Beach Blanket Bizarro

Int. Hilda’s Coffee House. Roxie and Morgan are sat together at a table as Sabrina enters and joins them.

Sabrina- All right, not only am I the worlds greatest room-mate, I’m also the worlds greatest travel agent. Our Spring break problems are over.

Roxie- Sabrina, I know how badly you wanna go to Florida but I'm not sleeping in somebody’s car!

Sabrina- You don’t have to. We are staying at The Surfside Motel in Pelican Cove, Florida. It’s the hottest place for Spring break this year. A twenty-four hour party.

Morgan- Spellman, how did you pull this off?

Sabrina- Oh while you were all whining about not having plans, I was surfing the net for a place to surf. Plus I got some Jeb Bush flippers on Ebay.

Roxie- I take back what I said about you this morning. You rock!

Morgan- Girls, man your bikini’s because we are heading south for Spring break!

They all whoop excitedly and dance around.

Run opening credits.

Int. Hilda’s Coffee House. Continues on from the teaser. Hilda comes over to find out what the girls are so excited about.

Hilda- I’m guessing you’re not jumping around because of the new hand-drier in the restroom?

Sabrina- No, if we finish our mid-terms by next week we will be in Pelican Cove, Florida. That is if you give me the week off?

Hilda- Of course I will. With all the studying you’ve been doing, you deserve a fun Spring break. Cruising the strip, tanning on the beach, ogling the lifeguards... Hey can I go?

She doesn’t wait for the answer but just walks off as Josh comes over.

Morgan- Hey Josh! Guess where you’ll be kissing me next week?

Josh- Errr on your neck?

Morgan- Yes, but you’ll be doing it Pelican Cove. We’re all going to Florida!

Josh- (Excited) Alright! Yes! Hey, I’ve been wanting to do some scuba-diving, now we can do it together.

Morgan- Oh that would be fun! As long as we don’t have to go in the water. Salt’s murder on my hair, although I do look fabulous in neoprene.

Josh- Me too.

He gets back to work.

Roxie- (To Sabrina) What about Kevin, are you gonna invite him?

Sabrina- I don’t know. I mean Kevin and I haven’t been dating that long. I-I want him to go but I don’t wanna put him on the spot.

Morgan- Oh come on! I put guys on the spot all the time. It’s fun to watch the blood rush to their faces.

Sabrina- Asking Kevin to go on our first trip together is a big deal. I need to think about it.

Kevin enters the Coffee House.

Kevin- Hey, what’s going on?

Sabrina- Er we got new hand-drier's in the bathroom.

Morgan- D’ya wanna come to Florida with us for Spring break?

Kevin- Yeah! I’m there!

Sabrina stands gaping open mouthed at Morgan as Kevin gives her a peck on her cheek before going to the counter.

Sabrina- Morgan!

Morgan- You don’t have to thank me now but FYI, I’m a size four.

Int. Spellman kitchen. The aunts are preparing dinner. Salem sits on the counter ready to pick up the pieces.

Zelda- Well thank goodness Sabrina’s gonna be spending Spring break working in the coffee shop

Hilda- Unless someone accidentally gave her the week off to go to Florida.

Zelda- Hilda?!

Hilda- Well Sabrina has been working so hard, I thought she deserved a week of R and R with her room-mates and... Kevin.

Zelda- Kevin’s going too?

Salem- Let the debauchery begin.

Hilda- Look, let’s not panic. This is Sabrina we’re talking about, a mature, responsible college student.

Zelda- Well I suppose you’re right. I mean, after all, we took many a Spring break sojourn ourselves.

Hilda- Oh remember that fabulous trip we took to the acropolis with those adorable fraternity brothers.

Zelda- Hmmm.

Hilda- Oh-oh!

They look at each other concerned.

Int. College house. Sabrina and Roxie sit studying for their mid-terms but Roxie’s finding it difficult to keep her mind on her work.

Roxie- Just think, Florida. There’ll be guys from all over the Eastern seaboard.

Sabrina- Remember, we said no talk of Spring break until after we’re done studying for our last exam.

Roxie- Sorry.

She gets her head back in her book and Sabrina gets back to tappity-tapping on her lap-top... for about two seconds.

Sabrina- Oh I got the cutest little pink bikini today! This trip is gonna be so great. Even the drive down will be fun.

