http://www.zimbio.com/Wacky+Writing/articles Welcome to our wikizine called "Wacky Writing" ; Colloquialism ; Judgements ; Auntie Bernie's Wedding ; Two Boxes en-us Copyright 2006 Zimbio Inc. support@zimbio.com posted by Wackywriting<br>Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called &quot;Wacky Writing&quot;. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine&#39;s topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist&#39;s cap and <a href="/add/Wacky+Writing/articles">add your own article!</a> Sat, 27 Jan 2008 21:10:39 GMT http://www.zimbio.com/Wacky+Writing/articles/1 http://www.zimbio.com/Wacky+Writing/articles/1 posted by mrsgrenat<br>A &#39;colloquialism&#39; is an expression not used in formal <a class="mw-redirect" title="Speech communication" href="/pilot?ZURL=%2Frss%2FWacky%2BWriting%2Farticles&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpeech_communication" rel="nofollow">speech</a>, writing or <a class="mw-redirect" title="Paralinguistics" href="/pilot?ZURL=%2Frss%2FWacky%2BWriting%2Farticles&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FParalinguistics" rel="nofollow">paralinguistics</a>. Colloquialisms denote a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar &quot;common&quot; conversation; informal colloquialisms can include words (such as &quot;y&#39;all&quot; or &quot;gonna&quot;), phrases (such as &quot;ain&#39;t nothin&#39;&quot;, &quot;dressed for bear&quot; and &quot;<a class="extiw" title="wiktionary:dead_as_a_doornail" href="/pilot?ZURL=%2Frss%2FWacky%2BWriting%2Farticles&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Fdead_as_a_doornail" rel="nofollow">dead as a doornail</a>&quot;), or sometimes even an entire <a title="Aphorism" href="/pilot?ZURL=%2Frss%2FWacky%2BWriting%2Farticles&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAphorism" rel="nofollow">aphorism</a>. (&quot;<a class="extiw" title="wiktionary:There's_more_than_one_way_to_skin_a_cat" href="/pilot?ZURL=%2Frss%2FWacky%2BWriting%2Farticles&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2FThere%2527s_more_than_one_way_to_skin_a_cat" rel="nofollow">There&#39;s more than one way to skin a cat</a>&quot;). (<a href="/pilot?ZURL=%2Frss%2FWacky%2BWriting%2Farticles&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.com%2F" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikipedia.com/</a>)<br /><br />I like to write. I really, really like to write. The problem is all of the <em>rules</em> imposed on the process. I like to write the way that I speak. Easily, casually. I prefer to use punctuation where I&#39;d use it in conversation. So what if it&#39;s not a complete sentence. So what if it&#39;s a run-on. Poetry has always been a passion of mine. I joined clubs where you submit your poems for feedback or constructive criticism. I&#39;d get lectured on my style and the <em>rules</em> that I didn&#39;t follow properly. Some even had the audacity to &quot;help me out&quot; by rewriting my submission &quot;correctly&quot;. I stopped writing for a long time. Now along comes BLOGGING. Hallelujah! I can write whatever I want to noone in particular. Of course I still have my lovely readers who love to correct me which is sometimes annoying at first, but usually helpful in the end. For instance, all of my spelling life I had been mispelling the word definitely until one fine day when I was corrected on my blog. Now it&#39;ll never happen again. It&#39;s like sitting behind someone who&#39;s got their tag hanging out (or worse, seeing someone with their fly down). It&#39;s wrong to let them walk away without making them aware of it. They may shoot you a dirty look (probably more out of embarrassment), but they are most likely grateful for being made aware. So, if I ramble, if I misspell, if I sound like an idiot, go ahead and let me know. I might call you a jerk under my breath, but I still appreciate the heads up! Fri, 31 May 2008 17:50:00 GMT http://www.zimbio.com/Wacky+Writing/articles/25 http://www.zimbio.com/Wacky+Writing/articles/25 posted by Wackywriting<br>Dream Cast:<br />Robert: Sam Waterson<br />Susan: Sally Field<br />Lila: Olympia Dukakis<br />Betty: Goldie Hawn<br />Diana: Drew Barrymore<br />Aaron: Jared Leto<br />Jarred: Chad Allen<br />Brian: Kevin Zegers<br />John: Benjamin Bratt<br />Eve: Melissa Gilbert<br />Mike: Bill Cambell<br />Jenny: Laura Linney<br />Sarah: Ashley Tisdale<br />Sam: ??<br />Dan: Zac Efron<br />Kevin: ??<br />Billy: Shia LeBeouf<br /><br />JUDGEMENTS<br />fADE IN:<br />ext. san francisco-sunset<br />We see the multi-colored sunset against the city of San Francisco, from the bay. We fly over the bay into the city.<br />We move into the cities Castro St. district. Stopping in front of a street cafe called Cafe Les Hommes.<br />ext. cafe les hommes-sunset<br />The cafe is very crowded as is the street. A section of the cafe is open to the sidewalk, patio style.<br />At the table nearest the sidewalk are two young men, JARRED (25), who has short dark hair and a muscular build,he is dressed in jeans and a short sleeve dress shirt and BRIAN (23) a Blonde haired clean cut preppie type, who is wearing a dark colored well tailored business suit. They are sipping coffee and sharing a piece of chocolate cake, that is smothered in whipped cream.<br />Every once in a while another gentleman stops on the sidewalk and leans over the rail to talk to Jarred or Brian.<br />We start flying over the city again in the direction of Berkley University.<br />ext. berkley university quadrangle-dusk<br />The quadrangle is almost completely empty. A few students are throwing a frisbee around, some others are sitting in the grass studying. A young couple sits away from all the other people. The young man, AARON (21) has medium length light brown hair, he is thin and of average height, he is wearing jeans and a sweater, the young woman, DIANA (20) has short blonde hair, a cherubic face, and is well proportioned, she is wearing worn out bell bottom jeans, a tied died T-shirt and has daisies stuck into her short blonde hair.<br />He is sitting on the ground on one knee. She is standing looking down on him. They are holding hands. He uses his free hand and reaches into his pants pocket and pulls out a small jewelry box. He hands the box to Diana and stands up.<br />Diana takes the box and opens it. She jumps into his arms with a huge smile on her face and hugs him tightly. She releases him, takes a step back and shakes her head yes, then jumps into his arms and hugs him again.<br />We start flying over the city again in the direction of Oakland.<br />We stop at the large house. It looks almost like a plantation house from the deep south.<br />As we approach the front door opens to the house.<br />int. susan and roberts house-night<br />We turn into a room on the right side of the house. It is a library. Lined with full bookshelves, a large fireplace sits in the middle of the wall across from the door. A painting hangs over the mantle. In the center of the room are two large comfortable couches, which face each other, they are separated by a coffee table. The room is lit by a large chandelier. There are four people in the room.<br />ROBERT, a distinguished looking gentlemen with salt and pepper hair, wearing slacks, shirt and a cardigan sweater, he looks like he is in his late 40&#39;s but he is really in his early 60&#39;s. He is combing the shelves in search of a book.<br />SUSAN, who has short brown hair and is petite, is wearing a stylish womans&#39; business suit, without shoes, she looks much younger than her 59 years. She is the head of the family and used to getting her own way. She&#39;s sitting stretched out on one of the couches, drinking a cup of herbal tea.<br />LILA, is an older woman in her late 70&#39;s, she is wearing jeans, a T-shirt that reads &quot;kiss my a...&quot;,and sneakers. She could still pass for her early 60&#39;s, and is distinguished looking, she is also a bit of a wildcard, she is laughing at something she is reading. She is sitting on the couch across from the one Susan is on, with another woman. She leans over to the other woman and shows her the passage she is laughing at.<br />BETTY, is in her early 50&#39;s, she is also wearing jeans, but she has on high heels, and a silk blouse, she has medium length blonde hair and an arresting smile, and is a girl next door type. She reads the passage and she too laughs heartily.<br />A phone rings.<br />Susan puts down her tea, and gets up off the couch to answer it. She walks to a small table by the door which has the phone on it.<br />SUSAN<br />Hello.<br />DIANA (VO)<br />Hi, Mom. I&#39;m engaged.<br />Susan rolls her eyes, and looks to her husband Robert. Robert has stopped his search for the book and is watching his wife.<br />SUSAN<br />Really. Who to this time?<br />DIANA (VO)<br />Aaron of course. He asked me tonight.<br />Susan is trying to be enthusiastic but is failing miserably. She signals for Robert to join her.<br />SUSAN<br />Aaron of course. So did you set a date this time?<br />DIANA (VO)<br />Yes. We&#39;re getting married on my birthday next year.<br />Susan is shocked out of her complacency.<br />SUSAN<br />Your actually serious this time? That&#39;s only...<br />Susan starts counting to herself on her fingers.<br />SUSAN (cont&#39;d)<br />nine months away. Congratulations. That&#39;s wonderful. We&#39;ll have to have the whole family for dinner to celebrate.<br />DIANA (VO)<br />That&#39;s sounds great, but uhm, are you going to invite them?<br />Susans&#39; excitement is quelled and her attitude becomes defensive.<br />SUSAN<br />Of course I am. He&#39;s your brother.<br />ext. cafe Les Hommes-night<br />Jarred and Brian are walking out of the cafe. They are holding hands and talking. They turn left down the street passing by the patio they just left. As they pass the building there is a small alley way.<br />ext. alley way next to cafe les hommes-night<br />In the alley is a group of five college age BOYS. They are dressed in black and cannot be easily seen. They are standing in silence. One of the boys signals the others to follow behind Jarred and Brian.<br />ext. castro street-night<br />Jarred and Brian reach the street corner. They turn left onto a quiet street without much traffic or light.<br />The boys are following a short distance behind. Trying to blend in with the crowd on the street.<br />ext. quiet street-night<br />Jarred and Brian are nearing what appears to be an empty lot.<br />The boys are close behind Jarred and Brian. The leader signals for them to move closer. He also pulls out a black knit ski mask hat, and puts it on. The others do the same.<br />ext. parking lot-night<br />Jarred and Brian have entered the empty lot. We see that it is a parking lot full of cars. It is only lit by the street lamp on the curb.<br />The five boys start running into the parking lot.<br />Just as Jarred is about to insert the key into the lock of his car, the five boys attack grabbing Jarred by the arm and punching Brian in the face.<br /><br />BOY 1<br />Fucking faggots!<br />BOY 2<br />We&#39;re gonna kill you queers!<br />Two of the boys throw Jarred to the ground and start pounding on him. Jarred is fighting to get free but he is unable to loose their grip.<br />The other three have Brian bent backwards over the hood of the car. Two are holding him down while the other continually beats him with his fists.<br />Jarred manages to get free from the two beating on him. He scrambles to get up and go to Brian, but just as he starts running around the car one of the boys kicks his legs out from under him. He trips and falls hitting his head on the car on the way down knocking him out.<br />The two guys that were attacking Jarred join their friends in beating on Brian. Brian is still being held on the hood of the car, he is barely conscious.<br />ext. parking lot-night<br />A group of MEN turn into the parking lot. They see the commotion. One of them screams. The others run to help Brian and Jarred.<br />MAN 1<br />Call the police!<br /><br />The man who screamed goes running for the phone.<br />The five boys hear the men and take off at a run. The leader lags behind for a last punch.<br />One of the men reaches him just as he turns to leave. The man grabs him and rips off the ski mask.<br />The boy is Aaron, he is startled but punches the man in the stomach. The man loses his grip and hunches over. Aaron takes off running after his friends. Sirens can be heard coming in the b.g.<br />ext. san francisco memorial hospital-night<br />An ambulance with flashing sirens pulls up to the emergency room entrance.<br />Susan, Robert, Lila, and Betty come running up to the doors. They are stopped from entering by the PARAMEDICS unloading their PATIENT. The paramedics pass through the doors, and the four people run in right behind them.<br />int. san francisco memorial hospital-night<br />The paramedics run the stretcher through the double doors to the emergency room.<br />Susan, Robert, Lila, and Betty are stopped from following by a NURSE at the registration desk.<br />NURSE<br />You can&#39;t go in there!<br />Susan turns towards the voice and goes running for the registration desk. She is panting and out of breath.<br />SUSAN<br />Where&#39;s my son?<br />The nurse starts flipping through charts. Susan is clutching at the collar of her coat near her heart.<br />SUSAN (cont&#39;d)<br />Where is my son damn it!<br />The nurse looks up from the chart she is holding.<br />NURSE<br />His name?<br />Robert comes up alongside his wife who is frantic. He appears calm. Betty and Lila join them.<br />ROBERT<br />Brian, Brian Jamison.<br />The nurse starts shuffling charts around again. She finds the one she is looking for and spends a few seconds scanning it.<br />NURSE<br />Your son is still in with the doctor. We don&#39;t have any information yet. If you would like there is a waiting room over there.