Chad Michael Murray credited as playing...
Austin
- Austin: Sam! Okay, I know you think that I'm just some...
- Sam: Coward? Phony?
- Austin: Okay, just listen.
- Sam: No, you listen. You turned out to be exactly who I thought you were. I never pretended to be somebody else. It's been me all along. And it was me who was hurt in front of everybody. Look, I didn't come here to yell at you, okay? I came to tell you that I know what it feels like to be afraid to show who you are. I was, but I'm not anymore. And the thing is, I really don't care what people think about me... because I believe in myself. And I know that things are gonna be okay. But even though I have no family, and no job, and no money for college... it's you that I feel sorry for.
- David: Heads up! Yo, five minutes.
- Austin: I'm coming!
- Sam: I know that guy that sent those emails is somewhere inside of you, but I can't wait for him... because waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing.
- [walks away]
- Austin: SAM!
- [punches locker]
- [Austin sees Sam leaving; as he rushes towards her, he is confronted by his dad]
- Austin's Dad: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, what are you doing?
- Austin: I'm outta here.
- Austin's Dad: What! You're throwing away your dream!
- Austin: No, Dad. I'm throwing away yours.
- Austin: [to Ryan] It's your game now, go get them.
- Austin: [after Brianna and Gabriella both tell him that they're his mystery girl] Ladies, ladies, I can settle this, all right? The girl that I met at the dance, she dropped something on her way out. What was it?
- Gabriella: Oh that's easy! A wallet!
- Austin: No.
- Gabriella: I mean a... wallet-purse.
- Austin: [succinctly] No.
- Brianna: Oh, a fish!
- David: [Austin is sticking ads everywhere to find his Cinderella] Dude, why are you going through all this trouble for one chick?
- Austin: Look, she's not just some chick, all right? She was real.
- Ryan: Real. Like, she still had her old nose?
- Austin: No, real. The kind of girl who has more on her mind than what she wears, or how much weight she wants to lose. She listens to me, you know?
- David: Listens yo you? Hey, brother, I listen to you, okay? I feel your pa...
- [gets distracted by a girl passing by, then talks to the girl]
- David: ...Hello, kitty!
- Austin: Yeah, you're a great listener.
- David: Well...
- Ryan: Look, man, you found her cellphone. You just gotta get some clue from that.
- Austin: The phone's locked. All I keep getting's these text messages like, "I need you", and "Come see me now."
- David: Oh dude, it's so hot.
- Austin: See, that's what I thought. Until I got one that said, "Come fix fryer".
- David: Oh, dude, that's hot AND kinky, baby! You know what I'm saying? Can I get one? Let me get a pound, baby.
- Austin: [looks at David disapprovingly]
- Shelby: [Shelby and her friends are looking at the menu, looking what they want to eat] Why do I have the feeling that I won't be able to get a Zone Meal here?
- Madison: I already ate.
- David: Madison, laxatives don't qualify as a food group. Surprised you didn't know that.
- Shelby: [to David] Stop it!
- [sees Sam coming toward them]
- Shelby: Well! If it isn't Diner Girl!
- Sam: [reluctantly taking Shelby's order] What can I get you guys?
- Shelby: What can I get here that has no sugar, no carbs, and is fat free?
- Sam: Water.
- Ryan: [Shelby smirks at Sam nastily, as the boys laugh] Water? Feisty!
- Madison: [Madison looks at Sam, confused] Was that supposed to be a joke?
- Austin: [chuckling] It was funny!
- Shelby: [smirks at Sam and orders her drink] I'll have a Voss.
- Sam: [looking at Shelby, confused] Excuse me?
- Caitlyn: [scoffing at Sam] It's water. From Norway?
- Shelby: [to her friends and Austin's friends laughing] She's the worst!
- [scoffs]
- Shelby: [to Shelby] Sorry, we only have water from the Valley.
- Shelby: Oh. Well, then I'll have an iced tea.
- David: [Sam jots it down on the notepad] Make that two!
- [to Sam, as a joke]
- David: And you know, I'm still waiting on that breakfast burrito, Diner Girl!
- Madison: [Shelby's friends and Austin's friends laugh at Sam as she gets the drinks. Madison shoos her away] See ya!
- Shelby: [about Sam] She is *so* not getting a tip!
- Austin: [turning to Shelby] Shelby, we really need to talk... privately.
- Shelby: Anything you say to me, you can say in front of my peeps.
- [Madison and Caitlyn, as well as Ryan and David lean forward to hear what Austin has to say]
- Austin: Okay.
- [Shelby looks at Austin]
- Austin: I want to break up.
- Shelby: [shocked at the fact Austin is dumping her] What?
- David: [about the breakup] Ouch!
- Caitlyn: [Madison is shocked] That was harsh!
- Shelby: [to Austin, asking why he dumped her] Are you in love with somebody else?