Roxie- Yeah, you and Kevin, Josh and Morgan and me and Elroy Jetson.

Miles arrives in the kitchen just in time to overhear.

Miles- Wow! No one has called me that since second grade.

Sabrina- I just wish I knew if Kevin was going because he wants to have fun in Florida or because he thinks of me as his girlfriend?

Roxie- The guys been dating you for six weeks! You’re his girlfriend. He wrote a song about you.

Sabrina- He also wrote a song about Janet Reno.

Roxie- You’ll have a whole week together, that should be plenty of time to find out how he feels about you.

Sabrina- You’re right! I just have to talk to him, ask him where he stands.

Roxie- And find out if he has a brother.

With a smile Roxie goes off to her room as the doorbell rings. Sabrina answers it.

Sabrina- What are you guys doing here?

Zelda- We were... just in the neighbourhood.

Hilda- For no special reason. It’s not like we wanna talk about Florida.

Zelda- You do know that they get hurricanes there this time of year?

Hilda- And mosquitoes as big as my cousin Estelle?

Sabrina- Okay, you didn’t come here to talk to me about the weather and blood sucking relatives.

Zelda- You’re right. Sabrina, it’s just that we’re concerned about you going away on Spring break un-chaperoned.

Hilda- I started thinking about the college vacations I took, like that night in Naples when I wound up in a fountain with two massive...

Zelda makes a cut-it-out gesture.

Hilda- (Cont.) ...gladiators, it... (Gets the message) I think I made my point.

Sabrina- Look, there’s nothing to worry about. I’m going with all my good friends and a guy I just happen to be dating.

Zelda- It’s that last part that we’re worried about.

Sabrina- So what you’re saying is you don’t trust me.

Zelda- No we’re not saying that! It’s just that sometimes young people can get caught up in the passion of the moment and... do things they might later regret.

Hilda- Like floating down a canal in Venice wearing nothing but a fig leaf and two single serving pizza’s.

Zelda drops her head into her hands with a sigh.

Sabrina- Look, just because you made mistakes when you were young doesn’t mean that I’m going too. I’m a responsible adult and I think that I’ve proven that time and time again. I need you to trust me. Can you do that?

Her aunts look at each other for a moment.

Zelda- Of course we can.

Int. Spellman living room. Not much later.

Zelda- We could just not give her the money to go.

Hilda- That would work... if someone hadn’t accidentally given her an advance on her pay-cheque. (On Zelda’s look) What do you want from me? I’m accident prone.

Salem- Here’s my idea. We check into a really posh hotel near Sabrina. You two keep an eye on her while I enjoy a vigorous massage with hot mint-oil.

Hilda- Sabrina is leaving tomorrow. We’ve got to do something quick.

Zelda point at the coffee table and the magic book appears. She grabs it and flips it open.

Zelda- Let’s see what the magic book has under ‘good clean fun’?

Hilda- I’ve never used that chapter.

Zelda- Here we go. (Reading) ‘A good clean fun consultant’

She does the finger thing and a dust-mote on the rug swirls into a good clean cut and healthily tanned Frankie Avalon.

Frankie- Hey kids! What’s shakin’

Hilda- (Excited) Oh my Gosh, Frankie Avalon! I loved you in all those beach movies.

Zelda- (Just as excited) Oh I cried when you and Annette broke up in ‘Beach blanket bingo’

Salem- (Over excited) And-and the way you shook your hips in ‘How to stuff a wild bikini’! (On everybody’s look) Made no impression on me what so ever.

Hilda- Frankie, I’ve always wanted to tell you something. You’re swell.

Zelda- Super swell.

Frankie- Oh listen girls, ‘cause I appreciate all your fawning but why, exactly, am I here?

Zelda- Our niece, Sabrina, is going to Pelican Cove for Spring break...

Frankie- (Interrupting) Pelican Cove? Cowabunga! That place is the swingin'est! Is she bringin’ her board?

Hilda- No, but she is bringing her boyfriend, Kevin.

Frankie- Oh I get the picture. I got the perfect thing.

Beach Boys style music starts up.

Frankie- (Cont.)(Singing) Sabrina and Kevin on the beach in the sun,
all they’ll have is some good-clean-fun!

