Where's Tootie? (script i wrote)

[FOL85NatandMrsGRock]

its kinda long but really good... i think, and i will be typing another episode that has a GREAT battle between jo and Blair!! check for it later this week!! i have like 5 scritps but i can only type one a day and then i keep comming out iwth more so it will take me a while to catch up!!

Where's Tootie?
(season 2)

Cast

Charlotte Rae.............Mrs. Garrett
Lisa Whelchel............Blair Warner
Nancy McKeon..........Jo Polniaczek
Mindy Cohn...............Natalie Green
Kim Fields.................Tootie Ramsey
Felice Schacter..........Nancy Olsen
Julie Piekarski............Sue Ann Weaver
Julie Anne Haddock....Cindy Webster
??????????...............Jessica Cadee
??????????...............Police Officer

-----Cafeteria------

Jess: Does anybody know where I'm supposed to put my stuff? (walks in with suitcases)
Nat: Who are you?
Jess: I'm Jessica and you are?
Nat: Natalie! (waves hand)
Mrs. G: Hi Jessica! I'm Mrs. Garrett the school dietitian (shakes hand)
Jo: Jo... nice to meet you!
Blair: (gets up and shakes Jessica's hand) Blair Warner, its a pleasure
Tootie: hey! I'm Tootie, how old are you?
Jess: im 13, you?
Tootie: I'm 12 (points to nat) but natalie is 13!
Blair: Im 16 so is Jo.
Girls: (look to Mrs. G to see how old she is)
Mrs. G: (looks up and sees the girls looking at her and spins Jessica around and shakes hand) Hi im Mrs. Garrett the school dietitian!
Girls: (laugh)
Tootie: umm... well did you get a schedule and dorm assignment?
Jess: No, should i?
Tootie: yea, you have to see Mr. harriss, why dont you leave your suitcases here and I'll bring you to his office?
Jess: sure! (sets suitcases down and goes with Tootie)
Tootie: (leaves with Jessica)
Nat: Mrs. Garrett could you help me with a paper i have to write? its about rape.
Mrs. G: rape!?!?! why such a scary subject? How about something happy like....(thinks) favorite movies!! (smiles)
Nat: Mrs. Garrett Please!! I need help i dont know much about rape and i have to write about how to avoid it and stuff like that.
Jo: you wanna know how to avoid it then dont dress like Blair or they'll think your easy!!
Mrs. G: JO!! (scolds Jo)
Jo: (looks at Mrs. g)
Mrs. G: well Natalie i dont know much about it either! I dont know what good I'll be but i can try!
Nat: great!! (walks to Mrs. g and sits down for her to help)
Blair: Jo do you really that people think I'm easy?
Jo: ummm... No! (lies)
Blair: oh my gosh... (thinks to self) People think I'm easy! (sits down)
Nat: (hear natalie say something about her being easy but not sure) Blair what's wrong?
Blair: People think I'm easy!! (shocked)
Nat: yea so?
Blair: I'm not!!
Jo: yea right!!
Mrs. G: girls... (tries to stop them from hurting blairs feelings) If Blair says that she isn't, she isn't!
Jo: Blair, You knew that people thought that! That's why you got so many dates!
Blair: What!! (shocked) Its not cuz of my beautiful hair that cascades over my shoulder? (fluffs hair)
Jo: Please Blair! Barf!!!
Mrs. G: Blair, just because people think that, doesn't mean you are, like you said, you would know better than any other guy out there!! And your better than that, just make sure that the guys know that!!
Blair: hey I know when to stop!!
Nat: Blair we know that!! But they dont know that!!
Blair: (sighs and burries head in hands on table)

