ALANA BRENDA COACH_BOOKER CRAIG CREEK_KIDS JP KERI MAYA OMAR RANDY XAVIER XAVIER the last puzzle cube standing between me and the heart of the forest and maya has it?! CRAIG woah, woah… who says you’re getting to the heart of the forest? you’re getting nowhere. not without these. XAVIER well you can’t get anywhere without these. OMAR maya. can we just talk? not about the cubes. about us. MAYA go away! XAVIER how’d she come across a cube anyway? the last cube? CRAIG i… i don’t know. do you? XAVIER we haven’t even talked since capture the flag, months ago. after i... lost... she straight up disappeared on me. but i thought for sure you two had made up. OMAR we tried... uh, we’re still trying... our past is complicated. CREEK KIDS MAYA OMAR hey, maya! huh…? OMAR after capture the flag… she left the creek for a while. XAVIER to do what? OMAR i don’t know… MAYA MAYA i’m never going back to the creek! BRENDA girl, yes! mm-hm, yeah, we have to get together soon! BRENDA what?! for real?! BRENDA it’s a long story? well then you better start from the beginning! MAYA BRENDA oh okay, alright, no no no, let’s just talk about it next time then. MAYA BRENDA alright, sounds good! alright! bye-bye! BRENDA maya! guess who i bumped into at the supermarket today? MAYA no clue. BRENDA omar’s mom! BRENDA mm-hm! child, we looped around the whole store so many times together, we ended up taking all the free samples! just like old times! MAYA that’s… great, mom. BRENDA and then we called each other and caught up the whole drive home! MAYA i bet that earpiece was smokin’. BRENDA i’m sorry, what was that? MAYA i said uhhh… “so good you two have spo-ken!” BRENDA mmm-hmm. well, you need to tell me next time you and omar get together so his mom and i can plan a little hangout. MAYA yeah, i can’t play with omar, actually. i’m busy with uhhh… baseball! i’m trying out for the team again. i just don’t have time for distractions right now. BRENDA oh, i see. well i’m glad that you’re picking it back up, baby. you used to have so much fun. oh, excuse me… BRENDA hello? yes, this is she. BRENDA okay, but your table said free samples! hold on, how’d you even get this number?! MAYA i hope coach booger lets me join the team. COACH BOOKER no, you can’t join the team! ALANA come on, coach booker! you gotta let maya play! COACH BOOKER she plays too rough! last time maya tried out, she slid into home base, and then homebase slid into me, and i slid straight through the dugout into the parking lot! ALANA but maybe that’s just what we need, coach! if we wanna make it into the playoffs, we need to hurt some feelings! KERI get mean! ALANA fight hard! KERI tear up some meat! COACH BOOKER my answer is final, keri! MAYA may i? MAYA MAYA COACH BOOKER sweet baby baseball! COACH BOOKER maya, practice tomorrow at 3:30 pm. don’t be late. MAYA you got it, coach! BRENDA well that’s why i volunteered for the afternoon… oh, i would love to, but i’ve got my accounting class on wednesday nights. mm-hm, yeah, i will see you at the barbecue. BRENDA hey, maya! how did tryouts go? MAYA i… made the team. BRENDA my baby made the team! woo hoo! alright, now y’know what, we are going to use the good plates today! oh, i bet omar was the first person you told! MAYA mom! would you stop bringing up omar?! why don’t you two hang out and leave me out of it! BRENDA oh, miss thing, you are not raising your voice to me in my house! MAYA no, ma’am. BRENDA you know i am always here to listen if you need, but we’re gonna talk the right way. you wanna go for a walk together and talk it out? oh… BRENDA hello? BRENDA ugh, it’s work, honey. just give me one second-- MAYA nevermind. i’ll be in my room. OMAR maya! are you still there? we just wanna talk! XAVIER all righty, this is getting pathetic. XAVIER look, maya, let’s talk facts here. you and me? we’re loners! so forget all this friendship stuff and let’s talk business. XAVIER what do you want for the cube? you want delilah? CRAIG who? OMAR yeah, that’s not gonna work. CRAIG i mean... it might... you see that car?? OMAR wha! whose side are you on?! CRAIG yours! but y’know, if push