MRS. BLAISE
                          (continuing)
                   Would anyone care to read theirs aloud?
        
         No one moves.  Then Kat slowly stands up.
        
                                KAT
                   I'11 go
        
         Patrick looks up.
        
                                MRS. BLAISE
                   Oh, Lord.
        
         She downs a couple Prozac
        
                                MRS. BLAISE
                          (continuing)
                   Please proceed.
        
         Kat stands, puts on her glasses, and takes a deep breath
         before reading from her notebook.
        
                                KAT
                   I hate the way you talk to me/ and the
                   way you cut your hair/ I hate the way
                   you drive my car/ I hate it when you
                   stare.
        
         She pauses, then continues
        
                                KAT
                          (continuing)
                   I hate your big dumb combat boots/ and
                   the way you read my mind/ I hate you so
                   much it makes me sick/ it even makes me
                   rhyme.
        
         She takes a deep breath, and looks quickly at Patrick, who
         stares at the floor.
        
                                KAT
                          (continuing)
                   I hate the way you're always right/ I
                   hate it when you lie/ I hate it when you
                   make me laugh/ even worse when you make
                   me cry/ I hate it that you're not
                   around/ and the fact that you didn't
                   call/ But mostly I hate the way I don '
                   t hate you/ not even close, not even a
                   little bit, not even any at all.
        
         She looks directly at Patrick.  He looks back this time. 
         The look they exchange says everything.
        
         Then she walks out of the room The rest of the class remains
         in stunned silence.