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EXT. MED SHOT – GARAGE – GUYS – NIGHT

The guys are packing up.

HECTOR
I'll see you guys tomorrow at school. Great practice!

They bump fists.

Hector leaves.

Raphael turns towards Carlos and throws something at him.

Carlos looks at him, waiting for an explanation.

RAPHAEL
You could have let us in on the decision you know.

CARLOS
Sorry. The opportunity presented itself; I went for it.

RAPHAEL
Understood. It's one of those things you do well.

CARLOS
So did I do okay...?

RAPHAEL
Yeah, you did okay. You just need to learn to negotiate better. Four hundred dollars is pretty low, even for a school dance.

CARLOS
Oh.

RAPHAEL
But that's fine. We have to start somewhere.

CARLOS
Think that we will ever be successful?

RAPHAEL
I'd be happy if we were successful enough to get beer money on a regular basis.

CARLOS
I think we could do a lot better than that.

RAPHAEL
I don't know. Too much success could get bad.

CARLOS
Hector may be a geek, but he's one of the best drummers we've seen. You know that as well as I do. And you're not that bad on guitar.

RAPHAEL
Thanks.

CARLOS
You know what I mean. And I can keep up with the two of you. (beat) I think we
could go places.

RAPHAEL
You know that it takes more than what we've got to be successful, right? Right
now we're just a couple of kids with instruments.

CARLOS
Yeah, right now. We just need to get the right break, and we're there.

RAPHAEL
I don't know, man. It sounds like a lot of work for a little extra money.

CARLOS
I think we could make some decent money. But that's down the road. One gig at
a time.

RAPHAEL
I can for that. But let's hope. I just don't know for now...

Carlos smiles.

CARLOS
We'll get there. It just takes more practice.

Raphael covers his guitar.

RAPHAEL
Well, we can do that at least.

Raphael walks to his car.

CARLOS
Yeah. That we can do.

Carlos closes the garage door.

The garage light goes out.

INT. LONG SHOT – GYMNASIUM – STAGE

Dolores walks the guys up to the stage.

The guys stand awestruck for a moment.

DOLORES
You can start setting up any time.

The guys smile at each other.

They turn serious and start setting up.

Dolores walks off.

HECTOR
This is the start, guys.

CARLOS
One can only hope.

RAPHAEL
Just try not to mess up too bad, okay? My guitar can't cover up all of our
mistakes.

Hector looks to Carlos, who smiles.

CARLOS
Gee. I always thought it was me saving your butt.

Hector smiles.

They finish setting things up.