User:Daa515/High School Normality

High School Normality is a fictional blog by Blogspot user DylanA.Per.2. The first season began on January 2, 2009 and ended on May 18, 2009. The second season began on August 1, 2009 and will continue through December 2009.

High School Normality follows the format of a teen drama series, dealing with such issues as love, sex, drug abuse, and more.

It can be found at http://highschoolnormality.blogspot.com

Season One
The first season of High School Normality starts with a phone call from Mark Adams, who has to tell David of his latest hook-up. The next day, David, Mark, and their two other friends, Michael Florence and Aaron Stanwick, convene at The Coffee Plantation, a local coffee shop where the boys spend a lot of time. While there, David feels love at first sight when he sees a mysterious girl who works there and refuses to wear a name tag. When David gets home, we are introduced to his tumultuous home life and the idea that he is not close to his family.
 * 1.1 Me and My Gang

A couple weeks later, the boys audition for regional choir, but while they are there, they see the last person they expected--the Coffee Plantation girl, whose name, we learn, is Joy Harris. As David is about to make his move, Joy is called into the audition room, and David is left disappointed in himself.
 * 1.2 Just the Girl

Another week passes by and the boys arrive at the Coffee Plantation again. David still hasn't talked to Joy, but that's the last thing on the boys' minds when Mark jumps under the table to hide from Faye Winston, a girl who has just walked in. After recounting his story of how his "escapade" with her, how he was in love with her, and how she had a boyfriend at the time, he reveals that he is a virgin. While Mark is still hidden under the table, Faye walks over to the guys and asks Michael if he is still friends with him, to which Michael says yes and David and Aaron introduce themselves. As Faye begins to rant about how much Mark missed by not sleeping with her, Joy comes to the rescue by telling her where the counter is to buy some coffee. After Faye leaves, David thanks Joy for helping and, in the process, Joy asks him out for Valentine's Day.
 * 1.3 Let's Talk About Sex

Unfortunately, sometimes plans don't work out. The night before their date, Joy calls and tells David that she has to cancel because no one would trade shifts with her. David says that it's alright and that they'll just have to reschedule it. David calls Michael for guidance, and Michael comes up with a plan to bring Valentine's Day to her. The boys arrive at the Coffee Plantation during Joy's shift and sing "For the Longest Time" to her, which earns David a kiss.
 * 1.4 Two Less Lonely People In the World

Meanwhile, Michael's on-again/off-again girlfriend, Leslie Lawrence is furious at Michael for cancelling their Valentine's Day plans, even though they are not dating at the moment. After he gets off the phone, Michael, Aaron, and Mark leave so that David can get ready for his first official date with Joy. He picks her up and they have some laughs in the car, listening to Coldplay and talking about life. When they get to the restaurant, however, the mood changes when Joy asks him about his family. He explains that there is a lot of personal stuff there that he can't talk about, but she backfires saying that if they're going to be in a relationship they need to be able to talk about things. He is taken aback because it is their first date, and he wasn't aware that first dates included unloading family baggage. Joy asks David to take her home. On his way home, David realizes how badly he screwed up and when he gets home, he calls Joy and explains how his mom is a receptionist, his dad lost his job in the recession, his 29 year-old sister pays the rent, and his 13 year-old brother is full of angst. Because his parents fight all the time, he has become detached from them.
 * 1.5 Potential Break-Up Song

''So my first date with Joy wasn't exactly what some would call the ideal beginning of a relationship, but maybe the relationships that start off the rockiest become the most ideal. Or maybe relationships that happen in the movies aren't the ideal relationships that we want. Maybe what we want is real, and our ideas are just distractions from the reality that we need to have good relationships.''