Zelda- Oh thank you for infusing our lives with wholesomeness. Say, by the way, what are you and your swingin’ hips doin’ later?

Hilda- Hey! I saw them first!

Zelda- Back off! I saw him first! I was the first one to see his very first film.

Hilda- was not! I saw the trailers...

Zelda- This happens all the time. whenever I...

Hilda- No!..

Frankie- (To himself) Crazy chicks.

As the sisters continue arguing he points at himself and vanishes.

Ext. The Surfside Motel, Pelican Cove, Florida. A packed car pulls up amongst the palm trees.

Morgan- Oh great! We made it to Pelican Cove.

Roxie- Let the parties begin!

Sabrina- Whoo-hoo!

Miles- Is it possible to get sun-stroke through tinted glass?

Int. The Surfside Motel. Sabrina leads the troops in loaded sown with suitcases. The place has a distinct sixties vibe to it.

Roxie- Spellman, it’s amazing you pulled this off.

Kevin- Yeah, you’re awesome.

Sabrina- As in awesome like travel agent awesome or like long term relationship awesome?

Kevin- Well let’s put it this way, I’d book all my vacations with you.

He bends down and kisses her forehead before shifting his bags aside.

Sabrina- (Under her breath) What’s that supposed to mean?

Morgan- Josh, take my picture.

Josh- Whey-hey. Why don’t I take it of everyone? Come on get in before we mutate into crazed party animals.

They all crowd together.

Josh- (Cont.) Ready? (Click! Flash!) Alright!

Miles- Wow, check out this retro furniture.

Roxie- Yeah, it’s so Donna Reed meets Don Ho.

Sabrina- I’ll get us checked in.

She walks over to the counter where a man in an Hawaiian shirt and shorts checking in his keys turns round. They both stop dead in their tracks.

Sabrina- Harvey?!

Harvey- Sabrina?!

Sabrina- What are you doing here?

Harvey- Checkin’ out. What are you doin’ here?

Sabrina- Checking in. Wow! So, you look good.

Harvey- Well you haven’t seen my sunburn. It’s about the same colour as your hair... which I like.

Sabrina- Thanks.

A car horn sounds from outside and a male voice calls.

Guy- (OS) Hey Kinkle! In the car, we gotta hit the road!

Harvey- I’m sorry but I really have to go. It was great seeing you.

The come together to hug. Harvey winces with pain.

Harvey- Ow!

Sabrina pulls away.

Sabrina- What’s the matter? We can still hug can’t we?

Harvey- Of course... as soon as I grow a new layer of skin on my back. See ya.

Sabrina- See ya.

He leaves and she turns to watch him go. The ting of the desk bell makes her spin back round.

Desk Clerk- Hey Red, you’re up.

Sabrina- Sorry.

Desk Clerk- Welcome to the Surfside Motel. The number one home of bodacious beach bunnies and all their honey’s.

Sabrina- Oh well we’re the Spellman bunny and honey party.

Desk Clerk- (Handing over room keys) You came to the right place. You kids are in for one neat-o week.

Everyone- (Together) Neat-o?

A bunch of smiling happy clean cut honey’s in colourful Hawaiian and polo shirts come through accompanied by bunnies in summer dresses, modest bikini’s and big hair, so lacquered you could hang your coat from it. Jackie O would be so envious. They carry towels, beach bags and beach balls. Sabrina senses that something doesn’t quite fit... and it’s them.

Sabrina- Wait a minute. It looks like there must be some kind of gidget convention going on here.

Morgan- Either that or everything in my suitcase is suddenly out of style.

Josh- (Calling after) Hey you guys, where’s the party?

Guy #1- Where else man? The beach!

Girl #2- Follow us. We’re gonna have a swingin’ time.

With various shrugs and raised eyebrows they follow.

Ext. The beach. The girls are in bikini’s the guys are in shorts and Miles is fully clothed with a white dab of zinc oxide on his nose as they walk along.

Sabrina- Well you know, at times a few people at conventions get carried away.

They look down the beach where sixties music plays and the kids dance in the sand. Others dash by with surf boards under their arms

Sabrina- (Cont.) All right, sometimes hundreds of people get carried away.

Morgan- This is scary.

Kevin- Yeah, it’s like we’re in the twilight zone.