- Austin: [smiling] I think so!
- Caitlyn: [to Austin] No way!
- Ryan: [to Austin] What? Who, bro?
- Austin: [to Ryan] I don't know.
- [to Shelby, with the "Just friends" speech]
- Austin: But we can still be...
- Shelby: [points her finger at Austin, warning him not to say it] *Don't* say the word "friends"! Now, fortunate for you, I'm gonna... overlook this mental breakdown of yours. Look, just chill out, we're gonna get ready for the dance, and; I'll see you there. Hmm?
- [Shelby and her friends leave the table]
- Ryan: [to Shelby and her friends] Later. Late!
- David: [amazed he did that to Shelby] That went well, bro!
- Ryan: No, she took it well!
- Austin: Good looking out.
- David: [Austin and his friends leave the table. David says to Sam] Later, Diner Girl!
- Ryan: [to Sam] Too late!
- Sam: [Austin is about to give Sam a tip, but she dismisses it as she comes back with the drinks] Oh, don't worry about it.
- Rhonda: [Sam comes back to Rhonda and puts the iced teas on the bench]
- [Rhonda refers to Shelby and her friends]
- Rhonda: You know, those kids remind me of why I used to fight in school.
- Shelby: [the North Valley cheerleaders put on a play for the pep rally; with Shelby as the narrator; exposing the truth about Sam's "Cinderella" identity] Thank you!
- [Shelby narrates the story]
- Shelby: "Once upon a time, there was a big, strong Fighting Frog."
- [Brianna appears, as Austin, hopping like a frog on top of the cheerleaders]
- Shelby: "He had a beautiful girlfriend, and his dad owned the biggest pond in all the land. But, he still wasn't happy."
- [Caitlyn and Madison hold up the cue cards, and the crowd goes "Aww!". Shelby continues narrating]
- Shelby: "If only he could find a princess, then she could kiss him, turn him into a prince and they would run away together."
- [the cheerleaders carry in Gabriella, as "Cinderella" in her dress, and they put her down and the crowd starts laughing. Shelby continues narrating the story]
- Shelby: "One night, after the slimy Frog ditches his super-hot, senior-poll, most popular girlfriend, he meets his princess."
- Brianna: [as Austin, putting his hand out to Gabriella, as "Cinderella"] Your Highness!
- [Gabriella does a silly bow, as "Cinderella" in her dress until her underwear shows, and the crowd laughs]
- Shelby: [continues narrating] "Alas, it turns out, that not only did our Prince have a secret identity, but also had an online relationship with a pen-pal named "Princeton Girl"."
- [the cheerleaders do a handstand, showing the wall between "Austin" and "Cinderella"]
- Carter: [to Sam] This isn't good.
- Brianna: [as Austin, texting on the phone] "Dear Princeton Girl, I can't wait til we finally get to meet. You're the only one who understands the real me."
- [the crowd laughs in the background]
- Brianna: "The man who doesn't want to play USC football. But who wants to be at Princeton, with you."
- [the crowd continues laughing, with Shelby smirking, nastily]
- Austin's Dad: [to Austin, about the impersonation] What are they talking about?
- Austin: Nothing.
- Gabriella: [as "Cinderella", texting back to "Austin"] "Dear Nomad, I want you to know who I am but, I'm scared!"
- [Sam looks at her stepsisters, and the cheerleaders, horrified, embarrassed and upset]
- Gabriella: "I'm scared that you'll reject me! And... I've never had a
- [whispers]
- Gabriella: real kiss before!"
- [Caitlyn and Madison hold up the cue cards and the crowd goes "Aww!"]
- Sam: [horrified and upset] I can't believe that they're reading my emails!
- Carter: [to Sam] Sam, let's go!
- Shelby: [continues narrating] But our princess had a secret too. She wasn't royalty at all,
- [Gabriella comes onstage wearing a waitress outfit with roller-skates, and skating badly]
- Shelby: but a geek, a loser; a servant girl.
- [Gabriella roller-skates and lands into a pie, splattering herself on top of the cheerleaders with the crowd laughing loudly]
- Austin's Dad: [to Austin] Any ideas about this?
- [Austin shakes his head]
- Shelby: [chuckling nastily to herself, and finishes narrating] And, who may you ask, is this impostor?
- [motions to Sam, sticking her hand out]
- Shelby: Give it up for the pretend princess, Diner Girl, Sam Montgomery!
- [the crowd laughs really loudly, and starts chanting "Diner girl!" and continues chanting. Austin looks at Sam, horrified that he found out the truth about Sam]
- Carter: [to an utterly embarrassed and humiliated Sam, in tears] Come on.
- [Sam and Carter leave the pep rally; embarrassed and in tears, as the crowd continue chanting "Diner girl" with Shelby smirking victoriously]