A few weeks later, David has dinner with Joy and her parents. Aaron tells David that it won't be long before Joy asks to meet his, and to David's surprise, Aaron is right. Dinner is actually not bad at all, until David answers the door and is served lawsuit papers for his father regarding two thousand dollars owed to a woman named Lucy Greer. Joy senses the awkwardness and asks to be taken home. David tells her about the situation and explains to her that his dad really isn't a bad guy, just bad with money. He asks her not to let his father's past shape her opinion of the man, and she responds that she will love David's father just like she loves David.
 * 1.6 Family Affair

David is taken aback by Joy's revelation, and says to her that he wants to make sure he means it before he says he loves her too and goes home. When he tells the boys about it, Mark responds by saying that you can't control love, to which Aaron reasons that Mark is still in love with Faye Winston. That night, David calls Joy and she invites him over to have sex with her. David comes over and while he gets undressesd, he realizes that having sex isn't a good idea. While they watch a movie, David realizes that he does love Joy and tells her so. When he gets home, his parents are fighting about the Lucy Greer lawsuit, and his mom tells David that he needs to get a job.
 * 1.7 Under Pressure

As David balances searching for a job, writing his annual column for the school paper, and hanging out with the boys, Mark tells them that he slept with Faye the previous night. While they all take turns telling Mark how much of an idiot he is, Aaron notices a "Help Wanted" sign over at the UPS Store. He receives an app from Jim, the manager of the store. He fills out the application and gives it back to Jim. When he gets home, David's mom reminds him that he needs to keep being aggressive so he gets a job. David talks to Joy on the phone in front of his mom and ends the conversation with "I love you," which makes his mom relatively uncomfortable. Later that day, David gets a call from Mark, who is crying on the other end. David immediately goes over to Mark's house, where Mark tells him that Faye, once again, wouldn't leave her boyfriend for him. David calls Joy to cancel their date so that he can call Michael and Aaron to go to dinner and a bad movie in order to cheer Mark up. On the way, David stops at the UPS Store, where he is offered a job.
 * 1.8 Taking Care of Business

David's first day at the UPS Store is busy, but he is really enjoying his work. He goes over to the Coffee Plantation to take Joy home, and on the way she tells him that her best friend, Jamie, is moving to Arizona. David wonders how having Jamie there will affect his relationship with Joy, but ultimately decides that it probably won't. After two months working at the UPS Store, Jim gives David a day off. Upon heading over to the Coffee Plantation, he sees a very attractive guy seemingly hitting on Joy, but it turns out that the guy is Jamie. Joy suggests that the boys take Jamie out to lunch, where Jamie reveals that Joy has had sex before. But before David can say anything, he receives a call from his mom, who tells him he needs to come home right away. When he gets there, he is told that his father left. Joy calls him later asking why he had to leave lunch early, but he says that it's nothing, turning the attention to Jamie's comment about Joy having sex. She tells David that they lost their virginities to each other when they were 14.
 * 1.9 I Hate Everything About You

Every day, David is becoming more annoyed with Jamie, especially with prom coming up and Joy telling David that they needed to find Jamie a date. Not knowing who else to ask, he asks Leslie, who goes under the pretense that Michael will be jealous. Michael is not happy that Jamie will be taking Leslie to prom, but pretends that he doesn't care. Meanwhile, Mark asks out freshman Leanne James, the JV Girls' Soccer MVP. Leslie suggests that they all have a potluck at David's before prom, a request to which David's mom says yes. On the limo ride there, Jamie makes it clear to Michael that he plans on having sex with Leslie, which further angers him. After some dancing, Joy asks David if he wants to get a room, so he asks Mark if they could borrow the hotel room he had on reserve. While they are in the room, Mark tells off Faye Winston and Michael tells Leslie that he loves her. Right as David and Joy are about to seal the deal, Joy confesses that her and Jamie kissed recently, prompting David to finally tell her about his dad leaving. David realizes that he can't trust her and breaks up with her. Messily dressed, David goes down to the dance floor and punches Jamie in the face. Everyone heads back to the limo except for Jamie, Joy, and Leanne (who is also the slut of the soccer team). David tells them all everything that happened and when he gets home, there are cop cars outside. He gets out and the limo drives away before David sees his mom getting arrested for the Lucy Greer lawsuit. David decides to go find his father so he can straighten things out. But his plans are foiled when he is T-Boned while making a left on a green light.
 * 1.10 Crash Into Me

''I turned left, I had a green arrow, and still I was hit by oncoming traffic. It was midnight and I was still hit by oncoming traffic. And it was as if every blow I had received that night had culminated into one moment where I was completely helpless. I guess in life, it is in our most vulnerable times that we are hit the hardest.''