<br />The nurse points to the right and Susan follows her finger.<br />susans pov<br />Through the doorway of the waiting room we see Eve,(36) a beautiful woman and her husband John (38) a handsome business man type.<br />back to shot<br />Susan takes off at a run into the waiting room tailed closely by Robert, Betty, and Lila.<br />int. waiting room-night<br />Susan comes into the room and stops right in front of Eve.<br />SUSAN<br />Is he okay? Have you heard anything? What happened? My God. What happened?<br />Eve reaches out for her husband. He squeezes her tightly. Tears are streaming down her face.<br />EVE<br />I don&#39;t know what&#39;s happening. We&#39;re waiting for the doctor.<br />Robert reaches up and squeezes Susans&#39; shoulder to reassure her.<br />ROBERT<br />Why don&#39;t we all sit down.<br />They all sit in chairs facing each other as if they were foes, except for Lila. Lila continues to stand, she is smiling and in good spirits.<br />LILA<br />Who wants some coffee?<br />Susan looks up at her mother as if she has two heads.<br />SUSAN<br />Mom, what&#39;s wrong with you? Your grandson was attacked and your thinking about coffee.<br />Lila shrugs her shoulders.<br />LILA<br />What should I do sit here and mope. He&#39;s a strong boy. He&#39;ll be alright and until I hear different, everything goes on as normal.<br />Susan throws up her hands in frustration. John gets up and holds out his hand to Lila.<br />JOHN<br />Nana, I&#39;ll help you with the coffee. Matter of fact my treat.<br />Lila takes John&#39;s hand and smiles brightly.<br />LILA<br />It&#39;s been along time since a gorgeous young man bought me a drink.<br />Lila winks at him. John smiles back.<br />JOHN<br />For a babe like you I&#39;d buy the moon.<br />Lila throws her head back in laughter, then looks to her granddaughter.<br />LILA<br />Don&#39;t worry Eve. I&#39;ll bring him back in one piece.<br />Eve chuckles a little while wiping tears from her eyes. Betty picks up a magazine and starts flipping through the pages. Susan turns her face into Roberts shoulder she is sobbing.<br />JOHN<br />Come on Nana, let&#39;s go.<br />Just as they start to walk out of the doorway, Jarred is brought into the waiting room in a wheel chair. His right arm is in a sling and his face is badly bruised and cut.<br />The atmosphere of the room changes. The smiles are gone. Everyone is tense. Susan senses the change and looks up. The second she sees Jarred, she jumps up from her seat and goes to him.<br />SUSAN<br />Where&#39;s Brian? How is he? What happened?<br />Jarred tries to get up out of the wheel chair, he is to weak from the fight and pain killers. Tears start falling from his eyes.<br />JARRED<br />He&#39;s back there.<br />Jarred signals the direction with his head.<br />Susan starts biting her well manicured nails.<br />JARRED (cont&#39;d)<br />I heard the doctors talking about x-rays and surgery. They wouldn&#39;t tell me anything. They wouldn&#39;t even let me see him.<br />Jarred completely breaks down, sobbing heavily.<br />Lila walks to him. She reaches out her hand to his shoulder. She then bends to him and lovingly hugs him.<br />LILA<br />It&#39;ll be alright. Now stop that whaling and come with John and me to get a cup of coffee. We&#39;ll leave these saps to worry about him.<br />Jarred weak and exhausted from the ordeal just shakes his head yes.<br />Lila gets up and moves to the back of the wheel chair, signaling John to join her.<br />John walks to her side.<br />Lila turns the wheel chair around to face the door.<br />Susan is seething at her mothers&#39; cavalier attitude. She is standing with her mouth agape as if she is about to start talking.<br />The rest of the family returns to their seats.<br />Just as Lila is about to pass through the doorway, she turns back to face Susan.<br />LILA (cont&#39;d)<br />Close your mouth dear, before someone sticks something in it.<br />Susan closes her mouth.<br />Lila turns back to the wheel chair.<br />LILA (cont&#39;d)<br />I wonder how fast this thing can go.<br />John gently grabs Lila by the arm.<br />JOHN<br />Don&#39;t you think he&#39;s had enough trauma for one night.<br />Lila just laughs him off and exits the room with Mike following.<br />int. wAITING ROOM-later<br />All are sitting around sipping on coffee. They are starting to look tired.<br />Jarred has fallen asleep in the wheel chair. Betty is reading another magazine. Eve is asleep against John&#39;s shoulder. Lila and Susan are having a staring contest, Susan is obviously angry, Lila is just trying to get a reaction from her. Robert has his head leaned back against the wall, he is asleep and suddenly starts snoring, loudly.<br />Lila hears the snore and loses the staring contest, when she bursts into laughter. The quiet of the room is broken and the others look up or wake up to see what is happening.<br />waiting room door<br />A WOMAN DOCTOR in green scrubs comes up to the waiting room doorway.<br />DOCTOR<br />Mr. and Mrs. Jamison?<br />Susan jumps up from her seat, shouting.<br />SUSAN<br />Yes, that&#39;s us.<br />DOCTOR<br />Your son is okay. He has three broken ribs, his right wrist is sprained, he has a broken leg, and a lot of bruises and cuts.<br />Susan and the rest of the room visibly relax. Susan lets out a sigh of relief.<br />SUSAN<br />Why did it take so long.<br />The woman looks at Susan and wipes her brow.<br />DOCTOR<br />He had a collapsed lung. We thought it might have been punctured and an operation would have been necessary, but we were able to take care of it without surgery.<br />Susan collapses into the chair nearest her.<br />Robert moves forward.<br />ROBERT<br />How soon till he can come home?<br />The Doctor turns her attention to Robert.<br />DOCTOR<br />He can go home tomorrow. We want to keep him overnight to make sure he&#39;s alright.<br />Robert reaches his hand out to the Doctor and shakes her hand.<br />ROBERT<br />Thank you, Doctor. We appreciate it.<br />The Doctor turns and leaves the room. Everyone returns to their respective seats. Lila grins widely.<br />LILA<br />I told you he&#39;d be all right. He&#39;s a fighter that one.<br />Susan turns her head in her mothers direction and glares at her. She decides to leave things alone and turns her attention to Robert.<br />SUSAN<br />Well, now we need to make arrangements for a nurse. He can stay in his old room of course. Oh and Jarred if you need anything you can call us anytime.<br />Eve who is sitting quietly behind her husband, looks appalled.<br />EVE<br />Mother what are you talking about?<br />Susan gets up and goes to Eve.<br />SUSAN<br />Taking care of your brother.<br />Eve stands up.<br />EVE<br />In your house? I don&#39;t think so.<br />Susan backs up a step, and uses a commanding voice.<br />SUSAN<br />Yes, in my house. Why? Is there a problem with that?<br />Eve steps towards her mother, and uses a sarcastic tone.<br />EVE<br />Absolutely. What happens to Jarred?<br />Susan nonchalantly.<br />SUSAN<br />He stays in the apartment.<br />Eve, getting angry.<br />EVE<br />That&#39;s the problem. They&#39;re a couple mother and they are going to want to be with each other after this. So, they can both come to my house, and I&#39;ll take care of them.<br />Susan looking offended.<br />SUSAN<br />They are not a couple. They&#39;re two boys playing games with each other. Now your brother will come home with me.<br />Eve blows her stack.<br />EVE<br />(shouting)<br />Don&#39;t be a Bitch.(beat) They&#39;re staying at my house. I can take care of them both.<br /><br />SUSAN<br />(shouting)<br />(beat) How dare you call me a bitch. You can&#39;t take care of yourself let alone them.<br /><br />EVE<br />At least with me they&#39;ll get treated with respect. Unlike with you, where Jarred isn&#39;t even allowed to enter the house.<br />SUSAN<br />I won&#39;t respect something that&#39;s wrong. Jarred not my son, let his mother take care of him.<br /><br />EVE<br />If you really cared about your son, you would love him for who he is.<br />SUSAN<br />I care about son, I just want him to be normal. I&#39;m a great mother.<br />EVE<br />You&#39;re a lousy mother!<br /><br />Susan slaps Eve across the face. John gets in front of his wife, he is pissed. Robert pulls Susan back.<br />ROBERT<br />Why don&#39;t we let Brian decide for himself tomorrow?<br />Susan stands down, Robert lets her go. John turns to his wife and kisses the cheek she was hit on. Lila gets up walks over to Eve and hugs her.<br />LILA<br />(loud)<br />Congratulations! You finally stood up to the bitch.<br />Susan&#39;s mouth drops open.<br />SUSAN<br />(loudly,shocked)<br />Mother!<br />int. hospital room-morning<br />The blinds on the windows are closed, and the lights are off. Brian is lying in the bed asleep. His face is badly bruised, there are bandages around his chest, and his arm is in a sling. The blanket has slid down to his waist.<br />In walks MIKE,(37) a muscular, but trim man with dark hair. He is dressed like a construction worker. Mike is accompanied by JENNY (35) his wife, A good looking woman with brown hair, she is dressed casually. Their kids SARAH (16) and SAM (15), Sarah is a tomboy type with brown hair, Sam is a slight nerd, dressed preppy style with brown hair.<br />Mike goes to the window and opens the blinds. Bright sunlight blasts into the room.<br />MIKE<br />Hey, little bro. Wakey, wakey time.<br />Brian opens his eyes slightly.<br />BRIAN<br />Hey, Mike. What&#39;s up?<br />Jenny smiles and walks to Brians&#39; bedside.<br />JENNY<br />Did you get the license number of the truck that hit you, or were you pretending to be superman again?<br />Brian laughs, but grabs his ribs with his free hand.<br />BRIAN<br />Jen it hurts too much to laugh.<br />Jen looks somewhat abashed, but then she smiles brightly.<br />JENNY<br />The kids brought you presents. Sarah wanted to bring you a carburetor, but I talked her into a teddy bear.<br />Sarah walks over to Brian, she is carrying a little teddy bear that is bandaged up. She looks at her mother disgusted.<br />SARAH<br />Mom lay off would you? (beat) Hey Uncle Bri. Nice shiner.<br />Brian looks to Sarah.<br />BRIAN<br />Hey girl, how ya been?<br />Sarah hands him the teddy bear.<br />SARAH<br />Better than you apparently.<br />Sam walks over.<br />SAM<br />Hello Uncle Brian. I brought you some flowers.<br />Brian attempts a smile at Sam.<br />BRIAN<br />Thanks, Sammy, could you put them in some water.<br />Sam grabs a pitcher sitting on the bedside table and goes to fill it with water.<br />Mike sits down in a chair near the bed.<br />MIKE<br />Seriously, Brian. Did you see who did this to you?<br />Brian thinks for a minute.<br />BRIAN<br />No. They were wearing masks.<br />Sam comes back and puts the pitcher on the bed. Jenny and Mike exchange glances.<br />JENNY<br />Hey kids, why don&#39;t you go downstairs and keep a lookout for grandma and Aunt Eve.<br />Sam and Sarah each kiss Brian on the cheek.<br />SAM AND SARAH<br />See ya later Uncle Brian.<br />Sam and Sarah leave the room.<br />Mike looks at Brian, and sighs.<br />MIKE<br />Mom called last night after they got home from here. It seems she and Eve are fighting over custody of you.<br />Brian groans and looks at Jenny.<br />JENNY<br />Eve took Jarred to her house. Susan is on the warpath though. She thinks you and Jarred need to be separated.<br />Brian groans again.<br />BRIAN<br />She knows I want to be with Jarred. Eve took him in?<br />Mike nods his head yes.<br />MIKE<br />Yeah, She&#39;s planning on having you too. Seems our sister suddenly developed a backbone.<br />Brian laughs a little.<br />BRIAN<br />She&#39;s always been my protector. She really stood up to Mom? Wow, wish I&#39;d have seen that.<br />Jenny takes Brians good hand.<br />JENNY<br />You know, you and Jarred are welcome to stay with us. Out of the line of fire.<br />Brian attempts another smile.<br />BRIAN<br />I know. Thanks, but I&#39;ll stay with Eve. I don&#39;t want to miss any of the action. Besides it&#39;ll drive Mom crazy.<br />Mike and Jenny both laugh. Mike pats Brians leg.<br />MIKE<br />You&#39;ve always liked to live dangerously. Well, we just thought we&#39;d warn you. We gotta get going. If you need anything just call.<br />BRIAN<br />Thanks, I will.<br />Mike and Jenny get up and leave the room.<br />Brian is in thought, subconsciously he hugs the teddy bear like a little boy.<br />Int. hospital room-morning-later<br />A NURSE is standing next to Brians&#39; bed taking his temperature and checking his pulse.<br />Susan comes sailing into the room. She has a huge smile and is carrying a large bouquet of flowers with balloons.<br />SUSAN<br />Good morning sunshine. I&#39;m glad to see your up. I spoke with the Doctor and she said that you&#39;ll be out in a couple of hours.<br />Brian nods his head in assent with the thermometer still in his mouth. The nurse releases his hand and makes a note on his chart.<br />Susan continues speaking at a rapid fire pace.<br />SUSAN (cont&#39;d)<br />I bet you&#39;ll be glad to get out of here. I have your old room all ready for you. Dad and I are going to hire a nurse to help you out.(beat) Oh, Dad says hi. He would have been here but he had a meeting at the club he couldn&#39;t get out of.(beat)(beat) Jarred is fine. He&#39;s at Eves&#39; and she&#39;ll take care of him.<br />Brian is looking at the nurse with a pained expression on his face. The nurse is smiling, while looking at her watch.<br />NURSE<br />Just a few more seconds. (beat)Now.<br />The Nurse removes the thermometer from Brians&#39; mouth. She makes a quick note on Brians chart. Then leaves the room.<br />BRIAN<br />Mom, Mike and Jenny were here already, they told me about your plans. I appreciate what your doing, but I&#39;m going to stay at Eves&#39;.<br />Susans&#39; smile disappears, she looks annoyed.