Miles- Well we’ll know for sure if a lifeguard turns out to be Rod Serling

Two guys run out of the hula-hooping dancing crowd and rush over to the new-comers.

Beachdoggie- Hey you rockin’ chicks and cats, welcome to the cove. I’m Beachdoggie and this is Birdbrain.

Birdbrain- Yeah, an' I’m Birdbrain.

Int. Spellman living room. Zelda, Hilda and Salem sit on the settee watching a brand new sixties beach movie on TV. They see Beachdoggie hitting Birdbrain about the head with his hat.

Salem- That guys a buffoon!

Hilda- When he’s that buff he can put up with a lot of oon.

Zelda- Shhh! I can’t hear the dialogue. We might miss a key story point.

Ext. The beach. Beachdoggie puts his hat back on.

Beachdoggie- Hey are you guys goin’ to the big bonfire tonight? We’re roasting weenies and making s'mores!

Morgan- (Sarcastic) Wow! We don’t wanna miss that.

A clean-cut, handsome guy comes by with a surfboard under his arm

Tad- Whey-hey beach bums. Surfs up, last one in’s a rotten egg.

He winks at Roxie and runs into the sea. Roxie watches him go with a little smile on her lips.

Girl #2- That’s Tad, isn’t he dreamy?

Roxie- Gosh, is he dreamy... (To Josh) Did I just say ‘Dreamy’?... Did I just say ‘Gosh’?

Morgan- Sabrina, I thought we were supposed to be at the wildest beach in Florida? Instead we’re hanging out with "Cats" and "Chicks" in super neat-o city.

Miles- I’ve got it! They’re all pod-people.

Josh- Sabrina, didn’t you look at any pictures of this place before you made the reservations?

Sabrina- I swear, when I booked the motel it didn’t look anything like this.

Morgan- Oh yeah right. All of a sudden it just changed magically.

They all walk on along the beach leaving Sabrina behind. Her eyes narrow in anger.

Sabrina- (To herself) My aunts are so dead!

Int. Spellman living room. The aunts in question look at each other with concern. The phone rings. Hilda picks it up and hands it to Zelda immediately.

Hilda- It’s for you.

Zelda tut’s at her sister and reluctantly puts the phone to her ear.

Zelda- Hello?

Sabrina- (On a pay-phone) Aunt Zelda, you’re busted!

Zelda- Sabrina, what are you talking about?

Sabrina- Don’t play innocent with me. I know you put a spell on this place because you don’t want me to have any fun.

Zelda- Oh that is not true! We do want you to have fun... Just good clean fun.

Sabrina- That is so sick! Well you know, spell or no spell, I’m going to have a Spring break so hot it’ll melt the plastic sofa in the motel lobby.

She hangs up. Zelda and Hilda don’t look happy.

Zelda- You don’t think she’ll do anything rash do you?

Hilda- She’s gonna make our trip to the acropolis look like quilting bee.

Ext. The beach. Sabrina comes up to Josh as he takes a picture.

Sabrina- Hey Josh, great news, our nightmare is over. I just booked us two rooms at a major party hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Okay well it’s not actually in Fort Lauderdale but it’s everglades adjacent.

Int. Spellman living room. The snacks are out in force as the aunts watch the show.

Hilda- Did you hear that? They’re going to a major party hotel!

Salem- (Waking from a nap) Finally! This snoozer’s coming alive. Hey Hildie, would you mind if I sat on your lap for this part?

Hilda- Eow!

Ext. The beach. Sabrina’s trying to rally the troops.

Sabrina- So come on guys, get your stuff. Let’s get outa here.

Josh- Well I don’t know Sabrina, this place is kinda fun. I’d just as soon stay here.

Sabrina- You can’t be serious. Why?

Morgan runs over with a hula-hoop.

Morgan- Because this retro thing is neat-o.

She twirls the hoop around her midriff.

Sabrina- No it’s not. It’s like a horrible, evil kind of neat-o. I know Roxie’s not going to go for this.

Josh- She’s not only going, she’s gone.

He points up the beach where Roxie kneels beside Tad helping him wax his board while gazing lovingly into his eyes.

Int. Spellman living room. The aunts sit glued to the TV enjoying the show.