Season Two
David wakes up three days later in a hospital room, where his sister, Libby, reminds him of the car accident. Later that day, his mom who has obviously been released from jail tells him that his dad has been found.
 * 2.1 Wake Up

Due to the emotional trauma that David has experienced, his doctor, Dr. McKendrick, advises him to take the rest of the semester off of school. Upon telling Mark, Michael, and Aaron about this, they remind him that if he doesn't go to school he will miss many important things, such as AP Tests, finals, and the Showcase Concert for choir. While watching television that night with Mark and Aaron, David relives his accident in his mind. The next morning, David decides that he has to go back to school.
 * 2.2 Objects in the Rear View Mirror

After making up an Algebra test, David is called into the front office, where he is met by his father. David initially refuses to speak to him, but after the guys convince him that he needs to, he calls his father and makes plans for the two of them to have dinner. At dinner, David learns that his father is studying to be a rabbi. Taken aback, David tells his father that he is the last person who should become a rabbi. Offended, David's father gets the check and takes David home. As David walks into the house, his brother, Jake, runs out the door screaming at their father's Prius about how much he hates him. David calms Jake down by saying that no matter what he is still their father and they can't hate him.
 * 2.3 Father of Mine

''All of a sudden, I felt a shooting pain in the middle of my spine. Maybe it was from running for the first time since the accident, or maybe it was because it was the latest I had stayed up since. Whatver the reason, I felt that it constituted taking a pill.''

The next morning, David takes another pill because his pain still hasn't gone down completely. As he is eating his breakfast, his mom tells him that Jim called and David immediately calls him back, apologizing for not giving him the heads up about the accident. Jim forgives him, saying that Joy told him all about the accident and that David is free to start working again on the 1st of June. A couple weeks later, on the night of senior graduation, the guys go out to dinner in celebration of their final day of junior year. While at dinner, David takes another pill, to which the guys question why he is doing it. After David explains that he is still in pain, Michael tells them that he is worried about his and Leslie's relationship because she is going to Florida on vacation. He also reveals that they still have not had sex. David tells him that he has nothing to worry about because they are in love, but Michael contradicts him, saying that Joy loved him but still cheated. Upset, David says that they should just get the check and Aaron drives him home. On the way to David's house, Aaron tells David that he thinks he is addicted to the pain medication, and to prove that he isn't, they decide to flush all the pills. Since it's late, David invites Aaron to sleep over. Meanwhile, Michael goes over to Leslie's house and expresses his concerns. Leslie responds by saying that he is the only guy for her and that he needs to trust that. After they kiss in the rain, they have sex for the first time. Back at David's house, David wakes in the middle of the night with the sudden urge to take a pill. He jumps out of bed and starts rummaging through the cabinets before he remembers that he flushed all of the pills down the toilet. As he tries to get them out with a plunger, Aaron comes into the bathroom and makes David put the plunger down. The next morning, David goes to Dr. McKendrick, where he is referred to a rehabilitation center, where he spends the next six weeks.
 * 2.4 Danger Zone

At his Narcotics Anonymous meeting, David meets Callie, a beautiful girl his age who has been clean for nine months. David thinks about asking her out for a friendly cup of coffee, but Michael advises against it saying that someone in the state that David is in should not be getting involved with someone. After David is finished talking to Michael, he goes to work where he meets Steve Weiss, a guy whom David recognizes from school as an anarchist. The two hit it off right away, but David learns the next day that Steve is a drug-dealer who specializes in perscription drugs. David tries to avoid Steve the next day at work, but Steve tells David that he needs help getting something in the back of the store. David tries to tell himself that Steve will not try to sell him drugs, but he is wrong. Steve offers David a vicodin, and while David initially denies the request, Steve reels him in by reminding him of the pain. David does not feel the negative effects of the vicodin until late that night when he has a similar reaction to that of the night he decided to go to rehab. The next day, David confronts Steve about the pill and threatens a physical altercation if ever Steve tries to sell him drugs again. At his N.A. meeting, David tells the group how he relapsed and that he doesn't understand how it happened. Callie approaches him at the end of the meeting, saying that she relapsed not long after she left rehab. Moved by the fact that she understands what he is going through, David asks Callie out for a friendly cup of coffee. Callie suggests that they go to the Coffee Plantation.
 * 2.5 Square One