----Girls' Bedroom----

Tootie and Jess: (walk in laughing)
Tootie: Oh hi guys, there aren't any open dorm right now so i offered to let Jess stay here ok?
Blair: that's nice (still bummed)
Jo: Where she gonna sleep?
Jess: oh the floor (throws a sleeping bag on the floor)
Jo: ok!! Fine with me!!
Nat: doesn't bother me! Its nice having somebody my age here!!
Jess: thanks for letting me stay here!! (sets suitcases next to desk)
Blair: (gets up from chair by desk and plops down on bed)
Tootie: what's wrong with her?
Jo: Blair is depressed because people think she is easy!
Tootie: She didn't know that!! (laughs) oh sorry to hear that Blair! We all know your not!! Common Jess lets go downstairs and hang out in the lounge!
Jess: Great!! (walks our with Tootie)
Jo: yea we all know your not easy (laughs really loud) oh im sorry Blair: I'm sure you are!!
Nat: Blair, so what if people think that anyway, aren't you in a way? I mean you've gotten farther than anybody here!
Blair: Sure... (thinks to self)

-----cafeteria------

Jess: Hey Tootie i got a great idea!! (sits at a table watching Tootie)
Tootie: What is it? (puts table on tables)
Jess: well, you sick of being treated like a baby around here aren't you?
Tootie: Ugh! I hate it!! (puts vases on tables)
Jess: lets go to New York tonight!!
Tootie: oh well Mrs. Garrett won't let us on a weeknight!
Jess: who said we were gonna ask Mrs. Garrett!!
Tootie: (stops and looks at Jess) Jessica cant that be dangerous? And wont we get in trouble?
Jess: we'll be back before we're missed! Right after Mrs. G has gone to bed we will get on the midnight train!! (gets up and shows money that they can use for train tickets)
Tootie: what will we do in New York?
Jess: we could go see a movie and go bowling!
Tootie: What if somebody hassles us?
Jess: dont worry! I'm in karate!! (makes a karate move)
Tootie: ok!! (sets up napkins) this will be so exciting!!
Jess: Great!!
Blair: (walks in) Hi what are you doing?
Jess: (grabs a handful of Napkins from Tootie and starts setting them out) Just helping Tootie out!
Blair: well you dont have to!!
Jess: well i want to help! What else do you need help with?
Tootie: could you get those glasses from the counter?
Jess: sure!! (gets the glasses)
Mrs. G: (opens kitchen door) Blair, help in the kitchen with the other girls will you? (points arms in the direction of the kitchen)
Blair: Ok!! (goes into kitchen)
Mrs. G: (follows)

----Kitchen------

Nat: (cutting lettuce)
Jo: (cutting vegetables)
Mrs. G and Blair: (walk in)
Mrs. G: Blair, cut lettuce with Natalie ok? I have a meeting with Mr. Harriss, I'm worried, the last time he said we needed to "talk" he almost fired me!!
Blair: (walks towards nat and grabs a knife) Mrs. Garrett he won't fire you!
Mrs. G: I hope so! Oh shoot!!!!!! My coat is upstairs! (walks up the stairs)
Blair: (grabs a stool, sits down, and chops lettuce glumly) I should be what you all think i am!!
Jo: Blair whatya talking about?
Blair: I should prove to you that your right!!
Nat: dont tell me your talking about the BIG prove!!
Blair: I should sleep with Dink!! (thinks to self)
Nat: Its the big prove!!
Mrs. G: (starts walking down the stairs and hears the girls)
Nat: Blair you can't sleep with him!! You said it yourself! your not like that!!
Jo: Now this is what i expected!
Nat: JO!! Don't let her have sex!! Help me out here!!
Blair: well you think im easy so this should... (stops when)
Mrs. G: (is down the stairs completely)
Girls: (silent)
Mrs. G: (doesn't say that she heard the girls talking) well, I'm off, please finish dinner!! (worried look) I'll be back in about half an hour? (looks at watch)
Blair: ok (chops lettuce glumly and slams knife down)
Mrs. G: (looks worriedly at Blair then leaves)
Jo: Blair dont do it for us!! We already know your not a virgin!
Blair: FYI, I am a virgin!!
Jo: oh...
Blair: Jo, What do you care about me anyway!! Your not my friend!!
Jo: then im trying to be a good roommate!! Doesn't that count for anything!
Nat: Blair dont sleep with him! Your only 16!!
Blair: Its my life! I can do whatever i want!! (slam chops lettuce)
Jess and Tootie: (walk in)
Jo: Finally!! Help us make the soup will ya? (hands Tootie a carrot and a knife)
Tootie: ok!
Jess: Anything that i can help with?
Jo: I couldnt make you work Jessica!!
Jess: Sure you can! why not?!?!
Jo: Ok!! (hands her a stalk of celery and a knife)

