Act 1: 2
INT. 3
FADE IN: 4
TO A CRUSTY APARTMENT THAT HAS AN ODD, WELCOMING 5
CHARM. A GIRL WALKS OUT OF A DIRTY BATHROOM. IT WAS 6
EARLY MORNING AND THE GIRL IS WEARING CLOTHES THAT 7
DON'T QUITE FIT RIGHT AND HER HAIR IS TOSSLED ALL OVER 8
HER HEAD AS IF SOMEONE WOULD FOLLOW HER OUT OF THE 9
BATHROOM BUT IT'S APPARENT ON HER FACE IT WAS FROM 10
NIGHTMARES. 11
CUT TO: 12
INT. 13
AN ALMOST GLOOMY KITCHEN; CLEAN, BUT DULL AND SCRUNGY. 14
[J. is sitting at the table clipping her toenails.] 15
ATTICUS 16
J, what the hell? 17
[knocks her feet off the table,then takes bread from 18
the toaster; the toast is black, but he eats it 19
anyways.] 20
You're gonna to be late again. 21
J. 22
Don't start with me this early, Atty. 23
ATTICUS 24
Starting with you? Come on, J. I 25
just want one decent morning with you 26
that won't end with you threatening to 27
drink a whole gallon of milk. We both 28
know you'll just a little rash anyhow. 29
J. 30
[J. stares down Atticus, stands up and throws the chair 31
down. She walks to the fridge and flings the door 32
open.] 33
A little rash? Well, then get out the 34
crystal, we can clank glasses and make 35
toasts to a long and happy 36
relationship. 37
[J. opens the milk carton] 38
ATTICUS 39
[Goes to J. tries to take the milk, tries to get close 40
and kiss her and hug her.] 41
Josie, baby, don't be that way. Come 42
on, stop, all I wanted was a normal 43
morning. 44
J. 45
Josie?! You've gotta be fucking 46
kidding me. 47
[J. Drops the milk all over the the kitchen and all 48
over Atticus. Atticus is shocked at first, but a dull 49
shock like he's been there before. He scrambles to dry 50
the milk.J. grabs her thrift-store looking coat and 51
slams the door.] 52
FADE TO: 53
INT. BACK TO PRESENT- J.'S APARTMENT. 54
J. 55
[J. Stumbles into a different kitchen, a messy one with 56
rotten food sitting in random places.Talking to 57
herself...] 58
Every morning I wake up to "doesn't- 59
matter-anymore", toaster jazz, and 60
bagels playing the blues. 61
[J. hits a CD play that starts blaring "My Coco" by 62
Stellastarr* pours a glass of Maid-Rite from a jug that 63
is sitting on the counter and looks rotten. She grabs 64
a bagel between her teeth and goes to the fridge. She 65
searches around for a second.] 66
None. Of course, there was never 67
any. I'm lactose intolerant. Do you 68
mix Maid-Rite with milk, anyway? 69
Doesn't matter anymore. You're not 70
here to correct me. I grabbed 71
yesterday's cold coffee and poured it 72
in. Yum, chunky cherry hazel nut. I 73
stirred it with tonight's salad fork. 74
I never really liked salad anyway. 75
Nope, ever since you left I've been on 76
a strict all fatty and junk food 77
diet. But I never liked explanations, 78
so nevermind. 79
[J. Runs through the kitchen sets her coffee and bagel 80
down, forgets about them. She walks into a hallway and 81
grabs some dirty jeans and throws them on.] 82
No! Not nevermind. I'm not done with 83
my story, okay? You know, you always 84
do that to me! Every fucking time I 85
get something started, you try to 86
finish it for me. I don't need your 87
help, especially not to tell a story. 88
They're only words. It's not as if 89
I'll stumble on one 90
and...and...a..an..and 91
[stutters] 92
Okay. It was only once. Only one damn 93
word. I know it won't happen again. 94
Okay, where was I? No, I don’t need 95
your help remembering. My memory is 96
just fine. 97
[J. Trips over dirty laundry in the hallway.] 98
(A bell dings) 99
Ah! The dryer; socks! I look down at 100
my feet, and there they are. Yep! 101
Two naked jaybirds’ feet. Bird feet 102
are so un-beautiful, just like my 103
feet: skinny, bony, and mis-shapen. 104
Ah! There they are, the ugliest pair 105
of socks to match my ugly bird feet. 106
Purple and dirty. They're short too. 107
They don't show above my shoe, it's 108
like this little reject party inside 109
