The Hurtful Words (script)

[FOL85NatandMrsGRock]

Enjoy... and i ain't spilling anything abotu this one...hope you liek it!! :0

The Hurtful Words
(season 4)

Cast
Charlotte Rae..........Mrs. Garrett
Lisa Whelchel..........Blair Warner
Nancy McKeon...........Jo Polniazcek
Mindy Cohn.............Natalie Green
Kim Fields.............Tootie Ramsey
?????????..............Austin Smith
?????????..............Nicolas Bagger
?????????..............Benji Kramer
?????????..............Dr. John
?????????..............Orderly


----Cafeteria-----

Mrs. G: (walks in and works her way through all the girls) Where is Natalie??
Blair: I dont know, she's been trailing behind for last couple of weeks....
Tootie: I can't even figure out what's wrong with her!!
Jo: And she's her best friend!!
Nat: (walks in)
3 Guys: (following Nat laughing at her)
Austin: (kicks Nat)
Nat: (turns around and faces 3 guys) Why do you keep kicking me!!!! (theres a sign on nat's back that says, "kick the fatso")
Mrs. G: (tapes Jo for her take the sign off)
Jo: (takes sign off and hands it to Nat)
Nat: Guys stop it!! I'm sick of it!! (slams books on the floor)
Nicholas: uh oh!! Now she's gonna get us!! (laughs)
Benji: (laughs) we better run now!! (laughs)
Nat: (gets a ragging bull look on her face) SHUT UP!!!
Austin: what are you gonna do? sit on us?? (laughs)
Nat: (runs through mrs. g and the girls and runs out into the kitchen)
Mrs. G: (has a look that she feels sorry for nat on face) I'll go talk to her!! Get those guys outta here!! (follows Nat)
Jo: (walks over to 3 guys) You betta leave!! NOW!!
Austin: what'll ya do if we dont?
Blair: You don't wanna see what she can do to you!!
Tootie: She's from the Bronx!!
Jo: Are you gonna leave or stick around to have a little (punches fist into hand) fun??
Nicolas: We'll go in peace!! (stands there)
Jo: Boo!! (kinda jumps in nicolas's face)
Nicolas: Ahh! (surprised at jo's jump and runs out)
Austin: (follows nicolas)
Benji: Come on Jo!! You can be reasonable can't ya??
Jo: I dont know... is MURDER reasonable??
Benji: (kinda backs up slowly) I dont know...
Jo: Come on BENJI!! (makes fun of his name) stick around!!
Benji: Uhh... no i'd rather not!!
Blair: Let me at him!!! (leaps)
Jo: (catches blair) Wow... Blair!! Hold it!!
Benji: (runs to leave then turns around in fear and kinda quivers) We'll be back!!! You can count on it!! (leaves)
Blair: Common Jo!!! Why didnt you let me go? I coulda got him!!
Jo: i can't let you go to jail!!
Blair: You mean you really care about me??
Jo: Yea... who woudl i copy off of in chemistry??
Blair: thanks jo!!
Tootie: I hope Nat's ok!!
Jo: (talks to all of the girls in the room) Don't anybody let those clowns over here at all!!!!
Girls: Ok!!

----Girls' Bedroom-----

Mrs. G: (knocks on door then walks in) Natalie?
Nat: (head under pillow crying) Go away!!
Mrs. G: (walks over to nat whos on her bed with head under pillow) Are you ok??
Nat: GO AWAY!!
Mrs. G: ok!! (has kind of a sad look on her face then leaves)
Nat: (sits up and goes to trunk, opens it, and gets all this junk out)

----Kitchen-----

Girls: (making dinner)
Nat: (walks down the starits with all the junk in hands)
Tootie: Natalie!! Are you ok?
Nat: Sure!! I'm fine!
Mrs. G: (walks over to nat) are you sure??
Nat: Mrs. Garrett, sorry i was soo rude... it's all good... (laughs at self) I was just going through my trunk and I awnted to give you all something! Tootie... to the person who knows EVERYTHING about me! (hands diary to tootie) My diary...
Tootie: But there's nothing in here that i don't know!! (disappointed)
Nat: That's why I trust you with it!! (walks to blair) Blair, my stuffed animal that helped me through my first year at eastland... I got to put it in my trunk in the middle of last year becuase of you! I thought you'd get a kick out of it!!
Blair: Thanks!! (grabs puppy dog) what do you call him?
Nat: Snuffles... but name him whatever you want!!
Blair: He's cute!! (smiles)
Nat: (walks to jo) Jo, my base ball signed the yankees team last year!!
Jo: AWSOME!!! (takes base ball) Thanks Nat!!! (smiles)
Nat: No problem!! (smiles) and mrs. garrett!! My gold cross for you to remember God!!
Mrs. G: (hesitnatly takes the necklace with weird look on face) Why are you giving your most valued posetions away??
Nat: And you'll take good care of them!! (walks out into lounge)
Blair: (looks at tootie) I mean im glad that she is thinking of us.. but this is too weird!!
Jo: yea!! even for Nat!! (looking at baseball in aw)
Tootie: I can't stand this!!! (looks at Jo)
Blair: (looks at Jo)
Mrs. G: I know!! (looks at Jo)
Jo: (gets the feeling they're all looking at her and looks up) NO!!! (shakes head) I ain't giving this back!!
Mrs. G: Jo!!! (gives her a disappointed look) What is going on here!! Her grandmother gave her this necklace and she wouldn't even let Tootie BORROW it!! Why is she giving it to me???
Tootie: I gotta know what's wrong with her!! (walks into cafeteria)
Mrs. G, Blair, and Jo: (follow Tootie)