<br />SUSAN<br />That figures. Your brother always sides with her. Why? I don&#39;t know. What can she do that I can&#39;t?<br />BRIAN<br />No, it&#39;s not that. I just want to be with Jarred.<br />Susan is getting angry.<br />SUSAN<br />How can you continue to act that way?<br />Brian is upset by his mothers&#39; question.<br />BRIAN<br />It&#39;s not an act. I&#39;m gay, and I love Jarred. When are you going to accept that?<br />Susan loses her temper.<br />SUSAN<br />Never! I can&#39;t accept sitting up at night worrying if your okay or not. Look at what happened to you. You want me to accept your getting attacked over this. I won&#39;t.<br />Brian turns his face to avoid looking at Susan.<br />BRIAN<br />That&#39;s why I&#39;m staying at Eves&#39;.<br />Susan is furious.<br />SUSAN<br />Fine, stay with your sister. I don&#39;t care what happens to you anymore.<br />Susan storms out of the room.<br />Brian lays in the bed tears are falling down his bruised cheek.<br />Int. eves&#39; house-upstairs guestroom-night<br />Eve and John are helping Brian get into bed next to Jarred.<br />EVE<br />I can&#39;t believe how long it took for that Doctor to release you.<br />Brian is settling himself next to Jarred.<br />Jarred leans over and kisses Brian on the cheek.<br />JOHN<br />We won&#39;t be having any of that going on here. At least not until you&#39;ve healed a little.<br />Jarred smiles sheepishly.<br />JARRED<br />I&#39;m too tired anyway. I couldn&#39;t sleep last night.<br />Brian grabs Jarreds&#39; good hand with his good hand.<br />BRIAN<br />I&#39;m here now.<br />Brian looks at John and smiles tentatively.<br />BRIAN (cont&#39;d)<br />We&#39;ll behave. I promise.<br />Eve tucks them in like she would little boys, placing the teddy bear from the hospital in between them.<br />EVE<br />If you need anything let us know. We&#39;ll check in every so often.<br />John looks longingly at his wife.<br />JOHN<br />I don&#39;t know about these two, but I&#39;m starved.<br />Eve turns to leave the room.<br />EVE<br />I&#39;ll have dinner ready in a little while. John if you get the TV trays we can all eat in here.<br />JOHN<br />Sounds good to me.<br />Eve leaves the room.<br />John turns to follow her. He looks back.<br />JOHN<br />Are you two sure your okay?<br />Jarred looks at Brian then to John.<br />JARRED<br />Yeah. We&#39;re okay. (beat)Now.<br />John leaves the room.<br />Jarred looks to Brian and pulls him close.<br />JARRED (cont&#39;d)<br />Are you sure you&#39;re okay?<br />Brian nods his head yes.<br />BRIAN<br />Yeah. I&#39;m sore, but I&#39;ll live. How about you?<br />Jarred leans his head on Brians&#39; chest.<br />JARRED<br />I was so scared. I wanted to protect you and I couldn&#39;t. Then in the emergency room, they wouldn&#39;t tell me...<br />Jarred starts crying.<br />Brian leans down and kisses the top of Jarreds&#39; head.<br />BRIAN<br />It&#39;s okay. I know you would&#39;ve taken care of me. We were outnumbered. That&#39;s all.<br />Jarred lifts his head.<br />JARRED<br />I&#39;m sorry babe. I won&#39;t ever let you down again.<br />Brian smiles slightly.<br />BRIAN<br />You never let me down. Now why don&#39;t you tell me about my sister and mother fighting. That had to be something.<br />int. eves house-kitchen-night<br />Eve is standing in front of the stove. Pot couple of pots are boiling.<br />John is bringing TV trays in from a door to the side of the stove.<br />DAN (17) well built with short dark hair and Kevin (14) thin with blonde hair are getting dishes out of the cupboards.<br />KEVIN<br />How long are Uncle Brian and Uncle Jarred gonna stay?<br />Eve turns to face her son.<br />EVE<br />A few weeks. And it&#39;s go ing.<br />Dan laughs at his little brother.<br />DAN<br />Yeah squirt.<br />(mocking fathers voice)<br />Speak properly or don&#39;t speak at all.<br />KEVIN<br />Shut up Dan.<br />John looks over to Eve rolling his eyes.<br />JOHN<br />Hey, Kevin how bout helping me?<br />KEVIN<br />all right.<br />int. susan and roberts house-kitchen-night<br />Susan, Robert, Lila, and Betty are sitting around the kitchen table eating dinner.<br />SUSAN<br />Can you believe he wanted to be there?<br />Robert drops his fork.<br />ROBERT<br />Suzy if that&#39;s what he wants it&#39;s his business. He&#39;s an adult.<br />Susan looks at Robert angrily.<br />SUSAN<br />He&#39;s a boy pretending to have a life with another boy. Are you going to tell me that you agree with it?<br />Robert sighs deeply.<br />ROBERT<br />No I don&#39;t agree with it. I also know that fighting him will only make his resolve stronger.<br />Lila flings some mashed potatoes off her fork into Roberts face.<br />LILA<br />You two act like it&#39;s some temporary phase. He&#39;s gay, a fairy, a queen, a fag...<br />Susan pounds her hand on the table.<br />SUSAN<br />Mother, would you please stop that. Brian is not gay. He&#39;s just doing this to aggravate me. The same way he&#39;s staying at Eves&#39; to aggravate me.<br />Betty finishing her dinner, looks up at Susan and in innocence says.<br />BETTY<br />If it bothers you so much. Why don&#39;t you go to Eves&#39; first thing tomorrow morning and make sure he&#39;s being taken care of.<br />Susan contemplates Bettys&#39; suggestion for a minute. She then smiles and laughs.<br />SUSAN<br />Betty, that&#39;s a good idea.<br />int. eves house-guest bedroom-night-later<br />Brian is sitting up in bed reading a book. Jarred is asleep next to him. There is only a soft light coming from a lamp next to the bed.<br />Dan enters the room, standing by the door.<br />Brian looks up from his book to Dan.<br />BRIAN<br />Hey, Dan. What&#39;s up?<br />Dan looks at his feet, then back up to Brian.<br />DAN<br />Nothing, I... I just wanted to see how you&#39;re doing.<br />Brian puts the book down.<br />BRIAN<br />I hurt all over, but it&#39;s getting better.<br />Dan stands at the door staring at Brian.<br />BRIAN (cont&#39;d)<br />Are you sure there isn&#39;t anything else?<br />Dan bites his lip, again looking down at his feet.<br />DAN<br />I (beat) I was (beat) I (beat) I wanted to know how you knew you were in love.<br />Brian is momentarily stunned.<br />BRIAN<br />As long as it&#39;s nothing complicated. (beat)<br />Listen for me it was simple. When all I could think of was Jarred, and I only wanted to be with him and no one else. I knew I loved him. It may not be that easy for you.<br />Dan looks up at Brian.<br />DAN<br />Thanks Uncle Bri. Goodnight.<br />Dan leaves the room.<br />Int. diana&#39;s dorm room-morning<br />Diana is on the phone and trying to get dressed at the same time.<br />DIANA<br />Yes... Okay mom... Mom I will... Yes.<br />There is a knock on the door.<br />DIANA (cont&#39;d)<br />Mom I gotta go. Aarons at the door... I will... Okay, see you at Eve&#39;s on Sunday.<br />Diana hangs up the phone. The she answers the door. She is still half dressed.<br />DIANA (cont&#39;d)<br />Hey hon. I&#39;ll only be a minute.<br />Aaron steps into the room and grabs Diana, turning her around and giving her a deep, passionate kiss.<br />AARON<br />I like your outfit.<br />Diana smiles and turns toward the bed, where her shirt is laying.<br />DIANA<br />I&#39;m sure, but Professor Morris won&#39;t.<br />AARON<br />So let&#39;s skip class.<br />Diana giggles. Aaron starts rubbing her shoulders.<br />DIANA<br />He&#39;ll hate that even more.<br />She pulls her shirt over her head blocking Aaron&#39;s kiss.<br />Aaron drops his arms to his sides.<br />AARON<br />All right. We&#39;ll go to class. (beat) What&#39;re we doing this weekend?<br />Diana drops herself onto the bed and sounding depressed.<br />DIANA<br />Saturday we can do whatever, but I promised my mother we&#39;d have dinner with my family.<br />Aaron sits down beside Diana on the bed.<br />AARON<br />Okay. But why act like it&#39;s a funeral? I want to meet your folks.<br />Diana jumps off the bed.<br />DIANA<br />No you don&#39;t. Come on we&#39;re gonna be late.<br />ext. mike and Jenny&#39;s house-Morning<br />We see Mike and Jenny&#39;s house. The garage door is open and there is someone leaned over the exposed engine of an old Camaro.<br />int. mike and Jenny&#39;s garage-Morning<br />Sam enters the garage from a door connecting it to the house. He walks to the front of the car.<br />SAM<br />What&#39;cha doin?<br />Sarah straightens up from the engine. Her face and hands are covered in grease.<br />SARAH<br />Trying to get this darn car working.<br />Sam leans over and looks at the engine.<br />SAM<br />Mom wants you to come in for breakfast.<br />Sarah wipes her hand across her brow, smearing the grease on her forehead.<br />SARAH<br />Tell her I&#39;ll be there in a minute.<br />Sam turns and leaves the garage.<br />Sarah returns to her work on the car.<br />int. mike and Jenny&#39;s kitchen-Morning<br />Mike is sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper.<br />Jenny is on the phone.<br />JENNY<br />We will I promise. Seven o&#39;clock Sunday. Okay (beat) bye.<br />Jenny hangs up the phone. She acts exhausted.<br />JENNY (cont&#39;d)<br />Your mother is a real pain.<br />Mike continues reading his paper.<br />Sam sits down at the table quietly.<br />MIKE<br />Can&#39;t argue with that.<br />Jenny moves to the table.<br />JENNY<br />Sam, did you tell your sister?<br />SAM<br />She said she&#39;d be in, in a minute.<br />Jenny turns towards Mike and pulls down his newspaper.<br />JENNY<br />Did you know Diana&#39;s engaged again?<br />Mike looks at Jenny questioningly.<br />MIKE<br />Really, what&#39;s his name?<br />JENNY<br />Aaron. And get this. The family is going to meet him at dinner this Sunday at Eves&#39; house.<br />Mike laughs.<br />MIKE<br />Well that&#39;s a first. She must like this one.<br />Jenny in an exaggerated ominous voice.<br />JENNY<br />They even set a date.<br />(normal voice, giggling)<br />This is what? Her sixth engagement.<br />MIKE<br />No. I think this is seven. But at least we get to meet this one.<br />JENNY<br />You hope. We have almost a week till then. They could break up.<br />Mike stops laughing.<br />MIKE<br />I just thought of something.<br />Jenny stops laughing.<br />JENNY<br />What?<br />MIKE<br />You think mom bothered to tell Eve that she&#39;s having us all for dinner.<br />Jenny reacts shocked.<br />JENNY<br />No. Your mother wouldn&#39;t do something that obnoxious. Would she?<br />MIKE<br />She might. She was pretty angry the other night.<br />Jenny shrugs her shoulders.<br />JENNY<br />Well I&#39;ll make sure Eve knows.<br />(beat)<br />Would you get your daughter?<br />Mike gets out of the chair<br />MIKE<br />Yeah, I&#39;ll get the motorhead.<br />JENNY<br />I&#39;m beginning to worry about her.<br />MIKE<br />What are you worried about?<br />JENNY<br />All she thinks about are cars.<br />MIKE<br />So?<br />JENNY<br />She&#39;s sixteen. She should be boy crazy.<br />MIKE<br />Don&#39;t go rushing my little girl to the alter. She&#39;ll come around.<br />Mike goes to the garage door and opens it.<br />MIKE<br />Sarah, get your butt in here and get ready for school now.<br />SARAH (VO)<br />I&#39;m coming. I&#39;m coming.<br />The sound of a car hood slamming is heard. Moments later Sarah enters the kitchen squeezing by Mike.<br />SARAH (cont&#39;d)<br />What is your problem? I have plenty of time.<br />Jenny looks at Sarah frustrated.<br />JENNY<br />Look at you. You&#39;re covered in grease.<br />Sarah rubs her nose, smearing grease on her upper lip.<br />SARAH<br />So what? It washes off.<br />JENNY<br />Well good. Go wash it off then.<br />ext. taft high school-morning-later<br />There are students walking in the doors of the school. Many are just milling about in front. Groups are talking, playing games, or just hanging out.<br />Dan is with BILLY the popular first baseman of the schools baseball team. They are sitting on the steps in front of the doors.<br />Sarah and Sam get off the school bus parked in front of the school.<br />Sarah spots Dan and Billy and starts walking towards them.<br />Sam follows behind.<br />Sarah reaches Dan and Billy. She glances at Billy quickly, then focuses on Dan.<br />SARAH<br />Hey cuz. What&#39;s up?<br />DAN<br />Nothing. Why the bus? Still can&#39;t get that heap running?<br />Sarahs&#39; shoulders drop, in frustration.<br />SARAH<br />I just can&#39;t get the carburetor working right.<br />Billy looks surprised that Sarah is working on a car.<br />BILLY<br />You work on cars?<br />Sarahs&#39; attention turns to Billy. She is defensive.<br />Dan is staring at Billy.<br />Sam is looking around ignoring them.<br />SARAH<br />Got a problem?<br />BILLY<br />No. I like to fix cars too. Maybe I can help you.<br />Sarah looks Billy up and down, but says nonchalantly.<br />SARAH<br />Cool.<br />Sarah returns her attention to Dan.<br />SARAH (cont&#39;d)<br />Think you could give me a ride home?<br />Dan is startled and turns to Sarah, he is hesitant.<br />DAN<br />I have practice till four.<br />SARAH<br />That&#39;s okay. I have to do some research for a paper.<br />DAN<br />Okay. I&#39;ll meet you in the library.<br />SARAH<br />I&#39;ll just meet you by the locker room.<br />DAN<br />Okay see ya then. Oh hey, Sam you wanna ride too?<br />Sam turns his attention to Dan.<br />SAM<br />No, I&#39;ll take the bus.<br />DAN<br />Okay, whatever.<br />(beat)<br />See ya at four.<br />Sarah and Sam head into the school.<br />Int. taft high school-hallway-morning<br />Sam and Sarah are walking down the hallway.<br />SAM<br />You like Billy.<br />Sarah looks startled and stops walking. She grabs Sams&#39; arm and stops him.<br />SARAH<br />Why ya say that?<br />SAM<br />Usually you talk to everybody, but you ignore him.<br />SARAH<br />Do you think he knows?<br />SAM<br />No. He only likes baseball. I gotta get to class.<br />Sam takes off down the hall. Sarah stares after him for a second then heads down a side corridor to her class.<br />ext. locker room entrance-3:45p.m.