Past His Prime, Scene #01
Nicole (Vanessa Vega) walks into her old classroom with her former instructor, Mr. Harris (Clarke Kent). Nicole requested permission from Mr. Harris to enter the classroom in order to remember, even though the class reunion is taking place in the gymnasium. Mr. Harris kindly informs Nicole that he isn't actually supposed to unlock any of the classrooms at night, but how could he refuse her when she had always been so conscientious and had even assisted in planning the class reunion? To his astonishment, Nicole grows bitter and claims that while she was a student, he had no trouble telling her "no. " Mr. Harris asks what Nicole is talking about, and Nicole explains that she told him she WANTED him when she was eighteen, but he rejected her. Nicole doesn't believe Mr. Harris when he says he turned her down because it would have been improper for a teacher to have a sexual relationship with a pupil. She lashes out, saying that it was well known that Mr. Harris was seeing lots of other eighteen-year-olds in her class for sex, so why not her? Mr. Harris acknowledges that Nicole used to be too nerdy for him, and that's why he wasn't drawn to her back then. Although Nicole claims to have known this all along, she states that she has grown to love and be more self-assured over time. Nicole smugly remarks that Mr. Harris has obviously gotten older and must now find it more difficult to entice pupils, adding that the years HAVEN'T been as nice to him. Mr. Harris concedes that Nicole is correct, yet Nicole extends an invitation to him. She claims that she is providing Mr. Harris one last chance at sex because she wants to be at peace with the