----Cafeteria----

Tootie: Natalie why are you giving us this stuff!! It's not like you!!
nat: Cuz!! (puts table clothes on tables)
Jo: Nat this isn't like you!!
Blair: Yea!! This means to much to you!! (hands puppy to nat) I can't take it!!
Tootie: Me niether... (hands diary to nat)
Mrs. G: yea!! (hands necklace to nat)
Blair, Tootie, and Mrs. G: (look at Jo)
Jo: Come on!!!!
Blair: Jo!!
Nat: No!!! Keep them!!
Mrs. G: (sighs) Natalie, I ran into Mr. Kacey today and he said you've failed your last 2 tests in math! Math is your best subject!!
Nat: Well, I've had a lot on my mind!! (puts napkins on tables)
Jo: Does this hafta do with Austin and those jerks he calls friends??
Nat: what hafta do with Austin??
Jo: Your failing!!
Nat: well kinda... and Billy... and my mom... and my dad....
Blair: Billy Bergstrom?? Only the hottest guy at Bates!! I have a date with him next Saturday!! (tosses hair)
Nat: Well, I'm the ungliest girl at Eastland!!
Tootie: That's not true!!
Nat: Then how come i never get any dates??
Tootie: You do too!! waht about Brandon??? and Jessie???
Nat: You didnt hear what Billy said!! (mimics billy) "No I'm sorry natalie, I don't go on dates ugly people!"
Jo: Then what's he doing going out with Blair?!?!?!?
Blair: I hardly think i fall in the category ugly!!!
Nat: Just forget it ok!!! (goes into kitchen)
Mrs. G: I'm worried about her!! This is not like her AT ALL!!
Jo: I know what you mean!! I mean... I haven't laughed in like 3 days cuz Nat has been so down...
Blair: Well, we better get supper ready so that we can go to the movie later!! (walks toward kitchen)
Tootie: Is Nat comming?? (says while walking toward the kitchen)
Jo: Nope... she has homework or something... (walks toward kitchen)
Tootie: She's missing this movie?? That's a surprise!! (in kitchen)
Blair: I know... (in kitchen)
Jo: (in kitchen)
Mrs. G: (sits at a table with a worried look)

----Cafeteria Later-----

Blair, Jo, and Tootie: (walk into cafeteria)
Jo: Ok mrs. g!! we're going now...
Mrs. G: have any of you seen Natalie??
Nat: (in loung sitting against the wall where the phone is on trying to hide from mrs. g and the girls till they leave and has a pill bottle in hand and is talking them one at a time like one every second)
Tootie: No! the last i saw of her was when she came down to get her books in the kitchen...
Mrs. G: Why in the kitchen?
Blair: Maybe she set them there before supper???
Jo: We gotta go or we'll be late!!
Blair: Ok, 2 rules for riding in my daddy's porche... no food or drinks, and dont wave to the guys unless they're hot!! (smiles and starts to walk out)
Jo: Yea... they're all for me!! You got a boyfriend... (says funny) BILLY!!! (follows blair)
Tootie: what about me?? (follows jo)
Mrs. G: (kinda shouts to the girls as they leave) Well I'll look for Natalie in your bedroom.... (gets up and goes out door through kitchen)