my shoe that no one really wants to go 110
to. I guess that’s what I like about 111
them. That, and the fact that they 112
still smell faintly of the salty ocean 113
water detergent> 114
[J. checks the clock.] 115
Fuck! 116
[She shoves the socks and shoes under her arms, grabbed 117
the bagel and trekked for the door.] 118
Ah! Deodorant. Oh, screw it. Dirty 119
lesbians never wear deodorant. Okay, 120
so maybe I’m not a lesbian, but from 121
now on, I’m sure as hell going to be 122
dirty. I want to be able to savor the 123
dirt from yesterday’s gardening and 124
the sand from last year’s trip to the 125
beach. Screw perfection. Screw 126
smelling like a lilac just because 127
it’s your favorite flower. Lilac 128
sounds artificial anyway. If I smell 129
like a flower, I want it to be because 130
I’m rolling around in rose petals. Not 131
because some scientist somewhere 132
conjured up some roll-on stickiness 133
that has a similar smell to a lilac. 134
Yeah, besides, they probably tested it 135
on poor little monkeys or kittens, 136
anyway. 137
[Glances at the calendar.] 138
Oh! Calendar. Saturday. Today is 139
special. Of course everyday was 140
Saturday to me. Today was the day that 141
we went to the beach at 4 a.m. Today 142
was the day you drowned while I 143
watched you struggle to get out of 144
your seat belt. 145
[J. walks down a flight of stairs, into a street.She 146
glances at her watch.] 147
4:11. When does it not says 4:11? 148
[J races down the boulevard, socks in one hand, half- 149
eaten bagel in the other, She runs past the big clock 150
on the bank. It flashes 7:13; taunting her.] 151
Fuck, Already thirteen minutes late. 152
[J. Begins to dash down the street.] 153
Thirteen minutes, okay, but if I’m 154
more than thirty minutes late again 155
I’m going to get fired. I’m the only 156
waitress who works on my shift, and 157
it’s always busy. Everyone wants 158
coffee and eggs and bacon at this time 159
of day. 160
[J. burst through the doors, into the coffee shop, 161
walks though another door, is taken to another room.] 162
CUT TO: 163
EXT. 164
NIGHT TIME OUTSIDE ATTICUS' HOUSE. 165
INT. 166
J. 167
[J. Unlocks the door, walks through the kitchen, into 168
the doorway between the living room and kitchen. She 169
spots Atticus, who is sitting on the couch, drinking 170
and playing The Good Life. (Camera shows double room 171
view, half of each, with a wall between the two.) J. 172
sighs and leans against the wall, Atticus drinks more 173
and screeches song. J. walks away, camera follows 174
her. She walks out the front door again, and into 175
cafe.] 176
INT. 177
J'S BOSS 178
No socks again, eh? 179
[J. Holds up socks.Boss rolls eyes as he gives off his 180
next line.] 181
You're late. 182
J. 183
I know, I know. [In mocking voice] It 184
won't happen again. 185
J'S BOSS 186
[Sighs, and hands J. a tray of orders.) 187
(The tray is huge and filled with plates of eggs, 188
bacon, sausage, and mugs of coffee and orange juice.) 189
DREAM-ISH: 190
(Camera changes to deluted colors and everything gets 191
blurry. People setting around all turn strange or 192
scary) 193
[J. Begins scurrying through the cafe holding a tray of 194
her mistakes, or something to represent them. Random 195
people at the tables are going insane, demanding that 196
she come to their table first. At least twenty people 197
are yelling about how long they've waited, and how they 198
were the first people here. Still hoping, she rushes 199
to answer their calls of "Hey, miss!", "Over here!", 200
"Waitress!", and various other beckoning yells coming 201
from across the room. J. hurries around crazy like, 202
trying to get to all the tables, spilling her own 203
problems, collecting dirty dish problems, falling 204
behind. She finishes in a panic, delivering all the 205
orders except one.The face of this character is blurred 206