Salem- Oh this movie stinks! I’m calling my cable operator.

Ext. The beach. Sabrina pouts with her arms folded, angry that her friends are being sucked into her evil aunts spell. A large green beach-ball bounces off her head.

Kevin- (Laughing) Ho-ho. Sorry Sweetcorn, I guess the fella’s and I got a little too rambunctious.

Sabrina- Let me guess. You wanna stay here too?

Kevin- Heck yeah! This place is the most! I just learned how to watusi, watch.

He goes dancing down the beach with Sabrina following slapping her forehead in frustration.

Sabrina- This isn’t happening! Look we could be on a beach in Fort Lauderdale right now partying like rock stars.

Kevin- Fort Lauderdale, Pelican Cove, what’s the difference? I’m with my best girl. I’d party with you anywhere.

Sabrina- Oh I’m glad you feel that way Kevin. You know I’ve been wanting to talk to you.

Kevin- Swell! Talk away.

Sabrina- I know we’ve been dating over a month but I just wanna know how you feel about...

Girl #2- (Interrupting) Hey! Anybody know how to play the guitar?

Kevin- Yeah I do!

Girl #2- Swingin’

She grabs his hand a drags him off to join a group set up on the beach. Sabrina looks up to the heavens and follows. When Kevin gets there he’s given an electric guitar that he slings over his shoulder. The drummer and base player are already set up. The little blonde singer looks up at Kevin.

Aaron Carter- Gosh, you look like Ricky Nelson.

Kevin- And you look like Dennis The Menace.

Aaron Carter- But I sing like David.

Kevin- Cool.

Aaron Carter- Two-Three-Four.

The beach band start up.

Aaron Carter- (Singing) Candy on the beach, there’s nothing better.

Sabrina looks round at the cats and chicks dancing around her.

Aaron Carter- (Singing) But I like Candy when it’s wrapped in a sweater.

Sabrina- (To herself) Well like they say, if all else fails... do the monkey.

She joins in the dancing.

Aaron Carter- (Singing) Ooooooh I want Candy!
I want Candy!

Miles is in there grooving with Roxie and the rest.

Aaron Carter- (Singing) I want Candy!
I want Candy!
I want Candy!
I want Candy!

Int. Motel room. Morgan, Sabrina and Roxie have succumbed to the inevitable and are indulging in that age old feminine custom of doing each others hair. Lacquer, for that ever-lasting hold is the key to the beehive and bouffant styles.

Aaron Carter- (OS)(Singing) All I want is your Candy.

Morgan- (Looking in the mirror) Crazy.

She’s dressed in a purple sixties style outfit.

Morgan- Who needs high heels when you can have high hair?

She hands the mirror to Roxie whose long dark locks have locked in hold, as do her outrageous eye lashes. She wafts her hand in front of her face as the girl responsible for her new style adds just a touch more hair spray.

Roxie- I guess we know who’s responsible for depleting the ozone layer.

Sabrina gets the mirror next to admire the pink hair band that holds her hair back before it bulges to sweep out away from her neck.

Sabrina- Yeah. You know, I have to admit, this sixties thing is kinda keen. (Nearly knocking Roxie over with her eye lashes) So how about you and Tad?

Roxie- I Know, not only am I dating a surfer but when he says ‘Golly’ I don’t wanna hurl.

Morgan- Wow, what is it about this place? I was all set for some out-of-control partying but, for some reason, all I wanna do is have...

Sabrina- (Interrupting) Good clean fun?

Morgan- Exactly!

Roxie- So have you had a chance to talk to Kevin yet?

Sabrina- No. Every time I bring up the subject, he decides either give a concert or learn a new dance.

Morgan- Yeah, his Pelican Stomp is the wiggiest.

Sabrina- Well tonight, at the clam bake, I’m gonna take him on a romantic moonlit walk and figure out exactly where we are in this relationship. That is if I can get my hair through the door.

Ext. The beach. Evening. The music and dancing continues, only now it’s centred around a bonfire where marshmallows are being roasted. Josh comes over to Morgan.

Josh- Hey Morgan, d’ya wanna go er hike up to the cliff? Watch the waves break?

Morgan- Oh I can’t leave now! I’m tied for first place in the limbo contest.

