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Better Things 2 better things Scars by Rebecca Bohanan BOHANAN EXT. JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA - SUNSET - ESTABLISHING SHOT Desert winds blow through the prickly, twisted branches of a few dozen Joshua trees. A tumbleweed rolls by. INT. LA COPINE RESTAURANT - CONTINUOUS SAM, FRANKIE, and DUKE sit at a reclaimed wood table in a mostly-white restaurant with macramé hanging on every wall. Incredible-looking, half-eaten food sits on simple dishes. A GROUP OF WOMEN in Patagonia vests and Pendleton prints sing around a PIANO next to Sam’s table. The song is an acoustic version of Better Days by Graham Nash. Sam, Frankie, and Duke smile, swaying along. WOMEN (singing) When your love has moved away/ You must face yourself and say/ I remember better days... Don't you cry `cause she is gone/ She is only moving on/ Chasing mirrors through a haze... CLAIRE WADSWORTH, the restaurant owner, takes a solo. CLAIRE (singing) Now that you know it's nowhere/ What's to stop you coming home/ All you got to do is go there/ Then you'll really realize what's going down... As Claire’s solo ends, she wraps her arm around Sam and leans into her, suggesting Sam take the next verse. Sam hesitates, then joins in. SAM (singing) You went to a strange land searching/ For a truth you felt was wrong/ That's when the heartaches started/ Though you're where you want to be, BOHANANYou're not where you belong... 2. EXT. LA COPINE RESTAURANT - NIGHT The desert sky is now dark. Light from the restaurant windows shines like the stars above it. Inside we see Sam, Frankie, and Duke at their table, talking and laughing with friends. INT. LA COPINE RESTAURANT - CONTINUOUS Claire sits next to Sam, pouring her another glass of wine. Duke colors. Frankie taps the ice in her glass, bored. FRANKIE Can I go out back? SAM It’s night in the desert. You’ll get eaten by coyotes. FRANKIE They prefer stray cats and rabbits. Grass and insects, if they must. SAM Well, you might step on a tarantula. FRANKIE The common wolf spider is not dangerous. The idea that its venom is poisonous to humans is a myth, don’t you know anything at all, Mom? I’m going out back. I don’t know why I asked. CLAIRE Don’t take any ayahuasca from those guys. It’ll really mess you up. SAM Yeah! What she said! (to Claire) Good parenting. Frankie rolls her eyes, pushes away from the table, exits. SAM (CONT’D) I can’t believe you’re really doing this. I mean, you’ve done it. CLAIRE BOHANANI can’t either. 3. SAM How long has it been? CLAIRE Almost two whole years. SAM That’s it?! And you’re already in The New York Times? Slow down! Let rest of us lame-os catch up. CLAIRE I really thought we were crazy. DUKE Why? This place is so nice. CLAIRE When we bought it, it was empty and boarded up with chains. DUKE Whoa. SAM What was the asking price? CLAIRE $60,000, cash only. We carried it all in a paper bag! SAM No way. DUKE Like bank robbers! Claire’s wife, NIKKI, the chef, walks by and kisses Claire. NIKKI You’re telling my favorite story. SAM Just a couple of talented lesbians on the lam. NIKKI Actually, a dollar flew out and blew down the road, so we got it for $59,999. SAM BOHANANHa! That’s less than Max’s college. And she dropped out. 4. NIKKI That’s a lesson, Duke. Always negotiate down. SAM That’s a good lesson, Dukie. A smart one. Listen to her. (to Nikki) You should talk to all my girls. Nikki heads back to the kitchen. CLAIRE Frankie seems to be doing well. SAM Mmmmm. She’s a fighter. CLAIRE She reminds me of me at that age. 15? SAM Yup. CLAIRE How long has she been out? SAM Oh. Um. ‘Scuse me? CLAIRE She’s out, right? SAM As in, out, like, she’s gay, or? Not that I know of. DUKE You think my sister’s gay? Why? CLAIRE I don’t know. I guess I do, yeah. Did. I didn’t mean. Anything. SAM No, it’s fine, it’s fine. If she’s gay, great! If she’s an aardvark, you know, she’s Frankie. Perfect every which way. CLAIRE BOHANANTotally. Yes. 5. DUKE Am I gay? SAM That’s something you’ll tell us. If you want to. DUKE But how do I know? SAM You’ll just know. You’ll know who you like. Right, Claire Bear? CLAIRE That is pretty much the whole thing. Yeah. Duke CRIES. Sam