----In Lounge----

Nat: (Gets up, set pills on the table, and sits on couch, and puts head in hands, then looks up at the pill bottle and sits on the floor next to the table and picks the pills up and dumps the rest of the pill bottle in hand and pops them in mouth kinda crying and then whips tear and gets another bottle out and goes to take one...)
Mrs. G: (walks in) Oh Natalie here you are (stops mid sentence and sees the pill bottle and Nat sitting on floow) What's this?? (grabs them from Nat)
Nat: Nothing!! (stands up) I just had a headache (walks over to mrs. g and gets kinda shaky) Mrs. Garrett I'll miss you.... (puts hand on mrs. g's shoulder)
Mrs. G: (puzzled look) Natalie what are you talking about??
Nat: (falls over on the floor)
Mrs. G: Natalie!! Oh my god!! (bends down on floor next to nat) Natalie Please!! Wake up!! (checks for a pulse) Oh my it's low... Natalie wake up!! (taps Natalie then gets up and goes to phone and dials 911 and has tears in eyes)

-Commercial-

----Hospital Waiting Room----

Mrs. G: (pacing back and forth worried)
Blair, Jo, and Tootie: (come running in)
Jo: Mrs. G what's wrong?? We got back to school and Nancy said that you went to the hospital with Natalie...
Blair: We rushed right over!! what Happened??
Mrs. G: Well girls... don't panic (tries to keep the girls under control although she is scared herself) natalie overdosed on some pills trying to kill herself...
Tootie: Is she ok?
Mrs. G: I don't know Tootie!! The doctor said there's a chance she might not make it!!
Tootie: (starts to cry and puts hand over mouth)
Mrs. G: (walks over to tootie, hugs her, comforts her)
Blair: (puts hands on jo's shoulders)
Jo: (puts hands on Blair's hands)
Dr. John: (walks in) Mrs. Garrett??
Mrs. G: (turns around) yes?!?!? What's wrong? Is Natalie ok??
Dr. John: We don't know, she has a weak pulse that could stop any minute... and we're trying to get her heart going again...
Mrs. G: Oh my...
Tootie: (cries even more)
Jo: Is she going to make it?
Orderly: (comes running out) John hurry! We need you in there, she's loosing her pulse!! (runs back to the room)
Dr. John: (starts to walk to room) We have to just wait and see... (runs back)
Blair: Why would Natalie do this?? It isn't liek her!!
Mrs. G: Blair, there is no specific reason for it... I mean.. for all we know she could have thought nobody loved her anymore...
Jo: But we do love her!!
Tootie: If she doesn't make it I dont know what I'll do!!!
Mrs. G: Tootie!! Think positive!!
Tootie: I would miss Natalie SOO much!!
Mrs. G: Thata girl!!
Dr. John: (walks in) We've got Natalie's pulse back and she's got a heart beat but the pills she took is causing a lot of damage to her internal organs and we have to operate or she won't make it!! We're hoping for the best but we can't promise anything!!

---Waiting Room Later----

Blair: It's been 2 hours what's going? (kinda haning on jo)
Mrs. G: I dont know, but I'm really worried!! (has arm around Tootie)
Tootie: Why do people make they're friends and family aganize over things like this and try to comitt suicide??
Mrs. G: I dont know Tootie, dont know how to deal with things?? But I still wouldn't expect anything like this from natalie!
Jo: Mrs. G woudl you be happy after 3 jerks make fun of you, Blair's hot date called you ugly, and you have problems going on between your parents??
Blair: I dont believe it!! Jo finally agreed with me!!
Jo: On waht??
Blair: You said my date was hot!! There is a God!!! She does have good taste in men!! She is normal!!
Jo: So??
Tootie: Jo's not gonna bite Blair's head off?
Jo: (thinks) No...
Blair: Did you find God on the way here!?!?!?!!?
Jo: MAYBE!!! I don't know, maybe this whole thing has made me realize that what you say may really have an effect of people!! I wouldn't want you to die or anything... unless i was doing the killing!! (smiles in a joking manner)
Mrs. G: Smart Jo!! (thinks) I think...
Blair: But i know most things you just say it to pick on me...
Jo: yea kinda... the other half is (slaps self and talks to self) NO JO!!! Don't say it... don't put Blair down (has freaked out look on face) What the hell is the matter with me???
Blair: Nothing!! I like you like this...
Tootie: Enjoy it while it lasts Blair!!
Blair: I will!! (smiles)
Jo: I can't take it!! (goes to say something)
Blair: (covers mouth) Don't say it!!
Dr. John: (walks in) You'll be glad to know we have a steady heartbeat, steady pulse, and everything seems to be fine, you can go see her now but she's really out of it...
Mrs. G and Girls: (get up and go see her)