She bends backwards dancing under the bar. The cats and chicks cheer. Josh walks off alone. Roxie isn’t. She sits by the fire with Tad.

Tad- Golly, you sure are cute. Why don’t ya slip into somethin’ more comfortable? Like my arms?

He wraps his arms about her.

Roxie- And still... I’m not gagging.

Miles now has his whole face lathered in zinc oxide and looks a little like a three day old corps. He moves amongst the crowd searching for the important answers and hopes to have found it with a couple toasting mallows.

Miles- Now think hard. Do any of you remember climbing out of a pod?

They just look at him strangely. Meanwhile, Sabrina and Kevin have slipped away, further down the beach, and walk hand in hand along the tide line listening to the lapping waves in the darkness.

Sabrina- Well we’ve finally got a chance to be alone. Kevin, can I ask you something?

Kevin- Sure, but I wanna ask you something too?

Sabrina- You go first.

Kevin- How do ya sleep with that hair-do?

Sabrina- Kevin, we need to talk about our relationship. I’m not sure how you feel about us?

Kevin- Well I’ll tell ya exactly how I feel.

Where the music comes from, nobody knows.

Kevin- (Cont.)(Singing) I like to think about you.
You like to think about me.
We’re just like birds of a feather
‘cause we’re havin’ so much fun together.

Sabrina is initially charmed by the song but winces at the sentiment.

Sabrina- (Under her breath) I’m gonna kill my aunts for this.
(Singing) We have fun, it’s true,
in everything we say and do
but a girl really needs to know
if a guys just a friend or if he’s her beau

Kevin & Sabrina- (Singing together) That’s why I like to think about you
and you like to think about me.
Rain or shine, in any kind of weather
you and I are having fun together.

Sabrina- Kevin, that was a blast but not particularly informative.

Kevin- (Distracted) Hey look! Some crazy kids are starting a hula-hoop contest. Let’s get lost!

He runs off to join the fun. Sabrina follows after.

Ext. The beach, the following day. Surfs up and all the cats are riding the white horses. Sabrina and Kevin share a board.

Sabrina- Well we may not be defining our relationship but at least I know what ‘Hang ten’ means now.

Tad shows his form with Roxie riding pillion.

Roxie- (Calling out) Isn’t surfing nifty?

Morgan always likes to go one better. She shares a board with two buff cats... and neither of them is Josh.

Morgan- (Calling back) The niftiest! Hey Josh!

Ah there he is. Up on the beach building a sand castle. He waves to Morgan. Roxie and Tad run up out of the surf.

Roxie- Wow, that was the living end. I think I’m ready to surf solo now.

Tad- Roxie, chicks don’t surf!

Roxie- Why not?

Tad- They’re just supposed to sit on a guys board and look good.

Roxie- Oh really? Well for your information, this chicks not a hood ornament.

She grabs Tad’s board and goes back into the sea. Tad watches after her shaking his head.

Tad- (To himself) That’s one cookie gal.

Miles walks up the beach and has given in to the spirit of Spring break by wearing a short sleeved T-shirt and shorts. He’s compensated, of course by covering all the exposed skin in zinc oxide. He comes across two bikini clad chicks.

Miles- Hello ladies, you shouldn’t expose that lovely skin to the harmful rays of the sun. If you’re interested in sun-block; I’m holding.

He offers his tube of zinc oxide. The girls giggle and walk on by. Miles watches them go before turning round to carry on up the beach and nearly walks into another chic. This one in a fully covering terry poncho and wide brimmed, straw sun-hat. Her face is as white as his is.

Miles- Hello there!

It’s love at first site. Further down the beach Sabrina walks and pushes at her hair.

Sabrina- Aw! This isn’t hair, it’s the Washington monument.

She arrives at the highly elaborate and beautifully moulded walls of Caer-Josh.

Sabrina- (Cont.) Hey, nice parapets.

Josh- Thanks, I work out.

Sabrina- So where’s the queen of the castle?

Josh- (Shrug) I don’t know. Morgan was supposed to meet me here a half hour ago but I guess she got tied up or lost track o’ time.

There’s a squeal and Sabrina looks down the beach to spot Morgan surrounded by four guys. They’re heaving her up in the air on a beach-towel as she laughs with delight.

Sabrina- It’s a toss-up.