<br />Sarah is standing outside the Locker room door pacing.<br />Int. locker room-3:45p.m.<br />Dan and Billy are cleaning and stowing the baseball equipment. Billy is standing by the storage locker holding a bat. Dan is sitting on a bench in front of it polishing a batters helmet.<br />DAN<br />I can&#39;t believe the coach is making me do this because of a couple of bad pitches.<br />BILLY<br />You know his rule. Be at your best, or clean the mess.<br />DAN<br />I know.<br />(beat)<br />Thanks for helping.<br />Billy puts the bat he is holding into the storage locker. He then sits down beside Dan on the bench.<br />Dan puts the helmet aside.<br />BILLY<br />No sweat.<br />ext. locker room-later<br />Sarah looks at her watch and then at the locker room door.<br />She leans back against the wall.<br />SARAH<br />Screw it.<br />Sarah stands up and slowly goes into the locker room door.<br />int. locker room-later<br />Sarah comes through the locker room door. She looks around and sees that no one is there.<br />Sarah continues into the locker room. She hears MUFFLED VOICES towards the back of the locker room. She heads in the direction of the voices slowly and quietly.<br />Sarah reaches the last set of lockers. There is a mirror hanging on the wall that is angled to see the storage locker. Sarah can see Dan and Billy sitting on the bench. She stops where she is and listens to their conversation.<br />dan and billy<br />BILLY<br />You gotta admit, you sucked today.<br />DAN<br />Yeah, I&#39;ve had some things on my mind.<br />Billy raises an eyebrow in question.<br />BILLY<br />Such as?<br />Dan with an evil grin.<br />DAN<br />Such as this.<br />Dan leans in and kisses Billy on the mouth. Billy kisses him back.<br />sarah<br />Sarah stares into the mirror watching them kiss. She is horrified.<br />She turns and leaves the locker room.<br />ext. mike and Jenny&#39;s house-later<br />Dans&#39; car a late model Ford Escort pulls up in front of the house.<br />Sarah jumps out of the car and goes running into the house.<br />int. mike and JenNYS&#39; HOUSE<br />Sarah runs up stairs to her bedroom and slams the door shut.<br />living room<br />Jenny and Betty are in the living room. Jenny is on the phone.<br />JENNY<br />Sunday at seven... I know that&#39;s why I am... I&#39;ll come early and help you... Why don&#39;t you just tell her your going to school again?... I&#39;ll be there around three... bye.<br />Jenny hangs up the phone at sighs.<br />Betty looks at here inquiringly.<br />BETTY<br />Sue didn&#39;t tell her.<br />JENNY<br />No.<br />BETTY<br />Why do you and Mike put up with all the garbage?<br />JENNY<br />Because we can give it all to you. Was that Sarah?<br />BETTY<br />Yeah, I think I&#39;ll go say hello.<br />Betty gets up from the couch and goes upstairs.<br />int. hallway in front of Sarahs&#39; bedroom door<br />Betty knocks on the door. Then she just opens it and walks in.<br />int. sarahs&#39; bedroom<br />Sarahs&#39; room is furnished in all white with a large canopy bed. The walls are covered with posters of heavy metal bands, the floor is covered with different car magazines and clothing.<br />Sarah is lying on her unmade bed, face down.<br />Betty closes the door behind her.<br />BETTY<br />What&#39;s his name?<br />Sarah looks up at Betty.<br />SARAH<br />Leave me alone.<br />Betty goes to the bed and sits down, after moving a greasy cloth from the bed.<br />BETTY<br />Come on Sarah. Tell your old Aunt Betty what&#39;s wrong.<br />SARAH<br />Nothing. Just leave me alone.<br />BETTY<br />It&#39;s a boy. I&#39;ll bet he real cute and doesn&#39;t even know your alive. Right.<br />Sarah turns over and sits up on the bed.<br />SARAH<br />No. He knows I&#39;m alive. I just saw him kissing someone else.<br />BETTY<br />Oh? Does he know your like him?<br />SARAH<br />No.<br />BETTY<br />Well then you gotta let him know. You can get his attention away from the other girl.<br />SARAH<br />I don&#39;t think so.<br />BETTY<br />Sure you can. I&#39;ll help you.<br />SARAH<br />I don&#39;t think you can help me with this.<br />Betty pats Sarah on the leg and gets up off the bed.<br />BETTY<br />Well, if you change your mind you know where to reach me.<br />Betty leaves the room.<br />int. living room<br />Betty enters the living room.<br />Jenny looks up at her.<br />JENNY<br />So how&#39;s she doing?<br />Betty has a big grin on her face.<br />BETTY<br />She&#39;s suffering her first crush.<br />Jenny getting excited.<br />JENNY<br />Really! I was beginning to wonder if she would ever like boys.<br />Sam enters the living room.<br />JENNY (cont&#39;d)<br />Did she tell you who?<br />BETTY<br />No. Only that he was with someone else.<br />Jenny loses her excitement.<br />JENNY<br />Oh no. She didn&#39;t say anything else.<br />BETTY<br />No. I wish I knew who it was.<br />Sam looks at Jenny and Betty.<br />SAM<br />She likes Billy. But Billy&#39;s always with Dan.<br />Jenny and Betty both get excited.<br />BETTY<br />That&#39;s great if he&#39;s friends with Dan. Then Dan can help us get them together.<br />Sam shrugs his shoulders.<br />SAM<br />I don&#39;t think he&#39;ll help. Dan likes him too.<br />Jenny turns her head sharply to glare at Sam.<br />JENNY<br />Sam! Don&#39;t be ridiculous. Dan&#39;s not like that.<br />Sam shrugs his shoulders again.<br />SAM<br />If you say so.<br />int. eves house- den-morning<br />Eve is sitting in front of a computer typing. She glances at a book sitting on the desk to verify a fact.<br />Susan comes in the front door.<br />SUSAN<br />Hello.<br />Eve continues at the computer.<br />Susan enters the den.<br />SUSAN (cont&#39;d)<br />(sarcastically)<br />Hello... Hi mom, nice to see you.<br />Eve looks up at her mother.<br />EVE<br />Hi mom, thanks for inviting the family to dinner at my house without telling me.<br />SUSAN<br />I figured I&#39;d tell you when I got here.<br />EVE<br />You told all of them yesterday.<br />SUSAN<br />Don&#39;t be so knit picky. I&#39;m telling you now.<br />EVE<br />Jenny told me yesterday. What&#39;re you doing here?<br />Susan moves over to the desk and starts looking over Eves&#39; shoulder.<br />SUSAN<br />I thought you might need some help with Brian. Why are you doing Dans&#39; homework?<br />EVE<br />It&#39;s not Dans&#39;.<br />SUSAN<br />Well it certainly isn&#39;t Kevins&#39;.<br />Susan starts walking around the room. As she passes some shelves, she swipes them with her finger. Her finger comes up dusty and she grimaces.<br />EVE<br />It&#39;s mine.<br />SUSAN<br />Yours? Why would you have homework?<br />EVE<br />I&#39;m finishing up my degree.<br />SUSAN<br />Why do that? You have a home and family to take care of. And judging by this dust, your not doing that too well.<br />EVE<br />Mother if you don&#39;t like my house why&#39;d you invite the family here?<br />SUSAN<br />I love your house. I just think you should clean it once in awhile.<br />Eve is getting angry, but trying not to show it.<br />EVE<br />If it isn&#39;t up to your standards feel free to clean it yourself.<br />SUSAN<br />It&#39;s your house if you want to live in filth that&#39;s your business. I&#39;m just here to take care of Brian.<br />EVE<br />And Jarred.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;m sure your doing enough for him. But Brian needs his mother.<br />EVE<br />Brian needs to be left alone.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;ll go see if he needs anything.<br />Susan leaves the room and heads upstairs.<br />int. EVES HOUSE-GUEST BEDROOM-morning<br />Susan enters the guest bedroom, but stops short a grimace on her face.<br />Brian and Jarred are asleep in bed. Jarred is lying on his back. Brians&#39; head is resting on Jarreds&#39; chest.<br />SUSAN<br />Time to get up.<br />Jarred opens his eyes. He blinks several times to get them to focus. He lifts his head to see who&#39;s in the room.<br />JARRED<br />(sleepily)<br />Morning Susan.<br />Susan walks to the bed and starts shaking Brian.<br />SUSAN<br />Brian, time to get up.<br />Brian groans and pulls away from Susans&#39; shaking.<br />JARRED<br />Come on babe, wake up your mother&#39;s here.<br />Brian opens his eyes and shifts his position on the bed, his face shows that he is in pain.<br />SUSAN<br />Brian be careful, don&#39;t hurt yourself.<br />BRIAN<br />Mom, I&#39;m fine. Morning.<br />SUSAN<br />Your not fine. You just got out of the hospital.<br />BRIAN<br />That was days ago. What are you doing here?<br />SUSAN<br />I came to take care of you. Eve obviously isn&#39;t.<br />BRIAN<br />Mom leave Eve alone.<br />Susan looks annoyed.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;ll leave her alone, when she learns how to take care of herself and her family.<br />(beat)<br />Did you know she&#39;s going to school again?<br />JARRED<br />Yeah, she told us when she started last year.<br />SUSAN<br />Last year? No wonder this place looks the way it does. Why didn&#39;t she tell me?<br />BRIAN<br />She didn&#39;t think you&#39;d like the idea.<br />SUSAN<br />That&#39;s ridiculous. She&#39;s an adult she can do what she wants.<br />BRIAN<br />Right. The same way I can.<br />SUSAN<br />Your still a kid. But you do what you want anyway.<br />BRIAN<br />Mom I&#39;m too tired to argue. What&#39;re you planning to do today?<br />SUSAN<br />Well for starters let&#39;s get you dressed.<br />Susan reaches down to pull the covers off of Brian.<br />BRIAN<br />Mom!<br />(beat)<br />I&#39;ll dress myself.<br />Susan pulls her hand back, momentarily shocked by Brians&#39; resistance.<br />SUSAN<br />Fine I&#39;ll go make you some breakfast.<br />Susan leaves the bedroom.<br />int. eves house- den-morning<br />Eve is still at the computer typing.<br />Susan enters the room.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;m going to make some breakfast for your brother.<br />EVE<br />Go ahead.<br />The doorbell rings.<br />Eve looks up angrily.<br />EVE<br />Now what?<br />Susan turns and heads for the door.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;ll get it. I wouldn&#39;t want to interrupt your work.<br />Eve answers under her breath while returning to work.<br />EVE<br />Gee thanks. It&#39;s not like you haven&#39;t already.<br />Eve slams her book closed as she hears the voice of Lila and a loud commotion in the hallway.<br />LILA (OS)<br />Where are they? Where have you stashed my grandsons.<br />SUSAN<br />Your grandson is upstairs. His friend is with him.<br />Eve is rubbing her temples to relieve an oncoming headache.<br />Lila enters the room. Susan and Betty are following.<br />LILA<br />Hello dear. How&#39;s the schoolwork coming?<br />Eve smiles wanly at Lila.<br />EVE<br />Great, when I&#39;m not getting interrupted.<br />Lila looks apologetic.<br />LILA<br />You go on with your work. Betty and I will hang out with the boys and keep your mom out of your way.<br />Eve looks almost relieved.<br />EVE<br />Swear?<br />Lila winks and grins.<br />LILA<br />Shit yeah.<br />Eve laughs at her grandmothers joke.<br />Lila turns and heads upstairs, with Betty following.<br />Susan continues to the kitchen.<br />int. eVES HOUSE-GUEST BEDROOM-morning-later<br />Brian and Jarred are sitting up in the bed. There is a tray with dirty dishes sitting to the side.<br />Lila and Betty are sitting in chairs.<br />Susan comes into the room and picks up the tray.<br />LILA<br />Susan, leave it. Spend some time with your son and his lover.<br />SUSAN<br />Mother I wish you wouldn&#39;t say that.<br />LILA<br />Would you rather I said come sit with the faggots?<br />Betty acts falsely shocked.<br />BETTY<br />Mother that&#39;s not politically correct. I think queers is better.<br />Brian and Jarred start laughing<br />BRIAN<br />No Nana, you gotta use homosexual.<br />JARRED<br />Or gay.<br />Susan quickly loses her temper.<br />SUSAN<br />I hate all of those words. So stop.<br />Betty looks at her in all innocence.<br />BETTY<br />Why should we stop? You need to accept your kids for who they are.<br />SUSAN<br />I don&#39;t need to accept anything. And until you become a mother, don&#39;t go around criticizing.<br />The phone rings.<br />SUSAN (cont&#39;d)<br />You and mother are worse than the kids.<br />EVE (OS)<br />Mom phone. It&#39;s Dad.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;ll be there in a minute... You two shouldn&#39;t encourage them.<br />Susan leaves to go answer the phone.<br />Betty, Lila, Brian and Jarred bust out laughing.<br />Int. eves house- den-morning<br />Susan walks in the den and grabs the phone out of Eves&#39; hand.<br />SUSAN<br />Hello...what...a pipe...well did you call a plumber...call a plumber he can&#39;t fix that. I&#39;ll be home soon.<br />Susan hangs up the phone.<br />EVE<br />What&#39;s wrong?<br />SUSAN<br />A pipe burst. Your father calls Mike to fix it. I&#39;ve gotta go.<br />(beat)<br />Do me a favor and clean this place before Sunday. We want Dianas&#39; fiance to have a good impression.<br />Susan turns and leaves the room. Moments later the front door is heard closing.<br />Eve grabs a book from the desk and flings it as hard as she can across the room, while screaming.<br />ext. susan and roberts house-afternoon<br />As Susans&#39; car pulls into the driveway we see a truck that has a sign reading &quot;Jamison Contracting Corp.&quot; painted on the door.<br />Susan parks her car behind the truck and gets out. As she heads up the steps to the house she can see a small stream of water coming from the front door.<br />SUSAN<br />Damn it!<br />Susan enters the house.<br />int. susan and roberts house-hallway-afternoon<br />Susan sees that the floor is covered in water. She heads to the kitchen where voices can be heard.<br />int. susan and roberts house-kitchen-afternoon<br />The kitchen has been flooded. Water is on every surface. Susan looks appalled.<br />Robert is standing in the middle of the kitchen with a mop.