comes to shove… how attached are you to that bow? OMAR i’m not trading my bow. i don’t need to. she’s not gonna choose stuff over friendship. not this time. XAVIER how do you know? OMAR cuz i know maya. and she knows me. better than anyone else... MAYA look at me! i’m coach booger! ALANA i don’t get it. KERI is the joke about his nasal congestion? MAYA nevermind. it was just something my friend omar used to do. MAYA MAYA dang, last time we texted was for real three summers ago? MAYA cool seeing you at dodgeball. let’s chill sometime. MAYA wanna hit the candy bar? OMAR and so, before king kenneth left the creek, he scattered these little cubes all over! MAYA cubes? OMAR yeah! like… the pieces of a puzzle cube! and if you put ‘em together, they create a map that leads to a magical place called the heart of the forest! MAYA the heart of the forest… the heart of the forest… the heart of the forest… why does that sound familiar?! RANDY listen up, maya! at the ceremony tomorrow, i’m gonna pass this on to you! RANDY the bff cape has only been worn by the king’s very own best friend forever! that means you! MAYA yeah, i figured. RANDY there’s probably some other important stuff i’m suppposed to tell you, but honestly… i forgot! MAYA randy… i think i’m good. i’m just ready to get out there and dominate. RANDY wait wait wait wait! it’s coming back to me! something important about… a spleen! no, wrong body part. a… a heart! rhymes with part! you gotta protect your heart! the heart of… the… creek? RANDY look, the other bff told me it was something about hearts, okay? you’ll figure it out! i believe in you! MAYA the cape! COACH BOOKER all right, that’s quittin’ time! good practice and goodnight! MAYA the cape! i gotta go find it! MAYA mom? BRENDA great job out there today. MAYA thanks for coming to my practice, mom. i’m sorry for snapping at you the other day… i’ve had a lot on my mind. BRENDA i understand. i don’t tell you this nearly as often as i’d like but… spending time with you is the highlight of my day. BRENDA things are so busy with church and errands and my night classes… so whenever we get some time together, i feel like every second means so much. and i don’t want us talking ugly to each other, okay? BRENDA maybe we can help each other keep it all together, you know? just share what’s going on with one another? MAYA honestly, things have been kinda weird between me and omar, so when you bring him up, i feel… bad. but i think there’s a way me and him can make things right… MAYA is it alright if i meet you at home later? BRENDA okay, but be home for dinner! MAYA thanks, mom! MAYA where did i leave my cape… ah! there! MAYA a cube! i gotta tell omar about this! MAYA need to ask you somethin’. MAYA yo, glad you hit me up, i got somethin’ to tell you. OMAR is that… a puzzle cube?! MAYA omar, you’ll never-- OMAR how could you do this to me?! again! i know you’re the red poncho! MAYA i don’t know what you’re talkin’ about! OMAR oh oh really?! so you didn’t kick our butt in the astronomy cave and steal that cube from us?! MAYA what?!? you think i took this stupid— ow! what the? aaah! hey! OMAR aaah! hey! MAYA omar! what the heck?! XAVIER okay! just got off the phone with my financial advisor, and i’m authorized to offer you a generous portion of my stock portfolio! MAYA you sure you’re at the right place? why don’t you go bang on the red poncho’s door! XAVIER wait, what?! CRAIG oh yeah. we accused her of being the red poncho. XAVIER you thought she could be… me?! in her dreams, craig! CRAIG whatever! she’s more brave than you could ever be, xavier! XAVIER “brave” and yet she won’t even open the door! XAVIER MAYA you know what? you did accuse me! and it was really messed up! but it doesn’t even matter, because even if i did have your stupid cube, i couldn’t give it to you anyway. CRAIG why? OMAR where is it? MAYA what the heck, man? MAYA i really wanted to make things right, but if you’re never going to trust me… then what’s the point? MAYA OMAR maya! MAYA MAYA MAYA i threw it in the creek. JP i think we missed something. [Type text]0[Type text]0[Type text]