Girl #2- Oh my gosh! Dig that crazy chic on the surfboard!

The Beach Boys ‘Surfin’ USA’ plays as everyone watches Roxie dance while riding the big one.

Tad- (Impressed) Wow!

They all applaud as she comes in and two surfer dudes carry her from the surf.

Tad- (Cont.) Wow! I never knew chicks could surf.

Roxie- We’re cookie that way. Maybe you can sit on my board sometime.

The two guys carry her off.

Tad- (To himself) Grr-oovy!

Ext. The beach. Sunset. Josh accompanies Sabrina on an evening stroll.

Josh- I can’t believe we’re going home tomorrow.

Sabrina- Me either, I hate the idea of going to physics class Monday morning. Y’know unless I can wear clam-diggers.

Josh- Yeah, it’s been a pretty crazy trip. I mean I had fun but it wasn’t exactly how I imagined Spring break would be.

Sabrina- Yeah, I know what you mean.

Josh- D’ya know what I wish?

Music is heard.

Sabrina- Oh-no, you’re not going to start singing are you?

Josh- Why would I sing?

A girl walks past with a transistor radio to her ear.

Sabrina- No reason. Er what were you gonna say?

Josh- Just that I wish Morgan and I could have spent more time together.

Sabrina- I can relate. Since we got here, Kevin and I have spent exactly twelve watusi free seconds alone.

Josh- And Morgan always has to be the centre of attention, and that’s not me. Y’know I like just walking along the beach, maybe even having an actual conversation.

Sabrina- Yeah, me too.

Josh- Wow, look at that sky.

Sabrina- Yeah, it’s beautiful and it’s nice to have someone to watch it with.

Josh- Yeah.

Although he finds that he’d rather watch Sabrina watching the sunset.

Josh- (Cont.) I wish Morgan and I could talk the way you and I do.

They stand awkwardly looking at each other for an uncomfortable moment.

Sabrina- Er... Maybe we should get back?

Josh- Yeah... Or we could stay here and watch the sunset?

Sabrina- (Smiling) I like your idea better.

Later. Darkness has fallen and the cats and chicks are gathered around the bonfire in a mellow, end of holiday mood. Kevin plays his guitar and sings.

Kevin- (Singing) It’s the end of Spring break.
It hurts to say goodbye.
It’s the end of Spring break.
I think I’m gonna cry.

Morgan comes and sits beside Josh giving him a peck on the cheek.

Morgan- Hi. Oh I am having so much fun this week. Wasn’t it great when we went horse-back riding on the beach?

Josh- Er that was you and... every guy on the beach but me.

Morgan- ...Oh.

Tad sits with his arm possessively around Roxie.

Tad- So Roxie, where does this leave you and me?

Roxie- Well it leaves you here and I’m catching the next wave out o’ town.

The both sigh deeply and rest their heads together.

Kevin- (Singing) We’ve all had a blast
on the surf and the sand.
We’ll be back next year
‘cause our boards don’t work on land.

The gathering applaud before getting up and dancing to something a little more up-tempo while Kevin puts away his guitar and sits beside Sabrina.

Kevin- Sabrina, I just wanna tell ya that I feel like we’ve gotten a lot closer this week. I’m really glad you’re my girlfriend.

She glances across at Josh dancing with Morgan and catches him watching her.

Sabrina- Girlfriend? Well do we have to put labels on our relationship?

Kevin- Well no, I guess not. Well maybe we should talk about it? I was kinda hopin’ that we could...

Sabrina- (Interrupting) Do the mash-potato? That’d be swell!

She grabs him by the hand and drags him up into the jiving crowd. Sabrina and Kevin, Josh and Morgan, Roxie and Tad and the zinc oxide twins dance their last night away.

Int. Spellman living room. Zelda, Hilda and Salem remain glued to the TV set.

Zelda- You were wrong Salem, that movie was adorable.

A twister of sand materialises on the rug forming into Frankie Avalon.

Frankie- Well it’s like I always say, there’s nothing better than good-clean-fun.

Zelda- (Excited) Frankie, you’re back!

Hilda- (Excited..er) You are!

Frankie- You bet I am. Come on girls, let’s do the swim.

They dance together while on the TV the cats and chicks continue dancing too. Fade in:-

THE LIVING END

Run credits.