<br />SUSAN<br />Did you call a plumber.<br />ROBERT<br />No, I called Mike.<br />SUSAN<br />Why would you call Mike. He&#39;s a construction worker, not a plumber.<br />ROBERT<br />He&#39;s a licensed contractor. Which means he can do plumbing, electrical, and construction.<br />Susan turns and walks to the phone.<br />SUSAN<br />That&#39;s nice dear. I&#39;m calling a real plumber.<br />Mike enters the kitchen.<br />MIKE<br />Dad, I turned off the water. It&#39;s your main that burst.<br />ROBERT<br />How long to fix it?<br />MIKE<br />You guys need a place to stay?<br />ROBERT<br />That bad huh?<br />Mike looks around the room.<br />MIKE<br />It&#39;ll take longer to repair the damage, than the pipe.<br />Robert sighs.<br />MIKE<br />Who&#39;s mom calling?<br />ROBERT<br />A plumber.<br />Susan hangs up the phone. She turns and looks at Mike.<br />SUSAN<br />The plumber will be here tomorrow at nine.<br />MIKE<br />Why&#39;d you call a plumber. I can take care of this.<br />SUSAN<br />What do you know about plumbing?<br />MIKE<br />I...<br />Susan interrupts.<br />SUSAN<br />Your good at building, but plumbing is complicated, we need someone who knows what they&#39;re doing.<br />Mike is getting angry.<br />MIKE<br />I&#39;m fully capable of handling a burst pipe mother.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;m sure you are. Now Dad and I have to start cleaning this mess up. You go on back to work.<br />Mike furious glares at his father.<br />MIKE<br />Next time you need help call a professional.<br />Mike storms out of the kitchen.<br />Robert stares angrily at Susan.<br />ROBERT<br />You didn&#39;t have to be so hard on him.<br />SUSAN<br />Hard. I wasn&#39;t hard. I was telling the truth.<br />ROBERT<br />No you were being arrogant and stupid.<br />Robert drops the mop and leaves the kitchen.<br />Susan stares after him. She then goes and picks up the mop and starts mopping the floor. She starts crying.<br />Int. eves HOUSE-Living room-Sunday-nIGHT<br />John is serving drinks to the family.<br />Betty, Dan, Sarah, Kevin, and Sam are playing monopoly. They are sitting on the floor around the coffee table.<br />Susan and Robert are sitting on opposite sides of the room there is obvious tension between them. They keep glancing at each other.<br />Mike is sitting next to Robert.<br />Susan is talking with Lila.<br />SUSAN<br />Mother please act normal in front of Aaron.<br />LILA<br />I act normal in front of everyone dear.<br />SUSAN<br />I mean none of your silliness tonight.<br />LILA<br />Relax Suzy. I&#39;m not going to toke up a joint, drink from the finger bowl, and throw my feet up on the table.<br />SUSAN<br />That&#39;s what I&#39;m talking about. Do you have to be so vulgar?<br />LILA<br />Yes I do. You&#39;ve become quite the hypocrite, you know.<br />SUSAN<br />Mother I don&#39;t know what you&#39;re talking about.<br />LILA<br />But you do dear. You most certainly do.<br />The doorbell rings.<br />JOHN<br />I&#39;ll get it.<br />John leaves the room.<br />JOHN (OS)<br />Hey Di. Come on in.<br />DIANA (OS)<br />Hi John. This is Aaron.<br />JOHN<br />Hi, nice to meet you everyone&#39;s in the livingroom.<br />Diana and Aaron enter the livingroom. John is behind them.<br />The whole family is staring at Aaron.<br />Diana breaks the silence.<br />DIANA<br />Everyone this is Aaron.<br />Susan walks over to him.<br />SUSAN<br />How nice to finally meet you. Come in sit down. Would you like a drink?<br />Aaron smiles at Susan.<br />AARON<br />Yes, Please.<br />Diana grabs Aarons hand and leads him around the room to meet everyone starting with Robert.<br />DIANA<br />Dad this is Aaron.<br />ROBERT<br />So this is the young man who finally managed to snag you. Nice to meet you Aaron.<br />They move to Mike.<br />Mike reaches down and hugs Diana.<br />MIKE<br />Hey little sis. You finally got one to commit huh?<br />DIANA<br />Mike. Be nice. Where&#39;s Jenny<br />MIKE<br />Helping Eve in the kitchen.<br />They move to the group on the floor. Diana points to each one as they are introduced.<br />DIANA<br />This is my Aunt Betty. My nephews Dan, Kevin and Sam. And my niece Sarah.<br />BETTY<br />Nice to meet you.<br />DAN<br />Hey.<br />SARAH<br />Hi.<br />SAM<br />Hello.<br />KEVIN<br />How ya doin.<br />Diana pulls Aaron to Lila.<br />DIANA<br />This is my grandmother Lila. We all call her Nana. Watch out for her.<br />LILA<br />Hello young man. It&#39;s a pleasure to meet you.<br />AARON<br />Nice to meet you Ma&#39;am.<br />Lila fakes being appalled.<br />LILA<br />Call me Nana or Lila. Never Ma&#39;am I&#39;m not old enough for that yet.<br />Aaron, Diana and Lila laugh lightly.<br />AARON<br />Alright Nana.<br />Diana then guides Aaron to the couch completely bypassing Brian and Jarred.<br />Mike looks at her annoyed.<br />MIKE<br />Aren&#39;t you forgetting a couple of people Di?<br />Diana looks at him innocently. Then annoyed as she realizes she has no choice. She brings Aaron to Brian.<br />Aaron looks at Brians&#39; face and his expression becomes complete shock. He recognizes his victim.<br />DIANA<br />This is my brother Brian and his friend Jarred.<br />Brian extends his good hand.<br />BRIAN<br />Hi, nice meeting you.<br />Aaron is staring at Brian. A few seconds pass before he realizes that Brian has his hand extended. He extends his hand and they shake.<br />AARON<br />H...hi. Nice to meet you too.<br />Brian glances at Jarred questioningly.<br />Aaron returns to the couch and sits down quickly. He looks at the group playing monopoly, avoiding looking at either Brian or Jarred.<br />Diana joins Aaron.<br />int. evES HOUSE-KITCHEN-NIGHT<br />Eve is closing the oven door. Jenny is putting the finishing touches on the salad.<br />JENNY<br />So now that he&#39;s here. What do you think he looks like?<br />EVE<br />Knowing Di, black leather, tattoos all over, but he&#39;s going to be an accountant.<br />Eve and Jenny both laugh.<br />EVE<br />What do you think he looks like?<br />Jenny gives some thought to it.<br />JENNY<br />He&#39;s clean cut preppy looking, but he&#39;s into S&amp;M, and drugs.<br />They both laugh again.<br />EVE<br />The only thing we can be sure of is that he&#39;s not normal. I don&#39;t know what she&#39;s thinking about half the time.<br />JENNY<br />Me either. Let&#39;s face it though... If she were a few years younger. Either of us could have been her mother.<br />EVE<br />Thanks, but no. I love my sister, but she is way too much of a wildcard.<br />JENNY<br />Come on you remember what you were like at her age.<br />EVE<br />Yeah, I was married and had a son already. She was just a baby then herself. So was Brian.<br />Eve looks sad.<br />EVE<br />You know it&#39;s weird sometimes.<br />Jenny somewhat confused.<br />JENNY<br />What is?<br />EVE<br />Having a son almost the same age as my sister.<br />JENNY<br />Why is that weird?<br />EVE<br />Because sometimes I want to be her friend, but I&#39;m so much older than her... I used to pray for a little sister.<br />Jenny smiles and leans on the counter.<br />JENNY<br />So you got one. Just because she&#39;s about half your age doesn&#39;t mean anything.<br />Eve starts giggling. Jenny giggles with her.<br />JENNY (cont&#39;d)<br />What&#39;s so funny?<br />EVE<br />Actually I got one when I was a teenager.<br />JENNY<br />Huh?<br />EVE<br />Brian.<br />JENNY<br />Come on, I remember when Brian was a kid. He wasn&#39;t like that.<br />EVE<br />Yes he was. He used to spend hours in my room. I was his Mom.<br />Jenny looks confused.<br />JENNY<br />I don&#39;t remember that.<br />EVE<br />It was before you and Mike. When he was a baby. Mom actually worked back then.<br />Jenny looks shocked.<br />JENNY<br />Susan worked! That had to be interesting.<br />EVE<br />It was the house was peaceful. Anyway I was sixteen he was three, Mom was pregnant. Mike had just gone to college. Dad was running his company. I took care of Brian.<br />Jenny shrugs her shoulders.<br />JENNY<br />So what?<br />EVE<br />I used to let him play with my dolls while I did homework. He used to watch me get ready for dates. I&#39;d let him play with my makeup. I thought it was cute. It&#39;s my fault.<br />Jenny looks at Eve stunned.<br />JENNY<br />Eve you can&#39;t possibly think.<br />Eve has tears rolling down her cheeks.<br />EVE<br />Yes, I can. He&#39;s gay because of me.<br />Jenny hugs Eve.<br />JENNY<br />That&#39;s not true and you know it. Being gay is most likely genetic. He would have been gay if he&#39;d played with soldiers.<br />Eve backs away from Jenny.<br />EVE<br />I know you&#39;re right, but I feel so guilty sometimes.<br />Jenny smiles at Eve.<br />JENNY<br />Because you want him to be happy and he is. Now let&#39;s go meet Dianas&#39; new psycho.<br />Eve starts laughing. She goes to the kitchen sink and cleans the tears from her face. When she is done. They leave the kitchen.<br />int. eves HOUSE-Living room-NIGHT<br />Eve and Jenny come walking into the living room smiling and looking happy. They walk right to Aaron.<br />JENNY<br />Hi, I&#39;m Mikes&#39; wife Jenny and this is his sister Eve.<br />AARON<br />Hello.<br />Eve shakes Aarons hand. Then Jenny does.<br />Eve looks around the room.<br />EVE<br />Dinner&#39;s almost ready so why don&#39;t we go to the dining room.<br />Jenny and Eve head back to the kitchen. Eve whispers something to her and Jenny starts laughing.<br />The rest of the family heads for the dining room.<br />Mike goes to Brian.<br />MIKE<br />Need a lift little bro?<br />BRIAN<br />How about just some help?<br />MIKE<br />Come on I haven&#39;t given you a piggy back ride in years.<br />BRIAN<br />This is embarrassing.<br />Mike laughs but positions himself for Brian to grab on. Mike grabs hold of Brians legs. Then he lifts Brian out of the chair and heads for the dining room.<br />int. evES HOUSE-dining room-night<br />As everyone sits down Eve and Jenny start bringing the food in from the kitchen.<br />Susan and Robert sit themselves at either end of the table.<br />Everyone else arranges themselves around the table.<br />Mike enters with Brian on his back. He walks down the table and deposits Brian on the chair next to Aaron.<br />Mike then walks to the other side of the table where there are seats for him Jenny and Eve.<br />Jenny and Eve bring in the last of the food and sit down.<br />SUSAN<br />Robert would you say grace.<br />Robert bows his head. The rest of the family follows suit.<br />ROBERT<br />Thank you lord for the gifts that you have given us. For our health, love, and compassion. And bless our family with your kindness. Amen.<br />ALL<br />Amen.<br />All heads are raised.<br />Robert starts serving himself.<br />ROBERT<br />Well dig in kids.<br />The members of the family start serving themselves. Susan and Eve take turns serving Brian and Jarred.<br />BRIAN<br />So, Aaron what are you studying?<br />Aaron looks down at his plate.<br />AARON<br />I&#39;m studying journalism.<br />Brian smiles.<br />BRIAN<br />Really you should let me read some of your stuff. I work for a magazine. If your any good I&#39;ll show it to my editor.<br />AARON<br />Thanks.<br />Susan looks pulls Brians plate to her and starts cutting the meat.<br />BRIAN<br />Mom, you don&#39;t have to do that.<br />SUSAN<br />What are you going to pick it up with the fork and just tear it apart with your teeth like a savage.<br />BRIAN<br />Sure why not?<br />SUSAN<br />Brian don&#39;t act like a little boy.<br />BRIAN<br />Then don&#39;t treat me like one.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;m just helping you. When the doctor says you can use your arm, you can do for yourself okay.<br />Brian in defeat.<br />BRIAN<br />Fine.<br />JENNY<br />So Aaron, how did you and Diana meet?<br />AARON<br />I saw her in the quad one day talking with some friends, and just decided to ask her out.<br />Lila laughs.<br />LILA<br />That was pretty brave. What if she said no.<br />AARON<br />I would have kept found out everything I could about her and chased her till she said yes.<br />LILA<br />Persistence, now we know how he got this far.<br />Dan is just pushing the food around on his plate.<br />SARAH<br />Dan you okay?<br />DAN<br />Yeah, just not real hungry.<br />Kevin starts laughing.<br />KEVIN<br />Yeah, he had a fight with his girlfriend.<br />DAN<br />How would you know?<br />KEVIN<br />I heard you on the phone. I can&#39;t see you tonight. I do love you.<br />DAN<br />Shut up!<br />JOHN<br />Dan don&#39;t talk to your brother like that. And Kevin what have you been told about eaves dropping?<br />KEVIN<br />Sorry.<br />DAN<br />Sorry.<br />Sarah looks at Dan.<br />SARAH<br />After dinner can I talk to you about something.<br />DAN<br />Sure.<br />SUSAN<br />Diana we need to start planning the wedding.<br />DIANA<br />Mom we have time.<br />SUSAN<br />No we don&#39;t it takes a year to plan a proper wedding and we only have eight and a half months.<br />DIANA<br />Fine what would you like.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;m thinking a big church wedding. With Eve and Jenny as your matrons of honor and Sarah as a bridesmaid. Kevins the youngest he can be the ring bearer. Lots of flowers. You can wear my dress and...<br />DIANA<br />Mom, I think Aaron and I want something small.<br />SUSAN<br />Don&#39;t be ridiculous. You&#39;ll get married with a proper wedding.<br />Robert annoyed.<br />ROBERT<br />Why don&#39;t you let the kids decide their own wedding.<br />SUSAN<br />Because I&#39;m arrogant and stupid and have to have things my own way.<br />MIKE<br />Mom, calm down. You and Diana can discuss the wedding later during dessert.<br />SUSAN<br />Mike be quiet, we&#39;re not talking about sports, it&#39;s a wedding and we need to get started on the plans now.<br />Everyone quiets down.<br />Diana looks appalled.<br />DIANA<br />You wonder why I never introduced you to my boyfriends.