but the character is wearing a familiar junky jacket.] 207
BACK TO NORMAL: 208
[J. Drops tray of eggs, bacon, sausage, and mugs of 209
coffee and orange juice.] 210
(Camera goes to spilled milk; milk runs; camera 211
follows, ends at new place - Atticus' shoes. Camera 212
drifts up Atticus to his face, which is confused.) 213
ATTICUS 214
[shouting as if searching] 215
J.... J! J, hurry, come here! 216
[Atticus walks down the hall, camera loses him, goes to 217
J. sitting in a murky bathtub with all her clothes on.] 218
J. 219
[Talking to herself.] 220
I don't like my water shallow. It's 221
like it's draining itself with 222
displacement. 223
[J goes under water] 224
Ah, milkbaths. I heard they were good 225
for your skin. I remember when I 226
first moved in. You had a ring of 227
dried froth all along the outside. 228
You said it was from all the regret 229
you enjoyed drowning. Funny, I 230
thought that was what the alcohol was 231
for. 232
ATTICUS 233
[Pounds on door.] 234
J? Are you in there?... I'm coming 235
in! 236
[He opens the door.] 237
What the fuck? J.... 238
[J. goes under water stays for about a minute. This is 239
literally a minute of taping completely nothing. Yes 240
it is.Atticus goes to her and pulls her up, sits on the 241
side of the tub and hugs her.] 242
I'm sorry. J, baby. I'm sorry. 243
Jazzy? Come on, sweet. I'm sorry. 244
I'll never make you again. I'm sorry. 245
I love you. J.... 246
[Atticus joins her in the bathtub, the milky water 247
spills over the edge. The water is followed by the 248
camera again, similar to last time only this time the 249
camera follows up to her boss.] 250
J'S BOSS 251
Still not ready? What is it this 252
time, the flu? The measles? H.I.V.? 253
J. 254
I'm sorry... 255
J'S BOSS 256
No, just go home. [Puts hand on 257
forehead, looking tired and 258
frustrated, and with the other hand, 259
waves her off towards the door.] 260
J. 261
[Talking to herself.] 262
"Just go home." 263
[J.walks over to the table she never served, grabs the 264
bill, the number and the tip and walks out the door.] 265
Just go home. Go home, go home, go 266
home. 267
Home, home, home. The grummy 268
apartment where I store my shit? No. 269
The place I took my first breath in, 270
the place I woke up and didn't run, 271
the only place that I feel safe?? 272
Home. 273
[J. starts to hurry down the street and suddenly it's 274
night time and she has her thrift store-grungy jacket 275
again.] 276
ATTICUS 277
J! Jos- I mean Jazzy, I mean, I'm 278
sorry. Fuck. I'm sorry. Fuck, Jazzy 279
stop. Stop! I'm sorry. 280
[Atticus catches up with J. and tries to kiss her.] 281
J. 282
What the hell is your fucking 283
problem? What don't you get about I'm 284
done? Just go find her. You go dig up 285
the bones of your relationship, play 286
operation, fix it, and forget about 287
me. Go to Spain like you always 288
wanted, have those kids I never did. 289
FOR-GET. 290
ATTICUS 291
J. that's not what I want anymore. 292
Josephine is a ghost. 293
J. 294
A ghost to stairwells. 295
[J walks on, starts trying to open random doors to try 296
and get in.] 297
ATTICUS 298
What are you doing? 299
J. 300
Finding a place to crash for the 301
night. 302
ATTICUS 303
J. don't do this, come home. 304
J. 305
[Dryly.] 306
You're not my home anymore. 307
[Atticus stops in his place as if he's just been shot 308
in the heart. J. keeps walking. She walks and walks 309
and walks. Camera stays on Atticus's shoulder. We see 310
her walk away. Carissa's Weird plays.] 311
Act 2: 312
MEMORY 1: 313
(Scene goes to a morning view of J. and Atticus. view 314
is yellowish.) 315
J. 316
But you just don't get it. I'm not a 317
house made of windows like you. I 318
don't get drunk every night just to 319
spill my guts to the bartender and 320
pass out to forget it all later. I'm 321
not like you anymore Atty. I never 322
was. 323