---Hospital Room----

Mrs. G and Girls: (barge in)
Tootie: Natalie!! (runs to her and hugs her)
Nat: (kinda groggy) Hey Tootie!! Hi guys what's up? (hugging tootie)
Mrs. G: Natalie!! ARE YOU CRAZY!!! (madly)
Nat: What??
Jo: What did you think you were doing trying to kill yourself like that??
Nat: (kinda out of it) Oh yea JO!! Like you give anything about me!!
Blair: Natalie you know we love you!!
Nat: Well you got a nice way of showing it!!
Jo: I stood up for you!! I got those jerks out of the cafeteria!!
Blair: and we offered to take you out and cheer you up!!
Tootie: yea!! You were just being a poor stoop and not walking to go!!!
Mrs. G: And you dont just go off and kill youself!! You have a better head than that!!
Nat: well it seemed liek the only answer!!
Tootie: natalie!! I'm your best friend and you didnt even talk to me!! Do you know how much that hurts!!
Nat: Do you know how much it hurts to be teased and made fun of all the time??
Blair: Actually... No!! (tosses hair and does her modest thign)
Jo: Blair!! I'm gonna run your face out in the gutter!!
Mrs. G: Girls!!!
Nat: When can I go home??
Tootie: Nat, if you're depressed and suicidal you can't go home!!
Nat: I'm Fine!! I just want to go home!! Don't worry!!
Mrs. G: natalie!! (hugs her) I'm glad to know you're ok!! But I'm very, very, angry at waht you tried to do!!
Nat: Yea, well things turn out for the better at some point.. i dont know what this better will be, but hopefully its near!!
Blair: You are usually so upbeat, lighthearted!! What's up???? (confussed)
Nat: Like I know!! I mean, i know i should, but i really dont!!
Mrs. G: Natalie, If you feel like we aren't listening, we are!! We really are!!! Maybe we should say what's really on out minds... what's on my mind is that I'm afraid that sometime in the near future you are going to try to kill yourself again, and I won't be there to find you.... (pauses) and you won't make it!! Natalie!! If you died I would never forgive myself!! You do mean a lot to me!! I dont know if I ever told you that! I know that we have only known eachother for 4 years, but you can get pretty close to people after taht amount of time!! And after helping you and being apart of your lives I feel really close!! Please Natalie!! Don't kill yourself!! (sits on bed and holds nat's hand) Please!! (pauses and looks at nat)
Jo: (puts hands on mrs. g's shoulders)
Nat: Well I really feel like Nobody cares... (see's that mrs. g is going to say something and holds up hand to stop her) EVEN though i hear you say it... I always wondered what it would be like if i died... i was afraid nobody would care...
Tootie: Natalie!! I'm your best friend!! You know I would care!!! If I didn't care would I be here??? Would I have been in that waiting room with tearms running down my face thinking how I might not have you around to talk about when I first fall in love, when I first get asked to the junior prom, when I first get asked to senior prom, when I first graduate high school, when I first... (thinks) have sex!!
Mrs. G: and hopefully that won't be for a WHILE!!!
Tootie: Mrs. Garrett I'm in the middle of a speech here!!! (kinda smiles at Nat)
Nat: (smiles back)
Tootie: The point being.. if i didnt care i wouldnt be here at all!! I'd be out somewhere... far far away and not even giving it a second thought!! But I'm here!! For you!! (hugs natalie)
Jo: yea!! Natalie I'm here waiting for you to get better and come back to school, cuz things wouldnt be the same without you!! And waht do you think your mother thinks?? Your real mother and your father, and your grandma!! And natalie!! most importantly what about us?? you've got 4 people in this room who love you... VERY MUCH!!! Do you really wnat to make them and us sad and cry over your death??
Nat: No....
Blair: Well, everybody's said pretty much what I was gonna say... But, even though you think I don't care... I really do Natalie!! We've had some great times!! And i dont want this to be remembered as a bad time!! I want to remember the good and the good of you comming HOME!!! We love you Natalie... we really do!! Dont go!!
Jo: Blair!! She's ok now!! it's not liek she's dying right now!!
Blair: oh... well stick aroudn then!! (smiles)
Nat: (kinda crying) I never realized how much I meant to you!! I thought that you were just nice to me cuz I live in the same room as you and you really have no choice!! But it's nice to know I'm loved, cuz i REALLY love you guys too!!
Everyone: (hugs Nat)