On the way to the Coffee Plantation, David and Callie talk and flirt, causing David to contemplate whether it is a date or not. He sends a text to Mark saying that he is going out with her but as friends. When Callie and David arrive at the Coffee Plantation, David sees Michael's and Aaron's cars. He hopes that it's a coincidence, but he finds that it isn't when he is pulled into the hallway that leads to the restrooms. They try to talk some sense into him, but he reassures them and himself that it is not a date. Mark, however, has his own theory that David is not over Joy and has come to the Coffee Plantation to make her jealous. That is when he sees Joy at the counter. Making a quick escape, David goes over to Callie and asks her if she would like to go out for pizza instead. Callie agrees to the plan and they leave the Coffee Plantation. As Michael, Aaron, and Mark watch David walk away from the situation, Michael gets a call from Leslie, who is supposed to still be in Florida. However, she tells him to go outside and he sees her standing there. She says that she wanted to surprise him and the two make out. While observing this, Mark realizes that they had sex. Meanwhile, David and Callie are enjoying their dinner at 3.14 Pizza when she asks him about his family (the same question that almost ruined his and Joy's first date). He responds saying that his dad left at the end of the school year, and so it's just his mom, his siblings, and himself. She reveals to him that her parents died when she was a small child and that she lives with her grandmother. ''I thought about what Callie was saying. It was almost impossible to remember a time when I actually liked my dad. He was a deadbeat, and when the going got too tough, he just walked away. I didn't hate my father, but I had no respect for him. Maybe Callie only loved him because she didn't know him. Any father would give their child a piggy-back ride across the beach.'' After dinner, they see a movie, and after the movie, she drives him home. Just as they are about to kiss each other goodnight, David's phone rings. It is Jake saying that their father is in the hospital and they have to go see him. David gets out of Callie's car and realizes that it may have been the last time he would see her for there was no guarantee that she would be at the N.A. meeting. At the hospital, David's dad tells them that he has decided not to become a rabbi because religion cannot change what he has done. He has received a job teaching a class about different perspectives on religion at a local Jewish Community High School and has enrolled in Paradise Valley Community College to figure out what to do with his life. He tells the kids that he wants to come home, and David decides to let him back into his life. ''The funny thing about baggage is that you always carry it with you, but you can unpack it any time. You can deal with your problems or you can sweep them under the rug. You can fight the battles worth fighting or forfeit the ones that are yours to win. You can pretend that your ex-girlfriend doesn't exist, or you could get together with her over a large pizza and talk about your relationship.'' After realizing that he can let his father back in, he decides that it is finally time to talk to Joy about their relationship and how it ended.
 * 2.6 Let Love In

Characters

 * David Adler: A teenager who just wants a little bit of normality in his life, but learns through several experiences that normality is highly unlikely.
 * Michael Florence: One of David's best friends who is very philosophical.
 * Mark Adams: Another one of David's best friends who hooks up with many different girls.
 * Aaron Stanwick: Another one of David's best friends who is Mormon and is a major overachiever.
 * Leslie Lawrence: Michael's quirky on-again/off-again girlfriend.
 * Joy Harris: David's first love.
 * Cal Adler: David's deadbeat dad.
 * Linda Adler: David's cynical mom.
 * Libby Adler: David's 30 year-old sister who is still single, living at home, and paying the rent for the house.
 * Jake Adler: David's 14 year-old brother with a big mouth.
 * Miss Connolly: David's 25 year-old choir director.
 * Callie Anderson: A girl who David meets at N.A. and will possibly have a relationship with.
 * Steve Weiss: An anarchist drug-dealer who works at the UPS Store with David.
 * Jim: David's grumpy boss.

Consistencies

 * Toward the beginning of every episode, the line "My name is David and I'm a normal high school student" appears.
 * Each character is represented by a different color during dialogue.
 * Each episode is named after a song title.