ATTICUS 324
[Sweetly] 325
I never wanted you to be. 326
J. 327
Riiiight. You wanted me to be like 328
her. 329
[long silence] 330
ATTICUS 331
Can't we just drop that? 332
J. 333
I've tried. [pause] 334
And then you do it again. 335
[long silence. Then J sighs and gets out of bed.] 336
ATTICUS 337
You know I don't mean it. 338
[Walks over to to J.] 339
ATTICUS 340
You're it. Come on, don't do this. 341
[with a smile] 342
The curtains are staring. 343
[smile gone, whinny] 344
Jazzy... 345
MEMORY 2: 346
[At a spec shop] 347
J. 348
Atty, get these. 349
[She puts on the ugliest glasses in 350
the store.] 351
ATTICUS 352
[With a smile] 353
Okay, hand the over. 354
[He reaches for them.] 355
J. 356
[Pulls her hand behind her back. They 357
struggle a bit, him reaching all 358
around her, almost molesting her to 359
get the the glasses, in a playful, 360
flirty way.] 361
I'll break up with you if you get 362
these. [More struggle, he reaches 363
both hands around her to get them and 364
kisses her] 365
I will...[under her breath] 366
[Quieter]....sooner or later. 367
MEMORY 3: 368
[Atticus and J. are in a car. J. is driving. Atticus 369
staring out the window dumb like. Death Cab for Cutie 370
is playing.] 371
J. 372
[whiney and kiddish, a little] 373
Do we realllllly have to go? 374
ATTICUS 375
[monotone, sickly, like his head is 376
somewhere else] 377
It's Mother's Day, she's my mom. Yes. 378
J. 379
Sooo, can't we just pretend we went? 380
I'll bake you a cake and everything. 381
ATTICUS 382
J. stop it. 383
[They continue to drive in silence for a while.] 384
ATTICUS 385
[Yells] 386
Josephine! Fuck, J. J. J. 387
[Antsy] 388
Drive North. Drive north. Drive 389
north. Wait. Steal compass. Steal 390
compass, drive north, disappear. 391
[J. sighs.] 392
No, I'm serious this time, Josie. 393
I'll be good. I'll be so good. I'll 394
clean up my messes and never drink 395
again. We can buy a real house with a 396
real yard and a real dog. It'll be 397
okay again, Josie. 398
J. 399
That's not my fucking name. 400
ATTICUS 401
Of course it is. 402
J. 403
Try Jazlyn. Josie was the last 404
sucker. 405
ATTICUS 406
Are we back to this game again? I'm 407
sorry for whatever I did. Tell me 408
what it is, Josie, and I'll never do 409
it again. 410
J. 411
You were so much nicer to her. 412
ATTICUS 413
To you, baby. 414
J. 415
Shut the hell up. 416
[Atticus looks like a kicked dog and returns to his 417
window view.] 418
ATTICUS 419
J... I'm sorry, lets just go home. 420
[J. sighs and starts to drive to switch lanes to make a 421
turn.] 422
ATTICUS 423
Where are you going. Compass says 424
left. 425
J. 426
You don't have a compass. 427
[Talking monotone, like he's a stupid 428
child.] 429
Home is this way. 430
ATTICUS 431
No, you don't know, home is the other 432
way. [He reaches and tries to turn the 433
wheel.] 434
[Car swerves] 435
J. 436
Atticus!! What the hell! 437
ATTICUS 438
This way is home. 439
J. 440
No it isn't... [Interrupted] 441
ATTICUS 442
Yes it is. Drive. 443
[J. keeps driving for a while.] 444
ATTICUS 445
There! There, Josie, there! 446
[J. sighs.] 447
ATTICUS 448
It's okay, we're here. 449
[J. turns into the Dairy Queen parking lot Atticus 450
directed her to.] 451
ATTICUS 452
We're here 453
[Long silence] 454
It's good to know you're still mine. 455
[Tries to take J's hand.] 456
J. 457
Go fuck yourself. 458
[pause] 459
Or better yet, find your Josephine and 460
fuck her, like you really want to. 461
Forget about me. Forget about us. 462
We're done. 463
[Long pause.] 464
ATTICUS 465
J, Jazzy, Jazlyn... I'm sorry. 466
[pause] 467
Fuck I'm sorry. You know it's not my 468
fault.... 469
[He digs under the seat, pulls out a paper sack with 470
audience-knows-what in it.] 471
MEMORY 3: 472
[J. and Atticus are at a park, in one of those long 473
sand tunnels. Atticus's and J's heads are together. 474
Atticus is playing with J's hair.] 475
