Confront and Befriend? (Transcript)

The next morning Josh and Zoe went to school as usual. Once they parted ways and are on the way to class, Zoe accidentally bumped into somebody.

Kayla: Oh, sorry I didn't mean to do that.

Zoe: No, it's fine.

Kayla: Oh, you're Josh's sister, right?

Zoe: Yup. (narrating) This is Kayla, Josh told me about her. All about her lies and stuff. I'm pretty sure she's actually a nice girl and there is no reason to dislike her.

The bell started ringing.

Zoe: I have to go to class, later.

That's when Zoe walked to her classroom as usual. During morning break, Zoe was grabbing some snacks from the vending machine when she decided to confront Kayla because of her lies. Hoping that her plan will work. So after eating her snacks and drinking some orange juice, she went up to Kayla and confronted her.

Zoe: So, you're the one who made up those lies and-

Kayla: Oh, hey Zoe, didn't see you there.

Zoe: Great. I mean, I didn't see you either.

Kayla: You alright?

Zoe: I'm good.

Kayla: So, I was wondering. Since you are Josh's sister and you're the top student-

Zoe: Adopted. I was adopted.

Kayla: Oh, I see. I was wondering if we could be friends.

Zoe: Sure, let's be friends.

But little did Zoe know, Kayla was the liar her brother mentioned. When it's time to do extra-curricular activities, Zoe went to the programming room as usual to start up some programs she has been working on when Josh went up to her and talked to her about Kayla again.

Josh: So you know that girl from my class I told you about. That faked her own death and stuff.

Zoe: Oh yeah. She even accused you of making her pregnant.

Josh: Yeah, well. Let me show you something.

Zoe looked at Josh's iPod to see the class group chat he was in. She read through it and saw that Kayla's water broke earlier and she's giving birth to twins. She called them Daniel and Corbyn.

Zoe: Woah.

Josh: She legit said she called them Daniel and Corbyn. After she 'gave birth' while she was only '9 weeks' pregnant.

Zoe: You should be 9 months pregnant to give birth, not 9 weeks.

Josh: Yeah and all the people in the chat that actually believed it, have to be at least 12 because everyone knows how pregnancy works.

Zoe: Oh shoot I just realised.

Josh: Realised what?

Zoe: I remembered that she must be that girl I befriended this morning. She says she knows me because I'm your sister.

Josh: Really?

Zoe: Yes. Oh, what have I done.

Josh: You didn't do anything wrong. Just tell me, did you see a bump when you were friends with her?

Zoe: No.

Josh: That's good.

Zoe: Why do I have to feel so stupid, foolish and naïve?

Josh: Hey, that's how I felt when I befriended her.

Zoe: You don't understand.

Josh: Well, I have to go grab a drink from the vending machine. Do you want anything.

Zoe: Just orange juice would be good.

Josh: Okay.

Josh went out of the programming room while Zoe is left feeling guilt running over her shoulders. She felt betrayed by Kayla who briefly befriended her and she's regretting it right now.

Song: For The Rest of My Life from The Prince of Egypt the Musical

Zoe: #For the rest of my life #I will have to live with this #For the rest of my life #I’ll have to face the part I played #These faces filled with grief and with despair #Every morning when I wake up they’ll be there #Seared into my memory #With a cruel burning knife #For the rest of my life #Oh, there’s a weight on my soul #Like a pyramid of stone #There’s a weight on my soul #A ransom never to be paid #The crimes I do, I do them in your name #I feel just as guilty, all the same #Like a brutal soldier #Who does anything he’s told #There’s a weight on my soul #For the rest of my life #When you know you’re in the right #It’s so easy to be wrong #You have to win the fight #So you close your mind and heart up tight #And go along #Tell yourself you’re staying strong #You ramp up your ferocity #Excuse any atrocity #But once you’ve won #You have to live with what you've done #And for the rest of my life #I will have to live with this #For the rest of my life #These questions haunting me like ghosts #Does a noble end mean any means will do? #Is your power the only reason to follow You? #And one final question I see no answer to #For the rest of my life #How will I get through? #Unlike so many of our victims #I have the rest of my life #To get through#

Josh: Hey Zoe. Here's some orange juice you asked for.

Zoe: Thanks. I'm working on a program right now.

Josh: Really?

Zoe: Yeah.