---commercial----

----Cafeteria (after dinner)-----

Mrs. G: (sitting at table looking at papers)
jess and Tootie: (sitting at a table whispering...)
Jess: What time do they usually go to bed?
Tootie: well lights out at 10:30 tonight cuz we got in trouble last week and its earlier but then Mrs. Garrett is usually in bed by 11:00 or 11:30, so then we'll make it for the 12 o'clock train!
Jess: Great!!
Nat: (sitting at table) I hate spanish!!
Mrs. G: Oh Natalie, I'm sure you'll obla espanol soon!!
Nat: Whatever!! I dont even know waht obla means!!
Blair and Jo: (walk in not noticing the others in the room)
Jo: Blair you and Dink cant sleep togetha! I wont let you!!
Blair: Just watch us!!
Jo: I dont wanna see you do that!!!!! (disgusted look)
Blair: You arent my mom jo!!
Jo: (leans on counter) But Blair you... (stops in mid sentence when sees mrs. Garrett and the other girls)
Blair: waht? (doesnt see them cuz back is towards them)
Jo: (makes motion with eyes towards them)
Blair: (turns around) oh hi... (smiles and turns back to jo then leaves)
Mrs. G: I didn't just hear the words sleep and together in the same sentence did i?
Jo: No! you heard sleep forever!! see her and dink are in a rut in their relationship and i said she couldnt sleep forever over it, ya know, like she should fix it!! (lies)
Mrs. G: (gets up) Jo!! (walks to her and tries to go into kitchen)
Jo: (stands in mrs. g's way)
Mrs. g: (tries to move around her)
Jo: (moves the same way she does on purpous)
Mrs. G: Jo!! get out of my way!! (angry and shoves jo aside)
Jo: Mrs. G. calm down!!
Mrs. G: one of my girls might have sex with her boyfriend and you want me to calm down!! you've got to be kidding me!! (goes into kitchen)
Nat: (laughs using ho ho ho) Theres gonna be some yelling!! (smiles big) and its not at me!!

