part 6
Zach's Party
Danielle and Julie enter. The party is in full swing, with lots of kids around.
Julie: "I guess no one's in the pool yet. Are you gonna swim?"
Danielle: "Please. I just spent an hour blowing out my hair."
She sees John sitting alone on the couch.
Danielle: "I'll, I'll see you later, okay?"
Julie: "Okay."
Danielle joins John on the sofa, and gives him a quick kiss near his mouth. Subtly, he pulls slightly away as she kisses him.
Danielle: "Hey, I've got a surprise for you. You want to go somewhere and talk?"
John: "Yeah. We should talk."
They get up. Zach comes in from the kitchen.
Zach: "Hi, you made it."
Julie: "Andrew's here. I didn't think he'd come."
Zach: "Yeah, he brought a lot of friends. They're acting like total jerks. Alert the media. I don't care. You're here now. This is gonna be great."
In the pool area, a couple of kids are in the water, but most are hanging around by the pool.
From one of the entrances out into the pool area, Danielle enters. John rushes after her.
John: "Danielle!"
Danielle: "Don't touch me!"
John stops and Danielle rushes off.
Andrew and another guy pick up a lawn chair with another boy in it and throw it and the boy into the pool.
Zach and Julie, sitting on another lawn chair, watch.
Zach: "Can you possibly take it easy?"
Andrew: "It's cool, man. Look, he floats. Relax, it's a party. You're the main party animal, right? Am I right?"
Zach: "I guess."
Andrew: "All right. Well, then act like it. C'mon, give me a howl. C'mon, you're the host. Revel in it. Give me a howl. (howls) Awooo!"
Zach (feebly): "Woo!"
Several kids standing nearby laugh and Andrew chuckles, then slaps Zach on the back before walking off.
Andrew: "There you go."
Julie: "You okay?"
Zach: "What do I care? He's nothing. I could take care of him if I wanted to."
Julie: "What do you mean?"
Zach: "I know where my mom kept her gun."
He holds up his hand, pointing his index and middle fingers at Zach as though his hand were a gun, and pretends to aim and shoot Andrew.
Zach (quietly): "Pow."
Julie: "That's not funny, Zach."
Zach: "Well, if you think about it, yeah, it kind of is."
Julie begins to leave.
Zach: "Julie!"
Outside, Danielle stands crying by the mailbox. Julie comes up to her.
Julie: "Hey, Danielle. Are you okay?"
Danielle: "I just want to go home. Can we go?"
Julie: "Sure."
They start walking when Zach runs out of the house after them.
Zach: "Julie!"
Julie: "I'm taking Danielle home."
Zach: "Are you coming back?"
Julie: "I don't think so."
They keep walking. Zach looks at the house, then turns and starts running in the opposite direction from Julie and Danielle.
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Lynette's Bedroom
She gets into bed where Tom is reading.
Tom: "So how was that P.T.A. meeting?"
Lynette: "Long."
Tom: "So Peterson called me into his office today."
Lynette: "Really?"
Tom: "Yeah, he, uh, changed his mind. He's gonna hold that promotion for Doogan."
Lynette: "Oh."
Tom: "Yeah, it's, it's fine. Y'know, I'm glad, really. Having to work all those long hours and you know how I hate flying, it just does, you know horrible things for my back. God, with all that extra stress, I'd have ended up exactly like Tim Doogan ten years from now, so."
Lynette: "Yeah, of course."
Tom: "So, it's, it's over."
Lynette: "Look, you're gonna make vice president one of these days."
Tom: "It's okay. Honest. I am really glad it worked out this way."
Lynette: "Okay."
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Susan's House, nighttime
A police car drops her off in front of her house. As she walks towards her front door, Mike comes up behind her.
Susan: "Oh, God, you scared me."
Mike: "How'd it go?"
Susan: "It went just peachy, and humiliating, and shocking."
Mike: "Susan..."
Susan: "How could you? God, 'Susan do you trust me?' Yes, of course I do. Oh, I'm such an idiot, and you're such a liar. Oh, and apparently a killer, and a drug dealer. That's just quite a personal ad you've got going there."
Mike: "Susan, I came to Wisteria Lane--"
Susan: "Stop! Stop Mike, just stop. If you keep talking, you're gonna work your way into my heart and I just don't want you anywhere near my heart. Ever."
She goes into her house and shuts the door. She leans against it and starts crying. Pushing herself away from the door, she starts towards the stairs.
Susan: "Julie? Mommy needs a hug. Julie?"
She turns and sees the unfinished homework on the table. Looking out the window, she sees the party scene across the street. She marches over. A couple of boys stand outside and Susan passes by them on the way inside Paul's house.
Susan: "Is Julie in there? Julie Mayer?"
Boy: "I dunno. It's pretty dead in there."
She walks into the living room, which is empty, and then into the pool area, which is completely vacant, except for two people kissing passionately at the far end of the pool.
Susan: "Julie Alexandra Mayer!"
There's a small splash as the two people duck underneath the water.
Susan: "Oh, Julie, Zach, this is ridiculous. You can't hold your breath forever."
Her feet get tangled in something on the ground. She untangles herself and realizes she was trapped in a pair of men's boxers. Holding them up in front of her, she glares furiously at the two submerged bodies in the water.
Susan: "Oh, you might as well just stay under there and never come up for air because when you do, I'm gonna choke the living daylights out of you."
One person emerges and Susan sees that it's Justin.
Susan: "Oh, um, is my daughter under there?"
Justin shakes his head, and the other person in the pool emerges, taking a deep breath of air. It's Andrew.
Susan: "Oh."
Andrew: "I'm not, I'm not gay."
Susan: "Oh, I, okay, I'm, I'm sorry. Uh, I'll just, I'm just gonna leave those right there."
Susan begins leaving the pool area, but in her haste and surprise, trips over everything in her path. Andrew and Justin just watch her as she hurries out of the area.
Susan: "Oh! I'm fine, it's good, you just, you know, uh, did, did you see - no! Oh, good bye!"