(SCENE: School hallway. Trevor is walking down the hallway, looking for Esther. He spots her ex-boyfriend, Patrick, coming towards him)

Patrick: (sneering) Well, well, well. Look who it is. Trevor, right?

Trevor: (confused) Yeah, that’s me.

Patrick: (stepping closer) Listen, kid. I don’t know what kind of game you’re playing with Esther, but you need to stay away from her.

Trevor: (defensively) What are you talking about? Esther and I are just friends.

Patrick: (laughing) Yeah, sure you are. Look, Esther is mine, okay? And I won’t let some weirdo like you come in and mess things up.

Trevor: (getting mad) I’m not a weirdo! And I’m not trying to mess anything up. I just want to find Esther.

Patrick: (aggressively) Well, you’re not going to find her, okay? So just back off.

(Patrick shoves Trevor, pushing him to the ground. Other classmates start to gather around, watching the confrontation)

Classmate 1: (whispering) What’s going on?

Classmate 2: (whispering back) I don’t know, but I think they’re fighting.

(Classmates gather around, forming a circle around Trevor and Patrick. Esther and her best friends, Samantha, Victoria, and Elizabeth, walk towards the commotion)

Esther: (concerned) What’s going on here?

Patrick: (smiling) Just taking care of some business, that’s all.

Trevor: (getting up from the ground) Esther! I’ve been looking for you.

Esther: (smiling) I’m right here. What happened?

Trevor: (gesturing towards Patrick) He wouldn’t let me past. He said I needed to stay away from you.

Esther: (angrily) Patrick, I told you I don’t want anything to do with you. Leave Trevor alone.

Patrick: (sneering) Why? Because he’s some kind of freak like you?

(Trevor’s eyes flash with anger, and he lunges at Patrick, grabbing him by the throat and slamming him onto the ground. He begins to karate kick him on the face, body, and nose, making him battered and bruised)

(The students watch in disbelief as Trevor beats up Patrick. When it