<br />Susan looks around the table.<br />SUSAN<br />(sarcastically)<br />I&#39;m sorry.<br />Everyone continues eating in silence.<br />Eve finishes quickly.<br />EVE<br />When everyone&#39;s ready we can have dessert in the living room.<br />Eve gets up and takes her dish into the kitchen.<br />The others finish up.<br />DIANA<br />I&#39;ll help Eve clear.<br />Diana gets up and takes hers and Aarons&#39; dishes into the Kitchen.<br />Aaron looks at Brian for the first time since they met.<br />AARON<br />So which magazine do you work for?<br />Brian smiles at Aaron.<br />BRIAN<br />Rock N Roll weekly.<br />AARON<br />That&#39;s a cool magazine I read it all the time.<br />Eve and Diana continue gathering dishes and taking them into the kitchen.<br />int. eVES HOUSE-KITCHEN-NIGHT<br />Eve and Diana unload the plates they just brought in from the dining room.<br />EVE<br />So are you in love?<br />Diana smiling.<br />DIANA<br />Yeah.<br />EVE<br />Can I offer you some advice.<br />DIANA<br />Sure.<br />EVE<br />Mom&#39;s going to get her way no matter what. So just do what she wants overall and make the details yours.<br />Diana sighs and sits down on the counter.<br />DIANA<br />I know. I just hope she doesn&#39;t want Brian in the wedding.<br />Eve looking at her sister cautiously.<br />EVE<br />Why not? He&#39;s your brother.<br />DIANA<br />I know. But I hate what he is.<br />EVE<br />What he is, is a sweet, loving, young man, with a good future.<br />DIANA<br />He&#39;s a faggot. And I don&#39;t think that&#39;s right.<br />EVE<br />Who taught you that.<br />DIANA<br />Mom, she feels the same way.<br />EVE<br />Naturally. Mom hates everything that isn&#39;t the way she wants it.<br />DIANA<br />Why are you always picking on her?<br />EVE<br />Why is she always mean to me? I don&#39;t want to talk about Mom or fight with you.<br />int. evES HOUSE-dining room-night<br />Betty gets up and collects the few remaining plates.<br />The rest of the family is talking animatedly about different subjects.<br />Betty heads to the kitchen door.<br />int. eVES HOUSE-KITCHEN-NIGHT<br />Diana jumps down from the counter. Eve is rinsing dishes in the sink.<br />DIANA<br />I don&#39;t want to fight with you either. I also don&#39;t want Brian and his girlfriend at my wedding.<br />Eve puts the dish she is holding down. She is getting angry.<br />EVE<br />Brian will be at your wedding, or I won&#39;t.<br />The kitchen door swings open. Betty steps in, holding the door open with her butt. The talk in the dining room can be heard in the b.g.<br />DIANA<br />(yelling)<br />Fine. Don&#39;t come. Just keep the little faggot at home with you.<br />Betty drops the plates she is holding, the crash breaking the silence that has fallen over the family.<br />EVE<br />Get out of my house you miserable bitch. I don&#39;t ever want to see you again.<br />DIANA<br />Bye fag hag.<br />Diana leaves the kitchen and goes to Aaron.<br />DIANA (cont&#39;d)<br />Let&#39;s go.<br />Aaron gets up and follows Diana out.<br />Moments later the front door slams shut.<br />ext. eves house-backyard-night<br />Sarah and Dan are sitting on the swings of a kids swingset.<br />Sam and Kevin are sitting on the back porch not too far away. They are hidden by bushes.<br />SARAH<br />Dan I saw you and Billy the other day.<br />DAN<br />Yeah, we drove you home.<br />SARAH<br />No, I mean, I saw you in the lockerroom.<br />DAN<br />So.<br />SARAH<br />Dan I saw you kissing each other.<br />Dan gets off the swing and grabs Sarah up off hers.<br />DAN<br />You can&#39;t tell. Please you can&#39;t tell anyone. Oh my god. Oh jeez.<br />Sarah pries herself loose from Dan&#39;s grip.<br />SARAH<br />Hey, it&#39;s okay. I won&#39;t tell. But it&#39;s not like there isn&#39;t a fag in the family already.<br />Dan looks up at Sarah sharply.<br />DAN<br />I hate that. Besides I&#39;m not sure if I am or not. We just sort of fool around.<br />SARAH<br />Okay I won&#39;t say it again... you two fool around deeper than most married couples though.<br />Kevin is sitting on the porch crying. Sam is comforting him silently.<br />SARAH (cont&#39;d)<br />You know it&#39;s okay if you&#39;re gay.<br />DAN<br />Is it?... Everyone thinks I&#39;m this major jock and everything.<br />SARAH<br />So everyone thinks I&#39;m this major Dyke and everything... What do you think they&#39;d all say if I told them I wasn&#39;t a virgin and that I&#39;ve been dating Jason Singer for two years.<br />Dan looks at Sarah shocked.<br />DAN<br />No way. They&#39;d say you were lying.<br />SARAH<br />Of course. He&#39;s such a motorhead, that the only way I could get his pretty little face out of the engine, was to become one myself.<br />They both start laughing. Sarah hugs Dan.<br />SARAH (cont&#39;d)<br />Hey maybe we can double date for the prom?<br />Kevin gets up and runs into the house. Sam follows looking over his shoulder at Dan and Sarah.<br />DAN<br />Oh man! I didn&#39;t know they were there.<br />SARAH<br />I don&#39;t think they&#39;ll say anything. Not for a while at least. Relax.<br />int. eves HOUSE-LIVING ROOM-day-three weeks later<br />Brian is reclining on the couch, a pair of crutches lie on the floor next to him. The bruises and cuts have started to heal. He is reading Aarons body of work.<br />Aaron is sitting in a chair across the room.<br />Brian puts down the paper he is reading adding to the stack already in front of him<br />BRIAN<br />This is good. Real good.<br />AARON<br />Really. Thanks.<br />BRIAN<br />I want to show your stuff to my editor.<br />AARON<br />Do you think I can get a job?<br />BRIAN<br />I was thinking more of an internship...A paid one.<br />AARON<br />That would be cool. Can I ask why you&#39;re doing this for someone you barely know?<br />BRIAN<br />You&#39;re going to be my brother in a few months.<br />AARON<br />You mean in-law.<br />Brian laughs.<br />BRIAN<br />In this family the in-laws are treated the same as the real kids. Just watch out for Mom.<br />AARON<br />You got it. So do you really think I have I&#39;m good enough for the internship.<br />BRIAN<br />You&#39;re good enough to get my job. But it&#39;s not open.<br />They both laugh.<br />Jarred enters the room. His face is has started healing and his arm remains in a cast.<br />JARRED<br />You almost ready to go?<br />BRIAN<br />Yeah, I can&#39;t wait to get home.<br />AARON<br />You guys are leaving?<br />JARRED<br />Yeah, since we&#39;re both mobile, it&#39;s time to go.<br />BRIAN<br />Besides Eve has enough to do without us.<br />(beat)<br />I have an idea. If you follow us home then, you can drive me to my office and we can show your stuff to the editor today.<br />AARON<br />I don&#39;t want you going out of your way.<br />BRIAN<br />I have to go anyway, but I can&#39;t drive with my leg, so if you can?<br />AARON<br />All right, cool.<br />JARRED<br />Let me give you directions to our place in case we get separated.<br />int. bridal shop-day<br />Susan and Jenny are picking out dresses for the bridesmaids.<br />Diana is on a pedestal, in a flowing wedding gown. A SEAMSTRESS is moving around her pinning the gown.<br />Susan pulls a dress off the rack and turns to Diana.<br />SUSAN<br />What do you think of this one.<br />Diana looks towards Susan.<br />DIANA<br />That&#39;s the ugliest dress I&#39;ve ever seen.<br />Jenny removes a dress from the rack. She looks at the one Susan is holding up.<br />JENNY<br />I agree. That thing is horrible.<br />Susan puts the dress back.<br />SUSAN<br />It&#39;s not that bad.<br />Jenny and Diana look at each other.<br />JENNY AND DIANA<br />Yes it is.<br />Jenny holds up the dress she has.<br />JENNY<br />I think this would be perfect. It&#39;s the right color and it&#39;s simple, so anyone can wear it.<br />Diana looks at the dress.<br />DIANA<br />I think you&#39;re right. Go try it on.<br />Jenny takes the dress and goes into the changing room.<br />Susan continues looking at the dresses. She sees a formal that she likes for herself.<br />SUSAN<br />Is this okay for the mother of the bride.<br />Diana is paying more attention to where the seamstress is sticking pins than her mother.<br />DIANA<br />If you like it try it on.<br />Susan takes the dress into the changing room next to Jenny.<br />The seamstress finishes pinning the gown.<br />SEAMSTRESS<br />All done. You&#39;ll look beautiful.<br />DIANA<br />Thanks.<br />Diana turns to face a mirror and steps down off the pedestal.<br />Jenny comes out of the dressing room in the bridesmaid gown.<br />JENNY<br />Wow. You look fantastic.<br />DIANA<br />You really think so?<br />JENNY<br />There&#39;s no thinking about it. You look gorgeous.<br />Susan comes out of the changing room. The dress she picked is stunningly beautiful on her, making her equal to the bride.<br />Susan looks at Diana.<br />SUSAN<br />Oh my. You look magnificent.<br />Jenny turns to look at Susan. Her eyes bulge at the sight of her mother-in-law.<br />JENNY<br />Susan, you can&#39;t wear that dress to the wedding.<br />Diana turns around.<br />DIANA<br />Holy shit! Mom you are not wearing that dress.<br />Susan looks at them confused. She moves to the mirror to look at herself.<br />SUSAN<br />Why, too much cleavage.<br />JENNY<br />Susan you look magnificent. You&#39;d outshine Diana if you wore that.<br />SUSAN<br />Right. An old woman in an evening gown&#39;s going to outshine the bride.<br />DIANA<br />Mom that gown was made for you. You look prettier than I&#39;ve ever seen.<br />JENNY<br />I would definitely buy it. But don&#39;t wear it to the wedding.<br />Susan turns to look back at Diana and Jenny who are staring at her in shock.<br />SUSAN<br />I&#39;ll buy it then. And I&#39;ll find something else to wear for the wedding... Diana you look gorgeous, and Jenny that dress is perfect on you.<br />Jenny looks at Diana.<br />JENNY<br />It&#39;ll look good on Sarah and Eve too.<br />Diana looks sharply at Jenny.<br />DIANA<br />I thought we agreed not too mention her.<br />JENNY<br />Di she&#39;s your sister.<br />DIANA<br />I don&#39;t care.<br />Susan angrily.<br />SUSAN<br />You&#39;d better care. She&#39;s going to be in the bridal party.<br />Diana angrily<br />DIANA<br />Hey, she kicked me out of her house five months ago, and I haven&#39;t heard any apologies.<br />JENNY<br />Did you apologize to Brian?<br />Diana goes to the changing room. She shouts to be heard through the door.<br />DIANA<br />What I said was true. She just doesn&#39;t like anyone criticizing her baby.<br />Susan shouts back.<br />SUSAN<br />He&#39;s not her baby. He&#39;s my baby.<br />JENNY<br />He&#39;s no one&#39;s baby. He&#39;s a grown man.<br />DIANA<br />Come on. Eve treats him more like her son than she does Dan or Kevin.<br />Diana comes out of the dressing room in her own clothes.<br />SUSAN<br />They&#39;ll both be at the wedding. End of Discussion.<br />JENNY<br />Besides, Aaron asked Brian to be one of the ushers already.<br />DIANA<br />What?<br />JENNY<br />Didn&#39;t you know?<br />DIANA<br />No.<br />JENNY<br />They&#39;ve become good friends since Brian got him the internship at the magazine.<br />DIANA<br />Aaron didn&#39;t tell me any of this.<br />JENNY<br />Well considering your feelings on the subject I wonder why.<br />int. taFT HIGH SCHOOL-cafeteria-day<br />The cafeteria is crowded with students.<br />Dan is at the cash register paying for his lunch.<br />Sarah is standing by a table waving to him.<br />Sitting at the table next to Sarah is JASON SINGER (18) with dark hair and eyes, he has the looks of a model. Across from them sits Billy.<br />Dan walks across the cafeteria to join them.<br />DAN<br />Hey guys what&#39;s up?<br />BILLY<br />Nothin, how&#39;d you do on the chem test?<br />DAN<br />Alright, you?<br />BILLY<br />I think I blew it.<br />SARAH<br />You always say that and you always get A&#39;s.<br />JASON<br />Yeah, I wish I was as smart as you.<br />DAN<br />You are. You just need to get out from under the hood and study once in awhile.<br />SARAH<br />How come you&#39;re so late getting here?<br />Dan reaches out under the table to hold Billys&#39; hand.<br />DAN<br />Mrs. DeAngelo kept me to talk about the essay I wrote.<br />BILLY<br />That good or bad.<br />JASON<br />Probably bad. That is one of the meanest ladies I ever met.<br />DAN<br />She&#39;s not that bad. She liked my essay and wanted to know if I would let her publish it in the school paper.<br />SARAH<br />(excited)<br />You said yes right?<br />DAN<br />I said I&#39;d think about it.<br />BILLY<br />Why?<br />DAN<br />I&#39;m not sure I want everyone reading it.<br />JASON<br />What&#39;s it about?<br />DAN<br />Something personal.<br />SARAH<br />Can I read it? I know everything about you.<br />DAN<br />Maybe later.<br />SARAH<br />Okay. Jason your going to be late for history.<br />BILLY<br />I gotta go to. We&#39;re in the same class.<br />Billy and Jason get up. Jason bends down and kisses Sarah on the top of her head. They leave.<br />Sarah leans over the table to Dan.<br />SARAH<br />Looks like maybe you&#39;ve decided?<br />Dan blushes.<br />DAN<br />Yeah, I&#39;m in love.<br />SARAH<br />What&#39;s the essay about?<br />DAN<br />My being in love.<br />SARAH<br />No wonder you don&#39;t want it published.<br />DAN<br />That&#39;s the thing I do. I&#39;m just not sure about Billy.<br />SARAH<br />You&#39;re both graduating in June, it&#39;s not like you&#39;d have to worry about it.<br />Dan reaches into his backpack. He pulls out the essay.<br />DAN<br />When you finish reading it, let me know if you still think it would be that easy.<br />Dan gets up and leaves. Sarah stuffs the essay into her backpack.<br />int. rock N roll weekly magazine-day<br />Brian is sitting in his office on the phone. A pair of crutches is leaning against the wall.<br />Aaron walks in to Brians office.<br />BRIAN<br />No way... They trashed the place... That&#39;s pathetic... They&#39;re just starting out... Thanks for the tip.