dance. There’s an internship at my mom’s company.

Alex: Paige I have a job, okay?

Paige: Exploiting yourself is not a job, so swallow your stupid pride and accept help when it’s offered.

Alex: My mom and I are this close to being evicted. I do this because I have to. Get it?

Paige: No. I will never ever get why you would take your clothes off for money. For any reason ever!

Alex: I don’t know; female empowerment?

Paige: That’s bovine fecal matter and you know it, Alex.

Alex: I’ll have enough in a week or two.

Paige: Until something else comes up. Every night that you do this, it kills me. When does it stop?

Alex: Maybe when I make enough for tuition or when I get my mommy’s magic credit card, like yours. This is my reality Paige and if you can’t be there for me, we have no future.

Paige: Sorry Alex. I can’t.

Alex: Have fun at the stupid dance.

At Emma’s

Spike: Pregnant! Everything we’ve talked about was supposed to prevent this.

Emma: It’s not your fault, mom.

Spike: Okay, first things first. Take the test. If it’s positive, we’ll make you a doctor’s appointment.

Emma: Okay, but remember these tests are only 99% accurate.

Spike: Here we go again.

Emma: Ah!

Spike: Is everything okay, honey?

Emma: Yeah. It’s more than okay. I got my period.

Spike: Yes!

(Spike hugs Emma and Manny starts dancing around with her.)

Manny: Go Emma! You got your period and you’re not pregnant. We’re going dancing. Let’s go get dressed up. We’re going dancing!

At Zanzibar

Alex: Hey golfer, glad to see you.

Allan: So things with the girlfriend?

Alex: Big, huge, apocalypto fight. This so-called confident woman is feeling pretty pathetic right now.

Allan: Look Lextasy, whatever your name is, come to Vegas with me.

Alex: Vegas? Okay what part of ‘I’m a lesbian’ didn’t you get?

Allan: I’m not asking you to fall in love with me. Think of it as another job. Name your price.

(Alex slaps him and Vlad rushes over.)

Alex: You pig! If you even look at me…

Vlad: Control yourself or there will be problems. Are we clear?

Alex: I’ve got my own problems, scumbag. I quit!

At the dance

Sean: Surprised you’re here. Why won’t you return my calls?

Emma: Because there’s nothing to talk about. I got my period. False alarm.

Sean: Really? Are you serious?

Emma: It’s not something I’d joke about.

Sean: That’s awesome, right? So what now?

Emma: I don’t know. You’re off to basic training. I’m going to university next year.

Sean: When I get back…

Emma: Stop. Maybe we shouldn’t make any plans right now.

Sean: Can I at least have a dance?

(Emma smiles and they start to dance.)

At Alex’s

(Emily walks in as Alex is packing up some stuff.)

Emily: What are you doing? We don’t have to move.

Alex: I quit my job. What can we sell?

Emily: You quit? That was good money, Alex. That was, that was money we all need.

Chad: Guess who made bail?

Alex: Oh perfect. How exactly?

Emily: You kind of helped.

Alex: You used the money for him?! Ask me where that cash came from, mom! Ask me! Do you know what I had to do?

Emily: Alex, we’re all gonna get out of this together.

Alex: Wrong. You’re pathetic mom. From now on you’re on your own.

Emily: Alex!

(Alex storms out with her duffle bag.)

At the dance

(Darcy and Toby have won winter king and queen.)

Toby: Think JT would have liked my crown?

Liberty: Yeah Toby Isaacs, ice king? You never would have lived that down.

Spinner: Lost your date?

Paige: It’s a solo flight tonight. I guess it’s just us friends.

Spinner: Me going stag, I get. But you? Dude I don’t get this crazy world.

(Danny and Derek are shown getting rejected by Manny and Mia so they start dancing together.)

Alex: Do you know this is my first Degrassi dance? Do you like my dress?

Paige: Shouldn’t it be on the floor at work?

Alex: I’ve screwed up a lot, but if I let you go it’ll be the biggest screw-up of my life. So I quit stripping, for real.

Paige: Hon this is happy news!

Alex: Chad’s back. I can’t go home. I have nothing. Just help me, please.

Paige: Sweetie you have me. How about a little faux-snow dance therapy?

Alex: The only dancing I’ll be doing from now on.

(They start dancing and everyone is shown having a good time.)
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