How Soon Is Now
FADE IN:
INT. AMTRAK TRAIN (MOVING) - DAY
TORI (19), cute, spunky, confident, listens to her iPod as she stares out the window, New England flying by.
HANDSOME GUY
Mind if I sit here?
Tori nods, and the HANDSOME GUY takes the vacant seat next to her, totally checking her out in the process--
TORI (V.O.)
I wasn’t always this adorable.
Back in high school, I used to be
kinda dorky.
INSERT: A YEARBOOK PHOTO -- TORI GARVIN, LOWER MERION HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2011. SHE’S ALL BAD HAIR, BRACES, PIMPLES.
TORI (V.O.)
And by kinda dorky, I mean
completely and utterly uncool in
every way imaginable.
The Handsome Guy flashes a great smile, Tori smiles back.
TORI (V.O.) (CONT’D)
But here’s the thing about high
school... it ends.
INSERT: RECENT PHOTOS OF TORI -- DRINKING AT A KEG PARTY, SMOKING A JOINT WITH FRIENDS, RUNNING NAKED THROUGH THE QUAD.
TORI (V.O.)
...and you get to go to college, where no one knows that you picked your nose until second grade or that you didn’t kiss a boy until sophomore year. Because college is a fresh start, a second chance, a new beginning.
(then)
Only problem is, when the holidays roll around, you still have to go... home.
The train enters into a tunnel and we...
FADE TO BLACK.
2.
Turkey Drop(phrase): 1. This happens when high school sweethearts try the long-distance relationship thing when they go off to college. Typically, wh