<br />Brian hangs up the phone. He looks at Aaron.<br />BRIAN (cont&#39;d)<br />What&#39;s up?<br />AARON<br />It&#39;s time for your doctors&#39; appointment.<br />BRIAN<br />Hurray! Goodbye cast.<br />Aaron laughs.<br />AARON<br />Come on you don&#39;t want to be late.<br />BRIAN<br />You know I really appreciate all the help you&#39;ve given me the last few months.<br />AARON<br />I know.<br />BRIAN<br />I just don&#39;t understand why. The night we met you looked like you had seen a ghost when you looked at me.<br />AARON<br />Really, I... I don&#39;t remember. It&#39;s been a while.<br />Brian pushes his chair back and reaches for his crutches. While he is getting up he says.<br />BRIAN<br />Let&#39;s not keep the doctor waiting.<br />Brian walks out on the crutches. Aaron holds the door for him, then follows him out.<br />int. MIKE AND JENNYS&#39; HOUSE-kitchen-day-later<br />Jenny and Eve are sitting in the kitchen talking.<br />JENNY<br />I&#39;m glad you decided to come over.<br />Eve brushes her hair back from her face.<br />EVE<br />I needed a break. This semester is killing me.<br />Jenny beaming.<br />JENNY<br />Yeah, but once it&#39;s over you graduate.<br />EVE<br />One week before my son does. Well at least I&#39;ll be out of college by the time he gets there.<br />JENNY<br />So do you have a job lined up?<br />EVE<br />Actually I do. I just don&#39;t want anyone to know yet.<br />JENNY<br />Why? John supports everything you do.<br />Eve leans back in her chair.<br />EVE<br />It&#39;s not that. I just haven&#39;t ever had to work before. I&#39;m not sure if I can.<br />Jenny gets up and goes to the counter. There is a chocolate cake sitting there.<br />JENNY<br />Want a piece?<br />Eve shakes her head no.<br />JENNY (cont&#39;d)<br />You can do anything you want too... Including make up with Diana.<br />Eve sits up straight.<br />EVE<br />I&#39;ll see that little bitch in hell before I apologize to her... You heard what she said to Brian.<br />Jenny looks somewhat sick as she returns to her seat at the kitchen table.<br />JENNY<br />Welcome to hell.<br />EVE<br />What&#39;d you do?... She&#39;s coming here isn&#39;t she?<br />JENNY<br />I told her to stop by after she finished up with Susan.<br />Eve gets out of her chair.<br />EVE<br />Jenny you&#39;re a traitor. I can&#39;t believe you did this to me.<br />Eve heads for the front door.<br />Jenny gets up and follows her.<br />JENNY<br />Eve, wait.<br />int. mIKE AND JENNYS&#39; HOUSE-hallway-day<br />Jenny grabs Eve&#39;s arm, turning her around.<br />JENNY<br />Your mother is determined to have you all at the wedding.<br />Eve tries to pull away.<br />JENNY (cont&#39;d)<br />You don&#39;t have to apologize. Just find some way that you can end this stupidity.<br />Eve yanks her arm away and turns towards the door.<br />EVE<br />You end it. She treats her brother like crap and you all defend it.<br />Eve reaches for the front door.<br />JENNY<br />You treat him like he&#39;s a defenseless child, and expect everyone to feel the way you do.<br />Eve opens the door.<br />Diana is standing there ready to knock.<br />JENNY (cont&#39;d)<br />It&#39;s not your fault he&#39;s gay damn it!<br />Eve stops.<br />Diana walks in the door avoiding her sister.<br />DIANA<br />I miss all the fun.<br />Eve turns around tears in her eyes.<br />JENNY<br />Eve come on. Let&#39;s work it out.<br />Eve shuts the door. The three women go back into the kitchen.<br />int. Doctors&#39; office-day<br />Brian and Aaron are sitting in the waiting room. Brian is reading a magazine.<br />AARON<br />Brian, after this do you want to go to lunch?<br />BRIAN<br />Sure. Anywhere special?<br />Aaron responds under his breath.<br />AARON<br />Someplace crowded.<br />Brian looks up from the magazine.<br />BRIAN<br />What?<br />AARON<br />Nothing. I was just thinking out loud. What about the wharf.<br />BRIAN<br />Sounds good.<br />A NURSE comes out of a doorway with a chart in her hand.<br />NURSE<br />Brian Jamison.<br />BRIAN<br />Gotta go.<br />Brian gets up off the chair and walks with his crutches through the door.<br />The nurse turns and walks in front of Brian.<br />The door closes.<br />int. miKE AND JENNYS&#39; HOUSE-kitchen-day-later<br />Diana, Jenny and Eve are seated around the table. They are eating cake and drinking coffee.<br />DIANA<br />Stop feeling guilty. It&#39;s not your fault.<br />EVE<br />It doesn&#39;t matter anymore. I still feel like he&#39;s my responsibility.<br />JENNY<br />Your only responsibility is to love him. Not protect him.<br />DIANA<br />Really he&#39;s a big boy.<br />EVE<br />I know, but I wish you would stop acting like he isn&#39;t a person.<br />DIANA<br />I think the way he lives is sick.<br />JENNY<br />Why? What&#39;s so different about his life?<br />DIANA<br />He sleeps with a man.<br />EVE<br />So do you. All he wants out of life is someone who loves him, and he&#39;s got that. Now you do too.<br />DIANA<br />But it&#39;s just not right.<br />JENNY<br />Who says?<br />DIANA<br />The law for one.<br />JENNY<br />San Francisco acknowledges gay relationships. Next argument.<br />Diana sips her coffee.<br />DIANA<br />Mom thinks it&#39;s sick.<br />EVE<br />Mom thinks my going back to school is sick. She&#39;s not exactly a good judge.<br />DIANA<br />I&#39;m not going to change my mind about him.<br />JENNY<br />Maybe you should get to know him, before you decide. When was the last time you two spent any time together.<br />Diana thinks this over for a minute.<br />DIANA<br />When I was like five.<br />EVE<br />Then spend some time getting to know your brother. He deserves that. Hell Aaron did.<br />DIANA<br />I know and he hates gay people. He always makes fun of them.<br />ext. fisherman&#39;s wharf-day-later<br />Brian is walking slowly. Aaron is beside him.<br />BRIAN<br />You&#39;ve been distracted since we left the doctors. What&#39;s up?<br />Aaron stares off in the opposite direction.<br />AARON<br />It&#39;s Uhm...The night you were attacked... I ...<br />Brian moves to a bench nearby.<br />BRIAN<br />I need to sit down.<br />Aaron joins him.<br />AARON<br />Brian. My friends and I were the ones who attacked you and Jarred.<br />Brian looks at Aaron as if he is crazy.<br />BRIAN<br />What? What did you say?<br />AARON<br />The night you and Jarred were...<br />BRIAN<br />I heard what you said. I can&#39;t believe this. Why?<br />Aaron looks down at the ground.<br />AARON<br />I was always told that gays were sick, evil people that should be killed. I guess I believed it. I never knew anyone who was gay before you.<br />Brian completely disgusted.<br />BRIAN<br />So it was alright to just go out and hurt people because you didn&#39;t know them. Jeez. What kind of monster raised you?<br />Aaron is crying.<br />AARON<br />I&#39;m sorry. I just didn&#39;t think of you as people.<br />BRIAN<br />You just didn&#39;t think. Does anyone else in the family know?<br />AARON<br />No.<br />BRIAN<br />Why did you act like my friend all this time?<br />Aaron looks at Brian.<br />AARON<br />I wasn&#39;t acting. I mean at first I was. But you helped me get the internship. And as I got to know you I started to like you... and Jarred.<br />BRIAN<br />What was it at first?<br />AARON<br />Guilt. I didn&#39;t expect to have you as my brother-in-law.<br />Brian sighs and runs his hand through his hair in frustration.<br />BRIAN<br />(half to himself, half to Aaron)<br />Maybe some good came of it then. Do you realize you could have killed me or Jarred?...I need some time to think. I don&#39;t want you near me. Your making my skin crawl... I&#39;m not going to tell anyone... You shouldn&#39;t either.<br />AARON<br />Brian please. I&#39;m sorry man. I just didn&#39;t know.<br />BRIAN<br />I&#39;m just supposed to excuse the fact that you beat the shit out of me, because you didn&#39;t know any better... I don&#39;t think so. I&#39;m leaving.<br />Brian gets up and slowly limps away. Aaron just sits staring off into space.<br />int. miKE AND JENNYS&#39; HOUSE-kitchen-day-later<br />Jenny, Eve and Diana are still sitting around the table. The dirty dishes are still on the table.<br />Jenny is pouring out more coffee.<br />DIANA<br />Eve we&#39;ve been back and forth over this. Why don&#39;t we just agree to disagree?<br />EVE<br />Fine I&#39;ll agree to disagree, if you&#39;ll agree to at least treat him decently.<br />JENNY<br />Sounds like a good trade to me.<br />DIANA<br />Okay, I&#39;ll treat him decently and we&#39;ll see what happens.<br />Eve and Diana shake hands.<br />DIANA (cont&#39;d)<br />Now about the dress for my matrons of honor...<br />int. susan and roberts house-kitchen-night<br />Susan and Betty are in the kitchen. Betty is sitting at the table munching out of the salad bowl.<br />Susan is standing at the stove stirring spaghetti.<br />SUSAN<br />The dress is beautiful. She is going to be the prettiest bride.<br />BETTY<br />I&#39;m sure. The fact that she&#39;s pretty anyway helps.<br />SUSAN<br />She&#39;s still giving me grief about Eve and Brian... I can&#39;t understand those kids sometimes. We didn&#39;t act like that.<br />Betty laughs while plucking another cucumber from the bowl.<br />BETTY<br />Yes we did. Don&#39;t you remember how badly we fought. We even used to hit each other.<br />Susan stops stirring and goes to the table.<br />SUSAN<br />I never hit you.<br />BETTY<br />Ha! You beat the hell out of me when I flirted with Robert.<br />SUSAN<br />He was my fiance at the time.<br />BETTY<br />See you do remember. Listen, your kids are different types of people, they&#39;re bound to fight...Especially when you judge them the way you do.<br />SUSAN<br />I do not judge my kids.<br />BETTY<br />Really, describe them to me.<br />SUSAN<br />Don&#39;t be ridiculous.<br />BETTY<br />I&#39;m not being ridiculous. Describe them to me.<br />SUSAN<br />Okay fine. Michael is strong, into sports, but not too smart... Eve is a good homemaker, but very shy... Brian is smart, good-looking and needs a good wife... Diana, is flaky, but intelligent.<br />BETTY<br />See what I mean... You decided who your kids are, but they aren&#39;t anything like that.<br />SUSAN<br />What do you know? You&#39;re not a mother.<br />Betty glares at Susan.<br />BETTY<br />You&#39;re right I&#39;m not a mother. I had the career, and the good life. Until my husband ditched me for a little bitch half my age. You have everything I ever wanted and you don&#39;t even know how good you have it. You&#39;re right I&#39;m not a mother, but you sure are.<br />Betty gets up slams the chair into the table, and storms out of the kitchen.<br />Susan is left standing there mouth agape.<br />int. brian and Jarreds Apartment-living room-night<br />Jarred is standing in front of the wall sized windows looking out at the city. His face and arm long since healed.<br />Brian comes in the front door. He sets down his briefcase. Then looks for Jarred. He walks up behind Jarred and grabs him around in a hug leaning his head against Jarreds&#39; shoulder.<br />Jarred places his hands on top of Brians&#39;.<br />JARRED<br />How was the doctor?<br />BRIAN<br />All healed.<br />JARRED<br />Good. You look like you had a rough day.<br />BRIAN<br />I did, but I don&#39;t want to talk about it.<br />JARRED<br />Okay you&#39;ll tell me when you&#39;re ready. Dinner&#39;s ready.<br />BRIAN<br />I&#39;m not hungry. Let&#39;s just go to bed.<br />Jarred turns around and hugs Brian. He then kisses Brian on the neck, working his way up to his mouth.<br />JARRED<br />Are you up for that? It&#39;ll make you feel better.<br />BRIAN<br />I think I&#39;d rather just cuddle, if that&#39;s okay?<br />JARRED<br />That&#39;s more than okay. Come on, I&#39;ll give you a back rub first.<br />They walk into their bedroom.<br />int. dIANA&#39;S DORM ROOM-night<br />Diana is laying in bed reading a book.<br />She hears a knock on the door, and gets up to answer it.<br />When she opens it Aaron is on the other side.<br />Aaron walks into the room picking Diana up and hugging her tightly. He kicks the door shut behind him.<br />Diana giggles.<br />DIANA<br />What&#39;s this all about?<br />AARON<br />I just needed to be with you tonight.<br />DIANA<br />Cool by me. I could use some company. I made up with Eve today. We agreed to disagree.<br />AARON<br />That&#39;s good. I had an argument with Brian.<br />DIANA<br />What about? He didn&#39;t make a pass at you did he.<br />AARON<br />Don&#39;t be stupid. We argued about politics.<br />Aaron drops Diana on the bed and then climbs on top of her. They start making out.<br />DIANA<br />If this is what fighting with him does for you. Then fight everyday.<br />AARON<br />Do you want to fool around or talk?<br />DIANA<br />Fool around.<br />Diana giggles as Aaron starts tickling her.<br />int. sarahs&#39; bedroom-night<br />Sarah is sitting on her bed finishing Dans&#39; essay. Tears are streaming down her face. As soon as she finishes the last page she drops the paper, picks up the phone, and calls Dan.<br />SARAH<br />Hi, Aunt Eve. Could I speak to Dan please?... Hi, you&#39;ve got to have it published. It&#39;s the most fantastic thing I&#39;ve ever read... Honest... He&#39;s got to let you... If he loves you the way you write, he&#39;ll agree... let him read it... he&#39;ll agree I know it... Okay, bye.<br />Jenny comes into Sarahs&#39; room. She sits on the bed.<br />Sarah is still crying.<br />JENNY<br />What&#39;s wrong?<br />SARAH<br />Nothing.<br />JENNY<br />Come on your not sitting here crying for nothing.<br />SARAH<br />Mom I can&#39;t tell you, I promised.<br />JENNY<br />Is it something bad?<br />SARAH<br />No, but I...<br />Sarah breaks into fresh tears. She thinks for a minute. Then she looks down to the essay.<br />SARAH (cont&#39;d)<br />Mom you gotta swear not to say anything to anyone, not even Dad.