----Girls' bedroom----

Blair: (sitting on end of bed with head against wall)
Mrs. G: (barges in) Blair!! we need to talk!!
Blair: Dont you knock!!!!
Mrs. G: (sternly) on a normal basis!! (sits next to Blair)
Blair: Just go away!! (angry)
Mrs. G: (shakes head no) No!!
Blair: (sighs with a growl in it)
Mrs. G: Now wahts this I hear you talking about?
Blair: waht? (impatient)
Mrs. G: You and Dink...
Blair: What do you care!?!
Mrs. G: I care a great deal for many reasons!! this isnt like you!! whats going on!!
Blair: Well everyone thinks I'm easy!! Im just being waht they say I am!!
Mrs. G: but you said it yourself that you arent!!
Blair: well to them i am so to me i am too!!
Mrs. G: Blair you have to be who you are!! Not who they say you are!! and let me tell you!! this is a big decision that you are making right now, and i advise you to reconsider your answer!! becuase once you sleep with somebody you cant take it back....
Blair: What does it matter anways!! Its only 1 little decision!! No biggie!!
Mrs. G: No biggie!! the decision that is on a girls mind and troubles her for her teenage and adult life and you say its not big deal!! Blair you know better than that!!!
Blair: well I'm entering woman hood early! (goes to get up)
Mrs. G: (grabs Blairs arm and pulls her back on the bed) Blair!! dont do this for them!! If your gonna do this at all do it for you!!!!
Blair: (sighs and puts need against wall) thanks mrs. garrett (sarcastically)
Mrs. G: Blair!! You're better than this!!
Blair: I feel so lousy!! I've never felt like this before!!
Mrs. G: Oh Blair! (pulls Blairs chin up) where are you in there! You're usually so... light hearted! sure of yourself!
Blair: I feel like I'm changing so fast and i cant keep up!
Mrs. G: waht do you mean? (puzzled)
Blair: I've actually been thinking about me and dink and all of this for a while, it seems like my relationship with him is all going so fast! and im feeling more and more, well i cant explain it, but i cant eat, cant sleep, cant think without dink popping into my head!!
Mrs. G: (runs hand through Blairs hair) sound like you have an acute case of love! (smiles)
Blair: I know and I feel like i need something else, and this feels like the next step...
Mrs. G: well, I cant stop you, but i REALLy think you should wait till your older! I mean, it would be a much better experience to wait until you are good and ready!
Blair: thanks (looks away) but i dont think i can talk about this anymore!!
Mrs. G: blair what does your head say?
Blair: It says dont do it your way to young to even be thinking about doing this!!
Mrs. G: and you heart says?
Blair: he's the guy! Go for it!
Mrs. G: (sighs) Just do the RIGHT thing and you wont go wrong!! (puts hand on Blairs face and smiles)
Blair: (smiles and hugs mrs. garrett)

----Girls' bedroom (later that night)-----

*lights out*
Tootie and Jess: (get up from beds)
tootie: common Jess or we'll miss the train to New York!
Jess: I'm commming! (looks at clock) Oh shooot we're gonna miss the train!
Tootie: ok we've got until 4:30 to get back here and be sleeping~
Jess: Ok lets go!
Tootie and Jess: (walk out)

----Hallway-----

Tootie: this will be soo much fun!!
Jess: I know!! lets go see a movie first ok?
Tootie: ok!
Tootie and Jess: (walk down the hall way towards where the camera would be)
Nat: (opens door from their room and has a look on face of uh oh as she sees tootie and jessica leave)

---commercial----

----lounge-----

Mrs. G: (standing next to a phone waiting) Where can Tootie and Jessica be!! (angry and worried, looks at watch) its almost 5!!
Girls: (sitting on couch)
Nancy, Sue Ann, and Cindy: (walk in)
Nancy: (sits in chair)
Sue Ann: (sits on couch with girls)
Cindy: (stand on side of couch)
Sue Ann: Is it true that Jessica and tootie ran away
Nat: Well actually... Mrs. Garrett...
Mrs. G: (snaps) waht!!
Nat: (shocked by mrs. garretts response)
Mrs. G: Oh natalie I'm sorry!! Now waht were you gonna say?
Nat: I know where they went... (looks down)
Mrs. G: And how long have you known this? (sterly)
Nat: Since this last night
Mrs. G: and you didnt say anything!! (shous)
Nancy: Tootie ran away to New York?
Cindy: But that is dangerous!!
Jo: Its almost dinner time1 we should start getting it ready!
Blair: But I'm worried!!
Mrs. G: Natalie!! Where are they!!!
Nat: they took the midnight train to new york and said they'd be home by 4:30 this morning!!
Mrs. G: WHAT!! (shouts) it's 5 o'clock now!! they've been missing for 17 hours... and i have to wait another 7 hours before i can call the police for a missing persons report!!! (worries really bad and sits down)
Jo: Mrs. G! I'm sure they're ok!! Jessicas 13 and in karate!! and if anything happen to them im sure Tootie could handle it!!
Blair: Maybe they got kidnapped!!
Mrs. G: Please!!! (worries)
Cindy: (walks by mrs. g) I'm sure they're ok!!
Sue Ann: (whispers to girls) I betya any money they will be brought back by the police!!
Mrs. G: Sue Ann!! I really dont need this right now!!
nat: Mrs. garrett dont worry!!
Mrs. G: Tootie ran away with her friend jessica to New york and they arent back and I have a right to worry!!
Jo: Ok come on Natalie and Blair! we'll start supper ok mrs. g?
Nancy: Yea common we should go too!!
Nancy, Sue Ann, and Cindy: (leave)
Mrs. G: thanks!!
Blair, Nat, and Jo: (leave)
Mrs. G: (worried look and sits down)