ATTICUS 476
Épouses-moi, restes la même, mens-moi et dis-moi que tu ne changeras jamais 477
J. 478
What's that mean? 479
[Pause, then Atticus looks in her eyes and smiles.] 480
ATTICUS 481
That means you're mine. 482
DISSOLVE TO: 483
[Same tunnel, different angle, J. and Atticus are now 484
on positions.] 485
J. 486
It's getting late... 487
ATTICUS 488
Remember that house you love? That 489
old victorian up on Gene Field? I'm 490
buying it for you. That and 36 cats 491
and a billion flower beds for them to 492
frolic in. 493
J. 494
Are you? [raising eyebrows] 495
ATTICUS 496
Yes! First day next month! Interest 497
rates are supposed to be down then. 498
J. 499
They are. [kind of shakes her head and 500
smiles, like she can't believe what an 501
idiot he is, but also how much she 502
loves him.] 503
Act 3: 504
EXT. 505
(Night-back to present, same clothes as present view.) 506
[J. walking down a downtown street, she jumps up a few 507
stairs, trips up a couple, leads to an outside 508
apartment door.] 509
J. 510
[Yells while beating on the door] 511
Atty... Atticus! Open the fucking 512
door! Atticus, please! Let me in! 513
[J. starts beating both fists into the door, she starts 514
crying and, with her fists still glued to the door, she 515
falls to the stoop.] 516
J. 517
I'm sorry. [pause, quieter] 518
I'll be Josephine if you want. 519
[After a short while J. wipes her eyes stands up, looks 520
straight up at the building and then makes her way to 521
the the side of the stoop where she hoists her self to 522
the window, opens it, and crawls through. J. walks 523
into a dark house, stumbles, and gets up slowly, but 524
dramatically.] 525
[Through tears] 526
Atticus, I'm home, I'm home again. 527
For good. It's the morning after 528
again. Tell me we're gonna make it 529
through another day. Atticus... 530
[J. walks through the house, searching, and looking 531
empty.] 532
Atty! Atty... I'm home. 533
[stumbles to the answering machine and 534
presses some random buttons.] 535
[Whiny and tearful] 536
Atticus, I still love you, come out, 537
come out. Come home. I love you, 538
Atty. 539
[J. walks to another room, falls onto a rug.] 540
Atty! Come on! Come out. Remember 541
that time in the alley way last 542
Christmas? Remember when we wrote our 543
initials in the snow and you said that 544
the snow would never melt because of 545
it? Remember? The snow never melted. 546
I swear, I swear, I swear. Come out! 547
CUT TO: 548
EXT. 549
NIGHT 550
[J. and Atticus in an alley way, standing in front of a 551
heart in the snow with their initials in it.] 552
CUT TO: 553
INT. 554
J. 555
[Getting louder] 556
Atticus! Just stop! 557
[J. crawls to the wall] 558
We put these cracks in this wall. You 559
can't tell me you forgot!! Did you? 560
CUT TO: 561
[J. and Atticus are in the room, trying to hang a road 562
sign that says Fukus Street. J. is under Atticus's 563
arms holding the signs and Atticus has nails in his 564
mouth and a hammer in his hand.] 565
ATTICUS 566
J! Hold it still! 567
J. 568
I'm trying! Stop tickling me! 569
[J. steadies the sign, Atticus gets ready to hit the 570
nail in.] 571
ATTICUS 572
Okay, One, two 573
J. 574
Ah! 575
[She drops the sign, and Atticus hits 576
the wall with a hammer, forming a 577
crack.] 578
ATTICUS 579
You moved! 580
J. 581
Ah! I'm sorry. 582
[They both start to laugh.] 583
ATTICUS 584
Look what you did. [He runs his hand 585
over a crack, and they both laugh 586
harder.] 587
CUT TO: 588
[J. clawing the wall.] 589
J. 590
[Screaming] 591
Atticus! Get your ass out here! 592
Atticus!! I mean now! I'll wear her 593
clothes, I'll dye my hair red like 594
hers, I'll speak with a British 595
accent, I'll be Josephine. Atticus! 596
[Lights come on as she screams, you can hear some one 597
walking.] 598
J. 599
ATTICUS! 600
STRANGER 601
What the hell? 602
