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EXT. TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK – DAY They walk through the park. It’s a brilliant fall day. MIMI Thomas, I have to tell you something. I might be going to Zagreb. THOMAS Where? MIMI It’s the largest city in Croatia. Helmut Graph is running a workshop and I can transfer the credits back to NYU. Thomas puts on a plastic smile. THOMAS That’s… And immediately fails… THOMAS (CONT’D) …terrible. MIMI Why? Why is that terrible? THOMAS Because you’re the only thing in my life I’m settled on. How long is the program? MIMI Six months. Look, I don’t even know if Helmut will have me, he’s brilliant. He doesn’t just accept anybody. Mimi stops, faces him.

MIMI (CONT’D) Thomas, just what do you think is happening here? You and I? What do you think this is? THOMAS 2. I think… I… August eighth. I think August eighth was real.

MIMI It was amazing, Thomas, but it was just one night. We were both on ecstasy, I thought I was a pirate and I was vulnerable because Nick left… and it was just one night. THOMAS Well, I’m crazy about you. MIMI And I’m crazy about you. But— THOMAS Don’t say “as a friend.” He pulled the words right out of her mouth… MIMI Why not, Thomas? Why is that so bad? THOMAS Because pretty girls like to recruit their rejections and call them friends.

Mimi considers arguing but defers to sign in defeat. MIMI Yeah, I’m pretty sure ugly girls do it too. Mimi puts on a mock frown. Then… MIMI (CONT’D) You know one of the first concepts children learn, Thomas? Justice… fairness. They comprehend it at like two. Their favorite refrain; “Not fair!” As she pierces into him with her blue eyes. MIMI (CONT’D) It’s funny – we learn justice so young but it takes us a lifetime to comprehend injustice.