----Lounge (later that night)-----

Mrs. G and Girls: (sitting on couch with a big blanket over them andthe girls are asleep and mrs. g is up and looking at watch)
Mrs. G: (looks at watch a last time) Its 12 oc'lock!! finally!! (wakes girls up) Girls wake up!!
Girls: (wake up slowly)
Mrs. G: (gets up and goes to phone) yes hello I'd like to report a missing person... since midnight yesterday... well a black girl, 11 years old, black hair and (keeps going while crowd claps)

----commercial-----

----Cafeteria-----

Blair and Jo: (leaning on their hands and kinda sleeping)
Nat: (sleeping with head down on table)
Mrs. G: (pacing and looking at watch) Where is she!! It's almost sun up!!
Jo: (sleepily) Maybe they got hungry and stopped for a hamberger!!
Mrs. G: nothings open at this time in the morning!! (sighs) Im gonna go find her!! (walks into kitchen)
Jo: hey Blair didnt you have your date with Dink last night?
Blair: yea, when I got back you, nat, and mrs. garrett were all sleeping on the couch!!
Jo: well did you and dink... (nods head) you know!!
Blair: Maybe! It's none of your business!!
Jo: Blair!!
Blair: Ok! No! I didnt!! (shouting while..)
Mrs. G: (walks in with coat in arm)
Blair: (continues shouting) I didnt have sex!! (sighs and looks down)
Jo: You Better notta!!
Blair: well I didnt!! (lays head on amrs on table)
Mrs. G: (sets coat on a chair and walks to blair and puts hands on her shoulders)
Blair: (kinda startled by mrs. g looks up and smiles in embarrassment and then loks down)
Mrs. G: (smiles while blair is looking at her) well, Im gonna go look for them and when i find them... Im gonnna kill them!!! (goes to walk out and runs into police officer, not literaly)
Police Officer: hello, do these 2 girls belong to you? (shows jessica and tootie)
Mrs. G: TOOTIE!!! (excited and happy yet angry) Where have you been? (runs to tootie and gives her a hug and a kiss on the head) Jessica!! (gives her a hug)
Police Officer: Well 2 guys kidnapped the girls!
Mrs. G: (scared look about what could have happened to them) are you alright!!
Police Officer: Well we brought them to the hospital to have them check out and shes ok (points to tootie) but... she (points to jess) is thought to have been raped
Jess: (looks down and is kind of ashamed)
Mrs. G: Jessica!! (puts arms around her) are you ok?
Jess: No!! (starts to cry)
Mrs. G: Oh Jessica!! (hugs her and comforts her)
Police Officer: Well, they're safe now!! (looks at the girls) dont have around Manhattan by yourselves again or you could get killed next time!! (tips hat) good day!! (leaves)
Tootie: (sits down between jo and blair) it was awful!!
Nat: (wakes up and looks up) Tootie!! (runs to her and hugs her) When did you get here?!?!
Tootie: Just a little while ago! (hugs natalie) I missed you so much Nat!!
Nat: You dont know what position you put me in!!
Tootie: natalie what are you talking about?
Nat: Thinking that my best friend was dead!!
Tootie: well how was i supposed to know this woudl happen!!
Jess: (still crying walks into the kitchen then up the stairs)
Mrs. G: common girls, Jessica really needs us right now!! (motins for the girls to follow her)
Girls: (follow Mrs. G)