[J. Just stares at the stranger, gets up, wipes her 603
face and walks to the front door, unlocks it and 604
leaves. J. just walks down the street, not crying, 605
very zombie like. She walks until she gets to a 606
convenience store. She goes to the back, grabs a 607
gallon of milk, walks to the front, shoves loose change 608
at the clerk, mumbles a harsh "thanks," and walks out. 609
She spots a homeless man across the street. The 610
homeless man is on a corner laying and looking drunk 611
like. J crosses the street and kneels down to him.] 612
J. 613
[monotone] 614
Where's the other one? 615
HOMELESS MAN 616
Other what? 617
J. 618
The other homeless guy, the one who's 619
usually here, the one with the woven 620
pocket lint blanket. 621
HOMELESS MAN 622
Oh, he died. He suffocated on his 623
blanket in the middle of the night, 624
this is my street now. 625
J. 626
Oh. Well... here. 627
[She hands him the milk and walks away.] 628
J. 629
[Thinking] 630
Is this my new feel sorry for myself 631
routine? Buy milk-feel sorry for 632
homeless man-give milk away? Maybe 633
it's my way of feeling better about 634
pussying my way out. Maybe one day 635
I'll sit beside him and drink the 636
whole thing right in front of him. 637
Maybe he'll eat my bones after I 638
die. 639
[J. speeds up, runs towards a bus, yells aimlessly and 640
catches it just in time, she steps up, trips a little, 641
throws pocket lint, a quarter and a receipt into the 642
money deposit place, the driver looks at her strangely 643
but reconsiders saying anything. J. trots to the back 644
and lays in the very back seat in a fetal position, 645
still teary-eyed and sniffley mumbles to herself.] 646
[mumble-ish singing] 647
In the morning after staying up all 648
night I Want to wake you just to hear 649
you tell me it's alright and all I 650
want to be is too much, sometimes, for 651
me. 652
ATTICUS 653
[In J's head] 654
Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna 655
make it through another day. 656
[J. shoots up straight in her seat. Her face is 657
ghastly.] 658
J. 659
[Not loud enough for anyone to hear] 660
Atticus! 661
[She walks down the isle with the bus 662
still moving.] 663
BUS DRIVER 664
Please sit down ma'am. 665
J. 666
[Whispering] 667
And when you rise you'll find me here. 668
BUS DRIVER 669
Ma'am, either sit down or get off. 670
[J. pulls the chord to get off.] 671
ATTICUS 672
[In J's head] 673
Open your eyes 674
J. 675
And see myself reflected there. 676
[J. hops off the bus, while saying that, looks around 677
blissfully like a crazy person, spins a few times, lays 678
herself down on a park bench.] 679
FADE OUT. 680
INT. 681
[J. and Atticus in bed, clothes on, middle of the 682
night, on top of the covers, with their arms behind 683
their heads, staring at the ceiling fan.] 684
ATTICUS 685
And for awhile... 686
J. 687
A little room becomes an everywhere. 688
ATTICUS & J. 689
[together singing] 690
Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna 691
make it through another day Good 692
morning baby I hope we're gonna make 693
it through another day. 694
FADE OUT. 695
FADE IN: DIGITAL CLOCK READING 4:11 696
[Atticus is out of bed, getting dressed in clothes that 697
look a little too dressy. He jumps on the bed beside 698
J.] 699
ATTICUS 700
[VERY anxious, kiddish] 701
Baby! It's time to go! Get the car, 702
we gotta go, we gotta go, J! 703
[Shakes J.] 704
J. Get upppp! 705
[J. rolls away from Atticus, glances at the clock, 706
moans and goes back to sleep.] 707
ATTICUS 708
[whiney] 709
Baaaaby, this town... 710
[makes an "ugh" noise sounds more his 711
age] 712
It doesn't feel like mine anymore... 713
I'm-I'm [crackly] 714
Ready to inject heart attacks straight 715
into my jugular and if i don't get out 716
soon I promise you I'll pull out all 717
my hair and...and... 718
[gets uppity] 719
And make a voodoo doll!... of myself! 720