Josh: Cool, you could make some cool video games someday.

Zoe: Yeah.

Josh: Should we head home?

Zoe: Sure, let's go.

The siblings walked home as usual and did their everyday routine. Since they have no homework that day, Josh decided to teach Zoe how to play Minecraft.

Zoe: Ugh, man. I got killed by a creeper.

Josh: It's fine, just try again.

Zoe: More like mum wouldn't let me play video games just because I'm a girl.

Josh: Then let's prove her wrong.

While Josh was teaching Zoe how to play Minecraft, Zoe got a text from her classmate, Naomi.

Zoe: Who is this from?

Josh: I dunno, let's see.

Zoe unlocked her phone which shows Naomi telling her what happened.

Josh: Who's that?

Zoe: I'll tell you later.

Zoe dialled Naomi's number and decided to call her.

Naomi: Hello?

Zoe: Hi, erm... I need to know what happened to Kayla.

Naomi: She did overdose on pills and cut herself... I'm not sure what am I supposed to say and what not but this is what she told me. He mum texted me from her account. She is a Year 11 student from your brother's class.

Zoe: She's the girl who accused my brother of making her pregnant.

Naomi: Wait what? So you think she's faking?

Zoe: She even faked her own death.

Naomi: What the? Yeah it seemed kinda sus that she said her parents aren't home and an hour later she is at the hospital with her parents. I don't know what to say. She even faked that she was pregnant. Oh my god. I don't know what to say. Because I don't wanna be rude to her and her mother if it's real but I don't know what to believe in anymore.

Zoe: Josh and I had a really long conversation about her.

Naomi: What the? I feel like I need to write her something. This is not okay.

Zoe: I need to talk to Josh. See ya.

Zoe hung up the call and ran back to her room to talk to Josh.

Zoe: So I talked to Naomi about what we talked about this afternoon and her reaction was priceless.

Josh: Who's Naomi?

Zoe: My Jewish-Australian classmate.

Josh: Oh.

Zoe: We were talking about Kayla about her fake overdose. All these things, the death, the pregnancy, are all fake.

Josh: Has she mentioned anything about me? Cause she added me into a group chat with my former club.

Zoe: Erm... nope.

Josh: That's good.

Zoe: I think it's time I should expose her.

Josh: I've wanted to do it for a long time. But I couldn't.

Zoe: Hey, I'm with you. We could do that together.

Josh: Yeah.

Zoe: But how are we going to show the entire school? Wait a second, I saw your name on the news board which says 'Kayla accuses fellow classmate Josh of impregnating her.'

Josh: Maybe we could make a newspaper-styled Kayla exposure and put it up on the news board.

Zoe: That's the best way to expose her.

Josh: Alright, let's get started.

Zoe and Josh started working on the news that should be part of the school board. About the stories that Kayla made up and the stuff she lied about. Once they were both done, they printed out the papers and they both brushed their teeth and went to bed.

Zoe: I'm so proud of you.

Josh: For what?

Zoe: For telling me all the stuff Kayla did so that we could do our research and we could finally expose her.

Josh: I'm proud of you too. For helping me get this newspaper done.

Zoe: Thanks.

Josh: I found something amazing.

Josh went out of his bed and found a packet with erasers which are in the shape of animals.

Zoe: You got a giraffe?

Zoe grabbed her stuffed giraffe from her bed. She made the giraffe say something like a kid playing with dolls.

Zoe: 'Ouch that hurt!'

Josh: (laughs)

Josh took out his giraffe eraser, put it on his bedside table and took it's head out.

Josh: 'Ouch that hurt!'

Zoe: You got Daniel beheaded.

Josh: Yeah.

Zoe: He literally got scared.

The siblings started playing with their giraffes before their mum bursts in.

Mrs. Besson: What are you 2 doing? You are supposed to go to bed.

Josh and Zoe: Erm... nothing, mum.

Mrs. Besson: You better go to sleep, tomorrow you still have school. And why are there so many papers coming out from the printer?

Zoe: Essays, mum.

Josh: They're actually for the news board because we are assigned to give out daily news.

Zoe: Yeah.

Mrs. Besson: Oh I see. Well, good night kids.

Zoe and Josh: Night.

Mrs. Besson went out of the kids' room as Josh and Zoe went to sleep.

Zoe: Night Josh.

Josh: Night.