---Girls Bedroom----

Mrs. G and girls: (walk in)
Jess: (sitting at desk chair crying)
Blair: (puts hand out for jessica to take it) common...
Jess: (takes hand)
Blair: (sits with her on jos bed and hugs her)
Mrs. G: (sits next to jessica and hugs her too)
Tootie: Sits on Nat's bed)
Mrs. G: (looks at tootie) ok waht happened?
Jo: (sits behind mrs. g and blair)
Nat: (sits next to tootie and hugs her too)
Totie: well we took the midnight train last night to new york and we had just came out of a movie and these two guys came up from behind us with all black on them and covered our mouths and carried us to a car (looks down)
Jo: Oh my god!! how stupid can you be!! Didnt i tell ya nothing about the bronx!!
Tootie: well one of them took me and the other one took jessica
Blair: (scared look)
Jess: The guy took me into a dark corner and... and... (sheds some more tears)
Nat: tootie your lucky that you didnt get hurt like that too!!
Tootie: I know, but I feel awful because I didnt stop them!
Nat: (hugs tootie some more)
Mrs. G: Tootie, you wouldnt have been able to stop them if you had even been in that corner with jessica, oh girls how do i explain this... (thinks to self) she most guys think of women as an object a personal belonging that can be treated with disrespect, which isnt true!! We have to stand up for ourselves and not let guys boss you around or hurt you in any way... we are not belongings!! we are people with feelings and are just ask equal as any man!! (smiles and looks at the girls)
Nat: Why are women treated like that!! What did we ever do?
Mrs. G: Nothing!! That is why its wrong!! But people were raised being told, men rule and women are posetions...
Jo: Tell me about it!! In my old neighborhood rape and violence towards women wasnt uncommon!!
Tootie: how can men think that!!
Blair: They're scum!!
Mrs. G: Not all of them!! But many of them yes!!
Blair: (thinks to self) thats why!!
Jo: wahts why?
Blair: thats why Dink made me feel so weird!!
Mrs. G and Girls: (confussed)
Blair: Dinks scum!!
Nat: Whys that?
Blair: cuz he made me think that i loved him when the whole time i was afraid of him!!
jo: what did he do that made you afraid of him?
Blair: (pulls sleves up and you see bruises on arms)
Mrs. G: when are those from!! (worried)
Blair: when we were wrestling around, i thought it was an accident at first but it wasnt (rolls other sleeve up) and this is when i told him i didnt want to sleep with him...
Jo: so your telling me that you were gonna sleep with him out of fear?
Blair: no, i thought i loved him and it was worth it, but then i didnt want to for some reason that i couldnt explain and that is it!!!!
Mrs. G: see, some men, not all men!! But always remember dont take anything from them that isnt acceptable behavor!!! (smiles)
Tootie: (gets up and hugs jessica) im sorry this happened to you and im sorry we went to new york!
Jess: hey its ok (hugs her back) it was my idea to go!!
Everybody: (hug jessica and tootie)

----The End-----



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jo: mrs. g gone on ahead I KNOW i can fix the problem
MRs. G: jo only twice in my life have i spoke in an arbitrary manner, once when my ex husband morgaged our home to pay the bookee, and now, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE OR I'LL BEAT YOU WITH MY FRYING PAN!!!

Tootie: (laughing at nat for her hat)waht should i have said?
jo: (gets up and laughs)
blair: nice hat!! (laughs)
Nat: waths wrong with it? (takes it off and looks at it) Oh good good!!! I'm loosing a bolt im working half wattage!!

blair: now jo i know we usually dont agree but that was a scuzy thing for your mother to do!
tootie: wahts so scuzy about it!?!? dont you read the national enquirer, some of the best peopel are Shacking up!!
mrs. g: TOOTIE!!! im surrounded by x-rated kids!!!

[Johnny be good!]

This was great.