And I'll- I'll push all the pins in 721
until all my veins are dry. 722
[sounds almost proud as he finishes] 723
J. 724
[Loudly, moaning-ish, grunty] 725
ALRIGHT! 726
[Throws the covers on the other side 727
of the bed] 728
Where are we going? 729
[She struggles to find her clothes] 730
The ambulance parking lot? Or how 731
about the empty dairy queen? 732
ATTICUS 733
[Searching through the closet] 734
No, we're going away this time. Far 735
far away. Here, wear these. 736
[He tosses her clothes] 737
[J. looks at the clothes blankly, almost angrily.] 738
J. 739
[mumbles while putting them on] 740
These aren't mine. 741
[pause, followed by a long sigh] 742
ATTICUS 743
[Like he ignored her] 744
It's good to know you're still mine. 745
[Atticus helps J. off the bed.] 746
ATTICUS 747
[to himself, talking like a child] 748
We'll need this, 749
[grabs his guitar] 750
And this 751
[grabs anything] 752
And this! 753
[grabs a picture of another woman, and 754
points to it and shows J.] 755
You! 756
[J. Sighs and stomps out of the bedroom, grabs her 757
infamous jacket, walks to the fridge, pockets some 758
cheese. Walks straight outside. Walks to the car, 759
mumbles to herself, gets in, a few seconds later 760
Atticus joins her, throws random items and some bottles 761
at his feet, puts the picture on the dash, puts the 762
guitar in the back seat, buckles up. J. drives away as 763
Atticus talks.] 764
ATTICUS 765
Let's go! Turn the car key and take 766
me Far far far far away. As far away 767
as it goes! Iceland. Wait, We can't 768
drive there... [Mumbles to himself and 769
the picture.] 770
[J. slams the brakes; Atticus hits the dash and the 771
picture falls.] 772
ATTICUS 773
Josephine! That was not nice, I know 774
you don't like this picture, but... 775
[Turns away and looks outside and 776
mumbles to himself.] 777
[J. sighs.] 778
ATTICUS 779
You know, when we get to the ocean, 780
I'm going to put teeny-tiny baby 781
seashells under my finger nails. Yep, 782
and then itsy-bitsy little star-fishes 783
into your eyes. And.. 784
J. 785
[Interrupts] 786
Psh, like we'll get there. Yeah. 787
Right. You'll find a cloud that looks 788
like her and I'll have to pull over 789
and wait for the storm to pass. Or 790
we'll pull over just to let you cry it 791
out for the next two hours. 792
ATTICUS 793
What are you saying? I don't do 794
that.... THERE! TURN THERE! 795
JOSEPHINE!!! THERE! 796
[J. slams on the breaks and pulls over.] 797
ATTICUS 798
What are you doing? Josie, don't you 799
want to see the ocean? 800
[J. sighs and finds her seat recliner and drops the 801
seat.] 802
FADE OUT. 803
EXT. 804
FADE IN:BACK TO PARK BENCH 805
[J. sighs and stands up, her face a dryer, she seems a 806
bit more composed. She looks around to find out where 807
she is, realizes it and starts walking, hands in 808
pockets. She walks to her house while reciting to 809
herself.] 810
J. 811
[Talking to herself..] 812
It's alright, I've figured it out I'm 813
just the frame you use to cover the 814
crinkled edges when you're spending 815
two hundred heartbreaks to get the 816
gold one polished. it's alright. I can 817
be the battered wood frame With the 818
tacky seashells glued to the edges and 819
the engraving on the back of a first- 820
grader's name. It's alright. I've 821
figured it out. No need to explain, I 822
understand. That was my job, wasn't 823
it? To understand? To comfort? To 824
laugh at all your stupid jokes and to 825
pretend the gold frame only needed a 826
few more coats Of your sugar-coated 827
lies and it'd be top dollar again. No, 828
no, no. I don't mind going in the 829
attic for a few more weeks... or 830
months or days or however long it took 831
the gold frame to slip up and dull 832
from all the wasted tears You cry over 833
it's dented rim. It's alright. It's 834
alright. I really don't mind one 835
single bit. I was built this way, 836