moves to comfort her. SAM Dukie, honey, what’s wrong? CLAIRE I’m sorry, Sam. SAM Don’t be. (to Duke) It’s okay, Duke. What is it? DUKE I want to know now! SAM Then you can know, baby. Then you can. Think about it, and tell us. How do you feel, inside yourself? DUKE I feel... I like... Sam and Claire are on the edge of their seats. DUKE (CONT’D) NOBODY! SAM That’s perfect, baby. Nobody. Sam hugs Duke, smiles at Claire, who smiles back. BOHANANMAIN TITLES 6. EXT. DTLA ACE HOTEL - ROOFTOP BAR - NIGHT MAX dips her feet in the Ace Hotel’s rooftop pool. She’s wrapped in a blanket, leaning on her friend, PAISLEY. MAX Sometimes I feel like this place is only fun if you’re doing coke. PAISLEY You want to do coke? MAX No. I’m just saying. We’re mostly just wrinkling our feet. PAISLEY Max! We’re young and our lives are endless and this is our freedom! MAX I think I’m ready for bed. A tall, intense-looking young man with a shaved head, wearing a white tank top and jeans, approaches Max. This is ROB. MAX (CONT’D) Um. Hello? PAISLEY Max, Rob. Rob, Max. ROB Let’s get this party started, huh! MAX We’re heading out, actually. ROB Damn. Figures. MAX Maybe you should join your parties before dawn. ROB Just got off work. MAX Are you a grave digger? PAISLEY BOHANANRob is a chef. 7. ROB Cook. PAISLEY Chef-in-training. ROB I just heat stuff up. I don’t design the menu. PAISLEY You’ll have to forgive his brutish ways. He doesn’t know how to keep a conversation going. He works in the kitchen at Vespertine. MAX I’ve never heard of it. PAISLEY What? You gotta get your mom to take you. It’s a Michelin 2-star. ROB Three. PAISLEY So sorry. MAX What kind of food is it? ROB Tonight I was on the veggie station for the charcoal-grilled Miyazaki Waguy with roasted Oregon cépes, Welsh onions, and jus gras. MAX I don’t like food that sounds pretentious. PAISLEY You mean delicious? MAX I don’t like food that sounds like you’d eat it on a date with a guy who just goes on and on about how The Catcher in the Rye changed his life in 8th grade. That type of BOHANANfood disgusts me. 8. ROB Sick book. Is there a Gelson’s around here? MAX Um. Yeah. Rob takes out his iPhone, opens Maps. Max looks at Paisley, confused. Paisley shrugs. INT. SAM’S HOUSE - LATE NIGHT Max and Rob enter the house, carrying grocery bags from Gelson’s, tip-toeing around shoes and clutter. ROB Nice digs. MAX (whispering) My mom’s asleep. ROB Oh. Mom’s house. Makes more sense. MAX You don’t think this could be mine? Rob looks around, taking it all in. No, he does not. ROB Where’s the kitchen? INT. KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Max sorts groceries while Rob sets up at the stove. ROB Knife? A moment of tension passes as Max hands a carving knife to this total stranger. ROB (CONT’D) (re: the knife) This is nice. Someone around here must be serious about food. MAX My mom’s always, like, trying to BOHANANshow off how gourmet she is, or whatever. She’s annoying. 9. ROB That’s tight. There’s an open burn on Rob’s arm. As it passes over the heat of the stove, he winces. ROB (CONT’D) Fuck. Hazard of the job. MAX You should put something on that. ROB It’s fine. MAX But it’s going to scar. Max reaches to touch the burn with a towel. Rob winces again and drops a small piece of Le Cruset stoneware, which breaks. MAX (CONT’D) Shit. Was that expensive? ROB Fuck. SAM enters in her pajamas, groggy. SAM What is happening in my kitchen when nothing’s supposed to be happening? (re: Rob) Who are you? Creepy stranger in my house, waving a knife all carelessly around my first born? MAX Mom! Rob’s a chef. ROB Cook. MAX He’s making me something. SAM It’s 4am! ROB BOHANANThese are my off-hours. 10. SAM And these are my ON-hours. To SLEEP. You know-- (Sam shuts her eyes, leans her head, snores) Sleep! You’ve heard of it? You’ve done it? MAX Mom, relax. We’re not doing anything bad. SAM Except breaking my stuff. ROB That wasn’t great. SAM Uh. Duh. Ya think? ROB Do you want to try the Waguy? SAM (frustrated grunt) Hmmmm. INT. KITCHEN - DINING TABLE - SUNRISE Sam, Max, and Rob eat a beautifully plated meal as the sun breaks through the clouds. They chew in silence.
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