Diving and Glowing

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But then, she looks so scared in her eyes

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But then, she looks so scared in her eyes.

Connor: (Offscreen) You gotta practice. The trick is to reject the concept of gravity. It doesn't exist. It's not real.

Male Student: (Offscreen) All right. Peace out.

Connor: (Offscreen) Yo, hit me up later.

But she has to be brave to do this. So she walk towards Connor, and for her romantic moment.

 So she walk towards Connor, and for her romantic moment

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Ruby: Hey, Connor.

Connor: Hey, Ruby. What's up?

Ruby: Um, hey. So, I was wondering, did you see, like, all those prom-posals around school this morning?

Connor: Yes. Hmm.
They kind of weird me out. Just ask someone.
It doesn't have to be this big proposal.

Ruby: It's crazy, right?

Connor: Oh, yeah, I hear that.
And besides, prom is a postcolonial patriarchal construct.

Ruby: Patriarchal construct.

Both: Exactly.

Connor: It could be fun to go with the right person, though.

Ruby: Oh. Yeah. Totally.

 Totally

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