Built with Five year old hands And 837
Elmer's glue. I was built strong. 838
Stronger than solid gold. I was built 839
by hands that Had never held another 840
heart. That's strength. 841
J. 842
So, there you have it, baby. Again and 843
again and again I promised I'd always 844
be there to tell you It will be 845
alright but I can't anymore, I just 846
can't... &
J. 848
That's how the speech was supposed to 849
come out, that's what I meant to say 850
the last day I saw you. And you, you 851
were meant to apologize a million 852
times and me my everything forever. 853
Shit for luck, huh? 854
[She lays on her bed, sits up, looks around oddly, lays 855
down, scoots to the other side, wiggles, scoots to the 856
middle, closes her eyes. All the items in her house 857
that were associated with Atticus start disappearing 858
(see Postal Service's music video for Against all Odds 859
in background.) The screen jumps back and forth to this 860
and the end of the movie which will be the following.] 861
CUT TO: 862
EXT. 863
Returns to the car scene, they're both sitting in 864
silence J. gets out of the car, slams the door. 865
ATTICUS 866
Josie? Are you alright? What's 867
wrong, honey, just tell me and we can 868
fix it, there's band-aids in the glove 869
box I'm almost sure. 870
J. 871
You're never that sweet with me, You 872
never call me honey, or sweetie, or 873
lovely, you never make cute jokes when 874
I'm down or cheesy stupid ones or 875
anything. You sigh and swallow. I'm 876
fucking sick of this, 877
ATTICUS 878
Honey, wh... 879
J. 880
[Interrupts] 881
No! I'm sick of your bullshit and your 882
half ass escapes. I'm sick of 883
Josephine's Ghost. Sick, sick, sick, 884
sick to death. I'm sick of you. 885
[Atticus looks dumbfounded.] 886
J. 887
[calmer..] 888
You want me to be her. I can't. I'm 889
not. Half the time I'm not even sure 890
who I am and you want me to be two 891
people. I can't do it anymore, Atty. 892
You had your choice to pick between us 893
and I guess you did. 894
[she walks back into her car turns the 895
key, drives away, Atticus stands 896
dumbfounded still, doesn't move at 897
all.] 898
[J. drives until you can't see Atticus anymore.] 899
FADE OUT. 900
INT. 901
[J. is waking up, in the same clothes, all the stuff 902
that was disappearing is gone, she looks like hell. 903
She turns, her alarm clock reads 4:11, she pulls the 904
cord out of the wall and turns it off, she walks 905
straight through her house, doing nothing, no bathroom, 906
no breakfast, no anything, she starts to walk down the 907
street, runs back, hops in her car, drives two blocks 908
to work, runs out, bursts through the doors.] 909
J'S BOSS 910
[sarcastically] 911
Oh my stars!! She's on time!!!! 912
J. 913
She's early! She has socks on! She's 914
ready to work! 915
J'S BOSS 916
About time. 917
[Goes to the kitchen grabs her apron and a tray, she 918
walks right to the table in the corner, as she does, 919
camera view gets blurry and blue again, everyone starts 920
going crazy like before, she walks straight to the 921
table she missed before, she drops the tray of 922
everything along with the tip, the recite and the 923
number, everything goes back to normal, she walks 924
outside, her boss tries to heckle her into coming back 925
but she continues to walk, she gets into her car 926
drives.] 927
CUT TO: 928
[J. walks into a building, it looks like a bar, she 929
sits beside a guy.] 930
BRIAN 931
Jazzy! I didn't think you show! I've 932
missed you. 933
J. 934
I missed you, too, sorry I keep 935
canceling... shit, stuff has been 936
crazy. 937
BRIAN 938
I understand, I'm just glad you came. 939
J. 940
Me too, I'm sorry again for canceling, 941
I think I really like you, Atty. 942
BRIAN 943
[Looks confused, almost offended.] 944
CUT TO: 945
Credits. 946
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