<br />JENNY<br />I don&#39;t keep secrets from your father.<br />SARAH<br />You have to keep this one, or I can&#39;t tell you.<br />Jenny looks at Sarah as if she can read her mind.<br />JENNY<br />Okay, if it&#39;s that important.<br />Sarah hands Jenny the essay.<br />SARAH<br />Read it.<br />Jenny takes the essay and gets up to leave.<br />SARAH (cont&#39;d)<br />No, now, here.<br />Jenny sits back down.<br />JENNY<br />Alright.<br />Jenny starts reading.<br />int. eves bedroom-night<br />Eve is standing by the bed taking off her bathrobe.<br />John is already lying in bed reading a book.<br />EVE<br />Jenny set me up today.<br />JOHN<br />I know.<br />EVE<br />How could you know?<br />JOHN<br />Easy, I told her how to do it. So did you and Diana resolve your differences.<br />Eve picks up her pillow and starts fluffing it.<br />EVE<br />Yes. We agreed to disagree.<br />JOHN<br />I figured that you&#39;d eventually come to your senses. Especially if she were right there.<br />Eve slams the pillow down on his head.<br />John drops his book and grabs his own pillow from behind him.<br />They start having a pillow fight.<br />int. dans&#39; bedroom-night<br />Dan is lying in bed the light is off.<br />A light comes across his face, then a shadow, then the room is dark again.<br />KEVIN<br />Dan are you asleep?<br />DAN<br />No, come on in.<br />Dan turns on a lamp by his bed.<br />Kevin comes to the bed and sits on the edge of it.<br />DAN (cont&#39;d)<br />What&#39;s up?<br />Kevin looks at the floor.<br />KEVIN<br />Are you really gay?<br />Dan sits up.<br />DAN<br />Yeah.<br />Kevin looks at Dan.<br />KEVIN<br />Will I be gay?<br />DAN<br />I don&#39;t think so, but I guess it&#39;s possible... Do you like girls?<br />KEVIN<br />Yeah, there&#39;s this girl Kim in my class, and everyday she leaves notes in my locker.<br />DAN<br />Do you want to kiss her?<br />KEVIN<br />I think so... I&#39;m pretty sure I do... But I don&#39;t know how.<br />DAN<br />Relax, your straight. As far as knowing how to kiss, just do it, you&#39;ll figure it out as you go.<br />KEVIN<br />It&#39;s okay that you&#39;re gay. Do you have a boyfriend?<br />Dan smiles.<br />DAN<br />Billy&#39;s my boyfriend.<br />KEVIN<br />Cool. You know it bothered me at first that you&#39;re gay. I thought I would be.<br />DAN<br />It&#39;s not contagious. Supposedly being gay is genetic, but not everyone comes out that way.<br />KEVIN<br />Do you want to be gay?<br />Dan looks confused.<br />DAN<br />What do you mean?<br />KEVIN<br />I mean if you weren&#39;t would you want to be?<br />DAN<br />I don&#39;t know. Probably not. But then I look at Uncle Brian and Jarred, and I think they found love so everything will be okay.<br />KEVIN<br />I&#39;m glad you&#39;re happy. Is Billy going with you to the wedding?<br />DAN<br />No, I&#39;m not ready to tell anyone yet.<br />KEVIN<br />You told Sarah and Sam and I both know. When are you going to tell Mom and Dad?<br />DAN<br />When I&#39;m ready. You won&#39;t say anything will you?<br />KEVIN<br />No. Goodnight.<br />Kevin gets off the bed and starts to leave. He stops and turns back, and hugs Dan goodnight.<br />DAN<br />Night, Kev.<br />int. mike and jennys&#39;-bedroom-night<br />Jenny is lying on her stomach on the bed. Her eyes are closed.<br />Mike is straddling her, giving her a back rub.<br />MIKE<br />Poor baby, you always get put in the middle.<br />JENNY<br />It wasn&#39;t that bad. Eves&#39; not that strong tempered.<br />MIKE<br />The way she&#39;s been going lately, her bite might become worse than her bark.<br />JENNY<br />Well that&#39;s good. She needs to be a little more independant.<br />MIKE<br />The way you are?<br />JENNY<br />I&#39;m as free as I want to be. If we needed the money or I felt like it I would go back to work.<br />MIKE<br />That would be welching.<br />JENNY<br />Not really. I agreed that I would stay home and raise the kids when the construction company became financially sound. But the kids are almost grown.<br />MIKE<br />Almost is the key word there. How does this feel.<br />JENNY<br />Like heaven. You should have been a masseuse instead of a contractor.<br />MIKE<br />Yep, then I could have a list of babes who I service once a week.<br />Jenny turns over and looks at Mike.<br />JENNY<br />Well lucky for me I&#39;m your only client. Lucky for you I feel like being serviced.<br />int. sarahs&#39; bedroom-night<br />Jenny is still sitting on Sarahs&#39; bed. She too is crying as she finishes the last page of the essay.<br />Jenny puts the paper down and stares at it.<br />JENNY<br />That&#39;s the most beautiful thing I&#39;ve ever read.<br />Jenny looks at Sarah.<br />JENNY (cont&#39;d)<br />How long have you known?<br />Sarah looks at Jenny.<br />SARAH<br />A few months.<br />JENNY<br />I can&#39;t believe I didn&#39;t realize it.<br />SARAH<br />How could you?<br />JENNY<br />I don&#39;t know. I always thought there were signs. Did he tell you?<br />SARAH<br />No, I caught him kissing his boyfriend. I asked him.<br />JENNY<br />Does anyone else know?<br />SARAH<br />Sam and Kevin over heard us talking about it.<br />JENNY<br />I&#39;ve gotta tell Eve.<br />SARAH<br />Mom you promised. And you can&#39;t talk to Dan either. He doesn&#39;t want anyone to know yet.<br />JENNY<br />It seems to me a lot of people already know.<br />Jenny looks at the essay again.<br />JENNY (cont&#39;d)<br />He is really in love with this boy isn&#39;t he?<br />SARAH<br />Yeah, they get together as much as they can.<br />JENNY<br />You&#39;d think with Brian it wouldn&#39;t be as hard for Dan. I guess being young and scared makes it hard no matter what.<br />SARAH<br />Dan&#39;s afraid to tell Uncle Brian.<br />JENNY<br />Why?<br />SARAH<br />He thinks Uncle Brian will get mad at him. That he may have influenced him or something.<br />JENNY<br />Oh brother, Dan&#39;s as bad as his mother.<br />SARAH<br />HUH?!<br />JENNY<br />Never mind.<br />SARAH<br />Dan&#39;s English teacher wants to publish it in the school paper. I think he should... but he&#39;s afraid Billy will get hurt if he does.<br />JENNY<br />Poor kid, he wants help, but he&#39;s afraid to ask for it. You let him know that we&#39;d all still love him?<br />SARAH<br />Of course I did. That doesn&#39;t make it easier on him. I wish I knew what would.<br />JENNY<br />Time. It&#39;s late you need to go to sleep. Goodnight.<br />Jenny leans over and hugs Sarah, she then gets off the bed and leaves the room.<br />Sarah gets underneath the blanket and turns off her light.<br />Int. taft high school-morning<br />Sarah is walking the crowded hallway, looking for Billy.<br />She spies him turning a corner and starts running to catch up to him.<br />Turning the corner she sees that he is standing around talking to a bunch of his teammates.<br />She approaches him and taps him on the shoulder when she reaches him.<br />SARAH<br />Billy can I talk to you?<br />BILLY<br />Sure, What about?<br />SARAH<br />Alone please.<br />The guys that Billy is standing with start snickering.<br />BILLY<br />You can say whatever you want these guys are my friends.<br />Sarah moves close to Billy very seductively.<br />SARAH<br />But it&#39;s about last night.<br />Billy smiles shyly, embarrassed by what she said.<br />BILLY<br />All right let&#39;s go.<br />As Billy and Sarah walk away, the guys start catcalling and whistling.<br />int. taft high school-class room-morning<br />Sarah pulls Billy into an empty class room and closes the door.<br />SARAH<br />Have you read Dans&#39; essay?<br />BILLY<br />Yeah, it was okay.<br />SARAH<br />Okay! It was fantastic. You&#39;ve got to let him put it in the paper.<br />BILLY<br />Wait a minute. If he does that then the whole schools gonna find out about us.<br />SARAH<br />I know. But you guys can handle it. You&#39;re both popular. Everyone loves you.<br />BILLY<br />We&#39;d be outcasts inside of ten minutes. Everyone would go around laughing at the faggots.<br />SARAH<br />I don&#39;t think that&#39;s going to happen. Of course some people are going to be jerks but...<br />BILLY<br />But nothing. I&#39;m graduating in a few months and I&#39;d like to leave high school without being labeled queer.<br />SARAH<br />You mean you&#39;re too chicken shit, to be yourself.<br />BILLY<br />I&#39;m not sure that I feel the same way Dan does.<br />SARAH<br />I guess maybe the essay was fiction, because according to it you are just as in love with him as he is with you.<br />BILLY<br />It wasn&#39;t fiction. I&#39;m scared. He is too. Wouldn&#39;t you be?<br />SARAH<br />Yeah, I would, but that&#39;s why it&#39;s so important for that essay to be in the paper. How many other kids are just as scared, not just to be gay, but to be themselves.<br />BILLY<br />How would you know. You&#39;re always being yourself.<br />SARAH<br />No I&#39;m not.<br />BILLY<br />I&#39;ll think about it Okay.<br />SARAH<br />Okay.<br />They leave the classroom.<br />int. restaurnt china town San Francisco-day<br />Lila, Dan, Sarah, Kevin, and Sam are seated at a table eating.<br />LILA<br />So have your parents figured out that I steal you out of school once a month yet?<br />SAM<br />No.<br />LILA<br />Don&#39;t kid yourselves they know. I used to do it with them too.<br />SARAH<br />Grandma must have had a fit.<br />LILA<br />Not really. She could never figure it out. She just knew I was up to something.<br />KEVIN<br />Do hate grandma?<br />LILA<br />No. I just don&#39;t like her being a hypocrite.<br />DAN<br />How is she a hypocrite?<br />LILA<br />I&#39;ll tell you when you&#39;re older. Now young lady when do I get to meet the mysterious boyfriend?<br />SARAH<br />I don&#39;t have a boyfriend.<br />LILA<br />Don&#39;t lie to your great grandmother. You didn&#39;t become interested in cars overnight by accident.<br />SARAH<br />His name is Jason. He&#39;s cute but so into cars that he didn&#39;t notice anything else.<br />LILA<br />So you got interested in them too. So how is your car coming along?<br />SARAH<br />If I can figure out the carburetor, I&#39;ll be driving it soon.<br />LILA<br />Good. So Danny don&#39;t you have something you&#39;d like to tell me?<br />DAN<br />No nana not really.<br />LILA<br />Okay it can wait. When you&#39;re ready.<br />Dan whispers to Sarah.<br />DAN<br />How could she know.<br />Sarah shrugs her shoulders.<br />LILA<br />I&#39;ve been around a while, that&#39;s how I know. I watch, I listen, I eavesdrop, just like Sammy here. He doesn&#39;t miss much does he.<br />KEVIN<br />Nope.<br />LILA<br />We&#39;ll have to see if we can slip him up one day. What should we do after lunch.<br />ext. neighborhood park-two weeks later-evening<br />Dan and Billy are walking along a path in the park.<br />BILLY<br />Go ahead and put your essay in the paper.<br />DAN<br />Why?<br />BILLY<br />Because it&#39;s good, really good and it deserves to be read.<br />DAN<br />I thought you were scared.<br />BILLY<br />I was. Until a couple of nights ago.<br />DAN<br />What changed?<br />BILLY<br />I told my parents that I&#39;m gay and in love with you.<br />Dan stops walking, Billy stops also. Dan looks at Billy.<br />DAN<br />You have a lot more guts than I do.<br />BILLY<br />Not really. I was reading the essay again and left it on my desk. My Mom found it and read it... When I got home from school my Dad was there and he&#39;d read it too.<br />DAN<br />Wow! What&#39;d you do?<br />BILLY<br />Answered their questions mostly.<br />DAN<br />What&#39;d they ask?<br />BILLY<br />If it was true. Then they wanted to know why I didn&#39;t tell them. I just said that I was scared, didn&#39;t know how they&#39;d react. They said they loved me. It&#39;s a relief to be out.<br />DAN<br />Really. How?<br />BILLY<br />Now you can come over to my house. And I can tell them I&#39;m going on a date with you. It&#39;s kind of weird though.<br />DAN<br />I know. The way my family accepts Brian. They love him, but they always act nervous that he and Jarred are going to have sex in front of them.<br />BILLY<br />Yeah, it&#39;s like I&#39;m just going to do something like that. I know it&#39;ll take time, but at least now I can be honest.<br />Billy takes Dans&#39; hand they continue walking.<br />BILLY (cont&#39;d)<br />This is nice. Walking holding hands I mean... You know if you ever tell your family, we could stop hiding.<br />DAN<br />I&#39;m not ready for that yet. But I think Lila knows... They have a hard enough time with Brian. Add us to the mix, and things&#39;ll get crazy.<br />BILLY<br />It could be fun though. I could be your date at Dianas&#39; wedding.<br />DAN<br />Are you nuts. She hates gay people. She&#39;s still pitching fits that Brian and Jarred are going to be at the wedding.<br />BILLY<br />Are you going to let Ms. DeAngelo put the essay in the paper?<br />DAN<br />Yeah. If you can handle it, I can. We&#39;re pretty good together. Besides maybe it will help other kids.<br />BILLY<br />That&#39;s what Sarah said to me a couple of weeks ago.<br />DAN<br />Why was Sarah talking to you about my essay?<br />BILLY<br />She was trying to convince me to let you put it in the paper.<br />Billy releases Dans&#39; hand and puts his arm around Dans&#39; waist.<br />Dan puts his arm around Billys&#39; shoulders.<br />DAN<br />Aren&#39;t you getting kind of bold?<br />BILLY<br />Probably... But it&#39;s Frisco, every other person around here is gay.<br />int. tuxedo shop-day<br />Robert, Aaron, Mike, John, Brian, and Jarred are trying on their tuxedos for the wedding.<br />Robert is standing facing a mirror looking at himself.<br />ROBERT<br />Now make sure you&#39;ve got all the studs, and everything fits right.<br />Mike comes up behind Robert.<br />MIKE<br />Dad I think we have it covered.<br />Brian is heading for the changing room.<br />BRIAN<br />I&#39;m getting dressed. I&#39;ve got everything.<br />Jarred comes out of the changing room.<br /&