----Girls' Bedroom----

Blair and Jo: (on Blair's bed kinda laying on eachother liek in the Oujia Board episode)
Tootie and Nat: (on Jo's bed kinda laying on eachother)
Jo: Nat I'm glad your back!!
nat: me too!! 2 weeks away from here is really TOO long!!
Tootie: Everyone missed you so much Nat!! It was WAY too long!!
Nat: No, I'm glad that they took that long to make sure I was ok after trying to kill myself! The guy said that the one good thing out of this is that I've got a much better understanding on my life and how much people love me!!
Jo: We'll always love you nat!!
Nat: I love you guys too!!
Tootie: Is Blair Sleeping??
Jo: (kinda rolls over and looks and blair is sleeping) yep!! I'm tired too!! (yawns) It's already 1:00 Let's just hit the sack!! It's been a long day!! With nat comming back today and tomorrow will be a long day with classes and stuff... (gets up)
Nat and Tootie: (go to their beds)
Tootie: I'm bushed!!
Nat: Your wacked?? I've had to hug 50,000 people and keep this stupid smile glued to my face (makes the smile) I thought my cheeks woudl fall off!!
Tootie: (laughs) well you're gonna have to glue that smile back on tomorrow!!
Jo: Goodnight everyone!! (shuts light off)
Tootie: Good night!!
Nat: (hops down from bed and opens door)
Tootie: Nat where are you going?? (worried)
nat: bathroom!! (goes into hall and then into mrs. g's bedroom)

----Mrs. G's bedroom----

Nat: (opens door and peeks head inside and light are out and then walks over to mrs. g who is sleeping and looks at her and sees her sleeping so starts to walk toward the door)
Mrs. G: Natalie??? (still lying down and half awake)
Nat: yea it's me!! (turns around)
Mrs. G: What's wrong?? (turns light on and gets out of bed and puts robe on and then walks by nat)
Nat: Nothing!! Don't worry... I just needed somebody to talk to... but you were sleeping so i wasn't going to bother you...
Mrs. G: Please... bother me... (yawns) even though im tired... its ok!! (sits on bed and motions for nat to sit next to her)
Nat: I'm glad I'm still a live but now I'm afraid that I'll say something wrong to somebody else and then they'll run off and try to... you know... kill themselves and they'll succeed!!
Mrs. G: (kinda runs hand through Nat's hair) Natalie (pauses) I know you were through a lot... I should know!! you almost gave me a heartattack!! But you don't know when suicide attemps are comming... we certainly didnt!! Look at us!! It was a total shock!! But you're alive!! thank God!
Nat: (hugs Mrs. G) I'm thinking God too!! I'm glad to know I'm better!! I just needed somebody here for me right now! To help ease my pain... (says adoringly to mrs. g)
Mrs. G: (laughs) Now i know waht i was missing these last 2 weeks!! You making me laugh!!
Nat: Well your best at that!! (smiles)
Mrs. G: Natalie!1 I'm always here and you know it!! (smiles) Now how was your first day back??
Nat; It was great!! First I saw Nancy and Sue Ann... (keeps talking as credits roll on and audience claps)

----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!!

Jo: Woaw Nat!! (grabs blairs palm tree from nat) Nice Girls Don't Throw Trees!!!

Nat: Titilating and Delectable Cookies...
Jo: I knew i should have never asked for help i got mangled mobiles and x-rated cookies!!!

Jo: Hankey Meet Pankey!!


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!!!

Jo: I didnt know all you had to do to get your way around here was throw a tantrum
Nat: yea! I've got to work on my kicking and screaming!!

~FOL85NatandMrsGRock~
*Sarah Lynn*

[Jo_Polniaczek]

Great story
Keep it up
I'll kick myself if you don't become a screen writer

[FOL85NatandMrsGRock]

why are you gonnd kick youself? well sorry to break it to you angel get ready to kick your self in the ass cuz Do you kwno who freaking hard it is to actually get a SHOW to write for?? If i even had a say in a show... i'd definately try to do a facts of life remake where its abtou girls at a boarding school or seomthing... and they are not innocent teeny boppers that's for sure!! and use my episode ideas and stuff... you know... it'd be great!! the only problem is that i am 15 a frosh in high shcool and hate writing classes!!! so where does that leave me? chicago with a bus ticked to new york!!! heheh... I plan to go to new york and hopefully get discovered!! hehe... see ya later!!

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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!!

Jo: Woaw Nat!! (grabs blairs palm tree from nat) Nice Girls Don't Throw Trees!!!

Nat: Titilating and Delectable Cookies...
Jo: I knew i should have never asked for help i got mangled mobiles and x-rated cookies!!!

Jo: Hankey Meet Pankey!!


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!!!

Jo: I didnt know all you had to do to get your way around here was throw a tantrum
Nat: yea! I've got to work on my kicking and screaming!!

~FOL85NatandMrsGRock~
*Sarah Lynn*

[Jo_Polniaczek]

I just ment that you were born to be a screen writer

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Jo:You can take the girl out of the Bronx, but you can't take the Bronx out of the girl.

[Jo_Polniaczek]

And I aint no angel